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20 Nov 08 - 07:40 PM (#2498919) Subject: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Little Hawk It's hard to pick just one, but I think that "If You Could Read My Mind" may be his finest one, all things considered. Mind you, there are about 10 or 20 others right alongside it... Enjoy the subject, and name your favourite Lightfoot song. |
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20 Nov 08 - 08:24 PM (#2498948) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Sandy Mc Lean Canadiaqn Railroad Trilogy |
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20 Nov 08 - 08:25 PM (#2498951) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Sandy Mc Lean "Canadian" :-) |
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20 Nov 08 - 08:26 PM (#2498953) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Beer All of these from "The Way I Feel "album. Walls If You Got It Softly Crossroads A Minor Ballad Go-Go Round Rosanna Home From the Forest I'll Be Alright Song For A Winter's Night Canadian Railroad Trilogy The Way I Feel Plus: Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle But there are so many more. beer(adrien) |
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20 Nov 08 - 08:29 PM (#2498956) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Big Al Whittle Early Morning rain but I also like Wreck of the Edmund Fiztgerald.... theres a lot really when start thinking. we could do with someone like that now writing stuff like that. |
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20 Nov 08 - 08:36 PM (#2498960) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: olddude Shadows gives me chills no kidding |
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20 Nov 08 - 08:43 PM (#2498963) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: pdq ..what Beer said plus: Poor Man's Sorrow Redwood Hill Susan's Floor (OK, it's Silverstein, but he may be a better songwriter than Lightfoot) |
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20 Nov 08 - 08:58 PM (#2498973) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: John Hardly Probably Song For A Winter's Night. |
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20 Nov 08 - 09:07 PM (#2498985) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Beer I also love the way Gordon Lightfoot does Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson. Adrien |
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20 Nov 08 - 09:22 PM (#2498991) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Nick E Now when you say Gordon Lightfoot song, is it one he played/sang or one he wrote? Song for a winter's night is up there, Canadian Railroad 3 for sure. and heck I like them all, the one about airplanes, Dylan coverd is good too. Im no help! but you asked what I like. |
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20 Nov 08 - 09:37 PM (#2499000) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: cptsnapper Song For A Winter's Night although my favourite version is by Harry Belafonte who I think possibly called it The Hands I Love |
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20 Nov 08 - 09:51 PM (#2499013) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Cluin To listen to: "Miguel" or "Summer Side of Life" (for the great Red Shea guitar work) To sing: "Early Morning Rain" |
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21 Nov 08 - 12:31 AM (#2499087) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Cap't Bob Christian Island wonderful sailing song Cap't Bob |
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21 Nov 08 - 02:05 AM (#2499102) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: John O'L As you say there are a good 10 or 20, but since you insist ... Minstrel of the Dawn, 10 Degrees & Getting Colder, Don Quixote, Old Dan's Records, Cobwebs & Dust, The Patriot's Dream, etc etc ... |
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21 Nov 08 - 08:10 AM (#2499247) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: topical tom "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" but, oh so many more. |
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21 Nov 08 - 08:21 AM (#2499256) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Peter T. Apart from CRT, I like the dopy ones -- Bitter Green for instance -- or totally cheesy ones like The Last Time I Saw Her Face. yours, Peter T. |
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21 Nov 08 - 10:45 AM (#2499336) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: breezy I wont tell you mine Oh, O K, I will 'Sit Down Young Stranger' but I learned most of the others except CRT and Ed Fitz I sometimes go into 'Did she mention my name' after a chat in the street with someone I hadnt seen for a while 'Bitter Green' was a great 4 piece group busking song Very fond opf 'Don Q' and I haven't all of him as I dropped out shortly after then returned years later so Ive much to catch up on So many songs , old and new, so little time, Pumphouse Watford tonight as an option, Moses and the ref main attraction |
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21 Nov 08 - 11:40 AM (#2499375) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Cool Beans "Did She Mention My Name?" |
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21 Nov 08 - 11:50 AM (#2499381) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Modern Bard For me it has to be "Ghosts of Cape Horn", though I've always had a fondness for the Edmund Fitzgerald. As for needing someone like that now, I know he released an album recently and I had heard rumors of a 2008 tour. Sounds to me like Mr. Lightfoot isn't done yet. |
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21 Nov 08 - 12:32 PM (#2499401) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: C. Ham Steel Rail Blues Canadian Railroad Trilogy |
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21 Nov 08 - 12:44 PM (#2499411) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Little Hawk Good choices all around. |
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21 Nov 08 - 02:30 PM (#2499518) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Camper-Ted Old Dan's Records is my #1 favorite. I was disappointed when he did not sing this when he recently played in Cambridge, Ma. My second favorite is Did She Mention My Name. |
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21 Nov 08 - 02:38 PM (#2499525) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: gnu Sorry... can't do it... too many. |
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21 Nov 08 - 03:53 PM (#2499570) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Little Hawk That's exactly what happened when I tried to get Shane to decide which specific female in the general Blind River area he would most like to...you know....if he could...only he can't...because they're all onto his game already. |
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21 Nov 08 - 03:58 PM (#2499573) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Becca72 Wreck of the Edmund Fiztgerald |
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21 Nov 08 - 04:44 PM (#2499597) Subject: Lyr Add: SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT (G Lightfoot) From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Who could want for anything more in life......... Song For A Winter's Night "The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top The snow is softly falling The air is still within the silence of my room I hear your voice softly calling If I could only have you near To breathe a sigh or two I would be happy just to hold the hands I love Upon this winter night with you The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead My glass is almost empty I read again between the lines upon each page The words of love you sent me If I could know within my heart That you were lonely too I would be happy just to hold the hands I love Upon this winter night with you The fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim The shades of night are liftin' The morning light steals across my windowpane Where webs of snow are driftin' If I could only have you near To breathe a sigh or two I would be happy just to hold the hands I love Upon this winter night with you And to be once again with with you" "If I could know within my heart That you were lonely too I would be happy just to hold the hands I love Upon this winter night with you" |
