Posted on 11/17/2017 5:13:14 PM PST by nickcarraway
His “Don Quixote” inspired me as a youngster. “Through the woodlands, through the valleys, comes a horseman wild and free ...”
“For my taste, he’s no Led Zeppelin.”
Check out these kids from Michigan. Original music. The lead singer does Robert Plant better than Robert Plant.
Greta Van Fleet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJg4OJxp-co
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXdM1rqSlSQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufSj7bXnAmI (my favorite)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZUD-5oa7Hc
He isn’t dead.
And have you ever heard his version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"? Haunting.
And so many more ...
Since I had nothing better to do, I snooped around a little and found a couple of versions; one using “drugstore” and one using “drugstores.”
But it’s ok. I used to think “Who the hell is Leslie?” as in “you and me and Leslie......groovin”.............
;^)
What’s so hard about understanding....
...the pump don’t work ‘cause the vandals took the handle....
LOL...I always thought it was ‘You and me and lets be, groovin’’..
LOL...reminds me of...’The pool’s in, but the patio ain’t dry’....
Those 2 I was talking about were my favorites of his but Cotton Jenny, Rainy Day People, Sundown and Carefree Highway rate pretty high.........;)
I guess it’s in the “ear” of the beholder but Dylan whoa! I used to make my grandkids laugh by “singing” like Dylan. The guy half hollered BUT I must admit Like A Rolling Stone brings back some good memories of growing up in the 60’s.....;)
Weird Al is hilarious........lol
I love singing that song. The different tempos are fun.
Strange that I’m reading this thread right now because “If You Could Read My Mind” just played on my Spotify Daily Mix.
I could listen to that song all day. I was curious to when that song was released and discovered it was released in December, 1970. That was the Month and Year of my birth. Yes, I’m old:)
As you probably know, the song is about his divorce. The line “But you’ll never read that book again, because the ending’s just too hard to take” always gets to me.
I’ll admit that, until a few years ago, I wasn’t aware that “Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald” was based on a true story because I was too young to remember the tragedy.
I read that Mr. Lightfoot still attends the memorial ceremony every year for the sailors who perished on the Edmund Fitzgerald. He seems like a classy gentleman.
My father (RIP) sang his song, “Beautiful” at my wedding. GL really isn’t one of my favorite performers, but he is a good songwriter and I think that particular song *is* beautiful.
That sounds like a wonderful memory of your father.
a friend went to another of his concerts, however, and said he was drunk/stoned...
we're human...
“boatload of hits”????...listen to his albums/cd’s etc....some of his best work was the songs never released as singles...
My dad is the one who died. Not GL.
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