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  • R.I.P! Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind REACTION/REVIEW
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  • @jimdonahue7230
    @jimdonahue7230 Год назад +98

    Bob Dylan called him a rare talent and said that he was his favourite singer.

    • @unclebobunclebob
      @unclebobunclebob Год назад +1

      Favorite songwriter...not singer.

    • @jimdonahue7230
      @jimdonahue7230 Год назад +4

      @@unclebobunclebob “Lightfoot became a mentor for a long time. I think he probably still is to this day.” - Bob Dylan
      “Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan’s favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us.” - Kris Kristofferson

    • @andymelendez9757
      @andymelendez9757 Год назад

      @@jimdonahue7230real heavy Cat.❤

    • @kimheffernan5511
      @kimheffernan5511 Год назад +1

      Enough said. Praise for a legend by a legend

    • @jamesdrynan
      @jamesdrynan 3 месяца назад

      Lightfoot was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986 by Bob Dylan.

  • @johncheney950
    @johncheney950 Год назад +82

    Gordon was a master storyteller. He has so many great songs. I've been listening to him since the 70s. RIP GORDON

    • @markwilliams5606
      @markwilliams5606 Год назад +1

      He'd hang out in Greenish Village in the 60s. Adios ✌️

    • @thomastimlin1724
      @thomastimlin1724 Год назад +1

      @@markwilliams5606 Did you mean Greenwich Village? NYC...

  • @alanarakelian5021
    @alanarakelian5021 Год назад +27

    Gordon Lightfoot is the epitome of an artist.

  • @justkaron
    @justkaron Год назад +62

    This song grabs your attention immediately and doesn't let go.

  • @leosag816
    @leosag816 Год назад +33

    Gordon’s lyrics are always breathtaking. His vocals were beautiful and haunting. His guitar style was uniquely his own. He was a treasure and will be greatly missed by those of us who were there. Thank God music can be preserved for new generations

  • @jimnicosia5934
    @jimnicosia5934 Год назад +27

    What a great poet.

  • @debigiroux1811
    @debigiroux1811 Год назад +62

    Hey great reaction. This is about his divorce and it really breaks a heart. Sundown is a great song of his too. RIP Gordon, one of my favorite artists. I love how you said we have to keep them alive thru their music. ❤

  • @jaqathome
    @jaqathome Год назад +21

    Gord was a storyteller to the depths of his soul. Thank you for the music Mr Lightfoot.

  • @AP-gb3eh
    @AP-gb3eh Год назад +7

    Lightfoot nailed the human experience. He was a master in his craft

  • @karenmikalofsky5287
    @karenmikalofsky5287 Год назад +25

    Great tune. The strings are beautiful. Other Gordon Lightfoot songs are Carefree Highway and Sundown. ❤

  • @verribarry
    @verribarry Год назад +28

    Damn,..Biz....that was some brilliant breakdown of lyrics...your quite poetic yourself.

    • @nt3833
      @nt3833 Год назад +1

      @verriberry I agree! Sometimes I have to think about songs for a while to interpret the meaning, but he just spits it out right away.

  • @kathystammen8774
    @kathystammen8774 Год назад +14

    One of my all time favorite singers. A rare talent. Exceptional song writer❤️

  • @jasonmccluskey3623
    @jasonmccluskey3623 Год назад +19

    Absolutely love this tune! One of my all time favorites!

  • @edgarsnake2857
    @edgarsnake2857 Год назад +27

    Way to call it, Biz. A truly beautiful song and a very thoughtful reaction.

  • @clifton8929
    @clifton8929 Год назад +20

    Biz, I was deeply touched by your opening remarks of kindness and respect for the passing of artists and thinking of their families. You have a big heart and big soul too. I'm an old, old man with a disease that steals memories daily. All my friends, family, sports heroes, and musicians are slowly passing away. You are here for us, bringing and saving music that's often lost in another space and time. Your hard work is saving more than just old music. You're saving memories of life, saving music that's forgotten, and bringing light into the darkness that this world is sadly seeing. Thank You Big Soul Biz, thank you so very much.

