race among the ruins

Don't you just love Gordon Lightfoot? I think he is supposed to perform here. I have already seen him and it hurts me to see him looking so old. He looked old ten years ago. But I understand he still has his voice, albeit it is not what it once was.

I first paid attention to Lightfoot when I was first married. I had heard the If You Could Read My Mind when I was in high school. I loved that. But I heard several of his albums when my ex and I went to visit his cousin and wife up in Saratoga NY. I loved him! Gordon, that is. Then later, we met a woman from the ex's work and her favorite Christmas gift to give one year was Gord's Gold. I was hooked. I admit, I never got involved with his later things, like a painter passing through and on through today, but everything else, including the first music when he was a very young man. I love the sound of his voice, and the lyrics.

Sometime I would love to list all my favorite songs, in chronological order, and list something personal about myself at the time. I imagine there would be a zillion songs on that list, I am not sure it could be done. But I could at least make myself some CDs in the same/similar fashion. Or I could collect a youtube video of them as well.

For some reason, I want someone to know exactly which songs turn my crank. My children know some, and my ex husband of course. My sister knows many of them, but it needs to be comprehensive over my entire life. It needs to be documented for posterity. I find it very interesting to know what a person likes in terms of popular music. Not just fond or, but what they adore. I need to think up a way to do this. I guess its about as boring to another as it is when someone whips out their grandchildren's photo album.