Reaction To Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (Canadian Music)
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- Reaction To Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (Canadian Music)
This is my reaction to Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (Canadian Music)
In this video I react to Canadian music from legendary Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot and his beautiful song If You Could Read My Mind.
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I think it is safe to say, if you become a fan of Gordon Lightfoot, you will capture Canada's heart.
Or you could say, if he becomes a fan of Gordon Lightfoot, Canada has captured his heart!
Burton….
@daveroberts936 I think it's more that Gordon really kept his Canadian roots. He wrote about Canada and lived his whole life here. While I love the other artists you've mentioned Gordon Lightfoot does really capture Canada
One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Few songs tear me up like this one 😢
I m 74 year old,I saw him perform in Montreal at worlds Fair in front of almost 50 thousand people on a beautiful sunny day, I was 17 years old,it was amazing,l loved every minute,he performed more than 1 hour
What a lovely memory to have!
He wrote this during his divorce. It's powerful. If you're a Gordon Lightfoot fan, you are an honorary Canadian.
that is so sad i had no idea he was over a Divorce, he was really hurting in that case.
@gb-yn2re absolutely. With the context, the line "I don't know where we went wrong. But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back." Absolutely kills me. Also "a movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love, let's be real" you can tell why he's Bob Dylans favourite song writer.
Lightfoot's "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is brilliant. In it, Gord's lyrics and music describe the building of the railroad, which was the precondition for Canada forming a confederaton.
Great suggestion! I would recommend the video titled “Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy enhanced”. It is from his 1972 performance that aired on BBC but also includes a bit of history about the song.
the CBC commissioned a song from Gordon for a special broadcast on January 1, 1967, to start Canada's Centennial year. Writing and composing the Canadian Railroad Trilogy took him three days.
The Canadian Railroad Trilogy is Gords best song by a long shot with so much Canadian history.
That song, Canadian Railroad Trilogy, he wrote for Canada’s 100 year anniversary, is the epitome of a patriotic epic for me, along with Stan Roger’s Northwest Passage. They both move me to my bones, as a Canada lover.
If you do the Railroad trilogy I recommend this documentary, it goes deeper into the story and its complexities czcams.com/video/hh7xNDcA6f4/video.htmlsi=EV11-h29Ptrji1JE
Canada’s poet laureate along with Mr Cohen. Genius, perfect voice, composer, guitarist, legend. This was written after his divorce. ❤❤❤❤
Gordon was very much a perfectionist. All his lyrics and every note of his music was refines to his standards which was perfection. That's why we are so captivated by his art.
With all due respect, you ommitted Gord Downey of The Tragically Hip. A poet, indeed.
Gord is one of Bob Dylan's favourite artists, a friendship that goes back to the early 60's. Bob even showed up to induct Gord into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame. I think you have to be pretty good to impress a songwriter like Dylan.
When Gordon Lightfoot died, Bob Dylan said "he died never having written a bad song"
Another vote for "Canadian Railroad Trilogy", one of Gord's most famous songs about how the railroad shaped Canada.
The Canadian Railway Trilogy was possible the greatest song ever written about Canada, and probably the greatest song ever written by a Canadian artist. It defines Canada in poetry. It's the entire Canadian history in one short song❤
Don't forget that Gordon was also a brilliant twelve-string acoustic guitarist, and you can listen to the songs just for that. He also chose fantastic session musicians to work with, who could amplify his vision, and let them shine. Anything that you hear on the studio albums they could do live with exactly the same impact. Definitely, Canadian Railroad Trilogy should be next. An incredibly innovative song, as well as being soaked in Canadian history.
Thank you for mentioning the session musicians, and Gordon's talent on the 12-string. What a phenominal musician, and an amazing man.
I was born in '65. Lightfoot was an foundational component of my youth. This song front and centre.
This song has been covered by so many artists, but Gordon does it best. He wrote this during the breakup of his first marriage.
And don't forget that Early Morning Rain was covered by Elvis !
I love Johnny Cash’s version of this but everything Johnny covers is great.
One important thing to know, l believe, about Gordon Lightfoot is that he remained true to Canada. He didn’t , like so many musicians, move to the U.S. to gain more recognition and money. Respect!
I heard him live in '78, and I didn't expect his voice to be as good as in the 60's, but it was. He had a great ability to connect with the audience. We're lucky he left us with such a large amount of music. Burton Cummings is another vocal treasure of that era.
Oh yeah. Burton Cummings was phenomenal. His voice was hugely versatile.
