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johnfowles · 01-09-2006, 03:26 PM

I just found in the internet archives a very nice old thread that I wanted to resurrect and reply to but it ain't here apparently
However it is archived at:-
http://web.archive.org/web/200303260...ML/000024.html
There is a revealing posting by some unknown character calling himself Florian Bodenseher who replied the topic subject
(that I will re-use) "First Time You Heard A Gordon Lightfoot Song"
as follows:-
posted December 10, 1999 16:01:-
quote:
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Can any of you remember the first time you ever heard a Gordon Lightfoot song? Which one was it? Do you remember what you were doing at the time?
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Well, I guess I can only share some second-hand experience, since Gordon Lightfoot's music has been with be all my life (I'm 25 years old).

My parents lived in Toronto from the mid 60's to the mid 70's and in 1968 or 1969 my father was shopping in Eglington Square Shopping mall at the "Bay Company". He wanted to get some towels (as far as he remebers).

What he does remember is that he heard a song played through the shopping mall's sound system that immediately appealed to him, so he went to the DJ of the shopping mall asking him what song he had played a few minutes ago.

I'm sure you can guess who's song that was - in fact he had played "Softly".

To cut a long story short, my father went straight for the next record store, picked up all Gordon Lightfoot records available.

At the time it must have been "Lightfoot!" and "The Way I Feel" (including Softly).

If he actually bought the towels, I cannot tell you.

Ever since, my father has not lost contact with Gordon Lightfoot's music and has been purchasing every new album ever since.

As far as my personal memory goes, the first song I can actually remember having heard when I was very young is "Never Too Close". (That's the reason I chose this song as 'Song-Of-The-Month' for October.)

As you can see, I hardly had any choice but to become a devoted Gordon Lightfoot fan.
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by Florian
Copied and pasted by John Fowles
I have no idea why the topic does not come up I tried searching for the topic title and knowing that Florian's site revamp last year had resulted in a change of format for the topic addresses I tried the obvious link that should have worked:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...1;t=00024.html

but no I was told that I was lost!!

I have previously found old topics by using that format so maybe Florian has deleted it from the database??
pity as it was a nice topic
Sorry Florian I previously had no idea that you were so young (I actually met you briefly at Massey Hall that November or was it May 2001?
My memory ain't what it used to be!!!

01-09-2006, 03:26 PM	#1
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	I just found in the internet archives a very nice old thread that I wanted to resurrect and reply to but it ain't here apparently However it is archived at:- http://web.archive.org/web/200303260...ML/000024.html There is a revealing posting by some unknown character calling himself Florian Bodenseher who replied the topic subject (that I will re-use) "First Time You Heard A Gordon Lightfoot Song" as follows:- posted December 10, 1999 16:01:- quote: -------------------------------------------------- Can any of you remember the first time you ever heard a Gordon Lightfoot song? Which one was it? Do you remember what you were doing at the time? -------------------------------------------------- Well, I guess I can only share some second-hand experience, since Gordon Lightfoot's music has been with be all my life (I'm 25 years old). My parents lived in Toronto from the mid 60's to the mid 70's and in 1968 or 1969 my father was shopping in Eglington Square Shopping mall at the "Bay Company". He wanted to get some towels (as far as he remebers). What he does remember is that he heard a song played through the shopping mall's sound system that immediately appealed to him, so he went to the DJ of the shopping mall asking him what song he had played a few minutes ago. I'm sure you can guess who's song that was - in fact he had played "Softly". To cut a long story short, my father went straight for the next record store, picked up all Gordon Lightfoot records available. At the time it must have been "Lightfoot!" and "The Way I Feel" (including Softly). If he actually bought the towels, I cannot tell you. Ever since, my father has not lost contact with Gordon Lightfoot's music and has been purchasing every new album ever since. As far as my personal memory goes, the first song I can actually remember having heard when I was very young is "Never Too Close". (That's the reason I chose this song as 'Song-Of-The-Month' for October.) As you can see, I hardly had any choice but to become a devoted Gordon Lightfoot fan. ---------------------------------- by Florian Copied and pasted by John Fowles I have no idea why the topic does not come up I tried searching for the topic title and knowing that Florian's site revamp last year had resulted in a change of format for the topic addresses I tried the obvious link that should have worked:- http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...1;t=00024.html but no I was told that I was lost!! I have previously found old topics by using that format so maybe Florian has deleted it from the database?? pity as it was a nice topic Sorry Florian I previously had no idea that you were so young (I actually met you briefly at Massey Hall that November or was it May 2001? My memory ain't what it used to be!!!