I was always so impressed with Gordon's lyric for this song. It's like top notch journalism wrapped in a haunting melody and a great tribute to the men who suffered and died on this voyage.
To: shadowlands1960
I was going to share something similar, thanks very much for doing this. Wonder if there are others here who remember being in the area at the time and remember it all very well.
2 posted on
11/10/2021 7:57:29 AM PST by
OttawaFreeper
("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
To: shadowlands1960
It was the largest ship on the Great Lakes at the time and the largest ever lost in there.
3 posted on
11/10/2021 7:58:19 AM PST by
bigbob
To: shadowlands1960
A tugboat captain I used to be friends with, now long deceased, told me he knew the crew and was the last person to see them alive. True? I’ll never know..........................
4 posted on
11/10/2021 7:59:01 AM PST by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: shadowlands1960
Gordon Lightfoot honored those who lost their lives in this disaster. While he didn’t use their names, people still remember the Edmund Fitzgerald and its crew because of his tribute.
To: shadowlands1960
7 posted on
11/10/2021 8:07:04 AM PST by
Perseverando
(Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
To: shadowlands1960
I think the real story is that of the Arthur M Anderson that was ahead a few miles of the Fitz. They made it safe harbor when they got the news that they lost contact with the Fitz. The captain and crew volenteered to go back out to look for survivors.. Remember that what hit and sunk the Fitz was equivalent to a hurricane. The Anderson reported the got rocked by 2 gigsntic waves and the Captain though that what hit and sunk the Fitzgerald
8 posted on
11/10/2021 8:09:22 AM PST by
The MAGA-Deplorian
( Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less! )
To: shadowlands1960
Such an epic song. Thanks for reminding us.
To: shadowlands1960
11 posted on
11/10/2021 8:26:44 AM PST by
mewzilla
(Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
To: shadowlands1960
15 posted on
11/10/2021 8:40:27 AM PST by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: shadowlands1960
What a great song / tribute. Other naval disasters, the Thresher and Arizona for example, could serve as inspiration but Lightfoot; a Canadian, chose this one not surprisingly. One of few songs whose lyrics are burned into memory. Dan Folgleberg had a few, also.
17 posted on
11/10/2021 8:45:10 AM PST by
cicero2k
To: shadowlands1960
Re: the picture at the head of the replies - anybody know why a ship that’s an ore carrier has a bowsprit like the one shown?
18 posted on
11/10/2021 9:15:49 AM PST by
Stosh
To: shadowlands1960
20 posted on
11/10/2021 9:28:08 AM PST by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: shadowlands1960
2020, the witch of November come stealin'.
26 posted on
11/10/2021 10:48:36 AM PST by
clearcarbon
(Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
To: shadowlands1960
27 posted on
11/10/2021 10:58:59 AM PST by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
To: shadowlands1960
A good friend lost his uncle in this disaster. Prayers up for all the families left behind. This song always brings a tear to my eye.
28 posted on
11/10/2021 11:55:35 AM PST by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
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