Gordan donated the proceeds of this song to the sailors families. One of the best written songs ever recorded.

@patriciamoore6492

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that! Wow.

@fredostrow1787

2 жыл бұрын

The absolute worst song ever recorded

@rihamy2nd

2 жыл бұрын

@Ray M avoid giving the troll the attention they’re so desperate for.

@Orpilorp

2 жыл бұрын

I heard that before as well. That was so kind of him.

@George39280

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. Best song ever written, and recorded.

RIP Gordon Lightfoot. "At 3 p.m. Tuesday (5/2/23), the bell at Mariners’ Church rang out again - now chiming 30 times to honor those perished sailors along with the artist who famously memorialized them in song”

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours" is, IMO, one of the most powerful lyrics ever sung.

@kpas22105

Жыл бұрын

I get a lump in my throat whenever that line comes.

@EddieLancelot

Жыл бұрын

100%. That line slays me every time.

@roxanneweisenburn-lindsay8315

11 ай бұрын

@AlbertaGeek...I agree!

@marycampbell8855

11 ай бұрын

Agreed! Hits hard every time.

@stephanginther9051

10 ай бұрын

Oh that line gave me chills the first 100 times I heard it.

When Gordon Lightfoot passed away the Mariners Church in Detroit rang the bells 29 times, then rang it one more time.

I'm an old sailor and the line "Where does the love of God go when the waves turn the minutes to hours" says it all to me.

@bryanglassglass8971

2 жыл бұрын

God was mia

@Holdfast1812

2 жыл бұрын

So true. That point in time when you're hooked on in the cockpit at the wheel and looking up at the waves barreling towards you with the spume running down their face and you absolutely marvel at the power and danger of Mother nature when she's pissed and wondering it you're going to make it through.

@dullahan7677

2 жыл бұрын

The most acute description of human desperation I've ever heard.

@geraldburke5147

2 жыл бұрын

That line haunts me as well. Not sure why but it does...

@kikionthebeach6863

2 жыл бұрын

I am from a family of fishermen and it kills me when I hear that line

16 years in the Navy and time in the Merchant Marine. I have listened to this song a thousand times, still brings tears to my eyes.

@1719456

2 жыл бұрын

Amen Brother!

@haroldashley1544

2 жыл бұрын

Im former NAVY also and we knew when we went out there was no guarantee of returning.

@icky_mack

2 жыл бұрын

Twenty two years in the RCN. No guarantees when in Neptune's relm.

@David-ng7cr

2 жыл бұрын

Over 20 years fishing and I'm still going out. You have to respect the ocean. Seen some scary weather that puts the fear into you.

@emersongates8425

2 жыл бұрын

@@David-ng7cr My first ship in the Navy was the USS Nimitz, went through the North Atlantic in Dec 77, gale force 10. We had white water breaking on the deck numbers. I was on the worlds largest warship and was scared shitless!!!

"Fellas, it's been good to know ya" is a powerful line. It perfectly describes the reality of the situation, and the acceptance of one's fate.

@jackspeer2127

10 ай бұрын

Powerful, telling, real.

@Heegaherger

4 ай бұрын

When the old cook says that, it's time to make you peace with God because you are about to called home.

I grew up in MI and we all learned this song in elementary school…we learned to respect the beauty, power and danger of the Great Lakes from an early age. Such a profoundly sad story and Gordon Lightfoot’s tribute is a masterpiece.

@jakej4194

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in southern Lapeer County. I remember in one of the music books we had when I was in elementary school had this song in it and that was the first time I heard this song.

@SW-bs2jz

Жыл бұрын

@@jakej4194 He's a legend for us.

@robertlarson7224

Жыл бұрын

I learned about it in 4th grade, here in Milwaukee

@blackbob3358

Жыл бұрын

Aye1113, did they mention the almighty power of capitalism, and all it's sins ? Then as now.

@richardh8811

Жыл бұрын

Replying to Bob the d bag....

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"

@mvintrigue-trawlerdiy1101

2 жыл бұрын

A seventeen word sentence that contains so much to think about and reflect upon. One of the most dense sentences I can recall from any medium.

@musicandmoviefan9217

2 жыл бұрын

such a haunting sentence!

@robert-ef8qv

2 жыл бұрын

Cry when I hear these lyrics.❤️🙏😢R.I.P. to the 29 , prayers & condolences go out to the family.