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21 Nov 08 - 05:17 PM (#2499613) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Peter T. (That song could have done without the jingle bells.......) yours, Peter T. |
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21 Nov 08 - 05:29 PM (#2499623) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Joe Offer I've always liked "Rainy Day People" because of its upbeat perspective. I know other people have listed it, my all-time favorite is "Edmund Fitzgerald," because it's about MY Great Lakes, where I grew up. I don't know if I saw the ship before its infamous demise, but I imagine I must have seen it among the ships that winter at Jones Island in Milwaukee. I used to spend hours there, looking at the ships. -Joe- |
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21 Nov 08 - 09:23 PM (#2499733) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: bankley "Cold on the Shoulder" |
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21 Nov 08 - 09:26 PM (#2499735) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Cluin I've always wondered why Tony Rice has never covered Lightfoot's "Redwood Hill". He's done so many other Lightfoot songs and "Redwood Hill" is very bluegrass. |
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21 Nov 08 - 10:20 PM (#2499762) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: kendall I'm an old salt, spent many years at sea, so Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald speaks to me. |
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22 Nov 08 - 01:17 AM (#2499828) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: GUEST "Susan's floor" --Stewie. |
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22 Nov 08 - 01:32 AM (#2499836) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Lonesome EJ Affair on 8th Avenue has always had a place in my heart. |
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22 Nov 08 - 05:16 AM (#2499888) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: van lingle "If You Could Read My Mind" is one his recordings I never tire of hearing. Winter's Night, Shadows, Home From the Forest, Walls. Especially when they're done by Tony Rice. |
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22 Nov 08 - 10:27 AM (#2500009) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: burntstump I could list dozens, but Early Morning Rain was the song that got me hooked many years ago |
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22 Nov 08 - 10:50 AM (#2500021) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Ron Davies So many, especially the very early ones. Top favorite is probably "10 Degrees and Getting Colder". A perfect finely etched picture with just a few strokes. You can see the guy by the side of the road and feel it getting colder by Boulder Dam as the sun goes down. Other great Lightfoot songs, most of which have been already mentioned: Early Morning Rain Did She Mention My Name? Ribbon of Darkness Long Way Back Home Edmund Fitzgerald For Lovin' Me I'm Not Sayin' Canadian Railroad Trilogy The Way I Feel If You Could Read My Mind--even the soupy strings work--somehow. Sundown |
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22 Nov 08 - 06:52 PM (#2500365) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Cluin Lightfoot didn't write "On Susan's Floor". Shel Silverstein and vince Matthews did. It, along with "Me & Bobbie McGee" was one of the rare cover songs he recorded. |
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22 Nov 08 - 07:45 PM (#2500400) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Beer Where did you get your information that Shel wrote Bobby McGee? |
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22 Nov 08 - 08:33 PM (#2500427) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Zany Mouse If you could read my mind love In the early morning rain Blessings Rhiannon |
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22 Nov 08 - 08:46 PM (#2500428) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Joe Offer Beer, I think Cluin said Silverstein wrote "On Susan's Floor," Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster wrote "Bobby McGee." I wasn't familiar with "On Susan's Floor" - what a powerful song! -Joe- |
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22 Nov 08 - 09:33 PM (#2500448) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Bert Song For A Winter's Night Ribbon of Darkness Did she mention my name |
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23 Nov 08 - 04:52 AM (#2500547) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Cluin Right you are, Joe. Sorry my post wasn't clear. I just figured I didn't have to say here that "Me and Bobbie (Bobby) McGee" was Kris's. |
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23 Nov 08 - 03:56 PM (#2500711) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Beer I never doubted you either Cluin but the way it was written I figured that just maybe you knew something that I didn't. I'm a big fan of Kris as well as Lightfoot. Adrien |
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24 Nov 08 - 05:30 PM (#2500793) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego "Steel Rail Blues" "Don Quixote" "Pony Man" "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" "Song for a Winter's Night" "Did She Mention My Name?" There, that's one for each day of the week. Truthfully, it depends on the mood I'm in and also on the location. There are too many for me to single any one out. |
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24 Nov 08 - 09:55 PM (#2500875) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: olddude suprised noone picked pussywillows cattails I also really like a very old one called "does your mother know" absolutely beautiful |
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24 Nov 08 - 10:00 PM (#2500878) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Beer Your right olddude, "Pussywillows etc" is a great song. The melody in it is very moving. Adrien |
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25 Nov 08 - 10:42 AM (#2501214) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego I left one out that may not be as well known and, perhaps, not a favorite of many. He did a sort of "trucker's anthem" called "Long Thin Dawn" years ago. For some reason, it resonated with me. |
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25 Nov 08 - 01:48 PM (#2501392) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: bubblyrat Yup ! !'ll go along with Cap'n Bob on this one ----it's gotta be "Christian Island " ---no doubt !! |
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25 Nov 08 - 02:03 PM (#2501406) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Dave Illingworth A personal favourite of mine is I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO CARE. Dylan also performed the song in concert at least once. |
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25 Nov 08 - 11:23 PM (#2501780) Subject: RE: Your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song? From: Little Hawk That one got played by Jack at our Tuesday night song circle tonight, as did several others. I played covers of "Carefree Highway", "Cotton Jenny", and "Christian Island". Didn't quite get around to "Pussy Willows, Cattails" this time, but have been doing it lately. Lightfoot seems to be really popular around here the last while. |