I agree with most of The Watchman's first post. Though, I've been listening to Gord for almost my whole life, which is a lot longer than 12 years,
The Beatles do absolutely nothing for me. Never have. Lyrics are very important to me and the Beatles always sounded like nonsense. I suppose at that age, the Rolling Stones were heads and tails beyond them in my personal tastes.
That was then, I enjoyed them. Did they stand the test of time? No not really. Gord has, and he always will, for me. He's magical. He takes me to that dreamland place. I never get tired of him, it's always fresh and insightful, to me.
Everyone always rants about how great Bob Dylan is. For years, every time he came on the radio, I would turn it off! Same with the Beatles and The Grateful Dead. They irritate me to no end. Even Bob Dylan's supposed great songs, sung by other people, don't touch me.
Does anyone remember "A Clockwork Orange"? The man that was the main characters' victim, early on in the movie, locked the main character in a room, and turned up the music that the main character was trained to detest, and the main character ended up jumping out the window. (How's that for a long sentence?) I think if I were forced to endure any of these . . .
There's just something about Gord, that touches me, lyrically and musically.
Kim
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