    • @watchbizmatik
      @watchbizmatik  Год назад

      You are welcome 🙏🏿

    • @nt3833
      @nt3833 Год назад +3

      Love this! Blessings to you for a gentle path through your disease.

  • @susansherwood9193
    @susansherwood9193 Год назад +13

    Thank you for this, I lost my dad many years ago. He was a gifted musician with a tone similar to Gordon. I remember him playing guitar and singing this song many times.

  • @kitharley6159
    @kitharley6159 Год назад +4

    Gordon Lightfoot was the first artist I ever saw in concert, at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, 1976. I was 14, and it wasn't "cool" among my contemporaries, but I didn't care. I loved his stuff and wanted to see him live (and it had the advantage of being an artist my mother liked, too!)

  • @dagmar.6954
    @dagmar.6954 Год назад +30

    I was so sad to hear of Gordon Lightfoot's passing away recently. Loved his music. One of the best songwriters & storytellers. He was a Canadian legend. My husband & I saw him in concert once. Some of his hits were "Steel Rail Blues", "Ribbon Of Darkness", "Sundown", "Carefree Highway", "Rainy Day People", "Cotton Jenny", "Black Day In July", "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" etc.

  • @myowndrum286
    @myowndrum286 Год назад +5

    My favorite song by one of Canada's best storytellers. RIP Mr Lightfoot.

  • @suemontague3151
    @suemontague3151 Год назад +9

    Absolutely 💯 beautiful song 🎵

  • @cindyfalstrom7231
    @cindyfalstrom7231 Год назад +22

    Thank you for your sensitive, thoughtful reaction to my favorite heartbreaking love songs. Gordon's voice is clear, beautiful with a lovely vibrato, but it's his lyrics that get me everytime. I have a CD of his greatest hits and played it over and over when I heard he had passed. God bless your beautiful soul, Gordon 💔

    • @bangmon1000
      @bangmon1000 Год назад

      This is also one of my favorites. "Just like an old time movie
      'Bout a ghost from a wishing well"

    • @cindyfalstrom7231
      @cindyfalstrom7231 Год назад +1

      @@bangmon1000 All the lyrics in this song are poetry. Not just one of my favorite songs of Gordon's, but one of my favorites, period.

    • @bangmon1000
      @bangmon1000 Год назад

      @@cindyfalstrom7231 Mine too. People guess that the ghost from the wishing well is a reference to the movie "The Time of Their Lives".

  • @chab1rd155
    @chab1rd155 Год назад +6

    Carefree Highway and Sundown are great too. LOVE Gordon, always have!❤

  • @robinbeers6689
    @robinbeers6689 Год назад +4

    This one is a true story too. He wrote this as his decade long marriage was breaking up. He did some of his best writing when his heart was breaking. RIP, Gorden. We miss you.
    A couple of recommendations for other GL songs. Carefree Highway, Sundown, Baby Step Back.

  • @karenmikalofsky5287
    @karenmikalofsky5287 Год назад +16

    I saw him in concert a few years ago, and he said that his ex asked him to change the lyric “the feelings that you lack.” He said she felt that it made her seem like she didn’t care. He respected that. And, darn it, I can’t remember what he sang instead.

    • @TripletDad3
      @TripletDad3 Год назад +5

      I thought he said it was his kids asked him to change it to "the feelings that WE lack". He agreed and did it that way in concert from that point on.

    • @karenmikalofsky5287
      @karenmikalofsky5287 Год назад +1

      @@TripletDad3 That makes sense. I couldn’t remember exactly what he said. He did mention the kids. Thanks!

    • @harlowrioux5790
      @harlowrioux5790 Год назад +1

      It as his daughter who asked him to change the lyrics. She felt her dad was trying to blame her mom for the relationship falling apart. Lightfoot thought about what his daughter said and realized she was right.

    • @TripletDad3
      @TripletDad3 Год назад

      @@harlowrioux5790 you are correct. It was his daughter who asked him to change it.

