FIRST TIME REACTING TO | Gordon Lightfoot - "If You Could Read My Mind"

[@kenneth2875]

How do I sent you a video to react to?

[@brittreacts]

Comment it!

[@bww9450]

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[@acornsucks2111]

@@brittreacts He's too bashful.

[@spruce381]

If you like a beautiful song with meaningful lyrics you won’t do better than - Paul Brady, The Island - react to the animated version. Your insight is magic, like your juxtaposition comment on simplicity and depth. Ta. 👍👍🏽

[@susanmacdonald4288]

@@brittreacts even if you don't react to it, check out Gordon's song Ode to Big Blue. It's a song about a whale, and it's just wonderful. Rather haunting.

[@deselby260]

"Gordon Lightfoot died without ever having written a bad song." - Bob Dylan

[@traveler9573]

Bob was a big fan.

[@MichaelSerby]

I saw Gordon Lightfoot 5 ti,es in concert in the the 70's. HE WAS THE BEST 💗 💙

[@jjones4314]

Saw Gordon Lightfoot in concert once. Small intimate setting here in FL. Loved his music then, love his music now! One of the greats of our Boomer generation!

[@redtick79]

If Niel Diamond is THE American Troubadour, then surely Gordon Lightfoot is THE Canadian Troubadour. Love them both.

[@chetstevensq]

Uhm... You mean Bob Dylan? Or maybe Harry Chapin as the greatest storyteller ever. Diamond is an icon but not a troubadour.

[@redtick79]

@@chetstevensq No I meant who I picked. Being a Troubadour requires you to be able to sing, Bob Dylan does not meet the criteria.

[@chetstevensq]

@@redtick79 A troubadour is a singing POET, Dylan is widely considered the latest great American poet. Which is why I drew the distinction for Chapin who is a story teller but only Cats In The Cradle was adapted from a poem. As far as I know Diamond has written 0 poems.

[@G_Demolished]

I thought Neil Diamond was the Jewish Elvis.

[@ShaeferGriffin-it9nx]

Neil Diamond is Jewish Elvis.

[@chrisphillips6249]

The lyrics came to Lightfoot one summer in 1969 while he was sitting in his empty house in Toronto that was up for sale. It was a letter written to his then wife whom he had loved and was ultimately losing at the time. “I was going through some emotional trauma leading up to a separation, and that manifested itself in that particular song on that particular afternoon,” said Lightfoot of the song in 2010, remembering the moment he wrote it more than 40 years earlier. “I’ll never forget the afternoon.”

[@pageribe2399]

Wow!

[@Dread_Pirate62]

You’ll never find a bad Gordon Lightfoot song, he was a true artist. I’m almost 64 years old and have been a fan of his for 50 years.

[@dbradx]

Bob Dylan was asked about Gordon Lightfoot and said this - "Every time I hear a song of his, it's like I wish it would last forever.”

[@TheSurvivalist58]

I'm 58 and love all of Gordon Lightfoots music ❤ I have also been a huge fan of his for 50+ years. He released his first album the month and year I was born! I believe I was like 5-6 years old before I actually heard of him and his music.

[@donaldleider7382]

Bless you, even your sneeze is cute!

[@jjones4314]

Ditto! He was one of the best!

[@cjextreme]

When my soulmate passed when we were young, I have never wanted to read that book again because the "endings just too hard to take" I've been alone now for 38 years. Every day I still miss my Terri ❤️

[@juliagrant3299]

So sorry, but hopefully you have some wonderful memories

[@larrytoler5528]

Im right there with you

[@JacquesLaFleche]

Lots of love to you. Hopefully you can feel your partner through songs and moments like these and really be there with them.

[@dsusan17]

One of Canada greatest gift to the world. He is one of the greatest story tellers. Good reaction

[@dalemcmillan7231]

A Canadian icon . Brilliant Songwriter. 🇨🇦

[@robertfindley921]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written. Listen to the studio version next to get the full experience.

[@Zebred2001]

Yes but not from Gord's Gold. That album was too overproduced. Go back to the original studio release.

