quote:Originally posted by Gary:
Hey I was just checking out the songs on the new one disc Greatest Hits CD due to come out in April. Not to rain on anyone's parade here, but how can you have a collection of "all" his hits and leave off one of his hit singles.
"Anything for Love" was Gord's last hit single reaching a solid #13 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart with heavy airplay. It also peaked into the Country Music Chart at about #95 I believe.
If you are having a Greatest Hits how can you leave out this fine song?????
Gary:
I'm not sure whether or not Lightfoot was involved in this project as he was in "Songbook". "Anything For Love" didn't appear there either. Lightfoot is a firm believer in consistency. "Anything for Love" is such a radical departure from most of the rest of his music, that he or Thane Tierney at Rhino may have ommitted it for that reason. Only Barry Keane and Mike Heffernan appear on the "East of Midnight" album, while the rest of the players were L.A. studio musicians. As far as I know it is the only song Lightfoot co-wrote (with David Foster) to make it on an album. Plus, he didn't play on the instrumental track.
It is a fine tune. It's just not what most Lightfoot fans are used to.
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