The Edmund Fitzgerald was based out of (and owned by) The Northwestern Insurance Co. in Milwaukee Wisconsin. It hauled iron ore on all 5 great lakes. I live in Milwaukee, and by November it's usually already snowing. The ship sank on November 10th, 1975. Gordon Lightfoot donated all the proceeds from this song to the 29 families of the 29 crewmembers who died. The actual wreck is an official graveyard, and diving is not allowed there. The only thing taken off the wreck after they found it was the brass ships bell and used for a memorial. I'm in my 60's and can remember vividly the storm and all the news stories. There's another video on U-Tube that shows the ship and goes into detail about all this.
29 men died that day. Ever since the tragedy the Mariners Church has rung their bell 29 times on the anniversary. When Gordon died they changed it to 30 bells every year.
Lightfoot did a shipwreck song in 1967 "wreck of the Yarmouth Castle" it's loaded with rich images as well. LIKE A TOY SHIP ON A MILL POND SHE BURNED ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT THEN SLIPPED NEATH THE WAVES IN THE MORNING.
The only thing place not mentioned in the song. She went down on the Canadian side of lake superior. Gordon was Canadian. That's why he called the Fritzgerald the pride of the American side.
I've been on the ship William A. Irvin, which is very close to the design of the Edmund Fitzgerald and so the ship has three separate functions. In the front (bow) you have the Bridge that consists of the ship's steering, communication, navigation, mess (kitchen) and living quarters. At the very back, (stern or aft) you have engineering, which deals with all the mechanical needs of the ship like the engine, power, hydraulics. Between Bow and Stern, is the Cargo Hold and it is a large and deep sections that takes iron ore. Once it's filled, Hold Covers are used to close off the top in order to keep water out. It is believed, that because the ship was overloaded and setting too deep into the water (displacement) and that the hold covers were old and not sealing out water and because they were going through extremely rough seas, that water filled the cargo space and the ship sank, with all crew going down with the ship
Excellent reaction haven't heard this in awhile! SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and she remains the largest to have sunk there.
I was 14 when it happened, we watched with hope and faith every night. I still hear the 29 bells to this day, sons, brothers and fathers. They were afraid, they did the best they could. Most people don't know how personal this tribute was for Gordon Lightfoot. It went number 1 on Canadian Charts, Number 2 on US charts, and 40th in England. Gordon Lightfoot gave almost every dime the song made to the families of the 29 men lost.
I've lived in suburban Detroit for my entire life, and visited the "maritime sailor's cathedral", Mariner's Church in downtown Detroit in the shadow of the Renaissance Center where I had an office overlooking the Detroit River for a decade or so. The Great Lakes are large enough to allow for large waves to build up in gales. The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was big news back when it happened, and there have been a number of good TV documentaries seeking to explain how the wreck happened. Unfortunately, just like with airline crashes, liability and insurance issues cause experts to issue different "opinions" as to the cause. Waves as high as 31 feet were recorded by a nearby ship. One theory is that such large waves overan the deck of the ore carrier and entered the hatches that had not been properly secured (blame the crewmen), while others insist the ship ran aground on some shoals near their normal route from which the storm had caused a deviation, cracking the hull and allowing water to enter the cargo hold (blame the captain). Other claim the ship was overloaded beyond maximum specifications (blame the corporation). There is no one generally accepted theory. Winds were a steady 58 knots, with gusts up to 70 knots, that fateful night.
I’m from Ottawa but have family in Detroit and have driven by the cathedral many times. Is it worth the visit on the inside? Big props to my fellow Canadian and great storyteller Gordon Lightfoot. My two favourite songs of his are this and, very poignant for Detroit, Black Day In July. My Canadian aunt from Ottawa married my American uncle from Detroit on Canada’s centennial birthday here in Canada’s Capital BUT settled in Detroit. My aunt moved to Detroit around three weeks prior to the 1967 Detroit riots!
