Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (Official Audio)
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2019
- You're listening to the official audio for Gordon Lightfoot - "Sundown" from his album of the same name. "Sundown" was Lightfoot's only single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (1974).
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Who's listening to Gordon lightfoot in 2024 still great music
i am i love him too bad hes gone😪
Absolutely. 😎👍
I am :)
Yes I'm listening, all the way from Ireland 🇮🇪
Great artist.❤
RIGHT HERE!!!!!!
The older you get, the more this song makes sense....
Hear you the older i get the better they sound if thats possible, Sundown and Carefree Highway are absolutely timeless. Allmost 56 WHERE DOES THE TIME GO 😮. Peace..........
Living though it at this moment
Do you know what "a sailor's dream" is? There is a song with that title. It's nasty you will know when you find it.
❤@@tommcdonough6086
100 percent. Im 39 and was married 18 years. Got married at 20.
When I was about four years old my father brought home a giant pile of lumber and, from scratch, built us a swimming pool in the back yard. Once it was set up he ran speakers out to the pool from his stereo so we could have a little music while we splashed around. While in later years we played pop radio out there, early on it was all my dad's music. He played this song often.
Now I'm old and my dad's been gone for many years. But for the rest of my life I will associate this song with summers swimming in that pool, that my father built with his own two hands. R.I.P., Dad, and R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot.
Well said, sir.
Thanks for sharing this special memory. My Uncle Mike put up an above ground pool. This song has always reminded me of him and summertime!
What a beautiful memory.
Music does that to us...
Great history with you there
Listening to the start of the chorus, I'd like to think your dad was playing this to tell everyone they'd better watch out if they try come around the back of the house and start anything, because you were swimming back there.
Rest in peace our Canadian Legend Gordon Lightfoot🌹🙏🏻💎. You were amazing in so many ways, your music will continue to play for eons❤ I love all his music. Still listening in 2024💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻🔥
Great songwriter and singer!
🇬🇧 🤝 🇨🇦
Who cares if he's Canadian? Gordon's songs traveled around the world. You never hear an American calling Elvis our American Legend.
I'm a man of a different ethnicity who grew up listening to all music from rock to opera.....and I love the stylings of Gordon Lightfoot when I first heard the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald years ago in my high school days I was entranced by other music than my own .you can say he was the slingshot into music other than the usual African American music. I'm thankful for music like this providing diversity in my life. Wonderful music that changed my understanding of well..........other people......and therefore changed my way of living....
70yr old whiteman same wave length bro good on yuh.
@@christophercarey6522 the world is changing.......race lines are slowly fading ...I just don't wanna be left behind to become one of those dinosaurs still not able to go outside their skin!
@@haahnbalghan6556 race lines are far from fading unfortunately. The political elite and their ilk won't let that war ever die. It's too profitable for them. As the world changes so does the strategy of these evil sick fucks. But what remains the same are the core in country wars that always stoke the fires of hate and division. Money, race and religion. Surrounded by their hot topics and keywords to enslave the citizens into a backwards and horrible train of thought. And there are far too many malleable minds in the United States who buy their ideological bullshit like it is the hottest toy for Christmas. Bring back the 70s through the 90s. Race was rarely spoken of, all this hate didn't exist then. Our government is on task to take over how the population thinks and acts. Both parties. Hopefully someone puts a stop to it soon, I can't sleep well as it is knowing what my children and grandchildren will have to bear.
@@TheOtherPinkMeat preach on my brotha from anotha motha.....I feel the same way...and I'm saddened. You're right the powers that be make bank off of the hate they keep stirred up..... Ya know I wasn't born then but I long for the way of the 70s....I wish In my heart of hearts I could of stood at the heart of watt staxx and Woodstock and took in the unity...the beautiful musical stylings of Gordon playing everyone passing a doobie in peace. I was however part of the peaceful part of the 90s and those were great times....instead of finding ways we were different we relished in the ways we were the same and life was good.....I believe music influences how a nation lives...and while there are some beautiful promises like rap mixing with country or pop being married to jazz....there will never ever be a time again where instruments were played ...bands vibed out to 30 minute versions of 5 minute songs. Men were men...women were women and not what the new generations are doing....I can imagine one day I'm fourty now when I'm maybe 70 the stylings 9f Gordon Lightfoot will make a comeback and it will be a revolution in the black community to stop being so self centered as we are and become more open to everyone around us and their ways.....one day hopefully.... Just maybe I can see peace again before I pass away from this world. God bless Gordon and his music...