@@tahliasgoddaddy - I think Burton's best song was "I'm Scared". A beautiful and powerful voice. Maybe he will give him a listen as well! 👍
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Hopefully. Would be nice
So many wonderful songs in his catalogue! 'Song for a Winter's Night' , 'Carefree Highway', 'Early Morning Rain', 'Sundown' 'Ribbon of Darkness'.....and on and on....
..Winter's Night is surely a beautiful song also. I am a musician and I find myself getting emotional when I sing that song, especially now that he has left us. Early Morning Rain was also a very early Lightfoot song that touches everybody's hearts.
Early morning rain is one of most covered
It’s about the breakup and divorce of his marriage. Like a lot of great music it has its roots in personal pain.
Another Canadian Icon..truly missed
Gordon wrote this song about his divorce. I first heard this when I was going thru a divorce as well. I didn't know at the time (1972), it was about his. It just fit perfectly to what I was going thru and how I felt. I have been a huge fan ever since. He was a true legend.
As a Canadian, I approve of this excellent Gordon reaction.
After his death (May 1, 2023) I read that Drake had been a neighbour of Gord's in the Forest HIlls area of Toronto. (He also had a house in his hometown of Orillia, north of Toronto) Drake would come to see Gord for advice on his songs before he released them. Says a lot about the respect Gord was held in by other musical artists. Dylan himself said that Gord was a better writer than he was. Right after high school, Gord studied jazz composition at Westlake College of Music in Los Angeles.He wrote every bit of every song he sang, did the charts for all the instruments, etc. He was a musical genius, but so humble as well. However, it was how his songs touched one's heart that made him so beloved. His music is timeless.
My favorite Gordon Lightfoot song, and possibly the most Canadian of his songs, it's called the Canadian railroad trilogy. And it tells the story of the construction of the massive coast to coast railroad that sewed our country together. As someone who has a great appreciation for Canada and our history and a burgeoning appreciation for Gordon Lightfoot this is obviously a prime song to react to.
This man had a soul. he was also a genius.
Interesting fact about this song. it was originally released on an album called "Sit Down Young Stranger" ... what happened is, a radio announcer in California played the song and the switch board lit up - so they went back and repackaged it as "If you Could Read My Mind". According to Gordon - this is the song that "bought him the ranch", in a figurative sense. All of his songs are great - one called "Restless", "Shadows" ... there are so many ... and truly they are all wonderful. I was at a concert in Massey Hall in Toronto a few years back and there were people behind us who had flown in all the way from Ireland to be at the concert.
A version of this song was recorded for the 1998 film, Studio 54. Maybe you have heard it there? Lightfoot was a big name in the folk scene of the late 1960s/early 1970s. Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood was a centre for the hippie counter culture of 1967 and became a magnet for people across North America. You could find up and coming artists like Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young.
I love Gordon Lightfoot. He some incredible music. I've always found that there's some kind of eternal sadness in his music. I'm not saying, that's good or bad. I just think the sadness makes his music unique. ❤🇨🇦 RIP Gordon.
In a recent interview, shortly before he passed away, he said one of his favourites in his writing was, 'Song for a Winter's NIght'. I think you will like it.
Gordon Lightfoot’s Canadian Railroad Trilogy is a masterpiece! Not to mention Song For A Winter’s Night, Did She Mention My Name, Early Morning Rain, Rainy Day People and Ribbon Of Darkness. Absolute English Canadian folklore!
I love this song and Gordon Lightfoot’s voice. You are absolutely right that his songs are timeless.
The lyrics to this one is so important, they paint such a vivid picture of heartbreak.
Black Day in July. I believe this song was initially banned in the USA. About the race riots in Detroit .
As a Canadian currently living in Europe, thanks for your videos - they bring me so much joy! I do suggest you also listen to kd lang's rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games opening ceremony. Guaranteed to blow you away - it is absolutely soul-searing. She has one of the most incredible voices of all time; my opinion but I think many agree!
My Dad, who was also Gordon, had albums by Lightfoot when I was young in the 1970's. Heard this great range of music for years. Dad and I saw Gordon L' in 2017 (in Ohio) and while he was older, more frail, he was still fine in voice, guitar playing, a great band -so glad to see Lightfoot "live" with my Dad. (And both, have now passed....) We traveled around about 3/4 of Canada, too!
So many of his songs are heart rending and touch deep feelings in the listeners. I used to do a lot of travelling and quite a few of his songs stir a longing to be moving again. A rare storyteller that has a very wide appeal. He touches people from all walks of life.
