Gordon Lightfoot never took any money for this song, he donated all proceeds to the families of the crew.
@drgwhatsthetruth37834 жыл бұрын
Class act. They are as much a part of the story as the crew.
@alabhaois4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that-- I'm glad
@mam3624 жыл бұрын
lol it helped him sell albums
@ralphvantienhoven4 жыл бұрын
@@mam362 That's not the kind of guy Gordon Lightfoot is, from what I've heard, at least...
@sportsmadness634 жыл бұрын
he has sung and written some of the most haunting sons i have ever heard , but all fantastic songs, P.S. the bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald still stands as a monument
@christopherguse4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the greatest songs ever written. It's a eulogy, a funeral service. It's a tale of warning. It's a tale of loss, of sadness. The camaraderie of the people on that ship facing this terrible thing together. The people in Detroit grieving for them. The relationship of Canada and the US, our trade and how the communities on both sides of the border mourned this loss. It's about the geography of the region, the environment/weather of the region, the harshness that the people that live and work there can experience. It calls to the heritage/language of a place that has long existed. It explores the technicalities of the tragedy. And it does all this in a hauntingly beautiful real way. This is one of the greatest songs ever written.
@ivalorraine8414 жыл бұрын
Exactly...... I love this song 🎶 🎶 🎶 & I turned my Son on to it & he loves it too & has shared it w/his friends. I was young when this happened. 😢😢😢
@TJMoore-gd8ex4 жыл бұрын
Amen family!!
@imweakfordeaky4 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the best KZbin comments I have ever read. Beautifully stated!
@rossrenfroe92294 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Well said brother
@debbied95014 жыл бұрын
Best description ever!
@dowagiac524 жыл бұрын
I live on Lake Michigan and have most of my life. The Great Lakes are amazing in so many ways. In 1970 I graduated from high school and one of my classmate from high school and neighbor wasTom Bentsen. He was an oiler on the Edmund Fitzgerald and was one of the 29. Tom was 24 years old and was so happy to be doing what he wanted. The first time I heard this song I was driving back from Los Angeles to Michigan, I was in Utah. I remember it vividly. Gordon's song was so strong and so sad and so beautiful at the same time. I couldn't drive and had to pull over. I'm so glad you played this and shared your reaction. You are correct - your site is so much fun and happy and greatly appreciated. But, your compassion for this was beautiful. Thank you. Tom was such a happy guy and I'm sure he's smiling down on you for sharing this. Peace brother.
@elisebarthalow60754 жыл бұрын
I agree. It was a heartfelt reaction from Jamal. I have seen Gordon Lightfoot, back when he was battling his illness and looking gaunt yet he put on an incredible performance. Love him and his music.May all of these sailors be resting in Heavenly peace.
@elisebarthalow60754 жыл бұрын
Thank you David Knight for sharing that story.
@huchlvr4 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry for the loss of your friend. A woman in my church also lost her son in this accident. She joined aft the accident, so I never knew him.
@chariotreign4 жыл бұрын
I just raised my glass to your friend Tom Bentsen, and the other 28. Gone but not forgotten.
@ruth93964 жыл бұрын
So very sorry for the loss of your friend. :( Did you know they did a documentary and found out what happened? It's on KZbin if you search for it.
@allenrogers4184 Жыл бұрын
Watching this 2 days after Gordon's passing (2023). I just watched a tribute to Gordon from a guy named Rick Beato who said that this song was recorded in one take. I was 15 when this tragedy happened. I just watched another video where on Tuesday May 2nd, 2023 at the Mariner's Church cathedral in Detroit, they rang the bell 30 times - 29 for the crew and one from Gordon. This is a timeless song - as it should be.
@donglass9072 Жыл бұрын
I'd just turned 6 when she went down. And my dad made me come watch the news, footage. He wanted me to know, you never know when your time will come!!
@regulator9268 Жыл бұрын
I was 15 years to come still when this went down but we listened to it in school in madison wisconsin and it always and stills rings deep. What a song.
@myroselle6987 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Lightfoot did a beautiful job of telling the story. He had to change just a couple of facts to make it work but not much. They were actually headed for Detroit and not Cleveland. It’s a truly fascinating story. They still are not absolutely sure of exactly what happened to “Big Fitz”. They say that the bodies of the crew, because of the extreme cold of the lake, are still in tact and It’s actually illegal to try to dive to the wreck…..
