Q. What do lyrics mean to if you could read my mind?
One of Lightfoot’s most personal songs, this 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.”
Q. Who did Gordon Lightfoot Write If You Could Read My Mind About?
Lightfoot nailed ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ in one take and keeps rolling. The singer was immediately inspired by the tragic Edmund Fitzgerald, the heavily laden ship that sank in a Lake Superior hurricane in November 1975.
Table of Contents
- Q. What do lyrics mean to if you could read my mind?
- Q. Who did Gordon Lightfoot Write If You Could Read My Mind About?
- Q. Who wrote If You Could Read My Mind lyrics?
- Q. When was If You Could Read My Mind written?
- Q. Did Gordon Lightfoot write if you could read my mind?
- Q. How old is Gordon Lightfoot?
- Q. What does it mean to get burned in a three way script?
- Q. Who covered Gordon Lightfoot songs?
- Q. Who sang If You Could Read My Mind Studio 54?
- Q. What Gordon Lightfoot did Bob Dylan record?
- Q. Who was Gordon Lightfoot married to?
- Q. Who is Gordon Lightfoot married to?
Q. Who wrote If You Could Read My Mind lyrics?
Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind/Lyricists
Q. When was If You Could Read My Mind written?
1969
“If You Could Read My Mind.” Song by Gordon Lightfoot. Written in 1969, “catches the cadences of a hurt lover unused to words that cut too close” (Maclean’s, 1 May 1978). The song has been recorded more than 100 times, first in 1969 by the composer for his LP Sit Down Young Stranger.
Q. Did Gordon Lightfoot write if you could read my mind?
An empty house, a broken marriage and a summer afternoon served as the creative spark for Gordon Lightfoot as he penned what would become one of his most iconic tunes. “If You Could Read My Mind,” the series, is organized by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, of which Lightfoot is a longtime member.
Q. How old is Gordon Lightfoot?
82 years (November 17, 1938)
Gordon Lightfoot/Age
Q. What does it mean to get burned in a three way script?
Here is the verse, again: “I’d walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three-way script / Enter number two”. You are saying that, figuratively, it means: There is a three-way love triangle (A: the singer; B: his rival; and C: the woman of the singer’s affections). So, A is in love with C.
Q. Who covered Gordon Lightfoot songs?
He scored gold and platinum albums of his own in the ’70s. But perhaps most impressive is the list of artist who’ve recorded covers of Lightfoot songs: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Barbara Streisand, Eric Clapton, Harry Belafonte, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash to name a few.
Q. Who sang If You Could Read My Mind Studio 54?
Stars on 54
If You Could Read My Mind/Artists
Q. What Gordon Lightfoot did Bob Dylan record?
Bob Dylan Sings Gordon Lightfoot – Happy Birthday Gordon Lightfoot. I can’t think of any Gordon Lightfoot song I don’t like. Everytime I hear a song of his, it’s like I wish it would last forever.
Q. Who was Gordon Lightfoot married to?
Kim Hassem. 2014
Elizabeth Moonm. 1989–2011Brita Ingegerd Olaissonm. 1963–1973
Gordon Lightfoot/Spouse
In 1989, he married Elizabeth Moon. They had two children: Miles and Meredith. They divorced in 2011 after a separation that Lightfoot said had lasted nine years. Lightfoot wed for a third time on December 19, 2014 at Rosedale United Church to Kim Hasse.
Q. Who is Gordon Lightfoot married to?
Gordon Lightfoot/Spouse
