1938 - 2023: Remembering the legendary Gordon Lightfoot

Подписаться 1,5 млн

Просмотров 59 тыс.

50% 1

John Vennavally-Rao reports on legendary Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot passing away at the age of 84.
Subscribe to CTV News to watch more videos: / ctvnews
Connect with CTV News:
For the latest news visit: www.ctvnews.ca/
For a full video offering visit the CTV News Network: www.ctvnews.ca/video
CTV News on Facebook: / ctvnews
CTV News on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/discover/CTV-News
CTV News on Twitter: / ctvnews
CTV News on Instagram: / ctvnews
CTV News on Reddit: / ctvnews
---
CTV News is Canada's most-watched news organization both locally and nationally, and has a network of national, international, and local news operations.

Развлечения

Опубликовано:

1 май 2023

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 88

@mickylawless1941 Год назад

I saw Gordon twice in concert. No bells and whistles, just immense talent. He will be greatly missed.

@jane_7193 Год назад

Yes, the world and the popular culture has changed so. Lightfood sung from his heart, true talent. Young megastars sing with an unnatural voice and they all sing the same, imitating each other. Sounds horrible and boring.

@bigbang323 Год назад

"In the Early Morning Rain" with an acoustic guitar and a baritone voice, magnificently written, that even Elvis wanted to sing it. It's one of my favorite songs.

@bluesgirl01 Год назад

All he needed was his voice, his song and his guitar. That is talent.

@francesbrisco776 Год назад

Gordon Lightfoot ,❤ We will always have his music😊

@a-aronw1186 Год назад

My Mom sang me the Gordon Lightfoot songs in my crib when I was a baby. I'm 39 now and have grown a love for Gordon's amazing Canadian music. Thank you for all the great songs Gordon Lightfoot, a real Canadian legend. We will miss you but the songs and persona live on.

@jdvasquez2046 Год назад

Lightfoot was a musician's musician. He wrote his own lead sheets and used vocal techniques unlike his contemporaries. We'll miss him.

@edwardbliss8931 Год назад

What hurts about this is that Gordon Lightfoot represents a time, era, spirit in Canadian music---especially his Yorkville days, when a scene was thriving and vibrant---an epicentre bursting with creativity---that we may never see again

@COlson-rh3dg Год назад

You mean rap songs about murdering and shooting don't count?

@dwaynewladyka577 Год назад

An iconic Canadian artist. May Gordon Lightfoot rest in peace. ✌️🙏🇨🇦

@stephenspencer4672 Год назад

I loved Gordon's music for more than 50 years. Got to see him just in concert in Seattle's Opera House. He was amazing and engaging. A sad but fond farewell to the Canadian Troubadour😢.

@MimsicalRenegade Год назад

Godspeed Gordon , Godspeed ❤

@judypurcell6571 Год назад

❤ rest in peace Gordon Lightfoot you are a great singer

@exertkarma Год назад

I grew up hearing my parents play their Lightfoot CDs all the time on friday and saturday nights and have associated so many memories and emotions with his music. He will be missed. Rest in peace Gordon.

@wendypatchett3004 Год назад

I still tear up when he sings the Edmund Fitzgerald.

@olvinyldude Год назад

Yes, being an ex sailor myself, that was my song...he did that so well...he will be missed indeed

@regeland-eg2fq Год назад

Love and Adore him even more, I don't know how that could be...I will forever sing his songs...

@lilbitsleepy2574 Год назад

Lovely tribute to a legend

@MaidensWorldOfWax Год назад

Rest Easy now Gord. Thank you for all the music and memories.

@ellijay1961 Год назад

Great artist

@davefairburn3298 Год назад

Song for a Winters Night - great arrangement.

@joebloggs8636 Год назад

Killer song.

@jroysims44 Год назад

Timeless. Immortal.

@comedianmattrossey Год назад

Thank You Mr Lightfoot. Rest In Peace. 😢❤💫

@dawn1one Год назад

We will always love you, Gordon Lightfoot, as your songs and voice are in our hearts.

