Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald [REACTION]

#GordonLightfoot #Wreck #EdmundFitzgerald
☕️ 🤗 To help support my channel .. ⬇️ (every "coffee tip" makes my smile brighter😬)
ko-fi.com/rogu...
👀 Check out the Original Video HERE: • "The Wreck of the Edmu...
✨⬇️ FOLLOW MY SOCIALS ⬇️✨
Instagram (for my adventures): / roguerxyce
Twitter (for my mind): / roguerxyce
Background Beats: TedDIGTL

[@murtheblur]

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

[@patriciamoore6492]

I didn't know that! Wow.

[@fredostrow1787]

The absolute worst song ever recorded

[@rihamy2nd]

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

[@Orpilorp]

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

[@George39280]

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

[@donschaum]

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]

God was mia

[@Holdfast1812]

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]

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

[@geraldburke5147]

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

[@kikionthebeach6863]

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

[@AlbertaGeek]

"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]

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

[@EddieLancelot]

100%. That line slays me every time.

[@roxanneweisenburn-lindsay8315]

@AlbertaGeek...I agree!

[@marycampbell8855]

Agreed! Hits hard every time.

[@stephanginther9051]

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

[@originaldcjensen]

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”

[@kdbadk]

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

[@mvintrigue-trawlerdiy1101]

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]

such a haunting sentence!

[@robert-ef8qv]

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

[@rickwelch8464]

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

[@tragicdeyz2641]

@@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."

[@emersongates8425]

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]

Amen Brother!

[@haroldashley1544]

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

[@icky_mack]

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

[@David-ng7cr]

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]

@@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!!!

[@bobprediger6966]

I been in stormy seas on a 180-foot vessel taking on water in the windward straight it's no fun. ironically I was not afraid even though I was an engineer .looking into the bilge as water comes rushing in through the bow thruster banging my head off the overhead bleeding. and running to the bow thruster room with my torque wrench. .finnaly got all the bolts torqued down to the correct PPI . the water stopped and the chief engineer told all 15 crew members that I saved everybody's life .. I was just doing my job. when we pulled into port in Gitmo. the beers were free for me all night and I got lucky with the nurse we had on board. I never forget that night at 3am for the rest of my living life.

[@dcaseng]

"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]

Powerful, telling, real.

[@Heegaherger]

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

[@doughaviland1729]

"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...

[@Psalm136HisMercyEnduresForever]

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

[@joannevincent2035]

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

[@Orpilorp]

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

[@ChicagoDB]

@@Orpilorp - incorrect…that is Dan Fogelberg

[@ChicagoDB]

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

[@johnandleighs.9193]

Sundown is a good song

[@CDO1113]

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]

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]

@@jakej4194 He's a legend for us.

[@robertlarson7224]

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

[@blackbob3358]

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

[@richardh8811]

Replying to Bob the d bag....

[@testodude]

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."

[@SRG1966]

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

[@Fubar2024]

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.

[@OldHead71]

“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]

So so sad

[@OttoByOgraffey]

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

[@johndeeregreen4592]

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

[@josephclark4999]

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]

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

[@sanquis]

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

[@MrBojangles110]

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.

[@normpaddle]

