Affair on 8th Avenue - Once in a Lifetime
At the Universal Ampiteater in LA, then open air, the band sat this one out as Gord played and sang the seldom sung Affair on 8th Avenue.
When, in the song, Gord posed the riddle - followed by "the pause" - a riveting silence prevailed.
10, perhaps 15 seconds slow-motion ticked by as Gord just stood there - stone still . . . and gazed out as a cat, who sees things we don't . . . curls wafting in the breeze . . . finally followed by the answer as The Affair resumed.
We could all breathe again.
Silence speaks loudly.
Perhaps the ultimate honor.
I have never been witness to such a moment again.
The Rez
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It was a Beautiful Rainbow
A Beautiful Time in my Life
A Thing to Share
A Time to Care
To Be Alive
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