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.