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Tim · 07-12-2009, 05:43 AM

Have you also heard the Loons that precede the track "Whispers of the North" ?

I'm not sure if the loon recording is different, but because that tune begins so peacefully with soft acoustic guitar finger picking, it seems to draw the listener into that lake setting a lot more effectively than "Canary Yellow Canoe" which may use the exact same lead-in recording but I'm not sure.

I was taken very much surprised when I first heard Canary Yellow Canoe. In 1999 I was on a long trip with my famiy and we were listening to "Songbook" for the very first time. Because I was driving and keeping my attention on the road, I didn't have the Songbook Box cover, nor the CDs to guide me along as to which song was next -- but I recognized all of the songs immediately (except the "unreleased" songs). Anyway, when I heard the loons start singing near the end of Volume III, I expected to hear the fingerpicking of "Whispers of the North." Then when "Canary Yellow Canoe" came blaring through the speakers I was so surprised that I almost drove off the road!

07-12-2009, 05:43 AM	#4
Tim Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 186	Re: Canada Day song by Gordon Lightfoot Have you also heard the Loons that precede the track "Whispers of the North" ? I'm not sure if the loon recording is different, but because that tune begins so peacefully with soft acoustic guitar finger picking, it seems to draw the listener into that lake setting a lot more effectively than "Canary Yellow Canoe" which may use the exact same lead-in recording but I'm not sure. I was taken very much surprised when I first heard Canary Yellow Canoe. In 1999 I was on a long trip with my famiy and we were listening to "Songbook" for the very first time. Because I was driving and keeping my attention on the road, I didn't have the Songbook Box cover, nor the CDs to guide me along as to which song was next -- but I recognized all of the songs immediately (except the "unreleased" songs). Anyway, when I heard the loons start singing near the end of Volume III, I expected to hear the fingerpicking of "Whispers of the North." Then when "Canary Yellow Canoe" came blaring through the speakers I was so surprised that I almost drove off the road! __________________ Tim "Children are all that the Earth has to Show, Children are all that the Earth wants to Know"