I'm not going to apolize for my opinion. I've been listening to him since 1967. My sister had a boyfriend who lived in toronto and he brought his album down across the border. so i'm not a gordie come lately. I liked no hotel, but I still think it needs some fine tuning with a couple of the words. Lightfoot has always been great at making phases seems so natural. I thought some of the words were forced or too simple. like bellhops who don't hop....
if you remember the soundstage show he did in 1973, i think - he did a new song, talked about the high seas, when the song was on the album later - he had changed the words. just because he is doing the song in concert doesn't mean it can't get changed. i think that from what i've read - that yes - he is a perfectionist and probably wouldn't do a song - he wasn't happy with. but lets also give him the benefit of being able to grow and evolve too.
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