Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (Rose Cousins cover)

[@jerryausten3931]

Seriously, one of the most beautiful, emotive covers I've heard in years. This lady is quite stunning in every facet of musicianship.

[@lanero9]

So well said...bless you

[@stevestruthers6180]

Wow. What a cover. Best cover of this song I've heard to date. Gordon would have been proud to hear this. RIP Gordon, the legacy you left behind is huge and will not be forgotten.

[@CaribooSawyer]

One of the most remarkable covers I've ever heard, of the most remarkable songs out there.

[@MuskratWhiskers]

Absolutely. Exquisite.

[@davidladow8893]

Rose, you stir my soul and I cried for the first in many years, I think you found my soul for me. Thank you darling. Dave

[@beetea2849]

Ebb and flow, cadence, intonation, simply beautiful. Brilliant interpretation and performance. Love it.

[@aaronyarlas3553]

Binging on Gordon (RIP) and I come across this masterpiece. Music is magic.

[@blogleftbanker]

I had never heard of Rose Cousins until clicking around for different versions of this haunting folk song from my youth. It’s so incredibly touching to see how an artist (in this case Gordon Lightfoot) has had such a profound influence on other musicians and music lovers over the course of history and geography. This song has never sounded better.

[@catleblanc3270]

Wow, so beautiful. Rose has such an amazing voice. Such heart and feeling. 😍🤩

[@nebraskaguy2768]

70 years old with tears in my eyes. This lady is wonderful! Never heard of her but you can bet I'll be exploring more of her music.

[@donryan3153]

I was over having dinner at a friend's house and this cover came on his soundsystem. It immediately drew me in and took me away. I just had to focus and listen to how she was vocalizing this beautiful song, and it brought me to tears. One of the most beautiful versions of any song I've ever heard.

[@sarahawkes9356]

Songs are born to fly and live on in new and interesting ways and Rose does this song justice.

[@hwyisalive]

Brilliant. Loyal AND deconstructed. How the hell does that happen. The work of two geniuses.

[@wareidav]

Just utterly wonderful. I`m blown away !!!!!!!!!!

[@itsCheezeh]

Whoever is playing the pedal steel is a magician! Sounds heavenly!

[@jimwood1062]

This song started stirring my heart when I was 10 years old and still floods my eyes with tears - and this beautiful cover just enhances this feeling ❤ 😭

[@ellegwaapo619]

It's rare to be profoundly enchanted by two versions of the same song. This performance is a unicorn. I teared up. I know others did. I'll bet the late Mr. Lightfoot would too. This is the best cover of any song ever.

[@jordan-xe2yb]

No

[@sayusayme7729]

Wow, one of my favourite songs ever! Beautifully done 💫

[@jeffreywinsor350]

Holy Moly!! That was live! Jeepers Rose, you must not have to do too many takes in the studio with that voice!! Stunning. This is hands down the best cover of this song.

[@petertravaglini9691]

My compliments. You have shown respect, and dear Ms. Cousins, you have done it with much talent. All the best to you.

[@marywhite5744]

Absolutely beautiful

[@brettwells66]

Rose, this is simply fabulous. I have not wiped my eyes in a long time.

[@melamo71]

The first time I heard this beautiful cover I had just lost my precious friend, Phil, who I still love so very much. I had music playing in my living room while talking with a friend about him. I was really struggling with the newness of him being gone. Every time I’d start to lose it I’d get a reminder of him, usually through music. I said to my friend, “It’s as if he can read my mind.” As I spoke those words this song came on and we heard, “If you could read my mind love...” We both looked at each other and began weeping. It was heartbreaking and healing at the same time. I’ve always loved this song. I’ll always miss my friend. ❤️💔🎶

[@markwitham6784]

Wow...Ive loved this song from my childhood,and ive come across this ladys beautiful version by accident. I live in Australia,and have never heard of her. And then i read your comment,,, Beautifully said and so touching,and i feel your heart ache thru the words, as i too have not long lost my father,who addored this song.. Just saying...x

[@melamo71]

Mark Witham I had never heard of her until this song came on. It took my breath away. Mark, I’m so sorry for the loss of your father. I send healing thoughts to you from Texas. Strange how music has a way of carrying us through the heartaches and heartbreaks. I will now be reminded of you and your father when I hear this song. Peace and blessings to you. ♥️🎶

[@markwitham6784]

@@melamo71 Thanks MG... I can now say i have a friend in Texas, (female im guessing)😊

[@melamo71]

Mark Witham I am indeed, sir. Texas girl, born and bred. lol You’ve now got a friend in Texas! I have friends in Brisbane. I hear it’s beautiful there. 🙂

[@markwitham6784]

@@melamo71 yer it is.. Im in PERTH West Australia...even better😊 Ok..lets get to know each other now we're friends...this will be fun. You into motorcycles ?

