Leonard and Gordon Lightfoot

[tomsakic]

Patyou, I also wondered, but I think: Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame. I guess it was given in honour of Leonard's recent induction, and Lightfoot is already the member (now, checked this thru Google:-)

[Tri-me]

It was at General Lake? elementary school at DND Base Petawawa Ontario in Mrs. Carnegie's class.

Black Day in July
Edmund Fitzgerald two others I can remember

[Kush]

Lightfoot has the most evocative song titles I've seen from any singer songwriter..some of my favorite titles (and songs)

Magnificent Outpouring
Race Among the Ruins
Approaching Lavender
A Tree too Weak to Stand
Endless Wire
The Circle is Small
A Minor Ballad
Bitter Green
Cobwebs and Dust
Ghosts of Cape Horn
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Triangle

[lizzytysh]

You're right, Kush. Those are truly wonderful... and the title "Heart With No Companion" immediately came to mind as I read them.

~ Lizzy

[Tony]

Why?

[lizzytysh]

Guess.

[Geoffrey]

'Try me' wrote:
>Great photo, two Canadian legends.


Well, I think that's a kind and very generous description - one of which they'd both approve, I'm sure. But Leonard Cohen has an internet newsgroup and a chatroom - as well as this very active web-site forum. Gordon Lightfoot doesn't have anything like that, because his work hasn't the depth or quality to inspire continual discussion on a scale anywhere equal to Leonard's. But he's good, and his song 'Early Morning Rain' will probably be remembered for quite a while amongst folk enthusiasts. Leonard is a giant, however - an icon. He is a multi-faceted genius who appeals to intelligent thinking people starved of intellectual stimuli. If Janis had met Gordon I don't think she would have sucked him off, and if she had done so I don't think he would have been capable afterwards of sitting down and writing a song all about it like Leonard was able to do. Gordon has never done anything bad like Leonard - and being only good is not conducive to becoming legendary.

[Tri-me]

Geoffrey,
The name is Tree-May I will respond to Tree-Mite. HUMMM HUMMM HUUMM.
Many Canadians love Gordon Lightfoot, they have lived different lives and have had different carreers, but he is still reveered by fellow artists.
Songs by Gordon Lightfoot
A LESSON IN LOVE
A MESSAGE TO THE WIND
A MINOR BALLAD
A PAINTER PASSING THROUGH
A PASSING SHIP
A TREE TOO WEAK TO STAND
ADIOS, ADIOS
AFFAIR ON 8TH AVENUE
ALBERTA BOUND
ALL I'M AFTER
ALL THE LOVELY LADIES
ALWAYS ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
ANYTHING FOR LOVE
APOLOGY
APPROACHING LAVENDER
THE AUCTIONEER

B
BABY IT'S ALRIGHT
BABY STEP BACK
BALLAD OF THE YARMOUTH CASTLE
BEAUTIFUL
BELLS OF THE EVENING
BEND IN THE WATER
BETTY CALLED ME IN
BISCUIT CITY
BITTER GREEN
BLACK DAY IN JULY
BLACKBERRY WINE
BOATHOUSE
BORDERSTONE
BOSS MAN
BRAVE MOUNTAINEERS
BROKEN DREAMS

C
CABARET
CANADIAN RAILROAD TRILOGY
CANARY YELLOW CANOE
CAN'T DEPEND ON LOVE
CAREFREE HIGHWAY
CHANGES
CHEROKEE BEND
CHRISTIAN ISLAND (GEORGIAN BAY)
THE CIRCLE IS SMALL

CLOUDS OF LONELINESS

CIRCLE OF STEEL
COBWEBS AND DUST
COLD HANDS FROM NEW YORK
COLD ON THE SHOULDER
COTTON JENNY

COUCHICHING

CROSSROADS

D
DAISY DOO
DAYLIGHT KATY
DID SHE MENTION MY NAME
DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW
DON QUIXOTE
DON'T BEAT ME DOWN
DREAM STREET ROSE
DREAMLAND
DRIFTERS
DRINK YER GLASSES EMPTY

E
EARLY MORNING RAIN
EAST OF MIDNIGHT
ECSTACY MADE EASY

END OF ALL TIME

ENDLESS WIRE

F
FADING AWAY
FAREWELL TO ANNABEL
FINE AS FINE CAN BE
THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE

FLYIN' BLIND

FOR LOVIN' ME
FORGIVE ME LORD
14 KARAT GOLD

G
GHOSTS OF CAPE HORN
GO GO ROUND
GO MY WAY
GOTTA GET AWAY
THE GYPSY

H
HAIL HERO
HANGDOG HOTEL ROOM

HARMONY

HEAVEN DON'T DESERVE ME
HEAVEN HELP THE DEVIL
HEY YOU
HI'WAY SONGS
HIGH AND DRY
HOME FROM THE FOREST
THE HOUSE YOU LIVE IN

