I was a young boy when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank. It was heartbreaking. The wreck was finally found and the ships bell was brought up and as it broke water it immediately rang as if screaming for her lost souls. RIP to the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Thank you Mo for reacting to this song.
I was a little kid when this happened on the night of November 10, 1975. I was born and grew-up right on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Michigan. My mother told me recently that the weather was fierce on this night, really high winds and big waves on the lake along with really heavy freezing rain. There was another freighter sailing near the Edmund Fitzgerald, the SS Arthur M Anderson, and the ship's captain had been communicating with The Edmund Fitzgerald's Captain, Ernest McSorely via radio. When the lake became very rough, his last transmission was "we're holding our own". The Edmund Fitzgerald very suddenly disappeared from radar, going down in seconds. The ship was later found with all of the windows smashed-in on the bridge, indicating that they had torpedoed into a giant wave and kept going under. This ship was also broken in half.
Gordon Lightfoot passed away earlier this year, on May 1st. That day, and going forward on November 10th, the day the Fitzgerald sank in 1975, at the Maritime Sailor's Cathedral in Detroit, they now ring the bell 30 times instead of 29, because of how instrumental Lightfoot was in preserving the memory of that good ship and crew.
Gordon Lightfoot died recently, and at the Sailors' Cathedral in Detroit, they rang the bell 29 times for the men lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald, and added a 30th bell for Gordon Lightfoot...
All money that was made on this record is donated to the families that lost a member of the family. It's a song that is never played or sang on ships, and being a seaman that is grounded a shore myself I do understand why, i will never know when or if the sea calls me back for the last time
One of my shipmates liked to play and sing that song. She knew not to sing it when the seas got rough. I've sailed Lake Superior in November in rough water. It was nowhere near what USS Edmund Fitzgerald experienced, but it was still pretty damned scary.
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours..." Some of the most haunting lyrics ever written, Canadian or otherwise.
I've heard this song for 40+ years and it still moves me. Particularly when I relive the story through those hearing it for the first time. The empathy and compassion in your face was beautiful to behold. You know Mo, anytime you hear this song again, the sadness you experienced listening to it will stay with you forever. Such is the power of Mr. Lightfoot's gift for telling a story. In this case a tragically true one. Take care Hun, RNB
All Canadians are mourning the recent passing of Gordon Lightfoot, one of the true voices of the Canadian psyche. A musician, a writer, a poet and story teller.
I was only 12 years old when this song was on the radio. I have a really good childhood friend who I keep in touch with still to this day. In 1975 I was at school and he was not there. I asked the teacher why he wasnt there and she explained that he went to the United States because he had a cousin that had passed away. I remember when he came back in about two weeks and I asked him about his cousin. He said that he was at Detroit in a large church. I did not ask any more questions. Now when I got older I found out that his cousin was on the Edmund Fitzgerald. His cousin was only 23.He had a 3 year old son and a wife of 5 years. I love my friend so much and always visit him twice a year. He now has a brood of 4 children and they always call me uncle.
Native North American/ Indians in the Great Lakes region are called the Chippewa Indian nation. "Gitchie goomie" is the name of the largest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior. Where the wreck is settled in Lake Superior, (along the Canadian side ) it is custom for mariners under weigh to set ships speed to "Slow/Dead Slow" and salute the Edmond Fitzgerald,with a blast from the ship's horn. Tbh, the media news outlets really didn't give much attention to the ships demise, often spelling the ships name incorrectly. The casual lack of interest motivated Gordon Lightfoot to write in a musical style called a "dirge", a kind of sad, somber ballad. (The "Greenland Whaling Company" song is a similar style). Also, the proceeds of the songs sales in recordings were donated to the members of the families of the sailors who lost their lives. Mad respect of Mr Lightfoot for immortalizing the event...
I'm from a small town in southern Lapeer County in Michigan. In music class when I was in fourth or fifth grade we had music books we would sing songs out of and this was one of the songs in that book. It is hands down one of the most memorable songs I have ever learned in my life.
Being born a Wisconsin, but growing up as a Michigander. Hearing this song hits me when I drive to work every day. While driving on Jefferson in Detroit I pass the maritime Sailors cathedral and say a prayer.
Gitche Gumee was the American Indian name for Lake Superior. It was made famous in the poem "Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth in 1855. I was 16 when the Fitzgerald went down and it played a part in my decision to become a US Coast Guardsman. This is the story of Merchant Mariners, a tough of men who lot who don't get their due as salty sailors. May the sailors who went down in the Fitz rest in peace. Hopefully the families find solace in knowing that they will never be forgotten.
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours" is the best lyric I have ever heard. This was to be the captain's last trip - he was going to retire. A couple of the hands were making their first trip. The Fitz had lost their radars and were sailing blind. The Arthur Anderson was following behind the Fitz and started trying to help guide them. The captain of the Anderson is certain that the Fitz bottomed out at one point, and that that was the source of the water coming in. Shortly before the Fitz sank, the Anderson reported two huge waves from behind. Those waves would have only gotten bigger before they got to the Fitz as it was closer to shore and was in shallower water. The last theory I saw is that one of those waves picked up the stern of the Fitz and drove it bow first straight down to the bottom, breaking it in two in the process. Whatever happened certainly happened fast, as they never made any distress call.
