Reaction To Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (Canadian Music)

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.

[RodRuth]

I think it is safe to say, if you become a fan of Gordon Lightfoot, you will capture Canada's heart.

[robertpearson]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[roywolfe]

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

[Dee-JayW]

Canada’s poet laureate along with Mr Cohen. Genius, perfect voice, composer, guitarist, legend. This was written after his divorce. ❤❤❤❤

[magcollis]

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.

[kevinsacks]

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.

[philpaine]

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.

[Lord.Kiltridge]

I was born in '65. Lightfoot was an foundational component of my youth. This song front and centre.

[lindagrasse-murray]

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.

[fellknight]

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

[purrceys]

Another vote for "Canadian Railroad Trilogy", one of Gord's most famous songs about how the railroad shaped Canada.

[lucindagaulin]

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!
💚💙💜🩷🩵♥️

[MsLinda]

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.

[mxcafx]

He wrote this during his divorce. It's powerful. If you're a Gordon Lightfoot fan, you are an honorary Canadian.

[LoriTalbot-duqt]

This song has been covered by so many artists, but Gordon does it best. He wrote this during the breakup of his first marriage.

[zanhar]

So many wonderful songs in his catalogue! 'Song for a Winter's Night', 'Carefree Highway', 'Early Morning Rain', 'Sundown' 'Ribbon of on and on....

[singtweetypie]

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.

[philowens]

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

[WandaCurrier-jz]

I am very blessed to have been to one of his performances and it was a very special time. He's the total package, a wonderful voice, a very good musician and an extremely talented and intelligent song writer. As well as a good person. I'm not Canadian but he's still a treasure to me.

[braddrover]

Try "Early Morning Rain" or "Sundown" for more relationship themes but it is hard to beat the Historicals as well.