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2Much2Lose · 08-16-2000, 05:44 PM

If we're talking about defining the decade for Gord, I'd list the following:

1960s - Sunday Concert (live)
1970s - Summertime Dream
1980s - Shadows
1990s - Waiting for You

If we're taking four albums, one per decade, to a desert island (or Katmandu), I'd take MaryAnn's "All-S" pick of the following:

1960s - Sunday Concert
1970s - Sundown
1980s - Shadows
1990s - Songbook

I picked Sundown for the 70's through the following tortured rational. Songbook has five cuts from ODR and COTS, four each from IYCRMM, DonQ and SSOL; only three from Summertime Dream and Sundown; and only two from Endless Wire. I eliminated the albums with four or more selections, deeming the albums adequately represented. By that logic, I should have picked Endless Wire, but I couldn't bear to leave behind the songs from Sundown that are not on Songbook. So High&Dry, Somewhere USA, and the Watchman carried the day for Sundown. Sorry, DaylightKaty. Maybe there's a Rainbow Trout stream on that island.

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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by." - SDYS

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08-16-2000, 05:44 PM	#8
2Much2Lose Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sherwood Forest, MD Posts: 387	If we're talking about defining the decade for Gord, I'd list the following: 1960s - Sunday Concert (live) 1970s - Summertime Dream 1980s - Shadows 1990s - Waiting for You If we're taking four albums, one per decade, to a desert island (or Katmandu), I'd take MaryAnn's "All-S" pick of the following: 1960s - Sunday Concert 1970s - Sundown 1980s - Shadows 1990s - Songbook I picked Sundown for the 70's through the following tortured rational. Songbook has five cuts from ODR and COTS, four each from IYCRMM, DonQ and SSOL; only three from Summertime Dream and Sundown; and only two from Endless Wire. I eliminated the albums with four or more selections, deeming the albums adequately represented. By that logic, I should have picked Endless Wire, but I couldn't bear to leave behind the songs from Sundown that are not on Songbook. So High&Dry, Somewhere USA, and the Watchman carried the day for Sundown. Sorry, DaylightKaty. Maybe there's a Rainbow Trout stream on that island. ------------------ "And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by." - SDYS [This message has been edited by 2Much2Lose (edited August 16, 2000).]