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Old 08-29-2005, 11:07 PM   #1
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Thanks for playing! Old Dan's Records the Gord classic takes the first showdown 12-2 over Uncle Toad Said. Here is showdown #2, two songs of regret about relationships that have "gone away." They are reflective and express a desire for something lost.

If You Could Read My Mind

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Harmony

Which one do you enjoy the most?
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Old 08-29-2005, 11:07 PM   #2
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Thanks for playing! Old Dan's Records the Gord classic takes the first showdown 12-2 over Uncle Toad Said. Here is showdown #2, two songs of regret about relationships that have "gone away." They are reflective and express a desire for something lost.

If You Could Read My Mind

or

Harmony

Which one do you enjoy the most?
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Old 08-29-2005, 11:22 PM   #3
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If You Could Read My Mind...one of the best songs ever written.

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Old 08-30-2005, 02:48 AM   #4
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Harmony . . .

Most likely because I haven't been playing it on stage for 30+yrs running. Gord lost count probably around "later that same year." It's become Gord's "Proud Mary" - both excellent Songs and Records (difference there, btw) And, far superior to becoming Gord's "My Ding-a-ling")

But, Harmony . . . there's a Muse there butterflitting about, staying just ever-so-barely beyond touch, like the teasing cat.

Yet, the touch . . . the touch will come.

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Old 08-30-2005, 06:24 AM   #5
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IYCRMM.

I know it's one of Gord's calling cards, but the song weaves a story that really grabs my heart. When the song first came out, I wasn't quite old enough to understand about love and romance, but something in the song still touched me as a child and I can't explain why.
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Old 08-30-2005, 07:29 AM   #6
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If You Could Read My Mind!!
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Old 08-30-2005, 07:48 AM   #7
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IYCRMM

Though if you had put that against Inspiration Lady, it'd be a tougher choice. I'd still probably go with IYCRMM.
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Old 08-30-2005, 07:48 AM   #8
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IYCRMM

Though if you had put that against Inspiration Lady, it'd be a tougher choice. I'd still probably go with IYCRMM.
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Old 08-30-2005, 09:08 AM   #9
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Harmony is a great song, but I gotta go with IYCRMM. It was also the first record I ever bought.
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Old 08-30-2005, 09:08 AM   #10
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Harmony is a great song, but I gotta go with IYCRMM. It was also the first record I ever bought.
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Old 08-30-2005, 09:09 AM   #11
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If you could read my mind ....
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Old 08-30-2005, 11:16 AM   #12
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It would be like choosing between two of your children...can't be done.
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IYCRMM -- no contest.
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Old 08-30-2005, 04:11 PM   #14
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Old 08-30-2005, 09:33 PM   #18
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Quote:
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If You Could Read My Mind...one of the best songs ever written.

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Old 08-30-2005, 10:10 PM   #20
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I say,"If You Could read My Mind".
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Old 08-30-2005, 11:12 PM   #21
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IYCRMM-doesn't the pain get to you every time you hear it, even though you've heard it a thousand times?
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Old 08-30-2005, 11:12 PM   #22
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IYCRMM-doesn't the pain get to you every time you hear it, even though you've heard it a thousand times?
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Old 09-20-2007, 03:08 AM   #23
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Are you kidding me?

If You Can Read My Mind is an eternal classic.

Harmony is not even very interesting sing-song. If anyone other than Gord was singing it, I'd hate it.

IYCRMM, in a landslide.

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