PastaJoe Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Rest well Gordon. It was actually in Vincent Gallo's movie The Brown Bunny where I discovered his music. Lovely song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ferguson forever Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Love a lot of his music. Rest in peace Gordon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 (edited) That is really sad to hear. I've enjoyed his music since I was a little kid. Rest in Peace. Edited May 2, 2023 by Bad Things 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 (edited) RIP... I always think of Old Fort Niagara when I hear this line posted below. We'd always take a field trip to the old fort while in gammar school. I wonder if he was inspired by the story of the headless body/lover story that was tossed in the fort's castle well and supposedly haunted the fort at night searching adjacent Lake Ontario and surrounding grounds searching for its head. I forget how the story goes off the top of my head😏, you can look it up and search for it... "...If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet But stories always end And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just trying to understand The feelings that you lack..." Anyway... Its about his breakup. I was listening to his artist take on Sirius... His older daughter got him to change the lyrics later in life whenever he sang "If You Could Read My Mind" live to: "And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just trying to understand The feelings that WE lack..." Also as a child I always thought: "...Sundown you better take care If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs Sundown ya better take care If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs... Was: "...Sundown you better take care If I find you been drinkin' my Labatt's beer Sundown ya better take care If I find you been drinkin' my Labatt's beer..." 😏 Edited May 2, 2023 by ExiledInIllinois 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 r.i.p. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 (edited) One of my all-time favorites. Saw him a few years ago in Geneva, he was 79 at the time, He said that people learning to play guitar love his music because if they can learn 5 notes they can play every song he's ever written! Later that summer I was in Cape Cod and he was playing in a high school gymnasium. Guy just loved to entertain. Sad day, RIP. Edited May 2, 2023 by Steve O 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 'Bride the First' and I only ever attended two concerts in our lives, both before we were married. Lightfoot at Kleinhans, both times. Fond memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 I owned vinyl of his from back in the day. this was my fav song of his RIP Gordon. You were a truly gifted soul 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 He also had an artist's take on Sirius about: Carefree Highway was written in a rental car in Arizona... On the "Carefree Highway" (Arizona Route 74) with signs showing the way to Carefree, Arizona. He penned the song and almost left it in the glove box of the rental on way back to airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 RIP. He certainly was a great story teller. I really like "If you could read my mind" and "Sundown." The line that really struck me from "If you could read my mind" is, "I never thought I could feel this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feeling's gone And I just can't get it back" Love can be very fickle. It is scary in a way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 7 hours ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said: r.i.p. The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irv Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Guy was great. Turned a tragedy of a ship sinking into a great tribute and song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCockSportif Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 His music was dour. I could not enjoy it more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Back in the days of OTA television when just about every house sprouted an antenna on the roof, our farmhouse in northern Cattaraugus County was high enough in the hills that we picked up a couple of Canadian TV channels. In 1967, Canada celebrated its centennial, and Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song to celebrate that event which he performed on a TV song. It was the "Canadian Railway Trilogy" ... There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest was too silent to be real But time has no beginning and the history has no bound As to this verdant country they came from all around They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forest tall Built the mines, mills and the factories for the good of us all And when the young man's fancy was turned into the spring The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day And many a fortune lost and won and many a debt to pay For they looked in the future and what did they see? They saw an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land All up from the seaboards and into their hands I have been a fan ever since. Like so many others, "If You Could Read My Mind" has been my favorite. I think it strikes a chord in almost anybody who's ever loved and lost. RIP, Gordon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Anne, Gordon, Stompin' Tom 1973 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 RIP Thank you for your contribution to the music industry 🎼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 I really liked his music. Besides "Beautiful" and "The Wreck...." which are among my all time favorite songs, but he had many tunes that were not that well known that get the volume treatment if they come on a local oldies radio station. "Christian Island" is one: "She's a good old boat and she'll stay afloat Through the toughest gales and keep smiling But for one more day she would like to stay In the lee of Christian Island." I always like "Cotton Jenny" also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 I have a friend who is a studio musician in Toronto. He played keyboards and Hammond Organ on one of Gordon's records. Apparently, Gordon was very meticulous about instruments being in tune. He was known to tune a piano if he felt it was out. He would do multiple takes of each song, and keep the tape of all the takes. Even if he felt a take of a song was perfect, he would say, "Great job boys. That was perfect. Let's do it again". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Prime Video offers a documentary from 2020 that I watched during the pandemic: "Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind". It was excellent. You can rent it now for $2.18. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Shame he isn't in the R&R hall of fame... he is in the Canadian version though. https://futurerocklegends.com/Artist/Gordon_Lightfoot/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 6 hours ago, SoTier said: Prime Video offers a documentary from 2020 that I watched during the pandemic: "Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind". It was excellent. You can rent it now for $2.18. https://www.gordonlightfootmovie.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Thumbs up to all you guys who think this guy was special. Simply great, thoughtful music. Additional info that I'm sure you don't care to know. Total coincidence. The day before he died, April 30 was my wife and my 40th anniversary. I had donated to a local oldies station and they responded, asking me if I wanted any requests. I told them to play "Beautiful" in the time frame we would be driving to our dinner reservation. Sure enough they announced our first names and our anniversary while we were sitting at a traffic light, and played the song. The Mrs. thought it was pretty cool. Doing little things keeps a marriage alive. Regards. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) On 5/3/2023 at 5:36 AM, Draconator said: I have a friend who is a studio musician in Toronto. He played keyboards and Hammond Organ on one of Gordon's records. Apparently, Gordon was very meticulous about instruments being in tune. He was known to tune a piano if he felt it was out. He would do multiple takes of each song, and keep the tape of all the takes. Even if he felt a take of a song was perfect, he would say, "Great job boys. That was perfect. Let's do it again". In the video below his drummer Barry Keane tells the story of the tape used for the release of The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald. They were in studio doing a recording session and Gordon was talking about how he was almost finished with a song he had been working on about the wreck. One of the crew said why don't we give it a try now. Gordon agreed. Barry asked when he should come in, Gordon said he'd nod his head. Fortunately, they recorded the take as it was used for the release. Tried several times to improve on it but the first practice session tape was used for the release. On 5/3/2023 at 6:44 AM, SoTier said: Prime Video offers a documentary from 2020 that I watched during the pandemic: "Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind". It was excellent. You can rent it now for $2.18. Watched it last nite, thanks for the tip! Edited May 4, 2023 by Steve O 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 20 hours ago, Steve O said: In the video below his drummer Barry Keane tells the story of the tape used for the release of The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald. They were in studio doing a recording session and Gordon was talking about how he was almost finished with a song he had been working on about the wreck. One of the crew said why don't we give it a try now. Gordon agreed. Barry asked when he should come in, Gordon said he'd nod his head. Fortunately, they recorded the take as it was used for the release. Tried several times to improve on it but the first practice session tape was used for the release. Watched it last nite, thanks for the tip! You're welcome. It's great to know there are so many of us Lightfoot fans around ... although most of us are probably on the really really wrong side of thirty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 The guy could write a novel in a song. The Wreck is one, If You Could Read My Mind and the less known "Don Quixote" are others. Musical arrangements aside, which are brilliant, his lyrics are beyond anything currently being produced. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 I saw him last year at Kodak hall in Rochester. Put on a awesome show. RIP Gordon, you were truly a legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Noooooooooooo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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