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TheWatchman · 02-12-2004, 07:23 PM

With less and less true singer/songwriters these days, I have no doubt that Gord will eventually get into the Hall Of Fame. He should already be in it though.

Dylan is a musical genius plain and simple. He has an amazing voice that was woven into the social fabric of the 60's. Lightfoot was no where near as political as Dylan. Dylan came right out and said what he wanted to and said the hell with being politically correct. Lightfoot on the other hand was much more delicate with penning songs about social or political issues.

There is a reason why Gord has always stated the Bob Dylan is his main influence and the person he looks up to. He is the one who taught Gord how to write lyrics, according to a speech made by Gord.

I am a much bigger Lightfoot fan than Dylan for sure but Dylan is second on the list. Knopfler is right up there with Dylan.

02-12-2004, 07:23 PM	#6
TheWatchman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Columbia, Maryland Posts: 930	With less and less true singer/songwriters these days, I have no doubt that Gord will eventually get into the Hall Of Fame. He should already be in it though. Dylan is a musical genius plain and simple. He has an amazing voice that was woven into the social fabric of the 60's. Lightfoot was no where near as political as Dylan. Dylan came right out and said what he wanted to and said the hell with being politically correct. Lightfoot on the other hand was much more delicate with penning songs about social or political issues. There is a reason why Gord has always stated the Bob Dylan is his main influence and the person he looks up to. He is the one who taught Gord how to write lyrics, according to a speech made by Gord. I am a much bigger Lightfoot fan than Dylan for sure but Dylan is second on the list. Knopfler is right up there with Dylan.