Not only a palatable voice, but a very guteral guitar player. Too bad someone could not clone him. Because, I would like to hear him play the mandolin. I have never heard anyone play 12 string that well! Makes me wonder if he could play a mandolin. What a great day in humanity when we can listen to this. Amen.....
To me this song is rather poignant, myself being a railwayman, yes not in Canada but still its the same really. "And many are the dead men...to silent to be real", those words always send a shiver down my spine!
Well I had to come back and listen to my favorite song by Gordon Lightfoot. 8O) I also added it to the worldunitedmusicDOTblogspotDOTcom website with a share to facebook. 8O)
@JackTiger9 if the white race falls to 1%of the world's population by anytime who's fault is that? Their own. have you ever had one of those genetic scans done of your blood that can trace your genes back 10,000 years? I bet you and me both would be suprised where all our blood line has been. So preach to the right pulpit. This is an amazing song have always loved it. being a 12 string guitar fan and player myself, love about everything Gordon ever did or redone.
Recently drove up through some old mining towns in British Columbia, along the Thompson River. You can see from the highway the CPR on the other side of the river; like 100 metres up on the edge (and going through at times) solid rock. Absolutely amazing. It doesn't seem possible that they could build it now, let alone over 100 years ago.
@pacatrue, I had always assumed the "Gord's Gold" version was the original, not knowing much about the artist. This original version isn't quite as "epic" sounding, but still quite good.
@Antithropocentric Yeah, it always bothered me because it wasn't quite right. It's slower, lethargic and digitalized. The same happens with Edmund Fitzgerald in gord's gold.
Problem is there is not one photo shows any of the thousands of Chinese labourers that built the rail through the Canadian Rockies, many of whom lost their lives through blasting and doing the dangerous work no one else would.
For half the pay and no recognition such in this song or vid......you can't change history.....so get it right....
My wife and I saw Gordon Lightfoot this past October at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. They were great and considering the fact that Gordon survived a near fatal illness and is over 70 years old, he put on a great show. They had just finished an 18 appearance American tour to sold out crowds in most cases.
By 2100 whites will be only 1% of the world population, down from 35% in 1900. This kind of music will come to an end. And I don't think the invaders will sing any trilogies for us when we are gone.
@JackTiger9 I'm just curious as to what angle you are taking this statement from? Is this to be the trend? What kind of invaders do you speak of? Why won't they speak of us?
@JackTiger9 Seriously dude? Only fools like you worry about nonsense. Just to remind you, this is a song about Canadian Railroad history. Has nothing to do with race.
The CPR was the link that made Canada but not completed in 1881. But it is a complicated history. I wish you would have included the whole verse (A dollar a day and a toast for the dead...) before your lyrics
A well written valentine for Canada at her hundredth birthday to the railroad, and the men and women who built that railroad, that helped create Canada.
what a song! what a song for me! my lady "wild trout" went away to Canada and I was really sad....but I found this music and even sadness turned into a feeling of freedom. It is personal.
Lightfoot is one of the best. I'm from Texas, but I appreciate my neighbors to the North. Does he ever tour anymore? I'd like to see him, but it'd be kind of hard for me to get to Canada. My eyes are so bad, I can't drive anymore.
aicdethfan84, I live in Orillia, where he is from and have seen him perform a few times now at our local annual folk festival, Mariposa Folk Festival. He is truly one of the best
To any of my neighbors in the north (Canada) who may have an opportunity to see Mr. Lightfoot: someone PLEASE tell him that NO ONE holds a candle to his ability to craft a song. Others may try, but sorry: no cigar.
TO ALL MY FELLOW CANADIANS IT IS VERY SAD TO HEAR OF THE PASSING AWAY OF THE HONOURABLE JACK LAYTON. HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. LET US TAKE TIME OUT TO REMEMBER JACK LAYTON FOR EVERYTHING HE DID FOR CANADA HE NEVER FAILED. I WOULD ASK ALL CANADIANS TO FORGET THERE POLITICAL STRIPES BUT LET US REMEMBER I WISH THAT GORDON LIGHTFOOT COULD WRITE A PHONE ABOUT JACK LAYTON GORDON LIGHTFOOT IS A GREAT SINGER COMPOSER EH
Pardon? The artist says he doesn't like a song he wrote and recorded. He may have had a different tempo in mind, but he said it was to his liking when he finished it, and we all have second thoughts, as to do it better. But it is a fine tribute to being a Canadian
Great song and artist, but horrible version. Ligthfoot said himself he doesn't like this version. Temp is too fast in parts, looses it's train-like chug, chug, chug tempo.