I
I USED TO BE A COUNTRY SINGER
I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU
I'D DO IT AGAIN
I'D RATHER PRESS ON
IF CHILDREN HAD WINGS
IF I COULD
IF IT SHOULD PLEASE YOU
IF THERE'S A REASON
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND
IF YOU GOT IT
IF YOU NEED ME
I'LL BE ALRIGHT
I'LL DO ANYTHING
I'LL PROVE MY LOVE
I'LL TAG ALONG
I'M NOT SAYIN'
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO CARE
IN A WINDOWPANE
IN MY FASHION

INSPIRATION LADY

IS THERE ANYONE HOME
IT'S TOO LATE, HE WINS
IT'S WORTH BELIEVIN'

K
KEEPIN' ON YEARNIN'
KNOTTY PINE

L
THE LAST TIME I SAW HER
LAZY MORNIN'
LEAVES OF GRASS
LET IT RIDE
LIFELINE

THE LIST

LONG HAIRED WOMAN
LONG RIVER
LONG THIN DAWN
LONG WAY BACK HOME
LOOKING AT THE RAIN
THE LOST CHILDREN
LOVE AND MAPLE SYRUP

M
MAGNIFICENT OUTPOURING
MAKE WAY FOR THE LADY
MAMA SAID
MARIE CHRISTINE
MAY I
ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
MIGUEL
MINSTREL OF THE DAWN
MISTER ROCK OF AGES
MORNING GLORY
MOTHER OF A MINER'S CHILD
THE MOUNTAIN AND MARYANN
MOVIN'
MUCH TO MY SURPRISE
MY LITTLE LOVE
MY LOVE FOR YOU
MY PONY WON'T GO

N
NEVER SAY TRUST ME
NEVER TOO CLOSE

THE NO HOTEL

NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT
NOUS VIVONS ENSEMBLE
NOW AND THEN

O
ODE TO BIG BLUE
OH, LINDA
OLD DAN'S RECORDS
ON SUSAN'S FLOOR
ON THE HIGH SEAS
ON YONGE STREET
ONLY LOVE WOULD KNOW
ORDINARY MAN

P
THE PATRIOT'S DREAM
PEACEFUL WATERS
THE PONY MAN
POOR LITTLE ALLISON
PRIDE OF MAN
PROTOCOL
PUSSYWILLOWS, CAT-TAILS

R
RACE AMONG THE RUINS
RAINBOW TROUT
RAINY DAY PEOPLE
RED VELVET
REDWOOD HILL
REMEMBER ME (I'M THE ONE)
RESTLESS
RIBBON OF DARKNESS
RICH MAN'S SPIRITUAL
RING THEM BELLS
RINGNECK LOON

RIVER OF LIGHT

ROMANCE
ROSANNA

S
SALUTE (A LOT MORE LIVIN' TO DO)
SAME OLD LOVERMAN
SATURDAY CLOTHES
SEA OF TRANQUILITY
SECOND CUP OF COFFEE
SEVEN ISLAND SUITE
SHADOWS
SHE'S NOT THE SAME

SHELLFISH

SIT DOWN YOUNG STRANGER
SIXTEEN MILES
SLEEP LITTLE JANE
SLIDE ON OVER
SOFTLY
SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN
SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL
SOMETIMES I DON'T MIND

SOMETIMES I WISH

SOMEWHERE U.S.A.
SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT
SONGS THE MINSTREL SANG
THE SOUL IS THE ROCK
SPANISH MOSS
SPIN, SPIN
STATION MASTER
STAY LOOSE
STEEL RAIL BLUES
STONE COLD SOBER
SUMMER SIDE OF LIFE
SUMMERTIME DREAM
SUNDOWN
SWEET GUINEVERE

T
TALKIN' FREIGHT
TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP
TATTOO
10 DEGREES AND GETTING COLDER
THANK YOU FOR THE PROMISES
THAT SAME OLD OBSESSION
THIS IS MY SONG
TOO LATE FOR PRAYIN'
TOO MANY CLUES IN THIS ROOM
TOO MUCH TO LOSE
TRIANGLE

U
UNCLE TOAD SAID
UNSETTLED WAYS

W
WAITING FOR YOU
WALLS
THE WATCHMAN'S GONE
THE WAY I FEEL
WELCOME TO TRY
WHEREFORE AND WHY
WHISPER MY NAME
WHISPERS OF THE NORTH
WHY SHOULD I FEEL BLUE
WILD STRAWBERRIES
WITHOUT YOU
THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD

Y
YOU ARE WHAT I AM
YOU JUST GOTTA BE
YOU'LL STILL BE NEEDING ME
YOUR LOVE'S RETURN

[lizzytysh]

Gordon's song titles seem almost, if not, by design. Not sure why he left out a J, Q, V, X, and Z. However, I think these could work :

Jam, Toast, and Honey
Quiet the Night
Venus in the Mist
Xtraneous to Love
Zebras and You

Now, all he needs are the words, and the full alphabet will be his. That's quite a list.

