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Rhino Hi-Five: Gordon Lightfoot - EP

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With only an acoustic guitar, an earnest rhythm section, and a cocksure baritone, Gordon Lightfoot sounded manlier than any leather-clad rocker toting a Les Paul and Marshall Stack combo. His 1974 household hit “Sundown” opens this Rhino Hi-Five EP. Once you get under its catchiness, this song's brilliance thrives in the contrast between its playful, sing-along melody and shadowy lyrics (which purportedly mused on Lightfoot’s ex-girlfriend). “If You Could Read My Mind," with a subtly lush string accompaniment, follows and swells under Lightfoot’s emotional restraint. The similarly arranged “Beautiful” is lighter; without succumbing to building pedestals or other clichéd fawning, Lightfoot’s lyrics touch on what it’s really like to fall in love with a friend. “Carefree Highway” is another distinguished hit, where Lightfoot ingeniously personifies the road with lyrics meditating on an old flame as he digs through old memories to find some semblance of closure. The EP closes with “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” a folky epic that Lightfoot champions as his best work.

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Christ Almighty

After getting your fill of Coldplay, U2, The Dave Matthews Band, The Stones, Pink Floyd, Guns & Roses, or whomever, take a moment to spend 4 bucks on this album (!) and be impressed with how men used to make music. The acoustics (sadly missing in much of today's music) will send a chill through you. The singer/songwriter's of the 70's still stir the soul.

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If you don't have this, you are missing out on five timeless classics by one of the greatest singer/songwriters ever. Worth every penny.

Extreme "greatest hits" selection

It is hard to imagine a songwriter not in awe of Gordon Lightfoot. Variously described as folk, pop, or adult contemporary, he has a 40-year accumulation of the best songs ever recorded, that includes dozens of extraordinary performances. This selection is five of the most famous and they are clearly among the best. ("If you could read my mind" has to rank among a handful of the best songs of the 20th century.) If you like a couple of his songs, a better recommendation would be to get Gord's Gold and then GG #2 (in that order, in my opinion). I personally find enough never-played-on-the-radio songs that melt me that I work on getting every damn song he's recorded. (I'm writing this to "Only Love Would Know" from "Waiting for You," which may be my favorite song on my favorite album, but most of you have probably never heard of either.) This legend deserves your attention.

Biography

Born: November 17, 1938 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Genre: Singer/Songwriter

Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Canadian Gordon Lightfoot first began to gain recognition in the mid-'60s as a songwriter when his compositions "For Lovin' Me" and "Early Morning Rain" became hits for Peter, Paul & Mary, and Marty Robbins topped the country charts with "Ribbon of Darkness." Lightfoot's own style was understated, his tasteful folk arrangements topped by a gentle burr of a voice. His albums began to appear in 1966, but it was not until the start of the '70s that he became a big success as a performer, scoring...
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