did u c the Kung Fu episode where Cain stopped a chinese riot that would have killed many because they had a gattling gn so Kwai Chang took it out and about 12 other white guys , by himself
Never ever have heard this song until just this moment! A true great North American Folk singer, poet, historian. Thank you! and the video with this is fantastic too!
Never ever have ehard this song until jsut this moment! A true great North American Folk singer, poet, historian. Thank you! and the video with this is fantastic too!
Sir John A Macdonald really had this Railroad built to guard against American encroachment upon Canadian lands and prevent a Civil War from breaking Canada apart. Unfortunately he set off the Metis Rebellion led by the Noble Louis Riel and caused a lot of needless bloodshed because he forced the CPR upon their soil...
@platter1000 The Canadian Pacific Railway stretches from Montreal to Vancouver. It was built in 1881, because when British Columbia joined Canada in 1871, the Canadian government promised to build a railroad connecting the new province to eastern Canada. It's always been an important symbol of Canadian nationalism, because of how it united our country when it was young. That's all I know, but I hope it helps, and someone can correct me if I'm wrong! :)
@ADKubi you are right however other significant causes of the railroad were it allowed the, now called RCMP, to fight the first nations in the plains, and keep the Americans from taking the west, and allowed supplies to reach far out west
There is a pretty good version that Gord sang on the Johnny Cash Show in 1971. Looks like it's lipsynched but still it's enjoyable. If you check it out , you judge.
@PeppermintSweetheart, since you asked a question (with five question marks no less), I assume you expect an answer. What's the phrase - "You are the company you keep?" How about "Like attracts like?" Or "Birds of a feather flock together?"
In other words, your question is that of a pompous butthole.
Syzygy60 is not of the real world. Beware those who would invent "green" taxes to save the planet. A plastic carrier bag is bad - but OK if you pay for it! I'm all for looking after the planet but not to be mugged by liars! (Missinformed but devious idiots)
Sorry. This should not detract from enjoying the great Gordon Lightfoot.
George Soros a billionare who owns NBC and all affiliates and General Electric are perpetrating a fraud on the world to make money on "green" energy,what a crock,u gotta have shit for brains to believe that
@Syzygy60 -No one thinks abortion is a good idea. In the 70s abortion was legalized because women were being maimed at illegal abortion clinics. Capitalism need not destroy our Earth to achieve its objective. Your hate is the problem, check the facts more deeply before being so vocal.
NOBODY and I mean NOBODY, writes a ballad like Gordon Lightfoot writes a ballad. I grew up in Duluth, MN and always thought I was part Canadian mainly because I knew every Gordon Lightfoot song ever written. This guy was always underated in my books. Dylan was great but Gordon was even a notch above. Not just great musicians, but truly gifted as poets. I could listen to GL for hours and hours at a time. What a tremendous gift he was given and shared with the world. God Bless him.
Wonderful song...captures the emotion of the sacrifice of things we take for granted. As an American I salute the quality of the Canadian people who appreciate nature and life.
while living downtown detroit 1980 two of the greatest broadcast ever on canadian tv a ballet of this song and the Miracle live ballet not my thing but love to see again
Canada - No place for the squeamish or weak! If the Landscape, weather and wildlife doesn't get you, the taxes will! Still, I love my country...Faults and all!
Great Song..fantastic story . Check out Canadian Railroad Trilogy pairing Lightfoot's heart-stirring lyrics with stunning pastel images by renowned Canadian illustrator Ian Wallace in a new book published by House of Anansi Press
@shadow13420 It figures that some asshole has to make a totally off base remark like this. This urban legend has been made before with no supporting evidence of such actions taken by any RR. Cooley's and Gandy Dancers did contribute to most western RR's but to say one per mile is a strong aquisation as many men contributed to the laying of track and to say that Chinese were exploited is not correct.