I remember the first time I heard this song when I was 5 years old back in 76. I've also spent over 27 years within the grasp of Lake Superior as she often controls the weather around her. Visiting her should be on most peoples bucket list. Love and respect her beauty and anger equally, is the best advise I can give. She shines during extremes like how she throws nonstop mini tornadoes into the sky when its 30 below over her iceless open waters. If you are lucky enough to catch this during a sunrise, they become tornadoes of fire. Sadly what happened to her and her crew before that fateful voyage was criminal. The typical weight limits imposed for that time of year was lifted in the name of profit. The site was also corruptly made illegal to dive on so no proper investigation could be done leaving only a single check of $600 to be paid out for each of the 29 souls lost that night. I would argue many more than 29 souls were forever changed. The ship (SS Arthur M. Anderson) about 15 miles behind her was measuring waves of 25 feet. I will also add that many believe the lyrics "The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound" is actually the wires snapping signaling she just broke her back. google maps location of her last time getting loaded 46.6952638387159, -92.02426342986556 google maps location (roughly) where she now rests. 47.00680202770732, -85.1392958565533 Peace/JT
The Edmund Fitzgerald was about 150 feet shorter than the infamous Titanic. As Lightfoot says, she “was the pride of the American side”, but she sank just on the Canadian side of the border.
He's a troubadour and balladeer as much as a singer - there's a story in each of his songs. In this case, it's a true story from the 1970s, though he somehow manages to make it sound like a traditional song from centuries ago. You need to hear his song "If You Could Read My Mind". And thoughts going out to those in the US southeast currently experiencing similar weather to what hit the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I so remember that night Yopper at heart! It was crazy bizarre storm this story will always haunt me! And the song was always will have special place in my heart
After seeing the photos of the wreck, the most likely scenario is that one of the huge waves reported by the Anderson caught the stern of the Fitz, picked it up, and drove the ship bow first into the bottom. Whatever happened clearly happened very fast, as there was no distress call.
What a joy to hear and see your perceptive Reaction to these Lifelong Favourites of Mine like Gordon Lightfoot, Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull who I've seen live many times over the decades. Look forward to sharing this wonderful musical journey you're on ☺️
Part of the crew were in their 40's 50's and 60's and the other part were only in their 20's. To put into context of how bad it really was The Ship Arthur M Anderson maybe about a mile or 2 behind The Fitzgerald reported the Waves going over the Pilothouse which would be waves exceeding 30 to 35 feet in height. So yeah as a guy who live near the coast of Lake Huron on the Canadian Side in Ontario the Storms on the upper Great Lakes are no joke and not to be taken lightly.
Nice reaction! On that subject, one of the problems about young people reviewing music 2 or 3 times their age is they lack historical context. Some fan or sub says to you, hey check out this tune! And you do, and you give your opinion (generally overwrought) and la la la.... For instance, this was a great story told to music. But Gordon Lightfoot was already known for telling great stories to music before this song came out. What made the story intriguing is that the song was electric. Gordon was an acoustic folk artist. This song was a 180 degree departure from all his previous songs. He did it for impact, and when we first head it back in the day, we was all, what the fuck Gordon? The song was unexpected and awesome.
Nice reaction 👍🏻👊🏻 I hope Marillion will be on your channel again soon... 🙏 . They write also a song about a shipping disaster: Estonia, a ferry that sank in 1994. Or their song 'Out of this world'. Awesome song, about the failed attempt to break the speed record on water... ... 300 miles an hour on water in your purpose-built machine... There is a nice video on yt of this song with footage from the movie 'Across the lake' with Anthony Hopkins, which is about this true story.
When you said that you would try to pay attention to the words, I laughed. There’s nothing else you can do in a Gordon Lightfoot song. He’s a storyteller.
I remember when the news of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking came out. It was a great tragedy and Gordon was the one to write a song about it. He has another ship song titled The Ballad of The Yarmouth Castle about a ship burning. I like this song about The Edmund Fitzgerald but I would put it near the bottom of a long list of Lightfoot songs. You sound like you are from the South; why don't you treat yourself to a true Canadian legend. His songs are all up here on TH-cam and it is his earlier stuff that really shines. He is one of Bob Dylan's favourites. Check out from around 1980 and back, especially the mid to late 60s music. You will love that you did.
