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  • Mikey
    Verbose Member
    • Aug 9, 2001
    • 47258

    The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down

    I got that song stuck in my head and I can't get it out.

    Thought i'd pass it on to you all

    YouTube - Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot

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  • wayne foundation 07
    Time to feed the cat
    • Dec 30, 2007
    • 5705

    #2
    I love that song,a couple years ago we were in Detroit and went to the church he sings about.The Pastor still preaches there and had all kind of news articles and pictures about the wreck and the service that followed "the church bell chimed till it rang 29 times"I t was a cool place to see.

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    • Joe90
      Most Special Agent
      • Feb 23, 2008
      • 721

      #3
      The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead. When the skies of November turn gloomy.

      The freezing water doesn't allow the bodies to decompose and so they won't float like a normal dead body will...
      90, Joe 90.... Great Shakes : Milk Chocolate -- Shaken, not Stirred.

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      • wayne foundation 07
        Time to feed the cat
        • Dec 30, 2007
        • 5705

        #4
        Originally posted by Joe90
        The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead. When the skies of November turn gloomy.

        The freezing water doesn't allow the bodies to decompose and so they won't float like a normal dead body will...
        You must watch CSI

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        • Mikey
          Verbose Member
          • Aug 9, 2001
          • 47258

          #5
          From Wiki

          The song contains a few historical and stylistic errors. These may all be attributed to artistic licenses that Lightfoot took in writing the lyrics.

          1. The song mentions that Fitzgerald was fully loaded and headed for Cleveland; she was in fact headed for Detroit, but was to dock in Cleveland for the rest of the winter.

          2. The song refers to the Fitzgerald consistently as a ship; historical and current Great Lakes parlance refers to all Lake vessels, from the smallest dinghy to thousand-foot freighters such as the Fitzgerald was, as "boats."

          3. The "Maritime Sailors Cathedral" Lightfoot refers to in the song is actually called "The Mariners' Church of Detroit."

          4. Capt. Ernest McSorley stated over the radio, until the boat sank, that they were "holding our own." What the cook or any other crew member did or did not say will never be known. Furthermore, even if the ship had in fact called for help, it is doubtful, under the actual conditions of the gale, whether neighboring vessels would have been able to render any real assistance.


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          • Joe90
            Most Special Agent
            • Feb 23, 2008
            • 721

            #6
            Originally posted by wayne foundation 07
            You must watch CSI


            I watch it mainly for the females, not the science.
            90, Joe 90.... Great Shakes : Milk Chocolate -- Shaken, not Stirred.

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            • jds1911a1
              Alan Scott is the best GL
              • Aug 8, 2007
              • 3556

              #7
              Originally posted by Joe90


              I watch it mainly for the females, not the science.
              I've like marg helgneberger since is saw her in Species

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              • wayne foundation 07
                Time to feed the cat
                • Dec 30, 2007
                • 5705

                #8
                She just keeps getting younger looking,shes sweet.

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                • hobub
                  Ghost of a Dead Indian
                  • Jun 18, 2001
                  • 4778

                  #9
                  Great Song Mike!

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