Fun Music Information -> Gordon Lightfoot
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Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Carefree Highway," | Um, how can a highway be carefree? | Raphael |
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Carfree Highway" originally "Carefree Highway"
Terror Reid
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"If You Could Dread My Mind" originally "If You Could Read My Mind"
Reese without her spoon
Song Parody Recordings:
Jan 3
"The story of Wario Ware, inc." by Andrea Huckstep a.k.a. Queen Dedede
a parody of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot
Oct 13
"The End of The Curse of Bambino" by Johnny D
a parody of "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot
On September 30, 2005, I sang my parody "The End of The Curse of Bambino" at an amateur talent show at The First Church of Christ, Congregational, in Bedford, Massachusetts, as part of a fundraiser to benefit survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Here's a recording of my performance.
Small World: (MP3)
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Oct 8
"The Wreck of Ben Affleck and J. Lo" by Spaff.com
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)
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Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald " | "The Deck Of The Hammond Wildcard" | Ann Hammond |
| "Sundown" | "Son's Down" | John A. Barry |
| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | "The Stack of Songs, Now Fifteen Hundred" | Michael Pacholek |
| "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" | "Queued Next In The North Jersey Herald" | Guy DiRito |
| "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald" | "The Wrecks of TWOTEF" | Agrimorfee |
| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | "The Wrecks of the Actor Will Ferrell" | Michael Pacholek |
| "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald" | "The Lust of Ms Candy X Cleavage" | Below Average Dave |
| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | "Wrecked By the Iowa Caucus" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Rainy Day People" | "Trailer Park People" | Joe Haynes |
| "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" | "The Techies Of PC World" | Phil Alexander |
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Untapped Commercial Ideas:
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 |
| Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald | Lake Superior Touring Services | G30RG3 |
| Carefree Highway | Carefree, Arizona, Chamber of Commerce | Peg |
| Carefree Highway | Tampax Corporate Offices | hec |
| If You Could Read My Mind | Psychic Hotline | FussBudgetVanPelt |
| The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald | Gitchee Gumee Ferry Company | FussBudgetVanPelt |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Mama Knows The Highway Hal Ketchum | Carefree Highway Gordon Lightfoot | Mama Knows The Carefree Highway | Penelope Beckinsale |
| Gotta Travel On Billy Grammer | Carefree Highway Gordon Lightfoot | Gotta Travel On Carefree Highway | Natalie Snortman |
| Blame It On The Rain Milli Vanilli | Rainy Day People Gordon Lightfoot | Blame It On The Rainy Day People | Consta Pate |
| Purple Rain Prince | Rainy Day People Gordon Lightfoot | Purple Rainy Day People | Lucille Ball sized hail |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
Flash Gordon And The Lightfoot Pan
Flash And The Pan combined with Gordon Lightfoot
Submitted By: Peggy Pollock
Gordon Electric Lightfoot Orchestra
Gordon Lightfoot combined with Electric Light Orchestra
Submitted By: Martha Hankins
Misheard Lyrics:
"Carefree Highway"
Misheard Lyrics: Every highway, let me slip away on you
Every highway, you've seen better days Tomorrow after blues, from my head down to my shoes Every highway let's me slip away, slip away on you. Original Lyrics: Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you've seen better days The mornin' after blues, from my head down to my shoes Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you. | "Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes at Better Day Kids'
And I'll find you've been creeping and I'm not that stiff Sometimes, a kid gets a shake And I'll find you've been creeping and I'm feeling okay. Original Lyrics: Sundown, ya better take care
If I find you been creepin' round my back stairs Sometimes I think it's a shame When I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain. |
"Too Many Clues In This Room"
Misheard Lyrics: All around the looking glass, dancing to The Cure
Sweeping out the house with a fine-toothed comb. Original Lyrics: All around the looking glass, dancing to a tune
Sweeping out the house with a fine-toothed comb. | "Ghosts Of Cape Horn"
Misheard Lyrics: They are the ghosts of gay porn.
Original Lyrics: They are the ghosts of Cape Horn.
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes at Better Day Kids'
And I'll find you've been creeping and I'm not that stiff Sometimes, a kid gets a shake And I'll find you've been creeping and I'm feeling okay. Original Lyrics: Sundown, ya better take care
If I find you been creepin' round my back stairs Sometimes I think it's a shame When I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain. |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Boris B I just imagined it was about a really paranoid guy who would hang out at a fast food place called "Better Day Kids'" and tremble with fear as customers would come and go. I could never figure out what was so scary about fast food. |
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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.
Misrhymed 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 Lyrics:
"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.
Submitted by: little Jen
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Dated 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 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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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
