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| 976.1 | | CSC32::BROOK | | Sat Dec 02 1995 01:11 | 42 |
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> Off the subject, a disc jockey in Denver, CO had the brass monkeys to
> say on the air that "Gordon Lightfoot and the song Wreck of The Edmund
> Fitzgerald sucked"
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> I called him up and told him HE sucked.
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Thank you! Actually I heard the Wreck of teh Edmund Fitzgerald the other
day on a radio station here in Colorado Springs .... Made me feel good to
hear GL on the radio again!
Actually, the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was quite the popular music
anomoly ... in the UK, when first released it went to the top of the pop
charts in no time at all and stayed there for 5 weeks ... Popular songs
much over 3 minutes in length rarely survive 1 week in that position.
Lightfoot's Sundown was a similar anomoly, spending a long time at the
top ...
Ask people who Gordon Lightfoot is (outside Canada) and you may be luck and
someone might know ... Ask them if they know of the songs "Wreck of ..."
"Sundown" or "Early Morning Rain" and you'll get a lot more acknowledgement!
How many people remember a song that about "Maryanne" ... "down by the
sea side sifting sand ... all the little children love Maryanne" ... ????
Written by GL when he was a part of duo called the "Two Tones".
Stuart
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| 976.2 | JUST ME | OTOOA::MRECORD | | Fri Dec 08 1995 19:29 | 5 |
| Prefer Brian Adams, however I do like the song "If you could read my
mind". I think that's what its called. Its one of the lines of the
song anyway.
Marilyn
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| 976.3 | | POLAR::RUSHTON | | Mon Dec 11 1995 18:23 | 3 |
| >>Prefer Brian Adams, however I do like the song "If you could read my
That's Bryan...and the z is silent.
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| 976.4 | zzzzz | POLAR::ROBINSONP | Waiting for the Sun | Tue Dec 12 1995 13:02 | 4 |
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Please forgive Mr Rushton, he's with the training dept.
8*)
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| 976.5 | For whom DECSpell tolls.. | BSS::PROCTOR_R | Govt's furloughed? When'd that happen? | Mon Jan 08 1996 17:47 | 3 |
| >> Please forgive Mr Rushton, he's with the training dept..
I thought he might be with the documentation folk.
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| 976.6 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Big Bag O' Passion | Mon Jan 08 1996 22:12 | 1 |
| At least he didn't say it had three m's and a silent q!
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| 976.7 | | POLAR::RUSHTON | | Tue Jan 09 1996 19:53 | 6 |
| Re: the last few
I'm absolutely struck by our ability to pool our brain spaces into such
a centre of excellence.
Do pass on my regards to Godot.
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| 976.8 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Big Bag O' Passion | Tue Jan 09 1996 22:30 | 1 |
| He some sort of ball player or something?
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| 976.9 | | POLAR::RUSHTON | | Wed Jan 10 1996 14:36 | 3 |
| >>He some sort of ball player or something?
No, but I'm still waiting for him.
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| 976.10 | And the winner is.... | KAOFS::C_STEWART | It was like that when I got here. | Fri Jan 12 1996 12:14 | 10 |
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CBC Talkback on the show AS IT HAPPENS is taking nominations for
the "Greatest Canadian ROCK Song of All Time". The overwhelming
nomination thus far is "Rollin Back to Saskatoon" by the Guess Who.
You have to include your reasons why the song you nominate is the
greatest..."make it matter or they won't spin the platter".
Talkback line: 416-205-3331
aih@toronto.cbc.ca
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| 976.11 | Brain farkle | KAOFS::C_STEWART | It was like that when I got here. | Fri Jan 12 1996 12:15 | 3 |
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(Did I get the name of that song right? It looks funny...)
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| 976.12 | | TROOA::SOLEY | Fall down, go boom | Fri Jan 12 1996 12:30 | 2 |
| If memory serves, and increasingly these days it does not, it's
"Runnin' back to Saskatoon" not "Rollin...."
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| 976.13 | | POLAR::CROOK | "my cat is in the doghouse..." | Fri Jan 12 1996 13:11 | 8 |
| I think it is "Running back to Saskatoon".
Candy, were you listening last night? Randy Bachmann(sp?) phoned in
himself just to say hi, no nominations from him.
Another fellow suggested that any decent song that is about
Saskatoon is probably a great song for that reason.
Other nominee's from last night that I remember: A lot of BTO tunes,
Guess Who (American Woman), Neil Young (Helpless).
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| 976.14 | | KAOFS::C_STEWART | It was like that when I got here. | Fri Jan 12 1996 17:54 | 11 |
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Just caught the end of it driving home. I guess I would nominate
Tom Cochrane for "Life is a Highway" (for the same reason...roads and
highways seem to make me think of Canader.)
Too bad my brain cells were all killed off prior to 1980, maybe
I'd remember some songs.
Cand-y-ace
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| 976.15 | But they wouldn't let me. | BSS::PROCTOR_R | Good, Cheap, Fast -- Pick 2 | Wed Jan 17 1996 18:33 | 2 |
| I wanted to nominate "Zamfir does the Rolling Stones, as interpreted by
the Novia Scotia Brass band"...
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| 976.16 | | POLAR::RUSHTON | | Thu Jan 18 1996 20:16 | 7 |
| Or, Stompin' Bink Bobo's (from Scotch Corners) interpretation of
classic toots from the Cuban Armpit Band.
An all-time favourite is, "I can't get to sleep since you sat on my
pillow last night".
Korff
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| 976.17 | *Obviously, both country tunes... | BSS::PROCTOR_R | Good, Cheap, Fast -- Pick 2 | Mon Jan 22 1996 14:29 | 15 |
| re: .-1
Jeeze, you are one SICK individual (I love it!!!)
Another favorite:
"She said "It's your drinking, or me". God, I'll miss her" *
or how about:
"My fanbelt slipped, (and her morals did too)" *
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