FIRST TIME HEARING Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown REACTION

FIRST TIME HEARING Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown

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[davidharbrecht]

Another vote for “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”

[vidalsmith]

He wrote this song about a woman who he was deeply in love with and she was messing him around and she would have him feeling mean and angry because he couldnt trust her!! True story i read an interview where he explained the whole meaning behind the song!!

[bobblethreadgill]

"If You Could Read My Mind "

[jayritchie]

"I could see her lying back in a satin dress....in a room where you're doin what you don't confess." Maybe the best opening line for any song ever.

[sundayze]

Another vote for “if I could read your mind” and “wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald”.

[razorback]

RIP Gordon, he just died at 84. May 1, 2023. He went to the mountaintop and told us what he saw.

[yvonnehaverland]

If you like this song try The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald by him as well.

[guitarhillbilly]

This song "Sundown" was on every radio station - bar room and truck stop jukeboxes and EVERYWHERE in the Spring/Summer of 1974. I heard it everywhere I traveled in the South/Midwest and this younger generation does not realize how popular this song was. His greatest work because of its simplicity and greatness of lyrics and melody. RIP

[melissagottlieb]

His arguably most famous song is The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

[CharCanuck]

Gord is a Canadian treasure. He's 82 and still singing, playing and composing. I would call Gord a folk singer and a story teller. Check out "Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald"

[JustWastedHoursHere]

If you're wondering what "Sundown" is about, here's some info:
When Lightfoot wrote and recorded Sundown, he had just about gotten out of the divorce, and many wondered if his ex-wife was the woman in the song. It was not. Instead, the song came out of his long affair with Cathy Smith, whom he was already involved with at the time of the divorce. Smith was even cited in Lightfoot’s divorce papers, which saw the musician pay what was at the time the most expensive divorce settlement in Canadian history.

Lightfoot and Smith’s relationship wasn’t an easy one. Smith was known as someone who liked hanging around musicians, and Lightfoot was a jealous guy, which led to arguments, fights, and altercations. Allegedly Lightfoot broke her cheekbone during a drunken fight once. There’s also a story about Lightfoot firing an opening act from his tour because he thought they were flirting with Smith.

For years he didn’t say anything specific about the song, but in the documentary Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind, Lightfoot eventually revealed that Sundown is about his stormy relationship with Cathy Smith, which lasted about three years. “It was one of those relationships where you get a feeling of danger, ” he said.

On a particular evening, Lightfoot was worrying about his girlfriend, who spent a lot of time in bars while he was at home writing songs. He recalled during a Reddit AMA: “I had this girlfriend one time, and I was at home working, at my desk, working at my songwriting which I had been doing all week since I was on a roll, and my girlfriend was somewhere drinking, drinking somewhere. So I was hoping that no one else would get their hands on her, because she was pretty good lookin’!”

*He added, “As a matter of fact, it was written just around sundown, just as the sun was setting, behind the farm I had rented to use as a place to write the album.”*

And check this out: "In 1983, several years after her relationship with Lightfoot had ended, Smith would become infamous for being the one who administered the lethal dose of heroin to John Belushi that killed him."

YIKES!

[nightrider]

Gordon Lightfoot is the singers name. He's a Canadian "Folk Singer"

[garylogan]

Gordon Lightfoot is the singer/songwriter, his story telling ability with his lyrics is beyond compare. Alot of his music straddles the line between folk and rock. Bob Dylan has been qouted as saying Gordon is his favourite artist.

[bubbavonmax]

"If You Could Read My Mind" by Gordo is another one worth listening too.

[Alewifes_Husband]

As far as I know, this song is about a famous groupie named Cathy Smith. "In a room where you do what you don't confess" Think about that for just a moment, from a 1970's singer/songwriter 😃 Also, "Get feeling better when I"m feeling no pain" hmmmm
Cathy Smith was a real person, and she was the one who injected John Belushi (SNL, Blues Brothers) with a speedball that he OD'd on and died. She did time in California for that.

[kellylaflash]

As everyone in the comments is telling you, his song "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald" is a must. It's a musical true story of the tragic sinking of a ship. I still remember my dad telling me the story behind the song when I was a kid.

[dedebones]

😭One of my favorite song writers and singers of all time has died Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023😭

[elysehfm]

Amber! Jay! Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald!" STAT! I could send a specific video to your IG, cause it looks like everyone wants it. Lyrics video, or video with news footage. PLEASE not a live version. <3

Also, "If You Could Read My Mind"

[paraphil]

The music of my youth. Criminally under rated musician singer-songwriter. RIP Gordon Lightfoot.

[may]

"If you could read my mind" is Incredible...!