As long as you identify self by color you’ll never get there! Don’t understand people introducing themselves by the color of skin.
And now the sun goes down on one of North America’s greatest treasure. Rest well, Mr Lightfoot. We may not always have you; but we’ll always have your music.
Absolutely. Great comment. We're missing him, already. ❤
Except he was Canadian
@@rbierl That’s correct. Canada is part of North America.
@@rbierl which is located in North America I think
@@rbierlwith all due respect. Geography... it's a thing.
Poor young people of today have no artists like this !!!!
ppl don't make music for the same reasons they used to. ppl are just singers and everything is written for them. it's ok* (edited for spelling) for everything to not be so deep all the time but we miss out on songs like this way more now
If they wanted them, they'd have them.
they do just not alive, the greats from 50's, 60's 70' 80's will always be there for them. :)
Exactly. They rely on auto tune😂
I agree
how about a BIG SHOUT OUT in 2024 if you like 70s music like this one
Gordon Lightfoot transcends the 70s. He would be great in any era.
Count me in, i grew up on this stuff. It becomes more precious to me as time goes on..
Let's just take a moment to thanks Raymond Reddington 😂
With you sweetheart
😢
RIP Gordon ❤Your voice and lyrics will be sorely missed. This song is a part of my life soundtrack growing up in the 70s
My condolence
The voice of several generations ... RIP GL ❤
News of his passing brings me here, may he RIP
Me two.😢
Same here. Small NE Ohio town on Lake Erie and listened to Gordon Lightfoot a lot!!
50 year old here. My mother played this when I was a baby. Each time it comes on it takes me back to a time before everything turned weird. And it still sounds awesome.
I miss those easy days
51 here. Same, my friend. My mom and dad played Gordon Lightfoot, America, etc. constantly. It brings tears to my eyes to remember it all. And I thought life was tough then...
Turned weird? Like equal rights for women & minorities?
@@mistamowgli513 . Go away bro. Dont come and ruin the vibe.
@Riaan Nel 1.dont tell me what to do. 2.an oppressive vibe? Go fuck yourself. 3. Your mother
Would be wrong for a 29 year old from Southern Africa to fall in love with this jam. I used to be a hard-core hip hop head, now I just love the 70's.
No music crosses all ages and genres.
I listen to whatever speaks to me, whenever it speaks to me.
Hey hey I am SouthAfrican too and gre up with man's music. Great music. It is in the heart.
Great Music, And Musicians Cross All Barriers.
No.
I'm 53 and remember this song when I was 5, never heard it again till he passed. RIP Gordon Lightfoot.
I'm 51... I heard this song back when I was 5 also. 1978. Knoxville, TN. My dad had a green 4 door Cadillac. It was a 1972. We rode around in it and listened to this song. Great memories and times were right.
@Mark-um5hc - Was just reading that Gordon Lightfoot was dating Cathy Smith who was the one who injected John Belushi with the fatal overdose that killed him - the song Sundown was about Cathy Smith - maybe you heard the story before - cheers
Summer 1974, cruising the north Texas back roads with my oldest hippie-chick sister and her boyfriend, a massive thunderstorm hulking on the horizon. I can't hear Lightfoot without that memory coming into my head. I sure miss her. 😥😁
Your well spoken
@@michaelunderhill5222 it's you're ,go to bed
When did she die?
Im a 66 baby.
Awwww hugs
Wow.
Gordon Lightfoot = One of the most underrated singers in the history of our species. 💯💕🙏
Agreed!!
Not to mention song writing......
