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Fun Music Information -> Gordon Lightfoot
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Possible Misspelled Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Gorden LightfootNew Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Boasts Of Cape Horn" | "Ghosts Of Cape Horn" | Nicole Velocin |
| "Coasts Of Cape Horn" | "Ghosts Of Cape Horn" | Nell Allen |
| "Rhythm Of Darkness" | "Ribbon Of Darkness" | Trevor Overt |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "If You Could Read My Mind," | You really can't read minds (like a book, anyway) | Pig Smith |
| "Endless Wire," | All wires have ends. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Ribbon Of Darkness," | Darkness doesn't come in ribbons. | Heather Brockwell |
| "I'm Not Saying," | Then how are you SINGING? | Rich |
| "Carefree Highway," | Um, how can a highway be carefree? | Diddims |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Total Eclipse Of The Heart," Bonnie Tyler | "Ribbon Of Darkness," Gordon Lightfoot | |
| "Rock The Boat," The Hues Corporation | "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald," Gordon Lightfoot | |
| "Rainy Day Women #12 And #35," Bob Dylan | "Rainy Day People," Gordon Lightfoot | |
| "What's Your Name?," Lynyrd Skynyrd | "Marie Christine," Gordon Lightfoot | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Hosts Of Cape Horn" originally "Ghosts Of Cape Horn"
Alexis
"Race Among The Runs" originally "Race Among The Ruins"
Jana Fipp
"Ace Among The Ruins" originally "Race Among The Ruins"
Jana Fipp
"The Circe Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes)" originally "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes)"
Circe = sorceress / temptress in 'The Odyssey'
Lorraine Thoanjer
"The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Our Eyes)" originally "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes)"
Candy Welty
There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Ghosts Off Cape Horn" originally "Ghosts Of Cape Horn"
Alexis
"Race Among The Bruins" originally "Race Among The Ruins"
Farlow Maitland
"Trace Among The Ruins" originally "Race Among The Ruins"
Farlow Maitland
"Brace Among The Ruins" originally "Race Among The Ruins"
Farlow Maitland
"Grace Among The Ruins" originally "Race Among The Ruins"
Farlow Maitland
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"Race Among The Reins" originally "Race Among The Ruins"
Valerie Cameron
"Race Along The Ruins" originally "Race Amomg The Ruins "
Don't kmow how Jana missed this one.
Francis A. Sissy
"Rave Among The Ruins" originally "Race Among The Ruins"
Jana Fipp
"Rare Among The Ruins" originally "Race Among The Ruins"
Jana Fipp
"Rage Among The Ruins" originally "Race Among The Ruins"
Jana Fipp
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Recordings:
Oct 14
a parody of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot
Tribute to JFK and the events of 50 years ago.
You Tube: (AVCHD Video (.MTS))
Oct 8
a parody of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot
Geez, after all the effort we expended to make fun of them, you'd think they'd have the common decency to stay separated. Sang by - Robert Lund
Spaff.com: (MP3)
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | "With Respect to My Dead Monkfish, Harold" | Bob Gomez |
| "Rainy Day People" | "Cambridge A. People" | Auntie Trohl |
| "Sundown" | "DumbPhone" | Jim Rotondo |
| "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | "The Tenerife Disaster 1977" | Susanna Viljanen |
| "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" | "The Deck Of The Hammond Inchinyard" | Ann Hammond |
| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | "The Wreck of the Iowa Caucus -- 2016 Edition" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Farewell to Nova Scotia" | "Stuck in the Keweenaw" | Fuzzbean |
| "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" | "The Wreck Of The Rubber Duck, Darryl" | Leough |
| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | "The Wreck, 40 Years Later" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Sundown" | "If Gordon Lightfoot Sang "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"" | Patrick McWilliams |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Carefree Highway | Carefree, Arizona, Chamber of Commerce | Peg |
| Rainy Day People | The Weather Channel | Matt Donnelly |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| If You Could Read My Mind | College of Psychic Studies | Brian |
| If I Could Read Your Mind | Psychic and/or a brain disorders research clinic | Donna W |
| Alberta Bound | Saskatchewan Tourism | Donna W |
| The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Washington State Ferries | Donna W |
| The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Any cruise line or overseas shipping company | Donna W |
| There are additional on hold music ideas available. | ||
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| I Am The Highway Audioslave | Carefree Highway Gordon Lightfoot | I Am The Carefree Highway | Alicia Sturdivant |
| The Race Is On George Jones | Race Among The Ruins Gordon Lightfoot | The Race Among The Ruins Is On | Julia Cox |
| Bicycle Race Queen | Race Among The Ruins Gordon Lightfoot | Bicycle Race Among The Ruins | Julia Cox |
| Tie Dye On The Highway Robert Plant | Carefree Highway Gordon Lightfoot | Tie Dye On The Carefree Highway | Isac |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Lesley Goredon Lightfoot
Lesley Gore combined with Gordon Lightfoot
Middle word pronounced just like "Gordon"
Submitted By: Ariane
Peter And Gordon Lightfoot
Peter And Gordon combined with Gordon Lightfoot
Submitted By: Candy Welty
Nina Gordon Lightfoot
Nina Gordon combined with Gordon Lightfoot
Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi
Flash Gordon And The Lightfoot Pan
Flash And The Pan combined with Gordon Lightfoot
Submitted By: Peggy Pollock
There are additional Gordon Lightfoot Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"If You Could Read My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: With Jane upon my feet
Original Lyrics: With chains upon my feet
| "Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics: Somebody better take care
Original Lyrics: Sundown, you better take care
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"Carefree Highway"
Misheard Lyrics: Carefree I-o-way (Iowa)
Original Lyrics: Carefree highway
| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics: When supper time came the old cook was a d***.
