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Music Appreciation

Rocknation

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9. The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy.

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Mon May 1, 2023, 10:00 PM

May 2023

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They might have split up, or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water
And all the remains is the faces and names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

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Gordon Lightfoot has passed away. [View all] Swede May 2023 OP

Thank you... JoeOtterbein May 2023 #1

Bummer ornotna May 2023 #2

I feel old now. RIP Mr. Gordon Botany May 2023 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2023 #22

Great poet blm May 2023 #4

Oh No Bev54 May 2023 #5

Who is the other one? LisaM May 2023 #8

Robbie Bachman Bev54 May 2023 #12

Tim Bachman BOSSHOG May 2023 #16

Oh could be, I may have gotten it wrong, I just know it wasn't Randy Bev54 May 2023 #17

Sorry you are correct, it was Tim Bev54 May 2023 #18

Any one of them would have been a heartbreak Bev54 BOSSHOG May 2023 #19

Yes that is year of birth and yes we are losing some of the best and I fear what else Bev54 May 2023 #21

Me too 😐 dweller May 2023 #27

Happy 1954 teammate BOSSHOG May 2023 #45

Ah (I think that was a couple of days ago). LisaM May 2023 #30

Noooooooooooooo...... 50 Shades Of Blue May 2023 #6

Damn. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #7

He had a slew of health problems VGNonly May 2023 #26

RIP Gordon DENVERPOPS May 2023 #31

He was also a heavy smoker. VGNonly May 2023 #32

He was extremely lucky to survive that ruptured aneurysm and all that time spent in a coma. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #34

My father survived an AAA VGNonly May 2023 #37

Gordon and your father DENVERPOPS May 2023 #38

I'm sorry about your father. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #41

I survived a AAA Beausoleil May 2023 #44

The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy. Rocknation May 2023 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2023 #23

this one ... dweller May 2023 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2023 #24

Same here. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #35

Bought the album Gord's Gold in 1975 Nanuke May 2023 #11

Awesome time for Music BOSSHOG May 2023 #25

This is sad news. LoisB May 2023 #13

oh my goodness :(:(:( Gordon was my first concert back TalenaGor May 2023 #14

An inspirational minstrel and poet. Sneederbunk May 2023 #15

He led an interesting life. World famous musicians who played Toronto applegrove May 2023 #20

One of the giants.. Permanut May 2023 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2023 #29

Here's one of his lesser-known gems: lastlib May 2023 #33

I know a woman who was honeymooning on the Bahama Star. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #36

He had a million lesser-known gems. Few artists were as prolific as he was. nt Quixote1818 May 2023 #40

Summertime Dream (the album) is chock-full of gems lastlib May 2023 #47

He was my favorite artist hands down. My DU handle partly comes from his song Don Quixote Quixote1818 May 2023 #39

I can see her looking fast in her faded jeans Lasher May 2023 #42

I spent quality time in Owen Sound, Canada OAITW r.2.0 May 2023 #43

"This one is really hard to write. Once in a blue moon you get to work and hang out with one of ..." mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 #46