[@thegenxkid1980]

Agree. Sounds much more haunting. Genius.

[@quinjesuis9187]

It's hauntingly beautiful 🖤

[@stephensarahbutcherhowell5477]

Gordon Lightfoot is one of the singer/storytellers. Jim Croce is right there too

[@larrytoler5528]

Yes she needs to react to Operator

[@michaelb2068]

​@larrytoler5528 i got a name was a great song also by jim

[@AP-gb3eh]

He had a beautifully developed control of his voice,wonderful rich story telling and talented guitarist. He stood on stage taking everyone on a journey. To see him in small clubs - wonderful

[@justabaker5609]

He has always been one of my favorites. His song entitled "Beautiful" is just that. Highly recommend and suggest it.

[@gwydion56]

My mom passed away in February. Gordon Lightfoot was her favorite singer/songwriter, and I cannot hear him without remembering that his was the one concert I remember her seeing live. The man was a master of song-crafting and of vocal performance. One of the very best. Loved your reaction.

[@stevefoulston]

One of Lightfoot's most personal songs, "If You Could Read My Mind" is about the breakup of his first marriage - a common theme in many of his songs. In the liner notes of his boxed set Songbook, he describes it as "a song about the failure of marriage." Peace out.

[@Beekindalways-oj2cl]

Hi Britt. Subscriber here. I saw Gordon live many years ago. RIP May, 2023 at 84. The 1970s and 1980s were the “peak” of songs with true “lyrics”. Much love, prayers and support. Bruce 🎷🙏🏼🇺🇸

[@Afc91artistNC]

Gordon Lightfoot wrote and sang so MANY beautiful songs which.shocked me.

[@Dana-fy8bg]

Seeing Gordon live was one of the joys of my life. An excellent singer songwriter who lays his soul out for all to see.

[@billtaylor3382]

I will be 66 next week so heard and loved a lot of music in my life! This really is a great song from the days that music was great!

[@selectronium]

@billtaylor3382 Happy Early Birthday!

[@billtaylor3382]

@@selectronium Thank you so much! Peace and Love!

[@wendyryder2708]

Hi Bill! Hope you have a fantastic birthday! I will be 67 in June! LOVE Gordon Lightfoot’s music! Peace and Blessings to you and yours from Australia.

[@billtaylor3382]

@@wendyryder2708 Ty Wendy! and peace and love to you!

[@steve9199]

Gordon Lightfoot, along with Joni Mitchell could be considered the "Poet Laureates" of Canada. No finer examples of singer/songwriter artists.

[@6916dog]

Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Gord Downie....just saying. Love Gordon Lightfoot the most though

[@eknapp49]

@@6916dog I would add Stan Rogers to that list.

[@SBel65]

Bruce Cockburn, Bryan Adams…

[@6916dog]

SBel65 those 2 would not be on my list but they both had some good songs. Love Stan Rogers

[@SBel65]

@@6916dog spent many an evening in a small Fredericton pub (in the 70’s) listening to Stan Rogers live. Saw him in Whitehorse (at the Copper King) and in Victoria (don’t remember which pub it’s been long ago closed). Played Barrett’s Privateers to death! Loved Stan Rogers (and his fiddler brother Garnet) and was very sad when he died so tragically. Also loved Bruce Cockburn’s music.

[@johngoodchildmusic1199]

If you liked this one, Britt, you'll love "Early Morning Rain" by him.

[@johngoodchildmusic1199]

Trying to load the Telegram app. It's going slowly. I'll check back in a while.

[@greg7129]

Gordon was a great and unique musical talent for sure !! Glad you are listening. One of his I have always loved is Early Morning Rain. Give it a listen Britt, you will like I believe

[@JimFinley11]

"I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back . . . " saddest line in any song I've ever heard. After decades I still tear up at that line.

[@thecurtain]

Same. I recall this line sometimes and it evens outside the song

[@Ken-h5d]

Used to watch "The Midnight Special" every week. "Why do I like this song so much?" I don't know, Britt. But I have too ever since it came out. Always a big fan of Mr. Lightfoot.

