We're Not Who You Think We Are
Album: Sundown
Year: 1974
One of the things about this project is how it’s reminded me that you hear songs differently as your context for hearing those songs changes. I mean, duh.
But because of the gap between when I heard Gordon Lightfoot’s massive hit single “Sundown” in its initial run and hearing it again as a middle-aged man is so massive, it’s almost like a totally different song to me.
[Read more…] about Certain Songs #527: Gordon Lightfoot – “Sundown”
Album: Sit Down Young Stranger
Year: 1970
With a melody line that instantly felt like it had been floating in the ether for thousands of years before Gordon Lightfoot tracked it down and harnessed it, “If You Could Read My Mind” is definitely in the running for the Prettiest Song Ever Recorded, Folk Rock Division.
It’s also a song that has always stopped me in my tracks, as I try to decipher how something so shamelessly beautiful could also feel so effortless.
[Read more…] about Certain Songs #526: Gordon Lightfoot – “If You Could Read My Mind”