[OrangeHoof]

Why "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" reached #2 on the Billboard singles charts remains something of a mystery to pop historians. It was six minutes long, had no chorus, not danceable, no repetitive "hook" yet the tribute song to a doomed vessel sailed almost to #1 before running aground as all pop singles eventually do.

Here's an embellished version of the classic song for anyone not familiar with it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu1GpQeYh5g

Let the Clinton parody be a reminder of what ALMOST snuck back into the White House again after eight years of corruption and scandals. Regardless of what one thinks of the Trump presidency, I always compare it with the disgrace we perilously avoided last November. Let FReepers always remember the true disaster we narrowly avoided.

[pinkandgreenmom]

Good one! Thanks for sharing. (Although I will now have the song stuck in my head all day....)

[cyclotic]

It’s such a haunting song about a true event that it draws the listener in.

As I type this, I’m looking at a painting of the Fitz just as the rogue wave hits it.

[Robert DeLong]

Great song. Added to my collection and sent out for others to hear. 8>)

[Flick Lives]

Nicely done lyrics!

[Robert DeLong]

Interesting interview with Gordon Lightfoot. He changed the tunes when it was found out that the E.F. split in half and was not the result of open hatches. 2 minutes & 17 seconds.

[Robert DeLong]

I always liked this version by Marc Robillard (Main Title from History Channel's Great Lake Warriors)too.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark

[exDemMom]

Very nice parody.

Anyone who has followed the Clintons since they first slithered into national politics understands immediately every reference in the song.

No one who is a fan of the Clintons will get any of it.

[ViLaLuz]

That’s great, thanks for posting

[moovova]

The Clintons, it’s said, never give up their dead.

[KarlInOhio]

Overall I liked it, but too many of the rhythms were off. The Edmond Fitzgerald is six syllables and it doesn't match with the seven syllable Hillary Rodham Clinton. You had a lot to say and there just weren't enough notes in each line to say it. That's when I grab a thesaurus to find a synonym with fewer syllables.

Also you missed my favorite Hillary line in the song just waiting to be used: 'Twas the Witch of November come stealing. But then I had a tagline referring to her as the stealing Witch of November.

[Aut Pax Aut Bellum]

The Edmund Fitzgerald went down and stayed down. Hillary is trying to come back.