Original Lyrics: When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck.
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Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Carefree Highway"
Misheard Lyrics: Carefree highway, let me step away on you.
Carefree highway, using paradise. The morning after blues from my head down to my shoes. Carefree highway, let me step away. Step away on you. Original Lyrics: Carefree highway, let me slip away on you.
Carefree highway, you seen better days. The morning after blues from my head down to my shoes. Carefree highway, let me slip away. Slip away on you. |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Wisnu Aji I wondering if there is a place that let him step away from home. The place that I mean is a resort to make him relax. However, when I googling the lyrics of this song, it makes no sense at all. About this song: "Carefree Highway" is track #8 on his ninth studio album, "Sundown", released in 1974. Fortunately, while Gordon's success was came too late since his debut in the middle of the 1960s, the power ballad reaching #10 on Billboard's Pop Chart. Became Gordon himself one of many favorite artists of all time that recommended by many critics to listeners who did not hear his music. |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"Sundown"
Better Lyrics:
Storm clouds, you better take care
If I find you've raining over my lawn chairs
If I find you've raining over my lawn chairs
Original Lyrics:
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you've been creepin' 'round my back stairs
If I find you've been creepin' 'round my back stairs
Submitted by: Canada
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Better Lyrics:
The terror began in September of oh-one
When an Atta attacked the Trade Center.
Kamikazes, we knew, by the time it was all through,
And that day we'd ID'd their sick mentor.
America has grieved, so spectacularly bereaved
But determined we are, not downtrodden.
We must fight the Taliban and that horrible man,
The despicable Osama bin Laden
He's a man of ill fame,
who gives Islam a bad name,
Obsessed with his mission of mayhem.
His unspeakable deeds call forth America's need
Efficiently quite back to pay him.
We simply mustn't stop till we've sneaked over the top,
Searched the caves and the sewers and GOT HIM!
This isn't a rant, we gotta get what we want,
Just deserts for Osama bin Laden!
When an Atta attacked the Trade Center.
Kamikazes, we knew, by the time it was all through,
And that day we'd ID'd their sick mentor.
America has grieved, so spectacularly bereaved
But determined we are, not downtrodden.
We must fight the Taliban and that horrible man,
The despicable Osama bin Laden
He's a man of ill fame,
who gives Islam a bad name,
Obsessed with his mission of mayhem.
His unspeakable deeds call forth America's need
Efficiently quite back to pay him.
We simply mustn't stop till we've sneaked over the top,
Searched the caves and the sewers and GOT HIM!
This isn't a rant, we gotta get what we want,
Just deserts for Osama bin Laden!
Original Lyrics:
The legend lives on, from the Chippewa on down,
Of the great lake they call Gitchee Gumee.
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy.
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early.
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin.
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When it left fully loaded for Cleveland.
And later that night when the ship's bell rang,
Could it be the North wind they'd been feelin'?
Of the great lake they call Gitchee Gumee.
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy.
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early.
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin.
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When it left fully loaded for Cleveland.
And later that night when the ship's bell rang,
Could it be the North wind they'd been feelin'?
Submitted by: Liz J.
Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
when the gales of November come early. Why They're Nonsensical: Given that the tragedy he's talking about took place in November, I would say the "gales of November" were not early, but rather right on time.
Submitted by: Michael S.
| "The House You Live In"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Beware of strange faces and dark dingy places
Be careful while bending the law And the house you live in will never fall down If you pity the stranger who stands at your door. Why They're Nonsensical: So, which is it, Gordon? Do we fear the stranger or pity him?
Submitted by: Carolee
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Misrhymed Song Lyrics:
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral. The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. Why They're Misrhymed: This is only the most painful misrhyming in this song-it has 14 verses and goes on for over 6 minutes, and there is only one verse (sung twice) that actually rhymes properly. Other shining examples are 'Wisconsin' with 'well seasoned' and 'railing' with 'stealin' '. Look it up! But I do have to say, I still love the song. Gordon Lightfoot is great, but I'm suprised he hasn't been called more often on his tendency to misrhyme.
