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Westernstar9 · 09-29-2001, 06:23 PM

I don't post here often but enjoy all your posts. I've picked up much info and can relate to many of the stories of some of the people of this message board. Let me tell you a little story based on Gord's music and how it has affected my life over the past couple of years..

I have listened to Gord's music all my life as influenced early by my dad's 8-tracks listening to his music on trips to upstate New York and other areas. As I grew older I really didn't listen to Gord that much at all really but something happened about 3 years ago. I picked up some old tapes, including Sundown and started listening more often. then more and more. It started really growing on me big time. At about the same time this was going on, I started going out with a new girl I met. We grew to listen to alot of Gord's music as we got to know each other and it wasn't unusual for me to listen to literally hours of his music every day as I do now even and as many of you fans out there do as well. We went to several concerts together. It was a fantastic 3 years but recently we broke up just a few months ago. Boy, do those lyrics sound different now!! As you know, most of Gord's music is about love and relationships and I have lived through it first hand from the beginning and end. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has felt this. The meaning in his songs are so different now that we are apart. Albums like "Endless Wire", "Don Quixote" just to name a few have become different albums in my mindset. To make a long story short, it's amazing how music can mean something one day and something entirely different the next. After we broke up, I have been "reborn" listening to Gord's music and it has never sounded better after hours a day for several years.

09-29-2001, 06:23 PM	#1
Westernstar9 Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Rocklin, CA, USA Posts: 99	I don't post here often but enjoy all your posts. I've picked up much info and can relate to many of the stories of some of the people of this message board. Let me tell you a little story based on Gord's music and how it has affected my life over the past couple of years.. I have listened to Gord's music all my life as influenced early by my dad's 8-tracks listening to his music on trips to upstate New York and other areas. As I grew older I really didn't listen to Gord that much at all really but something happened about 3 years ago. I picked up some old tapes, including Sundown and started listening more often. then more and more. It started really growing on me big time. At about the same time this was going on, I started going out with a new girl I met. We grew to listen to alot of Gord's music as we got to know each other and it wasn't unusual for me to listen to literally hours of his music every day as I do now even and as many of you fans out there do as well. We went to several concerts together. It was a fantastic 3 years but recently we broke up just a few months ago. Boy, do those lyrics sound different now!! As you know, most of Gord's music is about love and relationships and I have lived through it first hand from the beginning and end. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has felt this. The meaning in his songs are so different now that we are apart. Albums like "Endless Wire", "Don Quixote" just to name a few have become different albums in my mindset. To make a long story short, it's amazing how music can mean something one day and something entirely different the next. After we broke up, I have been "reborn" listening to Gord's music and it has never sounded better after hours a day for several years.