@rickwelch8464

2 жыл бұрын

IMO best line ever written in any song I have ever heard.

@tragicdeyz2641

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickwelch8464 It's of course all subjective but for me: "And then one day you wake to find 10 years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun."

The water in Superior is so cold that the bodies are preserved at the bottom. She truly does not give up her dead

@Fubar2024

2 ай бұрын

She's even hard to drive past in winter for all the ice she sprays on highways. The Trans Canada Highway near Sault St. Marie is often closed because of her frozen wave action and fierceness. Everyone should visit and worship her at least once in their life.

The part where it goes from terrifying to tragic: When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin' "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya." At seven PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said "Fellas, it's been good to know ya."

I STILL GET CHILLS ..............BEAUTIFUL !

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours ?" One of the most poetic lines of a song ever written...

“All that remain are the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters” always hits me deep …the sadness of those families whose fathers never came home.

@andrewhoran7088

2 жыл бұрын

So so sad

@OttoByOgraffey

2 жыл бұрын

Fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, nephews, grandchildren, cousins. So many lives affected.

@johndeeregreen4592

2 жыл бұрын

Being from Michigan and having family in shipping, that line is like a punch in the guts.

@josephclark4999

Жыл бұрын

I was always saddened by "In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed in the Maritime Sailor's Cathedral. The church bell chimed till it rang twenty nine times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald" So sad.

@09penny1

Жыл бұрын

​@@josephclark4999 on May 2, 2023 they rang that church bell one additional time for Gordon Lightfoot. ❤

I know exactly how they felt. Been in seas so high that the foc’sle gets buried in a wave so immense that the bridge wings get washed over.

I'm from Michigan and that song is like an anthem to all Michiganders. I've seen the lakes that angry, it's incredible and scary all at once. I'm glad you listened to it with your heart.

@michaelkneringer3194

4 ай бұрын

This happened in Lake Superior, not Michigan. But understand your sentiment.

@judywein3282

4 ай бұрын

​@michaelkneringer3194 Lake Superior borders MICHIGAN also.

@judywein3282

4 ай бұрын

Yes it is. (Michigan here also)

@savinghistory642

3 ай бұрын

it is to everyone who puts to sea. theirs is the same enemy.

@richarddykhouse2080

2 ай бұрын

I have to my boss father met and talk to the crew Sault Ste. Marie

The wreck is listed as a grave site, when ships pass they ring their bells 29 times in honor of the dead. They did not recover the bodies . This music touches me , Gordon is a great artist and I love all his songs. This one makes me tear up and thats ok by me :)

@trl2828

2 жыл бұрын

@Joe Dick Never been on a real ship have you? You need that many because on a ship you need 24 hours. So shifts. No going home at the end of your shift when on a ship, doing shipping. See how many people working on a cruise ship.

@underthetrees4780

2 жыл бұрын

"Superior they said never gives up her dead". It's so cold and so deep, the bodies don't really decompose, so with no decomp there is no off gassing to float them up. They're forever entombed at the bottom.

@Dragon_Werks

Жыл бұрын

@@underthetrees4780 accounts from divers say that yes, they're still down there. Undisturbed nearly 50 years later.

@ArashiAiko

Жыл бұрын

30 times now since Gordon Lightfoot passed

@johnthorne4093

Жыл бұрын

@@underthetrees4780 At the same time, that's a comforting thought and a chilling thought. The crew of the Fitz, as the crews of so many other ships, don't forget, are down there together, in a very expansive cemetery.

Gordon Lightfoot is great. "If You Could Read My Mind" is highly recommended.

@joannevincent2035

2 жыл бұрын

Yes - "If You Could Read My Mind" is timeless.

@Orpilorp

2 жыл бұрын

He also wrote a song for his father called "The Leader of the Band".

@ChicagoDB

2 жыл бұрын

@@Orpilorp - incorrect…that is Dan Fogelberg

@ChicagoDB

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, I’d say it’s his best…of his many fantastic songs.

@johnandleighs.9193

2 жыл бұрын

Sundown is a good song

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours " my favorite line. How true.

My father was a nut for big freighters. In 1969 there were a few ships in Duluth with the Edmund Fitzgerald being the biggest attraction. We spent a few hours touring big ship. A few years later she sank and this song hit the airwaves. I bought a copy for Dad, he cried.