Rest in Peace crew of the Fitzgerald. Ernest McSorley - Captain born in 1912 in Canada and lived in Toledo, Ohio. He started command of the Fitzgerald in 1972 with more than 40 years of experience navigating oceans and the Great Lakes. McSorley was highly regarded for his skills, especially in heavy weather. He intended to retire after the 1975 shipping season but was survived by wife Nellie Pollock. John McCarthy - First mate born in 1913 and lived in Bay Village, Ohio. James Pratt - Second mate born in 1931 and lived in Lakewood, Ohio. Michael Armagost - Third mate born in 1938 and lived in Iron River, Wisconsin. David Weiss - Cadet born in 1953 and lived in Agoura, California. Ransom Cundy - Watchman born in 1922 on Easter Sunday in Houghton, Michigan, and lived in Superior, Wisconsin. He was in the Marine Corp and fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII. Fortunate to survive, Cundy was awarded several commendations and medals for his service. He was sailing with his friend Frederick J. Beetcher at the time of the sinking. Cundy was survived by his daughter Cheryl, her husband, and their seven children as well as three grandchildren from his youngest daughter Janice who passed away in 1974. Karl Peckol - Watchman born in 1955 and lived in Ashtabula, Ohio. William Spengler - Watchman born in 1916 and lived in Toledo, Ohio. John Simmons - Senior wheelman born in 1913 in Ashland, Wisconsin, where he also lived. He was known as a storyteller, jokester, and pool shark, and he loved sailing. Friends with Captain McSorley for more than 30 years, the ill-fated Fitzgerald trip was going to be his last before retirement. Simmons was survived by wife Florence (who never dated or remarried after his death) and two daughters Mary and Patricia. Eugene O’Brien - Wheelman born in 1925 in Minnesota and lived in Toledo, Ohio. Nicknamed the “Great Lakes Gambler,” he worked on ships from age 16 and only took a four-year hiatus as a glass factory worker. He loved casinos and playing cards. O’Brien was survived by wife Nancy and son John, who was just 17 when he lost his father. John Poviach - Wheelman born in 1916 and lived in Bradenton, Florida. Paul Riippa - Deckhand born in 1953 and lived in Ashtabula, Ohio. Mark Thomas - Deckhand born in 1954 and lived in Richmond Heights, Ohio. Bruce Hudson - Deckhand born in 1953 and lived in North Olmsted, Ohio. George Holl - Chief engineer born in 1915 and lived in Cabot, Pennsylvania. Edward Bindon - First assistant engineer born in 1928 and lived in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Thomas Edwards - Second assistant engineer born in 1925 and lived in Oregon, Ohio. Russell Haskell - Second assistant engineer born in 1935 and lived in Millbury, Ohio. Oliver Champeau - Third assistant engineer born in 1934 and lived in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Nicknamed “Buck,” he quit school at age 13 to raise four siblings after his father died. During his life, Champeau fought in the Korean War with the Marine Corps. Ralph Walton - Oiler born in 1917 and lived in Fremont, Ohio. He and his brother Wade sailed on many Columbia Transportation ships, including the Fitzgerald, but only he was on board when it sank. He often volunteered to maintain the ships during winter and gave his nephews tours of the vessels. Walton was survived by a wife and son Alan who worked on freighters too. Blaine Wilhelm - Oiler born in 1923 in Big Bay, Michigan, and lived in Moquah, Wisconsin. He was in the Navy for 11 years, serving in WWII and the Korean War before being discharged as a first class fireman. Afterward, Wilhelm sailed for 19 years. He liked to go fishing and deer hunting and enjoyed playing pool, barbecuing, spending time with family and friends, and eating blueberry pie. Wilhelm was survived by wife Lorraine, seven children, and a grandchild born just four days after the Fitzgerald sank. Thomas Bentsen - Oiler born in 1952 and lived in St. Joseph, Michigan. Gordon MacLellan - Wiper born in 1945 and lived in Clearwater, Florida. Less than one month before the tragic Fitzgerald journey, he built a home in Presque Isle, Michigan, to make travel between the two states easier. MacLellan took after his father, Master Captain Donald MacLellan who traveled the Great Lakes route several times. Robert Rafferty - Steward and cook born in 1913 in Toledo, Ohio, where he also lived. After 30 years of sailing, he started just filling in for crew members. Rafferty wasn’t supposed to be on the fateful journey but was called to fill in for the regular steward. He was actually considering retiring altogether. Rafferty was survived by wife Brooksie, daughter Pam, and several grandchildren. Allen Kalmon - Second cook born in 1932 and lived in Washburn, Wisconsin. Joseph Mazes - Special maintenance man born in 1916 in Ashland, Wisconsin, where he also lived. He sailed for 30 years on the Great Lakes and loved his job. At one point, he saved another crewman’s life. Sadly, the 1975 season would have been his last because he planned to retire. Mazes loved ice fishing, deer hunting, and snowmobiling in his free time. His siblings, nieces, and nephews remember how kind and generous he was. They recall him being afraid of Captain McSorley’s habit of never pulling out of a storm. Thomas Borgeson - Maintenance man born in 1934 and lived in Duluth, Minnesota. Frederick Beetcher - Porter born in 1919 and lived in Superior, Wisconsin. Nolan Church - Porter born in 1920 and lived in Silver Bay, Minnesota. He didn’t start sailing until his 40s after watching the freighters pass by his home and thinking that the job would be fun. He was survived by multiple children who say that he loved the job. Son Rick recalls his father joking that the Great Lakes didn’t have a hole big enough for the Fitzgerald. Church didn’t think that such a tragedy could happen.