[@RhondaHill-mi7cw]

He was a perfectionist who agonized over every word of the lyrics he wrote and the music that accompanied it. He was, in many ways, a tortured artist in the traditional sense and he drank hard and lived hard, but by all accounts, he was a most kind and humble person and just a down to earth, blue-collar kind of guy, and, I think, his music is a reflection of all of those things. Hia music and lyrics and his singing and interpretation were simple and yet had such great meaning and were also as complicated in many ways as a grand symphony. He is another Canadian treasure who belongs to the world. Thank you for sharing, commenting, and enjoying.

[@tcanfield]

Good description ! I know it's hard to condense so much into a short comment. The doc I saw on Prime about him showed the little desk where he wrote a lot of his great songs and it was amazing to picture him sitting there and working hard for countless hours. He was real old school, working out each note and chord on music sheets. The clincher for me was picking up his "Don Quixote" album at a used record store and finding every song was great.

[@lannyclement4880]

He later changed "the feeling that you lack" to "the feeling that we lack" after his daughter said original ignored his faults in divorce and seemed to blame mom.

[@cnon.]

One of the most covered songs of all-time, over 100 times!

[@jollyoldstbrick]

It is so cool, to hear someone fall in love with music I have lived long enough to have heard as a new release. Thanks

[@ThistleAndSea]

Oh yeah, it went down on The Midnight Special. I was born in '60 in the middle of the cornfields of Illinois, and when The Midnight Special hit the airwaves in the '70's I stayed up late every week to watch it. It was my window on the world of music! Thanks for sharing this one, Britt. 🙂

[@brittreacts]

Very cool!

[@SayItAintSo4real]

The album version is phenomenal, and a real heartbreaker at the end.

[@rhphotocdn]

Thank You Britt for covering Gordon Lightfoot, such a CDN Icon. May he R.I.P.! (Great Reaction Too!)

[@jbird40jc]

I love his voice and lyrics. All of the music I’ve heard of his is so beautiful ❤. GOD BLESS YOU!

[@danacasey8543]

Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Chapin, Dan Fogelberg. My favorite story tellers from my young adulthood.

[@williampayne8129]

Yep! And Dan Fogelberg’s “Changing Horses” (in the middle of the stream) is so good.

[@suzannehorne4115]

Jim Croce could be added too!

[@joerichards2658]

Anyone who says they're a fan of Gordon Lighfoot is class in my books! One of the great singer/songwriters to come out of the 60's and 70's - brilliant and captivating lyrics that really paint a picture of what he wants you to see in your mind. Simple rhythmic patterns that lull you in. "Sundown", "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "Carefree Highway", and so many more. We lost one of our best national storytellers recently. Glad you discovered him and are keeping his music alive!

[@Bradley-h5t]

Love him,a true musician, The best thing ever to come out of Canada ❤

[@jjones4314]

"Carefree highway" was one of his best although he made many wonderful songs! "Sundown" is my favorite!

[@SENSO1966]

Such heart-rending poetry...I've been the ghost amid the spectrum of relationships too many times across 58 years...'til I finally gave up. Please listen to the studio (bless you😊) version of this song with lyrics. ...and no Elvis...pure Gordon.

[@CapnBob2010]

Some suggestions for your listening pleasure : "Affair on 8th Avenue", "Beautiful", "Canadian Railroad Trilogy", "The Last Time I Saw Her" "Ode to Big Blue", "Old Dan's Records", "Heaven Help the Devil", "Shadows", 14 Karat Gold", "Your Love's Return (Song for Stephen Foster)", "Make Way For The Lady", "Spanish Moss", Bitter Green", Carefree Highway", "Minstrel of the Dawn", "All the Lovely Ladies", "Ode to Big Blue", "Christian Island (Georgian Bay)". "Dream Street Rose", "Endless Wire", "Ghosts of Cape Horn", If Children Had Wings", "I'm Not Supposed to Care", "Is There Anyone Home", "Looking at the Rain", "Now and Then", "A Passing Ship", "Race Among the Ruins", Rainy Day People", "Softly", "Song for a Winter's Night", "Stone Cold Sober", "Talking in Your Sleep", "Triangle", "Thank You for the Promises", "Summertime Dream", "She's Not the Same", " On the High Seas", "Pussywillows, Cat-Tails", " If You Need Me"... -These are just a few that come to mind. Give these a listen, and I think you will see why I say that Gord is alone at the top. There are singer-songwriters, and there is Gordon Lightfoot