I grew up on the Great Lakes, my Grandfather was a merchant mariner from Ireland who said the storms on the Great Lakes scared him more than the North Atlantic. I remember this shipwreck, too. The song...is...there's nothing like it. 30 year Navy man myself, but I grew up sailing the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was one of the largest "lakers" on the Great Lakes. This song always makes me cry. Thanks for doing it.

@Shuggles56

2 жыл бұрын

Try The Wreck of the Carlos Rey by Los Lobos.

@dustinmoritz6634

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@patmurphy2072

Жыл бұрын

My father was in the navy from 56-58 and rode out a hurricane on an aircraft carrier. He and myself have been on Lake Huron in rough seas. He said he was more scared then.

This is the best memorial to those men that could ever be.

Gordon is a hell of a storyteller! He also is a great guitarist and his meldody is haunting and the words are hypnotic!

@anthonyj5097

Жыл бұрын

Might be the best story telling musician Canada has ever produced. Some of his songs or so powerful.

One can’t help but get emotional listening to this song. It is beautifully done. The story is haunting but not shocking. We can visualize what was happening without receiving a narrative of the deaths of the sailors. This type of storytelling is a lost art in music. Mr Lightfoot delivered the song as if he was an old sailor.

I was a senior in high school in northern MN, sitting in my bedroom doing homework and reading, while listening to an am radio station out of Duluth, MN (the next door city to Superior, WI where the Fitz sailed from). A couple of times per hour, the radio station reported news releases by the Coast Guard about the ship's progress and the troubles she was experiencing with weather and equipment. When I went to bed, the ship that was a few miles out in front of her reported that the Fitz had lost long range communications but was able to communicate ship to ship. The next morning while I was showering before school the station announced that all contact with the Fitz had been lost in the night. I've long felt a connection with the ship and the song, and I always stop what I'm doing and listen along when it plays or I see it come up during KZread surfing.

@susannahkreher7270

2 жыл бұрын

Wow…peace be with you man😔🙏🏼❤️

@frame3139

2 жыл бұрын

I’m 57 from Duluth I remember it well

@stanbannmusic8334

2 жыл бұрын

From MSP. I spent and still spend a lot of summers in Duluth, Two Harbors, Silver Bay, and Grand Marais. Friends and family kept me in the loop at the time while I was attending school in Boston. One friend told me the girl sitting across from her lost her dad on the Fitz. Powerful memories. Powerful song.

@garyzink1927

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's crazy. I visited the valley camp museum in the soo Michigan 3 days ago and saw many articles about the tragedy, I'm your age and lived in middle of Michigan then and felt the horrible tragedy too. At the museum is a bent twisted life boat from the Fitzgerald, it made me cry as I stood by it 4 a pic.

@johnandleighs.9193

2 жыл бұрын

Yea me too.

One of the great story tellers. Hard to believe he’s over 80 now. I’m not ashamed to say I tear up whenever I hear this song. A tragedy but a beautiful song. Good bless them all.

@ronv6637

2 жыл бұрын

Had the honor of sailing with his niece(she was 70+ and doing a around the world voyage),she related that not only was he a great musician but was also a canadian special forces commando in WWll(canadians were some of the best trained fighters in WWll)

@j20tower

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronv6637 wow, awesome.

@folkmusic99

Жыл бұрын

Gordon Lightfoot, born in 1938, was six years old when World War II ended in August 1945.

I was 9 when she sank i lost my dad a year later. He told me the story of this tragedy. At 56 every november we remember that day on Nov 10th we pray for the families

My father was a merchant seaman in the 30s and early 40s. When the Fitzgerald went down, he talked about it for months. He died in 2016 at age 95.

@jasonsimpkins7777

2 жыл бұрын

I wish you peace and love. I miss my dad every day and he was born just a little later than yours.

@danpatterson6937

2 жыл бұрын

Bless your father, his memory, and the mates he sailed with. My mom's oldest brother left the mountains of NC for the merchant marine in 1944. 17 years old. Tough boys

@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288

2 жыл бұрын

Your dads must have seen intense events. Shipping in the 1940s was dangerous, wasn't it? Merchant vessels headed for Europe were targeted by Nazi u boats? Thanks for this story.

@jamesdude4220

2 жыл бұрын

Rip

@objectiveobserver4278

2 жыл бұрын

The ship sunk on November 10, 1975. I was in junior high school and lived in a subburb of Detroit. The storm was predicted but crossed paths with another storm. It happened fast. This was a huge news item. They still ring 29 bells on November 10th for these men.

