A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Best Brown Baggies on May 17, 2011, 09:32:59 PM
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Hi. I've just heard a song by Gordon lightfoot.
I'd heard of him, but not heard any of his music.
Until now.
This sounds great and reminded me of the song
'So far from the clyde'
I started to google MK & GL and stumbled across this article
With a YouTube clip attatched.
Some lovely guitar, and what seems like a similar thread
running through. Seems like someone else thought
the same.
http://malaiseinc.blogspot.com/2010/05/wreck-of-edmund-fitzgerald-gordon.html
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
http://youtu.be/hgI8bta-7aw
Mark Knopfler's song "So Far from the Clyde" seems to channel Lightfoot's song. It's about a ship's run to the scrapyard, so about a doomed ship rather than a doomed crew. But a similar vibe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nyfXu5fWs
Cheers. BBB
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Hi BBB! Gordon Lightfoot is one of my favourite songwriters and I have a number of his albums. His voice and lyrics affect me in much the same way as MK.
This is one of my favourites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3U8iiyDbEM&feature=fvsr
I would love to hear MK do something like this!
This particular concert was on BBC4 a couple of months ago!
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Hi Val. That's really weird. I was just looking at some You Tube footage of Gordon, and was just listening to this very same song!!
Even my wife said she liked it :o :o :o
I love discovering new music that touches me. :)
Cheers BBB
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We must be telepathic! ;D Seriously, Gordon's voice is like Mark's in the way that I can't tear myself away from listening to it! :P It's really scary to think that he is now in his 70's, but he's still performing! Let's hope MK will do the same!
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Thanks for that, BBB and Val. What a great songwriter! I really loved "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - a haunting song with a great vibe. I wish Mark was doing more of this 'maritime' themed songs. All that he has done so far are real gems - "Single Handed Sailor", "My Claim To Fame", "Sailing To Philadelphia", So Far From The Clyde"... I want more! :)
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I wish Mark was doing more of this 'maritime' themed songs. All that he has done so far are real gems - "Single Handed Sailor", "My Claim To Fame", "Sailing To Philadelphia", So Far From The Clyde"... I want more! :)
Down To The Waterline
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The Trawlerman's Song :)
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Ride across the river ...
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If you love MK you'll love Lightfoot.
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My first contact with Gordon Lightfoot was through a cover of "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" made by the Rheostatics, a canadian band. In my opinion, he is a very good lyricist, though I have some reservations regarding his musical abilities.
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What the h*** is he singing! ???
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What the h*** is he singing! ???
Well, he WAS singing "If You Could Read My Mind"! ;D
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Known Gordon l. For over 20 yrs. love the voice
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He sings tones more than words! :lol
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Gitche Gumee
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I saw Gordon Lightfoot, on a multi-artist bill, in mid-1965. He was dressed in a white shirt and a tie (he came from a country & western bacground, as I recall).
In the book "The Face of Folk Music" [photos by David Gahr, now dead but a close friend of one of my American friends, and text by Robert Shelton, also now dead but someone I knew when he lived in Britain], there is a full-page photo of Gordon Lightfoot's guitar, taken in 1965, edge on, and showing, taped on, his cue sheet - the list of songs from which he chose what to perform at any given gig. There are around 80 song titles on the list!
Subsequent addition to original post:
The above prompted me to check on-line and I found this:-
http://www.lightfoot.ca/newport.htm
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It's interesting to see stuff about discovering Gordon Lightfoot late - sort of like I did Mark Knopfler. I keep thinking it's like "discovering" for yourself a well-known and prolific author. It's like you have a treasure chest full of books (in this case, songs) to encounter for the first time.
I've loved Lightfoot for years, but I have to say, when I play his albums (I have a bunch on vinyl), I always feel like skipping this song or that. Not so with MK. I love all his stuff. I only skip "If This Is Goodbye" or "Far from the Clyde" if I'm listening somewhere where I can't cry (seriously).
Here's a thing: Give a listen to Lightfoot's "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" and see if it doesn't remind you of "Telegraph Road." Oh, and also try "Ghosts of Cape Horn" ... just because it's so cool. Sailing ships seem to inspire both these composers in a wonderful way.