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Forum: General Discussion 09-18-2017, 07:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,209
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: Billboard: Gordon Lightfoot's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks

I agree, 'Lightfoot song with an asterisk', is a pretty apt way of describing it. Anything for Love has never really sounded like a true Lightfoot song to me. Foster's arrangements sound like an...
Forum: General Discussion 09-06-2015, 06:24 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,589
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: Lightfoot worth

The info you saw was from a joke/parody site and shouldn't be taken seriously.

I remember reading something way back in 1977 or 1978 that Gordon was once quoted as saying, "I've made over five...
Forum: General Discussion 09-05-2013, 05:38 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,258
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: Drunk and Inspired or CUI (Composing Under the Influence)

I saw him at Alumni Hall in London, Ontario in the fall of 1980. When he came out on stage, he definitely seemed well on the way to being half-cut, although he put on a pretty good performance.
Forum: General Discussion 01-04-2013, 09:25 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 18,165
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: Seven Island Suite

'Sevene Island Suite' has always been one of my top-ten favourite Lightfoot songs. It's a powerful, thought-provoking song, and I think that people thinking critically about the world they live in is...
Forum: General Discussion 11-23-2012, 11:27 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 8,224
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: Toronto-GLOBAL TV & Lightfoot - VIDEO is UP!

What a great interview. Have to agree, I've never seen Gord this relaxed, this animated in an interview. He's a true legend, and yet so humble and down to earth at the same time.
Forum: General Discussion 06-30-2011, 10:32 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,760
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: Happy Canada Day

And sometime tomorrow, I'll be listening to "Hi'Way Songs", which I think is Gord's most 'Canadian' song.

In the following lyrics excerpt, you can see that Gord has a very high regard for his...
Forum: General Discussion 11-01-2010, 11:17 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,346
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Gordon Lightfoot: The Patron Saint of the Wilderness

CBC (the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) has published a blog entry about Burton Cummings (of the Guess Who) as 'Patron Saint of the Mustache" and names other Canadian musicians and what they...
Forum: General Discussion 09-11-2010, 08:37 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,256
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: Restless 1998 - good audio

What a great performance, and Gord delivers it in his characteristically understated style. I'd say the audio is easily as good as what you would find on the album version of this particular song.
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Forum: General Discussion 06-08-2010, 07:18 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 11,233
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: Gordon Lightfoot / A Lesson In Love ~ HOTEL~ 1988 !

I've never seen the Hotel series, and never got the chance (until now) to see the episode Lightfoot appeared in. So, needless to say, I was pretty happy to see these clips.

I agree, the script...
Forum: General Discussion 12-05-2009, 11:11 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 7,845
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: No more albums??

Even with the technology we have today, where virtually everybody and his dog can record music and distribute it far and wide, quality albums are still expensive and time-consuming things to produce....
Forum: General Discussion 06-30-2009, 08:42 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 13,418
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: (potentially stupid) grammar question

The pronunciations of 'California' and 'Ontario' you noted are not the way Canadians pronounce the words. Gord deliberately mispronounced the words for stylistic reasons.

Hope that helps....
Forum: General Discussion 06-30-2009, 08:38 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 13,418
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: (potentially stupid) grammar question

Actually what you're hearing is the Scottish influence in Canadian English.

In Canada's early days, Scots accounted for approximately 25% of the population. Today, amongst native English-speakers...
Forum: General Discussion 06-30-2009, 07:41 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 20,017
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: Seeing It Through His Lyrics

How about these lines - "... the soul is the rock, and the rock will always roll... in circles round the sun, doin' rings around the pole. When the mind is not sure what the heart will do next, the...
Forum: General Discussion 06-24-2009, 10:39 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 10,058
Posted By Shade of a Maple Tree
Re: Gord's Pedigree

I know I'm coming to this party kinda late (really late, I guess!) but it was interesting seeing Gord's pedigree. Even more interesting was seeing that his great-great grandparents came from England,...
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