Growing up, I became aware that listening to LIGHTFOOT's voice from our record player, kept filling the air with beautiful melodies and words....
that often spoke to me....even if I didn't fully understand them.
The way Gordo's words and melodies weaved together seemed to paint pictures of our Canadian landscape like no other music did.
As a huge fan of Ian & Sylvia, I can tell you that as good a voice as Ian Tyson had, he could never sound like GORDON LIGHTFOOT.
Actually, that worked out quite well since Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker (before she married Ian) sounded real great together. {beautiful harmony}
Anyhow, going back to GORDON LIGHTFOOT....he had that rare gift of being able to take the struggles, triumphs, and emotions of people from all walks of life....
our stories; and articulate them in a relatable way with a voice that, at its peak, was unmatched in Popular Music.
LIGHTFOOT was a voice that just seemed to always be there; accompanying us through life; a source of comfort ~ and in the tradition of all great troubadors....
teaching us lessons about the hubris of humankind.
Brucester
<> Don Quixote
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Last night I watched the documentary.
What was most interesting about it was .....
It is one of the new breed of documentaries ....
That follows the exact patters that are used for fiction.
This is pretty new.
Here's my question .....
When Gordon speaks... he sounds like everyone else.
But, when he sings .....
He sounds like an old foreigner of some sort that's learned English.
From some place out of the pages of history.
Are there other people in Canada that sound this way?
Have you ever heard of any kind of explanation for this?
One thing for sure .....
When you hear Gord singing...
You know it's him, and it can be no one else.
Bruce, what say ye on this?
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