My opinion on Endless Wire album

[christopherfowles]

Thank you all for the warm welcome.
Rez, I'm very much looking forward to meeting him in Sparks, since Cat Tails and Brink have contacted me personally for getting together. I think it would be a blast.

As someone said, it's all in your own opinion, what is good to you isn't necessarily, what is good to others. When I was kid, I used to be crazy for the Beatles. I've come to appreciate all kinds of music. What I meant by GL being able to sing just about any song, I meant it...not necessarily in THAT particular genre...but in HIS style, and I think it would still sound wonderful...but as I said, that's my opinion.

I found a whole bunch of songs by him that my sister had, and there is not a single one that I would push the skip button, maybe REPLAY, but not skip. I adore ALL of his songs. I rate EW with not a 5, by any means...more like 9-3/4, if there is such a score. :D Silly, I know.

Rez, if I remember right, that first album I had did in fact have "rubbin" on it, but the latest recording I have definitely says "treatin", and the first line says something different, but I couldn't make out the words after "the kind of gig I I can really dig is..." I was trying to find those words on one of the lyric lists, but I couldn't make it out still.

Clogging is great! I used to be able to when I was younger and more agile...I love watching and listening to cloggers. My grandfather used to try to do a jig everytime he heard those kind of songs...he's the one who taught my uncle to play all those instruments, and the hammered dulcimer was handed from HIS mother, so it's been in the family a long, long time. Like I said, I was raised on all kinds of music and ways...hillbilly, bluegrass, country, rock, folk...that's where I put GL: folk with a sprinkling of country and a dash of rock...good food for the ear, right?
With that said, I still do think he fits in with the other 70's groups, because the 70's included a whole load of folk singers along with the rock, pop, country and so on.

I think he has a good rendition of Auctioneer...and the first person I ever heard sing that is another Canadian country singer, Hank Snow. After hearing him sing that, I wonder if he ever tried to do "I've been everywhere," anyone know?
Well, I've taken up quite a space here...
will hopefully meet more of you in Sparks.

[ August 02, 2005, 01:10: Message edited by: Debra ]

[Debra]

Thank you all for the warm welcome.
Rez, I'm very much looking forward to meeting him in Sparks, since Cat Tails and Brink have contacted me personally for getting together. I think it would be a blast.

As someone said, it's all in your own opinion, what is good to you isn't necessarily, what is good to others. When I was kid, I used to be crazy for the Beatles. I've come to appreciate all kinds of music. What I meant by GL being able to sing just about any song, I meant it...not necessarily in THAT particular genre...but in HIS style, and I think it would still sound wonderful...but as I said, that's my opinion.

I found a whole bunch of songs by him that my sister had, and there is not a single one that I would push the skip button, maybe REPLAY, but not skip. I adore ALL of his songs. I rate EW with not a 5, by any means...more like 9-3/4, if there is such a score. :D Silly, I know.

Rez, if I remember right, that first album I had did in fact have "rubbin" on it, but the latest recording I have definitely says "treatin", and the first line says something different, but I couldn't make out the words after "the kind of gig I I can really dig is..." I was trying to find those words on one of the lyric lists, but I couldn't make it out still.

Clogging is great! I used to be able to when I was younger and more agile...I love watching and listening to cloggers. My grandfather used to try to do a jig everytime he heard those kind of songs...he's the one who taught my uncle to play all those instruments, and the hammered dulcimer was handed from HIS mother, so it's been in the family a long, long time. Like I said, I was raised on all kinds of music and ways...hillbilly, bluegrass, country, rock, folk...that's where I put GL: folk with a sprinkling of country and a dash of rock...good food for the ear, right?
With that said, I still do think he fits in with the other 70's groups, because the 70's included a whole load of folk singers along with the rock, pop, country and so on.

I think he has a good rendition of Auctioneer...and the first person I ever heard sing that is another Canadian country singer, Hank Snow. After hearing him sing that, I wonder if he ever tried to do "I've been everywhere," anyone know?
Well, I've taken up quite a space here...
will hopefully meet more of you in Sparks.

[ August 02, 2005, 01:10: Message edited by: Debra ]

[The Rez]

Debra:

Wolly Bully was a pretty lame gag, huh? Ain't cloggin' fun (kcik-ball-chain-kick-ball-chain.)

Creativity and The Muse are indefinable. Even what's committed to record or canvas (or whatever format) it changes to meet you where you need to be met. Which is why, to me, rankings are pretty useless.

Brother Ray, Vincent, Billie Holliday, Frank Lloyd Wright, Howard Roark, Norman Maine, our Gord, even Sam the Sham have all met me just as I was for that time of needed meeting.

The best example is Scripture from The Bible. Something your read 100 times and passed over will suddenly jump off the page to your heart as if brand new - because your need was ready to receive.

Enough of this Fill-o-soffy. Let's all do The Auctioneer. Leroy Van Dyke will take the lead, while Hank Snow does Movin On, even if it don't fit.

As for the rest of us: Break out the Kazooz!

