Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

I'm still standing firm on Gord singing a more obscure song. Something from "Painter" or "Waiting for you"....or not.

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Just based on how Letterman does his musical acts I would rule out Fitz. They have to come in under, I think, 3-1/2 minutes. I know Fred Eaglesmith, who appeared in June and I got to talk to the day before and 4 days after taping said they had to get that time frame down. They went through several different ways of getting the song to fit the time slot - deciding to cut some of the length on instrumental breaks and such.

Since there is no new product to push my money would be on Sundown. IYCRMM would be my second guess. I'll love it if he proves me wrong. Those a great songs but I'd love to hear Don Quixote.

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oh, thanks for the belated heads up re Fred,...I will check out that clip online

i hope Gord doesn't cave to doing a condensed IYCRMM and stands his ground like he did on the Grammy's decades ago

my small circle seems to think it will go something like this (complete with red jacket) just seeing the historic GL visage with eyes closed during those instr segments should be captivating for any viewing audience...any who can't dig it should flick over to Kimmel, late night poker viewing or slapchop infomercials

anything that is picked and not strummed (the Wreck, Sundown, Carefree, etc) will sit fine with me

since 2003, I feel his voice has been most robust in songs like Harmony and 14 K Gold... "if you see me on the TV talking proud...." and Mike and the band back up those so nicely with tasty arrangements

i imagine Dave will walk over to GL after the tune and say something like "aren't you supposed to be dead?"....GL will give the signature "Well" shrug and that will be that

here's an idea....how about they cut out 5 minutes of the lame monolog and other yawn inducing shinnanigans, typical of the first 20 minutes of the show and let GL play a non-condensed composition... AND have a nice little Gord chat

who knows, maybe this will be the 1st promo spot for the Live Massey archives:clap:

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

I would LOVE to see them allow Gord more time than the standard 3:30 or whatever it is.

Unfortunately I have seen very prominent people condense songs for such things. Somewhere there is a cut (not a Letterman show) of Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt doing Natural Forces and condensing it by leaving oiut a verse or two which doesn't work. It would be like cutting the Fitz by neglecting the part where the ship sank.

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

This sounds like something Letterman would say jokingly of course.

I myself would like to see Lightfoot get the entire second half of the show. A shorter monologue with only 1 other guest,,, & then... 'The Royal Treatment' till the end of the broadcast ! :redface: :biggrin:

In the 80's I would never miss 'Late Night with David Letterman' following Carson. Couldn't wait for the following night to see what would he be doing next. :whistle:

But it's the way he took the news when Leno got 'The Tonight Show' that sort a made me lose interest in him. :(:(:(

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

good one, or like CRT being cut short ...oh wait, that did happen on the 1979 Soundstage broadcast...they only got to part 1 of the trilogy...i call it CRU( unilogy)

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

Here's what he'll do - some up with a new masterpiece and then tell Dave he's not recording it.....

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Good one Steve but nowadays it does not really matter because within a few hours a reasonable quality video would be on youtube for all to enjoy for posterity

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the Letterman website has the videos of musical guests.

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I set that up on the tee just so you could knock it out. Well done, Sir John!

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I can't wait!!! Gord deserves an interview on U.S. t.v. (why does Canada get all the good stuff????? - yeah, I know, I know)

My family and I will be seeing Gord in Aurora exactly one week from that night on Oct. 15th.

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

Why not just make Gordon his only guest that night,
let him sing 3 or 4 songs and then interview him for about 20-30 minutes? ;)

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

I think we all know he's not comfortable sittng and chatting..he barely does it here at home with journalists he knows.

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I know I hedged my bets on him singing IYCRMM, but for some reason i'm going for Restless now. Must have been a dream i had!

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Restless is a good choice too...

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Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

As far as what Gord may sing that night, I can say for my opinion, I.Y.C.R.M.M. always sounds the best at any concert, hands down.

I think the range of the song serves him well at this point in his life.

"The Wreck" is too long for a tight t.v. spot. I think it will be IYCRMM.

I can see a 'betting pool' forming shortly before the show airs.

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

Do you think we should send Dave thank you cards & letters for having Gordon on his show?

I think it's a cool idea. :cool:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0a3...ayer_embedded#!

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That one from (MMM) sounds as good as it gets... instruments & vocals. :)

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

According to my friend who is one of the exec producers on Letterman. As of now Gord will most likely do only one song at the end of the show. That's too bad... but my friend will get me a network grade copy of the show.



Kevin

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

Very pleased to read this KHester, you probably will have folks here asking for copies of this network grade copy of the show.

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

One song,no chat I've been told. Song yet to be decided. Lightfoot longtime promo man got the gig for him.

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

Dave has a penchant for featuring older music legends now and then interspersed with the indie rockers and hip hop acts. He had Jimmy Webb on back in July and last year even featured Jean Redpath, certainly a folk music icon, but not well known to the Late Show audience. Dave adores Emmylou Harris, too. Good luck to Gord, I'll be watching!

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Previously, I suggested APPT, but today I was listening to my Creative Zen MP3 player and BABY STEP BACK played. I hadn't heard it in a while & now I think BSB would be a good one for Gord to play on Letterman. Not only does Gord usually perform it well but it is one of the tunes that features Terry on his guitar. I used to work for Catholic Charities as an activities coordinator/case manager w/ a population of adult chronic schizophrenics [I loved that job by the way] and one of the things I did was run an exercise group. Everybody loved exercising to BSB and often requested that I play it on my guitar during the sing-a-long group too. My non-Gord fan friends tend to like BSB too. I can't wait for October 8th. :) Dorothea

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

you know what i'm looking forward to (other than if Paul takes over or embellishes the keyboard segments of the selected track) is Dave's intro and post performance handshake and possible comments

these DL homepage clips are nice but why do they not have the intro for each artist and also not have Dave walking over after to have his brief interaction

imo, the same can be said of GL concerts the past decade...i am primarily there for the pre-song intros and bantering anecdotes (and the 5% worth of set list adds)

interesting song choice opinions here...hmmm, well if he actually does play BSB i'll probably go for a pee break...imagine if BSB was his network tv legacy

well, the countdown is on...

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

I've just realised that Australia's Ten Network, which has been screening The Late Show EVERY WEEKNIGHT THIS YEAR, is instead screening the Delhi Commonwealth Games in that timeslot throughout the first half of October. The Lightfoot episode may never screen in Australia! It may be used as a filler on a night when Ten doesn't have the latest episode ready for screening, but if so, that would be weeks or months from now and we wouldn't know about it.

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

i'm sure it'll be up on youtube!

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I cancelled my cable - have no need for all the crap in TV - so hope a pair of rabbit ears will pick up the show. Otherwise, I hope someone records it and puts it up on YouTube.

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

So what happened that Gord is no longer going to appear tonight?

GM

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

the appearance has been postponed and will be re-scheduled for another time. that is all the news there is at this time.

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no

Re: Lightfoot on Letterman in October
 

To be absolutely honest, and please forgive me the vulgar word I will use here & now, but I was so very pissed off when I tuned in to Letterman to see Gordon & saw only a bunch of goobers, with Letterman being the biggest one of the lot! Hell, I passed up watching The Nanny on Nickelodeon just to catch Gordon & then Letterman goes & lays a huge goose egg like that. I may consider forgiving him if he does relent & reschedule our man for a later show, as well as having a damn good excuse for having postponed his apearance in the first place.

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It's been a years since this! Woww!

Silly question but do you think this appearence will ever take place?