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If You Could Read Gordon Lightfoot’s Mind, This Is the Tale His Thoughts Could Tell
Washington Post ^
| November 2
| Don McLeese
Posted on 11/17/2017 5:13:14 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Today is Lightfoot's birthday.
To: nickcarraway
One of my favorite performers growing up. His iconic “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” captures the tragedy like no other.
Would love to see him in concert.
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posted on
11/17/2017 5:25:24 PM PST
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offduty
To: offduty
Might be a short concert. He didnt have a boatload of hits.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
11/17/2017 5:29:18 PM PST
by
GnuThere
To: nickcarraway
Just like a paperback novel, the kind that the bookstores sell
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posted on
11/17/2017 5:35:31 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: gubamyster
He did have a boatload of excellent tunes though.
I think my favorites other than “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” were “Whispers Of The North” and “Protocol. “
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posted on
11/17/2017 5:41:03 PM PST
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: nickcarraway
Happy birthday, Mr. Lightfoot.
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posted on
11/17/2017 5:50:31 PM PST
by
ConservaTeen
(Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
To: MrEdd
“Canadian Railroad Trilogy” is a good (very) old one too; Lightfoot performed it live at the Grey Cup finals a few years ago IIRC.
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posted on
11/17/2017 5:53:04 PM PST
by
PermaRag
(If Trayvon had a father, he'd look just like Obama)
To: nickcarraway
My dad was a Gordon Lightfoot fan. When he died, one of the few possessions he had saved was a GL cassette.
The day after he died, “Carefree Highway” came on the radio and it encapsulated my feelings perfectly at that moment.
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posted on
11/17/2017 5:55:34 PM PST
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: nickcarraway
Happy birthday Gordon Lightfoot
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posted on
11/17/2017 5:58:42 PM PST
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PGalt
To: gubamyster
I worked with a girl who went to his concert back in the day. I dont remember her telling me it was particularly short.
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posted on
11/17/2017 5:58:48 PM PST
by
FrdmLvr
(“What Happened you ask?...Ma’am, you got your ass kicked.” Bannon)
To: gubamyster
He may not have had the commercial success (number of charted hits) that his contempories had, but his songs were truly stories from his soul and I’d rather listen to him than artists from today.
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11/17/2017 5:59:55 PM PST
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offduty
To: tumblindice
All these years I thought it was “drugstores.”
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posted on
11/17/2017 6:00:18 PM PST
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clintonh8r
(I've been banned from TheHill.com. #Proud)
To: nickcarraway
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11/17/2017 6:00:53 PM PST
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KosmicKitty
(Waiting for inspiration)
To: Skooz
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posted on
11/17/2017 6:02:35 PM PST
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clintonh8r
(I've been banned from TheHill.com. #Proud)
To: nickcarraway
He has always been one of my favorites.
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posted on
11/17/2017 6:08:02 PM PST
by
Califreak
(Take Me Back To Constantinople)
To: offduty
Look six posts above this one...
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posted on
11/17/2017 6:11:14 PM PST
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Captainpaintball
(Keep Your Friends Close And Enemies Closer? That's what the left is doing with TRUMP!!!)
To: gubamyster
He had a lot of hit songs. I saw him in concert in 1995.
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posted on
11/17/2017 6:11:49 PM PST
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willk
(everyone)
To: offduty
Obviously, it’s a matter of taste which cannot be argued. For my taste, he’s no Led Zeppelin.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
11/17/2017 6:12:45 PM PST
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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