@otet532 One, this is not an off based remark. The chinese contributed to the building of the railroad. Secondly, The chinese were exploited because they hardly made any money and after their contribution to the railroad, a head tax was put on the chinese and finally, they were not allowed to immigrate to Canada at all. There may not be evidence to the chinese dying, but they were cheated by Canada. I still am a proud Canadian.
All though I love this song and Gordon Lightfoot is an amazing song writer, I can tell you that the version of this song released in "Gord's Gold" is SO much better. This version is, well... Less melodious, faster than it should be in some parts, and doesn't sound beautiful like the one in Gord's Gold. That one is amazing. It just blows me away every time I listen to it.
Wow! The equivalent & answer to the American Trucker songs. Man, he really kicks ass with that 12 string!! Thanks for the photos & posting this beautiful song. Like an interesting history lesson.
This is a great song. Gordon Lightfoot will reign as one of the greatest story tellers in pop, or folk. He paints a picture of the early history of railroad workers in Canada, whose toil was never appreciated. He is as true an artist in providing us with verbal imagery as Van Gogh did with his brush. God bless you Gordo.
@makinawdandy6699 Love your comment. The song is about men who followed their vision through hard times. "We have opened up the soil with our teardrops and our toil." The vision was grand if more than a bit naive. But the spirit of Lightfoot's navvies is noble.
Not only a palatable voice, but a very guteral guitar player. Too bad someone could not clone him. Because, I would like to hear him play the mandolin. I have never heard anyone play 12 string that well! Makes me wonder if he could play a mandolin. What a great day in humanity when we can listen to this. Amen.....
jags2rags 17 hours ago
To me this song is rather poignant, myself being a railwayman, yes not in Canada but still its the same really. "And many are the dead men...to silent to be real", those words always send a shiver down my spine!
7P46115 2 weeks ago
Well I had to come back and listen to my favorite song by Gordon Lightfoot. 8O) I also added it to the worldunitedmusicDOTblogspotDOTcom website with a share to facebook. 8O)
2minstral 3 weeks ago in playlist 60's Flower Power and Folk
God bless real music :)
BigFatTubOfLardCo 3 weeks ago
@JackTiger9 if the white race falls to 1%of the world's population by anytime who's fault is that? Their own. have you ever had one of those genetic scans done of your blood that can trace your genes back 10,000 years? I bet you and me both would be suprised where all our blood line has been. So preach to the right pulpit. This is an amazing song have always loved it. being a 12 string guitar fan and player myself, love about everything Gordon ever did or redone.
frankenz66 1 month ago
Recently drove up through some old mining towns in British Columbia, along the Thompson River. You can see from the highway the CPR on the other side of the river; like 100 metres up on the edge (and going through at times) solid rock. Absolutely amazing. It doesn't seem possible that they could build it now, let alone over 100 years ago.
metemi 1 month ago
COOL!!!
ChurchsofChrist 1 month ago
Love this song.
truerock74 1 month ago
Lightfoot*
bazinga444 1 month ago
Man, whenever I have a roadtrip across the country, I just pop in a Gordon Lighfoot or John Denver CD and im set... :D
bazinga444 1 month ago
Gord doesn't do this one at his live show, but its' one of my favorites too. Its' one of those Canadian icon songs!
foxtail9999 2 months ago
It's really great to compare these arrangements with the versions on Gord's Gold that were all re-recorded or remixed (I think).
pacatrue 2 months ago
@pacatrue, I had always assumed the "Gord's Gold" version was the original, not knowing much about the artist. This original version isn't quite as "epic" sounding, but still quite good.
Antithropocentric 1 month ago
@Antithropocentric Yeah, it always bothered me because it wasn't quite right. It's slower, lethargic and digitalized. The same happens with Edmund Fitzgerald in gord's gold.
skydome29 2 weeks ago
@skydome29, I think the Gord's Gold version is better - you may have misunderstood. And it was in the analog-only days.
Antithropocentric 2 weeks ago
Problem is there is not one photo shows any of the thousands of Chinese labourers that built the rail through the Canadian Rockies, many of whom lost their lives through blasting and doing the dangerous work no one else would.
For half the pay and no recognition such in this song or vid......you can't change history.....so get it right....
williamgain1951 2 months ago 4
Happy belated B-Day Mr. Lightfoot...