The Coast Guard asked the Anderson to turn around (they'd made the safety of Whitefish Bay at this point) and head back to search for survivors. The Anderson along with the the William Clay Ford went back into the teeth of the storm to search. They were both not certain they themselves could survive the battering they'd receive going back out, but they went out anyway. The Anderson reported only being able to make 2mph in the face of the steady 50mph wind (they reported gusts of 75mph).
even if it was low tide they couldn't have hit bottom as she sits in 580 feet of water... the big ship broke deep, split in two .. couldn't handle the load against the weather sadly as her cargo holds could not close properly, she took on water and broke deep..
@@MorenikejiTaiwo she went down on November 10, 1975. I’m typing this on the 7th. I and my sailor brothers remember the sacrifice these men paid so that we may learn from those lessons
The names of the lakes and rivers are named after American indian tribes. Lake Erie, where this tragedy happened is named for the Erie tribe. The 2 main possibilities is that a wave lifted the back of the ship and it plunged beneath the surface like a diver. Another is that a wave lifted the rear and another the front and it was broken in half. Gordon Lightfoot is one of Canada's fave sons.
I grew up in Ohio on Lake Erie's shore. I remember when this happened. The music really fits the story. The music is like the waves, relentless, one wave after another.
I almost didn't watch this because I didn't want to see you cry, I chose to stand with you and I am happy I did. I grew up on the shores of this this great lake for over 20 years before my journey west to the mountains. Gitche Gumee is said to be the name given to her by the Native Americans. She is just as beautiful angry as she is when calm. Sometimes she gets a bad reputation due to her temper but overall she is amazing. Respect and accept her for all that she is, she means no harm. Peace/JT Also: if you visit her, bring an extra sweatshirt. You may or may not need it.
there are few singer songwriters that can compare with Gordon Lightfoot. He is an elite group that can be counted on one hand. Great story great song from a great talent
One of the greatest ballads about a true event ever written. Gordon Lightfoot is a master story teller as he can make the listener feel the events as much as possible. All 29 of the crewman are stilled entombed aboard the Fitzgerald. The wreck has been designated a protected site and diving on the wreck if prohibited. The family members of those lost have stated they want all of the sailors left aboard with their ship mates. The bell was removed from the wreck and now sits in the maritime museum and a bell with the names of all the crew was put back on the wreck in its place.
A song masterfully written about a true event. 29 men died on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November of 1975. Gordon Lightfoot...one of the best Rock/Folk artists who ever lived. How he wrote these lyrics is beyond me. "And every man knew as the captain did too, 'twas the witch of November come stealing." I mean how much harder can song lyrics hit?? "The church bell chimed til it rang twenty- nine times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald." Whew. Heavy and sad stuff. Things that happened to good ppl in a many times awful world. I read a comment from a US coast guard sailor recently about this story. He said that to this very day, the Coast gaurd ships on lake Michigan completely stop over the wreck site, and salute as they ring the ships bell twenty nine times. Heart wrenching. Beautiful and sad and righteous respect for good, hard- working men who died hungry. They hadn't eaten since the day before. Just awful. God bless them. My heart still aches for the "Wives and the sons and the daughters" of these good men to this day. I can't imagine it. It's too painful. I sincerely hope that God watches over them all. I know that we all have to pass on eventually, but real tragedy is the most painful thing. The most horrible thing. This was a real tragedy, a fluke of nature, the witch of November, a tragedy. If you've read any of my previous comments, you know that I adore you and love your reactions. I love your emotion. You're a true humanitarian. When you realized this was true, I saw it on your beautiful face. It almost made me lose it. I swear. YOU ARE my favorite baby girl, just like you always say at the intro to your reactions. You have a heart of pur gold. I love your face. God bless.
Someone on another video mentioned that he was remembered by the people and the same bell... that chimed 30 times in May of 2023, 29 for the crew and once for Gordon. I thought that was lovely and it might touch others the way it touched me.
Growing up in Detroit, I recall the day after the tragedy. It was a gray, cloudy day and the mood was so somber. Gordon Lightfoot is a legendary folk singer and he based this melody on an old Irish ballad. It tugs at my heart every time that I hear it. Thanks for sharing your reaction with us Morenikeji.
What Irish ballad? I would be most grateful if you could provide more info so I could find out more! Of the sound of it, the structure, the theme, whatever! That was a really interesting statement, to me!
@@dingfeldersmurfalot4560 I have been fascinated by this song since it first appeared in 1976. In reading about it, Lightfoot said the melody was based on an old Irish folk song that he heard when he was 3 or 4 years old. Some people compare it to “Back Home in Derry” but that was written in the 1980s so that’s not the original source. I read that someone compared it to “The Road to Lisdoonvarna” but I didn’t feel the similarity. If you can find Back Home in Derry performed by Joe Kerr, you will recognize the similarity immediately.