[@KevinRCarr]

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 KZbin surfing.

[@susannahkreher7270]

Wow…peace be with you man😔🙏🏼❤️

[@frame3139]

I’m 57 from Duluth I remember it well

[@stanbannmusic8334]

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]

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]

Yea me too.

[@southernbella6535]

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]

@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]

"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]

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

[@ArashiAiko]

30 times now since Gordon Lightfoot passed

[@johnthorne4093]

@@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.

[@waterfive0]

I was in the Navy back then, I had a friend who was on the ship with me that had this cassette. We played it over and over on a Northern Wedding... It was like a Hurricane in the Norwegian fjords.... We were getting tossed around in over sixty foot seas. When we came home before christmas, My Friend decided to go home for christmas because that was a storm that left ya wondering if you would ever get out of and see your family again. This was his first time home for christmas in seven years. He was on his way back to the ship and was killed by a drunk driver. We gave him a Bural at sea, i was in charge of the detail..His parents and family was there for the services.... his mom and dad gave me all his stuff and cassettes .... one fell out the box.... Gordon Lightfoot....The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.... I cried like a two year old.... Bob S. was in my division and a friend of mine and a Shipmate for Years. Everytime i hear "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald or Sundown" i think of Bob. Rest in Peace Bob and the Crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald........... "Fair Winds and Following Seas"..........

[@magicalmystery1964]

I cry every time I hear this. What is frightening is they still have not agreed on the reason she sank. They have a bunch of theories, none have been substantiated. It is known, from the captain of the Arthur M. Anderson who was following the Fitz, that the last time he heard from the Captain of the EF, was at 7:10 pm. He said when asked, ‘we are holding our own’. 10 minutes later they were off the radar and no one heard from them again. So what happened came very quickly, and was unexpected. No distress call was ever made. This was so tragic and this is such a beautiful tribute.

[@Blues444]

"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

[@robb9395]

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]

Try The Wreck of the Carlos Rey by Los Lobos.

[@dustinmoritz6634]

Thank you sir!

[@patmurphy2072]

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.

[@jennifermichelleswanson3797]

This is the names of the crew that perished Nov. 10, 1975. I was 10 years old when the Mighty Fitz sank. Michael Armagost- 37- Third Mate- Iron River, Wisconsin Fred Beetcher- 56- Porter- Superior, Wisconsin Thomas Bentsen- 23- Oiler- St. Joseph, Michigan Edward Bindon -47- First Asst. Engineer- Fairport Harbor, Ohio Thomas Borgeson -41- Maintenance Man- Duluth, Minnesota Oliver Champeau- 41-Third Asst. Engineer- Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Nolan Church -55 -Porter -Silver Bay, Minnesota Ransom Cundy- 53- Watchman- Superior, Wisconsin Thomas Edwards-50- Second Asst. Engineer- Oregon, Ohio Russell Haskell -40- Second Asst. Engineer- Millbury, Ohio George Holl -60- Chief Engineer- Cabot, Pennsylvania Bruce Hudson- 22- Deck Hand -North Olmsted, Ohio Allen Kalmon -43- Second Cook- Washburn, Wisconsin Gordon MacLellan- 30- Wiper- Clearwater, Florida Joseph Mazes- 59- Special Maintenance Man -Ashland, Wisconsin John McCarthy -62-First Mate -Bay Village, Ohio Ernest McSorley -63 -Captain -Toledo, Ohio Eugene O'Brien- 50- Wheelsman -Toledo, Ohio Karl Peckol -20- Watchman -Ashtabula, Ohio John Poviach -59- Wheelsman- Bradenton, Florida James Pratt -44- Second Mate- Lakewood, Ohio Robert Rafferty -62 -Steward -Toledo, Ohio Paul Riippa -22 -Deck Hand -Ashtabula, Ohio John Simmons -63 -Wheelsman -Ashland, Wisconsin William Spengler -59- Watchman- Toledo, Ohio Mark Thomas -21- Deck Hand- Richmond Heights, Ohio Ralph Walton -58- Oiler- Fremont, Ohio David Weiss -22 -Cadet -Agoura, California Blaine Wilhelm -52- Oiler- Moquah, Wisconsin

[@stanobert3475]

Thank you for sharing this classic with your peers. I am an older guy and I am happy that you discovered this tragic masterpiece.

