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Singer Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian 'rare talent,' dies at 84.
Fox News ^ | 5.2.2023 | Anders Hagstrom

Posted on 05/02/2023 4:23:12 AM PDT by Carriage Hill

Folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian icon who Bob Dylan once referred to as a "rare talent," passed away in Toronto on Monday. Lightfoot was 84 years old. Representative Victoria Lord confirmed that Lightfoot died at a Toronto hospital early Tuesday morning, but did not elaborate on his cause of death. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was quick to offer tribute to the musician on Twitter.

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Another musical talent of our younger years, is gone. RIP.
1 posted on 05/02/2023 4:23:12 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
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To: Carriage Hill
What a giant talent.

All my musical life I wanted to write just one song as good as his. I'm only 74.

I've got time, right?

2 posted on 05/02/2023 4:27:19 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Carriage Hill

I can’t think of anyone I have known in my past who didn’t like Gordon Lightfoot.

Great voice and unique music.


3 posted on 05/02/2023 4:31:19 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Carriage Hill

Saw him live once when we were young in CA. saw him live again when we were older. I forget where. Had at least one album. I’m 85


4 posted on 05/02/2023 4:33:49 AM PDT by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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To: Carriage Hill

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called ‘gitche gumee’
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early


5 posted on 05/02/2023 4:34:36 AM PDT by airdalecheif
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To: Carriage Hill

Why does Trudouchbag have to be mentioned?


6 posted on 05/02/2023 4:35:34 AM PDT by albie
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To: Carriage Hill

His legend lives on from the Chippewa on down...


7 posted on 05/02/2023 4:35:39 AM PDT by Ingtar
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To: TangoLimaSierra
I'm a year behind you, and I have one verse done:

♪ ♫ ♬
Gish, gosh, garsh,
Gobba-gobba zoobie,
Gish, gosh, garsh,
Gamma-gamma zoo,
Fire-up the Harleys, boys,
We're going on a road trip,
Way up north,
To Kalamazoo.
♪ ♫ ♬

Heh...

8 posted on 05/02/2023 4:36:22 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Carriage Hill
Being from Michigan, we always equate Gordon Lightfoot with The Wreck of, but my favorite Lightfoot song has always been If You Could Read My Mind.
9 posted on 05/02/2023 4:36:52 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Carriage Hill

My wife’s Dad used to play the 45 of the Wreck of the Edmund…over and over. So much so she now can’t stand the song but I think it’s because she didn’t like her Dad so much


10 posted on 05/02/2023 4:37:24 AM PDT by albie
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To: airdalecheif

One of my top 5 favorite songs, spanning 50s-60s-70s.


11 posted on 05/02/2023 4:37:26 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: airdalecheif

I prefer this version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOwSaSl_PGk


12 posted on 05/02/2023 4:37:48 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: Carriage Hill

What a lot of memories when ever I think of his songs. Loved listening to them on the radio when I was 18. A great chapter of my life scored by Gordon Lightfoot.


13 posted on 05/02/2023 4:40:23 AM PDT by wbslws
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To: TangoLimaSierra

He was an epic talent with both musical and storytelling gifts. There can be no one who surpassed Gordon Lightfoot. We see the Edmond Fitzgerald happen as if we are eyewitnesses to history. May God recieve Gordon into His heavenly kingdom.


14 posted on 05/02/2023 4:42:41 AM PDT by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school. Written in 2015.)
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To: wbslws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZpk0A4hZes&pp=ygUzc2N0diBnb3Jkb24gbGlnaHRmb290IHNpbmdzIGV2ZXJ5IHNvbmcgZXZlciB3cml0dGVu

Maybe a little humor to blunt the sadness of his passing. A good singer.


15 posted on 05/02/2023 4:44:23 AM PDT by taterjay
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To: Carriage Hill

I’m not familiar with his entire catalog, and honestly, I’ve heard Edmund Fitzgerald enough times in my life that I’m slightly weary of hearing it.

But I have to admit that several of his songs seem to be near once-in-a-generation combinations of a great melody, combined with poignant lyrics with an excellent arrangement/production that are a perfect match to his vocal range. I think If You Could Read My Mind is one of those that could be used as a master class in songwriting or producing or arranging.


16 posted on 05/02/2023 4:45:06 AM PDT by chrisser (I lost my vaccine card in a tragic boating accident.)
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To: chrisser

Another FR reader reminded me of this gem, Canadian Railroad Trilogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoaEbp3o6LU


17 posted on 05/02/2023 4:46:43 AM PDT by F450-V10
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To: airdalecheif

Does anyone know where the love of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to hours


18 posted on 05/02/2023 4:55:17 AM PDT by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: Carriage Hill

R.I.P.


19 posted on 05/02/2023 5:07:46 AM PDT by exPBRrat
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To: Carriage Hill
RIP, Gordon Lightfoot. Prayers to your family.

Edmund Fitzgerald is a great song.

20 posted on 05/02/2023 5:08:50 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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