@claire33ist8 ай бұрын
Yes true true, they came to Sueprior WI, my hometown, to the taconite facility at BNSF. One of our family members parished that night, my dad was 10 when it sank….my dad worked for BN for 30 years, at that same taconite facility. They tore the dock that the Fitz loaded up. But the pictures and all are stunning. If it wasn’t for Lightfoot our, their story wouldn’t have been told. Aurthor Anderson still is constantly coming into port here in Superior, WI/Duluth MN (ship that was behind the Fitzgerald) I’ll always have so much love and respect for Lightfoot. He’s now apart of the crew, was 29….now 30💔
@Firstclassdrink4 жыл бұрын
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours” is probably the most somber lyric ever written.
@JTSWEENS14 жыл бұрын
Straight masterpiece!
@AprilG-s2x4 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@AprilG-s2x4 жыл бұрын
the lyric is so deep it could apply to all tragic human experience "does anyone know where the love of God goes when......."
@NH21124 жыл бұрын
This line always gives me chills, along with Al Stewart’s lyrics from “Roads to Moscow.” Two broken Tigers on fire in the night Flicker their souls to the wind
@hnnymn4 жыл бұрын
@@NH2112 Great great song
@johntorguson83684 жыл бұрын
My Great Uncle Frederick Beetcher was a Porter on the Fitz and was one of the 29 men who were lost. Love this song and the tribute it pays to the sailors, not just on the Fitz, but to all the Great Lakes sailors.
@smartiplants4 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry you lost your great uncle in this tragedy. I am glad the 29 are not forgotten and thanks to this song never will be.
@shawnj19664 жыл бұрын
As a child I loved this song but as a sailor in the United States Navy later on, I have a new appreciation for it. May your uncle and all who perished never be forgotten!
@maryh25774 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that, John. I’m so sorry for you family’s loss.
@MimMim-hs2rs4 жыл бұрын
God bless you and your family John, as well as all the loved ones for those who perished, an eerie yet beautiful song paying tribute to such a sad event, I love his reaction and ability to appreciate the song as well as the event. Thank you for sharing John.
@pmotherat4 жыл бұрын
John torguson mayhe rest in peace. ❤️
@jimpiper14 жыл бұрын
I was at a karaoke bar in Kewanee, Illinois close to ten years ago and sang this song. When I was done a man came up to me and shook my hand and thanked me for singing it he considered it a tribute and was touched. His Uncle was Third Mate on the Edmund Fitzgerald the night it wrecked!
@karlsmith25704 жыл бұрын
Omg I can't even imagine how that had to have affected him, not sure how old the man you were talking about was, but I'm guessing he was kinda young when The Fitz went down, hearing that his uncle was a member of the crew..
@l-bird4 жыл бұрын
Wow
@TJ-id6ee4 жыл бұрын
Wow, that is really moving Jim.
@750count4 жыл бұрын
What a gift to both of you
@jimcowan87704 жыл бұрын
Jim Piper Wow! That’s Sad!!! Cool,. Still sad! Thanks for sharing!!! Where’s kewanee? I live about 30 minutes from Shawneetown!
@jamesmoody13163 жыл бұрын
Every time I listen to this song, Gordon Lightfoots voice actually sounds like the Northern winds telling the story. No one else could have performed this song. Haunting.
@mayolson22 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! He is wonderful to listen to.
@shellyarnold9238 Жыл бұрын
Even more so in person 😢
@KathrynLabuik Жыл бұрын
The voice of Canada, singing about Canada, as I grew up. I will never forget him
@wenchyfoodwench4098 Жыл бұрын
Perfect illumination
@judybowman21619 ай бұрын
The acoustics are like the winds
@tracyminer99744 жыл бұрын
Nobody survived this wreck, the families decided to leave the dead down with the ship, to this day every ship that passes the wreck site rings their ship bell 29 times.
@dstone17014 жыл бұрын
The depth and temperature of the water prevented any recovery operations. The same factors also preserve the bodies. There is very little decay, and since it is the decay that produces the gases that cause bodies to float, they remain submerged. This wreck is closed for diving, and that includes, I believe (I could be wrong) remotely operated vessels (ROV's) as well.