[@studavies2572]

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

[@jenwanner4911]

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]

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

[@judywein3282]

​@michaelkneringer3194 Lake Superior borders MICHIGAN also.

[@judywein3282]

Yes it is. (Michigan here also)

[@savinghistory642]

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

[@richarddykhouse2080]

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

[@shannonwittman950]

Canada's living national treasure. Lightfoot the master troubadour-storyteller. Bob Dylan once remarked, "The only thing wrong with any Gordon Lightfoot song is that it ends." BTW ... many of the first white explorers, upon reaching the Great Lakes, thought at first they'd come upon some uncharted oceans. The native Americans clued them in -- and the explorers could scarcely believe such enormous lakes could be possible.

[@mythicalauthor]

No one could write a song like Gordon Lightfoot. Even his peers say he was a musical genius and every song he wrote evoked powerful emotions. "...It's that lonesome, restless feeling that you feel under the gun. And it leads me to the highway, but it keeps my body warm." That line from one of his songs perfectly describes the feeling so many of us have as we struggle through life on a search for something we don't even know we're looking for. He was a storyteller like no one else. What many people don't know is that for 40 years, he visited yearly with the families of the men of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Gordon was Canadian gold, a true legend who is now mourned by so many people whose lives he changed over the course of his career.

[@jamesfoster2238]

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

[@badbiker666]

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]

Yup.That line gets me every time

[@scotts4920]

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]

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

[@brianlane9534]

not ashamed to say me too.

[@badbiker666]

@@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.

[@saytamaner]

Rest in peace dear Gordon. I don't know how many generations you entertained, made them think, made them cry, how many young artists you influenced, but you left a great legacy. Thank you for everything 😔

[@johnnygeejr500]

Gordon Lightfoot the Poet for my times !!! The Best !!

[@leisastalnaker3790]

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

[@virginiawaters955]

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]

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

[@danpatterson6937]

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]

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]

Rip

[@objectiveobserver4278]

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.

[@timbaumann9046]

Every sailor from EVERY NAVY knows only ONE THING: THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES WHEN YOU GO AWAY FROM LAND... PERIOD! And every one of us who have ever sailed weather you serve for a country or company or for yourself know this story and we all still to this day cry and say a silent prayer for that crew and their families. No one was to blame there... it is what it is, nothing more. God them all and God bless everyone who challenges the sea... It is, as so often said, what it is. It is even worse when on top of all that a sailor goes out to sea in time of war, not only can the sea take you but your enemy can do the same or worse!

[@claire33ist]

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🩷

[@jimroberts9873]

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

[@nancym7844]

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]

The lake it is said never gives up her dead.

[@freefallin6871]

Gordon is the greatest Canadian singer/songwriter, and his body of work is incredible. I'll always remember the date of the wreck, because it's the same as the 200th anniversary of my beloved USMC: November 10, 1975.

[@sj49770]

In the entire history of popular music, I can't think of an example of where the musical material is more perfectly congruent with the subject matter. As a songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot is almost superhuman.

[@danielkelleher2419]

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]

Another of your greats is Loreena Mckennitt

[@shootermav11]

Canadian version of Johnny Cash.

[@donalddingler1263]

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

[@billysmith1797]

@@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.

[@larrywt656]

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.

[@sum12see]

Young lady, I've been listening to this song since I was 6 years old...God bless your interest in American history..

[@ionacarpenter2519]

When I hear this song the deepest inner part of my existence awakens... This is a beautiful song. It brings a kaleidoscope of feeling and colors. 'WHEN A SONG CRIES; YOU KNOW IT IS CALLING YOUR SOUL'.. BLESS YOU GORDON LIGHTFOOT. YOU ARE SPECIAL MY FREIND.... I am a black woman who listen's to any music that talks to me and instrumentally sooths my ears and soul. NO HOLD BARS TO THESE EARS!

