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jj · 03-17-2007, 09:05 AM

I think Gord's just mellowed and more sensitive to all this politically correctness

just as there are many characters mentioned in his tunes, many of the lyrics are written by the characters in his mind or ones he's run into, typical

Gord's Songbook liner note quotes:

FOR LOVIN' ME
The most chauvinistic song I ever wrote, but, nevertheless, Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) saw something in it, a tongue-in-cheek sort of approach to the situation. Fortunately for me, it became a big hit...

I'M NOT SAYIN'
..."I'm Not Sayin'" is about noncommitment, and a little bit of that sexist thing comes into play here.

YOU'LL STILL BE NEEDING ME
Oh, my chauvinism rears its ugly head again. Unrequited love again, and I'm stinging, so I lash out at my love and say that she'll be needing me even though she believes she won't. I look back at it now a bit more philosophically, because it has a nice sound and the message isn't as severe as it seemed at the time. There's a lot of conceit involved; the character has some nerve.

imo, i prefer the term actress, it sounds more beautiful than handsome but that's just the connotation i've come to know...and maybe we should change the term history (not to herstory) but to itstory...and change lyrics to popular tunes like Rudolph so we don't offend anyone, it actually has a nice ring to it..."you'll go down in itstory"

we can get used to anything...I couldnt' get used to calling the hockey arena in boston anything other than the Boston Garden but TD Banknorth centre or whatever it's called actually has grown on me also

btw, most of my post written tongue cheek, same as Gord wrote For Lovin' Me but i wont be seeing similar royalties, lol

back on topic, i can't find my initial totally euphoric at corfid post when this video was released, but i agree, RMD,, this video is gorgeous art...so was glad it allowed to to erase all of his prior video productions and themes from my mind

[ March 17, 2007, 09:19: Message edited by: jj ]

03-17-2007, 09:05 AM	#11
jj Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 5,265	I think Gord's just mellowed and more sensitive to all this politically correctness just as there are many characters mentioned in his tunes, many of the lyrics are written by the characters in his mind or ones he's run into, typical Gord's Songbook liner note quotes: FOR LOVIN' ME The most chauvinistic song I ever wrote, but, nevertheless, Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) saw something in it, a tongue-in-cheek sort of approach to the situation. Fortunately for me, it became a big hit... I'M NOT SAYIN' ..."I'm Not Sayin'" is about noncommitment, and a little bit of that sexist thing comes into play here. YOU'LL STILL BE NEEDING ME Oh, my chauvinism rears its ugly head again. Unrequited love again, and I'm stinging, so I lash out at my love and say that she'll be needing me even though she believes she won't. I look back at it now a bit more philosophically, because it has a nice sound and the message isn't as severe as it seemed at the time. There's a lot of conceit involved; the character has some nerve. imo, i prefer the term actress, it sounds more beautiful than handsome but that's just the connotation i've come to know...and maybe we should change the term history (not to herstory) but to itstory...and change lyrics to popular tunes like Rudolph so we don't offend anyone, it actually has a nice ring to it..."you'll go down in itstory" we can get used to anything...I couldnt' get used to calling the hockey arena in boston anything other than the Boston Garden but TD Banknorth centre or whatever it's called actually has grown on me also btw, most of my post written tongue cheek, same as Gord wrote For Lovin' Me but i wont be seeing similar royalties, lol back on topic, i can't find my initial totally euphoric at corfid post when this video was released, but i agree, RMD,, this video is gorgeous art...so was glad it allowed to to erase all of his prior video productions and themes from my mind [ March 17, 2007, 09:19: Message edited by: jj ]