Favorite Lightfoot Song & Why? II

[Liam Horan]

I love IF YOU NEED ME from Dream Street Rose.
That album ranks right up there with Sundown.
Seven Island Suite, The Watchman's Gone, and Is There Anyone Home
are an amazing trio of tracks to be laid down on one album.
Nothing has compared.

There are so many of his songs ingrained in my psyche, that are part of me... but the one that I floats to the top, every time I try to find a favorite, is Don Quixote. Having been a lit major, I read both Don Quixote and the bio of Miguel de Cervantes, but this song goes beyond that story. One of my best friends is a struggling musician, a man who writes and sings the most beautiful stories of his life... much like the man this site is dedicated to, I suppose. For me, this song has become the story of the performer himself, a man with something to say, a passion for shining light into the darkness.

Perhaps there's a bit of the old knight in all of us...

There are so many of his songs ingrained in my psyche, that are part of me... but the one that I floats to the top, every time I try to find a favorite, is Don Quixote. Having been a lit major, I read both Don Quixote and the bio of Miguel de Cervantes, but this song goes beyond that story. One of my best friends is a struggling musician, a man who writes and sings the most beautiful stories of his life... much like the man this site is dedicated to, I suppose. For me, this song has become the story of the performer himself, a man with something to say, a passion for shining light into the darkness.

Perhaps there's a bit of the old knight in all of us...

[simplewood]

Somewhere USA off of Sundown. "Out on the road like a low down joe and the bar where we are is so cool I'd like to stay." My friend and I must have listened to this 1,000 times traveling cross country in 1975.

[Guido]

Somewhere USA off of Sundown. "Out on the road like a low down joe and the bar where we are is so cool I'd like to stay." My friend and I must have listened to this 1,000 times traveling cross country in 1975.

Circle of Steel is my favorite. Every time
I listen it reminds me how lucky I truly am.
As he puts it so well "you place your bets on
a great big wheel". This song just hits a nerve with how fragile life is. To me the
Sundown album was his best followed by
Cold On The Shoulder. I've been a fan for
27 years ever since hearing If You Could Read
My Mind as a 7 year old.

Circle of Steel is my favorite. Every time
I listen it reminds me how lucky I truly am.
As he puts it so well "you place your bets on
a great big wheel". This song just hits a nerve with how fragile life is. To me the
Sundown album was his best followed by
Cold On The Shoulder. I've been a fan for
27 years ever since hearing If You Could Read
My Mind as a 7 year old.

[Bob from Mich]

shadows

[Russ Houser]

shadows

It's been a long time since I visited this site until today and I had posted on this original topic before it was lost. Of course my favorite song has changed since then! "I heard you talking in your sleep" is my new favorite. The song deals with infidelity and I wonder if this is from Gordon's life or if it is just something he thought on. I do know that no matter what he is singing about, when you are sad it makes you feel like he is just as hurt as you are and you are not alone. It is the magic of Gordon Lightfoot.

It's been a long time since I visited this site until today and I had posted on this original topic before it was lost. Of course my favorite song has changed since then! "I heard you talking in your sleep" is my new favorite. The song deals with infidelity and I wonder if this is from Gordon's life or if it is just something he thought on. I do know that no matter what he is singing about, when you are sad it makes you feel like he is just as hurt as you are and you are not alone. It is the magic of Gordon Lightfoot.

Favorite Lightfoot song(s)?
It would have to be Seven Island Suite from Sundown -- I grew up on Puget Sound and I like to imagine that he is singing about the San Juan Islands.....
more in the water vein: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, so eerie. There is a segment on a show on Discovery Channel about Shipwrecks about the Edmund Fitzgerald and they play the song as a backdrop for the bell ringing 29 times.....

Favorite Lightfoot song(s)?
It would have to be Seven Island Suite from Sundown -- I grew up on Puget Sound and I like to imagine that he is singing about the San Juan Islands.....
more in the water vein: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, so eerie. There is a segment on a show on Discovery Channel about Shipwrecks about the Edmund Fitzgerald and they play the song as a backdrop for the bell ringing 29 times.....

Favorite Lightfoot song(s)?
It would have to be Seven Island Suite from Sundown -- I grew up on Puget Sound and I like to imagine that he is singing about the San Juan Islands.....
more in the water vein: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, so eerie. There is a segment on a show on Discovery Channel about Shipwrecks about the Edmund Fitzgerald and they play the song as a backdrop for the bell ringing 29 times.....

