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Wes Steele · 07-12-2005, 11:52 PM

Thought it was wierd (spooky) that I was listening to the "Summer Side Of Life" CD tonight and that was one of your recent topics.

I remember many years ago when I bought the album. I had it for years before I listened totally to "Cabaret", the final song on the album. As I am sure you are familiar with, "Cabaret" starts off very slow....almost agonizing and then "picks up" with the second half of the song (after GL takes a swig of Ice Cold Canadian Ale)...."North Ontario".

I fell in love with the second half of the song immediately... I remember I was coming back from Balitmore and was listening to it on my 8 Track Tape Player...(wow, am I old). It took a long trip with much time on my hands to listen to the whole song. I probably had the album 2 years before I heard the whole song.

Always thought "North Ontario" could have been a hit....

Sorry if I rambled...

Wes

07-12-2005, 11:52 PM	#2
Wes Steele Senior Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Hudson, Ohio USA Posts: 359	Thought it was wierd (spooky) that I was listening to the "Summer Side Of Life" CD tonight and that was one of your recent topics. I remember many years ago when I bought the album. I had it for years before I listened totally to "Cabaret", the final song on the album. As I am sure you are familiar with, "Cabaret" starts off very slow....almost agonizing and then "picks up" with the second half of the song (after GL takes a swig of Ice Cold Canadian Ale)...."North Ontario". I fell in love with the second half of the song immediately... I remember I was coming back from Balitmore and was listening to it on my 8 Track Tape Player...(wow, am I old). It took a long trip with much time on my hands to listen to the whole song. I probably had the album 2 years before I heard the whole song. Always thought "North Ontario" could have been a hit.... Sorry if I rambled... Wes __________________ Wes....