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Thread #97331 Message #1923530
Posted By: Ron Davies
31-Dec-06 - 05:32 PM
Thread Name: Anyone sing G. Lightfoot songs?(UK)
Subject: RE: Anyone sing G. Lightfoot songs?(UK)
To anyone who knows a good bit of Lightfoot's repertoire, his work is not at all "samey". There is a huge difference between "If You Could Read My Mind"--- which to my mind is a good song but overly dependent on soupy strings-- and an overlooked classic, as mentioned earlier, like "Did She Mention My Name?". One of the absolute best, and not mentioned yet I don't think, is "10 Degrees and Getting Colder"--great melody, great character sketching, and poignant on top of that.
Though obviously I'm not from the UK, so not one being queried here.