Music Appreciation

marble falls

(61,033 posts) Thu Sep 5, 2024, 08:55 AM Sep 5

Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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I absolutely adored Gordon Lightfoot, so this is a little bit of parody hard to take. James Cameron, not so much... hlthe2b Sep 5 #1

Used to adore ol' Gordo until his xenophobia got verbalized. I'm from Cleveland, the song still gets me. marble falls Sep 5 #2

Sorry but I think that song is brilliant Freddie Sep 5 #3

Nothing to apologize for. I'm from Cleveland and I still get chills just hearing the opening bars. Great song ... marble falls Sep 5 #4

I was first-year college in West Michigan. The fall was beautiful, but the storm irisblue Sep 5 #5

About the same weather in Cleveland. I just got chills remembering it. The song's tone just gets it all right. marble falls Sep 5 #6

hlthe2b

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1. I absolutely adored Gordon Lightfoot, so this is a little bit of parody hard to take. James Cameron, not so much...

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:07 AM

Sep 5

marble falls

(61,033 posts)

2. Used to adore ol' Gordo until his xenophobia got verbalized. I'm from Cleveland, the song still gets me.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:26 AM

Sep 5

Freddie

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3. Sorry but I think that song is brilliant

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:31 AM

Sep 5

I was a kid at the time, from Pennsylvania (and not paying much attention to news) and I thought the song was an ancient sea chanty. It was years later that I learned the events had only just happened at the time.

marble falls

(61,033 posts)

4. Nothing to apologize for. I'm from Cleveland and I still get chills just hearing the opening bars. Great song ...

Reply to Freddie (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:34 AM

Sep 5

... ripe for a little tweak.

irisblue

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5. I was first-year college in West Michigan. The fall was beautiful, but the storm

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:42 AM

Sep 5

That took the Fitzgerald was literally & metaphorically was the end of the golden season.
...When the gales of November came early...

marble falls

(61,033 posts)

6. About the same weather in Cleveland. I just got chills remembering it. The song's tone just gets it all right.

Reply to irisblue (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:52 AM

Sep 5

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