Have listened to this song for many, many years. It tears me apart, especially knowing the history pretty well. I saw Gordon Lightfoot perform this and many other songs awhile ago. Live, and it tears you up more because you are around other people who are all feeling this together. Now to see you listen to it, and then REALLY listen to it, to pay reverence to the words and the music... now I am REALLY REALLY torn apart. In a thankful way.
Thanks for reacting to this song. Being from Michigan I grew up hearing about the Edmond Fitzgerald and the tragic ending to this freighter and her crew. Gordon Lightfoot did a great job in his tribute to the men who lost their lives and to the families they left behind.
Remember this well. Got up and had the radio on and heard she went down and I knew my cousin worked on her. Found out later that day he was on shore level and was OK. He knew everyone onboard.
Gordon was a brilliant musician who left us many truly great songs, and this may be his most powerful. Millions of people who would never have heard of these men learned about them, felt their loss, and mourned with their families.
When this wreck happened in real time it was one of the biggest traumas to all. My neighbor when I lived in Milwaukee, said she was Edmund Fitzgerald's private nurse and said he never let himself off the hoof after the wreck.
Baby girl, I saw your face at the start of the song. The Chippewa were a large native American tribe who inhabited the north-eastern forests and the Great Lakes region of the north American continent. When the first white colonial scouts were surveying there, they thought they'd discovered a new ocean. The natives told them these were lakes. "The big lake they call Gitche Gumee" is what we know today as Lake Superior. The scouts could not believe any lake(s) could be so massive. Only an equally massive talent like the Canadian troubadour Gordon Lightfoot could convey such a compelling tragedy so perfectly in music.
To me this song holds special memories of being lucky enough to hear Gordon play at "The Old Massey Hall" in Toronto during his yearly concerts there. The Massey is world renowned for it's acoustic sound and presence and hearing this song in the late '70's is something I will always cherish.
Gordon Lightfoot is an old man now, but he still makes his annual trip to Paradise, Michigan, to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to commemorate the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. As far as the number of lives lost, it doesn’t seem such a major event, but everyone in the Great Lakes region is somehow tied to these lakes and we are all affected by it. Thank you, Mo, for doing this song by a wonderful singer/songwriter.
I grew up on the western tip of lake superior in Duluth, Mn. Ill never forget the coverage that night by dennis anderson from the duluth ship canal. Such a deep and tragic song.
So tragic 😥 but this song honors those who were lost that day, and the lyrics pass on the memories of the families 👪 love for them. May they be blessed with the spiritual gifts of the losses endured.
Iron Ore is the worst shipment when a big ship takes water. It can sink so fast that the crew has no time to put their lifeboats in the water. The Great Lakes are interior lakes where the waves are relatively calm except when the Gales of November where the waves can be high like the oceans. This song was at the time when electronics were giving new sounds to a lot of instruments. And many musicians were discovering new ways to express their feelings which resulted in a lot of folk and country musicians finding their way in the pop radio programs. Those folks song writers knew how to make songs that live for generations.
One of my favorite songs, a few years ago I saw Gordon Lightfoot in concert and when he played this song the whole concert hall was silent and when he was done the crowd gave him a long standing ovation. Thank you Morenikeji for doing this song.
If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell... is how his great song "If you could read my mind" begins. Great songwriter and singer and guitarist. Ameseginalehu. Daalu.
All proceeds went to the families, Gordon Lightfoot is a legend, Bob Dylan idolizes him and many others liked him, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash among many. He refused induction into the Canadian Song Writers Hall Of fame unless Dylan inducted him and Dylan doesn't do award shows but he did that one. Now go listen to Sundown and If You Could Read My Mind.
This song is based, on the true events, that took place. Many people do not realize the EDMUND FITZGERALD, sank and all of the crew on board parished. The profits from this song, were distributed to family's of the deceased crew members. I remember when the news anchors reported this tragedy on TV. So sad. RIP - crew members. God bless your family's.
I think you had the best reaction to this song that I've seen yet, Mo. I think you understood the impact, gravity and sadness of this brilliantly done ballad. Wonderful job!
Song always tears me up. They were caught off guard and were just trying to support their families. What a shame technology to forecast the weather Well enough wasn't available then. Many advances has been made to prevent such a disaster as this though. God rest their soles and bless their families.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. It's so beautiful and haunting. It never fails to give me chills because of Gordon's writing, his voice, and the story. That guitar is so plaintive and desperate, just as the ship and crew must have been.
As a Canadian I thank you for reacting to this song by an iconic Canadian singer. If I may make a suggestion for a Canadian band called Klaatu. You might have heard a song or two from them but like most people you might not have known who they were. Knee Deep In Love, Calling Occupants and a strangely moving short song of theirs called All Good Things. And if you like a well told story in your music you can't beat the American storytelling genius Harry Chapin. Songs he was most famous for were Taxi, and the second part of that song called Sequel. A better Place To Be and a most powerful short song that still rips me up of his called The Shortest Story. These songs will stay with you the rest of your life. I hope you have a chance to hear these songs even if it is not filmed. It will amaze you. Thanks.