@michaelbentti33524 жыл бұрын
@@dstone1701 they did do a singular research/recovery dive to recover the Fitz's ships bell. Prior to the recovery, the bell founder struck a new casting with the crewmembers names engraved on it. So they memorialized the crew with the new bell, and the original bell now sits in the Whitefish point lighthouse museum
@devinrivers58084 жыл бұрын
😞 so sad this happened
@thatsgeneric43434 жыл бұрын
@@sludge4125 *Lightfoot dumbass
@sludge41254 жыл бұрын
Now, about that source...Every ship rings its bell 29 times every time it sails past the sink site? You mericans are *so* funny!
@padfolio3 жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan once said, "The thing about a Gordon Lightfoot song is that you never want it to end."
@BobPapadopoulos3 жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan's wrong. I'm autistic and even I find this song emotionally exhausting.
@stevejette23293 жыл бұрын
This one ended. I was living in Duluth at the western end of Lake Superior.
@marktalbott38353 жыл бұрын
And Gord Downie.
@jessicathrasher65263 жыл бұрын
Or start?
@npg_renegade67223 жыл бұрын
A kid from my elementary school is Gordon’s grandson
@patm48994 жыл бұрын
The guitar cries in this song.
@wavetranquility42433 жыл бұрын
I do, too. ❤️
@waningmooncancer96283 жыл бұрын
I know I do.
@iceman63543 жыл бұрын
It sure does. It creates a very haunting affect
@josephclark49993 жыл бұрын
@@wavetranquility4243 My comment too.
@hepcat4202 Жыл бұрын
RIP Gordon. The Mariners' Church of Detroit rang the bells 29 times plus one the day after Gordon Lightfoot's death.
@marystrouf8171 Жыл бұрын
Ultimate REPECT all the way around. RIP Gordon Lightfoot!
@dkcorderoyximenez3382 Жыл бұрын
❤ real tears now...
@roberteckhart4378 Жыл бұрын
hell yes
@roberteckhart4378 Жыл бұрын
thank you
@roberteckhart4378 Жыл бұрын
i was life guard at 14, scuba diver ar16 marine 17 know how be good person
@darylsavoie74724 жыл бұрын
Gordon Lightfoot, master story teller, a true Canadian treasure.
@BushcraftingBogan3 жыл бұрын
Amen to that.
@davidlebrocq67433 жыл бұрын
Not a big fan of cover song for the most part but this may be the best cover version of a song ever made kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaHMiYZsZ6qqr6s
@bambamsmom72893 жыл бұрын
Absolutely true 💯
@Zlata13133 жыл бұрын
🇨🇦
@pepepepert3 жыл бұрын
We Canadians have been so lucky with two storytellers named Gord. Mr Lightfoot and Mr Canada. The fact that Gord Downie has covered this is amazing.
@marcosrodriguez57704 жыл бұрын
One of the most haunting songs ever written. A great tribute to the lost souls of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
@danielcadwell98124 жыл бұрын
I was going to like your comment but I thought I would leave it at 29.
@itsallgood40934 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!! It's so sad but truly a work of art too.
@cydnicaldwell13374 жыл бұрын
I agree. Growling up in Michigan, the sinking of "The Fitz" was one of the worst to happen and I remember the news coverage of the search for any possible survivors and the wreckage washing up on the beach at White Fish Bay.
@mjw24404 жыл бұрын
"Haunting" is the way I've described this. Perfect in every way... arrangement, instrumentation, tone, mood... you name it, Gordon nailed it. Still sends chills down the spine and brings a tear to the eye after hearing it a thousand times.
@lisaerl4 жыл бұрын
Gordon Lightfoot and Harry Chapin...my all time favorites. This song is a hauntingly beautiful tribute to those who lost their lives on the Edmund Fitzgerald. I've seen Gordon perform numerous times including in the recent years and he's in his 80's and still going strong. :)
@vulgarprophet26894 жыл бұрын
My uncle was second mate on this ship, his name was James Pratt.
@trixier65054 жыл бұрын
Sympathy to you and yours.
@aileenhoop58104 жыл бұрын
Oh my, sorry for your loss.
@garylindsey51744 жыл бұрын
Salute
@irishgrl4 жыл бұрын
Yes! My sons 6th grade teacher was Mr. Pratt! And he was related to that gentleman! Mr. Pratt taught at PineRidge Elementary in Magalia CA. I believe he lived in the Bay Area b4 moving to the North State.