Not as underrated as your mother
He is indeed. No other singer/songwriter has touched me as Gordon Lightfoot has. As many do I’m sure, I find the stories of my life in so many of his song. I even look like the guy! The photo on his album “ Endless Wire,” prompted my daughter, about 4 or 5:at the time, to exclaim “Daddy, it’s you!” when we saw the album in a record store. Wish I could play guitar and sing like him!
He didn't record enough songs.
The same people who's been listening for the last 30 years and we will listening in the rest of what time we have left to keep the best ever songs.
We've got lots of time mate.
🇬🇧 🤝 🇨🇦
Young ones don't appreciate music like this
Young ones dont appreciate anything these days
I do and i’m 12
And shut up rm
I'm 25 you dip!
Luckily we do, we aren't all shit heads.
This song is a masterpiece.
Great song
Its not a song. It's a blue print for the future. ✌
This song was written to someone in his band that was messing with his girlfriend!! Check it!!
Love hearing this,brings me back in a heartbeat 🥰
I was going to write the same thing. Timeless masterpiece.
Here I am listening to his awesome voice and crying my eyeballs out. He may have passed but we will always have his music. RIP Gord, Godsend.
Dave Chappelle called her "a fuqqing gangster", meant in the best possible way. "Let them see what they've done to my baby".
Amen to that.
I'm that age where all the great musicians and songwriters that have given me so much pleasure are dying one by one. I'm so grateful though to have lived through an age of truly great music with real longevity. There are literally hundreds of tracks that evoke a place, significant time or memory.
Heaven is full of these treasures.
@Toebeans1 Isn't that the truth. I think that we(I'm 60) grew up with the absolute best music ever! What a time and what luck to have lived in this time and place. When I feel down I just listen to my music and forget all about everything else.
😢
I'm in my mid-sixties and this song takes me back to a day when life was simple. My buddies and I played outside until we were called to come home. RIP, Sir. Your songs will live with me as long as my heart beats. Thank you.
Amazing comment, I can go back to those times right there with you
@@mattneil1449 Hitting my 70s and I find I'm returning to my music from this era more often. Not that I'm trying to relive my glory days, just remembering with a smile.
@@FiveoooSpot that's awesome, today's music is catchy but just very pop and not very deep like it used to be.
This is simply my favorite song of all time, kid throughout the 70's what a time to be young. Loved your comment, can still hear my mother Tommy come in when the street lights come on. 55 now where does the time go 😮😮😮😮. Peace............
One of my Dads favorites. Hopefully they're hanging out together in heaven.
RIP Gordon and Dad.
His songs definitely have a permanent place in my soul. Thank you for being a part of it Gordon.
Mine too.
Mine too. ❤
Well said
Excuse me,your father was a remarkable man.
Sundown hit the airwaves in April of 1974 and blew every other song away at the time, went to number 1. One of those hits that takes you back to where you were and what you were doing. Not many songs can do that.
So True Ursula, Fantastic song Great Singer..
As good listening now as it was back then 2/27/20
love this sound, I learned this song with tabs/ chords and lyrics verbatim. No other song...
just this. I am a faker , but it's a party- trick that got me many results. ...including my wife , .
a copycat who always has
" punched way beyond my weigh"
I will be56 in two weeks time.
Memories, are better the more you share them. I am a rubbish musician, but I am a big man on this device. all the best everybody.
Like Brandy your a girl like the drink
Awesome song 7/5/2020
RIP Gordon Lightfoot. One of the greatest singer-songwriter in the music industry 💜🌹🙏
Hello Sheila 👋 how are you ?
❤😂❤
Really good song sundown
Hello Sheila,
What a beatles face
@@johnbennett948 ,Beatles face,?
"In a room where you do what you don't confess.". It's not just enough to tell a story, good poets craft words that paint a picture without telling you what the obvious is - great line, great song, great voice.
Agree 100%
Will be missed,but not his music
💫 Rest peacefully Mr.Lightfoot .... You accompanied me many summer nights around the bon fire and even more back road cruises with the windows down and the volume up 💫 Thank you for blessing us with your talent. 💜
Indeed... Love and Peace. Best Wishes.
..👏 .. 🙏 ... 🍻.
Agree with you his music does the same for me. Listening to him now. Rest in peace Gordon. Will always live with your music.
