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Originally Posted by podunklander
... it's not up to you and you're not an American and you're not able to be objective enough to even contemplate this
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oh my, i must say i didnt' read all your post the first time
once someone said, paraphrasing, that a non-musician could not appreciate or relate to GL music in the same way a musician could...i recall it offending many and probably with good reason...i quietly think i understand what the intent of the opinion was...by the same token, i dont think musicians get to appreciate the utopia that a non-musical person does when hearing a Gord tune, i really do and am somewhat envious
so i thought about that earlier during a misunderstanding in this thread...i hesitated to similarly express that a non-Canadian may not even be able to contemplate the inner experiences of the mind and heart of a Canadian when a Lightfoot tune is spun over the airwaves or on a personal player...i'm pretty sure that would not go over well even if it may have some truth for a good portion of his works, especially the ones about the land and spirit...the ones about relationships and the human condition i feel are universal...anyhow, your tone and swagger may have changed my tune
btw, i thought the This Land is Your Land was a good analogy ( i am an ignorant one who always thought the one and only version was the one that had all the Canuck references til a few decades ago, lol....sorry about that, lol )....i enjoy your musical posts ...i don't follow your rationale or motives with the non-musical ones so much, this last one reminds of the troublesome one about thanksgivings and football comparisons...maybe it's a seasonal thing and it will pass....why not try come up with a new light hearted musical thread?
i'm pretty spent as you can imagine, lol....cheers