[@melissakhalar1842]

Rest in Peace Gordon, I love you and miss you so much. ❤

[@louisejohnson6057]

I really appreciate your thoughtful reactions Britt. You bring your unique personality, and blend it with both your personal perspective, and with the perspective and knowledge that you've gained from your past professional background in the music industry. All of these parts combine in a really lovely way, and you've created a positive, caring, and informative environment for your subscribers, and for those who always watch but have yet to subscribe(bombastic side-eye) lol. Thanks for taking time away from your little one and your hubby to tend to us, it's always a good time! ✌️ & 🫶 from 🇨🇦 aye!

[@richarddaugherty8583]

This song was a smash hit! The studio version is even better. Listen to that one and notice the string and guitar fills! The arrangement is a masterpiece! He would need a full orchestra to do the same in concert. The album this came out one also was fire! Not a bad song on it! I think it was called Minstrel of the Dawn (another great song!).

[@folkmusic99]

The album was originally titled "Sit Down Young Stranger," then was changed to "If You Could Read My Mind" after this song started to get massive airplay.

[@richarddaugherty8583]

@@folkmusic99 Thanks! I'd forgotten that. Sit Down Young Stranger is another great song too! It would be hard to find a bad one by Gordon Lightfoot though.

[@metoo7557]

Gordon Lightfoot is a masterclass on poetry in song. Whether you dig the genre/style of music or not, the man can write the lyrics.

[@looneygardener]

Pussywillows, Cattails, and Roses, is a gorgeous masterpiece.

[@bww9450]

Lightfoot is a Canadian Great song writer and singer.

[@johnkowalkowski4269]

This song was from his heart. It was based on a personal relationship.

[@renyauger4560]

A Canadian national treasure we still miss. Glad his amazing music is living on and finding new fans, he deserves it. One of the many things we Canadians love about Gordon is that Canada always remained his home. When he passed away he was still living in the Rosedale home (VERY nice Toronto neighborhood) he bought in the 70’s. Toronto is where is career launched and it remained his home. We have a younger national treasure who’s doing the same, Michael Buble, a Burnaby BC boy whose main home is just blocks from his childhood home and about five minutes from where I live. He’s often seen around town and always has a smile and greeting for everyone. Both classy Canadian musical icons who’s hometowns love having them and never bother them, they could/can live their lives as normally as possible.

[@looneygardener]

Gorgeous voice! Gifted poet, stunning musician. He was a major party animal chick magnate.

[@kimzwolinski9919]

I have never heard a live from him before. Absolutely beautiful ❤ 🤧 God bless you 😊

[@deniseriel8608]

Gordon Lightfoot was a great songwriter! So may amazing songs.

[@ericsahagun5344]

Brit I love so much the way you express an articulate yourself about these songs and these artists the nuances not only they're singing style but they're phrasing their wording the way they play their instrument I love that you catch all these things!

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Love Gordon...just an amazing singer/song writer. RIP.

[@cmanayf4354]

Thx Britt! Such a beautiful song. This melody is so unique. Always makes me feel like it just drifts along. Bless you.😊

[@johngilbert9553]

I have been a Gordon Lightfoot fan for decades. Have not heard this version before of this song. Thanks for playing and reacting to it. God Bless you. Sans emogi

[@bobcalvert7194]

Watch the studio version of the Eagles " I can't tell you why".

[@louisejohnson6057]

You forgot to say please.