Yours is an artful and heartfelt epitaph to an artist I have listened to across many decades and miles. May your travels be smooth and your life be long.
Well said.
Love, light & peace for Gordon, you, and to all fellow fans. ☮️💟
"Sometimes I think its a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain" This line says it all says it all
Copy that
Nice song reminds me my youth
I'm about to be feeling no pain
@@michaelhayes7471 😂😂😂😂😂
What does it mean?
This song sounds the way warmth feels
R.I.P. Gordon
Warm like Quint at the beginning of JAWS
Dr.Seuss Big Fish Little Fish...Charlie Moore Mad Fisherman...
Sometimes I think it's a shame
when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain
Sometimes I think it's a sin
when I feel like I'm winning when I'm losing again...these lyrics are sublime! ❤
Really amazing
This song was literally on the radio every 10 minutes, & no one EVER complained. ------------------An absolute Masterpiece. ------------------------WolfSky9, 73 y/o
Remember the DJ that locked his self in the booth and played Billy Squirer like 4 ever anyone remember what song it was?
My kids graduated high school in 2004, 2005 and I used to play Lightfoot, Dylan, Eagles and the hard stuff too. Of course they liked the new music that was coming out but separately they asked me "this used to be on the radio all the time?" "Yep, all day and all night." "Man, that must've been _great."_ I don't hear them play Eminem at all these days, but I've heard them both play _"Sundown."_
This isn't the 1st time I have encountered one of your comments on an old song, and I like them. They are like some sort of time capsules.
@@leemorgan5275 You were a good influence on your children, provably still are, of course it helps that you had good taste in good music.
.....I am almost 67 years young, been a Gordon Meredith Lightfoot fan since....1973, I think it was......maybe 1972, after I graduated High School......I had a massive crush on him, beginning 1974, ..as I'm sure did many women who had eyes and were breathing.....But it also due to his amazing talents and distinctive voice . One of the best storytellers and Troubadours, EVER. EVER. Even now, in his 80's.....His Life story was not without trials, temptations, and pitfalls ....Yet, he was an Inspiration and a Gift to many many thousands upon thousands of people......God Bless you , Gordon Meredith Lightfoot. 💜 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💫🎸🎶🎼
Bob Dylan on Gordon Lightfoot: “I always thought that one man, the lone balladeer with the guitar, could blow a whole army off the stage if he knew what he was doing; I’ve seen it happen,” Dylan wrote. “Gordon Lightfoot, every time I hear a song of his, it’s like I wish it would last forever.”
Yes Fantastic : One Legend Commending Another....
Agree with that as I saw gordon live in the early seventies and again a few years ago but by then, unfortunately, his voice was fading and he didn't play my favourite Bobby McGee, the best version ever.
They are very close friends and have been for 45+ years.
@@richardbool4232 . .
That's amazing to learn about!!! Just the opposite of the amazingly obtuse 847 downvotes...
I remember hearing this whole album, it was 1982. I was 5 or 6, sleeping in the back of a VW bug. My Mom and dad in the front seat. We were driving back from Killington VT. to NYC where we lived. Im not sure why , but it really moves me to tears today at age 47. Haven't seen my wife in near 4 months now. Maybe it's the red wine. But the music really bring it out. Im dying up here. Why are we separated anyway.
Most ppl separate out of disappointment…. Without realizing it, they’ve “loved as long as they possibly could”, not honoring their promises….. sickness & health, richer or poorer etc…. Like suicide, a permanent solution to a temporary problem. God heals hurting hearts & marriages. Don’t give up !
its called menopause.
RIP Gordon Lightfoot - songwriter for the ages.
I was born in the 60s grew up in the 70s & 80s. This reminds me of the easy days growing up w my mom. Just hanging out me and her, great days! A covid filled nursing home took my mother from me but music like this helps me remember the good. The world sucks now!!
We just can't seem to get back the magic
Of Canada
so sorry lost mum
treasure the memories
this disease robs us of people, time, opportunities
look for the good.