@fasteddie7776664 жыл бұрын
looked him up....you are so right ....r.i.p. to your uncle
@nancywengert7301 Жыл бұрын
As a Michigander, who is old enough to remember when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, this song always makes me cry, even after 49 years since it came out. He told the story of the ship so well and the music is so haunting. Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes, the deepest and the coldest since it it the farthest north. The winter gales coming out of Canada starting in November can be vicious with winds 50-100 m/h creating huge waves and freezing rain, sleet and snow. The water is so cold that bodies don't bloat and float to the surface from decomposition, they stay down in the depths. Which is why they say that Lake Superior never gives up her dead.
@JeffLynnesELO2025Tour Жыл бұрын
Wow interesting comment. Thank you for sharing. RIP Gordon the golden voice.
@BlueberryGirl7237 ай бұрын
The lake is also actually an inland sea, and inland seas are worse in storms than open seas since the waves have nowhere to go to release the energy from the force of the winds. The water that hits the land and bounces back out into the waters causes the force of the waves to increase with each slap into the shoreline. This also causes the waves to be higher, more dangerous on Lake Superior.
@vinesster4 ай бұрын
same
@johnallen8694 жыл бұрын
Gordon's haunting tribute to this tragedy is truly a masterpiece.
@maggieellis23034 жыл бұрын
Very well said, and absolutely true.
@Justme774004 жыл бұрын
Yes!! I get chills when I hear this now. When it came out I loved it but never realized it was actually true, I was very young. Five minutes into this video, I'm crying.
@utoobia4 жыл бұрын
“Masterpiece” is an overused word. But not here....You are spot-on.
@myristicanz4 жыл бұрын
John Allen I agree 👍
@jenmalcom70044 жыл бұрын
My absolute fav!
@KazyReed4 жыл бұрын
No matter how many hundred times I've heard that song, I always get the chills.
@CrochetCrochetJoyJoy4 жыл бұрын
I'm 50 years old. I have been listening to the song since the day it came out. Chills, every time. Without fail.
@mizzmel114 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@relaxatsagespa7834 жыл бұрын
Definitely 😥
@morningstarghuleh10874 жыл бұрын
As soon as it started, the hairs on the back of my head stood up. This always has that effect on me.
@jamiefredrickson25604 жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm a pussy but for me it the saddest song ever and I cry every time. First heard it as a young boy. I'm 53 now
@ajlebleu26174 жыл бұрын
The people that disliked this should be ashamed. This isn’t just a song. It’s the true story where men lost there lives. And it took many years for there families to get closer when they finally found the ship. And figured out why this tragedy happened. If you don’t like song fine but how’s about a like for the the men and there families lives which would never be the same.
@delilahduckett74484 жыл бұрын
Love the song,so very sad. The story needed to be told
@melaniej.roberts2064 жыл бұрын
Agreed sir!
@Anth2304 жыл бұрын
If they dont like it they dont like it. Does not matter if it's a song about a true story of tragedy. If they dont like the tune they dont like the tune...end of story. That said I like the song even though it's a story about real a tragedy. Am I allowed to sing along with it or would that be disrespectful to your sensitivities??? 🙄🙄
@simianinc4 жыл бұрын
No one should be a shame because they dislike a song. People are entitled to their opinions and it’s fascist to vilify them on aesthetic taste no matter how noble a song’s sentiment.
@Marigen19714 жыл бұрын
@@simianinc True but I think the dislikes directly affect Jamel more than the song imho
@MarkSmith-qk2rl2 жыл бұрын
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when waves turn minutes into hours” , is by far the strongest verse ever !!
@sandeedobberstine5591 Жыл бұрын
True😢
@james07sloan64 Жыл бұрын
Very true
@jaybea365 Жыл бұрын
yeah, I was almost accepting of death(as an end point), then I though about that lyric... *fear re-established*
@bigtopsteve Жыл бұрын
yup
@paulbriggs307211 ай бұрын
The love of God is eternal and perfect but He also brings trouble and disaster on us that we might turn to Him.
@robertgrauman86024 жыл бұрын
It's after hearing a song like this that you understand why Bob Dylan said that Gordon Lightfoot is the best songwriter of his generation
@gandalfthesober55024 жыл бұрын
Indeed. 👍
@korpus10p4 жыл бұрын
He absolutely is!!!
