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Old 01-31-2006, 08:20 AM   #1
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Hey everyone. "Bend in the Water" is the winner of Showdown #19. It is a real toe tapper. I think "Cold on the Shoulder" is one of the last albums I added to my collection. I remember really enjoying the songs on the album. And because BIW is the first song, it gets the album off to a great start.

Have you ever longed for a loved one you've left behind? If you listen to Gord's lyrics, you know that he has a whole trail of broken hearts left behind him. Sometimes he expresses his desire to return to a special loved one he's left behind. For example in Alberta Bound, that's the "reason" he's "Alberta Bound." Perhaps on his trip from Toronto to Alberta, he was taking the steel rail. Here are two songs about a yearning to return to a love left behind. Which one do you like better?

Alberta Bound

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Steel Rail Blues

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Old 01-31-2006, 08:20 AM   #2
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Old Dan's Records 16 Uncle Toad Said 2

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If You Could Read My Mind 13 Harmony 1

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Drifters 12 Stay Loose 6

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Hangdog Hotel Room 10 Betty Called Me In 5

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Slide on Over 10 Blackberry Wine 5

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Sea of Tranquility 8 Triangle 6

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Don Quioxte 13 Minstrel of the Dawn 9

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Message to the Wind 5 A Minor Ballad 6

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Welcome to Try 10 If There's a Reason 8

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Let it Ride 14 Knotty Pine 9

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Fading Away 10 Gotta Get Away 8

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Endless Wire 11 Keepin' on Yearning 2

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Shadows 13 Song For a Winter's Night 12

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Beautiful 13 I'll Prove My Love 9

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A Passing Ship 11 Much to My Surprise 7

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I'd Rather Press On 11
Salute (Gotta lot more livin' to do) 4

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It's Worth Believin' 12 Talking in Your Sleep 8

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Bend in the Water 12 I'd Do It Again 8

Hey everyone. "Bend in the Water" is the winner of Showdown #19. It is a real toe tapper. I think "Cold on the Shoulder" is one of the last albums I added to my collection. I remember really enjoying the songs on the album. And because BIW is the first song, it gets the album off to a great start.

Have you ever longed for a loved one you've left behind? If you listen to Gord's lyrics, you know that he has a whole trail of broken hearts left behind him. Sometimes he expresses his desire to return to a special loved one he's left behind. For example in Alberta Bound, that's the "reason" he's "Alberta Bound." Perhaps on his trip from Toronto to Alberta, he was taking the steel rail. Here are two songs about a yearning to return to a love left behind. Which one do you like better?

Alberta Bound

or

Steel Rail Blues

Let the battle begin.
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Old 01-31-2006, 08:30 AM   #3
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Old 01-31-2006, 08:58 AM   #4
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What a tough choice. I love both songs. I guess I'd have to give the edge to Steel Rail Blues.
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Old 01-31-2006, 09:09 AM   #5
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'Alberta Bound' - for lots of sentimental reasons
but I love both songs.
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Old 01-31-2006, 09:54 AM   #6
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Old 01-31-2006, 10:13 AM   #7
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Alberta Bound !

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But ya gotta love 'em both, eh?
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Old 01-31-2006, 02:34 PM   #9
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Likewise, you gotta love em' both. Depends on what the mood of the day is. Today I'm going to say "Steel Rail Blues"...just for the "woooo-hoooo" bits.

Cheers to all!
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Old 01-31-2006, 02:34 PM   #10
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Likewise, you gotta love em' both. Depends on what the mood of the day is. Today I'm going to say "Steel Rail Blues"...just for the "woooo-hoooo" bits.

Cheers to all!
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Old 01-31-2006, 02:49 PM   #11
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Both fun songs. "Steel Rail Blues" by a whisker.
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Old 01-31-2006, 03:19 PM   #12
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Old 01-31-2006, 03:58 PM   #13
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Both fun songs. "Steel Rail Blues" by a whisker.
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Don says a whisker...I say "Steel Rail Blues" by a long shot! The whole song is perfect in representing what Minstrel Man talked about in his intro. I actually feel sorry for "the lonesome boy,who missed the train last night",at the end of the song.

I like "A.B." but it's too "country" for me to "really" get into it. Might help if I was from Canada,I guess.
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Old 01-31-2006, 07:38 PM   #14
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Alberta Bound here.

I believe there's more fun in AB.
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Old 01-31-2006, 09:24 PM   #15
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Easy. Steel Rail Blues.
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Love 'em both, but I give the edge to AB.
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