This song is part of my life. I was born out east now live in Toronto. Been hearing this since I was a little kid. It's an emotional rollercoaster. It still stirs my soul. It always will. Excellent video.
Look up "The Great Lakes" on a map of North America. Those of us who live around them and are old enough remember this incident well. They are inland seas in our rougher winters.
The Fitz sank on November 10, 1975 taking all 29 crewmen to the bottom. The wreck made international news and everyone living near the Great Lakes was affected by the tragedy. It took about 20 yrs to find the wreck. Families of the departed sailors asked that the bodies be left in the wreck, but the ship's bell was retrieved and replaced with a replica. The original ship's bell is on display in a museum (in Detroit, I think).
The replica has the names of all crew members engraved on it. The actual bell is the centerpiece of a memorial at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society Museum in Whitefish point, Michigan. Every November 10th the bell is rung 29 times!
Iron ore in mined in Minnesota USA and shipped to mills to be made into steel. I believe this shipped sailed from Superior, Wisconsin and as the lyrics revealed it was bound for a mill in Cleveland, Ohio. My father sailed on a ship similar to this one a long long time ago. He left for another job and shortly thereafter the ship sank. Lake Superior is huge. It is like a small ocean with weather to match.
The one positive is the faamilies were able to salvage the Ship's bell and its now on display at the Great Lakes Maritine Museum. According to Sailor lore, a Ship's Bell is the heart and soul of the ship. And having it on display can give some closure to the families that in some way, their loved ones live on.
You held it together very well for the 1st time hearing it... It is a heart breaker.. Read your face and feeling as it played .... It hit you as it hit millions and me ... 1st time seeing you... nice to meet you.. God Bless
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They ring the bell every year. This year they rang it 30 times, after Gordon's passing earlier this year. ❤
Yes he died on 01 may 2023 of natural causes, R.I.P.
I was a young boy when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank. It was heartbreaking. The wreck was finally found and the ships bell was brought up and as it broke water it immediately rang as if screaming for her lost souls. RIP to the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Thank you Mo for reacting to this song.
First time hearing about the Edmund Fitzgerald’s bell, ringing as it broke water!! And she was crying for her lost souls!
I was a little kid when this happened on the night of November 10, 1975. I was born and grew-up right on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Michigan. My mother told me recently that the weather was fierce on this night, really high winds and big waves on the lake along with really heavy freezing rain. There was another freighter sailing near the Edmund Fitzgerald, the SS Arthur M Anderson, and the ship's captain had been communicating with The Edmund Fitzgerald's Captain, Ernest McSorely via radio. When the lake became very rough, his last transmission was "we're holding our own". The Edmund Fitzgerald very suddenly disappeared from radar, going down in seconds. The ship was later found with all of the windows smashed-in on the bridge, indicating that they had torpedoed into a giant wave and kept going under. This ship was also broken in half.
Gordon Lightfoot passed away earlier this year, on May 1st. That day, and going forward on November 10th, the day the Fitzgerald sank in 1975, at the Maritime Sailor's Cathedral in Detroit, they now ring the bell 30 times instead of 29, because of how instrumental Lightfoot was in preserving the memory of that good ship and crew.
Yes, the families voted for him to be an honorary member of the Fitzgerald crew.❤
Gordon Lightfoot died recently, and at the Sailors' Cathedral in Detroit, they rang the bell 29 times for the men lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald, and added a 30th bell for Gordon Lightfoot...
All money that was made on this record is donated to the families that lost a member of the family.
It's a song that is never played or sang on ships, and being a seaman that is grounded a shore myself I do understand why, i will never know when or if the sea calls me back for the last time
Hmm, deep🥺
@@MorenikejiTaiwo just a little 🙂
One of my shipmates liked to play and sing that song. She knew not to sing it when the seas got rough. I've sailed Lake Superior in November in rough water. It was nowhere near what USS Edmund Fitzgerald experienced, but it was still pretty damned scary.
@@Nerdificent I was on the ship JB, RRS John Biscoe
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours..."
Some of the most haunting lyrics ever written, Canadian or otherwise.
I've heard this song for 40+ years and it still moves me. Particularly when I relive the story through those hearing it for the first time. The empathy and compassion in your face was beautiful to behold. You know Mo, anytime you hear this song again, the sadness you experienced listening to it will stay with you forever. Such is the power of Mr. Lightfoot's gift for telling a story. In this case a tragically true one. Take care Hun, RNB
They figure she sank so fast there was no time for the crew to try and save themselves...
Same.
You are 100% right. It stays with you. 40+ years later, I still get chills and a lump in my throat.
I couldn't have said it any better 👏
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All Canadians are mourning the recent passing of Gordon Lightfoot, one of the true voices of the Canadian psyche. A musician, a writer, a poet and story teller.