  • @jamesdignanmusic2765
    @jamesdignanmusic2765 Год назад +5

    Not just a songwriter but a balladeer, troubadour, and storyteller. This was written in the aftermath of his divorce, and you can feel the pain in every note. I'd recommend his songs "Sundown", "Rainy Day People", the epic "Canadian Railroad Trilogy", and the more lighthearted "Summertime Dream".

  • @neillenet291
    @neillenet291 Год назад +8

    You are a deep thinker Biz. You get these songs more than most.

  • @edwardmeradith2419
    @edwardmeradith2419 7 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant song, sung beautifully, and so well arranged

  • @carlosferguson3115
    @carlosferguson3115 Год назад +5

    Here the biggest fan of Gordon Lightfoot from Argentina. Gordon's legacy and his beautiful songs are with us. Thank you for spreading the word!!...I suggest if you can give us your opinion of his theme The Watchman's Gone...Thank you!

  • @zenpuppy6025
    @zenpuppy6025 Год назад +12

    Is that not a beautiful song 😢. I think he wrote it when he was getting divorced. He was such a talented, songwriter and performer.

  • @susanfox6666
    @susanfox6666 Год назад +4

    Excellent reaction to an amazing song and artist. Thank you so much!

  • @michaelmartinelli2258
    @michaelmartinelli2258 3 месяца назад

    Picture it, America, February 1971. And playing on the radio " If You Could Read My Mind." Priceless...

  • @michaellebow7420
    @michaellebow7420 Год назад +8

    Definitely one of your best reactions Biz. Gord always brings out the best in people. As a school age child of the 70's in Canada he was the soundtrack of my life. I didn't know it at the time, but looking back I wouldn't have it any other way.

  • @otisdylan9532
    @otisdylan9532 Год назад +4

    That's my favorite Gordon Lightfoot song. It has great lyrics, a beautiful melody, and he sings it perfectly. He would deserve to be remembered even if this were the only song he ever wrote or recorded. However, he does have more good ones, and either "Sundown" or "Carefree Highway" would be a good choice for your next song by him.

  • @patst1944
    @patst1944 Год назад +5

    Loved your breakdown of this beautiful song, I understand and appreciate it even more now. “Early Morning rain” is another beautiful song, he has so many. Thank you for keeping his music alive. We Canadians are very proud of him.

  • @danielkesselring9172
    @danielkesselring9172 Год назад +1

    Beautiful musician.: I had
    “Beautiful” as our wedding song ❤️

  • @PeaceandQuiet12345
    @PeaceandQuiet12345 Год назад +5

    What a talent. And im glad you can appreciate him. Ive watched your musical pallet evolve. Im proud of you.

  • @ultimatespinach
    @ultimatespinach Год назад +7

    Thanks very much for this Lightfoot masterpiece BizMatik. I know you've done one other reaction to his music and I'll just say he is the reason I picked up a guitar and learned to play almost 50 years ago. My wife and I saw him and his band perform many times at venerable Massey Hall in Toronto and he was (and still is) our favourite singer/songwriter. The gift that Gordon had for incredibly heartfelt lyrics and hauntingly beautiful melodies has never been matched (IMHO), he was a true communicator. I still find it hard to speak of him in the past tense but like all great artists his unparalleled gift of music keeps on giving. Cheers from Ontario, Canada!

  • @philpartynski3125
    @philpartynski3125 Год назад +3

    A masterpiece! You are absolutely correct. Hauntingly beautiful! 🙂🎶❤

  • @margiemcpeak9304
    @margiemcpeak9304 Год назад +2

    💯 An absolutely great song by the incredibly talented Gordon Lightfoot‼🔥
    Those are definitely some BARS BizMatik‼It was great seeing how much you were into it‼☮ ❤ 🎶

  • @joelliebler5690
    @joelliebler5690 Год назад +2

    One of the all time folk singer/ songwriters of all time. So many more famously great tunes!My favorite as well as what Gord said was his is Canadian Railroad Trilogy.

