My favorite song would have to be 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy'.
I had heard of Gordon Lightfoot in the 1960s as a singer from Canada but had never heard any of his music until I watched the Johnny Cash TV show in 1969. Cash had a weekly segment called 'Ride This Train' where he sang songs about trains and sometimes introduced guests who sang the same types of songs. He introduced Gordon Lightfoot as a singer from Canada that would sing his song 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy'.
Lighfoot performed the song sitting in front of a large 3D type of movie screen that wrapped around the stage behind him. The movie screen displayed a film of workers building a railroad thru a wilderness. It was stunning. You could actually see the workers 'swinging their hammers' just like in the song.
I will always remember being mesmerized by this great song and the film shown in the background. If anyone can get a copy of the tape of this show, it would be priceless to any Lightfoot fan.
The song itself is a lyrical, melodic, and harmonic masterpiece that provokes much visualization.
Incidentally, the song was written for Canada's 1967 Centennial as a nation.
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