ht/ Rob E.
40 years later and we have a president that is openly talking about, gleefully, mind you, how Gerald Fits Edmund’s Rectum.
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…….and I still don’t care.
Tsunami, I bet you’d care if one of the brave crewmen that went down with that ship were a friend or loved one.
Show some respect.
thanks for kicking off that gordon lightfoot song in my head
not
Chalupa needs to write a song about the sinking of the El Faro
by Hurricane Joaquin.
40 years later and we have a president that is openly talking about, gleefully, how Gerald Fits Edmund’s Rectum.
I appreciate the post, and thanks. (Never heard this toned-down version by Gord.)
Gordon is on tour.
He plays tonight in Worcester, MA
Dude is 76.
He could still run as a Democrat.
No, I don’t care…and I probably never will.
There’s more important things to concern myself with today than a boat that went down in bad weather because the captain made a bad command decision to press forward 40 years ago.
I feel the same way about the ship that went down in Bermuda some weeks ago.
A brave man would have managed to convince that captain to take proper action based on common sense.
Come to think of it, the same thoughts come to mind over the course of America.
There’s a bigger picture involved in my thinking, here.
Sorry if that offends anyone.
Grand Prize winner, world’s most monotonous tune.
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I lived in Duluth-Superior at the time, it was a big deal. Ships had to go out in bad wx all the time, and November had some of the worst storms.
Superior and Michigan both have hundreds of wrecks, some of them with a great loss of life.
They may be inland seas but they have a nasty reputation for beating ships to pieces this time of year.
It has been said that if you want to end a lively party, throw this tune on.
Was living in Wis. at the time.
This song was played WAY too much. Like they were trying to drive you crazy with it.
The meaningfulness was overrun by the never ending repetition on the local stations.
After a while, stations were switched when this came on. Maybe cranked up the 8-track.
I hope I never hear it again and that has no disrespect for the loss of lives – just that the stupid stations over-played it at the time.
Yeah, musically monotonous is one way to describe it.
It comes in second only to Alice the Goon’s “I Love Popeye” over and over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwYi5hpkUco .
The waves on the Great Lakes have a shorter period than those of the oceans; the freighters can literally break in half if the center is not supported…
I knew Edmund FitzGerald and I gave him the idea to build that ship … course, I told him to reinforce the hull, but noooooo the drunken fuckin Mick wouldn’t listen …
Is that anything like the two gay Irishmen – Michael Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzmichael?
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As an avid boater I always like to know the history of boat names. The Edmund Fitzgerald was named after the Chairman of the Board of the company that owned her. His name will always be remembered now.
Speaking of Ship names, did you know Obama had a ship named after him?
http://www.pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/funny-boat-names-0-1.jpg
It’s destined to go down too.
It was a big deal for me also living in beautiful (cough, cough) Lorain, OH at the time. Am Ship was still in business and very big deal.
Maybe it means more because my father’s family were Eastern Shore commercial fisherman. My grandfather died on his boat during a storm. He always said he preferred to die at sea.
Seinfeld…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M9b8zZtoPQ
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I dunno, I always liked the song. Like the music, like the lyrics that tell the story – all interwoven. Generally, liked Lightfoot’s music back in the day – though it’s been years since I’ve paid attention to it. I’m about an hour from Lake Erie – so the song carries more weight for me than some of you others. Haunting is a good word to describe it.
Ever heard “Fish Heads”?
Ships in a Harbor are safe, but that is not what ships are for.
I was also born and raised in Lorain and this was a big deal. And count me among what seems to be a minority– I love the song and never tire of hearing it.