Check my avatar and then add Gordon Lightfoot for my favorite 3.

Gordon Lightfoot... can you say his name w/o thinking of some lines from this classic?

One of top 10 songs of all-time, regardless of genre ...ABSOLUTELY TIMELESS, don't you agree????

 

 

Gordon Lightfoot... can you say his name w/o thinking of some lines from this classic?

One of top 10 songs of all-time, regardless of genre ...ABSOLUTELY TIMELESS, don't you agree????

 

 

 

My favorite Gordon Lightfoot song!

If you could read my mind, love

What a tale my thoughts could tell

Just like an old time movie

Bout a ghost from a wishin' well

In a castle dark with a fortress strong

With chains upon my feet

You know that ghost is me

And I will never be set free

As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see

 

 

If I could read your mind, love

What a tale your thoughts could tell

Just like a paperback novel

The kind that drugstores sell

When you reach the part when the heartaches come

The hero would be me

But heroes often fail

And you won't read that book again

Because the ending's just too hard to take

 

 

I'd walk away like a movie star

Who gets burned in a three-way script

Enter number two

A movie queen to play the scene

Of bringing all the good things out in me

But for now, love, let's be real

I never thought I could act this way

And I've got to say that I just don't get it

I don't know where we went wrong

But the feelin's gone

And I just can't get it back

 

 

If you could read my mind, love

What a tale my thoughts could tell

Just like an old time movie

Bout a ghost from a wishin' well

In a castle dark or a fortress strong

With chains upon my feet

But stories always end

And if you read between the lines

You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand

The feelings that you lack

I never thought I could feel this way

And I've got to say that I just don't get it

I don't know where we went wrong

But the feelin's gone

And I just can't get it back

 

 

If You could Read My Mind --- Gordon Lightfoot

Another one of my personal favorites from Fogelberg---"The Sand and the Foam."

 

PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY!!!

 

 

While reading the other thread about Father's Day, I was struck and very moved by the folks on here who have already lost your fathers. It made me very thankful that I still have my old man, even though he isn't well. I want to send out this wonderful Dan Fogelberg song in honor of all of your fathers and in memory of all of your dear dads who have passed on.

 

Dan wrote this song as a tribute to his own father, who was a band leader. He speaks shortly about his relationship with his dad at the end of song.

This one's for all of your dads. If he is still with you, hug him tomorrow and tell him how much you love him.

 

 

Thanks,math!!

Gordon Lightfoot, had the ability to tell stories, but translated into a song.

For owsleyking, here's Gordon with "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" :

 

Great story and video.

 

For owsleyking, here's Gordon with "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" :

 

Great story and video.

 

 

 

This has always been my favorite Gordon Lightfoot song....and the last one he did the one time I got to see him. Hope his health gets better so he can give us some more music!

This Michael Nesmith song helped make Linda Ronstadt famous...a nice tribute to one of my favorite songwriters.

 

Dan Folgelberg was one of my very favorites, I really admired his songwriting and the way that he deliverd the song.My favorite Folgelberg song.....

 

Leader of the Band (thanks math for the reminder, very emotional song for me)

"My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man", I still think of this line of the song when I think about my Dad.

Owsleyking, what are some other songs Nesmith wrote? I always associated him with the Monkees fad thing. I didn't realize he was a prolific song writer. But I don't keep up with that kind of stuff.

Owsleyking, what are some other songs Nesmith wrote? I always associated him with the Monkees fad thing. I didn't realize he was a prolific song writer. But I don't keep up with that kind of stuff.

 

He's really known more for his work in video and film now. His work in the video field actually helped spawn MTV in it's early years with his video compilation Elephant Parts (he produced a couple of Lionel Ritchie videos)...he owns Pacific arts studeos which have produced several cult classics (Repo Man and Time Rider,which George Harrison helped with the music score).

I like his music,however. He really has never been a top ten hit maker(you know me...always been a bigger fan of the B-side than the hits:cool:),but his lyrics contain a lot of hook-lines,humor and innuendo that make you think. I'll let you listen to Magnetic South and Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma (my 2 favorite albums) sometime.

Dan Folgelberg was one of my very favorites, I really admired his songwriting and the way that he deliverd the song.My favorite Folgelberg song.....

 

Leader of the Band (thanks math for the reminder, very emotional song for me)

"My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man", I still think of this line of the song when I think about my Dad.

 

 

 

The common ground continues to grow.

Zevon also contributed some material for Ronstadt. She recorded "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" along with "Carmelita."

 

Here's a real sweet treat for Zevon fans-- "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" along with a spirited rendition of Springsteen's "Cadillac Ranch". This is sweet...