I'm American from Texas but I can tell you brother been listening to Gordon lightfoot since I was a kid this song is so special to me 🤘
I was only 12 years old when this song was on the radio. I have a really good childhood friend who I keep in touch with still to this day. In 1975 I was at school and he was not there. I asked the teacher why he wasnt there and she explained that he went to the United States because he had a cousin that had passed away. I remember when he came back in about two weeks and I asked him about his cousin. He said that he was at Detroit in a large church. I did not ask any more questions. Now when I got older I found out that his cousin was on the Edmund Fitzgerald. His cousin was only 23.He had a 3 year old son and a wife of 5 years. I love my friend so much and always visit him twice a year. He now has a brood of 4 children and they always call me uncle.
Native North American/ Indians in the Great Lakes region are called the Chippewa Indian nation. "Gitchie goomie" is the name of the largest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior.
Where the wreck is settled in Lake Superior, (along the Canadian side ) it is custom for mariners under weigh to set ships speed to "Slow/Dead Slow" and salute the Edmond Fitzgerald,with a blast from the ship's horn.
Tbh, the media news outlets really didn't give much attention to the ships demise, often spelling the ships name incorrectly.
The casual lack of interest motivated Gordon Lightfoot to write in a musical style called a "dirge", a kind of sad, somber ballad. (The "Greenland Whaling Company" song is a similar style).
Also, the proceeds of the songs sales in recordings were donated to the members of the families of the sailors who lost their lives.
Mad respect of Mr Lightfoot for immortalizing the event...
RIP Gordon Lightfoot who died 2 weeks ago. we will never forget his music.
True story. As a Canadian we all have heard this story. Great reaction. Stay positive and never stop smiling.
I heard this song back when I was in like 3rd or 4th grade. Decades later I still tear up a bit!
I'm from a small town in southern Lapeer County in Michigan. In music class when I was in fourth or fifth grade we had music books we would sing songs out of and this was one of the songs in that book. It is hands down one of the most memorable songs I have ever learned in my life.
In Michigan we were proud of our Canadian neighbor Gordon to tell the legend to the world in song and rhyme in a way that only he could..
in Minnesota, most of us know about the demon in Lake Superior
Being born a Wisconsin, but growing up as a Michigander. Hearing this song hits me when I drive to work every day. While driving on Jefferson in Detroit I pass the maritime Sailors cathedral and say a prayer.
Everyone is celebrated to this day. The bell still rings 29 times.
Now they ring it 30 times.
Gordon Lightfoot donated the profits of this song to the families of the Edmond Fitzgerald crew
He put it in his will that they will always go to the families ❤
Hero! R.I.P. Gordan Lightfoot.
Gitche Gumee was the American Indian name for Lake Superior. It was made famous in the poem "Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth in 1855. I was 16 when the Fitzgerald went down and it played a part in my decision to become a US Coast Guardsman. This is the story of Merchant Mariners, a tough of men who lot who don't get their due as salty sailors. May the sailors who went down in the Fitz rest in peace. Hopefully the families find solace in knowing that they will never be forgotten.
The best thing that could possibly have come out of this tragedy was this song. These men will forever be remembered.
We lost a great story teller R.I.P. Gordon
This is based on a true story. Gordon Lightfoot gave ALL the proceeds from this song to the family members of the victims of the wreck.
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours" is the best lyric I have ever heard.
This was to be the captain's last trip - he was going to retire. A couple of the hands were making their first trip. The Fitz had lost their radars and were sailing blind. The Arthur Anderson was following behind the Fitz and started trying to help guide them. The captain of the Anderson is certain that the Fitz bottomed out at one point, and that that was the source of the water coming in. Shortly before the Fitz sank, the Anderson reported two huge waves from behind. Those waves would have only gotten bigger before they got to the Fitz as it was closer to shore and was in shallower water. The last theory I saw is that one of those waves picked up the stern of the Fitz and drove it bow first straight down to the bottom, breaking it in two in the process. Whatever happened certainly happened fast, as they never made any distress call.
The Coast Guard asked the Anderson to turn around (they'd made the safety of Whitefish Bay at this point) and head back to search for survivors. The Anderson along with the the William Clay Ford went back into the teeth of the storm to search. They were both not certain they themselves could survive the battering they'd receive going back out, but they went out anyway. The Anderson reported only being able to make 2mph in the face of the steady 50mph wind (they reported gusts of 75mph).
even if it was low tide they couldn't have hit bottom as she sits in 580 feet of water... the big ship broke deep, split in two .. couldn't handle the load against the weather sadly as her cargo holds could not close properly, she took on water and broke deep..
Really? Fitz was 729 feet long.
your favourite singer-songwriter's favourite singer-songwriter, may gordon rest in peace.
Real Canadian and now has passed on , RIP
His songs are playing with respect !
I've listened to this one countless times...and it still makes my eyes water.
Same here.
