Favorite Lightfoot Song & Why? II

[Borderstone]

Spanish Moss? Hmmm. I'd rank that song (for love songs) Just behind,"Nous Vivons Ensamble" and "Your Love's Return". It's just as tough to rank a few as it is one! They all relax me though. Aurevoir!

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Borderstone,gonna post some lines tonight!:D

[Borderstone]

I forgot,"A Message To The Wind" and "Something Very Special" also.

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Borderstone,gonna post some lines tonight!:D

quote:Originally posted by IN AWE:
My favorite song is 'Romance' It reminds me of a time when I had given up on love. And then I found the most beautiful man that gave me the most beautiful life. My sweet husband made me believe in love. It always makes me cry. Gordon just seems to be able to say what people feel. I just love his songs. Linda

I dislike that song now because it reminds me of what the girl I used to love felt when she started dating that Mexican boy. I think she stays to try and make me jealous, because they don't hug, they don't kiss, or have sex, or anything. I also heard he couldn't and wouldn't fight for nuttin', he only looks tough, so I don't have to worry if she decides to sick him on me.(She doesn't know he's a real mutt).

quote:Originally posted by IN AWE:
My favorite song is 'Romance' It reminds me of a time when I had given up on love. And then I found the most beautiful man that gave me the most beautiful life. My sweet husband made me believe in love. It always makes me cry. Gordon just seems to be able to say what people feel. I just love his songs. Linda

I dislike that song now because it reminds me of what the girl I used to love felt when she started dating that Mexican boy. I think she stays to try and make me jealous, because they don't hug, they don't kiss, or have sex, or anything. I also heard he couldn't and wouldn't fight for nuttin', he only looks tough, so I don't have to worry if she decides to sick him on me.(She doesn't know he's a real mutt).

quote:Originally posted by Rage:
my fave song is 'if you could read my mind' it's haunting and brilliant. I love it

Love,
Ben, Leicester England

quote:Originally posted by Rage:
my fave song is 'if you could read my mind' it's haunting and brilliant. I love it

Love,
Ben, Leicester England

quote:Originally posted by Rage:
my fave song is 'if you could read my mind' it's haunting and brilliant. I love it

Love,
Ben, Leicester England

quote:Originally posted by Rage:
my fave song is 'if you could read my mind' it's haunting and brilliant. I love it

Love,
Ben, Leicester England

One of my favorite songs that Gordon Lightfoot recorded is "Pony Man." Here is why: For the past eight years I have hitchhiked all over the United States. Some nights, I would not get a ride and would find myself out in the middle of nowhere. So I would slip my headphones into my ears and turn on the beautiful music of Gordon Lightfoot. Then, I would hitch up my pack and start walking down the road...singing: "When it's midnight on the meadow and the cats are in the shed and the river tells a story at the window by my bed...if you listen very closely, be as quiet as you can...in the yard you'll hear him...it is the pony man."

One of my favorite songs that Gordon Lightfoot recorded is "Pony Man." Here is why: For the past eight years I have hitchhiked all over the United States. Some nights, I would not get a ride and would find myself out in the middle of nowhere. So I would slip my headphones into my ears and turn on the beautiful music of Gordon Lightfoot. Then, I would hitch up my pack and start walking down the road...singing: "When it's midnight on the meadow and the cats are in the shed and the river tells a story at the window by my bed...if you listen very closely, be as quiet as you can...in the yard you'll hear him...it is the pony man."

[Borderstone]

My current brand new favorite from Harmony,"End Of All Time!" As I said in my review of the CD...5 STAR AWESOME 70s country-rock tpye song! Goose bumps & all!

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"A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." - Borderstone

My favourite Gordon Lightfoot song is Sundown ... It is sultry and sophisticated and passionate. Golden Gord's voice blends so well with the lyrics.

MRW

My favourite Gordon Lightfoot song is Sundown ... It is sultry and sophisticated and passionate. Golden Gord's voice blends so well with the lyrics.

MRW

[Shadows53]

There is no way one song for me...But there are a few that ALWAYS will strike a stronger cord in me... "Song for a Winters Night" simply for the imagery that it evokes and the powerful memories attached to it for me..."Early Mornin Rain" .. one of the first songs I'd heard and one of my favorite folk tunes..it didnt get any better then this!! "A Painter Passing Through " is another favorite for me, its just all that Gordon was and is in one incredible song... and "Shadows".. this song is the one that pops into my head first when posed with this question...its such a haunting song and incredibly moving to me..."Please kiss me gently darlin', while the river runs away, from the mountains in the springtime , on a blue and windy day..." One of my favorite Gordon lines...i can taste the air, feel the breeze and see a blue sky that almost hurts my eyes....UH!!!! i love that song!!!!

Let's break it down by decade:

1960's: Black Day in July
1970's: The Watchman's Gone
1980's: Salute
1990's: Drifters
2000's: End of All Time

Let's break it down by decade:

1960's: Black Day in July
1970's: The Watchman's Gone
1980's: Salute
1990's: Drifters
2000's: End of All Time

i have listened to GL for years. My dad got me into him and i think he is a great artist. The two best songs, i think, are The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Don Quixote.

