Gordon Lightfoot Forums - View Single Post

harlean · 10-31-2005, 11:43 PM

No one has chimed in on the 10/27 show in Westbury New York. Surprisingly, the building was half empty but I was in the third row about twelve feet from Gord's boots so I was happy. The set list was pretty similar to what I've seen listed in the other posts for the other shows over the past weeks, except that he played The Watchman's Gone. That's something that he wasn't plaing at shows 25 years ago and something I never expected to hear now. The set was 22 songs, two parts with a 20 minute intermission. As I have repeatedly read, Gordon's voice was not very powerful in the first half but his voice was much more present in the second half. The crowd generally did not sing along or participate too much, which I greatly appreciated but I was amused when one member took over the whistling in the Ghosts of Cape Horn when it was clear that there was no sound coming from Gordon's lips as he tried to whistle. The audience member was dead on key, and no it was not me. I had prevously seen Gordon play 3 times before in 1980 and 1981, when I was still in high school, so I absolutely appreciated hearing half of the Shadows album as it has always been one of my favorites and only very recently was released with Salute and Dream Street Rose on CD. Needless to say, his voice could not handle anything from Salute. Other than a few songs from Harmony, only two title cuts and Ring Them Bells were included from the previous 4 albums. It was great seeing him again, especially living two miles from the theatre. The show may not have sold out because it was a last minute add-on and I literally was two seconds from purchasing tickets to the Town Hall Show, after deciding against Atlantic City, when the show was suddenly added to his tour list with tickets going on sale the next morning. I still had to get a hold of a "member" of the theatre to get tickets as close as I did because the first four rows were held back for members only. The sound quality of the show was outstanding so I suppose I lucked out. No yelling from the crowd, no buzzing AC units, and no foreplay. My girlfriend loved it and she was not aware of anything but the most popular of his songs. The bottom line is that the show was better than two of the '81 shows I saw, and his voice was much better than I had expected or hoped for; stronger than what I had seen on the Reno DVD. I wish him the best of health and hope to see another album some time. Interesting sense of humor he has. He spent over 2 hours on the stage, more than most younger people.

10-31-2005, 11:43 PM	#1
harlean Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3	No one has chimed in on the 10/27 show in Westbury New York. Surprisingly, the building was half empty but I was in the third row about twelve feet from Gord's boots so I was happy. The set list was pretty similar to what I've seen listed in the other posts for the other shows over the past weeks, except that he played The Watchman's Gone. That's something that he wasn't plaing at shows 25 years ago and something I never expected to hear now. The set was 22 songs, two parts with a 20 minute intermission. As I have repeatedly read, Gordon's voice was not very powerful in the first half but his voice was much more present in the second half. The crowd generally did not sing along or participate too much, which I greatly appreciated but I was amused when one member took over the whistling in the Ghosts of Cape Horn when it was clear that there was no sound coming from Gordon's lips as he tried to whistle. The audience member was dead on key, and no it was not me. I had prevously seen Gordon play 3 times before in 1980 and 1981, when I was still in high school, so I absolutely appreciated hearing half of the Shadows album as it has always been one of my favorites and only very recently was released with Salute and Dream Street Rose on CD. Needless to say, his voice could not handle anything from Salute. Other than a few songs from Harmony, only two title cuts and Ring Them Bells were included from the previous 4 albums. It was great seeing him again, especially living two miles from the theatre. The show may not have sold out because it was a last minute add-on and I literally was two seconds from purchasing tickets to the Town Hall Show, after deciding against Atlantic City, when the show was suddenly added to his tour list with tickets going on sale the next morning. I still had to get a hold of a "member" of the theatre to get tickets as close as I did because the first four rows were held back for members only. The sound quality of the show was outstanding so I suppose I lucked out. No yelling from the crowd, no buzzing AC units, and no foreplay. My girlfriend loved it and she was not aware of anything but the most popular of his songs. The bottom line is that the show was better than two of the '81 shows I saw, and his voice was much better than I had expected or hoped for; stronger than what I had seen on the Reno DVD. I wish him the best of health and hope to see another album some time. Interesting sense of humor he has. He spent over 2 hours on the stage, more than most younger people.