A Canadian treasure..
flyyspit 2 months ago
the dislike bar is like air, you don't see it, but you know it's there
Kingkahn222 2 months ago
Dead on the mark Platter......Long Live Canadain Pacific!!!!!!!!!!!!
B55Don 2 months ago
My wife and I saw Gordon Lightfoot this past October at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. They were great and considering the fact that Gordon survived a near fatal illness and is over 70 years old, he put on a great show. They had just finished an 18 appearance American tour to sold out crowds in most cases.
akytilop 2 months ago
Bless you Jeff from Dallas.. from your neightbour up north!!
57aflo 2 months ago
someone is not good with math @JackTiger9
destructo71 3 months ago
I listened too this everyday, I worked on the Marii Times Pipeline. Sanford to Machias.
Lowell Lee Morse
LLMorse1 3 months ago
I'd have paid to see him, but I didn't have to. Canucks I have paid to see were Bryan Addams. And fucking William Shatner.
MegaNosehair 3 months ago
By 2100 whites will be only 1% of the world population, down from 35% in 1900. This kind of music will come to an end. And I don't think the invaders will sing any trilogies for us when we are gone.
JackTiger9 4 months ago
@JackTiger9 I'm just curious as to what angle you are taking this statement from? Is this to be the trend? What kind of invaders do you speak of? Why won't they speak of us?
veggiemite777 3 months ago
@JackTiger9 Who are these invaders, Jacko? Do they have antenae and drive spaceships?
inthe7thhouse 3 months ago
@JackTiger9 Seriously dude? Only fools like you worry about nonsense. Just to remind you, this is a song about Canadian Railroad history. Has nothing to do with race.
clam502 2 weeks ago
Long before the White man,
and long before the wheel ...
When the green dark forest,
was too slient to be real.
metemi 4 months ago
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metemi 4 months ago
The CPR was the link that made Canada but not completed in 1881. But it is a complicated history. I wish you would have included the whole verse (A dollar a day and a toast for the dead...) before your lyrics
KontaktConsulting 4 months ago
This was WONDERFUL!!! Thanks for the lyrics and all the great illustrations!! Loved it!!
memaseven 4 months ago
A well written valentine for Canada at her hundredth birthday to the railroad, and the men and women who built that railroad, that helped create Canada.
ryoushii 4 months ago
what a song! what a song for me! my lady "wild trout" went away to Canada and I was really sad....but I found this music and even sadness turned into a feeling of freedom. It is personal.
schlum27 4 months ago
Lightfoot sings the heart and soul of this great land like no else can or ever has. The best that ever was, is or ever will be.
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Lightfoot is one of the best. I'm from Texas, but I appreciate my neighbors to the North. Does he ever tour anymore? I'd like to see him, but it'd be kind of hard for me to get to Canada. My eyes are so bad, I can't drive anymore.
1niftyjay 4 months ago
aicdethfan84, I live in Orillia, where he is from and have seen him perform a few times now at our local annual folk festival, Mariposa Folk Festival. He is truly one of the best
ecclestonlee 5 months ago
To any of my neighbors in the north (Canada) who may have an opportunity to see Mr. Lightfoot: someone PLEASE tell him that NO ONE holds a candle to his ability to craft a song. Others may try, but sorry: no cigar.
aicdethfan84 5 months ago 2
@aicdethfan84 Stan Rogers.
GatesOfHell4 5 months ago
TO ALL MY FELLOW CANADIANS IT IS VERY SAD TO HEAR OF THE PASSING AWAY OF THE HONOURABLE JACK LAYTON. HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. LET US TAKE TIME OUT TO REMEMBER JACK LAYTON FOR EVERYTHING HE DID FOR CANADA HE NEVER FAILED. I WOULD ASK ALL CANADIANS TO FORGET THERE POLITICAL STRIPES BUT LET US REMEMBER I WISH THAT GORDON LIGHTFOOT COULD WRITE A PHONE ABOUT JACK LAYTON GORDON LIGHTFOOT IS A GREAT SINGER COMPOSER EH
liberal20111 5 months ago in playlist Canadian Music Part 2
One of Canada's treasures!
spiritofwicca 5 months ago
I love when he talks about the rail road he plays his guitar faster very creative.
todd8333 5 months ago
This was a sonf about the working man.