This was a huge radio hit, much beloved by people, and certainly the most famous song by Gordon Lightfoot. But his finest, and most moving song, IMHO, is The Canadian Railroad Trilogy, which features extraordinary musicianship along with Gordon't distinctive and highly emotive voice, and which tells the epic story of spanning the North American continent with a set of iron rails. The song is full of the spirit of the age of the industrialist back when nature was a deadly beast to be subdued and tamed, and it is worth listening to if only to constrast that spirit with the current zeitgeist that seems willing to kill 7 billion humans if that would restore the wilderness our great-grandparents viewed as the enemy. Life is strange and wondrous.
The imagery that Lightfoot uses stems from Native American lore (and, yes, he has Native American ethnicity). So, yeah, in so doing he "personalizes" the Great Lakes because Native Americans (re: the Chippawa as he refers in the song) did so as well. (P.S. My favorite line in the song is "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" I was in the U.S. Navy for 8 years and, trust me, Mother Ocean (and, in the songs case, the Great Lakes) *does* make you wonder exactly that because it can get freakin' ROUGH out there! To the point of you asking yourself "Is this EVER GONNA FREAKIN' END?")
My dad was in the New Zealand and British Navies during WWII, and he always said that the German sailors and British sailors had a lot of respect for each other because they were both fighting the same enemy - the sea.
@@vintagesupermarkets5210 Yes, you are right. Don't know why people try and shoehorn celebrities into native ancestry as if that somehow gives them more credibility. Talent is what is required - not ancestry.
He would've said first nation. But he wasn't. yes he uses the ogibwe names for superior and for the area. Chipawa for the area and Gichagume for the lake. I grew up on the north shore.
A Masterpiece for the ages. What a legacy. I salute you Mr Lightfoot. Almost 50 years later & it's as powerful as the day I first heard it on the airwaves.
remember the actual occurrence very well.....Gordon; the Canadian Bob Dylan....I've seen him live two times over the years....he's in his 80's, and still performing....check out his songs, "Carefree Highway", "Sundown", and "If You Could Read My Mind"
I think I may have suggested that you check this song out, although I may not have been the only one to do so... In any case I'm glad you chose this song and were touched by the story. This was a big hit for Gordon Lightfoot and I believe he's donated all of the proceeds from the song to the families of the Edmund Fitzgerald's crew.
Very insightful reaction. Gord and his band were so tight that once he wrote the song, he and the band played it just once in studio without rehearsal and that has been the standard performance since then, the one you just heard.
You can hear the last radio transmission the Fritz made with the Arthur M Anderson. You can also hear the transmission between the Anderson and the coast guard.
If you want to do more Gordon songs, I’d recommend a couple of his romantic ones like “Beautiful” or “Affair On 8th Avenue”. He could really write good love songs !
It's difficult for me to watch a reaction to this song. I moved to Michigan (lower peninsula) on the west bank of Lake Huron in 1978, my first assignment in the US military, which was not long after the release of this song and the tragedy itself. During my time in Michigan, I became acquainted with the lifestyle, history and culture of those who live near the Great Lakes. It's difficult to listen to a reaction by someone who doesn't have this context. How many reactors even know the names of the Lakes (Superior [Gitche Gumee], Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario), and the significance of each to the area, for both Canadians and Americans? Ms. "Have a Barry Nice Day" gave a good reaction, but at the point where she said she almost became emotional, I, now 45 years later, still always get emotional.
You are truly in God's country -- what a beautiful day!!! ( and you make a wonderful addition to the tableau :-) Anyway, you did great justice to a sad, sad song -- I think I get PTSD just from the line "Does any one know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
As stated in the song the Mariners' Church in Detroit rang it's bell 29 times, once for each man lost. When Gordon Lightfoot passed the rang the bell an extra time out of respect for the man who memorialized the wreck on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours”. genius lyrics - those times when you go through storms and wonder where God is.
🤠 Powerful storytelling. BWT - Are you still planning a reaction to SRV's "Life Without You" from the Capital Theater? I'm celebrating my one year anniversary of getting sober, and I owe alot of it to Stevie's inspiration in my life. Thanks! 👍🎸💙
Amazing Laurie, I have always enjoyed Gordon Lightfoot. If you get the chance and you haven't seen it already check this out, it's John Prine (House of Strombo) with Gordon Lightfoot in the audience. Well worth a look especially if you like JP. He was another great storyteller and is sadly missed 😪
@@garyzink1927 I have the same theory as captain Bernie Cooper who was the captain of the Arthur m anderson who was in the same storm there were a series of waves that hit the anderson from behind and he believes that the same thing happened to the fitzgerald and she just never recovered
You guys make it difficult to remain allies sometimes with smart remarks on minor points. Who cares about Lightfooot's actual ancestry? Please go and rotate on it, and maybe hope we don't decide to finally annex you.