I have heard this song thousands of times. I am from Detroit, and I have been to the Maritime Sailors Cathedral. But no matter how many times I hear it, I cannot help myself but to cry when the line about the "wives and the sons and the daughters" plays. Every time. Including just now.

@anthonyj5097

Жыл бұрын

Yup.That line gets me every time

@scotts4920

Жыл бұрын

Same here, working downtown in the D, I pass the church every morning going to work. Born in Wisconsin and raised in metro Detroit it hits me in a way no other song does.

@odysseusthesojourner4401

Жыл бұрын

Similar impact on me, especially in November. Born and raised in Detroit, I remember hearing this on CKLW.

@brianlane9534

Жыл бұрын

not ashamed to say me too.

@badbiker666

Жыл бұрын

@@brianlane9534 By now you're aware that Gordon passed away May 1, 2023 at age 84. The light of the world is dimmed by his absence.

"Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?" - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot Recorded in December of 1975

your favourite singer-songwriter's favourite singer-songwriter, may he rest in peace.

This song makes me weep sometimes. I am a midwestern Great Lake American and it means so much to the maritime workers and all the men who go out and risk their lives to feed their families. Perhaps one of the greatest tributes to an event I have ever known.

One of the great masterpieces of all time. The "where does the love of God go" is one of the most brilliant lyrics ever. Gordon Lightfoot is a musical genius, and he's still going strong today.

I feel transported to an Irish pub where the fishermen are waiting for the crew to come back when they get the horrible news. Gordon Lightfoot did the sad occasion the justice it deserved. May all the 29 crew members of this ship find the eternal peace that they deserve. How awful it must have been for the families to receive the tragic news. My heart goes out to them all!

One of my favorites, I lived on the American side of Lake Ontario in November 1975….will never forget the news of the loss… still brings tears…

R.I.P. My Canadian brother this song and others. You were one of the best storytellers ever!

Lightfoot is one of the great storytellers of his time! Another great Canadian singer song writer ! Try If You Could Read May Mind, a great song about a broken relationship!

@crankyyankee7290

2 жыл бұрын

Another of your greats is Loreena Mckennitt

@shootermav11

2 жыл бұрын

Canadian version of Johnny Cash.

@donalddingler1263

2 жыл бұрын

They did retrieve the bell later on in 80's.

@billysmith1797

Жыл бұрын

@@donalddingler1263 And that pissed a LOT of people off. Items were taken off the wreck without the proper paperwork, most likely one of the reasons Canada listed it as a grave site and you can only dive on it after a lot of questions as to why. It's also monitored by the coast guard, get too close to the wreck and they come out looking at why.

What a haunting song. Gordon lightfoot captured the mood they must have felt.

This song still brings tears to my eyes. Epic and beautiful. Gordon Lightfoot is a treasure we’ve borrowed from Canada. He’s in his 80s now, was still performing a cpl years ago.

@colleenross8752

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, Gordon passed away a few days ago.

@thomaskelley3029

9 ай бұрын

​@@colleenross8752 From what I've read when Gordon Lightfoot die they rang the bell 30 times. 29 for the crew and 1for Mr Lightfoot.

@davemacmurchie6982

6 ай бұрын

@@thomaskelley3029 That's true, and pure class.

I've loved this song since I was a kid and I'm 55 now. By the way, Lake Superior never gives up her dead. The lake is too cold for bacteria to survive so bodies don't fill with gas and rise to the surface.

@josephclark4999

Жыл бұрын

The lake it is said never gives up her dead.

A few years ago I went to see my friends band in a club near Cleveland. At on point during the show my friend introduced a man in the audience that was the Brother of the Captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The band went on to play an emotional version of this song. It was an unforgettable night.

@patrickv391

2 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the band?

@Pyro10B

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickv391 Colin Dussault's Blues Project

“Does anyone knows, where the love Of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours “. Haunting lyrics

May he Rest In Peace .. you were loved and greatly appreciated, you will be missed.

I remember doing this song at a kareoke bar when it first started up and no one had ever heard the song before. There was absolute silence at the end.

@mikeat2637

2 жыл бұрын

I still get all choked up with this song even 40 years later.

@dvango7090

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha im sure that wasn’t the vibe they were looking for

@robruss62

5 күн бұрын

Ballad of Yarmouth Castle would have been another stunner

I grew up outside Cleveland and was about 10 when this happened. It was an unbelievably huge story. I remember utterly disbelief that this giant ship was gone. Then when the song came out. It was played non-stop. I cannot think of another song that conveys confusion and sadness like this one does.