Sad to say in this day and age we don't give a damn about the plight of labourers.
abramtaylor1 5 months ago 3
Epic poem by a superlative musician.
sltomsik 5 months ago
I feel very proud to be a Canadian when I hear this song.. thanks so much gordon lightfoot
spiritparaclete 5 months ago 2
could one song more aptly describe the tapestry of a country?
lmcdasm 6 months ago 3
My favorite Lightfoot song. The verse toward the end of this song is among my favorite lyric...
"Oh the song of the future has been sung
All the battles have been won
O'er the mountain tops we stand
All the world at our command
We have opened up the soil
With our teardrops and our toil"
It's also, to me, a shout out to my (U.S.) beloved neighbors to the north, Canada.
Thanks for uploading :) Jeff. Dallas, Tx
TheScoop8 6 months ago 20
@TheScoop8 This was the last song that I played and sang for my Dad the day before he died. He loved this.
ThePapabear214 3 months ago
Happy Canada Day all!
homersmith10 7 months ago
Pardon? The artist says he doesn't like a song he wrote and recorded. He may have had a different tempo in mind, but he said it was to his liking when he finished it, and we all have second thoughts, as to do it better. But it is a fine tribute to being a Canadian
agamemnon67 7 months ago
Great song and artist, but horrible version. Ligthfoot said himself he doesn't like this version. Temp is too fast in parts, looses it's train-like chug, chug, chug tempo.
snelsons72 7 months ago
its kinda sad cuzz they broke up the cpr up ..... my town used to have tracks running along the lake but theyre gone now.... :/
712pac 7 months ago
my adotped dad loves this song.. i grew up lissaning to him sing this song XD its awesome!
rcatstott 7 months ago
u have much 2 learn,Grasshopper
Syzygy60 11 months ago
did u c the Kung Fu episode where Cain stopped a chinese riot that would have killed many because they had a gattling gn so Kwai Chang took it out and about 12 other white guys , by himself
Syzygy60 11 months ago
remember the chinese volunteered to work,yes,was not what they expected,no humans had done it b4 the trains continental RR
Syzygy60 11 months ago
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Never ever have heard this song until just this moment! A true great North American Folk singer, poet, historian. Thank you! and the video with this is fantastic too!
jennyboerding 11 months ago
Never ever have ehard this song until jsut this moment! A true great North American Folk singer, poet, historian. Thank you! and the video with this is fantastic too!
jennyboerding 11 months ago
Sir John A Macdonald really had this Railroad built to guard against American encroachment upon Canadian lands and prevent a Civil War from breaking Canada apart. Unfortunately he set off the Metis Rebellion led by the Noble Louis Riel and caused a lot of needless bloodshed because he forced the CPR upon their soil...
SouthwestRanger 11 months ago
@SouthwestRanger but no one knows what problem they had in having the CPR running upon their soil...
AlexGudesblat 11 months ago
@AlexGudesblat this man may be the best ever in My opinion,the best what? troubador
Syzygy60 11 months ago
Wonder how Gorden L. thinks about these days ????
mogoger 11 months ago
@mogoger Because he's brillant, of course.
AlexGudesblat 11 months ago
can someone educate me about where and when this railroad was built...where it started and where it ended. tia
platter1000 1 year ago
@platter1000 The Canadian Pacific Railway stretches from Montreal to Vancouver. It was built in 1881, because when British Columbia joined Canada in 1871, the Canadian government promised to build a railroad connecting the new province to eastern Canada. It's always been an important symbol of Canadian nationalism, because of how it united our country when it was young. That's all I know, but I hope it helps, and someone can correct me if I'm wrong! :)
ADKubi 1 year ago 21
@ADKubi I'm glad someone else knows one of the foundations of the country. Too bad it's all slipping away!
Tacomadome24 3 months ago
@ADKubi you are right however other significant causes of the railroad were it allowed the, now called RCMP, to fight the first nations in the plains, and keep the Americans from taking the west, and allowed supplies to reach far out west
o0sum1udontknow0o 2 months ago
6 people died making the railroad
Ipodfanz97 1 year ago
@Ipodfanz97 6 people died just making the video of the railroad.
alan4sure 11 months ago
@alan4sure Hahahaha...genius, sir!