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.

[@pleasehelp2446]

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]

Wow. Didn't know that. Thank you

[@garrymoore2161]

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]

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

[@swampghost8256]

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]

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

[@djtomt]

The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald is truly a masterwork of songwriting. I remember when it was on the radio in the 70's and It captivated my young imagination. Hearing it now is a revelation.

[@craigenger2782]

Lightfoot is a Legend. And Bob Dylan's favorite Songwriter, "Every time I hear a song of his…I wish it would last forever.” - Bob Dylan

[@deborahbryan3639]

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!

[@j20tower]

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]

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]

@@ronv6637 wow, awesome.

[@folkmusic99]

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

[@marksilva2929]

Gordon Lightfoot lives down the road from me. My son did a project on the Edmund Fitzgerald. If you get a chance, look up the details. There some interesting facts about the crew and the families.

[@mikegoodrich6886]

I'm a 52 year old white male love the song didn't know about the captain playing music thank you pretty young lady

[@davidblake5603]

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?"

[@kimcurtis423]

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

[@anthonyj5097]

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

[@kathyjones3940]

It's so sad that Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May, 1, 2023! He was a National Treasure!! R.I.P Gordon Lightfoot 🙏❤️

[@msdespain]

You're a beautiful woman. Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian treasure. I've seen his group in concert three times, in Miami, San Antonio and NW Missouri. Rick Haynes is still plucking away at bass. Each concert was better than the previous. Gordon gets better with age, like wine. He has handfuls of great songs I could listen to over and over again.

[@AFmedic]

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]

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

[@keymack2477]

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!

[@MM1717mm]

I'm based where Mr. Lightfoot was born & raised. It's great when I hear about someone just discovering his legendary tunes.

[@bradmorcom1788]

Gordon is absolutely incredible. I'm a life long UPPER!!!!!!!!!UP STRONG!!!!!!

[@jamielandis4308]

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

[@phila3884]

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

[@willbeez60]

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

[@northof4912]

That truly makes the song…..

[@terminallumbago6465]

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

[@glendirienzo1365]

I think its Earl Slick on guitar?

[@JeffreyTheTaylor]

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.

[@warrenporter2331]

I've listened to various KZbinrs do their reactions to this song and RogueRxyce was the only one to reference the most chilling line "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?". I don't think of the crew here but "the wives and the sons and the daughters" waiting by their TVs, radios, and phones for what we already know is the worst possible news. I can also imagine them at the memorial service listening for the name of their loved one and his closest friends to be followed by the tolling of a single low bell. The song is still a haunting masterpiece.

[@tupoa360]

Have a picture 87' or 88' of 50 feet of blue water over the bow of the USS Midway in the middle of a hurricane of the coast of Korea, it ripped a box missile launcher from the front sponson, took 5 jets off the flight deck, took 6 whip antenna and 6 50 cal. gun mounts. It ripped a 3 foot wide gash in the side of the Angle deck.

[@infinitygirlak]

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.

[@jdizzlebigsexy2210]

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]

Order of Canada in 2003

[@bacubfan1]

The captains last transmission was “ We are holding our own.” Then poof nothing they vanished. 70-90 mile an hour winds in a white blizzard condition with sleet. Gales of November are no joke on the Lakes! You were the perfect person to react to this song! Pure class. Thank you

[@USAR8888]

"The wind in the wires made a tattle tale sound when the wave broke over the railing." How does one even come up with such visceral lyrics? It's like it puts you right there on the deck of the ship in the storm. Gordon Lightfoot is a master storyteller!

[@vladtepes97]

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

[@johnandleighs.9193]

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]

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

[@pbrucpaul]

This is a Hypnotic Sea Chanty sung by one of the Best Ballad Singers.

[@markallen2984]

What a beautiful face you have. You could be a young beauty from the 1970s...slim, fresh faced and bright. Lovely girl.

[@mikeat2637]

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]

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

[@dvango7090]

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

[@robruss62]

Ballad of Yarmouth Castle would have been another stunner

[@Booby2251]

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

[@donl1846]

Gordon Lightfoot, Canada's favorite son, singer and songwriter, a total class act.

