Yow! Three in a row.....

[CanadaGirl38]

I'll be poking around on GL albums and loads of the stuff is really excellent, but every once on a while you will hit like 3 songs in a row that just melt you because first they are sound darned exellent and they follow each other so wonderfully. I have a few candidates, but let's start with this one: last 3 cuts on Old Dan's Records - It's Worth Believin', Mother of a Miner's Child and Highway Songs. Always keeps my attention!

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[fezo]

I'll be poking around on GL albums and loads of the stuff is really excellent, but every once on a while you will hit like 3 songs in a row that just melt you because first they are sound darned exellent and they follow each other so wonderfully. I have a few candidates, but let's start with this one: last 3 cuts on Old Dan's Records - It's Worth Believin', Mother of a Miner's Child and Highway Songs. Always keeps my attention!

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[Tom]

Alright, I'll give it a try.
Sundown, side one . . . first three songs:
Somewhere USA, High & Dry, Seven Island Suite
Makes me want to hit the replay button!
Next . . .

Mary Ann

[Mary Ann]

Alright, I'll give it a try.
Sundown, side one . . . first three songs:
Somewhere USA, High & Dry, Seven Island Suite
Makes me want to hit the replay button!
Next . . .

Mary Ann

[midnightmisty]

From Cold on the Shoulder: All the Lovely Ladies, Fine as Fine Can Be & Cherokee Bend are an enjoyable trio.

Also The first three on Gords Gold: Ribbon of Darkness, Song for a Winters Night and Canadian Railroad Trilogy are a nice three in a row.

[sandyo]

From Cold on the Shoulder: All the Lovely Ladies, Fine as Fine Can Be & Cherokee Bend are an enjoyable trio.

Also The first three on Gords Gold: Ribbon of Darkness, Song for a Winters Night and Canadian Railroad Trilogy are a nice three in a row.

[Mary Pierce]

Fezo, your suggested awesome "triple play" gets my #1 vote. (Especially as the last tune is my all time favorite and the 1st ranks top 5.)
M.

[Wingdrops]

Good question -

I have several candidates too. The earliest is Song for a Winter's Night/CRT/The Way I Feel (title track).

I think you can start just about anywhere on SSOL, DonQ or Shadows and get three great songs in a row. Also the first 3 songs on each side of Sundown.

My favorite trio? Probably DonQ/ ChristianIsland/AlbertaBound from DonQ, edging out OdeToBigBlue/2dCuppaCoffee/ Beautiful from that same album.

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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by." - SDYS

[2Much2Lose]

Good question -

I have several candidates too. The earliest is Song for a Winter's Night/CRT/The Way I Feel (title track).

I think you can start just about anywhere on SSOL, DonQ or Shadows and get three great songs in a row. Also the first 3 songs on each side of Sundown.

My favorite trio? Probably DonQ/ ChristianIsland/AlbertaBound from DonQ, edging out OdeToBigBlue/2dCuppaCoffee/ Beautiful from that same album.

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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by." - SDYS

[charlene]

I've never taken this route before! I can put every Cd, album (whatever) on and every song that comes on is like a new start to me. And when it's over it is finished. Then the delight begins again with the next song. I have never thought of a continuous play sort of development in regards to the sequence of songs on any of Gord's albums (or anyone else's either) I can't relate one song to another, even when they run one after the other in sequence on an album. Every one is its' own treasure and for me it is like choosing a favourite child. I can't do it. I have to disqualify myself.

Char

[charlene]

I've never taken this route before! I can put every Cd, album (whatever) on and every song that comes on is like a new start to me. And when it's over it is finished. Then the delight begins again with the next song. I have never thought of a continuous play sort of development in regards to the sequence of songs on any of Gord's albums (or anyone else's either) I can't relate one song to another, even when they run one after the other in sequence on an album. Every one is its' own treasure and for me it is like choosing a favourite child. I can't do it. I have to disqualify myself.

Char

[Florian]

Hi fezo,

I'd like to point out IYCRMM. Once you start, you cannot stop until the CD is finished (or auto-replay starts the CD all over again.).

All songs are fabulous, and you don't get a chance to skip a single song (with the slight exception of Baby It's Allright, which I sometimes skip - but please don't tell anyone ).

Infact, it gets to the point where I start to feel a little uneasy if - for example - "Me and Bobby McGee" is not followed by "Approaching Lavender". My ears are trained to the sequence of these songs, and I kind of get a feeling of interruption if another song follows instead of the one I'm used to.