Great reaction, Rogue! Gordon is a Canadian Treasure who has donated every cent he has ever earned from this song to the 29 families! Keep up the great work on your channel!

Fifty years later the song still resonates for those of us who lived along Lake Superior and waited up all night hoping and praying for their rescue.

Might be the most touching song ever written. I have listened to this song thousands of times and it touches me every single time

I'm very familiar with this storey growing up in Canada and living on the Great lakes and Gordon Lightfoot is pretty much national treasure

@scottcarter6623

2 жыл бұрын

Order of Canada in 2003

You can listen to this song in Miami, in August, outside, and feel chills. He makes you feel like you were there.

One of the most perfect songs ever written and recorded. That guitar makes you feel the icy wind!

I was a kid in Detroit when the wreck happened. It was a very surreal and disturbing time when no one knew what really happened and the news was constant. When the song came out I always felt that it was a very beautiful eulogy to the lives lost in such a horrible event. Even so to this day when I am an old lady the song gives me chills.

@jonstefanik9400

Жыл бұрын

It was headed for Detroit

@justgoodstuffj.g.s.1992

Жыл бұрын

@@jonstefanik9400 it was headed for cleveland loaded in michigan 26ooo tons of iron ore .

@jonstefanik9400

Жыл бұрын

@@justgoodstuffj.g.s.1992 So that means Detroit was a stop?

I remember when this happened. This song is hauntingly beautiful. It holds up over the decades.

I was a child when this happened. Every part of this song is true. I was with my mother downtown Detroit and herd the bells ring 29 times for the men on that ship. My wife and I lived on the shore of Lake Superior 50 miles out from were she sank. John S.

@cosmickid1794

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Windsor, I've heard the bell ring also

The Canadian government has deemed the site of the wreck a protected cemetery so that the sailors may rest in peace without being disturbed by divers. It is also traditional for ships passing by the wreck to have the crew observe a moment of silence as a bell is rung 29 times

@David-ng7cr

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Didn't know that. Thank you

@garrymoore2161

Жыл бұрын

I did not realize the Canadians afforded such honor to the American ship and crew. They have been America's closest friends for centuries I am not surprised at the pause and ring your ship bell 29 times tradition as they all remember the dangers and power of the lake.

@kennethcook9406

Жыл бұрын

The US has done the same, and a memorial bell was placed in the great lakes mariners cathedral

@swampghost8256

Жыл бұрын

The Fitzgerald bell was raised from the wreck 20 years after she went down and replaced with a memorial bell with the names of all the crew on it. The actual bell from the Fitz is the center piece of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical society museum in Whitefish point, Michigan. Every November 10th the bell is rung 29 times !

@justgoodstuffj.g.s.1992

Жыл бұрын

@@swampghost8256 now it's 30 times now that Mr. Lightfoot died.

On a fishing trip i met up with Mr Lightfoot and let me tell you, he was a gentleman and a very unique character.

The eerie sound of the guitar sticks with you, unforgettable.

@phila3884

2 жыл бұрын

It just dawned on me that the guitars sound like the howling of the wind in a storm.

@willbeez60

2 жыл бұрын

@@phila3884 And the Moog synth underneath suggests the depths of the water.

@northof4912

2 жыл бұрын

That truly makes the song…..

@terminallumbago6465

2 жыл бұрын

The music gives it a rocking feeling imo. Like a boat going up and down on the waves.

@glendirienzo1365

2 жыл бұрын

I think its Earl Slick on guitar?

The reason they say, "Superior Never Gives Up Her Dead" is because at depth the water is so cold that decomposition gasses do not form and therefore bodies do not float to the surface. As a young teen growing up in Manitowoc, WI many times I've see both the Fitzgerald and the Arthur M. Anderson (the last ship to be in contact with the Fitzgerald and the first rescue ship on the scene to look for any survivors).

@justgoodstuffj.g.s.1992

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info. I could not remember the city it was loaded

Always brings tears to my eyes I've heard a million times and I've cried a million times

@bart7552

3 ай бұрын

me too. I was five when it happened, and I remember where I was when my mother told me.

