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RIP Gordon Lightfoot

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, May 1, 2023.

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  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    From a Toronto Sun columnist…


     
    Inky_Wretch, May 1, 2023
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  2. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    Well, heck. That makes me now enjoy the Great Lakes Brewing Edmund Fitzgerald Porter that I had for supper even more.
     
    SixToe, May 1, 2023
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  3. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    If You Could Read My Mind was an all timer.
     
    Webster, May 1, 2023
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  4. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    Soundtrack of my youth. Sundown is my favorite of his.
     
    garrow, May 1, 2023
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  5. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Shit shit shit.

    RIP, all- timer.
     
    swingline, May 1, 2023
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  6. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    As is our tradition.
     
    HanSenSE, May 1, 2023
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  7. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    I had the 45 of that as a kid. Played the hell out of it.
     
    swingline, May 1, 2023
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  8. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

    I feared this after I saw he canceled his tour
    Saw him four times
    Maybe the best writer of everyone
    Bob Dylan thought so
    Here’s an example from one of his early songs

    In a cage she danced for him although 100 eyes were turned her way

    As she walks she waits for him the pavement is a shoulder for her tears

    RIP Gord

     
    Jake from State Farm, May 1, 2023
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  9. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

    Written during a driving rainstorm in a Cleveland hotel room

     
    Jake from State Farm, May 1, 2023
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  10. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    Never heard this one until last year, but it quickly became a favorite.
     
    Slacker, May 1, 2023
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  11. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

    Lightfoot was commissioned to write a song for the Canadian centennial in 1967
    Canadian historian Pierre Berton said of the song: “He had more of Canada’s history in it than I did in my books.”

     
    Jake from State Farm, May 1, 2023
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  12. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    One of my all-time favorites. Saw him twice. Just pulled out a greatest hits CD to listen to in my car earlier today.

    CRT is just a super song, he recorded about three versions of it and they all are outstanding.

    "Summer Side of Life" is probably my favorite album. "Mountains and Marian," "Affair on 8th Avenue," "Circle of Steel" and "Old Dan's Records" are among my favorite songs.

    A true legend. I think he was a big Leafs fan.

    "Is the home team still on fire? Do they still win all their games?"
     
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    micropolitan guy, May 1, 2023
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