  • @neilforbes416
    @neilforbes416 Год назад +2

    Heck I didn't hear anything about this on Australian TV news bulletins! Yes indeed, rest in peace, Gordon! You've given us a great legacy of songs from 1965(your debut LP, of which I have a Canadian import pressing).

  • @timkeller3907
    @timkeller3907 9 месяцев назад

    Greatest singer/songwriter in my book.... loved his music since 1976.

  • @mary-loulemieux8282
    @mary-loulemieux8282 Год назад +2

    Love your reaction to this song. One of my favourite songs by Gordon is Black day In July. He wrote this song in response to the 1967 Detroit Riots. It was never just his lyrics but the music composition that could be haunting at times in his songs. I hope you do a reaction to this song. Love from Canada

  • @dart3407
    @dart3407 Год назад +2

    You have such soul. 90% of the reviews that I've seen on Mr. Lightfoot stop several times during the listening. The tidbits are mostly incoherent to the total sum of the song. You've taken the time to digest the entire song before giving your opinion. That is AWESOME. Your reaction is very in-depth and accurate. Thank You!!!

  • @craigwells3655
    @craigwells3655 Год назад +1

    Love the combination of the beautiful heart break voice, the wonderful guitar and the orchestration. Brilliantly produced musically and lyrically.

  • @pevensielavere22
    @pevensielavere22 28 дней назад

    @Watch BizMatik I LOVE how you discussed the lyrics, and I truly appreciate your perspective!! Thank you! Please keep sharing your thoughts, on these masterpiece songs. Much love to you! RIP to the GREAT Gordon Lightfoot. He is favorite of mine, since i was in the womb. xoxo

  • @CuzKatieSaysSo
    @CuzKatieSaysSo Год назад +2

    What a beautiful song, isn't it? It has enchanted me from the first time I heard it. A very very good analysis of the lyrics by the way.

  • @nt3833
    @nt3833 Год назад

    This song is absolutely beautiful. Everything about it! I love his voice: so rich and deep. I always appreciate your interpretation of songs and lyrics. You do it so effortlessly!

  • @swimlaps1
    @swimlaps1 5 месяцев назад

    A favorite song since 6th grade. A different era of music of folk, rock, pop.

  • @bobdelp2023
    @bobdelp2023 Год назад +2

    YOU WERE LIKE: WHAT THE EFFFFFF DID I JUST HEAR? 😊JUST SO DAMNNNNN GOOD HUH?😊HERE'S ANOTHER GREAT ONE: CAREFREE HIGHWAY

  • @alrivers2297
    @alrivers2297 Год назад +3

    Great breakdown of this timeless classic. Sundown is another good one. RIP Gordon

  • @vanessa4u4evr
    @vanessa4u4evr Год назад +1

    Loved your interpretation of the lyrics. You were really in tuned. Nice. 👍👌

  • @jpecci1262
    @jpecci1262 Год назад +1

    Thank you for the insightful commentary. His early epic The Canadian Railroad Trilogy is a masterpiece before he was well-known.

  • @stevegordon7194
    @stevegordon7194 Год назад

    He did a record called " Endless wire". I listened to it all summer long and it had an effect on me. Beautiful and so different. Good bye Gordon and thank you.

  • @jeannebrown3254
    @jeannebrown3254 Год назад +1

    Gordon Lightfoot has always been one of my favorite singers/songwriter. His voice was made for storytelling and the emotions he could get me to feel was amazing. I love all his music, but one of my favorites was Canadian Railroad Trilogy. Maybe you could react to that sometime. I loved your reaction and take on these lyrics. Thank you. R.I.P. Gordon!

  • @donna1473
    @donna1473 3 месяца назад

    Gordon Lightfoot was one of a kind - there will never be anyone like him..! Proud to be a fellow Canadian!...

    • @jamesdrynan
      @jamesdrynan 3 месяца назад

      An accomplished songwriter and performer in Canada and Europe, Gordon broke into American market with this song and " Sundown, " which hit # 1 on Billboard in 1974.