Such a heart-wrenching song & story. Gordon Lightfoot is a national treasure for Canada, a great singer/songwriter/storyteller. I grew up in Minnesota and have visited the Edmund Fitzgerald Museum on the shore of Lake Superior. They have the old yellowed newspapers on display reporting the story of the event. Lightfoot's lyrics are right off the pages of those papers. He tells the truth of it. the Great Lakes, though inland seas, can be just as treacherous as any saltwater ocean. I think that probably every navigable lake & river on the continent has its shipwreck story, but none is as famous as this one, because of Gordon Lightfoot.

Gordon Lightfoot is a great Canadian singer/songwriter/storytelling poet with his songs. This song carries a wailing sound all the way through that chills the hearts of those of us who lived in the Midwest.

As a very young teenager (maybe not even that) I had the immense good fortune to be allowed to sail with my father on the Fitz's sister ship, then called The Armco, as it made it's way from Duluth to Toledo with a load of taconite (raw iron ore). The Armco was the same ship in all respects including size, color, and crew. It was an amazing and hugely educational week-long voyage. Then I learned of the tragedy Gordon Lightfoot sings about here and I was absolutely devastated. The images of the captain, cook and crew were fresh in my mind. I had played quoits with one of them on one of the giant hatchway covers... I still get teary and I'm sixty-six now but it still haunts.

@jayjensen3241

2 жыл бұрын

The Armco isn't the sister, the SS Arthur B. Homer is.

This Ballad is a classic; it get's people every time.

I can't listen to this song without the tears flowing. Every time. It's haunting.

One of my favorites. No guitar has even sounded more appropriate to a song, that haunting mournful quality chills my blood every time. Having sailed in stormy seas I have a tiny inkling of what they may have felt. The line you mentioned, "does anyone know where the love of god goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours" really strikes a chord.

Some of the most powerful lyrics ever written.

It's brings me to tears when I hear the song almost everytime

The anguish in his voice and words and the haunting music ironically bring this tragedy to life in our minds . The power of the music is incredible. This is one song that definitely brings a chill to my skin and a tear to my eyes. RIP Gordon Lightfoot

Saw Lightfoot decades ago in a small venue outside Philly , actually 1 decade BEFORE the Fitzgerald went down ... Loved him as a storyteller ...even then .

@michaeloreilly2533

2 жыл бұрын

Was it the Main Point?

@northof4912

2 жыл бұрын

1965?

@michaeloreilly2533

2 жыл бұрын

@@northof4912 it opened in 1964.

After being a fan of Gordon for many years, I was amazed to see his actual writing desk in the documentary on AP. He used to sit in that little room for countless hours, crafting those great songs on music sheets, like an architect designs buildings. A really disciplined, hard working artist who put in the time.

@bryanglassglass8971

2 жыл бұрын

Genius

This song means so much to those of us in Northern Wisconsin, on Lake Superior. Crying, weeping, flat -out bawling. It's hard to listen to, especially if you have a personal connection to it... and so many of us do.

Gordon was such a great poet. A wordsmith. The lyrics are beautifully crafted, and the haunting, dirge-like music brings it all together perfectly.

Mariners Cathedral in Detroit is still there. One of the few and does a memorial every year on the day.

I listen to these reaction stories often. This is a Great song by a Canadian artist. I always cry when I hear this song because I have compassion! If you have no emotions for a maritime disaster that took the lives of 29 shipmates, you are not human.

I get tears and goosebumps every single time I hear this song. Remember the event clearly as well.

Greetings from Canada, eh!! I see you've met one of our national treasures, Gordon Lightfoot. A true "balladeer" whose catalogue deserves a deep dive, think you would love "Sundown". As a boy growing up in Windsor Ontario, border city of Detroit, I spent many a summer day on the banks of the Detroit River with my comics and pop watching the parade of majestic ships flowing each way on the river. The "FItz" I do remember seeing a few times, it was magnificent steaming along the river, you almost felt like you could reach out and touch it!! Mariners Church, mentioned in the song, is clearly visible from Windsor, in fact, when taking the Detroit/Windsor tunnel from Detroit to Windsor, you have to drive past it, which I have done it seems thousands of times. I've spent many a wonderful night in the great city of Detroit!! They salvaged the ships bell and it's at Mariner's Church. I'm not sure if they still do it, but on the anniversary of the sinking, they ring that bell 29 times. I've seen it bring people to tears. Glad you covered this song, I subscribed, found you reacting to Bruce Springsteen's 41 Shots, I was drawn in by Living Colours version, but as a 50 year, 30 plus concert going Springsteen fan, you can imagine where my heart lies, but, still a quality cover version. Looking forward to more reaction videos, and anything E Street, I'm your man!! Rock On!!!