So true, my friend. Stirs me up as well. I yearn to be somewhere travelling when I hear his music. Lots of great memories made listening to his sound back in the days(60s 'n 70s) of my youth, single, before kids. He was a great musical ambassador for Canada, to be sure. A talent few have.
Love Canadian Folk music...
You need to react to "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot. Kinda a mix of folk and old-time Country-Western but it's a catchy bop
One of the best songs written, ever! A song about the breakup of his marriage. It was very personal to him.
So glad you are enjoying our Gordon. If you want to hear another composition of his based on an historical event, I recommend "Black Day in July." It is Gordon's interpretation of the events on a certain hot July day in 1967 in Detroit, Michigan, when racial tensions spilled over into the streets. The song was originally banned in the US.
I have several songs by Gordon Lightfoot on my daily driving list. When he passed away, a year ago, even talk radio stations were playing his music. There's bubblegum Pop music in every generation, but it's only the great music that gets remembered. You might also want to give a listen to Stompin' Tom Connors, for some more prototypical Canadian music.
You are so right…there’s not another like it. Lightfoot is iconic…
Lightfoot is a Canadian national treasure. I've been listening to his songs all my life. His career lasted from the 1960's until his death just a couple of years ago, when he was stilll touring to packed stadiums and auditoriums. I think you'd love listening to a lot of his music, even though you couldn't possibly do videos about all of them.
Although not considered one of his major songs, my favourite is Pussywillows, Cattails. It is not a story, it is a tone painting of moods of happiness and contentment. There are so many of his great songs. He continued to perform into the 90s and released his last album in 2020. His first was 1966.
A true Canadian legend; his words walked beside you as you navigated life's highways..! I will never forget you Gordon - you were always there for me.
Some of my favourites are Canadian Railroad Trilogy, Early Morning Rain, Song for a Winter’s Night, Beautiful. His biggest hit was Sundown. Many performers and song writers say Gordon Lightfoot was their favourite song writer such as Bob Dylan and Jimmy Webb.
Gordon Lightfoot has written so many beautiful songs and you've certainly found a great one here! Another of my favourite Lightfoot songs is "Song for a Winter's Night". Beautiful song, both when Gordon Lightfoot sings it and also another Canadian singer, Sarah MacLachlan. I grew up in my grandparent's house with an uncle, recently passed away, who was a great fan of Lightfoot, so hearing his music again has brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for showcasing so many things Canadian. We love our beautiful land and we know we are blessed to live here..
I concur with many of these comments recommending the "Canadian Railroad Trilogy", it's a remarkable and monumental song that tells the story of the railway that helped shape Canada. If any piece of Lightfoot's music could be regarded a magnum opus it's this song, it's breathtaking in its scope, vivid imagery and sheer poetry!
One of my children's favourite songs that I used to sing for them going to sleep was one of Gordies The Pony Man.
I love Gordon Lightfoot, my father has a couple of his Albums. His music reminds me of listening to records with my father when I was little back in the 1970’s. Loved his music then, and still love it today. It’s great music to drive to!
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I'm canadian and this song is almost like our National Anthem. I've been able to sing every word of this song for the last 20yrs. I really want you to check out "fly at night" by chilliwack. Another legendary Canadian band.
"Sundown" was my Dad's favourite song.
Another hit of his is Early Morning Rain which was also recorded by Elvis !
Sundown is my personal favorite but they all have a feel that is all Gordon and it's unique. Cheers!
What is super unique about Mr Lightfoot is he wrote the orchestral music as well. Another cdn musician, David Foster, does this as well. Gord plays the 12 string guitar, the drums and the piano. He is a lyricist, writes all the music, is the arranger, producer etc. Most songwriters are not as gifted in the actual music. There are no empty passages. If there is no singing it is filled with amazing orchestra pieces. The music is perfectly timed to rise and flow with the story he is telling. He's a genius.
This was Gordon's first big hit in the USA. I remember buying the record way back then ❤ 🇨🇦
I'm 50 and grew up with my dad playing his songs. Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian icon and just his instrumental skill was legendary, then he has that amazing folk storytelling skill that is second to none. This is one of my favourites but it is an earworm and will be stuck in my head for days now. There are so many amazing Canadian artists across many genres. Another of my favourites is Anne Murray but there are so many more. I love music from many eras and genres because I grew up with 30's to 50's from my Grandpa and 60's through the early 80's from my dad.
