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My favorite album has to be 'Summer Side of Life' yet my favorite songs are probably some that are most dear to me, yet not so popular and never played live. 'Looking at the Rain' has to have been written about me. I found out that a girl I had been seeing on a regular basis decided one day marry someone else and not let me in on it. Confused, I hopped in my car and drove all night with no destination in mind. It was pouring rain and Gord on the cassette keeping rhythm with the wipers gave me comfort. In 'Looking at the Rain' Gord sings about "a picture frame of lace" which only then struck me as a wedding veil! The entire song summed up my situation and emotions that rainy night. I came home as the weekend was ending and as they say "time heals everything"
I also love 'Whispers of the North' which to me is a chant best sung to the rhythmic strokes of canoe paddles cutting the remote waters of some wilderness river. Having canoed some of the rivers Gord has, it is impossible not to be inspired by this fantastic country!
Yuri Amatnieks
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