Favorite Lightfoot song(s)?
It would have to be Seven Island Suite from Sundown -- I grew up on Puget Sound and I like to imagine that he is singing about the San Juan Islands.....
more in the water vein: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, so eerie. There is a segment on a show on Discovery Channel about Shipwrecks about the Edmund Fitzgerald and they play the song as a backdrop for the bell ringing 29 times.....

[Nodrog Toofthgil]

Wow; there's an impossible one to answer. I'm torn between Protocol, Race amoung the Ruins, 14 Carat Gold, Shadows, and EVERY other song Gord's ever done! I'm serious, I'd have to pick 100 or so songs to be fair.

[hemlock]

Wow; there's an impossible one to answer. I'm torn between Protocol, Race amoung the Ruins, 14 Carat Gold, Shadows, and EVERY other song Gord's ever done! I'm serious, I'd have to pick 100 or so songs to be fair.

[Cathy]

"Black Day in July", has to rank right up there. The words, the music, the percussion. A song for all ages and all times. Hopefully something like that will never again happen here, in that magnitude. Sadly, we are not a peaceful world. BDIJ is a gut shot to all of us who have ever thought ill of one another. Like Smokey the Bear always said, "Only you can prevent forest fires". If only folks would listen. "The streets of Motor City are now quiet and serene. But the shapes of gutted buildings, strike terror to the heart, and you say how did it happen,and you say how did it start. Why can't we all be brothers, why can't we live in peace. But the hands of the havenots, keep falling out of reach. Black day in July."

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joe beckey

[joebeckey]

"Black Day in July", has to rank right up there. The words, the music, the percussion. A song for all ages and all times. Hopefully something like that will never again happen here, in that magnitude. Sadly, we are not a peaceful world. BDIJ is a gut shot to all of us who have ever thought ill of one another. Like Smokey the Bear always said, "Only you can prevent forest fires". If only folks would listen. "The streets of Motor City are now quiet and serene. But the shapes of gutted buildings, strike terror to the heart, and you say how did it happen,and you say how did it start. Why can't we all be brothers, why can't we live in peace. But the hands of the havenots, keep falling out of reach. Black day in July."

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joe beckey

[bluerose]

This is a fantastic website. It has been a long time since I've been here. My favorite Gordon Lightfoot song would be a toss-up between, "Sixteen Miles", and "Carefree Highway".
"Sixteen Miles" reminds me of the breakup of my first marriage and the emotions of that situation.
""Carefree Highway" is the song that mad me a Gordon Lightfoot fan and is a song I used to sing with an old flame who I worked with long ago.

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John

[c0untryboy]

This is a fantastic website. It has been a long time since I've been here. My favorite Gordon Lightfoot song would be a toss-up between, "Sixteen Miles", and "Carefree Highway".
"Sixteen Miles" reminds me of the breakup of my first marriage and the emotions of that situation.
""Carefree Highway" is the song that mad me a Gordon Lightfoot fan and is a song I used to sing with an old flame who I worked with long ago.

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John

[mhanse1]

without a doubt my favorite gordon lightfoot song, and the best one too, is The Wreck Of theEdmund Fitzgerald.

Historically accurate, it captures the mood without pandering or preying on the deceased.

[Nodrog Toofthgil]

without a doubt my favorite gordon lightfoot song, and the best one too, is The Wreck Of theEdmund Fitzgerald.

Historically accurate, it captures the mood without pandering or preying on the deceased.

[gsmdmom]

My favourite song is probably Yarmouth Castle. I recall my father having the 'Sunday Concert' album, which was one of the few records we had around the house up in McKenzie in the early 70s. When I was young, I remember laying by the record player listening to this record. My father still has it, it is such a thick piece of plastic, much more so that LPs that came out later in the decade. I still remember all the words to the song, my favourites being 'Oh Lord she groans I'm burning, let someone understand, but her silent plea is wasted in the playing of the band'. As I have aged, I have other special songs, but this initial exposure remains my favourite.

[mhanse1]

My favourite song is probably Yarmouth Castle. I recall my father having the 'Sunday Concert' album, which was one of the few records we had around the house up in McKenzie in the early 70s. When I was young, I remember laying by the record player listening to this record. My father still has it, it is such a thick piece of plastic, much more so that LPs that came out later in the decade. I still remember all the words to the song, my favourites being 'Oh Lord she groans I'm burning, let someone understand, but her silent plea is wasted in the playing of the band'. As I have aged, I have other special songs, but this initial exposure remains my favourite.