-Florian

[BigFitz]

florian - great point! In fact, if I hear another artist's recording of Me and Bobby McGee, I always instinctively start singing Aproaching Lavendar in my head immediately afterward - I guess that's what happens when you listen to every recording about 200 times!

[bobo]

florian - great point! In fact, if I hear another artist's recording of Me and Bobby McGee, I always instinctively start singing Aproaching Lavendar in my head immediately afterward - I guess that's what happens when you listen to every recording about 200 times!

[midnightmisty]

Florian,
I must first say, this website is beyond words for the Lightfoot fan!. But, I think it's funny that you skip Baby It's Alright. I noticed it was one of your dislikes in another topic. I don't like cobwebs and dust from the same IYCRMM. I also noticed that you don't have it listed in the 'songs' part of the website. Is there any other you skip over? Just wondering...one fan to another.

[sandyo]

Florian,
I must first say, this website is beyond words for the Lightfoot fan!. But, I think it's funny that you skip Baby It's Alright. I noticed it was one of your dislikes in another topic. I don't like cobwebs and dust from the same IYCRMM. I also noticed that you don't have it listed in the 'songs' part of the website. Is there any other you skip over? Just wondering...one fan to another.

[Lightfoot678]

For me it's the last three on the first CD of the UA Collection. Song For A Winters Night/Canadian Railroad Trilogy/The Way I Feel (2)

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Look into his shining eyes and if you see a ghost don't be surprised......Listen to the strings. That jangle and dangle while the old guitar sings.

The lake it is said never gives up her dead, when the gales of November come early.

"Shadows", "She's not the Same" and "14, Karot Gold" from Disc#4 on the songbook seem to follow each quite well. If you listen to the lyrics, you'll know what I mean. Shadows is when everything is bad, She's not the same is when you have learned to accept it and 14 Karot Gold is when you've gotten back together and everythings good again.

"Shadows", "She's not the Same" and "14, Karot Gold" from Disc#4 on the songbook seem to follow each quite well. If you listen to the lyrics, you'll know what I mean. Shadows is when everything is bad, She's not the same is when you have learned to accept it and 14 Karot Gold is when you've gotten back together and everythings good again.

[Borderstone]

DMD3-It's only natural those 3 would follow each-other well,they're all from the "Shadows" LP (CD). I'm sure you knew that. I don't really know any 3 in a row that I would play over,mainly because I've never really thought about it. I'll have to check my LP's at home. One song I never get tired of though is,"Cotton Jenny". I like bouncy feel-good songs like that! It's been me and I'll catch ya on the flipside of Sundown!

[Dan O'Malley]

How about "Race Among the Ruins", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "I'm Not Supposed to Care" from "Summertime Dream". Three absolute classics!

quote:Originally posted by Borderstone:
DMD3-It's only natural those 3 would follow each-other well,they're all from the "Shadows" LP (CD). I'm sure you knew that. I don't really know any 3 in a row that I would play over,mainly because I've never really thought about it. I'll have to check my LP's at home. One song I never get tired of though is,"Cotton Jenny". I like bouncy feel-good songs like that! It's been me and I'll catch ya on the flipside of Sundown!

Well, that's true. But it was kind of weird because lyrically those 3 really do seem to follow each other. Sort of like "I'm Not Sayin" and "Ribbon Of Darkeness"
They seem to flow like a saga, the next song picking up on down the road from where the last one left off.

quote:Originally posted by Borderstone:
DMD3-It's only natural those 3 would follow each-other well,they're all from the "Shadows" LP (CD). I'm sure you knew that. I don't really know any 3 in a row that I would play over,mainly because I've never really thought about it. I'll have to check my LP's at home. One song I never get tired of though is,"Cotton Jenny". I like bouncy feel-good songs like that! It's been me and I'll catch ya on the flipside of Sundown!

Well, that's true. But it was kind of weird because lyrically those 3 really do seem to follow each other. Sort of like "I'm Not Sayin" and "Ribbon Of Darkeness"
They seem to flow like a saga, the next song picking up on down the road from where the last one left off.

[Borderstone]

Speaking as someone who's listened to a LOT of music,I can tell you that when an artist gets in a certain groove or mood when recording,a lot of the songs are either going to just sound great together or they'll just sound alike. That's all.

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Borderstone