Daylight Katy. Come on! I think this may have been a low point for Gord. He sounds like he either just woke up, has been recording all day and it's 3am or he's seriously barbed out. What boggles my mind is how it made it on a Greatest Hits comp. I'm still new to much of Gord's stuff and so far, I haven't skipped past any songs, but that one made me raise my eyebrows and wince. Canary Yellow Canoe is cool just because it's so different from his usual stuff. I half thought it was in jest when I first heard it.
Let's be frank, the guy is a genius and undoubtedly one of the best songwriters ever, but nobody is perfect and nobody hits the mark every time. He was prolific and under contract and that combo always lends itself to a few uninspired tunes. It's the songs that aren't Sundown are Wreck or IYCRMM or Seven Island Suite or Carefree Highway that help make those songs so special.
Cheers, everybody! Let's celebrate what we like about Gord!
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