And lyrics that he ain't sung yet.
Since we are now in the midst of the Stanley Cup hockey playoffs (my son is a diehard NJ Devils fan), it struck me as odd that I couldn't think of a song by Gord about many of the "typical" (sterotypical?) winter sport pasttimes we in the lower 48 associate with Canada, like hockey, skiing, ice skating. Is the ice still in the river and the home team still on fire? That's about it, to the extent I can remember.
Thinking about it further, I wasn't too sure that sports songs, or songs that use sports as an analogy, would be the type of songs that would be well suited to Gord or that I would want to hear from him. Although, doubtless, I wouldn't have thought of Rainbow Trout either, yet I enjoy that song.
In that regard, I would like to hear him do a song that uses the Northern Lights as an image (like a shadowy ghost at dawn?). It occurred to me that perhaps there were topics, or geographical locations, or persons, etc., that this collective group of Gord gurus might address as their personal wish lists of subject matters for future lyrics. The thought is not hypothetically to present him with a list of "Why don't you write one on ...?" but rather, what subjects would make you tremble with anticipation just to think about the prospect of opening that next CD to hear for the first time Gord's song about it?
Any thoughts?
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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by." - SDYS
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