[@DarenSullivan3]

A beautiful and haunting version of…what is already an amazing song. I guarantee Gordo would approve!

[@bobjacobson4617]

There is so much about this song that is identifiable and shouldn’t be altered, yet you did just that and made it your own. Very moving… your voice is stunning! Excellent rendition 💯💯

[@dryan2259]

This came on at a friend's place and it stopped me in my tracks. While he made dinner I closed my eyes and felt every word for the first time.

[@cbcmusic]

Those moments when music stops us in our tracks are unforgettable. Glad it resonated with you! 🎶✨

[@lawrenceleong8747]

Oh my gosh! Goosebumps! What a cover! She really did Gordon's song justice.

[@ammarmidani6358]

even made it her own

[@oshea2217]

She is the only person who should be allowed to cover this profoundly emotional song. She did Gordon proud with this version!

[@fredhorsman]

I listen to this song and it makes me cry...every time

[@robbob7383]

I discovered Rose Cousins through this CBC concert. I simply cannot believe the comments on this video criticizing her for speeding up and slowing down the lyrics. It’s called phrasing people. Something all great singers do. Would you be one of those people telling Billie Holiday to stick to the sheet music while she records All of Me? Look, I get it. Gordon Lightfoot wrote this tune and his version will always be the definitive one. But I will say this, this version made me break down and weep uncontrollably. And every time I hear it I get tears in my eyes. Gordon’s version always struck me as a bit colder and more clinical, like dissecting the end of a relationship (which was, in fact, what he was writing about). This version strikes me as more raw, closer to the actual break up event. And as for that idiot who chose to end his or her comment with something about “Whoever you are...”, I suggest checking out Rose’s original tune Freedom. First listen to the version from this CBC concert, and then check out her performance of it on a soundstage with just her guitar and her voice. Absolutely unbelievable. Her voice sends chills down my spine. To that poster I mentioned, what have you ever done to bring beauty into the world?

[@cbcmusic]

Cheers and thanks for engaging! The fact is, there's no accounting for taste and there's no way of predicting who's gonna get hit in the feels by one song and who it's gonna fly right by unnoticed. We're glad we had a chance to introduce Rose Cousins to you - she's so great, and best of all, she's still making music.

[@idontwantahandle567]

I find a song can sound awkward when a singer is ahead of the beat. In the groove or slightly behind the groove feels more comfortable to me.

[@donryan3153]

Her phrasing on this is absolute perfection. Stopped me in my tracks having dinner at a friend's and I just closed my eyes. Moved me like very few songs ever have.

[@discoveryman59]

And you criticize Gordon’s version as a bit colder and more clinical. What a hypocrite..

[@eichhammer]

This song is one of the best reasons to wish for immortality. I wouldn't wanna miss it on my funeral

[@WhatTheBlah]

Still listening in 2021...from Singapore!

[@taylorMFilms]

Wooof her voice just cracked me right open. My god that’s a beautiful rendition

[@7761864]

I like it. It's a different but heartfelt interpretation.

[@fredlandes2279]

There are about a thousand covers of this song on YT. This one is really beautiful.

[@kevinmalone6132]

this woman does incredible covers!!!! period!!

[@dianabensm4482]

You have to admit...This is coming straight from her ❤️!

[@wongfeihung1847]

"Coming Straight from the Heart" ~ Bryan Adams

[@robertfarrell6821]

Brilliant cover never heard it done better! Any covers done of the equally superb Jimmy Webb Very impressive musician❤

[@Vince1303]

Oh my goodness. This is is just so very very good.

[@LeGrosB]

Stunning cover of a great song.

[@iamnostalgic9567]

The last time when she sings "With chains upon my feet" my eyes fill up with tears. Awesome cover!

[@liamball8335]

I’m speechless. Wow. Not since Eva Cassidy has a cover moved me so deeply.

[@284steffi]

Eva was the Queen.... 💖

[@donryan3153]

I feel the same way.

[@markpaul1154]

2:49, if that doesnt send shivers down your spine, you need some time to re find yourself.

[@paulfugate6927]

My husband and I will be seeing her tomorrow night for my birthday. Looking forward to it. :)

[@cbcmusic]

That is great. Enjoy the show and happy birthday! :)

[@GigglesPisano]

A beautiful and left a huge lump in my throat rendition of this song. Good on you Rose Cousins.

[@06mirrors]

incredible

[@billygraham1093]

Amazing...so beautiful and raw

[@robynew1]

Oh my. This is so so lovely

[@peteshinwood1923]

The troubadour once asked: "Did She Mention My Name?". Yes, at the end of Rose Cousins magnificent version of Lightfoot's masterpiece IYCRMM she mentioned his name. It gave me a pleasant jolt.

[@integratedboxingsystem8827]

WOW!!!