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The Edmund Fitzgerald was based out of (and owned by) The Northwestern Insurance Co. in Milwaukee Wisconsin. It hauled iron ore on all 5 great lakes. I live in Milwaukee, and by November it's usually already snowing. The ship sank on November 10th, 1975. Gordon Lightfoot donated all the proceeds from this song to the 29 families of the 29 crewmembers who died. The actual wreck is an official graveyard, and diving is not allowed there. The only thing taken off the wreck after they found it was the brass ships bell and used for a memorial. I'm in my 60's and can remember vividly the storm and all the news stories. There's another video on U-Tube that shows the ship and goes into detail about all this.
Superior 'never gives up her dead' because the fresh water is always ice cold, so bacteria can't form to cause bodies to float.
It happened November 10th, 1975. I still remember it like it was yesterday.
29 men died that day. Ever since the tragedy the Mariners Church has rung their bell 29 times on the anniversary. When Gordon died they changed it to 30 bells every year.
People that have never seen the Great Lakes should think of them more as fresh water oceans...They seem that massive from the shorelines.
Sundown and If You Could Read My Mind are also.great .
Lightfoot did a shipwreck song in 1967 "wreck of the Yarmouth Castle" it's loaded with rich images as well.
LIKE A TOY SHIP ON A MILL POND SHE BURNED ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
THEN SLIPPED NEATH THE WAVES IN THE MORNING.
The only thing place not mentioned in the song. She went down on the Canadian side of lake superior. Gordon was Canadian. That's why he called the Fritzgerald the pride of the American side.
I've been on the ship William A. Irvin, which is very close to the design of the Edmund Fitzgerald and so the ship has three separate functions. In the front (bow) you have the Bridge that consists of the ship's steering, communication, navigation, mess (kitchen) and living quarters.
At the very back, (stern or aft) you have engineering, which deals with all the mechanical needs of the ship like the engine, power, hydraulics.
Between Bow and Stern, is the Cargo Hold and it is a large and deep sections that takes iron ore. Once it's filled, Hold Covers are used to close off the top in order to keep water out.
It is believed, that because the ship was overloaded and setting too deep into the water (displacement) and that the hold covers were old and not sealing out water and because they were going through extremely rough seas, that water filled the cargo space and the ship sank, with all crew going down with the ship
Excellent reaction haven't heard this in awhile! SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and she remains the largest to have sunk there.
One man who wasn't able to sail on the day of departure was the only one of the original crew of 29 to survive
The last words from the captain over the radio were “We’re holding our own”
Rest in Peace Mr. Gordon Lightfoot you brilliant and lovely Man. November 17, 1938- May 1, 2023.
A great songwriter, it is an awesome and moving ballad..
When Gordon died, last May, they rang that bell 30 times in tribute to him.
RIP Gordon
True story sung to perfection by Gordon Lightfoot.
I was 14 when it happened, we watched with hope and faith every night. I still hear the 29 bells to this day, sons, brothers and fathers. They were afraid, they did the best they could. Most people don't know how personal this tribute was for Gordon Lightfoot. It went number 1 on Canadian Charts, Number 2 on US charts, and 40th in England. Gordon Lightfoot gave almost every dime the song made to the families of the 29 men lost.
Don’t mess with The Great Lakes…They can be wicked!
Next up: "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" by Gordon Lightfoot!
