I think the main reason I like Gord's music so much is that if you read the lyrics, its like reading poetry. Not that I'm a real big fan of poetry, mind you, but there is a flow to his words that entices a person to keep reading/listening. He doesn't just throw a bunch of words together that rhyme and which sound good with the beat (has a good beat and you can dance to it- remember hearing the kids say that on Bandstand with Dick Clark?). And he can twist simple sentences into a work of art. For example: Early one autumn morning we went hiking up the side of a hill and into a forest where the leaves had already shed. Gord's version: We went walking on the high side of the bay on a chilly morn and we saw how leaves had fallen on the beds where trees were born. Pure poetry, I tell you!!!
Another reason I like Gord is because his voice has personality- it rises and falls, deep then high, soft and rough, smooth then warbling.
And lastly, the subjects he writes/sings about are so diverse. Spanish moss, a frog, a whale, ships, kiddie stories, a gypsy, an auctioneer, trees, dreaming, wine, cobwebs and dust. Can any of us see Mariah Carey or Ricky Martin singing to the likes of the Canadian Railroad Trilogy? I think not.
Mary Ann
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