[OttawaFreeper]

[basalt]

man..i remember this happening like it was yesterday..been to the Mariners Church in Detroit many times. LAKE SUPERIOR is no joke come November...

[Prince of Space]

Such a tragedy. However, if you ever want to clear out a party, put that song on. You’re welcome.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Thanks!
Additional importance this year with GL’s passing.
You beat me to it this year.
I slept in...

[Leaning Right]

When Gordon Lightfoot passed away earlier this year, the Mariners’ Church of Detroit rang its bell 30 times. Once for every man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. And once for Lightfoot.

[sonova]

My Dad’s cousin was the first pilot of that ship.

[Varsity Flight]

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+legend+lives+on+from+the+chippewa&&view=detail&mid=3941E24BA15FF810A71D3941E24BA15FF810A71D&&FORM=VRDGAR

[mmichaels1970]

This song is special to a former Alaskan crab fisherman and Navy vet.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Right on! It’s a timeless folk classic. (I’m listening to The Stooges at the moment.)

[PGalt]

Terrific song. One of mom’s (born and raised in upper Michigan) favorites. R.I.P. mom. R.I.P. Gordon.

Thanks for posting.

[nuconvert]

Absolutely hate that song

[mmichaels1970]

Tip if you hate a song: There’s usually a button or icon that looks like a little “right arrow”. Press it. It works.

[Alas Babylon!]

I remember when I first heard this song. I was in Tech School at Biloxi AFB in Mississippi.

There was a bunch of us airmen in the dayroom playing pool with the radio on.

When Gordon started singing his tale, everyone stopped and listened. There we were, enrapt in wonder, pool cues at our sides, as we learned the fate of the ship and then men on her.

[telescope115]

Thanks for the reminder: I am ashamed to say it, but I always forget about it.
It’s almost 50 years…wow.

[fretzer]

George Noory had a show about the Edmund Fitzgerald on 11/10/2005. Great show, still available to Coast to Coast subscribers.

[moovova]

To this day...still a very haunting song.

[GoldenPup]

The Legend lives on……..

[MD Expat in PA]

I like this video as it opens with the news broadcast, has some pictures and film footage of the ship (some are not of the Edmond Fitzgerald), recordings of the radio transmissions of other ships in the area, footage of the discovery of the wreck and ends with the list of the men lost and many of their actual pictures. Very moving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw

[GunRunner]

Love the song. I also love Sundown; that’s the official song of our lake house.

[Verginius Rufus]

It sank on the 200th birthday of the United States Marine Corps.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

RIP to all. This is my second-favorite Lightfoot song, after “Canadian Railroad Trilogy.”

I like what this Youtuber has done with it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw&t=86s