Favorite Lightfoot Song & Why? II

[rainydayperson]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by classicmixdj:
[B]Char...Did you ever hear "Last Time I Felt Like This" by Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor?
What a haunting song.

Charlene???

[classicmixdj]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by classicmixdj:
[B]Char...Did you ever hear "Last Time I Felt Like This" by Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor?
What a haunting song.

Charlene???

[rainydayperson]

Listening to WFY tonight on the disc drive and thinking "Only Love Would Know" is one beautiful song. I'm not entirely sure I understand it though. Seems to be about unrequited love with one who is not available. Any explanations from those that peruse this site would be appreciated.

[classicmixdj]

Listening to WFY tonight on the disc drive and thinking "Only Love Would Know" is one beautiful song. I'm not entirely sure I understand it though. Seems to be about unrequited love with one who is not available. Any explanations from those that peruse this site would be appreciated.

[charlene]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by classicmixdj:
[B]Char...Did you ever hear "Last Time I Felt Like This" by Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor?
What a haunting song.
Charlene???

it rings a bell..I have a couple of old cassettes of hers in a box somewhere and I think J.M. might be on one of them. He is so lovely to listen to.
Char

[This message has been edited by charlene (edited August 31, 2000).]

[charlene]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by classicmixdj:
[B]Char...Did you ever hear "Last Time I Felt Like This" by Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor?
What a haunting song.
Charlene???

it rings a bell..I have a couple of old cassettes of hers in a box somewhere and I think J.M. might be on one of them. He is so lovely to listen to.
Char

[This message has been edited by charlene (edited August 31, 2000).]

I saw Gordon Lightfoot in concert just recently after 25 years. (I saw him in 1974 and 1975.) I had lost sight of him until "Songbook" came out, then I rediscovered why I have carried this man's lyrics in my head most of my life. He is above all else, a chronicler of the lost, lonely, and dispossesed. There is solitude, longing, pain, regret, and humility in his songs. There are moments of great joy, but I love him best when he speaks through the chords of a broken heart. Some of my favorites: Too Late for Prayin'; Now and Then; The Circle is Small; Affair on 8th Avenue; Talking in Your Sleep; and basically anything on Summer Side of Life, Don Quixote, and Old Dan's Records. A great, soulful man. A poet. A painter passing through.

I saw Gordon Lightfoot in concert just recently after 25 years. (I saw him in 1974 and 1975.) I had lost sight of him until "Songbook" came out, then I rediscovered why I have carried this man's lyrics in my head most of my life. He is above all else, a chronicler of the lost, lonely, and dispossesed. There is solitude, longing, pain, regret, and humility in his songs. There are moments of great joy, but I love him best when he speaks through the chords of a broken heart. Some of my favorites: Too Late for Prayin'; Now and Then; The Circle is Small; Affair on 8th Avenue; Talking in Your Sleep; and basically anything on Summer Side of Life, Don Quixote, and Old Dan's Records. A great, soulful man. A poet. A painter passing through.

[joveski]

favourite songs seem to change week to week, but at the moment:
Salute - general catchy mainstream pop/rock tune
farewell anabel - don't know why, but it does something to me, especially when it starts soiund more intense when the 3rd verse
auctioneer - don't need to say why!, but I was thinking. Does anyone know exactly what he sings between verses?. I know the price increases as it goes, but the rest sounds the same each time. I've got a fair idea, but if anyone knows word-for-word what he says, can you let me know?
The favourite at the moment is I'd rather press on. I love the way it plods along, and especially the "don't wanna rest easy" part.
Long thin dawn and Old dan's records are also getting a lot of playing time

My favorite ones have got to be "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" and "Cotton Jenny". Being a guitarist myself, I am in awe at the handiwork of Mr. Lightfoot and Terry Clements. I saw Gordon in '90 and I was totally floored. He recreated the exact sounds of the original recordings, but with only a four-piece band backing him up. I remember when they were performing "Sundown", Terry got a huge round of applause after the solo (note for note, I might add).

My favorite ones have got to be "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" and "Cotton Jenny". Being a guitarist myself, I am in awe at the handiwork of Mr. Lightfoot and Terry Clements. I saw Gordon in '90 and I was totally floored. He recreated the exact sounds of the original recordings, but with only a four-piece band backing him up. I remember when they were performing "Sundown", Terry got a huge round of applause after the solo (note for note, I might add).

"The Wreck Of Big Fitz" is my favorite one by GL. I love so many others by him as well. I've loved ore boats ever since I was a kid back in the early 70s (thats as far back I can remember). Big Fitz has always been my favorite one. I live right on the "big lake", three miles from Silver Bay, where the Fitz loaded taconite on a regular basis. Every now and then when I know that the Reserve (one of the Fitz's fleet sisters that also is really the only laker on the lakes today that closely resembles the Fitz), is comming in to Silver Bay, to load, I go down to the harbor and pretend that its the Fitz comming in. I have a friend in Beaver Bay, who worked on her in the summer of 1969. If the Fitz were still plying the lakes today, she would have an extended hull and a self unloader. In my heart, the Fitz is alive and well. I will be at Split Rock in November, as usual, to celebrate life. God Bless everyone everywhere, and pray for world peace and believe that it will happen. Peace will happen!

