RIP Gordon Lightfoot, 84 (1 Viewer)

[TripItUp]

Deserves his own thread.

I loved his music.

 

[TripItUp]

Gordon Lightfoot, Hitmaking Singer-Songwriter, Is Dead at 84

His rich baritone and gift for melodies made him one of the most popular artists of the 1970s with songs like “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “If You Could Read My Mind.”

www.nytimes.com

 

[Tin Cup]

Saw him last summer on what turned out to be his final tour. A true legend. RIP.

 

[otb_lifer]

the church bell chimed, 'til it rang twenty nine times ...

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

In a room where you do what you don't confess.

 

[Galileo]

Lightfoot had the type of music where I would sit and listen with REPLAY turned on. If you Could Read My Mind can just put me in a trance like that Brett guy (Desperado) from Seinfeld

 

[bushdocda]

Incredible songs.

“You won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take…”

 

[JoeSteeler]

Saw him last summer on what turned out to be his final tour. A true legend. RIP.

Wow awesome!

 

[JoeSteeler]

I am definitely a fan. His passing his really making me sad, a lot more than other celebrities.

 

[JoeSteeler]

Any fan must watch his documentary - currently on Amazon Prime Video

Amazon.com

 

[Parrothead]

So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain....
RIP Gord.. saw him many times- will be playing his music tonight

 

[SWC]

this one hurts brohans he was and is one of my favorites he just wrote and played amazing music man this getting old stinks take that to the bank brochachos

 

[Atomic Punk]

Big loss. Incredible songwriter and gentleman that oozes Canadiana. Always wondered how much more play he would have received had he been American.

I‘l have to do a tribute this weekend on karaoke night.

 

[JohnnyU]

Went and saw him in Minneapolis a few years ago. Even at an advanced age he sounded good.

 

[Dr_Zaius]

"And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why he would cry
The whole day long"

One of my favorite artists

 

[BobbyLayne]

Any fan must watch his documentary - currently on Amazon Prime Video

Amazon.com

Really well done

 

[BobbyLayne]

Deserves his own thread.

I loved his music.

he does, thanks trip

went to sleep listening to him last night, have been playing his music all day

such a joy hearing my favorite deep cuts - what a storyteller

Early Morning Rain

 

[SWC]

if you want a treat listen to tony rice who was himself one of the finest guitar players i ever heard and who passed away on christmas day 2020 play gordon lightfooots shadows from his album native american which is an album of lightfoot covers and they are all great but shadows is particularly great take that to the bank brohans

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edit to add that the guitar solo work on this one is so damned good take that to the bank brochachos

 

[timschochet]

He was a rainy day person.

 

[Moe.]

Incredible songs.

“You won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take…”

This might be my favorite song ever. So good. RIP

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Incredible songs.

“You won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take…”

This might be my favorite song ever. So good. RIP

Beautiful lyrics

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

I am definitely a fan. His passing his really making me sad, a lot more than other celebrities.

Same

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

12 string capo 2

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

“When we were younger, Burton Cummings and I went to a Gordon Lightfoot concert. We sat there mesmerized the entire time at the way he sang and the stories his lyrics told. It was poetry, folklore, legend and music. Spellbound would be a good way to describe what we felt. Sending love to his family and friends today at his passing. I knew him a long time and he was a wonderful person.”

-Randy Bachman

 

[falguy]

Incredible songs.

“You won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take…”

This might be my favorite song ever. So good. RIP

If it's not my favorite it's right up there. It's perfect.

Rick Beato has a wonderful tribute to his life on his channel
https://youtu.be/4Iw7Jei8XOo

 

[bushdocda]

Incredible songs.

“You won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take…”

This might be my favorite song ever. So good. RIP

If it's not my favorite it's right up there. It's perfect.

Rick Beato has a wonderful tribute to his life on his channel
https://youtu.be/4Iw7Jei8XOo

Gotta watch that later, Rick Beato stuff on what ‘makes this song great’ or whatever is incredible. I go back to the ‘More Than a Feeling’ one all the time.

 

[falguy]

Incredible songs.

“You won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take…”

This might be my favorite song ever. So good. RIP

If it's not my favorite it's right up there. It's perfect.

Rick Beato has a wonderful tribute to his life on his channel
https://youtu.be/4Iw7Jei8XOo

Gotta watch that later, Rick Beato stuff on what ‘makes this song great’ or whatever is incredible. I go back to the ‘More Than a Feeling’ one all the time.

He did a "What makes this song great" on If You could Read My Mind and refers to it a bit in his tribute video from yesterday. Rick's enthusiasm for music in general, and in this case for Lightfoot's music, is amazing. The things he picks out astound me.

 

[Brony]

Incredible songs.

“You won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take…”

This might be my favorite song ever. So good. RIP

I have a short list of songs that I consider perfect and that song is firmly on there.

 

[BobbyLayne]

what a masterful lyricist

https://youtu.be/Lfo0XBrGgI0

Spoiler: Carefree Highway

Picking up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream
I wonder how the old folks are tonight?
Her name was Ann
And I'll be damned if I recall her face
She left me not knowing what to do

Carefree highway
Let me slip away on you
Carefree highway
You've seen better days
The morning after blues
From my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway
Let me slip away, slip away on you

Turning back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same?
Now the thing that I call living
Is just being satisfied
With knowing I got no one left to blame

Carefree highway
I've got to see you my old flame
Carefree highway
You've seen better days
The morning after blues
From my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway
Let me slip away, slip away on you

Searching through the fragments
Of my dream shattered sleep
I wonder if the years have closed her mind?
I guess it must be wanderlust or trying to get free
From the good old faithful feeling we once knew

Carefree highway
Let me slip away on you
Carefree highway
You've seen the better days
The morning after blues
From my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway
Let me slip away, slip away on you

Let me slip away on you
Carefree highway
I've got to see you my old flame
Carefree highway
You've seen better days
The morning after blues
From my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway
Let me slip away, slip away on you