RevDirkMcNasty 11 months ago
absolutly killer
platter1000 1 year ago
good Canadian singer right there!!!!
mrquackadoodlemoo 1 year ago
montylorree said Canadian Masterpiece but this is really a World Masterpiece.
RonRicho 1 year ago 3
A Canadian Masterpiece
montyloree 1 year ago
There is a pretty good version that Gord sang on the Johnny Cash Show in 1971. Looks like it's lipsynched but still it's enjoyable. If you check it out , you judge.
Johnny Cash Show-Canadian Railroad Trilogy
jrushmen 1 year ago
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jrushmen 1 year ago
decent song....tho i gotta ask, why is it that every canadian i've met has been nothing but a pompous butthole?????
PeppermintSweetheart 1 year ago
@PeppermintSweetheart, since you asked a question (with five question marks no less), I assume you expect an answer. What's the phrase - "You are the company you keep?" How about "Like attracts like?" Or "Birds of a feather flock together?"
In other words, your question is that of a pompous butthole.
Yonnyjohn 1 year ago
When I vacation to Canada someday, I'd like to see the railroad :)
JaDangerz 1 year ago
God bless u Gordon
thehahashow1000 1 year ago
Syzygy60 is not of the real world. Beware those who would invent "green" taxes to save the planet. A plastic carrier bag is bad - but OK if you pay for it! I'm all for looking after the planet but not to be mugged by liars! (Missinformed but devious idiots)
Sorry. This should not detract from enjoying the great Gordon Lightfoot.
DasHearach 1 year ago
☆☆☆☆☆
MrBuckwilliam 1 year ago
yep, my daddy was a railroader, god bless him, i miss him so :)
thanks lisa ♥ and nippygirl :)
MrBuckwilliam 1 year ago 2
TRUE
Vickycool2 1 year ago
Wow ! Talk about going off on a tangent !!!!
tuktik99 1 year ago
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MrDakns 1 year ago
very nice post cheers
palfab962 1 year ago
George Soros a billionare who owns NBC and all affiliates and General Electric are perpetrating a fraud on the world to make money on "green" energy,what a crock,u gotta have shit for brains to believe that
Syzygy60 1 year ago
no,because it's a fraud
Syzygy60 1 year ago
that's why I hate global warmers,even if we were in trouble have they ever suggested planet hopping?
Syzygy60 1 year ago
to leapfrog from planet or system or spread out is logical
Syzygy60 1 year ago
is a guess but I believe the reason every system in the universe is in different stages,means we need to time our intelligence and departure
Syzygy60 1 year ago
did u ever play logic computer games?
Syzygy60 1 year ago
God made the earth for man,someone did
Syzygy60 1 year ago
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why did god put the earth here?...for man
Syzygy60 1 year ago
democrats complain capitalism destroys the earth yet they permit abortion,I hate lying hypocrits
Syzygy60 1 year ago
@Syzygy60 -No one thinks abortion is a good idea. In the 70s abortion was legalized because women were being maimed at illegal abortion clinics. Capitalism need not destroy our Earth to achieve its objective. Your hate is the problem, check the facts more deeply before being so vocal.
bosticsteve 1 year ago
commies like to point to mistakes of the past,conservatives look forward
Syzygy60 1 year ago
don't lay guilt on a growing country,the chinese came voluntarily
Syzygy60 1 year ago
By Disses you goofs!
blisflix 1 year ago
One of my FAVORITE Gordy tunes
jpfleming71 1 year ago
r we free or r we sheep? we decide
Syzygy60 1 year ago
at least they weren't fat lazy pigs living off government
Syzygy60 1 year ago
Remember Freedom isn't Free!
Syzygy60 1 year ago
the better half if you forget the great lakes
Syzygy60 1 year ago
praise the human spirit
Syzygy60 1 year ago
some want to blame I come to praise
Syzygy60 1 year ago
great song love.... that pickin in the background awsome.....proud CANADIAN
AlxAlice 1 year ago
What a great tune. The last of good music. This, ladies and gentlemen, Is what music was. Talent.