@Pattiepies55 Год назад

I'm devastated 😭

@Dan-nt2yb Год назад

Devastating.😢

@yoyit-realtor Год назад

Rest in peace and happiness

@Karencoraoliviarags Год назад

What an amazing musician!

@michaelgreen1365 Год назад

He was an awesome musician I listen to all of his songs they were just beautiful I’m sad that he’s gone he will be dearly missed. Love you brother From one musician to another. I am a keyboard is and I play a lot of your songs😢

@gadymarcus2362 Год назад

Magnifico.😭

@ljacobs357 Год назад

One of my favorites.

@r.m2421 Год назад

Rest Easy.....My Dad loved your music.He will say Hi...Thank you

@razony Год назад

What memories I had with Gordon Lightfoot in the 70s to present times. Everyone shall pass from this place. Love & Light Gordon.

@jamesmcfarlane2382 Год назад

I found his music and never forgot it.

@mrains100 Год назад

One word for Mr. Lightfoot: Talent.

@heatherstewart647 Год назад

"The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound as the waves turned the minutes to hours." His lyrics and music were pure genius. May he rest in peace.

@joshuabrooks4907 Год назад

"Sundown, you better take care, if I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs..."

@paulgoldstein2569 Год назад

I felt very sorry to see him go. A CD was recently released on the Jasmine label collecting his early Country/Pop sides that he made for the Canadian Chateau label, recorded in two Spring 1962 sessions in Nashville before he became famous, and those very early recordings he preferred to forget.

@maggienorris7833 Год назад

We lost Ian Tyson in late December and now Gordon Lightfoot in early May. I am happy knowing that they lived long, productive lives. I have loved them both since the early 1960s and love them still.

@CBB1981 Год назад

Legend and Poet. We'll miss him. 😢

@Em-mr6wu Год назад

Gordon Lightfoot and Canada and its lands will always be intertwined in my heart and soul. Love love love. Thank you Gordon Lightfoot.

@lynnkowalla1315 Год назад

So sad, listening to his and my favorite song, I love him❤️

@arieladelinechoo9845 Год назад

I remembered hymn along when the radio plYing his songs....as a kid. I love this song...if u could read my mind love.......magical

@viviennetwigg8096 Год назад

A beautiful performer and song

@danbasta3677 4 месяца назад

Gordon Meridith Lightfoot is one of the most finest Canadian singer/songwriters of our time. He will always be missed by many who took the time to listen to his music and appreciate the depth and well meaning and writing of each song he produced and performed and sang on stage to the many who appreciated his finely detailed work. Rest well and rest peaceably Gordon Meridith Lightfoot. Your work upon this earth is completed, however your music will live on throughout all eternity.

@librarynan4610 Год назад

I’m still playing Gordon Lightfoot records. Saw him twice in concerts. He and his band were awesome.

@1americanboy Год назад

An Amazing person and Artist... One of a Kind Artist..

@WEIKOV69 Год назад

Saw him in my home town. Just learning one of his songs to perform. What a talented, beautiful musical soul.

@Accam570 Год назад

Gordon and Anne Murray. Two great Canadian artists who chose to live in Canada.

@tribzman3977 Год назад

All of these incredible talents passing away as the years goes on, feels like a part of me passes away too which truly saddens me greatly, but in another way, it will always live on.

@Leslie-es5ij Год назад

Great talent, distinctive sound, fellow sailor,and canoes, see you around the bend my friend.