I' m the Mom who grew up on this music ... now i'm 64 yro!! todays music just don't have this emotion!!!!❣❣
Yes it does big time but remember we are in he end times and close to being done,
Yes, it F-ing does
Well, Sundown comes to us all. RIP Gordon Lightfoot.
Back when America was great
Gordon Lightfoot will never be matched. He is the best country folk artist ever. RIP the best country folk artist ever, Gordan Lightfoot
RIP to a folk singer who lived among the rarefied air of greatness. I would have never learned about a ship called the Edumund Fitzgerald had it not been for Gordon Lightfoot.
This song first got my attention way back in 1974. I went into a pizza parlor for take home. This song was playing loudly on a juke box. There was only one other person there. He was sitting alone, probably around my age (mid 20’s) just “staring” into space. He ignored me when I walked past him. I felt he was having a moment. I sensed the atmosphere. I felt a pang of sadness for this man. When I hear this song l’m strongly reminded of this encounter. God bless us all and our impacting memories of life.
My dad loved this song!!! R.I.P Dad 💔💔💔
😢
the songwriter's songwriter. Thank you Gordon Lightfoot!
Hey there all you Gordon Lightfoot fans🌞
Gordon is a national treasure. He makes my heart warm in these trying times. God bless this man 💜
So far I had heard and been listening to Sundown and Edmund Fitzgerald. Discovered Early Morning Rain. Aaah! I am hooked. Amazing songwriter and musician.
Amen
And good luck
Friend
hes Canadian
@@mariannsaieed1572 yes he is and so are we!
This song came on the local radio alot when I was a kid. I spent most Saturday mornings driving around with my dad and this song always came on. My dad has passed, but when I hear this song, I’m riding in the car with him on a hot Saturday morning. I can relive it now, whenever I want. I miss my dad.
RIP. BUDDY . You were the soul of my childhood.... it made me who I am like many 70's kids..... morals then were important .
Does anyone else feel like it’s S a kinder and more pleasing world when you listen to this music? Thank you Gordon 🌞❤️💐
33$1/3 - this is a long hard cold play masterpiece
I feel ya
Your feelings are spot on.
I'm a 60's and 70's child. The world was burning down around us and we listened to music as the only distraction. Once again, the world is burning, and we are listening to Gordon Lightfoot. The current generation's music is nowhere near the magic we once knew fifty+ years ago. Amazing. RIP my dear friend.
@@davidk4940 Oh, you are so right my friend! We were the generation that awoke peoples consciousness and our music was sung by those who could see into the future. How absolutely lucky we were to have been growing up back then. I wouldn’t have changed anything! Blessings👍🙏🏻
I'm a man in his 60s...this song still cuts it 💯.......Brilliance never dies, it just becomes more profound with time. Thanks for the memories. Vale Gordon, RIP 👏🙏
I'm now 65,-years old and I remember listening to your music in the 1970's and you were a excellent singer. I remember when you had a concert at the Masonic-Temple building in Detroit,Michigan in 1974,and your concert was excellent. I will miss you but I will continue to listen to your music. R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot.
Your music always got my Father and I together. We smoked Cigars on the back patio and played cards until midnight. Also memories of family car trips with Gordon's music blasting in the 1976 Station Wagon......RIP
We played this at my moms internment last weekend. She was a free spirited hippy that hitchhiked across canada and had so many awesome stories. Man I miss her. ☮✌
Godbless!
What a beautiful tribute. ❤
Thank you 💖💖
May your Memories of your Mom bring you comfort. ❤
very sorry for your loss , my condolences🙏🏼
When you hear this you remember what real talent sounds like. So perfect.
When your 14 year old (step)daughter, in tropical South American Suriname came to you and make you listen to this song... I think this is literally timeless music. RIP
RIP Gordon! You stand with the greatest storytellers of all time. Jim Croce, Bob Dylan, John Denver, Bob Seger, Jim Morrison, Ronnie Van Zant.
..James Taylor. ❣️
Still listening in 2021. Gordon is one of the greats. Peace!
مك
💯
Peace ✌🏻☮️
👍
I dont mean to be so offtopic but does anybody know a tool to get back into an Instagram account??
