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Originally Posted by jj
great opinions...one can compare from a singing, songwriting, durability perspective, etc, etc but as far as what he is to Canada? he is not eccentric or stand-off-ish... the charm of Gord is that he is a non-celebrity, accessible...sure he has earned some royalties over the years so affords to live in a decent neighbourhood but you could run into and get a "howdy" from Mr Cool on any local street or in a hardware store...Gord the Plumber 
char, do you still have that well weathered Stephen Foster songbook? it would look good on the Heintzman 
a lovely post, steve...rotten thread idea, rm....oh, doo da day |
jj, thanks jj, but I gotta root for RM on this thread idea, I honestly do think it was an excellent thought-provoking idea.....won that could go on as long and as off-thread as the infamous 'Dylan cover of INSTC' debacle,....lol
So I do stand by Ron's thread idea. Thanks again for the post compliment., jj
One other thought- The older candidates (Seeger, Foster) aren't categorically less viable because the question did not refer to contemporaries, it in fact IMO negged for a broader stroke, lasting effect on a country ie(our choice is to the USA, as Lightfoot is to Canada. That almost walks us right into the historical showroom, which Gordon is allready casting a tall shadow upon - when a guy is told he 'said more in that book [CRT[ than I (Bertone) said in pages... and when a large fraction of the populus in Canada is said to believe that Gordon Lightfoot wrote 'Oh, Canada'