  • @lisemzarate4029
    @lisemzarate4029 Год назад

    Isn't this song just so beautiful and bittersweet, I have adored this song since I was a young kid, and I love it for different reasons at different times in my life, but those strings, 💐

  • @danjohnson2986
    @danjohnson2986 Год назад +1

    Nice. You got this at the cellular level. Fantastic react. One of the only places men will openly express vulnerability are in song.

  • @marieweiss1634
    @marieweiss1634 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for your respectful reaction letting us listen to the entire song together without any interruptions. 🙏🏼

  • @mikeflin680
    @mikeflin680 Год назад +3

    Great review Biz. Thanks. Maybe review his song Carefree Highway or Sundown next.

  • @dragonfire1842
    @dragonfire1842 Год назад +2

    One of the best male vocalists of all times.

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 Год назад +2

    Wise words as usual my friend. The song truly is heartbreaking man. He is God to hear Sundown by him. Carefree Highway is another great one. But he had so much good material. But I think if he hears Sundown, you really get a rounded picture of him after just three songs.

  • @dbblues.9168
    @dbblues.9168 9 месяцев назад

    Gordon was rare. Very few singer/songwriters can touch the soul. He did it.

  • @LA-fz5qw
    @LA-fz5qw Год назад +1

    I’m such a rocker girl always have been. This is one of my all-time favorite songs. I love it so much.

  • @looneygardener
    @looneygardener Год назад +1

    Poet, singer, musician

  • @claimguy
    @claimguy Год назад +1

    Lush, emotional and evocative - one of the greatest songs ever written and produced.

  • @timmistorey5989
    @timmistorey5989 Год назад +1

    One of my favorite songs , just perfect 💓 he was a fantastic writer as well as singer

  • @kevinbarr-sb1lz
    @kevinbarr-sb1lz Год назад +1

    Love the line , because heroes often fail .

  • @TampaJohn
    @TampaJohn Год назад +3

    Superb reaction! Thank you for not talking over the song, as many reaction channels would. You saved it till the end and what you said was very thoughtful. You gained a new subscriber

  • @jenniferbabros1985
    @jenniferbabros1985 Год назад +1

    My favorite song of his..he's a Treasure

  • @robinreiley1828
    @robinreiley1828 Год назад

    A great description of the Lyrics. This is one of those songs that will never lose it's impact, as long as Lovers Part.....

  • @johnthegreek5836
    @johnthegreek5836 Год назад

    Gordon Lightfoot was a tremendous singer songwriter, storyteller

  • @forest989
    @forest989 4 месяца назад

    Great reaction BizMatik! You really connected with this song and the artist's intention.

  • @MikeOstrowski-iq8wf
    @MikeOstrowski-iq8wf Год назад +1

    Wonderful breakdown Biz….. heard this song 100’s of times,I will now appreciate this song even more ! Thanks Biz ❤️

  • @jackw467
    @jackw467 3 месяца назад

    Great reaction to this beautiful song .. Thank you Biz

  • @nidatracy274
    @nidatracy274 5 месяцев назад

    I cry every time! All the way back to76.
    I had no idea he passed, just makes it hurt Hardee.
    The great man he was still performing at 84yrs old, sounded them.
    Let's hear the Edmond Fitzgerald.
    The finally pulled it up. You my dear thank you for letting the song play then review.

  • @scottstewart5784
    @scottstewart5784 Год назад +1

    His songs are poetry.

  • @michaelhoran8586
    @michaelhoran8586 Месяц назад

    Wow you nailed it! Thank you for understanding this song and appreciating the lyrics!

  • @garyarnett1220
    @garyarnett1220 Год назад +1

    My absolute favorite of his.

  • @randythomson7265
    @randythomson7265 Год назад +1

    Very insightful thoughts regarding the lyrics. I like how you always seem to grasp the meaning and message trying to be expressed by the performer. Thanks for broadening your horizons with all this great music.

