Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 93
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
50 years ago today, Gordon Lightfoot read an article in ’Newsweek’ that served as a catalyst for writing this timeless song.
“The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
When the wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too
‘Twas the witch of November come stealin’”
How does one write about a song that chronicles the final voyage of the most famous of all lake freighters? Books have been written that would fill your IKEA shelf. A countless number of spellbindi…
People who love being gutted by listening to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald will very possibly also like Flowers of Bermuda by Stan Rogers.
Sometimes I can listen to it, sometimes it destroys me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-wRuwQrxIQ
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Oh. Well I needed an ugly cry I guess.
How Gordon Lightfoot Memorialized the Edmund Fitzgerald - Polyphonic
Michigan returns rare Edmund Fitzgerald relic — and pays US$600,000 – National
The state of Michigan is giving up ownership of a rare relic from the famous Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck,…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/250759/
A belated #EdmundFitzgerald thought:
Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian musician and national treasure, wrote The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald about actual events that took place in the US and went to great pains to portray them accurately and with integrity.
Can you think of any examples of an American artist of any genre or medium who made something about an exclusively Canadian historic event and did it well?
(I can't think of any, although they may exist, hence the question.)
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