Through the woodlands, through the vally, comes a horseman wild and free. Tilting at the windmills passin', who can the brave young horseman be?

i have listened to GL for years. My dad got me into him and i think he is a great artist. The two best songs, i think, are The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Don Quixote.

Through the woodlands, through the vally, comes a horseman wild and free. Tilting at the windmills passin', who can the brave young horseman be?

I have probably 30 favorite Gordon Lightfoot songs, or more. "I heard you talking in your sleep" I love and is something else. "Tattoo" makes me misty, "Too Late For Prayin," "I'm Not Supposed To Care," "Spanish Moss" and "All the Lovely Ladies" does too. And, many, many others. It is nice to know so many people love and appreciate Gordon Lightfoot.

I have probably 30 favorite Gordon Lightfoot songs, or more. "I heard you talking in your sleep" I love and is something else. "Tattoo" makes me misty, "Too Late For Prayin," "I'm Not Supposed To Care," "Spanish Moss" and "All the Lovely Ladies" does too. And, many, many others. It is nice to know so many people love and appreciate Gordon Lightfoot.

My wife and I have been Gordon Lightfoot fans since 1969. There's nothing he's written that I don't like/love. I've only seen him in concert twice. The first time was at the Constitution Hall in D.C. in the early 70's. We managed to make it backstage to meet him afterwards and tried to talk him into coming out for a drink with us. He was incredibly nice to our small group of college students, chatting with us for about five minutes. He seemed genuinely sorry that he couldn't come along, and said something like, "One of the things I don't like about having some measure of fame, is that I no longer have the freedom to do things I'd like to do with fans." I'll never forget that experience. The second time I saw him was more than a decade later at Wolf Trap in D.C. a huge, great concert, but there was no chance of getting anywhere near him afterwards.

I have one other anecdote about Gordon Lightfoot that sticks in my mind, and goes along with comments others have made about him not hiding his feelings. He was hosting a T.V. music show (I can't remember which one), and he was introducing the famous sitar player, Ravi Shankar. As I recall, GL said, "Here's someone's favorite musician, not mine!" I suspect he may have had a drink or so at the time, but I remember laughing very hard at the comment. Poor Ravi probably didn't find it as funny as I did.

In many ways, all GL songs are favorites, but here are some of my MOST favorite.

Beautiful - a fantastic love song

Fine as Fine Can Be - if you've got daughter's you'll understand

The Patriot's Dream - best antiwar song EVER. Every bit as meaningful now as it was when it helped open my eyes to the Vietnam war.

The Circle is Small / Dreamland - two sad but beautiful songs about betrayal, lost love.

The Canadian Railroad Trilogy - my vote for the best ballad and probably my all time GL favorite. The way the tempo mimics a trains building up speed is fantastic.

Song for a Winter's Night - incredible imagery.

Stone Cold Sober - hauntingly sad and very beautiful song

My wife and I have been Gordon Lightfoot fans since 1969. There's nothing he's written that I don't like/love. I've only seen him in concert twice. The first time was at the Constitution Hall in D.C. in the early 70's. We managed to make it backstage to meet him afterwards and tried to talk him into coming out for a drink with us. He was incredibly nice to our small group of college students, chatting with us for about five minutes. He seemed genuinely sorry that he couldn't come along, and said something like, "One of the things I don't like about having some measure of fame, is that I no longer have the freedom to do things I'd like to do with fans." I'll never forget that experience. The second time I saw him was more than a decade later at Wolf Trap in D.C. a huge, great concert, but there was no chance of getting anywhere near him afterwards.

I have one other anecdote about Gordon Lightfoot that sticks in my mind, and goes along with comments others have made about him not hiding his feelings. He was hosting a T.V. music show (I can't remember which one), and he was introducing the famous sitar player, Ravi Shankar. As I recall, GL said, "Here's someone's favorite musician, not mine!" I suspect he may have had a drink or so at the time, but I remember laughing very hard at the comment. Poor Ravi probably didn't find it as funny as I did.

In many ways, all GL songs are favorites, but here are some of my MOST favorite.

Beautiful - a fantastic love song

Fine as Fine Can Be - if you've got daughter's you'll understand

The Patriot's Dream - best antiwar song EVER. Every bit as meaningful now as it was when it helped open my eyes to the Vietnam war.

The Circle is Small / Dreamland - two sad but beautiful songs about betrayal, lost love.

The Canadian Railroad Trilogy - my vote for the best ballad and probably my all time GL favorite. The way the tempo mimics a trains building up speed is fantastic.

Song for a Winter's Night - incredible imagery.

Stone Cold Sober - hauntingly sad and very beautiful song

As a child of the late '60's and early '70's; and growing up in Eastern Tennessee; I have been a fan of Gordon Lightfoot every since I can remember. I have to say my favorite song by Gordon is Dream Street Rose.

As a child of the late '60's and early '70's; and growing up in Eastern Tennessee; I have been a fan of Gordon Lightfoot every since I can remember. I have to say my favorite song by Gordon is Dream Street Rose.

[pirateNC]

I can't pick one so I'll pick three

3 Sorry but Edmund Fitzgerald hit home since I grew up on one of the Great Lakes

2 If You Could Read My Mind, the straightforwardness of the story was aces.

1. Early Morning Rain..Great Guitar, great lyrics and hell Elvis covered it.