DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:57 | |
msymmes wrote:Gordon Lighfoot is a Companion of the Order of Canada—Canada's highest civilian honor.
And rightly so. He is a world treasure! |
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xtalman
(What dimension?) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:56 | |
This always touches me. Having grown up along the Great Lakes it recalls a lot.
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DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:56 | |
Chills every time I hear this. As a resident of Michigan, this is an extremely emotional story, to this day. There is a shipwreck museum on the shores of Lake Superior that is awesome.
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msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:56 | |
Gordon Lighfoot is a Companion of the Order of Canada—Canada's highest civilian honor.
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randyblew
(Raleigh, NC) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:54 | |
This ex-coast Guardsman has loved this song undyingly forever. Haunting, lovely, poetic. A great YouTube tribute to the song here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw
For those who go to the sea in ships. A wonderful song.
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martinc
(Ottawa Canada) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:52 | |
A DJ here played this song 26 times in a row. He had people phoning in going crazy on him. He got fined, he was given a partner/controller and then eventually moved on.
He also had a day where he played the drum solo in Ramble On and 12 times in a row
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:52 | |
Heard the intro and said Holy shit, this sounds like Edmund Fitzgerald. I can't believe it - its been years.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 20:46 | |
msymmes wrote:You need a new line:) At least for today. This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this spring night... |
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Seahunt
(Parent's Basement) | | Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 04:06 | |
scott_bruce wrote:This song always brings me back to my sophomore year at the US Naval Academy when this song was so popular on the radio. As sophomores we were allowed to have stereos in our room, and I had Navigation Class for first period. As I was gathering my books, charts and navigating instruments in preparation for Nav class, I can still vividly recall hearing this song playing on the radio in our room on the second deck, fourth wing, of Bancroft Hall . The song so eloquently highlights some of the hazards of life aboard ship at sea. Perhaps, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald subconsciously played into my ultimate decision to become a Navy Pilot instead of a ship-driver????
It gets a 10 for being a wonderfully moving tale of such a tragic event.
A short summary of the cause of the sinking can be found at: http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-080.htm
Bump just cause it is so interesting, for those that have been listening to this song for a loooooong time. |
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 11:02 | |
Edward FitzGerald was an English poet and writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. He should not be confused with Edmund though. |
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msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 11:02 | |
You need a new line:) At least for today.
romeotuma wrote:
This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it...
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hencini
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Amazing stuff. Great story, great storyteller.
Also interesting to note that he sings slightly different lyrics live now that evidence has been uncovered to indicate that the crew was not responsible for the shipwreck by failing to properly secure the main hatch.
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msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 11:01 | |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 11:00 | |
This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it...
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On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 17:47 | |
Not on the collection pictured above. Here's the original:  |
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 17:21 | |
It's amazing how one can make a song so good.
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trailhead
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 17:20 | |
Everybody in my hotel room loves this magnificent song...
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Aud
(lost in lakecity) | | Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 23:36 | |
Queue wrote:Guessing this one will pop up today... Hope I'm near my computer when it happens.
History telling at its best! Able to visually see this happening. |
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Queue
(ROKville, MD) | | Posted: Nov 10, 2011 - 06:41 | |
Guessing this one will pop up today... Hope I'm near my computer when it happens.
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h8rhater
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vit wrote:Who does this kind of thing today? I know of some hip-hop songs that go this direction (know the ledge), but they just tell stories, not actual representations of something that happened. Titus Andronicus tried somethin' like this with The Battle of Hampton Roads. But really. they only had the balls to mention the battle and the rest seems to be some riff about having problems in college or something.
RedGuitar wrote:
Genesis did "The Battle of Epping Forest."
Zeppelin did "The Battle of Evermore."
Not that there is anything wrong with them but, these are fantasy rock tales writ large in the era of prog-rock. The story of the Fitz is an American folk song based on true events. For something similar: Check out Sultana by Sonvolt on American Central Dust. It tells the tale of the SS Sultana, a Mississippi River steamboat whose destruction due to an explosion on April 27, 1865 days after the end of the Civil War was the greatest maritime disaster in US history. |
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tnt_thomas
(In Conceivable!) | | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 09:30 | |
He's here in November! Yaaay Gordie!
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Stratocaster
(Bermuda) | | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 09:30 | |
Gordie is still managing a pretty busy concert schedule for someone his age.
I saw him at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver about 5 years ago....when he did Edmund Fitzgerald, it was an utterly note-perfect rendition.
Great artist, and a Canadian icon.
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shakitten
| | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 09:30 | |
LOVE THIS. That's why I listen to RP.
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 09:28 | |
Amazing how someone can put sounds together that evoke such emotion.
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Sep 17, 2011 - 19:08 | |
vit wrote:Who does this kind of thing today? I know of some hip-hop songs that go this direction (know the ledge), but they just tell stories, not actual representations of something that happened. Titus Andronicus tried somethin' like this with The Battle of Hampton Roads. But really. they only had the balls to mention the battle and the rest seems to be some riff about having problems in college or something. There are probably thousands of singer/songwriters who write things along these lines - you just generally never hear them anywhere. Folk music is not really that popular anymore |
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PDXDude
(Portland, OR) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 09:32 | |
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RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 09:32 | |
Some amazing facts about the Lake at: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/superior/superiorfacts.html
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 09:30 | |
vit wrote:
Who does this kind of thing today?
Billy Bragg comes immediately to mind. An old-style troubadour for our days. |
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MM_Prague
(Prague, Czech Republic) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 09:29 | |
gzachman wrote:Great segway. Even better choice of following tune. Lightfoot was a standout in his era......where has he gone? Songs have played on my mind lately.....good to hear him again! Thx!
Is this the great segway you had in mind?   |
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