Great song! As an ex-sailor, I'm glad she appreciates the situation when you are in a big storm. "Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"

Great reaction loved your honest response great job

I was born in the same city as Gordon, Orillia Ontario. Everyone loves him in Canada, he's a legend.

@glen6945

2 жыл бұрын

true love orillia canada

Always sends a shiver up and down my spine and makes the hair on my arms stand up!

I grew up in Michigan as well. My father was Commadoor of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. The Captain of the Fitzgerald was a music lover as well. Nicknamed Captain DJ as he used ships pa system to play loud music when coming into port. Jazz in St. Louis, Motown in Detroit and Rock and Roll in Cleveland.

You can never go wrong with a Gordon Lightfoot song, he's part of the 60's/70's great singer song writers era. He usually plays a 12 string acostic guitar. You should listen to "If You Could Read My Mind"

Hello,lovely friend. Those of us who live on the shores of the Great Lakes,which are actually inland seas,know and remember this song,and this event. The Edmund Fitzgerald was bound for Cleveland Ohio,to deliver Bauxite,iron ore,for the steel mill. Yes,the most heartbreaking moment in the song describes that moment of doubt about God. ‘Does anyone know Where the love of God goes? When the waves turn the minutes to hours?’ This is the moment when that crew began to realize what was about to happen. It’s heartbreaking.

@charlesperez9976

Жыл бұрын

I live in Cleveland. This was their destination.

@judywein3282

4 ай бұрын

Michigan, here. THANK YOU for calling them inland seas!! That is what they are.

@charlesperez9976

4 ай бұрын

Thank you,you understand! Anyone who has witnessed one of these seas rage understands! You are from Michigan,where winter is one continuous lake effect snow event!!

@judywein3282

4 ай бұрын

​@charlesperez9976 Yes! You also understand. People don't realize how Superior especially can rage unforgivingly. Take care!!

@bart7552

3 ай бұрын

it was iron ore called taconite from the Mesabi range in Minnesota. Bauxite is aluminum ore and not found in the Great Lakes area.

Gordon had and incredible talent for music and lyrics. His ability to combine them to tell stories was amazing. You feel his music. Keep listening. Every song is worth experiencing.

Although none of the bodies were ever recovered (Superior never gives up her dead), the sunken ship was quickly located: it had split in two pieces like the titanic...

@Holdfast1812

2 жыл бұрын

Precisely, just as Lightfoot offered, she "broke deep and took water." It is believed that in the large steep waves and shallow water, her bow hit bottom and broke her back. At that point, she would have gone down in minutes if not seconds.

@jamiegagnon6390

2 жыл бұрын

@@Holdfast1812 She may have been caught with bow and stern on high waves and her midships unsupported. This can be fatal to any ship but particularly to long narrow ships like the Great Lakes freighters.

@Holdfast1812

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamiegagnon6390 Not really, or at least not at her age. Waves, even large ones are a fact of life for ships. And while they all "work" in those waves in various ways from expansion joints to others, if any were so lightly built that they couldn't take those waves, they would never pass Lloyds, Bureau Veritas, or any other building inspection standards and therefor never get off the drawings. And even if someone wanted to go ahead and built them without those approvals, you would never be able to afford the insurance without it and therefore never be able to use the ship. What you describe CAN happen but it happens in old ships that have been heavily used for years and the metal has fatigued to the point where it factures - that wasn't the case with the Fitz. When they found here and inspected the way she broken up, and as the other Captain had surmised, in shallow water her stern was lifted by one wave and her bow went down to hit the bottom which broke her back. At that point, she would have gone down in minutes if not seconds - one of the reasons there was not even time to get a mayday off.

I watched another reaction to this yesterday. Each time I listen the emotions get stronger and the waterworks flow with less resistance. Such an emotional song! Gordon is a master songwriter! Most of his songs pluck my heartstrings. Rxyce, I encourage you to explore more Gordon Lightfoot tunes! It is often said he is one of Canada's greatest song writers but that is wrong - he is one of *humanity's* greatest song writers.

@rossmacintosh5652

2 жыл бұрын

"And all that remains is the faces & names of the sons. the wives, and the daughters". Has ever a more poignant lyric been written? Those faces and names thankfully will live on. (I was able to track one lineage of my family back to the year 1049 AD. Most of the many generations are almost forgotten but I continue the name and likely some of the face to this day. We are part of a continuum.)

