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45 years ago tonight: the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw ^ | November 10, 2020

Posted on 11/10/2020 6:38:17 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain

It was forty-five years ago tonight that the Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest ship plying the Great Lakes, sank and took 29 good men to the bottom of Lake Superior.

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot. With photos of the vessel and her crew.


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: edmundfitzgerald; greatlakes; music
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To: Jane Long

I can probably finish it

What would be really good would be if anyone knows a good singer who could sing it, that could get this out on youtube and other places

The Wreck of the Biden/Lewinski


41 posted on 11/10/2020 7:04:52 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: offduty

Wow! That must have been an incredible voyage! Amazing that your friend never mentioned anything about their relative....so very sad but still a significant piece of history.


42 posted on 11/10/2020 7:05:19 PM PST by halo66
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To: truthluva
Ok, this is really an odd post, but tomorrow is my 44th wedding anniversary.

Today is my 15th anniversary.

43 posted on 11/10/2020 7:05:22 PM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: ocrp1982

The next video in the queue had one with lyrics. I agree the audio sucked. His regular release of the song is good.


44 posted on 11/10/2020 7:05:58 PM PST by Vermont Lt (We have entered "Insanity Week." Act accordingly.)
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To: truthluva

As a kid this style of music was unpleasant to me

Lots of 70s music really didnt sit right with me


45 posted on 11/10/2020 7:06:29 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: week 71

One of the best sailing ballads ever. Here’s another by fellow CNadian Stan Rogers, who died too young in a plane fire at the Cincinnati airport:

https://youtu.be/fT-aEcPgkuA


46 posted on 11/10/2020 7:08:01 PM PST by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: offduty

Here it is at Duluth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDGzQEHZYjo


47 posted on 11/10/2020 7:08:29 PM PST by crz
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To: MotorCityBuck

Yeah, unreal Indian summer(60’s-70’s for a week)...but seeing that line of storms heading our way. Wonder if it’ll stay together tonight, stuff usually falls apart before it gets here.


48 posted on 11/10/2020 7:08:38 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
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To: Equine1952

So many people do not understand how vulnerable they are. So many think the world and nature is their cozy little friend. Disneyfication of nature and culture, if you will.

P.S. If one studies the lyrics of Fitzgerald, it is a learning experience to verify and understand their meaning. Much has been written on the subject. Great song.


49 posted on 11/10/2020 7:10:08 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

The Wreck of the Soro$ Dominion


50 posted on 11/10/2020 7:10:27 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

Yep. Your right.
I live in Livonia, and luckily the Heavy stuff misses us.


51 posted on 11/10/2020 7:10:39 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: crz

Nice! As a kid we would get to Duluth every so often. Always fun to go to the lift bridge(?) and watch the ships and the bridge.


52 posted on 11/10/2020 7:11:45 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: crz

The boats/ship references are argued about in the Navy too. My boat was the United States Ship submarine Ben Franklin, SSBN 640. It was always a boat to me. I was on shore duty when the Fitzgerald was lost. Sad deal.


53 posted on 11/10/2020 7:11:55 PM PST by Equine1952
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
Rheostatics did a good version of this song.

I still can't believe a ship of this magnitude went down in a lake.

54 posted on 11/10/2020 7:12:23 PM PST by SamAdams76 (Orange Man GOOD!)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

BTTT!!


55 posted on 11/10/2020 7:12:23 PM PST by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: All

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cddtyqQNHtM

Watch the hull work.


56 posted on 11/10/2020 7:14:01 PM PST by crz
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To: BlueLancer

Congratulations and I hope you celebrate many more.


57 posted on 11/10/2020 7:14:43 PM PST by truthluva
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To: meyer

I came across these kids doing a book report on In The Heart of the Sea. Pretty good report.

https://youtu.be/WEDU2I9fp_8


58 posted on 11/10/2020 7:15:10 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (With age comes wisdom or well practiced ignorance)
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To: SamAdams76

When the winter storms get going, Superior can be every bit as bad as the North Atlantic.


59 posted on 11/10/2020 7:18:55 PM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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To: SamAdams76

The Great Lakes have a penchant for getting churned up pretty well with the right wind. They’re not the ocean, of course, but they have plenty of surface area whereby if the wind is right, they can get well beyond choppy.

I remember heading out of Rocky River, just west of Cleveland, on a 21 foot boat, to do some fishing with my friend. We barely made it a mile out, couldn’t see land between the waves, turned around and went back to port. And that was a fairly mild lake - just huge swells. Storms are something else.


60 posted on 11/10/2020 7:18:56 PM PST by meyer (WWG1WGA, MAGA! Derps vs. Patriots, choose your side.)
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