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johnfowles · 06-16-2004, 10:10 PM

quote:Originally posted by JOHN:
[B]has anybody herd of gordon lightfoot in the united kingdom? or is it just me? B]
It's interesting that two of you in the UK should be posting to this topic:almost a "herd"!!
John The obvious answer as so many of us have found is that you are by no means alone in your admiration for Gordon, But I well know what you mean having felt the same way until 1997 when I found the Newsgroup,and the chat room and all sorts of wonderfully obsessed fans (one of whom I married causing me to exchange Dorset for New Jersey).
You might have missed a recent appeal by Croydon's very own Bruna Zanelli regarding her proposed "Brit Lighthead Gathering" at:-

http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002301.html
one reply by Bru herself lists 8 brit gordfans to which she can of course now add you and Steve Gittins.
She is now on her way across the pond for a Lighthead gathering in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday (19th) following which she will be in New Jersey next week and we are holding a small gathering for dinner in Morristown NJ on Sat 26th June. so you should drop her an e-mail for her to see on her return. BrunaZanelli@aol.com (note the 2 capitals)
In addition to you two and the others listed, there is
Newsgroup poster Kevin Andreoli in Waterloovile Hants, Brian Walters (who has collected an amazing variety of Gord albums and their sublte variations) who is now in Cheltenham, and a one time keen fan (Alvin Tull) who I met in Brockenhurst,Hants once, Plus the very keen BBC Radio Merseyside DJ Spencer Leigh who managed to get a rare and superb interview with The Man in Toronto in 1999. Which reminds me of Bob Elliot an avid collector in Liverpool, plus possibly Noel Edmunds who as I said in another topic I consider created the original I970/1/2 UK hit of IYRMM.
Even the world's most famous Irishman Terry Wogan called IYCRMM a wonderful song recently.
I hope that has given you John some encouragement. Bruna was trying to orchestrate a campaign of contacting UK radio stations to promote Harmony and I must get round to my awowed intent to bend "whispering" Bob Harris' ear to let him know that Gord sings songs other than Sundown!! Another thought that I recently e-mailed to Gaby in Leicester (But I believe she has since been unwell): Somebody there could try to set up a Brit chat session using my site's links and descriptions of the sucessful Friday evening chat:- http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/chat
And see my recurring "advert" topic at:- http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTM...ML/002271.html
The room is of course always open and a new session to suit UK chatters(Sunday afternoon??)could prove most useful if ever "Gordfestuk2004" gets off the ground!!
Finally Steve you are fully entitled to express how you find Harmony even if it flies in the face of most fan's reactions.Personally it is a very long long time since I played a new album so much and like all Gord's work it takes a long time to get realy familiar with all the songs. Basically you could argue that the majority of Gord's songs sound familiar and very many are reminiscent of earlier work but in many ways that is surely why we are all such devoted fans

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06-16-2004, 10:10 PM	#6
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by JOHN: [B]has anybody herd of gordon lightfoot in the united kingdom? or is it just me? B] It's interesting that two of you in the UK should be posting to this topic:almost a "herd"!! John The obvious answer as so many of us have found is that you are by no means alone in your admiration for Gordon, But I well know what you mean having felt the same way until 1997 when I found the Newsgroup,and the chat room and all sorts of wonderfully obsessed fans (one of whom I married causing me to exchange Dorset for New Jersey). You might have missed a recent appeal by Croydon's very own Bruna Zanelli regarding her proposed "Brit Lighthead Gathering" at:- http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002301.html one reply by Bru herself lists 8 brit gordfans to which she can of course now add you and Steve Gittins. She is now on her way across the pond for a Lighthead gathering in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday (19th) following which she will be in New Jersey next week and we are holding a small gathering for dinner in Morristown NJ on Sat 26th June. so you should drop her an e-mail for her to see on her return. BrunaZanelli@aol.com (note the 2 capitals) In addition to you two and the others listed, there is Newsgroup poster Kevin Andreoli in Waterloovile Hants, Brian Walters (who has collected an amazing variety of Gord albums and their sublte variations) who is now in Cheltenham, and a one time keen fan (Alvin Tull) who I met in Brockenhurst,Hants once, Plus the very keen BBC Radio Merseyside DJ Spencer Leigh who managed to get a rare and superb interview with The Man in Toronto in 1999. Which reminds me of Bob Elliot an avid collector in Liverpool, plus possibly Noel Edmunds who as I said in another topic I consider created the original I970/1/2 UK hit of IYRMM. Even the world's most famous Irishman Terry Wogan called IYCRMM a wonderful song recently. I hope that has given you John some encouragement. Bruna was trying to orchestrate a campaign of contacting UK radio stations to promote Harmony and I must get round to my awowed intent to bend "whispering" Bob Harris' ear to let him know that Gord sings songs other than Sundown!! Another thought that I recently e-mailed to Gaby in Leicester (But I believe she has since been unwell): Somebody there could try to set up a Brit chat session using my site's links and descriptions of the sucessful Friday evening chat:- http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/chat And see my recurring "advert" topic at:- http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTM...ML/002271.html The room is of course always open and a new session to suit UK chatters(Sunday afternoon??)could prove most useful if ever "Gordfestuk2004" gets off the ground!! Finally Steve you are fully entitled to express how you find Harmony even if it flies in the face of most fan's reactions.Personally it is a very long long time since I played a new album so much and like all Gord's work it takes a long time to get realy familiar with all the songs. Basically you could argue that the majority of Gord's songs sound familiar and very many are reminiscent of earlier work but in many ways that is surely why we are all such devoted fans ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited June 16, 2004).]