Anyone still remember Gordon Lightfoot?

[Brigid]

I still have all of his albums (on CD, of course). Still one of the best songwriters ever. He isn't looking too good these days, being 72 now and having had a serious illness a few years ago; but he's still around and still touring. :)

[Bunny]

1. Sure. He wrote one of the sweetest songs I've ever heard.

[MichiganVote]

29. Gordon and Kris Kristofferson, two of the very best.

[baldguy]

2. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee".

[sasquatch]

17. I listen to that song all the time

[leeroysphitz]

3. Locking

[Swede]

4. Oh yeah. Here is one of my favorites.

The Last Time I Saw Her Face.


http://www.livevideo.com/video/MyLady/B3BD58880F504B86A6751B3702CE16EA/the-last-time-i-saw-her.aspx

The last time I saw her face, her eyes were bathed in starlight

and her hair hung long
The last time she spoke to me, her lips were like the scented flowers inside a rain-drenched forest
But that was so long ago that I can scarcely feel the way I felt before
And if time could heal the wounds, I would tear the threads away that I might bleed some more
The last time I walked with her
Her laughter was the steeple bells
That ring to greet the morning sun
A voice that called to everyone
To love the ground she walked upon
Those were good day

The last time I held her hand, her touch was autumn, spring and summer, and winter too
The last time I let go of her, she walked a way into the night
I lost her in the misty streets, a thousand months, a thousand miles
When other lips will kiss her eyes
A million miles beyond the moon, thats where she is

But that was so long ago that I can scarcely feel the way I felt before
And if time could heal the wounds, I would tear the threads away that I might bleed some more
The last time I saw her face, her eyes were bathed in starlight and she walked alone

The last time she kissed my cheek
Her lips were like the wilted leaves
Upon the autumn covered hills
Resting on the frozen ground
The seeds of love lie cold and still
Beneath a battered marking stone


It lies forgotten

[Robeson]

5. Does a fat baby fart?

[Suich]

6. I still have all his albums, and

they are NOT on CD!

:hi:

[Kali]

7. I'm not a hugh fan, but I saw him

at Gamage Auditorium (AZ State Univ) back in the late 70's or early 80's. It was a good show.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

8. Gordon Lightfoot

Not only was he gorgeous, he's a brilliant songwriter and an amazing singer.

I was listening to one of his songs when I realized my first marriage was irretrievably broken, and, even now, I can't bear to think about it, let alone hear it.

He touched everyone, didn't he? I'm glad he's still going................

[elleng]

19. Was listening to THIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DqPSF2fyo&feature=related

when I was driving East after a year in Colorado, to unknown future in Chicago. A special moment in my life, saw the Rockies disappearing in rearview mirror, and heard Edmund Fitzgerald.

Here's a young Gordon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLaPtQuZaos&feature=related

[Tangerine LaBamba]

20. He gets to me,

even now.

I just downloaded his 2004 album, which I didn't own. Now I have all his albums.

I think it's great that he's still touring.

Isn't it something how songs at certain moments stay with us forever?

[elleng]

22. It is, indeed!

Music, foods, and fragrances, too.

[begin_within]

9. "Sundown" never gets old.

http://www.dizzler.com/music/Gordon_Lightfoot/Sundown

[Duer 157099]

10. Oh hell yeah

If you could read my mind love,
what a tale my thoughts could tell.
Just like an old time movie
about a ghost from a wishing well.
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
with chains upon my feet.
You know that ghost is me
and I will never be set free
as long as I'm a ghost that you can see.

If I could read your mind love,
what a tale your thoughts could tell.
Just like a paperback novel,
the kind the drugstore sells.
When you reach the part where the heartaches
come the hero would be me.
Heroes often fail.
And you won't read that book again
because the endings just to hard to take.

I walk away like a movie star
who gets burned in a three way script.
Enter number two, a movie queen
to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me,
but for now love lets be real.

I never thought I could act 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 feelings gone and I just can't get it back.

If you could read my mind love,
what a tale my thoughts could tell.
Just like an old time movie about a ghost from a wishing well.
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
with chains upon my feet the story always ends.
And if you read between the lines
you'll know that I'm just trying to understand
the feeling that you left.

[jobycom]

15. That's my favorite by him. Just think, we had him, Croce, Chapin, Denver, Stevens

all writing folk ballads around the same time. Quite a group of songwriters.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. "If you could read my mind," you'd know that I do

:-)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. I put "Beautiful" on a mix CD for the car a couple of months ago

He had a lot of hits, some bigger than others, but for my tastes, that's his best song. Sometimes simple honesty in the lyrics says it all, you know?

[SeattleGirl]

13. I love Gordon Lightfoot.

Great songwriter, and I really like his voice, too.

[Inchworm]

14. The legend lives on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DqPSF2fyo

:cry:

[southerncrone]

16. All of us boomers remember him.

Terrific songwriter w/a soulful voice.

I love Sirius' The Bridge--they play a lot of his music along with many of the other fabulous songwriters of the '60's & '70's. About the only place you can hear his music today on the radio.

[Brigid]

27. The young ones who never heard of him . . .

Don't know what they're missing. To my mind, only the grittier Springsteen can match him. :)

[Maccagirl]

18. One of Canada's national treasures

He wrote the soundtrack of my early teens. Yes, I remember (and celebrate) him.

[Adsos Letter]

21. Saw him live at the Paramount Theater!

[Haole Girl]

23. I love GL

He has been a constant in my life... and his music has gotten me through some very dark times.

I've seen him 3 times in concert. My favorite is still the first time... Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. He wore long johns and sat on a stool as he played Carefree Highway. I was in awe and still am... after all these years.

I like this performance of "Kotty Pine":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfl0rAWMutU

:loveya:

[mitchum]

24. What a fantastic voice

[cwydro]

25. Yep!

I used to love his music.

[livetohike]

26. I've seen him in concert many times

I hope to see him this fall. I've worn out my copy of Don Quixote - thankfully there are CDs, but as a Boomer I still like my vinyl scratches and all :-).

[enigmatic]

28. Gordon's still hanging on

"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is arguably the de facto Nation Anthem Of Canada:

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2009/04/canadian-railroad-trilogy-gordon.html

[WePurrsevere]

30. It would be difficult to forget him, DH and I love him. Our favorite...

song of his would be Don Quixote. B-) Actually though I can't think of a song of his that we don't really like. :)

FWIW I found this rather nice tribute to Canadian Veterans using the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnFkeVOSKvI

[av8rdave]

31. Wasn't he some dancer or something?

j/k...I do remember him.