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ANTHONY ROBERSON · 09-25-2009, 02:58 PM

I was just writing a reply to another member on this site when this question came to me. Have any of Lightfoot's songs inspired you to act on something meaningful or change your point of view about something?

I took up the bass because I LOVED the bass line in IF YOU NEED ME. I have a pretty deep voice, so when I try to sing while playing, I find that hitting the higher range of that song "If you want tooooo" while going down "Like an endless stream" is so darn hard (but a good kind of hard!).

Also, I can clearly remember stopping and really looking at the beauty of nature after seriously listening to SEVEN ISLAND SUITE. I'm no tree-hugger, but I do appreciate greatly the mountains that are 30 minutes up the street from me, and get a bit of hiking in. Whenever I do, I stop and think of how Lightfoots songs really opened my eyes to their beauty.

09-25-2009, 02:58 PM	#1
ANTHONY ROBERSON Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: San Bernardino, CA Posts: 35	Inspiration I was just writing a reply to another member on this site when this question came to me. Have any of Lightfoot's songs inspired you to act on something meaningful or change your point of view about something? I took up the bass because I LOVED the bass line in IF YOU NEED ME. I have a pretty deep voice, so when I try to sing while playing, I find that hitting the higher range of that song "If you want tooooo" while going down "Like an endless stream" is so darn hard (but a good kind of hard!). Also, I can clearly remember stopping and really looking at the beauty of nature after seriously listening to SEVEN ISLAND SUITE. I'm no tree-hugger, but I do appreciate greatly the mountains that are 30 minutes up the street from me, and get a bit of hiking in. Whenever I do, I stop and think of how Lightfoots songs really opened my eyes to their beauty.