I have to go with The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Gordon Lightfoot was the greatest general ‘troubadour’ of my generation.
My favorite disaster song is The Wreck of the Shenandoah by Vernon Dalhart, which is about a 1925 airship crash. Dalhart sang a lot of songs about disasters including The Sinking of the Great Titanic, The Wreck of the Old 97 and The Mississippi Flood.
>I have to go with The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
This is definitely a timeless and unforgettable song. I go back to it several times a year when I can’t decide if I want Motörhead, Slayer, Suffocation, Reverend Horton Heat, Black Sabbath, or Charlie Daniels, etc., or just want to listen to some old Dragnet or Richard Diamond Private Detective radio shows, and just can’t decide what I’m in the mood for.
This song is always one that’s easy to go back to and enjoy.