[@palmereldrich]

If I may be so bold as too say this is the finest Canadian song EVER !! LEGEND

[@HawksVox]

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]

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

[@sfbayareagirl]

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]

Sadly, Gordon passed away a few days ago.

[@thomaskelley3029]

​@@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]

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

[@kristinel5328]

We actually live on Whitefish Bay in Canada; Lake Superior is our backyard. This will be our 2nd winter here this year. As the crow flies, we are roughly 18 klicks from the wreckage site. I can attest to the voraciousness of an early November storm on the lake. At this time of year, it rains/snows sideways.Small snow vortex’s (tiny tornadoes) form along the lakeside of the house. The sound of the wind, daunting. Any ship caught in those 80-90mph winds wouldn’t stand a chance. I’m so happy to see another generation appreciating Gordon Lightfoot’s music. Listen to anything on “Gord’s Gold” . He truly is an iconic storyteller.

[@sbcmonrovia-unofficial3762]

One of the best secular songs -EVER! All the more because of its basis on a true story. Every time I hear it and no matter who or whichever-reactor plays it, I have to listen to it - dozens of times now.

[@mr.toobigformypants8145]

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.

[@myrany8407]

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]

It was headed for Detroit

[@justgoodstuffj.g.s.1992]

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

[@jonstefanik9400]

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

[@hellwardenwot5148]

I've yet to see a reaction to this song that brings tears. I get them every time. These are men who died doing the hard work.

[@ychaps]

Gordon Lightfoot is a true Canadian treasure...no-one writes or sings a story song better.

[@mestopholies]

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

[@tammyparagon4443]

I remember the wreck, lived in michigan then listening to radio as it was reported.

[@kevinallen9009]

Gordon Lightfoot had immense talent as a songwriter, singer , and musician. This haunting tribute song to those 29 brave sailors was one of his best and one of my all time favorites. Incredible lyrics really and hard to imagine a better written storytelling song. Amazing. Thanks for your video

[@ZEPnALE]

The lyrics about how the lake never gives up her dead from her ice water mansion refers to the temperature of the water being so cold that the bodies don't decompose, so there are no gases to cause the bodies to float to the surface.

[@kennethkauzlaric8948]

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]

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]

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

[@MC-fv4vv]

@@scottcarter6623 Wow!

[@johnyourek8887]

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

[@JudithJongewaard]

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

[@Pyro10B]

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]

What is the name of the band?

[@Pyro10B]

@@patrickv391 Colin Dussault's Blues Project

[@terrytigger]

they actually ring the bell 30 times now as Gord has passed on, to honour him also

[@everetttauscher8377]

Hauntingly beautiful song that hits you with the sadness of the tragic loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew. I've loved it since I first heard it. My favorite line is the last one. Superior it's said never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early.

[@charlesperez9976]

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]

I live in Cleveland. This was their destination.

[@judywein3282]

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

[@charlesperez9976]

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]

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

[@bart7552]

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

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

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

[@infiniteecho8699]

Im from michigan When i was 9 i went to a small hall and he sang that song and i drew him on stage and after he signed my drawing but sad thing i lost the drawing years later love the song very touching

[@judistocker1811]

As I child we would often take the train from Minneapolis to Duluth on summer days. We would explore as much of Lake Superior as we could. As I grew into an adult and could drive my sister and I would spend days driving along the North Shore, exploring the rivers that are tributaries of the lake. I’ve hiked the Superior Hiking Trail and trails in the Porcupines on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. When my sister passed (6 months after) on May Day in 2016 we spread her ashes into the Temperance River. Now 7 years later on 5/1/2023 we lost the great Vocal Storyteller Gordon Lightfoot. 29 Mariners met him at the gates of Heaven to welcome him and thank him for telling their story

[@brianlamarca462]

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.

[@rhwinner]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@cdfdesantis699]

Gordon's hauntingly beautiful tribute to the crew of the "Big Fitz", & all sailors who are lost to the waters of the world. Thanks for your reaction.

[@trustnuthinman5778]

Rest well pretty lady !and 29 brave family and Gordon Lightfoot sang and wrote this song Canada’s pride!!!!