I've lived in suburban Detroit for my entire life, and visited the "maritime sailor's cathedral", Mariner's Church in downtown Detroit in the shadow of the Renaissance Center where I had an office overlooking the Detroit River for a decade or so. The Great Lakes are large enough to allow for large waves to build up in gales. The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was big news back when it happened, and there have been a number of good TV documentaries seeking to explain how the wreck happened. Unfortunately, just like with airline crashes, liability and insurance issues cause experts to issue different "opinions" as to the cause. Waves as high as 31 feet were recorded by a nearby ship. One theory is that such large waves overan the deck of the ore carrier and entered the hatches that had not been properly secured (blame the crewmen), while others insist the ship ran aground on some shoals near their normal route from which the storm had caused a deviation, cracking the hull and allowing water to enter the cargo hold (blame the captain). Other claim the ship was overloaded beyond maximum specifications (blame the corporation). There is no one generally accepted theory. Winds were a steady 58 knots, with gusts up to 70 knots, that fateful night.
I’m from Ottawa but have family in Detroit and have driven by the cathedral many times. Is it worth the visit on the inside?
Big props to my fellow Canadian and great storyteller Gordon Lightfoot. My two favourite songs of his are this and, very poignant for Detroit, Black Day In July.
My Canadian aunt from Ottawa married my American uncle from Detroit on Canada’s centennial birthday here in Canada’s Capital BUT settled in Detroit. My aunt moved to Detroit around three weeks prior to the 1967 Detroit riots!
I remember the first time I heard this song when I was 5 years old back in 76. I've also spent over 27 years within the grasp of Lake Superior as she often controls the weather around her. Visiting her should be on most peoples bucket list. Love and respect her beauty and anger equally, is the best advise I can give. She shines during extremes like how she throws nonstop mini tornadoes into the sky when its 30 below over her iceless open waters. If you are lucky enough to catch this during a sunrise, they become tornadoes of fire.
Sadly what happened to her and her crew before that fateful voyage was criminal. The typical weight limits imposed for that time of year was lifted in the name of profit. The site was also corruptly made illegal to dive on so no proper investigation could be done leaving only a single check of $600 to be paid out for each of the 29 souls lost that night. I would argue many more than 29 souls were forever changed.
The ship (SS Arthur M. Anderson) about 15 miles behind her was measuring waves of 25 feet. I will also add that many believe the lyrics "The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound" is actually the wires snapping signaling she just broke her back.
google maps location of her last time getting loaded 46.6952638387159, -92.02426342986556
google maps location (roughly) where she now rests. 47.00680202770732, -85.1392958565533
Peace/JT
quite a few folks don't understand that about the great lakes up here though. that they have the capability to create their own weather.
Great reaction to a very haunting song!
The Edmund Fitzgerald was about 150 feet shorter than the infamous Titanic. As Lightfoot says, she “was the pride of the American side”, but she sank just on the Canadian side of the border.
"Seven Island Suite" and "Circle of Steel" will leave you speechless!
He's a troubadour and balladeer as much as a singer - there's a story in each of his songs. In this case, it's a true story from the 1970s, though he somehow manages to make it sound like a traditional song from centuries ago. You need to hear his song "If You Could Read My Mind". And thoughts going out to those in the US southeast currently experiencing similar weather to what hit the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I so remember that night Yopper at heart! It was crazy bizarre storm this story will always haunt me! And the song was always will have special place in my heart
After seeing the photos of the wreck, the most likely scenario is that one of the huge waves reported by the Anderson caught the stern of the Fitz, picked it up, and drove the ship bow first into the bottom. Whatever happened clearly happened very fast, as there was no distress call.
What a joy to hear and see your perceptive Reaction to these Lifelong Favourites of Mine like Gordon Lightfoot, Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull who I've seen live many times over the decades. Look forward to sharing this wonderful musical journey you're on ☺️
It’s November, time to play this song
Part of the crew were in their 40's 50's and 60's and the other part were only in their 20's. To put into context of how bad it really was The Ship Arthur M Anderson maybe about a mile or 2 behind The Fitzgerald reported the Waves going over the Pilothouse which would be waves exceeding 30 to 35 feet in height. So yeah as a guy who live near the coast of Lake Huron on the Canadian Side in Ontario the Storms on the upper Great Lakes are no joke and not to be taken lightly.
Nice reaction!
On that subject, one of the problems about young people reviewing music 2 or 3 times their age is they lack historical context. Some fan or sub says to you, hey check out this tune! And you do, and you give your opinion (generally overwrought) and la la la....