Submitted by: Carolee
| "The House You Live In"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Beware of strange faces and dark dingy places
Be careful while bending the law And the house you live in will never fall down If you pity the stranger who stands at your door. Why They're Misrhymed: 'Law' and 'door'? Eek.
Submitted by: Carolee
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Inappropriate Song Lyrics:
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: When suppertime came the old cook came on deck
and said "fellows it's too rough to feed ya!" Why They're Inappropriate: Would anybody feel like eating after weaving and rocking and reeling on a boat in a storm? Probably not.
Submitted by: Little Jen
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Dated Song Lyrics:
"Early Morning Rain"
The Dated Lyrics: Out on runway number 9, Big 707 set to go.
Why They're Dated: Few Boeing 707s, which dominated passenger air transport in the 1960s and remained popular in the 1970s, are in service today.
Submitted by: Kathy
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Dirty Song Lyrics:
"Sundown"
The Dirty Lyrics: I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress
In a room where ya do what ya don't confess Why They're Dirty: Come on Gordon. What goes on in that room that you don't talk about?
Submitted by: Aristotle
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Rainy Day People"
Opening Lines: Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
| "If You Could Read My Mind"
Opening Lines: If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
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| There are additional spelling lyrics available. | |
Song Title Space Change:
"Sun Down" originally "Sundown"
Submitted by: Opie M.
"Early Mornin' Grain" originally "Early Morning Rain"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Early Morn In Grain" originally "Early Morning Rain"
Submitted by: Cape Canaveral Lavigne
Band Name Anagrams:
Golfing Rod Tooth Submitted by: Little Old Lady Hu
Rotting Golf Hood Submitted by: Whatever You Wanna Call Me
Looting Dog Froth Submitted by: Puto
Frothing Dog Tool Submitted by: Puto
Gold Roof Tonight Submitted by: Jennifer
There are additional Band Name Anagrams available.
Song Title Anagrams:
"He's Not For Hog Caps" originally "Ghosts Of Cape Horn"
Submitted by: Sylvia Curruca
"He's For No Goth Caps" originally "Ghosts Of Cape Horn"
Submitted by: Sylvia Curruca
"Changers Of Photos" originally "Ghosts Of Cape Horn"
Submitted by: Alexis
"She Forgot No Chaps" originally "Ghosts Of Cape Horn"
Submitted by: Alexis
"The Song Of Carhops" originally "Ghosts Of Cape Horn"
Submitted by: Alexis
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
The Lyrics: In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral. Why: Refers to Detroit, Michigan.
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
| "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
The Lyrics: Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion. Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams; The islands and bays are for sportsmen. And farther below Lake Ontario Takes in what Lake Erie can send her, Why: Refers to the five great lakes of North America: Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
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Songs That Are Banned:
"Black Day In July"
"Motor City Madness has reached the country side"... Obvious references to the Detroit riots in the Summer of Love (1967). Mostly because it was a Canadian commenting on American current events (How dare they!!??).
Submitted by: Royal Pfizbin
Lyrics Pronunciation:
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
The Lyrics: In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed
In the maritime sailors' cathedral Why: Lightfoot pronounces "Detroit" as de-TROY-ut to fit the rhythm of the song.
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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Super Long Pop Songs:
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" Length: 7:02
Perhaps the longest song ever recorded by a Canadian artist. Obviously the longest recorded by Lightfoot. And the covers of this song are even longer. The longest was an 8:45 version by Rheostatics.
Submitted by: John Phillips Screwdriver
Song Title Acrostics:
NAT: "Now And Then"
Submitted by: Sutch
COTS: "Cold On The Shoulder"
Submitted by: Sutch
ROD: "Ribbon Of Darkness"
Submitted by: Allison O'Silla
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Jack Day In Blue Lie" originally "Black Day In July"
Submitted by: Lydia Idyl
"Wear Key, Fry Hay" originally "Carefree Highway"
Submitted by: Mary Byram
"Wear Key High Fray" originally "Carefree Highway"
Submitted by: Mary Byram
"Jottin' Kenny" originally "Cotton Jenny"
Submitted by: Connie Brady
"Jack Lay In Dubai" originally "Black Day In July"
Submitted by: Lois Teem
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"Ribbon Of Darkness"
The Lyrics: In this cold room lying, don't want to see no one but you.
Lord, I wish I could be dying to forget you. Why: This song has a rousing tune, but it is a lament over a lost love. It gets so heavy in these lines that the singer even declares that he wishes he could die to forget his lost love.
Submitted by: Jim Raveling
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Lyrics Spoonerisms:
"Ribbon Of Darkness"
The Lyrics: Clouds are gathering o'er my head.
They chill the day and hide the Sun. Why: Clouds are gathering o'er my head.
They chill the hay and dyed the Sun. Submitted by: D. Melody Dole, MD
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Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Protocol"
Herbert Ross' 1984 film with Goldie Hawn
Submitted by: Sutch
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