Posted on 04/18/2005 9:15:09 AM PDT by The Therapist
Canada--Famed Canadian balladeer, Gordon Lightfoot, whose epic ballad The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald chronicled the last minutes of an otherwise obscure, industrial maritime disaster, has weighed in again with another blow-by-blow account of a more recent near tragedy.
"When I saw the Norwegian Dawn's harrowing story on C-Span, I had to act," said Lightfoot. “The thing practically wrote itself.”
Some say that Lightfoot’s deft touch with haunting, almost ethereal lyrics makes his new ballad, The List of the Norwegian Dawn, a potentially instant hit.
“I can hear the song in my head already,” said one fan of Lightfoot. “This story has all the ingredients out of which a classic is forged.”
Maritime historians agree.
“Look at this story, “ said one historian. “A passenger cruise liner, 2,200 people, and a seventy-foot wave that scares people. Pardon the expression, but this is a ‘perfect storm’ for Lightfoot, if you ask me.”
Lightfoot said he would enter the studio to record the song as his 2005 tour schedule permits, although he said he intends to perform the song in his act starting next week.
The List of the Norwegian Dawn (by Gordon Lightfoot)
The legend lives on from the lido deck on down To the disheveled shuffleboard besties The ocean, it is said, never produces dead When the whitecaps of April turn testy (cont.)
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Well I'm already hearing lines from the song in my head.
"Issak it's been good to know ya"
You got a lot of nerve...
Do you have any idea how many people will think this is real?
OTH, when I moved up north, it was refreshing to hear TWOTEF, until it was on about 50 times a day!!!
LOL I think we could have a lot of fun with this one.
no kidding thanks its in a loop now in my cpu and i can barly process new info hitting control alt delete and my internal task manager wont come up
Noon sun
you better watch out
if I find you been treading
on my front porch.
P.S. I happen to be a big fan of the Gordon!
I saw Gord in concert back in '79 or '80. Great tunes but not much stage presence.
Absolutely hilarious!
LOL!
Gitche Gumee
This is DEFINITELY early for November gales.
Gilligand's Island covers it.
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