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Oh, Paula, you are so right. I couldn't believe it when that Timberlake guy won for best video in whatever awards show was happening at the time. "Hurt" has to be one of the best videos ever. What a shame that not enough people saw it that way.

Linda.

Linda - "Your Gordie" sang that song in one of his earliest albums. I have it as a 2CD compilation ...you can check out a snippet of it here

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 52-4336156

Sure I can see Willie Nelson singing 'The Impossible Dream' - he likes those high, wide swinging melodies (e.g., Always on My Mind, Angel Flying too close to the Ground) - he'd take to it like a lemur swinging effortlessly on branches of trees.

I have the first volume of Johnny Cash's American Recordings which was pretty good - I probably won't spend more of my money on the great man just yet but maybe down the road.

Hi Kush,

Well, I'll be. I guess you're right in that Willie could probably take on such things, I was simply looking for a parallel and failed.

I was obviously surprised at Lightfoot trying such a thing. He's not really known as a 'singer'. First Time..needs a singer or, in the case of Cash, a strong individual. A personality. A voice. This is not Lightfoot.

Ah well, Gordie has given much to music. Especially Canadian music. For many years, Canadian Music was a misnomer. Apparently he's given more than I thought he had.

Thanks for the link and the info and for putting up with my incredulous response!

Linda.

Speaking of Gordon Lightfoot.. thought you guys would get a kick out of this tidbit. Someone asked me the other day if Leonard Cohen is really Gordon Lightfoot. Meaning, I presume, a stage name. (I didn't ask for clarification... I don't want to know the details of how she came to that conclusion. :--) That's almost as good as when I ask people if they know the music of Leonard Cohen (some of you have heard me tell this before) and they say...

"Sure! He's that classical music guy, right?"

"Er, no.. that's Leonard Bernstein."

"Oh."

Bobbie

Hi Bobbie,

Oh, yes. I can relate. 'Tis a sad life these people must live. Worse if they're Canadian. If so, they should be deported.

Thanks for the, uh, info.

Linda.

"Oh!"

This "Leonard Cohen" you're talking about, isn't he the guy who wrote "Fliesinthebuttermilktwobytwo"? I still remember the first time ever I sang this song.

Oh Oh Oh

Tom, really. Do try to control yourself!

Linda.

"Oh"

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For those interested, please visit http://www.pegseeger.com to find out the life of Ewan McColl. His daughter, Kirsty, drowned in a boating "accident" in Mexico a few years ago. She famously duetted with Shane MacGowan in "A Fairytale of New York".
That's the guy on the left of this post.
Andrew.

The guy wearing Andrew's shirt, you mean?

Linda.

He wrote that song for Peggy. Beautiful. What a supreme gift! I only had time to skim the site and didn't see reference to Kristy. I wonder why Andrew bracketed her "accident"? I knew Pete (Seeger) would be in there somewhere.

Oh. I see. That's too bad. I'd never heard of Ewan McColl before this thread. Peggy is certainly busy. I'm both glad and sad to finally know the orign of this song.

Linda.