Cold on the Shoulder with Gordon Lightfoot

Canada's old songmaker combines a down-to-earth sense with magical melodies and nice springy rhytms. This often results in something between country, folkie and spanish guitar pieces.

Seldom I've heard anyone making so beautiful chord shifts as Gordon. He can also really sing soft and manly at the same time, like a canadian Elvis?! (even though his voice is something else). Sometimes an almost religious steel guitar with strings or bells helps him.

The year after his official masterpiece Sundown, Lightfoot was back with a less well-known album. Today Gordon turns 74 years, while two days later I will become almost half as old. Here about Cold On The Shoulder from my year -75:



most Amusing song: BEND IN THE WATER

most Beautiful song: FINE AS FINE CAN BE

most Sexy song: RAINBOW TROUT

most Smart song: (And the foolish I would climb once more) A TREE TO WEAK TO STAND (And if trust was just a simple thing, than trusting I would be)

most Strange song: NOW AND THEN

most growing Strong song: ALL THE LOVELY LADIES

most Loving song: RAINY DAY PEOPLE (don't hide love inside, they just pass it on)



7 compositions
 
6 instrumentations

7 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

5 philosophy

3 timeline (order of tracks)

6 concept (titles, cover picture)

4 historical importance

= 38


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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