His voice! Makes me want to lay on a fur rug in front of a fireplace and get lost in it.♥️♥️♥️
I am thrilled and happy for you that you discovered a Canadian treasure.
Enjoy his music cause it will singe a pathway in your neurons and never let go because they are so beautiful!
Hugs from 🇨🇦
This song reminds me of my childhood listening to the radio on road trips with my family just brings back so many memories. I don’t want to say how
I have been wanting to listen to this after your previous Gordon Lightfoot video. I'm a Canadian, and as a child, I remember this song. I've loved it since then, and has always been my favourite by him. Is so romantic yet sad. Thanks for this video! Enjoy all your videos about Canada.😊
That lyric : Ghost in a wishing well. Gives me chills every time. RIP Mr. Lightfoot
I was hit hard by “I’m not supposed to care,” and of course “Alberta Bound.” Please give them, and ALL of Gordon’s songs a good listen. Thanks, Mert.💕🇨🇦🍎☮️
He is NOT just important to Canada. He's important to the world. This song had me in tears in Adelaide Australia thirty years ago. His recording of the Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald .... got an Australian teenager interested in North America, pine forests, lakes ... and Canada
he was often referred to as the Canadian Troubadour, and you're right, nobody writes music like this anymore and we are lesser for it. if you want something more upbeat from him check out 'Hangdog Hotel Room', i think you would like it.
I think it's fair to say, if you look back in time at Canada's rich singer songwriter history, you'll notice a theme. Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, Gord Downie, Joni Mitchell, Neal Young, k.d. Lang, Anne Murray, Rufus Wainwright, Hank Snow, Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette and a long, long, long list of other wonderful artists, demonstrate that Canada is at heart, a land of brilliant, genuine story tellers and folksong artists who are more about the music, and not so much about the fame and money.
It's a beautiful song, so sad, so lovely, so human. I'm happy seeing your reaction to this one. Gorden Lightfoot was beloved by Canadians.
Another must listen to song by Gordon, is "Sundown"
Gordon is one of the best singer/songwriters ever. Many artists have had hits with his songs. Some of his best known are Canadian Railroad Trilogy, Sundown, Early Mornin’ Rain, Rainy Day People, Did She Mention My Name?, Black Day in July (about the 1967 race riots in Detroit), Bitter Green and so many more.
I was a college freshman in 1970 when I first heard this. I became an instant fan. A wonderful artist.
Gordon Lightfoot was definitely a Canadian treasure. This song has been used in a number of movies, TV series, etc and likely why you maybe familiar. The thing I love most about Gordon Lightfoot is how his songs is how he can paint a picture with his words and along with his beautiful melodies and purity of voice creates a cohesive whole that is greater than it's sum parts. His songs are easy to relate to, often timeless and he has this amazing ability to pull his listeners in and rest emotions and at the same time can be quite carthetic. Very glad you decided to react to this.
If you are interested in Canadian folk you might find Four Strong Winds interesting to listen to too. It was written by Ian Tyson just after his friend Bob Dylan wrote blowing in the wind. The more well known version though was performed by Neil Young.
How wonderful seeing you listen and enjoying him so much.
I had the good fortune to see him when he was younger and then again in recent years. Truly a Canadian icon. His music and lyrics continue to haunt me. Very beloved by all Canadians.
This song was written after a bad ending relationship with a girl during his short stint in California. I believe it was LA. He became disillusioned and returned to Canada, never to live again in the US.
One of the most fantastic artists Canada has ever had the joy of listening to. He was a story teller extraordinaire.
You have to listen, Sun down from Mr. Gordon Lightfoot May he RIP such a great story teller. And I lived in his home town of Orillia, Ontario,Canada
He's a Canadian legend because he is an under rated amazing singer and song writer.
Every song is fantastic. He never put out a bad single. He's made songs for 50 plus years.
Pure talent
There is nobody like him.
He's made songs for 50 plus years. A part of Canadian culture.
And, "Carefree Highway."
"Pickin" up the pieces of my time shattered life.
I wonder how the old folks are tonight"
"Her name was Anne and I'll be damned. "
Watch that one Mert. It's my fav. CARE FREE HIGHWAY.
I agree on checking out Canadian Railroad Trilogy. Also, an excellent story is Ode to Big Blue. Summerside of Life is one of my favourite albums. Food for thought if want to get to know Gordon Lightfoot. Sundown is also fantastic.
