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30 Years Since Edmund Fitgerald
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: It was November of '75 when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down without a word, taking 29 sailors to the bottom of Lake Superior. And inspired one of the greatest "make me late for work songs" ever. Whenever Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" comes on the radio I have to listen to it all, even if it causes me to be late for work. Never met anyone who *didn't* love that song--though this thread will no doubt troll up an example. That lonesome, haunting guitar hook and those tragic lyrics make it one of the all time greats. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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30 Years Since Edmund Fitgerald
That still gives me goose bumps.
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30 Years Since Edmund Fitgerald
Dave wrote:
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy. Some of the words don't look right. Where did you find this? Matt |
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30 Years Since Edmund Fitgerald
It must be a Yankee thing
Although I was only 5 in 1975, and I know about the sinking, I have never heard or heard of this song. I consider myself well rounded in musical taste. I like everything from Classical to Hard Rock and from all decades. After all the talk about it, I illegally downloaded it and listened, thinking surely I know this song, I just don't remember it. Well, no. Never heard it before and doubt I will again. Sad true story, but my love of Gordon Lightfoot must be tempered with youth jf "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message nk.net... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:3mlff.548575$x96.78928@attbi_s72... It was November of '75 when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down without a word, taking 29 sailors to the bottom of Lake Superior. And inspired one of the greatest "make me late for work songs" ever. Whenever Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" comes on the radio I have to listen to it all, even if it causes me to be late for work. |
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30 Years Since Edmund Fitgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy. Some of the words don't look right. Where did you find this? They're right. I listen to that song just about every other morning while working out with my son (we listen to his crap, er, music, every other day, and I get my music on the in-between days), and it never fails to give me the shivers. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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30 Years Since Edmund Fitgerald
"Morgans" wrote in message ... "Dave Stadt" wrote 8 to 10 feet? Hardeharhar. A mere ripple upon which to play my friend. No doubt; that is when sailing is just starting to get really fun! The lune is a stinkpotter. End of story. |
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30 Years Since Edmund Fitgerald
Jeff wrote:
It must be a Yankee thing Although I was only 5 in 1975, and I know about the sinking, I have never heard or heard of this song. The song was on the pop music charts for several weeks. It played regularly at that time in Atlanta, which is not exactly a Yankee city. As with any popular song, it would play occasionally as an "oldie" in Atlanta and Knoxville during the late 70s and early 80s. I believe that I've heard it on the air only once since 1984. George Patterson If a tank is out of ammunition, what you have is a sixty ton portable radio. |
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30 Years Since Edmund Fitgerald
Jay Honeck wrote:
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy. Some of the words don't look right. Where did you find this? They're right. I listen to that song just about every other morning while working out with my son (we listen to his crap, er, music, every other day, and I get my music on the in-between days), and it never fails to give me the shivers. If you say so, but I was pretty sure that the following should have said: "That good ship and crew", rather than "That good ship and true." I don't get the meaning of good ship and true. Is this a nautical term of some sort? Matt With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of November came early |
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30 Years Since Edmund Fitgerald
"Jeff" wrote in message ... It must be a Yankee thing What definition of "Yankee" are you using? |
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30 Years Since Edmund Fitgerald
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message ... If you say so, but I was pretty sure that the following should have said: "That good ship and crew", rather than "That good ship and true." I don't get the meaning of good ship and true. Is this a nautical term of some sort? Matt With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of November came early You are correct. |
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