  • @jackiesconiers4230
    @jackiesconiers4230 Год назад +1

    Thanks for keeping great music alive!

  • @Dave3Dguy
    @Dave3Dguy 10 месяцев назад

    This is a perfect read on this song. You totally nailed it!

  • @victorjohnson7512
    @victorjohnson7512 Год назад

    The "Ghost in a Wishing Well" reference was an old movie called Topper. Starring Cary Grant (1937).

  • @Smootman1
    @Smootman1 Год назад

    Beautiful...😎😎Sundown is another stellar tune.

  • @jackempson3044
    @jackempson3044 Год назад +1

    I love this song. I heard it years ago when it was out and liked it but i appreciate much more now.

  • @firedoc5
    @firedoc5 Год назад +1

    If I had just an ounce of musical talent, I would want to be like Gordon. His song "Sundown" is one of my all-time favorites and "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a haunting tale that is a great story telling song that he is so great at.

  • @ProdigyBowlersTour
    @ProdigyBowlersTour Год назад

    His voice and singing style have always reminded me a lot of B. J. Thomas.

  • @yourfanfromAZ
    @yourfanfromAZ Год назад +1

    One of my favorite songs. Thank you for the insightful review. I always love your perspective. ❤

  • @UncleCharlie111x2
    @UncleCharlie111x2 Год назад +1

    This song is a true masterpiece in so many ways!

  • @graceknight2471
    @graceknight2471 7 месяцев назад

    I live just south of his hometown of Orillia, Ontario, and maybe 10 years agoi saw he was going to be at Casino Rama, so i got tickets and i surprised my husband. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES IN THE FRONT ROW!
    Oh kiddo, you need to do his song, BEAUTIFUL. Half way through the song i turned to my husband and we kissed. When i looked back at Gordon our eyes met and he winked at us.
    My husband passed away in May, and he never found out i paid $1,200 for those 2 front row seats.
    I'm pretty sure if he had found out...let's just say it would have been me going first.
    My husband, probably the most patriotic Canadian to ever live, bawled like a baby when Gordon passed just before my husband died.
    I had 22 years with the love of my life, and pretty much my entire life listening to this true artist.
    Reposez en paix Robert and Gordon.
    You both will live in my heart till the day it stops beating.
    Now go listen to BEAUTIFUL. IMO the best love song ever written.❤❤❤

  • @shaynelachance8828
    @shaynelachance8828 Год назад

    Been a fan of my fellow Canadian the one and only Gordon Lightfoot for over 50 years. You want to hear an amazing song? Listen to "Black Day in July". Gord sings about the 1967 riots in Detroit. It was banned by some U.S radio stations when it was released

  • @davemcbroom695
    @davemcbroom695 Год назад +2

    Oh yeah Biz! Great tune.

  • @J_Gamble
    @J_Gamble Год назад +1

    Great analysis of the lyrics, Biz.

  • @wilfbentley6738
    @wilfbentley6738 Год назад +2

    Great reaction Biz! You got the meaning totally.

  • @NoLegalPlunder
    @NoLegalPlunder Год назад +2

    Few musicians, if any, could write such amazing lyrics as Gordon could. His song Christian Island is one standout for me. I find the lyrics so incredibly evocative. The entire Don Quixote album, in fact, is a master class in songwriting. One of the greatest albums ever recorded in my opinion.

  • @joymoore1904
    @joymoore1904 9 месяцев назад

    Your insight into the lyrics is spot on. Great reaction.

  • @GoWestYoungMan
    @GoWestYoungMan Год назад

    One of your best reactions/reviews ever. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.

  • @josefkurtz2223
    @josefkurtz2223 5 месяцев назад

    I watched a half dozen reactions to this song. Glad someone, you, came to the same conclusion.

  • @ggwalker55
    @ggwalker55 Год назад +3

    Distinctive voice and storyteller. Will miss him.

  • @pamelajohnson6199
    @pamelajohnson6199 Год назад

    Makes me cry every time. Every. Damn. Time.