The Rez

[Borderstone]

Winter's Claw,Gordon Lightfoot has "no" bad albums at all!

He does have ones that I rate 2 & 1/2 stars or better.

[christopherfowles]

I wouldn't even rate them THAT low, Borderstone...but I think I'm a little bit biased??? LOL

Rez, I don't know about you!! I think you would be someone I'd like to meet just to tell you how silly you are...but what the hell, be silly, aren't we all?

Anyway, to answer that about "Wooly Bully," I do think he could do that with no problem...I just heard a couple of songs from the big list I have, after I read your post, and thought, "These songs would show he can do 'wooly bully' with no problem at all." I can't remember which ones they were...

Everything is now set for me to go to Sparks now, so who all will be there, I hope to be able to meet you!
See ya!

[ August 05, 2005, 04:39: Message edited by: Debra ]

[Debra]

I wouldn't even rate them THAT low, Borderstone...but I think I'm a little bit biased??? LOL

Rez, I don't know about you!! I think you would be someone I'd like to meet just to tell you how silly you are...but what the hell, be silly, aren't we all?

Anyway, to answer that about "Wooly Bully," I do think he could do that with no problem...I just heard a couple of songs from the big list I have, after I read your post, and thought, "These songs would show he can do 'wooly bully' with no problem at all." I can't remember which ones they were...

Everything is now set for me to go to Sparks now, so who all will be there, I hope to be able to meet you!
See ya!

[ August 05, 2005, 04:39: Message edited by: Debra ]

[RaisinSpores]

Borderstone, I agree that he doesn't have any bad albums. Even the weaker GL albums are better than many other artists' best albums. If I were comparing Endless Wire to, say, Sundown, then it wouldn't compare favorably (my opinion, of course). But if I compare Endless Wire to a random album by some other artist, then I would almost certainly favor Endless Wire, because GL's my favorite singer/songwriter.
It's all relative. In fact, I think this is how Einstein developed his relativity theory--he was looking to explain how he could love Endless Wire in general, yet only strongly like Endless Wire when comparing it to other GL albums. I think that's how it happened, anyway...

[Winter's Claw]

Borderstone, I agree that he doesn't have any bad albums. Even the weaker GL albums are better than many other artists' best albums. If I were comparing Endless Wire to, say, Sundown, then it wouldn't compare favorably (my opinion, of course). But if I compare Endless Wire to a random album by some other artist, then I would almost certainly favor Endless Wire, because GL's my favorite singer/songwriter.
It's all relative. In fact, I think this is how Einstein developed his relativity theory--he was looking to explain how he could love Endless Wire in general, yet only strongly like Endless Wire when comparing it to other GL albums. I think that's how it happened, anyway...

[Sheryl]

Originally posted by Winter's Claw:
...In fact, I think this is how Einstein developed his relativity theory--he was looking to explain how he could love Endless Wire in general, yet only strongly like Endless Wire when comparing it to other GL albums. I think that's how it happened, anyway...

LOL, Winters Claw -- I almost choked on my chip laughing so hard!

[christopherfowles]

LOLOLOL...me too!!! Except it was an orange...that really hurts too!

[Debra]

LOLOLOL...me too!!! Except it was an orange...that really hurts too!

[RaisinSpores]

Glad to hear everyone is okay. I really don't want to be responsible for any message board-related injuries or accidents. There are some sicko's out there who derive pleasure from causing choking accidents with their absurd posts, but not me! I've never been into that scene. Okay, I USED to be into that scene, but it was back in the '60s. Back when online message boards were in their infancy. Practically everyone was into it--I was young and eager to experiment, like everyone else. I used to intentionally write posts that would cause the readers to choke, spill hot coffee on themselves, and, in a few cases, actually lose consciousness. I would type things like, "We're making great progress in Vietnam, don't you think?" and "Col. Parker is really managing Elvis' career well, I must say." The absurdity of such statements must have caused injuries the likes of which it pains me to imagine. I've since changed my ways.

[Winter's Claw]

Glad to hear everyone is okay. I really don't want to be responsible for any message board-related injuries or accidents. There are some sicko's out there who derive pleasure from causing choking accidents with their absurd posts, but not me! I've never been into that scene. Okay, I USED to be into that scene, but it was back in the '60s. Back when online message boards were in their infancy. Practically everyone was into it--I was young and eager to experiment, like everyone else. I used to intentionally write posts that would cause the readers to choke, spill hot coffee on themselves, and, in a few cases, actually lose consciousness. I would type things like, "We're making great progress in Vietnam, don't you think?" and "Col. Parker is really managing Elvis' career well, I must say." The absurdity of such statements must have caused injuries the likes of which it pains me to imagine. I've since changed my ways.

[Borderstone]

In rating post "Summertime Dream" and pre-later era Lightfoot CD's,my opinions are these below:

Endless Wire: ** 1/2

D.S.R:****1/2

Shadows:*****

Salute:*** & 3 quarters

E.O.MAs far as AC goes)****