Radio interview tomorrow

[Peter Bro10]

Originally Posted by charlene

It will also be a podcast archive probably @ http://www.cbc.ca/q in 2 or 3 days.

I downloaded to my computer... then uploaded to my Mp3. Listened during work, on and off, this past week.
I agree, Gord was a bit more candid than the typical interview.
I would encourage anyone who hasn't yet checked this out, to do so posthaste!

[bjm7777]

Well, that's probably the best interview I've heard about Gord since the one he gave in 1982 during his promotion of "Shadows" - I had just bought that record on vinyl. Very insightful and a little more "honest" than the 1982 interview where he talked about his canoe trip and drinking a bottle a day.

I was struck by the part when they talked about "A Passing Ship", and women, and so forth: some guys do get to the point where they just stop all that and start doing other things. It really hit home with me - I have four ex-spouses (three of them hate me) and as I slide into my 50's, I find that I am now content with solitude.

Very interesting that he hates his recordings of "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" - he described the one part of his first recording as "running to a fire". Pretty funny. He "won't allow them to defy the laws of gravity" - good stuff. It's still a great song in any version.

I was also struck by the honesty describing his relationship with the record company as it pertained to his alcohol issues at the time - that they "lost faith" and it was "a little too late". Tough to listen to that. One wonders what might have been....

Great interview and thanks for the hard work in getting the link here on Corfid.
BJM

[Moosedog]

Originally Posted by jj

here is same guy (Giam) interviewing Burton...

YouTube - Burton Cummings on Q TV

Thanks a lot!

[jj]

Originally Posted by Moosedog

Thanks a lot!

hope you enjoy, cheers

bjm, interesting stuff for sure...so much to comment on...yeah, maybe that train was chuggin along a bit too quickly...i echo your comments (except the multi-ex section...imo, every home should have a man-cave for the benefit of each spouse)

[bjm7777]

i echo your comments (except the multi-ex section...imo, every home should have a man-cave for the benefit of each spouse)[/QUOTE]

Well, I know that NOW...lol....thanks.

[Sydney Steve]

A really interesting interview , but (and this should be taken as more observational than as critical), I feel that songwriters have one thing in common. They won't let you know too much about their motivation behind any given song or what they really think or why they wrote them . They prefer to allow you to draw your own conclusions and if you analyse what they actually say when cross examined it is not actually all that much in terms of depth . They will let you get "Never Too Close" . It is across the board -it seems to be part of a song writer's psyche that they have to maintain a significant level of privacy . Specifically with Gord., whenever I see or hear an interview I always feel he lets you in on a very small percentage of the essence of what makes him tick. (And yes I understand that that is very much his perogative. ) For all that he pours out in his songs there seems to me to be a large part of him that we will never quite know.

[RM]

Originally Posted by Sydney Steve

For all that he pours out in his songs there seems to me to be a large part of him that we will never quite know.

That's what makes him a legend.

[jj]

i know this thread is about GL and not about the interviewer but besides being a musician, tv host and radio journalist, last night i learned that he also is manager for the best new artist winner, "Lights" (are they running out of names for acts?)...anyhow, this Giam guy sure keeps busy out west

[charlene]

"Lights" legally changed her given name to that !
good grief..
Jian is a very busy guy..

[jj]

lol, well for those of us stuck with single syllable names, I would have though if one were to go through whatever it takes to change one's name then they would go for an exciting multi-syllable name...then again, Prince, Sting and Pink have had success

did Jian change his name to Giam or what?

I am almost through watching the Juno recording...that opening monologue left a lot to be desired...can we get some Aussie-Con and maybe hire Jackman for 2010?

[charlene]

I've always seen it spelled Jian..:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jian_Ghomeshi

[jj]

Originally Posted by bjm7777

I have four ex-spouses (three of them hate me)

you may get a kick out of this diddy:

http://rickivanoff.com/Some_Men_Get_Screwed.mp3

as he quite fairly points out in a footnote, many women also get short changed...saddest part is, the gal he's singing about basically broke up our last band...even sadder, he segued right into a new relationship, lol (but it's actually working out quite nicely)

[charlene]

I sure wish I could write some lyrics and put them to music...oh yeah.
I sure wish..

[RM]

Originally Posted by charlene

I sure wish I could write some lyrics and put them to music...oh yeah.
I sure wish..

Just write the lyrics......jj can take care of the music.....

[charlene]

good idea Ron, I'll need music for the movie I'm going to be writing.

James knows the story so that should help move things along.
hee hee hee...

[jj]

ok, start spewing...and move over Captain an' Tenille