[@wertwyn]

Proud Canadian here. Grew up to listening to Gordon Lightfoot on record with my parents. You can literally breathe his lyrics.

[@Yowza78]

I think what you're responding to in Gordon Lightfoot is his folk heritage. His songs are very story driven and lyric intensive ... Whereas a lot of pop and rock songs focus on emotions and as opposed to story or character and repeat the hook/chorus/drum/bass over and over. Obviously, rock and pop engage us wonderfully on an emotional and physical (dance, sex) level. I can't imagine any hard core grinding action taking place to a Gordon Lightfoot song, but can imagine the seduction part, the intellectual part of it all being facilitated.

[@SnowDogisVictorious]

So, about Elvis and Lightfoot... Elvis was a fan who covered Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain." Same song was also covered by Bob Dylan (who - others have correctly mentioned - said Lightfoot was one of his favourite song-writers), as by fellow Canadian music legend, Neil Young. About Lightfoot, Dylan was once quoted as saying: ""I can't think of any Gordon Lightfoot song I don't like. Every time I hear a song of his, it's like I wish it would last forever." Elvis also covered Lightfoot's 1966 hit, "For Lovin' Me." So did folk icons Peter, Paul, and Mary, and country music icon, Johnny Cash. Now you're going to have to react to Lightfoot's BOTH Early Morning Rain AND For Lovin' Me," aren't you? ; )

[@SnowDogisVictorious]

Speaking of Johnny Cash, I have an original story for you. A few years back I had a neighbour named Tommy Hunter, who was known as "Canada's Country Gentleman." He was the host of a country-themed variety show that enjoyed a 27-year-run on Canada's national broadcaster, the CBC. For over a decade before that, he led a similar show called Canada's Country Ho Down." Back in the early '60's, a young Lightfoot came to work as a guitarist for the TV show's house band - where he met Hunter. Hunter was very well known in North America's country music scene and had many of its legends perform on his shows, including Johnny Cash's mother, Maybelle Carter. If you're seen the Cash biopic, Walk the Line, you'll know that he met his former wife, June Carter Cash, working the circuit that also included "Mother Maybelle" and her family. Carter was a pioneering legend in country music credited by many as having helped transfer the guitar into a lead instrument in the 20's and 30's. So, back to Lightfoot. As Tommy recalled it to me, after one of the evenings on which Maybelle Carter appeared as the headline guest on Country Ho Down, Gordon came up to Tommy and asked him about the particular style in which she plucked her guitar, so Tommy showed it to him. A few years later, Lightfoot employed Mother Maybelle's technique with great success, which can be heard on most of the songs from his 1966 debut album (and beyond). Nifty, eh?

[@alanrobinson4814]

Dating myself, but I had the good fortune to see him live at SPAC in Saratoga Springs, NY back in the 70,s. ❤️❤️

[@WolvenHeart1]

Bless you. I love this song. It is a realization of the ending of the relationship, but not in a blaming way. He says if you could read my mind, and also if I could read your mind so he is trying to understand he too. Maybe she was looking for him to be something more and her expectations he couldn't live up to. Now that he couldn't be that hero she wanted to save her her she has lost interest and now he is ghosted. By the lyrics it sounds as of he is sitting in her presence and these thoughts are going through his mind as he is looking at her. Man being ghosted while you are in the same room. She is looking past him and he can't be what she wants. Great song one 9f my favorite radio songs growing up.

[@juliagrant3299]

My parents used to dance to this song in our living room. Such great times and amazing music!

[@BobSmith-lb9nc]

Try Gordon's "Sundown"

[@russellrogers3260]

This reminds me so much of cleaning days when i would go inside as a kid. My mother would be cleaning house with Gordon , the Eagles or Elvis playing through the house.

[@alsprettycreations8005]

One of my favorites of his.

[@darylquirk1992]

Musical poet of the highest order! All Canadians must be so proud of him! If he was Australian (as I am) he’d be worshipped ♥️ RIP Gordon 🙏

[@lilamuzik3385]

Nick, I am also a nurse. Helped set up first NICU at a University Hospital on Texas. Am 78 now...and I have luxuriated in their gorgeous voices all my life. Deep dive on these guys. You will not be disappointed.

