Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot
“The depiction of this song in Django Unchained really unveils it's timeless quality. I've been hearing it on oldies radio all my life (and I've always liked it) but recently it's grown into one of my all time favorites. #DjangoUnchained #Sundown #classic”
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The depiction of this song in Django Unchained really unveils it's timeless quality. I've been hearing it on oldies radio all my life (and I've always liked it) but recently it's grown into one of my all time favorites. #DjangoUnchained #Sundown #classic
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What I probably was listening to most this week...40 years ago. I don't remember when I actually bought Gordon Lightfoot's album Sundown -- though when I did, I bought the 8-track tape. (I was busy wrapping up my senior year in high school, so most other memories of that time have been swept aside.) But I have no doubt the title single, which had been released in February, was in heavy radio rotation by mid-May, en route to reaching No. 1 on the charts in June, so if I hadn't yet bought the tape, I certainly was hearing the song -- a lot. I've always thought Canadian folkie Lightfoot achieving genuine pop star status in the U.S. was a bit of a "lightning in a bottle" moment. Maybe the real benefit of the success of this record (which I still think is a great song) is that it set us up for 1975's devastating "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." (Album released January 1974)
For my mother's birthday - memories of driving in the car with 8 tracks of Gordon Lightfoot, Bread and Jim Croce
1974