"The Wreck Of Big Fitz" is my favorite one by GL. I love so many others by him as well. I've loved ore boats ever since I was a kid back in the early 70s (thats as far back I can remember). Big Fitz has always been my favorite one. I live right on the "big lake", three miles from Silver Bay, where the Fitz loaded taconite on a regular basis. Every now and then when I know that the Reserve (one of the Fitz's fleet sisters that also is really the only laker on the lakes today that closely resembles the Fitz), is comming in to Silver Bay, to load, I go down to the harbor and pretend that its the Fitz comming in. I have a friend in Beaver Bay, who worked on her in the summer of 1969. If the Fitz were still plying the lakes today, she would have an extended hull and a self unloader. In my heart, the Fitz is alive and well. I will be at Split Rock in November, as usual, to celebrate life. God Bless everyone everywhere, and pray for world peace and believe that it will happen. Peace will happen!

[DaringDo]

My favorite GL song to listen to would be Shadows. I like so many of them but I have a real good feeling about that song. When I play them on the guitar, I like The Wreck, Cotton Jenny, Don Quixote, Summertime Dream, Steel Rail Blues, Old Dan's Records, Carefree Highway, and all the popular ones. But I always play Early Morning Rain, no matter what. If I pick up the guitar that's the one that gets played. I play it with a capo on the second fret, using the cords that the Kingston Trio use. A fella who use to play with the Irish Minstrels showed me how to play it that way in an Irish Pub called Cary's on the South Side of Chicago late one Saturday Night.

[KarlsKorner]

My favorite GL song to listen to would be Shadows. I like so many of them but I have a real good feeling about that song. When I play them on the guitar, I like The Wreck, Cotton Jenny, Don Quixote, Summertime Dream, Steel Rail Blues, Old Dan's Records, Carefree Highway, and all the popular ones. But I always play Early Morning Rain, no matter what. If I pick up the guitar that's the one that gets played. I play it with a capo on the second fret, using the cords that the Kingston Trio use. A fella who use to play with the Irish Minstrels showed me how to play it that way in an Irish Pub called Cary's on the South Side of Chicago late one Saturday Night.

I love Canadian Railroad Triology, I cant put my finger on why but I think its a beautiful song the way it tells the story of the road workers

I love Canadian Railroad Triology, I cant put my finger on why but I think its a beautiful song the way it tells the story of the road workers

[ughugh]

The very first time I heard "If you could read my mind" I fell in love with his voice and his ability to express such a way that not every song writer can. He has a very soothing voice, and I just listen to that song over and over! No song has ever come close to reaching that bottomless pit of mine nor ever will!!

Greetings to his fans!!
<S>
Maria




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The face is the mirror of the mind and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart

[MariaLuvBug]

The very first time I heard "If you could read my mind" I fell in love with his voice and his ability to express such a way that not every song writer can. He has a very soothing voice, and I just listen to that song over and over! No song has ever come close to reaching that bottomless pit of mine nor ever will!!

Greetings to his fans!!
<S>
Maria




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The face is the mirror of the mind and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart

quote:Originally posted by NewRhythm:
Hello!
I would say "Softly" has been my fav. for a while. Although I'm not the cheatin' kind I can almost picture what she looks like. I can visualize the whole song as if it were real. I can almost see her lips in the shadows and that perfume.....Not many songs can yank you into a dreamworld. This one does it for me. The other one I like is "Beautiful" which I attempt to sing to my wife!

quote:Originally posted by NewRhythm:
Hello!
I would say "Softly" has been my fav. for a while. Although I'm not the cheatin' kind I can almost picture what she looks like. I can visualize the whole song as if it were real. I can almost see her lips in the shadows and that perfume.....Not many songs can yank you into a dreamworld. This one does it for me. The other one I like is "Beautiful" which I attempt to sing to my wife!

[Biz_29]

Songs grow like legends for each individual. Without your being aware of it they gather the feelings and events at the time of listening (especially if love is felt for the music). Later, perhaps only when much later, that music still contains the distilled remnants of those feelings and memories. The first time I heard Dylan's Positively 4th Street played I connected it instantly to a specific time and location in my childhood. Though I would have sworn I'd never heard the song before.
But I digress.
My vote: Summer Side of Life

[Scott]

Songs grow like legends for each individual. Without your being aware of it they gather the feelings and events at the time of listening (especially if love is felt for the music). Later, perhaps only when much later, that music still contains the distilled remnants of those feelings and memories. The first time I heard Dylan's Positively 4th Street played I connected it instantly to a specific time and location in my childhood. Though I would have sworn I'd never heard the song before.
But I digress.
My vote: Summer Side of Life
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[joveski]

This changes week to week, but at the moment it's Sea of tranquility. I managed to get DSR and shadows burnt onto CD and it sounds great. I just love that hanuting feel to the music and the powerful voice.

Lately, I have been singing "Ghosts of Cape Horn". I sail often on the Clearwater, a 100 ft wooden sailing sloop, with a tradional gaff rig, and the song just seems to fit. There is aways music on board, and the meter of the songs works well as a hauling shanty (that is, a song used to keep the sailors in unison when they pull together on a line.)