I stupidly forgot the account password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me.
I remember listening to Gordon Lightfoot's songs, on the radio, while I was growing up in the 1970's. Thank you, Mr. Lightfoot, for your voice. That is all.
Me too. 2022 concert (May, I believe,) and he's still singing his heart out AND his voice is still there!! God bless him.
Amazing artist, dedicated to music and his fans until his last moments.
RIP Gordon. You were Canada's greatest male singer. You made us very proud to be Canadian.❤
And Neil Young and Leonard Cohen ;)
He was a very unique talent , rare isnt the word ; he was a one and only . He made Americans proud too .
And Stompin Tom. rip to them all.
Right on neighbor I love all of your Canadian singers. They really gave some quality music to America thanks again!
Still listening in 2022! Love his songs!❤
The song has been in my head for like the last month.
Me too Bonnie.
I was so sad to hear that Gordon died today at 84 years old. I can't tell you how many concerts of his I attended. I saw him when he was young and healthy and after his aortic aneurysm. His voice was gone but his spirit was strong. RIP Gord.
Very fortunate you saw him live! Have loved this song since i was 8 yrs old ...50 yrs ago
In April my dad played "If You Could Read My Mind" for me from his phone. He sat and held his phone for me to listen to the entire song, and then told me how he and his brother heard Gordon would be in Oregon so they scrounged up the money and bought tickets to see him play that song. My dad just passed on May 18th, and I played that song back for him as he passed. What a treasure my dad left me with... I wish I had known of Gordon's music much earlier so we could've talked about it, but I'm so grateful my dad opened my eyes, ears and heart to the world of Gordon Lightfoot ❤
I was 16 years old when this song came out. I loved his vocals, the guitar playing...just a cool, easy going song, ..even to a 16 year old. His songs made us feel, reminded us of all those life experiences and of course...those feelings we had back at that time. We could all relate....
May his memory always be a blessing! This has to be my most favorite tune of his.
The blacklist had a scene where this song fits so perfectly. Sometime music is all you need to communicate
the music fits so perfectly sometimes that i feel like they write the episodes based on the song
Raymond reddington and lizbert keen
"Knives Out", as well.
Amen to that!
@@rationallogo "Knives Out" brought me here.
RIP Mr Lightfoot. Your music will live on forever. ❤
This song has an absolutely iconic chorus. ❤
Played this so much that the vinyl melted.Im 67 and still this blows me away to 1974
I remember this as a kid in the 70s , still in my head in' 23
Yep.
Same here!
I agree let it rip, you never know what can grab you, be kind, be good or behave out . Got your back little brother.
My DAD was a HUGE FAN - we all grew up listening to Gordon Lightfoot - RIP - Say HI to Neil Peart for us...
👍❤👍 🇨🇦 🍻 !!
This song is TRULY "Gord's 🪙 Gold". I was 13 when this went no. 1 on the 📻 airways in 1974. I listened to it Over & Over. 😵💫 ..even bought the "45" single. ... R.I.Paradise, Mr. Lightfoot. 🙏 🎶 TY4 the music. 🌈 ✌️
I can remember hearing this song in 1974 in the car with my dad driving to a little league baseball game. The memory is so strong, I can't believe it's almost 50 years ago.
Rest In Peace, sir.. You were the voice of my childhood.
Hello Abby 👋 Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel, better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will put a smile on your face..
Driving around Carlsbad, CA with my cousin in my uncle's red T-bird listening to this song in 1974. A great memory!
Another under-rated talent lost. RIP Gordon. God bless you and keep you.
I am sixty three and started listening at age 15 or 16. My memory isn't the same, but my appreciation for Gordon's songwriting/lyricist talents only grows. My opinion, but in the world of songwriting he is the number one poet of the last half of the 20th century. Such as Softly, "Softly she comes, whispers the breeze with her passing; in secret love she is laughing. Softly she comes in the night." Gordon can write and sing a picture better than anyone I have heard. He does it in so many songs.
