Okay, Okay, I admit, I'm the guy who was less than enthusiastic about Yarmouth Castle. It is a great example of a Ballad, but I just think that Gordon has had better tunes.
I'm glad to see that kids are still being introduced to the genius of Lightfoot the same way that I was. We studied The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in a high school english class, and that was my first experience with Gordon. It has led to a life long devotion for me, and I'm sure many of my classmates.
Now, I don't like to harp on the negative, but in my opinion, another song that doesn't live up to his usual high standards is "Ode to Big Blue". As always, a story is told, but it lacks a certain poignancy that I've come to expect from this treasure of the modern literary world, GL.
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