PixelatedTV 1 year ago
NOBODY and I mean NOBODY, writes a ballad like Gordon Lightfoot writes a ballad. I grew up in Duluth, MN and always thought I was part Canadian mainly because I knew every Gordon Lightfoot song ever written. This guy was always underated in my books. Dylan was great but Gordon was even a notch above. Not just great musicians, but truly gifted as poets. I could listen to GL for hours and hours at a time. What a tremendous gift he was given and shared with the world. God Bless him.
FiremanOly 1 year ago 3
Wonderful song...captures the emotion of the sacrifice of things we take for granted. As an American I salute the quality of the Canadian people who appreciate nature and life.
Captainjimmyl 1 year ago 3
a canadian folk singer of the best class there is. true canadiana!
sledhead69 1 year ago
its over 9000!
cmoreawsome 1 year ago
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MrWills0n 1 year ago
Ayn Rand would love this tune!!!
onbradley 1 year ago
who are the 6 people who don't like this?
nomadnametab 1 year ago
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MrDakns 1 year ago
while living downtown detroit 1980 two of the greatest broadcast ever on canadian tv a ballet of this song and the Miracle live ballet not my thing but love to see again
bucknill 1 year ago
Canada - No place for the squeamish or weak! If the Landscape, weather and wildlife doesn't get you, the taxes will! Still, I love my country...Faults and all!
Motorcitymilo 1 year ago
Looks like you got the "fact" from the Canadian Idol video comments section for "Canadian Trilogy"
bogquan 1 year ago
One of the greatest songs ever written by one of the greatest performers.
georgeboyter 1 year ago 31
Ah...Gordon Lightfoot!
A musical genius!
Super video Linda......great job!
santamara 1 year ago
i just saw him live, a dream come true. soooo good.
TheMargie76c 1 year ago
Thank you for this! Learned this on my guitar in the 60s for my dad who was a railroader all his life. One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Cherelizbe 1 year ago 3
Job well done my Friend
Sent chills up my spine, and put a tear in my eye.
Bravo!!!!!!
paullie1963 1 year ago
Excellent Job my friend.
Sent chills up my back, and put tears in my eyes
paullie1963 1 year ago
this is perfection.
111610310925 1 year ago
they say there are 10 commie professors to everyone 1 of me
Syzygy60 1 year ago
this should be north american anthem
Syzygy60 1 year ago
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they r idiots
Syzygy60 1 year ago
This should be Canada's second national anthem
Redomar 1 year ago 19
I understand that this version is not from Gord's Gold but there is no denying Gord's soulful voice ! Gord can hold a note and that's a fact !
buubacous 1 year ago
Maybe I'm a little slow tonight.
Why "Trilogy"? Is the music broken into three parts? Something else?
mottledbrain 1 year ago
@mottledbrain The song is divided into three distinct sections with three unique melodies.
badnewsBH 1 year ago
Great Song..fantastic story . Check out Canadian Railroad Trilogy pairing Lightfoot's heart-stirring lyrics with stunning pastel images by renowned Canadian illustrator Ian Wallace in a new book published by House of Anansi Press
Markak1951 1 year ago
They say, there's one dead Chinese man for every mile of the railroad.
shadow13420 1 year ago 42
@shadow13420 It figures that some asshole has to make a totally off base remark like this. This urban legend has been made before with no supporting evidence of such actions taken by any RR. Cooley's and Gandy Dancers did contribute to most western RR's but to say one per mile is a strong aquisation as many men contributed to the laying of track and to say that Chinese were exploited is not correct.
otet532 1 year ago
@otet532 One, this is not an off based remark. The chinese contributed to the building of the railroad. Secondly, The chinese were exploited because they hardly made any money and after their contribution to the railroad, a head tax was put on the chinese and finally, they were not allowed to immigrate to Canada at all. There may not be evidence to the chinese dying, but they were cheated by Canada. I still am a proud Canadian.
shadow13420 1 year ago 2
@shadow13420 So how many Europeans died per mile of track?
redhotpepper37 1 year ago
@redhotpepper37 Who said anything about Europeans? I don't know. I just got this fact from a commercial.
shadow13420 1 year ago
@shadow13420 ...and a dead dukabhor for every sow sired...
