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Music Appreciation

Swede

(34,684 posts) Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:05 PM Nov 15

Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men.

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Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Original Post) Swede Nov 15 OP

This is such a haunting song. Lunabell Nov 15 #1

It is a haunting song. LogDog75 Nov 15 #2

Hard To Go Wrong With This One ProfessorGAC Nov 15 #3

Lunabell

(6,956 posts)

1. This is such a haunting song.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:07 PM

Nov 15

Makes me shiver.

LogDog75

(111 posts)

2. It is a haunting song.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:14 PM

Nov 15

Unlike many songs, this one doesn't make a larger-than-life mythology of the ship or crew. It tells the story giving the listener an idea of the fear and horror the crew must have gone through.

ProfessorGAC

(70,120 posts)

3. Hard To Go Wrong With This One

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:26 PM

Nov 15

One thing I really like is how the hook has a sea chanty feel which fits perfectly with the theme.
Clever stuff.

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