@@MorenikejiTaiwo she went down on November 10, 1975. I’m typing this on the 7th. I and my sailor brothers remember the sacrifice these men paid so that we may learn from those lessons
The names of the lakes and rivers are named after American indian tribes. Lake Erie, where this tragedy happened is named for the Erie tribe.
The 2 main possibilities is that a wave lifted the back of the ship and it plunged beneath the surface like a diver. Another is that a wave lifted the rear and another the front and it was broken in half.
Gordon Lightfoot is one of Canada's fave sons.
Excellent Reaction beautiful young lady!!! 😘🤘❤
This is a 100 percent true story. This is the epitome of a singer, song writer, and story teller
He just passed, what a great loss, such a voice and story teller. he was.
rest Easy Sir
To see a beautiful young woman actually listen to this song is what keeps an old man in his 70s renew my faith in y'all, God Bless you.
I was 15 years old living in Indiana and still to this day at age 62 remember hearing about this wreck.
I grew up in Ohio on Lake Erie's shore. I remember when this happened. The music really fits the story. The music is like the waves, relentless, one wave after another.
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I leave a stone at the memorial each time I visit Whitefish Point. Superior is a gem.
True Canadian 🇨🇦
May his soul Rest In Peace , his sing Sundown is fav of mine !!
I almost didn't watch this because I didn't want to see you cry, I chose to stand with you and I am happy I did. I grew up on the shores of this this great lake for over 20 years before my journey west to the mountains. Gitche Gumee is said to be the name given to her by the Native Americans. She is just as beautiful angry as she is when calm. Sometimes she gets a bad reputation due to her temper but overall she is amazing. Respect and accept her for all that she is, she means no harm. Peace/JT
Also: if you visit her, bring an extra sweatshirt. You may or may not need it.
there are few singer songwriters that can compare with Gordon Lightfoot. He is an elite group that can be counted on one hand. Great story great song from a great talent
One of the greatest ballads about a true event ever written.
Gordon Lightfoot is a master story teller as he can make the listener feel the events as much as possible.
All 29 of the crewman are stilled entombed aboard the Fitzgerald.
The wreck has been designated a protected site and diving on the wreck if prohibited.
The family members of those lost have stated they want all of the sailors left aboard with their ship mates.
The bell was removed from the wreck and now sits in the maritime museum and a bell with the names of all the crew was put back on the wreck in its place.
A song masterfully written about a true event. 29 men died on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November of 1975. Gordon Lightfoot...one of the best Rock/Folk artists who ever lived. How he wrote these lyrics is beyond me.
"And every man knew as the captain did too, 'twas the witch of November come stealing." I mean how much harder can song lyrics hit?? "The church bell chimed til it rang twenty- nine times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald." Whew. Heavy and sad stuff. Things that happened to good ppl in a many times awful world.
I read a comment from a US coast guard sailor recently about this story. He said that to this very day, the Coast gaurd ships on lake Michigan completely stop over the wreck site, and salute as they ring the ships bell twenty nine times. Heart wrenching. Beautiful and sad and righteous respect for good, hard- working men who died hungry. They hadn't eaten since the day before. Just awful. God bless them. My heart still aches for the "Wives and the sons and the daughters" of these good men to this day. I can't imagine it. It's too painful. I sincerely hope that God watches over them all.
I know that we all have to pass on eventually, but real tragedy is the most painful thing. The most horrible thing. This was a real tragedy, a fluke of nature, the witch of November, a tragedy.
If you've read any of my previous comments, you know that I adore you and love your reactions. I love your emotion. You're a true humanitarian. When you realized this was true, I saw it on your beautiful face. It almost made me lose it. I swear.
YOU ARE my favorite baby girl, just like you always say at the intro to your reactions. You have a heart of pur gold. I love your face.
God bless.
I grew up in the mid and late 70,'s with folk music on the radio. Nothing like it
Someone on another video mentioned that he was remembered by the people and the same bell... that chimed 30 times in May of 2023, 29 for the crew and once for Gordon. I thought that was lovely and it might touch others the way it touched me.
Playing his song Sundown now for respect for his passing
Growing up in Detroit, I recall the day after the tragedy. It was a gray, cloudy day and the mood was so somber. Gordon Lightfoot is a legendary folk singer and he based this melody on an old Irish ballad. It tugs at my heart every time that I hear it. Thanks for sharing your reaction with us Morenikeji.
What Irish ballad? I would be most grateful if you could provide more info so I could find out more! Of the sound of it, the structure, the theme, whatever! That was a really interesting statement, to me!
@@dingfeldersmurfalot4560 I have been fascinated by this song since it first appeared in 1976. In reading about it, Lightfoot said the melody was based on an old Irish folk song that he heard when he was 3 or 4 years old. Some people compare it to “Back Home in Derry” but that was written in the 1980s so that’s not the original source. I read that someone compared it to “The Road to Lisdoonvarna” but I didn’t feel the similarity. If you can find Back Home in Derry performed by Joe Kerr, you will recognize the similarity immediately.