@TheCanuck19624 жыл бұрын
@TTCGamer Thats your opinion and there arent many who would agree with you. It just shows your ignorance of Gordons body of work and your own bias. If you werent following this channel I would bet you any money you had never heard of Gordon Lightfoot before now. But being ignorant of someones work does not diminish what they have accomplished even though people like you may try to. It rather highlights your own limited education of Musicians and music. I bet you're barely 21 if that and yet you think you know it all. Youth truly is wasted on the young
@TechWithSean4 жыл бұрын
@@TheCanuck1962 hes no Robert Hunter but he wrote some great songs.
@CaptWalker4 жыл бұрын
@TTCGamer Anyone disses Lightfoot...i'll kill em!! Anyway pretty sure you were referring to Stripes, but that's just my photographic memory at it again...?
@tracyjohnson50233 жыл бұрын
If this song doesn’t give you goosebumps then you’re probably not human
@markzenith14413 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t give me goosebumps because I heard it a lot as a kid when my dad drove me home from school and it didn’t really hit me like that then. Now it really hits me but because I innocently heard it as a kid it doesn’t really hit me like that. Am I not human?
@juliecrane96473 жыл бұрын
@@markzenith1441 Youre human. A guarded human. Is that bad ? No
@jjones13413 жыл бұрын
You're right. If you don't get goosebumps you are definitely not human.
@benpotaka58933 жыл бұрын
That riff is so haunting 🎸
@pmar273 жыл бұрын
Every damned time for decades. I love his reaction and comments
@CrowT4 жыл бұрын
Saw him in concert years ago. When he sang " And all that remains are the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters" there were relatives of the crew there and they were recognized and stood up. Standing ovation from the crowd. Very powerful. When you see the people were effected it makes it more than a song. People tragically died. R.I.P. brave souls. Amazing song.
@catherinelynnfraser20014 жыл бұрын
He just sang the the heart and history of every sailor and their family
@shannonmichelelawson87064 жыл бұрын
WOW!! I bet that was so humbling
@CrowT4 жыл бұрын
@@shannonmichelelawson8706 Yes. It is kinda strange...you hear that song on the radio and know it is a true story. But when you actually SEE the people that were effected by it. Gives the song a whole new perspective. People lost their loved ones in a tragic manner. Lots of them were pretty young.
@lequitasch4 жыл бұрын
And this song represent so many other ships and lives lost. It's mentioned several times. And the steel trade has dwindled but there are still many ships and or lives lost in the lakes, and elsewhere. The Fitzgerald is an excellent representation of a ship lost due to powerful forces we still don't completely understand.
@shannonmichelelawson87064 жыл бұрын
@@CrowT I bet you were in such awe... Such respect restores faith in humanity
@Mike9909203 жыл бұрын
That someone of your generation takes time to listen to these very heartfelt story-telling songs of the past, speaks so much about the depth of your heart and soul!!
@pagejustin55723 жыл бұрын
Seems legit..... you can usually tell when someone's full of shit and someone's real, not always but most of the time.... This seems to be one of those instances, right from the heart
@donpaladino2 жыл бұрын
A.M.E.N.
@teller1290 Жыл бұрын
@@pagejustin5572 yes, but I'm sad to see there are plenty of the other kind.
@Io-Io-Io Жыл бұрын
Oh come on :) Great art is timeless and can be discovered any time
@Texaslonestargal Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t agree with you more.
@Scioneer4 жыл бұрын
This song has one of the most haunting guitar riffs ever.
@88wildcat4 жыл бұрын
If it was used in any other song it would annoy the hell out of me but you can't imagine this song without it.
@joeday42934 жыл бұрын
All-time top 10 guitar lead line for sure.
@ledzepandhabs4 жыл бұрын
@@88wildcat The guitar riff is not used but this song has been replicated by Christy Moore in the Provisional IRA song Back Home in Derry, which is also haunting and begs an inward solace.
@ericwilliams23174 жыл бұрын
It also has an eerie, spacey echo to it which gives it a sense of enormous size and emptiness, something that fits the line "In the rooms of her ice water mansions", implying something cold, empty and dark.
@pxlmvr74 жыл бұрын
That guitar riff makes me feel that there's something Native American about it.
@superblackbootable4 жыл бұрын
I think Gordon Lightfoot is underappreciated.
@erikal48514 жыл бұрын
SuperBlackBoot Agreed. My mother was his biggest fan when I was a girl; his songs were the background to my childhood. So talented, an amazing storyteller!