I was 21 when this song came out and it made me weep uncontrollably... . I'm 67 now and it just happened again... 😭

It never gets old seeing people discover this song. It still brings me to tears hearing it twenty years after my first time. Great content

GORDON LIGHTFOOT "IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND" & "SUNDOWN"

Gordon Lightfoot is a treasure to humanity, and oh, he is a story teller.

I absolutely love that I stumbled on this reaction video. I just actually discovered the song about a year ago. Totally became obsessed with the entire story. It’s a gorgeous song 🎶

I’m from Superior WI, lost my gramps, never met him. My dad was 10 years old…years later that same Taconite facility of BNSF, my dad worked for for 30 years….many MANY unseen pictures! She’s terrifying, gorgeous, always respect her! The bell rang 30 times last November, it’ll always ring 30 times now🩷

I like his line about it being "the Witch of November come stealin'". Gives you the sense that the storm is alive and purposely seeking to harm you, rather than some happenstance of nature.

@jsbcody

2 жыл бұрын

It is alive. For some reason when the gales of November hit (imagine a hurricane with snow and ice, and they are really bad when they hit early), almost all the time when ships are lost, none of the crew are ever recovered, dead or alive. "The Witch of November" comes stealing for more lives and souls.

@bungholeshagnasty1724

2 жыл бұрын

It is powerful imagery.

@colleenross8752

2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean the 'bitch' of November?

An incredible song and story. Also, one of the saddest songs I've ever heard in my life...and I've heard it almost all my life, getting chills each and ever time it plays. The Tears can't help but flow.

I lived in Green Bay and watched all those guys working on the ship.i was close enough to see their faces and wave at them ( the bridge was up, so I watched them quite a while). A few days later the ship was on the front page of the paper and I just cried. I think of that day every time I hear this song.

The Great Lakes are some of the most dangerous lakes in the world. Lake Michigan and Lake Superior are the deadliest in terms of the number of shipwrecks and human toll, going as far back as the 18th century.

@badguy1481

2 жыл бұрын

The Eastland - 800+ Dead 1919 (Chicago River, Lake Michigan) The Lady Elgin - 300+ Dead 1860 (Northern Illinois, Lake Michigan) The Phoenix - 245 Dead 1847 (Sheboygan, WI, Lake Michigan)

@scottcarter6623

2 жыл бұрын

6000 Ships and 30,000 men and women. As estimate by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum

@MC-fv4vv

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottcarter6623 Wow!

@johnyourek8887

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen some nasty storms on lake Michigan no comparison to waves from a hurricane in Florida

@JudithJongewaard

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottcarter6623 Tears still come easily, their lives do not 😭

He’s such a poetic lyricist. I’ve been a fan of his since teenage me discovered him in the 70’s. I finally got to see him live a few years ago. He’s still got it. Sundown, The Canadian Railroad Trilogy, If you could read my mind, … so many great songs.

Length: 728′ Construction started: August 7, 1957 Launched: June 7, 1958 Crew: 29 Depth: 39 ft (12 m) (moulded) Captain: Captain Ernest McSorley

@MrBojangles110

2 жыл бұрын

You're right about who the Captain was when it went down. Peter Pulcer was the "DJ Captain" that Rogue referred to in her comments on the video, and he captained it for 17 years prior. Ernest McSorley was the one who went down with it. Spent much of my childhood on Lake Erie and heard many tales about the SS Edmund Fitzgerald but I'm still learning new things to this day. Also heard Gordon Lightfoot was irked Newsweek misspelled it "Edmond" which started him on his journey of honoring it. Gives me goosebumps every single time I listen.

In the State of Florida, in the United States. Hurricane season starts from June till November. In the Great Lakes region of the United States those Hurricane winds start in November. And on November 10th, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in the greatest lake of them all "Lake Superior." Twenty-nine men lost their lives within minutes before reaching whitefish bay. Canada's greatest singer/songwriter the late great Gordon Lighfoot died on May 1st, 2023. May he rest in peace. You left us all a great musical legacy. Thank you, Gordon Lightfoot. You will be missed.

AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC WITH A POWERFUL MESSAGE FOR US ALL,, RALPH MCTELL "STREETS OF LONDON"

@allenhuling598

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent suggestion!!