Lightfoot ballad helps keep alive memory of Edmund Fitzgerald- Ship sinks 30 years ago today

Mlive.com ^ | 11.10.05 | MIKE HOUSEHOLDER

[apackof2]

For.....Those who go down to sail the sea in ships, who do their business on the high seas,
Psalm 107:23

[b4its2late]

Great song.

[flashbunny]

whenever I hear the song on the radio it almost always sends a chill down my spine.

[Clemenza]

This a-shole had the nerve to attack my mother in 1971.

[Rummyfan]

At 6 PM the old cook came on deck, he said 'fellas, it's too rough to feed ya'

At seven PM the main hatchway gave in, he said 'fellas it's been good to know ya!'

God rest their souls!

[apackof2]

I don't quite follow?

[standingfirm]

I lived in Marquette MI right on Lake Superior, a few years after the wreck....they were still talking about it then.

[apackof2]

Me too, haunting

[There You Go Again]

Bush did NOTHING to help those people on that sinking ship.

[SolutionsOnly]

Agreed. It puts you right in the middle of the scene.

It's one of the best pieces of song writing - ever.

[yldstrk]

Was there an investigation? I hate to even ask, but I'm curious..

[Senator Bedfellow]

Gordon Lightfoot?

[SlowBoat407]

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes/when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"

I've had my share of those times when bluewater sailing, and that song always runs through my head.

[rlmorel]

How so? Just curious...was it physical or verbal abuse? (If you don't want to expand, that's okay...)

I think the song is a masterful work, very evocative, but I know absolutely nothing about him, other than he does kind of look like the kind of guy you would see playing his guitar in a coffee joint in Burlington, Vermont.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Maybe the way to get back at Lightfoot is to commission Johnny Horton to write a song about the attack.

[lesser_satan]

I have the CD in my car. It's one of my favorite songs of all time.

[RetiredArmy]

Absolutely. I cannot remember, but either PBS or the Discovery Channel had an excellent one-hour program.

[Gator101]

I believe the most popular theory was that some cargo hold hatches came loose and she kept taking on water in the heavy seas. Eventually it was enough to send her down.

[SolutionsOnly]

yes, I believe that the conclusion was that the hull split when huge waves lifted the bow and stern, leaving the center of the ship unsupported.

[SolutionsOnly]

I've heard the hatch-open theory too.