@dougstyles50914 жыл бұрын
Hes appreciated here. 👍
@shawnj19664 жыл бұрын
Only by people with horrible taste in music. His voice and music are amazing!
@lorrainehinchliffe53714 жыл бұрын
Not in Canada, he’s an icon.
@TehFrenchy294 жыл бұрын
@@lorrainehinchliffe5371 I was going to say, in the US, especially outside the lakes region, and outside North America I could see him being kind of unknown or at least not super famous. But here in Canada? Lightfoot is as famous as RUSH. He just, like the Hip, never really cared to make it as big outside Canada. Within the border though, a true musical icon. Even more so to other Canadian artists.
@rmpaq57844 жыл бұрын
This song is practically a church hymn, without the church, in Michigan, Ontario, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
@yjwrangler78194 жыл бұрын
Very much so. Cheers from Windsor.
@cletusbeauregard19724 жыл бұрын
The Great Lakes are churches.
@neuralmute4 жыл бұрын
@@cletusbeauregard1972 Amen to that.
@kennethgilbertdds72494 жыл бұрын
See you in Tower and Ely in July.
@Yaktahbay4 жыл бұрын
Along with my little sliver of Pennsylvania.
@johnharris6655 Жыл бұрын
Update, in the song Gordon sings they rang the bell in the Maritime Chapel 29 times for each crewman. On May 2, 2023 they rang the bell 30 times signifying Gordon, who died on May 1st, has joined the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
@kencarpenter8967 Жыл бұрын
Awesome fact, thanks for sharing! Gordon will keep the memory of this tragedy alive forever, thanks to this classic song.
@Brunzy1970 Жыл бұрын
When the bell was raised from the Fitzgerald and the ceremony was in motion they rang it 30 times right then. The extra ring was for all the thousands of sailors that call the Great Lakes their eternal resting spot.
@claire33ist8 ай бұрын
Yes true true, they came to Sueprior WI, my hometown, to the taconite facility at BNSF. One of our family members parished that night, my dad was 10 when it sank….my dad worked for BN for 30 years, at that same taconite facility. They tore the dock that the Fitz loaded up. But the pictures and all are stunning. If it wasn’t for Lightfoot our, their story wouldn’t have been told. Aurthor Anderson still is constantly coming into port here in Superior, WI/Duluth MN (ship that was behind the Fitzgerald) I’ll always have so much love and respect for Lightfoot. He’s now apart of the crew, was 29….now 30💔
@user-fx4qz8pt3w4 жыл бұрын
This song never fails to send shivers down my spine.
@katdonovan24 жыл бұрын
Me too...I love ballads that tell a story; especially true stories like this legendary one. It has GOT to be so much more difficult to write!!! Also, this song is so jam packed with lyrics...doesn't feel too short. Marty Robbins is an another great, who wrote gunslinger ballads (so fun to listen to...).
@andrewhoran70884 жыл бұрын
And tears
@fogstreet1084 жыл бұрын
@Tracy D The man has a gift for sure.
@maricampari39704 жыл бұрын
I was coming to comment about how this song always gives me chills and goosebumps. Amazing haunting tune.
@raymond105714 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I love this song and I love to play it on guitar. This song give me goosebumps every time I hear it and play it.
@bierce7164 жыл бұрын
If anyone can hear this song and not be moved, I don't want to be with them.
@Kate987554 жыл бұрын
Joel Monka completely agree, my heart still aches, every time
@wideawake56304 жыл бұрын
No shit! Soulless.
@dbcooper-alltimehideandsee62234 жыл бұрын
If you can't feel this you have no soul.
@andrewmair73714 жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏
@catherinehyde70334 жыл бұрын
I grew up hearing this song and 40 years later don't mind telling you that there are tears running down my cheeks right now.
@habcats4 жыл бұрын
Crying as I’m watching this. My Dad would whistle this song while we’d be in our boat fishing. I’d laugh at him saying you’re going to jinx us into sinking. I knew that it would be one of the things I would miss about my Dad. I lost Dad just before last Christmas. It feels good and hurts to hear it! Love you miss you Dad
@ericaveillette63884 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of my parents also❤
@victorwaddell65304 жыл бұрын
I sailed in the navy for ten years . Whistling is bad juju on a ship , as is ringing a bell unless it's officially authorized.
