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Old 12-25-2010, 12:45 AM   #1
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How about a brain-teaser, where did Gord mention a month in a song?
I'll start with:
A Passing Ship - April
Songs the Minstrel Sang - May & June
Black day in July
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald-November
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Old 12-25-2010, 03:39 AM   #2
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Gee Rick , this is toughie - I may have to go back and listen to ALL my Gord music again! Sounds like a winning situation. I shall be back.
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Old 12-25-2010, 05:24 AM   #3
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Stone Cold Sober - October
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Old 12-25-2010, 06:46 AM   #4
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The gales of November...

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Old 12-25-2010, 10:43 AM   #5
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good point, brink

i and some others might keep hushed on this one...we need to make a list of all the 'lyrical reference lists' we've made over the years

as far as i recall, we've had lyrics that mention:
Places
Names
Foods
Numbers
Months
Days of the Week
Years (maybe we haven't actually, unless it was part of the Numbers one)

...glad you got a brain stimulator going, bendrick...don't think we'll see SM again

enjoy
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Old 12-25-2010, 11:23 AM   #6
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Does "Mother May I" count?
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Old 12-25-2010, 11:25 AM   #7
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iloveit, loveabiggibson!

btw, have we done 'body parts' yet?
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Old 12-25-2010, 05:13 PM   #8
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For me the most obvious one is of course simply "May I"
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Old 12-25-2010, 05:18 PM   #9
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Oh yeah, it's just "May I". Duh.
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Old 12-25-2010, 06:29 PM   #10
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He uses the word "may" in several songs but do they actually reference the MONTH?? I think that's the intent of the quiz?
hmmm...
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Old 12-25-2010, 07:23 PM   #11
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He uses the word "may" in several songs but do they actually reference the MONTH?
yeah, "in the month of May" (Songs the Minstrel Sang) ... as bendrick provided

ok, march onward...
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Old 12-25-2010, 09:11 PM   #12
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Lemon lilies at your door, to give you in September

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Old 12-26-2010, 03:29 PM   #13
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He uses the word "may" in several songs but do they actually reference the MONTH?? I think that's the intent of the quiz?
hmmm...
A very good point Madam
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Otherwise one could readily argue that all of Gord's songs are "August"
Meaning of august (adjective)
imposing; magnificent; grand
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Old 12-26-2010, 03:39 PM   #14
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Fine As Fine Can Be ----> April
Boss Man -----> July and May
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Old 12-27-2010, 02:31 AM   #15
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Four months ago in APRIL, on a day coach she came down...

Black day in JULY...

When the gales of NOVEMBER come early...

Lemon lilies at your door to give you in SEPTEMBER...

Mother, MAY I...
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Old 12-27-2010, 01:37 PM   #16
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How about a brain-teaser, where did Gord mention a month in a song?
I'll start with:
A Passing Ship - April
Songs the Minstrel Sang - May & June
Black day in July
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald-November
"A Passing Ship" also mentions October. "Circle of Steel" mentions Christmas but that technically doesn't count. A person could hit "Lightfoot.ca" and check the song lyrics...
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Old 12-28-2010, 01:31 AM   #17
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Dad2mak, what is this lyric "Four months ago in APRIL, on a day coach she came down...
" from?
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Old 12-28-2010, 05:24 AM   #18
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Dad2mak, what is this lyric "Four months ago in APRIL, on a day coach she came down...
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Red Velvet. its not a Lightfoot original (Ian Tyson), but its on the Painter passing through album
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Old 12-28-2010, 03:16 PM   #19
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Yes, that was from GL's cover of Ian Tyson's song "Red Velvet."
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Old 12-29-2010, 01:10 AM   #20
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Alright then here are the results, for whatever they are worth:
April 3 times
May 2 times
June 1 time
July 2 times
September 1 time
October 2 times
November 1 time
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Old 12-30-2010, 12:40 PM   #21
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Thanks, Mende I was trying to figure out where that came from. Love the line. Back to listening to everything Lightfoot and see if I can find another month in there.
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Old 12-30-2010, 08:49 PM   #22
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I am surprised nobody has mentioned Wherefore And Why; he mentions 2 in the same verse.

So many times now, oh Lord I can't remember, if it's September or July
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Old 01-03-2011, 01:36 AM   #23
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Thanks, Shut Up & Deal; also I realized the song Bossman had two references
to months.
Here's my revised list of Months mentioned in Gord's songs:
April 3 times
May 2 times
June 1 time
July 4 times
September 3 times
October 2 times
November 1 time
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