i could have sworn gordon lightfoot was dead

[Bert Notorius]

but he's coming to peoria dead or alive. i would go, but zombies frighten me.

 

[tactful]

He wasn't on the Fitzgerald, had a gig.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

He would fit in a movie, like a charm. Cute as an apple doll. He's a Timex.

 

[phrodeau]

http://www.cp24.com/gordon-lightfoot-alive-and-well-despite-death-hoax-1.485005

Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot is alive and well, and told CP24 he has no idea what began a rumour he had died on Thursday afternoon.
"I was quite surprised to hear it myself driving in… to my office," he said, chucking about the error, which spread like wildfire over the Internet. "I haven't had so much airplay for weeks."

 

[Bert Notorius]

i didn't call for tickets for obvious reasons & i'm still skeptical.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

no clue, on who he is.

 

[RoryN]

no clue, on who he is.

Then why the fuck comment, moron?

***

Yeah, Gord's got a bad heart, so he has media outlets waiting on his demise. I'm really glad he's touring; one of my fav's.

 

[CHNOPS]

Pretty sure I thought he was dead too.

A great songwriter, so good as almost to warrant forgiveness for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," AKA "The Worst Song In the History of Ears Being Attached to Human Heads."

Note I said, 'almost.'

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

Then why the fuck comment, moron?

***.

cuz i felt like it.

 

[KRCummings]

Pretty sure I thought he was dead too.

A great songwriter, so good as almost to warrant forgiveness for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," AKA "The Worst Song In the History of Ears Being Attached to Human Heads."

Note I said, 'almost.'

I like that song.

 

[Bert Notorius]

i may not be the most informed person around but if i think he's dead, one or two thousand others probably do too.

can't be good for ticket sales.
when i heard the radio ads, i thought it was a bit.

 

[CHNOPS]

I like that song.

Exactly.

 

[bronzeage]

Pretty sure I thought he was dead too.

A great songwriter, so good as almost to warrant forgiveness for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," AKA "The Worst Song In the History of Ears Being Attached to Human Heads."

Note I said, 'almost.'

You never heard Paul Anka's, "Having My Baby"? That has to put E. Fitzgerald into at least 5th place.

 

[KRCummings]

Exactly.

I think that may have been a shot at me.

 

[Bert Notorius]

consider the source...

 

[KRCummings]

You never heard Paul Anka's, "Having My Baby"? That has to put E. Fitzgerald into at least 5th place.

Seasons in the Sun. I contemplate mass murder whenever I hear that song.

 

[RoryN]

Pretty sure I thought he was dead too.

A great songwriter, so good as almost to warrant forgiveness for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," AKA "The Worst Song In the History of Ears Being Attached to Human Heads."

Note I said, 'almost.'

Lightfoot considers this song to be his finest work.

The release hit #1 in his native Canada (on the RPM national singles survey) on November 20, 1976, almost exactly one year after the appearance of the article that inspired it. In the U.S., the single was #2 on the Billboard pop chart for two weeks beginning November 20, 1976, making it Lightfoot's second most successful single (in terms of chart position) in that country following "Sundown", which reached #1 in 1974.

Nominated for the Song Of The Year Grammy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Edmund_Fitzgerald

Usually if a song is exceptionally bad, there'll be a note in Wikipedia. No such note here.

Lots of love at Songfacts, too: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2192

CHNOPS' response isn't surprising, though. He doesn't really know much about music.

 

[blobfish]

"Run Joey Run" makes anything by Lightfoot sound good.

 

[Squibbs]

Sonny is a yankee.

Lightfoot is a god.

 

[KRCummings]

"Run Joey Run" makes anything by Lightfoot sound good.

Any of those dead teenage lover songs suck. Kinda have to give Leader of the Pack a pass just because but that's it. All others suck ass.

 

[blobfish]

Any of those dead teenage lover songs suck. Kinda have to give Leader of the Pack a pass just because but that's it. All others suck ass.

I'll take it one step further and go on the record stating that any first person narrative songs suck. Submitted as evidence: "The Night Chicago Died" and "Those Were the Days" (the Mary Hopkins one, not the All in the Family theme. That is a work of art).

 

[Phelia]

I'll take it one step further and go on the record stating that any first person narrative songs suck. Submitted as evidence: "The Night Chicago Died" and "Those Were the Days" (the Mary Hopkins one, not the All in the Family theme. That is a work of art).

Ha! I was literally singing this to myself on my walk home 20 minutes ago! Jean Stapleton voice and everything. It just popped into my head out of nowhere.

And it is. Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

 

[blobfish]

Ha! I was literally singing this to myself on my walk home 20 minutes ago! Jean Stapleton voice and everything. It just popped into my head out of nowhere.

And it is. Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Damn straight! The man caused the worst financial crisis in American history, but damned if he wasn't nostalgic. He's easy to remember, because he served during prohibition.

 

[CaptainKirk]

"Funky Town" by Lips Inc has to, at least, knock Lightfoot out of the top ten.

This is the song that was the stake officially driven through the heart of Disco, effectively killing it.

"Born to be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez was the coffin it was buried in.

[shudders]

 

[CHNOPS]

You never heard Paul Anka's, "Having My Baby"? That has to put E. Fitzgerald into at least 5th place.

Having someone's baby is a wonderful, wonderful way to say you love them.