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yaz8 · 10-21-2005, 04:12 PM

It was nice to see a few reviews already and will add mine as I disagree with some of what was written, respectfully. Several people mentioned Gordon started out 'weak' or not in good form in some way- I think it was due to nerves affecting pitch. One of the things I like about him is this shyness, this awkward humaness. There is a real person there who reacts in way we all do. He was nervous and his pitch went up-in my opinion, that is all there is to that. By the time he got to "Harmony", which was moving as some of you mentioned he was calmed down and connected. Those of you in this group who sing will know how nerves and tension affect pitch. Enough there. One of the most interesting things to me was that Gordon came out in his SOCKS for the second part of the program-another nice human moment. Yes, he forgot a few lines on "Sundown" and we laughed along with him when that happened, but again-he sang 27 songs and forgot lines on ONE-big deal. For me the hightlights were his newer material, perhaps more fresh emotionally- I found "Clouds of Lonliness" particularly moving and "Restless" -I agree with Bonfirez that the crowd was the problem-I too had morons coming in late and missed part of listening to "Restless" because the people next to me came in late after the intermission and the huge row had to get up and let them in. Also, I would mention the rudeness-one woman yelled at the top of her voice "we can't hear you!" in a rude way that seemed to startle Lightfoot, NOT "we can't hear you Gordon" or" we can't hear you please" and DonQ mentioned the rude person who insisted Lightfoot resing "Sundown". Gordon was soft spoken-he always has been. I would not agree that the band "couldn't wait to get out"- I think that was also nerves and humility that he felt uncomfortable pausing too much for applause between songs.I did hear one man yell out "We love you Gordon" which was nice and we all laughed. He said he would "fake it" on the high notes of Canadian Railroad Trilogy, then hit everyone I could hear by singing blue notes around the note itself, which had an interesting sound. He said he would sing, "Rainy Day People" for us alluding to all the massive rainstorms we've had here lately and he wanted us to "think of us" (he and the bad) as they will be in NY when we all here on the east coast get the results of the latest hurricane.He mentioned such weather was a part of his writing "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"....to know Gordon Lightfoot was in a coma and nearly died between the last time I saw him and now, I feel grateful to have seen and heard him again and enjoyed the concert which is really such a fascinating journey through his brillant mind over decades-like all great writers.I hope he won't be too long away....
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10-21-2005, 04:12 PM	#1
yaz8 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Longview, WA Posts: 10	It was nice to see a few reviews already and will add mine as I disagree with some of what was written, respectfully. Several people mentioned Gordon started out 'weak' or not in good form in some way- I think it was due to nerves affecting pitch. One of the things I like about him is this shyness, this awkward humaness. There is a real person there who reacts in way we all do. He was nervous and his pitch went up-in my opinion, that is all there is to that. By the time he got to "Harmony", which was moving as some of you mentioned he was calmed down and connected. Those of you in this group who sing will know how nerves and tension affect pitch. Enough there. One of the most interesting things to me was that Gordon came out in his SOCKS for the second part of the program-another nice human moment. Yes, he forgot a few lines on "Sundown" and we laughed along with him when that happened, but again-he sang 27 songs and forgot lines on ONE-big deal. For me the hightlights were his newer material, perhaps more fresh emotionally- I found "Clouds of Lonliness" particularly moving and "Restless" -I agree with Bonfirez that the crowd was the problem-I too had morons coming in late and missed part of listening to "Restless" because the people next to me came in late after the intermission and the huge row had to get up and let them in. Also, I would mention the rudeness-one woman yelled at the top of her voice "we can't hear you!" in a rude way that seemed to startle Lightfoot, NOT "we can't hear you Gordon" or" we can't hear you please" and DonQ mentioned the rude person who insisted Lightfoot resing "Sundown". Gordon was soft spoken-he always has been. I would not agree that the band "couldn't wait to get out"- I think that was also nerves and humility that he felt uncomfortable pausing too much for applause between songs.I did hear one man yell out "We love you Gordon" which was nice and we all laughed. He said he would "fake it" on the high notes of Canadian Railroad Trilogy, then hit everyone I could hear by singing blue notes around the note itself, which had an interesting sound. He said he would sing, "Rainy Day People" for us alluding to all the massive rainstorms we've had here lately and he wanted us to "think of us" (he and the bad) as they will be in NY when we all here on the east coast get the results of the latest hurricane.He mentioned such weather was a part of his writing "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"....to know Gordon Lightfoot was in a coma and nearly died between the last time I saw him and now, I feel grateful to have seen and heard him again and enjoyed the concert which is really such a fascinating journey through his brillant mind over decades-like all great writers.I hope he won't be too long away.... ________ buy glass pipes Last edited by yaz8; 01-23-2011 at 11:57 PM.