RIP Gordon Lightfoot.

[brianhos]

One of the best. Sundown is still one of the greatest songs ever.

Gordon Lightfoot, Hitmaking Singer-Songwriter, Is Dead at 84

His rich baritone voice and songs like “Sundown,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “If You Could Read My Mind” made him a top artist of the 1970s.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Gunnerclone]

One of my heroes. Bury me with my Gord’s Gold LP. Summer Side of Life is one of my top 10 songs.

 

[cytor]

That sucks.

 

[matclone]

A great singer and songwriter. Here's one of my favorite covers of his song.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Wow. I was fortunate enough to see him at Hoyt Sherman just last year. RIP to a legend.

 

[KnappShack]

Damn it

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

 

[cyfanatic]

Oh no...so unique! Great voice...cool guy! RIP!

 

[Althetuna]

That sucks.

 

[NENick]

Love his music. Sorry we've lost him.

 

[ISUTex]

Emerson Fitzgerald.

Was that Edmund's sister ship?

 

[JP4CY]

Was that Edmund's sister ship?

I think that was the dude in EL&P.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Really like this one too, also featured in The Blacklist.

 

[Sigmapolis]

This one hurts. Mr. Lightfoot was a favorite of my father.

"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" was one of the songs I had played at his funeral.

Oh, there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
And many are the dead men
Too silent to be real



RIP

 

[clonehome]

One of my go to streaming options when I need to relax. Including when the Clones suffer a horrific loss, like the Kansas referee apology debacle at Hilton in 2013. I lay on my back in my living room and listen to Gordon Lightfoot for an hour or two. Deep collection of songs. Very therapeutic.

 

[Rabbuk]

I had always assumed lightfoot was some sort of Native American (First Nations? Canada) but its Scottish, bummer regardless had some iconic songs.

 

[ClonerJams]

 

[matclone]

I think that was the dude in EL&P.

Ooh, what a lucky man he was.

 

[Gorm]

On of my favorite songs. Used in my wedding.

 

[Acylum]

‘How many people you lose in a normal cruise?’