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recatejr · 12-16-2003, 10:14 PM

quote:Originally posted by jg005@aol.com:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by recatejr:

I see your viewpoint. I think that Mr. Lightfoot did not consider it a priority. His followers are vast and help him dissregard commercial influences. Otherwise he could have made much bigger deals with US media.

It is the difference between people who love money and fame and those (GL) who love what they do. GL is such a genius that much of what he writes is over the head of any so-called critic and much too deep for most music fans. as i said in a previous post..professional entertainment has been soiled by too much money(easy money) as mark knopfler of dire straits sang in the song "money for nothing".
I still think Gordon is one of the most influential 60s-70s musicians. I am not discounting the 80-90 albums, but the 70 were really good musical productions.

12-16-2003, 10:14 PM	#22
recatejr Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: germantown,md usa Posts: 14	quote:Originally posted by jg005@aol.com: [QUOTE]Originally posted by recatejr: I see your viewpoint. I think that Mr. Lightfoot did not consider it a priority. His followers are vast and help him dissregard commercial influences. Otherwise he could have made much bigger deals with US media. It is the difference between people who love money and fame and those (GL) who love what they do. GL is such a genius that much of what he writes is over the head of any so-called critic and much too deep for most music fans. as i said in a previous post..professional entertainment has been soiled by too much money(easy money) as mark knopfler of dire straits sang in the song "money for nothing". I still think Gordon is one of the most influential 60s-70s musicians. I am not discounting the 80-90 albums, but the 70 were really good musical productions.