Very glad you have discovered this Canadian Icon and his music. As others have mentioned, this song and it's lyrics were penned by Mr. Lightfoot while he was dealing with the breakup of his marriage, as for other Lightfoot classics you might enjoy, I would recommend you try 'Sundown'. If you want to expand your Canadian iconic singers playlist, may I suggest you try some Anne Murray once you are caught up on Gordon Lightfoot.
Folk song hero of his time.. and truly influenced so many artists in that genre of music... and well in song writing in general. His vocals were so soothing. Canadian music legend for sure... 🎶🍁
Gordon Lightfoot is right up there in the paragon of great North American songwriters like Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Shawn Mullins et al. He will be sorely missed.
Plus Leonard Cohen, Neil Young & Robbie Robertson.
A lot of his songs aren't personal. He just wrote what he observed sometimes. Our Canadian treasure
Im 42, and even though when i was a teen, about the time you tend to find music you love, it was the 90s, and i was very much into grunge, but Gordons music was always with me, thanks to my Dad, who always played his albums when i was a child. He is a legend.
Brilliant music, guitar playing and that voice. Magical. He was friends with Joni Mitchell, also a brilliant Canadian. OMG, her music is legendary, like Gordon's. Thanks for what you do Mert. Love your accent.
In the 70's and 80's, there were more cover versions of "If You Could Read My Mind" by recording artists across the globe than any other song. The singers said, they wished they'd written such a beautiful and magnificent song. There were also instrumental versions too, because artists found the music alone to be lovely and inspirational.
This song was remade many times as well. “Stars on 54 street” did it as a dance song
The man is simply a legend. Thank you for paying your respects to him sir. Much love from Canada. Try Ribbon of Darkness if want to hear another good one.
If it tells you something... may be it's from this song "Stars on 54 - If you could read my mind (1998)". I ,as a Canadian, was positively surprised to learn that the song was from Gordon Lightfoot and that it was brought back to modern day trend with Stars on 54 for our pleasure, dancing on good music and appreciating meaningful songs
My heart aches to hear the pain of his love lost.
Love this one,
You should try "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" one of his best - incredible evocation of images and the weight of history, done in three parts, perfection!.
A very talented guitarist and song writer.
CBC music put together a compilation of various artists covering this song.
Gordon Lightfoot was the first artist chosen for the song Tears Are Not Enough, Canada's contribution to famine relief in the 1980s. You should check it out to see a lot of great artists.
Try "Early Morning Rain" or "Sundown" for more relationship themes but it is hard to beat the Historicals as well.
So glad you like Gordon,he is one of Canada’s best.❤
Brings back as powerful as emotions as it did through out the years since its been out. Thank you for sharing!
We, as Canadians, are so proud to claim him as one of the best of us & very, very grateful to have him representing our great country.😊🇨🇦
Gordon changed one word of this song at his ex wife’s request to “the feelings that we lack” from you lack.. And once again, the Canadian Railroad Trilogy is his greatest song, and the greatest folk/popular song ever written about Canada. Imo.
You could possibly react to The Canadian Railroad Trilogy by Lightfoot.
This song was commissioned by the CBC for a special broadcast on January 1, 1967, to start Canada's Centennial year. Writing and composing it took him three days. scary part is I remember watching this broadcast on a black and white TV the only station we could get was CBC.
@@robertjulianagnel1100 We were spoiled back then. We got CBC, CJOH and Channel 9 in french. If the wind and weather was just right we got a very fuzzy CHRO.
I'm a Canadian who has loved this talented gentleman for decades. If you want to listen to a current talent who has meaningful lyrics try Chris Stapleton,'' sometimes I cry.'
if you can read my mind was featured on the sand job grand tour- it was a very touching tribute from an unexpected place.
My favourite is Early Morning Rain. Reminds me of road trips in the Maritimes in the 70s.
Beautiful reaction, Mert! Thank you ❤
there are a billion covers to this song but only the original strikes me in a way no other singer could bring, and its funny because his version isnt the one i heard first growing up
I grew up listening to Gordon Lightfoot. Every one of his songs tells a story. You should download his Greatest Hits and settle in for a great listen. 🇨🇦
Two other songs : Sundown and In The Early Morning Rain .....and all the others !!!!!! So happy you discovered this iconic Canadian singer❤❤
I see a lot of other suggestions, all of which are great, but one I didn't see mentioned was "Bitter Green". He was a poet and songwriter.
Me AND BFF saw him at Place des Arts. Early ‘70’s. Good Friday. Geez…. Poetry!