For instance, this was a great story told to music. But Gordon Lightfoot was already known for telling great stories to music before this song came out. What made the story intriguing is that the song was electric. Gordon was an acoustic folk artist. This song was a 180 degree departure from all his previous songs. He did it for impact, and when we first head it back in the day, we was all, what the fuck Gordon? The song was unexpected and awesome.
Great song..🙏
RIP Gordon . Never gone and always remembered.
Nice reaction 👍🏻👊🏻
I hope Marillion will be on your channel again soon... 🙏 .
They write also a song about a shipping disaster: Estonia, a ferry that sank in 1994.
Or their song 'Out of this world'. Awesome song, about the failed attempt to break the speed record on water...
... 300 miles an hour on water in your purpose-built machine...
There is a nice video on yt of this song with footage from the movie 'Across the lake' with Anthony Hopkins, which is about this true story.
When you said that you would try to pay attention to the words, I laughed. There’s nothing else you can do in a Gordon Lightfoot song. He’s a storyteller.
I remember when the news of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking came out. It was a great tragedy and Gordon was the one to write a song about it. He has another ship song titled The Ballad of The Yarmouth Castle about a ship burning. I like this song about The Edmund Fitzgerald but I would put it near the bottom of a long list of Lightfoot songs. You sound like you are from the South; why don't you treat yourself to a true Canadian legend. His songs are all up here on TH-cam and it is his earlier stuff that really shines. He is one of Bob Dylan's favourites. Check out from around 1980 and back, especially the mid to late 60s music. You will love that you did.
His writing is so precise and to-the-point, nothing is wasted; just the cold hard facts, sung about a real life tragedy, that tugs at your heart
This song still haunts me to this day. I remember it was lost on my birthday in 1975. God bless.
This was a huge radio hit, much beloved by people, and certainly the most famous song by Gordon Lightfoot. But his finest, and most moving song, IMHO, is The Canadian Railroad Trilogy, which features extraordinary musicianship along with Gordon't distinctive and highly emotive voice, and which tells the epic story of spanning the North American continent with a set of iron rails. The song is full of the spirit of the age of the industrialist back when nature was a deadly beast to be subdued and tamed, and it is worth listening to if only to constrast that spirit with the current zeitgeist that seems willing to kill 7 billion humans if that would restore the wilderness our great-grandparents viewed as the enemy. Life is strange and wondrous.
Sundown is his only song to reach #1 in both the US and Canada.
The imagery that Lightfoot uses stems from Native American lore (and, yes, he has Native American ethnicity). So, yeah, in so doing he "personalizes" the Great Lakes because Native Americans (re: the Chippawa as he refers in the song) did so as well. (P.S. My favorite line in the song is "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" I was in the U.S. Navy for 8 years and, trust me, Mother Ocean (and, in the songs case, the Great Lakes) *does* make you wonder exactly that because it can get freakin' ROUGH out there! To the point of you asking yourself "Is this EVER GONNA FREAKIN' END?")
My dad was in the New Zealand and British Navies during WWII, and he always said that the German sailors and British sailors had a lot of respect for each other because they were both fighting the same enemy - the sea.
@@jamesdignanmusic2765 The sea is a stone-cold BITCH. And anyone who doesn't believe that has never spent more than a week or two sailing on her.
Actually in spite of Lightfoot’s Indigenous sounding name actually is not of Indigenous ancestry.
@@vintagesupermarkets5210 Yes, you are right. Don't know why people try and shoehorn celebrities into native ancestry as if that somehow gives them more credibility. Talent is what is required - not ancestry.
He would've said first nation. But he wasn't. yes he uses the ogibwe names for superior and for the area. Chipawa for the area and Gichagume for the lake. I grew up on the north shore.
This isn't just a story. It's a retelling of an actual tragic event that happened in November 1975 between Cleveland and Detroit
A Masterpiece for the ages. What a legacy. I salute you Mr Lightfoot. Almost 50 years later & it's as powerful as the day I first heard it on the airwaves.
remember the actual occurrence very well.....Gordon; the Canadian Bob Dylan....I've seen him live two times over the years....he's in his 80's, and still performing....check out his songs, "Carefree Highway", "Sundown", and "If You Could Read My Mind"
I remember the CBS news of this on TV the next morning.
