Music Review

Recently, I listened to some music by one of my favorite singers Gordon Lightfoot. I doubt many people have heard him unless they listen to easy listening music on the radio. Most of his hits were during the late 60's and early 70's. The music is a folk style and could be played with just a guitar unlike a lot of the manufactured music of today. I think a number of his songs are really beautiful. His song If You Could Read My Mind is almost poetic and the images it creates are very moving. It tells of a love that has gone sadly wrong and the singer doesn't know how he can get back to where he and his love were in love again. Another outstanding piece of music by Lightfoot is Canadian Railroad Trilogy. It tells of the railmen who helped open up Canada's virgin lands and helped build a nation. It is a beautiful ballad. Another song of love lost is Lightfoot's Bitter Green which tells of a beautiful women who continues to love a man who becomes lost some where and when he is finally able to return, he returns to find her dead. It is a very touching song. Lightfoot also has cheerful songs such as Rainy Day People which tells of people who are always willing to listen and love. They make no judgements on people and any love they receive, they pass on.

Overall, Gordon Lightfoot has written and performed a number of wonderful songs that I'd highly recommend. His music is easy to listen to and very relaxing. Lightfoot put out a CD called Gord's Gold which has most of his best music. The only songs that I feel it needs are his Affair on 8th Avenue and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (this was his last really big hit as far as I know). If you have time and you like easy listening music, you might want to give him a listen.