Have listened to this song for many, many years. It tears me apart, especially knowing the history pretty well. I saw Gordon Lightfoot perform this and many other songs awhile ago. Live, and it tears you up more because you are around other people who are all feeling this together. Now to see you listen to it, and then REALLY listen to it, to pay reverence to the words and the music... now I am REALLY REALLY torn apart. In a thankful way.
50 years later the song still devastates me
Same. I grew up on the Great Lakes in the 70s, where this was lore 😢
Such emotion, such feeling, such beauty...please don't ever change... 43,000 people adore you... keep up the good work...
Thank you so much 🥺🙏💗
My feelings exactly ! Cheers !!
Thanks for reacting to this song. Being from Michigan I grew up hearing about the Edmond Fitzgerald and the tragic ending to this freighter and her crew. Gordon Lightfoot did a great job in his tribute to the men who lost their lives and to the families they left behind.
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They ring the bells for them still today 29 times
I’ve seen that ceremony
Not his most famous track but surely his most moving. Great lyrics, a class act. Superb!
Remember this well. Got up and had the radio on and heard she went down and I knew my cousin worked on her. Found out later that day he was on shore level and was OK. He knew everyone onboard.
Ya feeling it as much as hearing it.......................................and that's cool.
Gordon was a brilliant musician who left us many truly great songs, and this may be his most powerful. Millions of people who would never have heard of these men learned about them, felt their loss, and mourned with their families.
I Aint Got Not Words, Just Tears.
When this wreck happened in real time it was one of the biggest traumas to all. My neighbor when I lived in Milwaukee, said she was Edmund Fitzgerald's private nurse and said he never let himself off the hoof after the wreck.
I was 15 when it happened. I still remember
Baby girl, I saw your face at the start of the song. The Chippewa were a large native American tribe who inhabited the north-eastern forests and the Great Lakes region of the north American continent. When the first white colonial scouts were surveying there, they thought they'd discovered a new ocean. The natives told them these were lakes. "The big lake they call Gitche Gumee" is what we know today as Lake Superior. The scouts could not believe any lake(s) could be so massive.
Only an equally massive talent like the Canadian troubadour Gordon Lightfoot could convey such a compelling tragedy so perfectly in music.
You can almost eliminate the words and still feel the emotion of the tune
Beyond brilliant
Masterclass
Have always loved this song and still do. Gordon Lightfoot….incredible folk singer!!
He’s so good!
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the minutes turn into hours" is the line tbat always hits me hard when I hear this song.
Goosebumps. Every time I hear this haunting song.
At 4:34 the pain on your face reflects the shared feelings this song evokes in the rest of us..
One of my favorite songs so beautiful love Gordon lightfoot i work a dangerous job so i pay homage everyday to the fallan ❤
To me this song holds special memories of being lucky enough to hear Gordon play at "The Old Massey Hall" in Toronto during his yearly concerts there. The Massey is world renowned for it's acoustic sound and presence and hearing this song in the late '70's is something I will always cherish.
Gordon Lightfoot is an old man now, but he still makes his annual trip to Paradise, Michigan, to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to commemorate the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. As far as the number of lives lost, it doesn’t seem such a major event, but everyone in the Great Lakes region is somehow tied to these lakes and we are all affected by it. Thank you, Mo, for doing this song by a wonderful singer/songwriter.
My father introduced me to Gordon Lightfoot decades ago, it's wonderful to see someone discovering his genius for the first time. Good video!
sad true story.. beautifully done
I absolutely LUV watching your reactions. You're so wholesome and unafraid to reveal your feelings. Live long, and prosper, beautiful lady.
I grew up on the western tip of lake superior in Duluth, Mn. Ill never forget the coverage that night by dennis anderson from the duluth ship canal. Such a deep and tragic song.
So tragic 😥 but this song honors those who were lost that day, and the lyrics pass on the memories of the families 👪 love for them. May they be blessed with the spiritual gifts of the losses endured.
Beautiful reaction to this iconic song. Rest In Peace Mr. Lightfoot.
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Goose bumps garanteed every time I listen to this song
Gordon Lightfoot was a great story teller.
Iron Ore is the worst shipment when a big ship takes water. It can sink so fast that the crew has no time to put their lifeboats in the water. The Great Lakes are interior lakes where the waves are relatively calm except when the Gales of November where the waves can be high like the oceans. This song was at the time when electronics were giving new sounds to a lot of instruments. And many musicians were discovering new ways to express their feelings which resulted in a lot of folk and country musicians finding their way in the pop radio programs. Those folks song writers knew how to make songs that live for generations.
Beautiful and sad song
Such a beautiful song about such a sad occurrence. Gordon Lightfoot's voice makes it all the more impactful.
Mr. Lightfoot took all monies from this song and gave it to the families of the lost Mariners.
This song used to scare the crap out of me when I was a kid, gave me nightmares. That guitar is haunting.
