10 Nov 1975 -- Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald

Subject: RE: Edmund Fitzgerald Anniversary
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 11 Nov 12 - 01:48 PM

Another ship lost at sea. That was a great video, great song. I think not Stan, but Gordon Lightfoot, though.

Subject: RE: 10 Nov 1975 -- Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald
From: Joe Offer
Date: 10 Nov 22 - 03:51 PM

Today marks 47 years since the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior, 17 miles from Whitefish Bay in Northern Michigan. I saw the ore boats all the time when I was growing up - we could sometimes see them in the distance through our living room window, off beyond the Wind Point Lighthouse and reef. When I was in school in Milwaukee, I was very close to Jones Island, where the Edmund Fitzgerald and other ore boats tied up for the Winter. I've often wondered if I had seen the Edmund Fitzgerald.


The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum tells the story:

https://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald/

Subject: RE: 10 Nov 1975 -- Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald
From: DaveRo
Date: 11 Oct 25 - 03:05 PM

NYT - In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Subject: RE: 10 Nov 1975 -- Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald
From: GerryM
Date: 11 Oct 25 - 04:30 PM

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/2910
22 March 2024

The ship was the pride of the American side
It was due to set sail for Cleveland
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned

But taking a walk on the shore by the dock
Was a songwriter named Gordon Lightfoot
He was humming a tune but it didn't have words
For it's challenging trying to write good

Poor Gordon sought glory but needed a story
His career in folk music imperiled
He mulled over this as he watched them do work
On the hull of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Perhaps it was wrong, what he did for a song
He should never have bribed that mechanic
But his maritime crimes are no worse than the time
Young James Cameron sank the Titanic

Subject: RE: 10 Nov 1975 -- Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald
From: rich-joy
Date: 11 Oct 25 - 11:11 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um1PCCkyYHE

Home Free - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Premiered Sep 6, 2025    6m57s of a cappella harmony


PS    TBH, I found the ship's movement a bit too realistic and a bit dizzying to watch!!!!


"On November 10th it will be fifty years since that tragic night when 29 men were lost to Lake Superior."

""@colettedeux 1 day ago "As I am sure most here know, Gordon Lightfoot wrote this about an event on Lake Superior in 1975. He went on to donate the residuals to the families of the "wives and the sons and the daughters" of the men who died. All 29 aboard died that night. When the lyrics say, "the lake never gives up her dead", it is the literal truth. Lake Superior is so deep and the water so cold flesh doesn't rot and so the bodies stay where they are, at the bottom. The bell that is rung - now 30 times - each year, is from the Fitzgerald with a replacement bell placed on the bow. Thank you Home Free for including this tribute to the 29 brave men and families. It is musically and visually your best work so far. IMHO.""