[@davidladow8893]

My daily dose of Rose

[@christheother9088]

Lovely cover of a perfect song.

[@andreahooper80]

Beautiful 😍 cover

[@ecclesiasticbohemian7617]

Wow. Brava!

[@Greatdogs3150]

Very nice composition. The very way you sing this is great! Cousins thank you.

[@rakoovzzz1]

such a good song

[@bhobg]

I'm literally fucking crying listening to this. What a song, what a rendition!

[@SUPERSCUMDK]

Holy moly! Glad I clicked on this.. Hit me right in the feels!

[@davidladow8893]

Celestial harmonic event.

[@BobbyMurrayBluesGuitar]

So beautiful!

[@284steffi]

Incredibly Beautiful

[@jnl1119]

Beautiful....RIP GL🙏🕊

[@JA-original]

quite lovely and hauntingly mesmerizing :D

[@andypetersen6518]

Very nicely done, Rose. 🌹

[@stefandittmann4819]

beautiful👍

[@juliesmyth8070]

I have never cried so much. The cover hits more than the original. A beautiful cover.

[@TheKeetkeet66]

No. The original is the masterpiece

[@willylabasan4351]

The original is the best for me,

[@jerryrobinson6250]

Hell yeah,,,inspiring...love your choice of Covers., thank you

[@gf6224]

Beautiful ❤

[@piano_man]

Such a lovely voice, enjoyed your version a lot

[@cbcmusic]

Great cover, eh? Thanks for watching!

[@davidladow8893]

Celestial harmonic event

[@SusanDunn1234]

Beautiful !

[@grahamcosgrove9911]

beautiful

[@jeffstrack1143]

Wow, she made this song her own and what an incredible cover👏👏👏👏

[@KingstonMusician]

Beautiful! Saw you in Atlin last summer and love you :~)

[@HDXBear]

Very well done Rose, i am sure Gordon would approve

[@davidgilmour9447]

Wow where has she been? This is the only time I've heard this on piano, just beautiful. Saddest divorce song ever too. RIP Gordo

[@jamesmaccovers.]

GREAT COVER,LOVELY KEYS.

[@ammarmidani6358]

oh my

[@rhyndman]

Spectacular

[@BANKO007]

This is beautiful.

[@beetea2849]

Transcription of lyrics as sung by Rose Cousins. If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see If I could read your mind, love What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel The kind the drugstores sell When you reach the part where the heartaches come The hero would be me But heroes often fail And you won't read that book again Because the ending's just too hard to take I walk away like a movie star That gets burned in a three way script Enter number two: A movie queen to play the scene Of bringing all the good things out in me But for now love, let's be real I never thought I could act this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feelin's gone And I just can't get it back If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet But stories always end And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand The feelings that you lack I never thought I could feel this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feelin's gone And I just can't get it back. Back!

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Great voice.

[@georgejarry3964]

Awesome cover

[@mitchesm7]

Wow

[@1annewatkins]

I have no words....

[@WordsandSoundsMusic]

Actually, as a huge Lightfoot fan and with him being one of my main influences, I thought this version was pretty good for what it is. No one matches the original Lightfoot, so why try. I thought Rose gave it a lot of feeling.

[@58landman]

That is exactly right and no one should try to imitate Gord. Some of the people who cover his songs are so atrocious and I've no idea why they dare put themselves into position to show off their obvious failure at imitation.

[@JuanFlores-mw3lk]

De vez en cuando el algoritmo da en el clavo. Hermoso cover de esta bella cancion, RIP Gordon. Does anybody know what key she's playing it in?

[@2500vtg]

Very nice! Her voice and overall style reminds me so much of Carly Simon.

[@larryp.450]

A diamond among a sea of pebbles and stones.

[@emy_2510]

That intro had me like, it's Kenny Rogers' 'Lady" :). Beuatiful performance.

[@abbyquezada9838]

❤🎯

[@plocktontr]

best impulsive click ever

[@SUPERSCUMDK]

Same here!

[@trita57]

bravissima

[@nrup1019]

A very beautiful cover of this song! The only part I didn't like was how rushed I felt she sang the lyrics. Of course, its her own version of the song, but I personally like to saver hearing the lyrics which is why I love this song for more than just the beautiful melody.

[@cbcmusic]

Thanks for your take on this!

[@ArraialHD]

#handsdown...

[@reverendrider]

this is what I'm talkin bout.

[@ronsherrard9757]

The point is that she is reinterpreting this song, not covering it...thus the stunningly different, jazz-like phrasing.

[@georgeglass7756]

I don’t like how she winds up and down with the tempo. But I do like how she suspends each line

[@Daverotherham]

A competent version of a great song can’t fail! Not my very favourite version, but definitely well over a pass mark

[@brookshadlin117]

It as MAMM!!

[@birdpainter452]

We lost Gordon Lightfoot today :(