Faktor:
DEFINITELY "Summertime Dream" which contains some great ones:
"Race Among the Ruins"
"Cherokee Bend"
"Protocol"
"Too Many Clues in This Room"
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (of COURSE)
"Never Too Close"
"I'm Not Supposed to Care"
Actually, if you can manage to find them (at E-Bay or Amazon), to me, the best albums to start with are "Shadows" and "Dream Street Rose". Some of my all-time favorite songs and some I personally feel are true masterpieces. Of course, many would disagree with me because, as Mary Ann said, we all look for different things in Gord's music. But tracking down these albums would be well worth the effort to you. They contain some very beautiful songs:
"Hey, You"
"If You Need Me"
"Mr. Rock of Ages"
"On the High Seas"
"Ghosts of Cape Horn"
"The Auctioneer" (He didn't write it, but does a marvelous rendition)
"Triangle" (Like a chocolate chip cookie -- can't just listen once. Gotta hit the rewind button or lift up the needle and put it down at the beginning again)
"She's Not the Same"
Anyway, I don't mean to go on. You might even start with "Gord's Gold Volume II which has a many of the songs off the three albums above and some choice cuts from several others. It might be a good place to start because it has a pretty good cross-section of his work.
And, believe me, once you start listening to Gord, you won't be able to get enough. The addiction will take control and you will soon end up with every album you can get your hands on.
Stay loose, eh?
LAMS
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"Love and maple syrup
go together like the
sticky winds of winter
when they meet....
If you go into the forest
Gaze up through the trees
The sky is white.
You can understand
What makes the forest
Greet the man
Like a mother's only
child ..."
[This message has been edited by loveandmaplesyrup (edited July 21, 2000).]
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