Just like alot of you, it was IYCRMM. It was during one of the family car trips back in 1970, in some state or another. I remember dozing, lying flat on the back seat, the song comes on AND I SIT STRAIGHT UP! ("Who IS this? Mom, Dad! TURN THIS UP! Oh my god this is incredible!") Listened for the name afterwards and bought all the albums I could ASAP. I was in high school (summer between junior and senior...ok, that gave my age away...oh,well) and tried to "educate" everyone about Gord. Went on to college and saw him perform at the college (had my nose pressed up against the stage, of course) in '71, and countless concerts since then. I love all these Gord links. Love to have people sharing their thoughts so similar to mine about him. Wouldn't a Gord autobiography
be a fantastic read? (Gord - let's get ON that!
)But "Beautiful" is really my all time favorite. (My college roommate's boyfriend was a DJ at the college radio station and he played it on the air for me at 7:00 am on my birthday- she woke me up to hear it - one of my fondest memories. It was a big sacrifice for her boyfriend to do this as this was NOT his type of music (jazz was)
but it meant alot to me.) I'm rambling, sorry. Anyway "from my head down to my shoes"
I love Gord, and always will, for making me feel good each and every time. (Now if he would just write a song about River Otters, my OTHER passion......)