One of my favorite songs, a few years ago I saw Gordon Lightfoot in concert and when he played this song the whole concert hall was silent and when he was done the crowd gave him a long standing ovation. Thank you Morenikeji for doing this song.
The long standing ovation is so well deserved 👏🏼❤️
If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell...
is how his great song "If you could read my mind" begins. Great songwriter and singer and guitarist.
Ameseginalehu. Daalu.
Watching from Minnesota USA. I remember the song when it came out back in the 70s.
In the 70s? Just wow👏🏼
All proceeds went to the families, Gordon Lightfoot is a legend, Bob Dylan idolizes him and many others liked him, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash among many. He refused induction into the Canadian Song Writers Hall Of fame unless Dylan inducted him and Dylan doesn't do award shows but he did that one. Now go listen to Sundown and If You Could Read My Mind.
The song is so well written and performed. It is truly haunting. It does bring tears to my eyes. On a side note, you have the face of an angel.
It's in your body language. Thank you for having a very appropriate reaction to this heartbreaking incident.
Gorgeous Queen...Hands down the best tribute reaction to this I have seen. This got my heart strings....You are a true Queen....THANK YOU.
This song is based, on the true events, that took place. Many people do not realize the EDMUND FITZGERALD, sank and all of the crew on board parished. The profits from this song, were distributed to family's of the deceased crew members. I remember when the news anchors reported this tragedy on TV. So sad. RIP - crew members. God bless your family's.
Aww, thank you 🥺❤️
RIP Gordon
I think you had the best reaction to this song that I've seen yet, Mo. I think you understood the impact, gravity and sadness of this brilliantly done ballad. Wonderful job!
Song always tears me up. They were caught off guard and were just trying to support their families. What a shame technology to forecast the weather Well enough wasn't available then. Many advances has been made to prevent such a disaster as this though. God rest their soles and bless their families.
Amen🥺
Fine reaction. Appropriate reaction.
Gordon Lightfoot is a gift. Try Sundown.
hi jay. Peace/JT
Brilliantly written!
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. It's so beautiful and haunting. It never fails to give me chills because of Gordon's writing, his voice, and the story. That guitar is so plaintive and desperate, just as the ship and crew must have been.
I grew up on Lake Erie in Canada and saw that ship.
You should listen to Gordon Lightfoot's song, 'If You Could Read My Mind'.
As a Canadian I thank you for reacting to this song by an iconic Canadian singer. If I may make a suggestion for a Canadian band called Klaatu. You might have heard a song or two from them but like most people you might not have known who they were. Knee Deep In Love, Calling Occupants and a strangely moving short song of theirs called All Good Things.
And if you like a well told story in your music you can't beat the American storytelling genius Harry Chapin. Songs he was most famous for were Taxi, and the second part of that song called Sequel. A better Place To Be and a most powerful short song that still rips me up of his called The Shortest Story. These songs will stay with you the rest of your life. I hope you have a chance to hear these songs even if it is not filmed. It will amaze you. Thanks.
Klaatu.....? Ewwwwww.
@@claimguy First album. Gold in a week.
Gordon Lightfoot lives ten minutes from me. We're about 15 minutes from Georgian Bay (Lake Huron)
This song is part of my life. I was born out east now live in Toronto. Been hearing this since I was a little kid.
It's an emotional rollercoaster. It still stirs my soul. It always will.
Excellent video.
We're holding our own
- The Edmund Fitz Gerald's last words-
Look up "The Great Lakes" on a map of North America. Those of us who live around them and are old enough remember this incident well. They are inland seas in our rougher winters.
They still ring the church bells 29 times all around Lake Superior on the anniversary,
I live there
Aww🥺
The Fitz sank on November 10, 1975 taking all 29 crewmen to the bottom. The wreck made international news and everyone living near the Great Lakes was affected by the tragedy. It took about 20 yrs to find the wreck. Families of the departed sailors asked that the bodies be left in the wreck, but the ship's bell was retrieved and replaced with a replica. The original ship's bell is on display in a museum (in Detroit, I think).
I lived in Chicago and I remember how horrible this news was
The replica has the names of all crew members engraved on it. The actual bell is the centerpiece of a memorial at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society Museum in Whitefish point, Michigan. Every November 10th the bell is rung 29 times!
Iron ore in mined in Minnesota USA and shipped to mills to be made into steel. I believe this shipped sailed from Superior, Wisconsin and as the lyrics revealed it was bound for a mill in Cleveland, Ohio. My father sailed on a ship similar to this one a long long time ago. He left for another job and shortly thereafter the ship sank. Lake Superior is huge. It is like a small ocean with weather to match.
The one positive is the faamilies were able to salvage the Ship's bell and its now on display at the Great Lakes Maritine Museum. According to Sailor lore, a Ship's Bell is the heart and soul of the ship. And having it on display can give some closure to the families that in some way, their loved ones live on.
You held it together very well for the 1st time hearing it... It is a heart breaker.. Read your face and feeling as it played .... It hit you as it hit millions and me ... 1st time seeing you... nice to meet you.. God Bless