My daughter and i just saw Gordon in concert from the front row in Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on August 6, 2018 I so love this man and his music and his show was AWESOME if you get the chance to see him, go!
In the age of the internet, music is a feast for anyone like me who tries to study guitar and song, with , so many great artists to choose from , it gets overwhelming, but after a long life with Gordon Lightfoot I can honestly say I find him absolutely astonishingly gifted as a composer and singer, his comparatively simple approach to guitaring makes all his songs such a delight to listen to. Thanks Gordon , thanks for enriching my life, you are the best of them all. YOU are the totem pole you refer to here , other artists know that, including Dylan..
Gord says he and his band rehearse 40 or 50 songs that they can call on at any time but that they can't stand out there for 4 and a half hours and do them all because it's not fair to the people. I am going on record here to say, Mr. Lightfoot...please do not worry about what is fair to me if I am in your audience. I will gladly and willingly sit or stand, any day and any time, for 4 and one half hours to listen to you play your songs. Please play as many as you want. It will not hurt my feelings whatsoever. In fact, I would be honored to do so.
Why has Gordon Lightfoot never received the Kennedy Center Honors? Compared to other music people who have received it, it just shows a lack of knowledge on the part of the selection committee. Let's all write to the Kennedy Center Honors. Gordon truly, truly deserves it.
I was just as emotional as Ingrid when I found out my own dad had had his mitral valve in his heart repaired; my mom didn't tell me and my brothers until after the surgery was over (which took 5 hours; they even injected the last two lethal injection chemicals into him after hooking him up to the heart and lung machine, albeit in much lesser doses) and she'd gone to see him because she didn't want us to worry; but he was home 5 days after the procedure and went for follow-ups every couple of weeks after. He now has the blood pressure of an 18-year-old, better than all 3 of his kids; my youngest brother is almost 22!
I met a girl who was a waitress that served him back in his raging drunk days, she said he started yelling and throwing stuff saying don't you know that I'm a Canadian legend? Give me a fu@%ing drink NOW! 😂
What a wonderful human being was gordon
Fabulous interview.... I love Gord....RIP
My daughter and i just saw Gordon in concert from the front row in Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on August 6, 2018 I so love this man and his music and his show was AWESOME if you get the chance to see him, go!
He’s got all his marbles at 81, that’s no mean feat, like many of his peers, he’s earned his stripes, well done on passing the test of time sir
Yes, the marbles were all there, although I believe he turned 79 in 2017 here, but close enough.
Love this guy's music.
Me too. I grew up during his "prime" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is the most beautiful and haunting song ever written.
In the age of the internet, music is a feast for anyone like me who tries to study guitar and song, with , so many great artists to choose from , it gets overwhelming, but after a long life with Gordon Lightfoot I can honestly say I find him absolutely astonishingly gifted as a composer and singer, his comparatively simple approach to guitaring makes all his songs such a delight to listen to. Thanks Gordon , thanks for enriching my life, you are the best of them all. YOU are the totem pole you refer to here , other artists know that, including Dylan..
A truly great conversation with this comfortable fellow. tysm
Gord says he and his band rehearse 40 or 50 songs that they can call on at any time but that they can't stand out there for 4 and a half hours and do them all because it's not fair to the people. I am going on record here to say, Mr. Lightfoot...please do not worry about what is fair to me if I am in your audience. I will gladly and willingly sit or stand, any day and any time, for 4 and one half hours to listen to you play your songs. Please play as many as you want. It will not hurt my feelings whatsoever. In fact, I would be honored to do so.
Well said......a creative genius of a songwriter, musician and singer...a national treasure....plus a really nice guy.
Great interview!
Why has Gordon Lightfoot never received the Kennedy Center Honors? Compared to other music people who have received it, it just shows a lack of knowledge on the part of the selection committee. Let's all write to the Kennedy Center Honors. Gordon truly, truly deserves it.
Definitely, he should be in the RRHOF as well.
They're pissed that he never stayed in USA.
God bless you Gordon!!
Does anybody know the year of this interview?
2016
2014 from what Mr. Lightfoot is saying 15:15/ 22:52
I was just as emotional as Ingrid when I found out my own dad had had his mitral valve in his heart repaired; my mom didn't tell me and my brothers until after the surgery was over (which took 5 hours; they even injected the last two lethal injection chemicals into him after hooking him up to the heart and lung machine, albeit in much lesser doses) and she'd gone to see him because she didn't want us to worry; but he was home 5 days after the procedure and went for follow-ups every couple of weeks after. He now has the blood pressure of an 18-year-old, better than all 3 of his kids; my youngest brother is almost 22!
LISA VOUTT, may you udnertand the 2 song
I used to stare at those 5 lines up on the top bunk
i was born to be good but i'm full of only RAGING BULL surviving rage
Staring was something I used to be good at
wow denise you look great great job
Sincerely, nex
We know there's gonna be people there.Serena there
Hollee crap. Gord. I would have ran with that obit and two weeks later announced your next concert at Massey..lol
Do you believee in life after love
I was bornagain though Scottishly
it's all
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I couldn't see
NO PEPPA PPIF
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Stare is my most hated game in the world
I met a girl who was a waitress that served him back in his raging drunk days, she said he started yelling and throwing stuff saying don't you know that I'm a Canadian legend? Give me a fu@%ing drink NOW! 😂
That was a particularly bad interviewer but Gord was a trooper.
I DONT