I can smell a pine forest with a breeze in a full moonlight dusky sky. No exaggeration. He’s a wizard.........a past master of evocative music and lyrics. Trying not to sound corny but.......this song is magic sorry. When Mt. St Helens exploded the lone man who stayed on his property until lava covered him must’ve had this enchantment in his soul going on and couldn’t mobilize.
I just turned 63 on Saturday! Love this tune from a good old Canadian singer/ songwriter.
Proud Canadian & we love him
We sang this in high school choir... Just love this song!
what a great song, 2023 and it still sounds fantastic...
Sounds great on headphones!
Exactly! I love the harmonies in this song
R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot.
"I can see her laying there in her satin dress
In a room where you do what you don't confess'.
Pure genius. 'do what you don't' - only a master wordsmith could put those words together in a song.
Today we lost a very talented singer & writer. Prayers going out to his family..
Awesome folk singer... Went to heaven today and we're going to miss him, but his music lives on...Laurie, Fresno, Ca
Sundown is that quintessential 1970s song I grew up admiring immensely with those strange but hip lyrics and beguiling guitar strains. RIP Gordon Lightfoot international treasure
Thank you for your truly remarkable musical legacy Gordon. It was a privilege to have met you. God rest your very dear soul.
I was a child when “Sundown” was released. I had no idea what it was about. Lol. All these years later, I can’t get the choruses in the correct order: “It’s a shame” “It’s a sin” What a voice! What an incredible story teller! What a handsome Canadian 🇨🇦 ! So long, Mr. Lightfoot. Thank you 🙏
I still have no idea. Who or what is sundown?
All CANADIANS are good looking... I mean, the FRENCH ones! 😅😂😊
Don't believe me? Come visit Montreal man ❤ LOL
A woman
Appreciate this yr words ay
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Back in the day when a song on the radio meant you had talent
Listen to the harmonies, the music- played by humans on instruments.
This has been one of those tunes I've listened to my whole life to learn to appreciate simple music and the talent it takes to make it something special.
We lost a genius! One of the best musician , singer, songwriter. RIP Gordon. We'll miss you.
Now HERE'S a musician truly worth remembering. Everyone in my area is all wrapped up in mourning the recent loss of Captain Coconut, this guy ran rings around Buffett.
RIP Gordon. Thank you for all the amazing music.
Another time machine in a song takes us back to that wonderful '70s era... You will be missed but never forgotten. Be seeing you later.
50 years later, this still rocks. Cheers
RIP Gordon Lightfoot. You will never be forgotten. Your songs will live forever to all of us fans. Especially your fans from Canada.❤️🎸🎶🎵🙏🙏🇨🇦
R.I.P. Thanks for the music.
My nana loves this song! She listened to this in the car, and i have now found it. Rest peacefully, Gordon!
One of my late Sister's favorite artists. Great story teller.
We have just lost Gordon Lightfoot. A fine singer who introduced us to his beautiful voice and great music. Rest in peace, Gordon.
Just heard of his passing........ beautiful music that filled so many good times..... Thanks for the memory.
The sun has gone down for Gordon Lightfoot.... R.I.P.
I remember jumping in the Hudson River in newyork...with my friends to cool off in the summer heat jamming this song with our Am radio .....feeling free....thank you Lightfoot for the awesome memory....oh how the world change ....😔
I was eight when this song came out, sometimes I'd like to go back.
Coming from Vancouver Island...... Gordon was the best, His music has inspired my family and friends and will forevermore...He will be missed!
What a beautiful song.
It's fascinating how so many of these comments are memories, points in time that this song perfectly captures. This song was released a decade before I was born, yet it also reminds me of a time when my life was a bit more unstable, closer to the edge. I came close to the edge a couple of times - a few people go over and don't come back, the rest of us have memories.
if you aint standing on the edge, you're taking up too much space...
There are not many singer/ songwriters that will endure like Gordon! He is missed more than he would have ever known by millions and was a huge part of the soundtrack of my life.
left ohio in 73, arrived in ca 74. didn't know anyone fighting a nervous breakdown at the time, too many drugs, his songs got me through a ton of misery. am 76 now. God Bless Gordon.
One of the greatest have followed him since early sixties and still listen to him.