I agree, of course, Geoffrey, that Leonard is a genius... that his songs have more depth... yet, Gordon softly and gently satisfies the lighter paths that are also pleasingly life. Leonard is my choice, too... yet, Gordon has a place of his own in the music world.


~ Lizzy

[Pete]

Gordon Lightfoot is a songwriter

Leonard Cohen converts poetry into song

and both Gordon and Leonard are masters at what they do.

"Sundown, you better take care if I find you've been creeping round my back stairs. Sometimes I think it's a sin when I feel like I'm winning when I'm losing again"
My favourite Lightfoot song....Sundown

Pete

[Kush]

Well, I think that's a kind and very generous description - one of which they'd both approve, I'm sure. But Leonard Cohen has an internet newsgroup and a chatroom - as well as this very active web-site forum. Gordon Lightfoot doesn't have anything like that, because his work hasn't the depth or quality to inspire continual discussion on a scale anywhere equal to Leonard's. But he's good, and his song 'Early Morning Rain' will probably be remembered for quite a while amongst folk enthusiasts. Leonard is a giant, however - an icon. He is a multi-faceted genius who appeals to intelligent thinking people starved of intellectual stimuli. If Janis had met Gordon I don't think she would have sucked him off, and if she had done so I don't think he would have been capable afterwards of sitting down and writing a song all about it like Leonard was able to do. Gordon has never done anything bad like Leonard - and being only good is not conducive to becoming legendary.

Haha..GL writes songs you green eyed Vulcan...you're s'posed to have a good time singing them. GL's songs will live on as long as Canada does - or atleast until its assimilated by USA ..then all Canadians will listen to Bob Dylan.

He is a multi-faceted genius who appeals to intelligent thinking people starved of intellectual stimuli

While that is probably true I have suspected he appeals even more to pseudo-intellectuals than to intellectuals.

[Tri-me]

We sang the song Boss Man in grade 6 too

Boss Man Boss Man what do you say
I gotta get you alone in the mine some day
Boss Man Boss Man turn it around
If you don't look away how can I sit down
(A) Look at this load u(C)pon my (A) back
Gotta get this wheel (C) back on the (A) track
I can't hold on but I (C) can't let (A) go
And I can't say 'yes' I (C) can't say (A) 'no'

Holes in my pockets and holes in my shoes
If you're ready for me I'm-a ready for you
The company plan takes all my pay
Got a child in July and another last May

Boss Man Boss Man what do you say
Gotta get you alone in the mine some day
Push your face down in the coal
'Cause you got no heart you got no soul

Country life's the life for me
In ten more years I'll a pensioner be
The young lad knows when the girls are out
Why you might say he's a rural sprout

Boss Man Boss Man what do you say
Gotta get you alone in the mine some day
Boss Man Boss Man clear the track
You're gonna tear the skin right offa my back

Boss Man Boss Man what do you say
If you can't lend a hand then get outta my way
It'll be murder in the first degree
If you ever lay your hands on me

Boss Man Boss Man pay my rent
A dollar I've earned is a dollar I've spent
The company plan takes all my check
For breaking my back and risking my neck

Boss Man Boss Man what do you say
I gotta get you alone in the mine some day
I can't hold on but I can't let go
And I can't say 'yes' I can't say 'no'

Some (most) of his songs are very Canadiana This song makes me think of the cole mines in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton

[Bobbie]

I've always been somewhat of a fan of GL, ever since The Wreck Of The Edmond Fitzgerald... just his name conjures up fond memories from years and years ago.. but I was wondering which, from the list you provided, Tri-me, are songs he has covered/recorded, not just ones he has written - or vice versa. I know he didn't write Me And Bobby McGee... we have to give that to Kris Kristofferson - but honestly, I don't know - but would like to know, which ones he wrote (or didn't write, if that would be easier) from the list you posted.

Thanks, Tri-me!
B

[Young dr. Freud]

While that is probably true I have suspected he appeals even more to pseudo-intellectuals than to intellectuals.

Ain't that the truth.



YdF

[Young dr. Freud]

Tony,

In this thread you have written the best response I have every seen. Congratulations and Thank you.


YdF