Luyện nghe bài hát Lightfoot (narration)

Listening to that now,
are two words that immediately come to mind
Gordan
As Mark Twain said, all ideas are hand
either or unconciously
Oscar Wilde put it way,
Imitation is the form of flattery
that can pay to greatness

Whatever you call it, there's no way to learn your craft
than by imitating
Ask Bob about Woody Guthrie or Beyonce about Tina Turner
That is the way the process works
You admire then you try to emulate them but only
for a

The trick is to find own style, sound or voice
And that comes your natural talent, your work ethic
and still good

So if you think you hear a little, let me that,
a lot of Gordan Lightfoot in these songs,
You're correct, he was the greatness my mediocrity to emulate

It wasn't until years ago that I really got to thinking
I was lucky enough to be in Toronto when Gordan Massey Hall
the place I heard you had to see Lightfoot
we spent a delightful visit backstage after the show
When I got around to awkwardly him for his inspiration
His response was you might think it would be
He said; you seem to be doing pretty Jimmy, just pass that on
That's a act

So if you're lucky and work enough, you will eventually
a style of your own
Then if you're really lucky and really hard your own style will
become something others
Gordan was my guide the musical woods
It's one of the unique and pretty cool about being successful
Inspiring others, which is what Gordan did for me
Now I'm certainly not blind to the fact there are singers and
songwriters out who pattern their work after mine
I'm perfectly fine with
So here's a lightfoot that was a
big hit in the Animal's in those
days
Thank You Gordan and I pass it on

This is called; The is small