This great ship sank in 1975 on Lake Superior in a powerful storm. Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian.
I think I may have suggested that you check this song out, although I may not have been the only one to do so... In any case I'm glad you chose this song and were touched by the story. This was a big hit for Gordon Lightfoot and I believe he's donated all of the proceeds from the song to the families of the Edmund Fitzgerald's crew.
Very insightful reaction. Gord and his band were so tight that once he wrote the song, he and the band played it just once in studio without rehearsal and that has been the standard performance since then, the one you just heard.
And, y'know, shout out to Pee Wee Charles and Terry Clements. They are responsible for the slide and electric solos and sound effects.
In my opinion, Lightfoot had the best band of his time!
Love this song. But I won’t ask you to cover it though because it has so many lyrics.
This song, Sundown and Early Morning Rain.
You can hear the last radio transmission the Fritz made with the Arthur M Anderson. You can also hear the transmission between the Anderson and the coast guard.
Pride of the American side.
If you want to do more Gordon songs, I’d recommend a couple of his romantic ones like “Beautiful” or “Affair On 8th Avenue”. He could really write good love songs !
Found later at the bottom of Lake Superior broken in half.
It's difficult for me to watch a reaction to this song. I moved to Michigan (lower peninsula) on the west bank of Lake Huron in 1978, my first assignment in the US military, which was not long after the release of this song and the tragedy itself. During my time in Michigan, I became acquainted with the lifestyle, history and culture of those who live near the Great Lakes. It's difficult to listen to a reaction by someone who doesn't have this context. How many reactors even know the names of the Lakes (Superior [Gitche Gumee], Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario), and the significance of each to the area, for both Canadians and Americans? Ms. "Have a Barry Nice Day" gave a good reaction, but at the point where she said she almost became emotional, I, now 45 years later, still always get emotional.
It's a long time since I last heard this song. Great choice, love the song. Keep up the good work.
You are truly in God's country -- what a beautiful day!!!
( and you make a wonderful addition to the tableau :-)
Anyway, you did great justice to a sad, sad song -- I think I get PTSD just from the line "Does any one know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
As stated in the song the Mariners' Church in Detroit rang it's bell 29 times, once for each man lost. When Gordon Lightfoot passed the rang the bell an extra time out of respect for the man who memorialized the wreck on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours”. genius lyrics - those times when you go through storms and wonder where God is.
Can't wait for my No Doubt requests! 🙂🙂
Can you comment them here please
They are "Hey Baby" and "Hella Good" by No Doubt, audio version please! 🙂🙂
🤠 Powerful storytelling. BWT - Are you still planning a reaction to SRV's "Life Without You" from the Capital Theater? I'm celebrating my one year anniversary of getting sober, and I owe alot of it to Stevie's inspiration in my life. Thanks! 👍🎸💙
Amazing Laurie, I have always enjoyed Gordon Lightfoot. If you get the chance and you haven't seen it already check this out, it's John Prine (House of Strombo) with Gordon Lightfoot in the audience. Well worth a look especially if you like JP. He was another great storyteller and is sadly missed 😪
Forgot to put the link !!! th-cam.com/video/w5Rkm_dqm7A/w-d-xo.html
NOVEMBER 10TH 1975
👊😎👊 Matt Mcginn - Ballad of the Q4
Gordon never made a big profit from this song he gave it to the family members of the crew who passed away I have seen the lifeboats
I've seen that lifeboat too, along with bouy markers. They were both twisted beyond belief. Very sad. Peace from Northern Michigan.
@@garyzink1927 I have the same theory as captain Bernie Cooper who was the captain of the Arthur m anderson who was in the same storm there were a series of waves that hit the anderson from behind and he believes that the same thing happened to the fitzgerald and she just never recovered
His Tennesee Stud is now live on TH-cam
great old tune
Its true, now its just business as usual. Glad im old.
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Only lightfoot could have a hit that broke all the rules. 7 minutes long, a static melody, not about love.
1975
You guys make it difficult to remain allies sometimes with smart remarks on minor points. Who cares about Lightfooot's actual ancestry? Please go and rotate on it, and maybe hope we don't decide to finally annex you.
Girl, please fix your microphone, only one or twice at the most. Gee wiz.