[@VikingJeff]

Wow, I was just rewatching you other Gordon Lightfoot reactions today. Please give "RainyDay People" and "Carefree Highway" a listen. Thank you....🤧and bless you.

[@louisejohnson6057]

Was that "The Wreck Of The Edmond Fitzgerald" reaction?

[@VikingJeff]

@@louisejohnson6057 and Sundown

[@WolvenHeart1]

Both great songs i put Rainy Day People in the Patreon requests of the week draw a few weeks back. Brit is one of those Rainy Day People.

[@richardjack4827]

Absolutely beautiful Masterpiece. Brings me to 8yrs old and seeing my father's last year of life play out. At the end of the day however this song is about his divorce.

[@marcpower4167]

If no one's mentioned this already, there is a story to it. It was basically a eulogy to his marriage which had recently come to an end.

[@robertcurtin6586]

I don't think anyone ever wrote a more beautiful song than this. The vocals and guitar are exquisite. They broke the mold with this man.

[@DaveIdiens]

I was lucky enough to get to know Mr Lightfoot. 1973 he became a member of an executive club called the Fitness Institute in Toronto. I became his coach. He was a very deep and interesting man. I felt honoured to be able to help him a bit in the area of physical fitness. He affected thousands the same way he affected you. Thank you for your warm and enthusiastic analysis 🤗🙏

[@jlip4308]

I used to watch the midnight special as young teen before I could go out on Saturday nights and I could sleep in on Sunday morning.

[@Royal_BLT]

🇨🇦 Poor Britt, can't get away from those talented Canadians ! 😂😎🤣😅🤠 🇨🇦

[@jamescole8355]

The Midnight Special was the best Musical Variety show ever!!! Keep them coming!!! Had everyone from James Brown to Gordon Lightfoot. 🎼🎵🎶🎹

[@hackermusic3355]

One of my favorite songs.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

Love Sundown

[@flippinpages6550]

Beautiful voice I have loved since the 70's. Some people still don't know about him.

[@michaellebow7420]

You love this song so much because it's a near perfect song... and yes, as a young Canadian boy in the 70's Gordon Lightfoot did seem bigger than life. On another note (pardon the pun) your hair looks GREAT today.

[@PAN-jo2go]

Gordon Lightfoot was one of the very talented singer/song writers from my youth in the 1970s. He has the same word play that Jim Croce had!!! Two legends of their time and my youth…

[@DeadBird-wp9of]

Daliah Lavi sang this in it's original text and made a german alternative text: "Wär ich ein Buch zu lesen" (1971 - one year after original): If I were a book to read, what kind of book would I be? One that has never existed before would I be a book for you? Or did you lay down after the first sentence the story out of hand? An unread volume, that you never care about, because its paper weighs more than its contents? If I were a book in life, would you be my reader? If there were no book, then so be it every page would be yours. Did you remain faithful to me until the last word, whatever it's called? Even if you already know it. A book that you read again, in which you often see yourself described. Will you understand what I want to say, and only stands between the lines, What no sentence reveals. A book that cries and laughs with you, that is your companion day and night, dreams with you and wakes with you. The book you sometimes hate and love, that you wrote with me, it will end with you. That volume that speaks volumes he won't leave you, when the tide turns. If I were a book in life, would you be my reader? If there were no book, then so be it every page would be yours. Did you remain faithful to me until the last word, whatever it's called? Even if you already know it. A book that you read again, in which you often see yourself described, know his story, that you hate as much as you love, that you wrote with me, she will end with you. That volume that speaks volumes he won't leave you, when the tide turns. D.Lavi was one of the first Israel artists in Germany (in 1970 - 25 years after WW2) and a really beautiful woman and a fashion/style icon of the 70's - later she moved to the US.

[@gregorycraig9882]

Gordon always had a way to tell a sad story without making you feel depressed, logical, but not without emotion. Balanced.