DrBongWater 1 year ago
@shadow13420 the chinese volunteered
Syzygy60 1 year ago
@shadow13420 w h o a r e t h e y ?
ddarkshark 1 year ago
@shadow13420 how that got so many thumbs up is eerie
malfoy2 1 year ago
@shadow13420
More like one dead Irish man, amirite.
poplug 1 year ago
@shadow13420
Tough luck to the f#$cking Chinese.
btapoutjoe 11 months ago
@shadow13420 who's they?...u got a frog in ur pocket?
Syzygy60 11 months ago
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shadow13420 1 year ago
All though I love this song and Gordon Lightfoot is an amazing song writer, I can tell you that the version of this song released in "Gord's Gold" is SO much better. This version is, well... Less melodious, faster than it should be in some parts, and doesn't sound beautiful like the one in Gord's Gold. That one is amazing. It just blows me away every time I listen to it.
PRR4000 1 year ago
Ah, when songs were about something real...
bigjoeblueeyes 1 year ago 4
...sp! Gordon Lightfoot is such a great singer/storyteller.
marcostar57 1 year ago
What a great ballad.. Gordon Lightfoot is such a singer/storyteller.
marcostar57 1 year ago
StevieB..if u wanna hear great 12 string listen to "JBT Best version of Pickapart"..imo best ever, that and Ocean
bmanthebiff 1 year ago
With all due respect to Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot is Canada's poet laureate.
TampaRed 1 year ago
Wow! The equivalent & answer to the American Trucker songs. Man, he really kicks ass with that 12 string!! Thanks for the photos & posting this beautiful song. Like an interesting history lesson.
StevieB1362 1 year ago 3
Gorden's tribute to the founding of Canada, the better half of North America, and where all good Minnesotans want to go in the afterlife.
ryoushii 1 year ago 35
@ryoushii thats TOO funny ryoushii!! from: a Minnesota man...... but what do you mean?? we are alredy Canadians by proxy!! :)
BIGJOHNTON80 1 year ago
Me think all good Minnesotans want to go to Norway ...
branndotus 1 year ago
@branndotus And all the good Norwegians want to go to Greece or Rio... :-)
yankeeshogun 1 year ago
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Me think all good Minnesotans want to go to Norway ...
branndotus 1 year ago
@ryoushii what do you mean, where do they want to go
In2Infinity 1 year ago
This is a great song. Gordon Lightfoot will reign as one of the greatest story tellers in pop, or folk. He paints a picture of the early history of railroad workers in Canada, whose toil was never appreciated. He is as true an artist in providing us with verbal imagery as Van Gogh did with his brush. God bless you Gordo.
johnthehulk1 1 year ago 3
listen and learn ,,Canadians....
bearwhy 1 year ago
me and gordy go way back
Syzygy60 1 year ago
never liked "the boss"
Syzygy60 1 year ago
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MrDakns 1 year ago
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MrDakns 1 year ago
I like how Gordie understands the psychological mindset of migrant workers. He's really gotten into their heads:
....across the wide prairies our loved ones lie sleeping...beyond the dark oceans in a place far away....
... a dollar a day and a place for my head.... a drink to the living a toast to the dead...
makinawdandy6699 1 year ago 3
@makinawdandy6699 Love your comment. The song is about men who followed their vision through hard times. "We have opened up the soil with our teardrops and our toil." The vision was grand if more than a bit naive. But the spirit of Lightfoot's navvies is noble.
kloop64 1 year ago
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benhurfanclub 1 year ago 11
@benhurfanclub I love the Boss too though!
Robbie0Music0Critic 1 year ago
@Robbie0Music0Critic I think they are both great lyricists, among the best I have heard in my lifetime.
scienceguy1998 1 year ago
@benhurfanclub Damn straight! Gordon Lightfoot's the king of folk-rock!
BigKwell 1 year ago
Travel by train in Canada VIA Rail and or Amtrak in the United States! Especially if you have never been on a train!
Jack51971 1 year ago 4
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emaclynch 1 year ago
follow me
Syzygy60 1 year ago
real
Syzygy60 1 year ago
long 4 the whte man and long b4 the wheel
Syzygy60 1 year ago
yes screw us
Syzygy60 1 year ago
Could not agree more!! And he passed away this year. a Canadian icon
KontaktConsulting 1 year ago