@2Wingers Год назад

you will be missed

@asdfghjklkjhvbvcvjhvlyhb9957 Год назад

I listened to the Cold on the shoulder album today. Floorless songwriting end to end. love it. Hadn`t heard it in a while. My Dad had it on vinyl when I was a kid. Great album

@Smittyschannel Год назад

Thank you so much for following your dreams, Gordon- we are all better because of it. Got to take my elderly father to see you back in 2014 in Cleveland. A great concert. Thank you

@havenhobby3729 Год назад

The Leader of The Band is forever silenced - a sad day indeed and he will be missed. All who heard him should make it their mission to introduce him to those who come after.. Thank You Gordon for all Your Stories

@briantilke Год назад

As a sailer i love Christian Island it ses all you love about your boat ⛵ and the sea sing it to myself every time I sail my boat ⛵ but even more poinant now drop anchor and rest easy in harbour now Gordon bless 🙏 you some wonderful songs 😢

@stevenelson3515 Год назад

The word “legendary” is used far too frequently these days. But in Gord’s case, the description is spot on. He was the voice of Canada. The Canadian Railroad Trilogy is an absolute masterpiece, as are the two shipwreck songs (Edmund Fitzgerald and Yarmouth Castle). I said on another YT video that Gord’s songs put you in the scene. With Edmund Fitzgerald, you were transported to Superior and were rolling with the waves. On something like Song for a Winter’s Night, you were cozy by the fireplace with a steaming mug of hot chocolate. We will never see his like again.

@Deanwrd Год назад

There's noting like a mid-Spring day with the windows open and a gentle breeze blowing with Gordon Lightfoot playing in the background. That's as close to a perfect Spring day that I can think of.

@Jeanetteinnes Год назад

Such a genius 😢

@0217ldp Год назад

I saw Gordon once in the late 1980s.

@4470greg Год назад

Seven Island Suite ❤

@colinmcilwaine1979 Год назад

A nice tribute to a great artist. One of my all time favourites.

@sivberggren7732 Год назад

@squirlmy Год назад

I think Locke & Key graphic novel and streaming series was inspired by the lyric, "ghost in a wishing well" in If You Could Read My Mind. He just had lyrics where a single line could inspire generations of others' art. And will continue to long into the future.

@benjaminholmertz4827 11 месяцев назад

Saw him at one of his last shows.

@keithwigley1256 Год назад

Special

@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge Год назад

Amazing guy, gutted

@jamesslick4790 Год назад

American here: Believe Me, Gordon Lightfoot was a big thing here too (At least, AFIK in Pittsburgh) Along with Hockey, Basketball, and that annoying thing, the Telephone, Canadians contributed a LOT to "American" culture. Off to listen to Gordo, And maybe some RUSH. 👍😊👍

@squirlmy Год назад

Oh yes! I'll never forget on my honeymoon, entering a Copenhagen hotel bar and being surprised that his music was playing on the jukebox. It had quite a few of his songs on it. So, a huge international presence.

@peterwoodmusic Год назад

❤

@thantunaunggoldeneagle5113 Год назад

***PEACE OUT : AMEN***

@michaelgreen1365 Год назад

Sundown you better take care if I find you creeping round my back stairs

@descendantsanddoctorwhofan5998 Год назад

I did not know that he appeared on the BBC with Rolf Harris.

@Ben-tr Год назад

Carefree highway

@johnh2527 Год назад

Join the Angel Band, Gordon. You sing lead.🙂🙏

@edgeorgian Год назад

I grew up with his music. There will never be another like him. Will dearly be missed. His music had meaning.

@fodank Год назад

And what do we have now to compare him to? Auto-tuned 'singers', dumbed down lyrics, inarticulate songs with zero class and no message. I'm glad I got to live in a world with Gordon Lightfoot alive and singing his heart out. Today's youth live in a wasteland and don't even know it.

@levelzanimations Год назад

the same age as superman

@christopherp.hitchens3902 Год назад

“Legend”? I liked some of his music…but “Legend”? It’s gotten to the point where it seems like almost any minor celebrity becomes a “Legend” once they die.

@fidelcastro6931 Год назад

Calling him legendary is a stretch.

@HollywoodCreeper Год назад

You don't know anything then!!!!! Elvis recorded 2 of his songs! Culturally, his songs will never grow old, but most popular things today are completely forgetable. He is about as big as Willy Nelson.

@fidelcastro6931 Год назад

@@HollywoodCreeper Bro, he ain't sell no records.

@squirlmy Год назад

Could you troll harder? Is it even possible?