[@francesbrisco776]

Gordon Lightfoot had beautiful vocals 😢great songwriter

[@WineSippingCowboy]

Written by the late Gordon Lightfoot. He did write songs intended for Elvis Presley. Lightfoot was in the supergroup Northern Lights. He sang the opening line to Tears Are Not Enough. Northern Lights also had Bryan Adams, Corey Hart, Anne Murray, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. When Bob Dylan went electric at the Norfolk Festival, he was pummeled with boos for being "less than authentic " with that instrument. Gordon Lightfoot was 1 of the singers there. Yet, he stuck with him. His big reward was being the presenter as the June's gave Gordon Lightfoot a lifetime achievement award 👏. The late Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and others sang with Gordon Lightfoot. Suggested duet videos 📹: 1 Johnny Cash and Gordon Lightfoot sing Thank You for Loving Me. 2 Northern Lights perform Tears Are Not Enough with musician names.

[@phoye3301]

I was delighted to see him in concert 2 times at the Yavapai Performance Hall in Prescott Az. So wonderful❤

[@phoye3301]

I saw Gordon in concert 2 times in the 1990’s in Prescott Az. Delightful! ❤

[@alannorris8465]

Please listen to "Song for a Winter's Night". But save it for cold weather. You will make it a holiday favorite.

[@trevd64]

Man gotta say I miss the 60/70 and God bless you🤧

[@NickiCribb]

A tale about a woman that he loves, but who does not know he exists. The "ghost that she can't see." The wishing well is him wishing that she loved him also. Hugely talented writer, singer and guitarist.

[@sarahjaneblenkhorn8821]

Bless you!

[@frankpentangeli7945]

In fact Elvis famously recorded a great Gordon Lightfoot song called Early Mornin' Rain. Lightfoot is one of the greatest songwriters of all time. He is Bob Dylan's favourite songwriter.

[@ericsahagun5344]

It's one of the most perfect beautiful heartbreaking love song I've ever heard This song is flawless!

[@beautifuldaymusic]

God bless you Britt! Your love of music really shines through in your videos

[@mibatten]

his lyrics are incredible - if you could read my mind - rainy day people - edmund fitzgerald - early morning rain - sundown - etc etc etc etc etc

[@coloursprogram]

My mother's favorite. Grew up this playing in the background of my childhood.

[@mlbw1966]

His voice is amazing, soothing and beautiful... I remember listening to him in the 70s. Magical, his voice takes you to your own personal memory or place ..❤❤❤ Thanks, Brit. Ya're Awesome ❤❤❤

[@kdogusna77]

There are actually two guitars, with Red Shea providing the incredible embellishments you hear in the video. As others have pointed out, the studio version of this song is a recording, arrangement, and production masterpiece.

[@golden454]

There's an intimacy in this song/lyrics. ☮️💜🤘🔥

[@Jessedog11]

Jim Croce "Time in a Bottle" Or Joe Cocker "you are so beautiful- live from Berlin" or Toto "Hold the line" all amazing songs and all very different.

[@brittreacts]

I’ll check it out

[@markt8086]

God bless you!!! 😇 Such a great story teller and lyricist. I haven't heard this song in a while. Thank you for your great reactions 😃

[@brittreacts]

Thanks for listening

[@chuckwhite3176]

Gordon had a real gift for creating songs that people could relate to, in the lyrics and the musicianship and the vocal phrasing. He made memorable tunes that you could sing along with, which is the hallmark of a great artist. RIP, Gordo.

[@dandankovic3827]

I know Gordon sang Rainy day people but I've always felt his music was rainy day music. Anything he wrote, on a rainy day, just makes the day better.

[@larrytoler5528]

Gordon was one of my all time favorites. Just saw him one time but it was something I treasure to this day

[@royyoung-q5e]

bless you

[@CoreyWickramasekera]

I was flipping through channels about 10 years ago and PBS had a concert of his, huge band, alot if different instruments, but he just stood in front of the mic and sang, sounded great, reminds me of innocence of growing up in the 70's