@muzikmind774 жыл бұрын
Dam😢
@sciotowrestling4 жыл бұрын
Life is hard, saying good bye to the people we love is even harder, and then come the reminders. My dad I eat pizza and watch our favorite football team together every Saturday throughout the football season. I'm not sure I'll be able to watch another football game after he is gone. I feel for you.
@neuralmute4 жыл бұрын
I learned this song from my mum listening to it when I was a little kid. Years later, when I did a few seasons on a Lake Freighter to help pay my way through school, she admitted that she couldn't get this song out of her mind seeing me wave goodbye from on deck. We've gone to see Gordon Lightfoot perform together since then, and he still sounds as good as he did back in the 70's! I may have seen some rough patches on the Lakes, but my mum's still my anchor.
@rubbersole793 жыл бұрын
As a 14 year old, I remember being in my folks tavern when this song came on the jukebox just after it was released, soon after this incident. The barroom chatter would just grind to a murmur during the playing of the song, as if in reverence to the lives lost. It was powerful back then, and as the years go by.....gets more powerful every year.
@theodoreritola76412 жыл бұрын
THIS song came out in 1976
@rexrogers1859 Жыл бұрын
@@theodoreritola7641And?....
@insidedesign1000 Жыл бұрын
@theo, so you can't be 14 years old in 1976??
@lisaeccles8036 Жыл бұрын
They still play this song and there is quiet in Northwoods Wisconsin
@ravenzyblack Жыл бұрын
@@insidedesign1000- He was 14 years old when this song came out in the radio. He isn’t 14 years old right now.
@patgeta26784 жыл бұрын
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" That line, for me, is the most powerful line in the entire song. I mean, the imagery that line brings is chillingly haunting. And to come up with that line, To write that is brilliant and shows how Lightfoot could hang with Dylan as far as a songwriter.
@zigman85504 жыл бұрын
patgeta2678-So true,I read somewhere that even Bob Dylan said Gordon Lightfoot was a one of a kind songwriter.Nobody can tell a story in a song better then Gordon Lightfoot.
@Gareethtw4 жыл бұрын
I think Dylan had a fair bit of respect for Lightfoot, , I actually never quite got into a lot of Dylan . This seemed an odd omission when I found more folk and folk rock but
@michaelfinlay63414 жыл бұрын
Nah, Brother Lightfoot and Dylan knew where each was coming from. It was respect, from one master to another.
@shaun3744 жыл бұрын
patgeta2678 Agreed. It is one of the few lines in music that makes me tear up every time I hear it without fail. It’s simply an amazing line that works deep on so many levels and connects with every person, no matter who you are.
@salmonsmoker584 жыл бұрын
Agreed, that verse gets me every time.
@JeffOfTheMountains4 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: This song hit #1 roughly a year after the actual disaster (wreck was November 1975, song was released November 1976). Lightfoot is said to have agonized over penning this song, trying to avoid inaccuracies, until longtime friend/producer Larry Waronker told him to play to his artistic strengths and "just tell a story". Gord is also a passionate recreational sailor on the Great Lakes.
@OldGriz7084 жыл бұрын
It was 1975
@JeffOfTheMountains4 жыл бұрын
@@OldGriz708 Yes, the wreck was 1975. The song came out one year later, in 1976. I thought that it was clear in my original comment, but I see how that can be confusing. My apologies. I'll edit that real quick.
@brianmorton42704 жыл бұрын
I also heard that Gordon changed the lyrics about the hatchway in 2010 after the deckhands families became upset about the implication that human error was the cause of the tragedy. A dive team supposedly found the hatches properly battened.
@JeffOfTheMountains4 жыл бұрын
@@brianmorton4270 Wikipedia says Gordo has changed some lyrics around for live performances, but overall the original lyrics have remained.
@WordslingingStephen4 жыл бұрын
According to Barry Keane, the drummer, this was recorded in one take.
@mlflores7513 жыл бұрын
My grandfather (mom's dad) was one of the 29, she was the oldest of 6 kids. I was born 4 days after it went down, they didn't tell her until after because she was 9 months pregnant. It's good to know people still listen to this song.
@adamplace14143 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry about the loss of your grandfather, and thank you for sharing it. Lightfoot did something incredible - wrote a song to make sure your grandfather, you and the rest of your family, and others like you won't ever be forgotten by all of us, without the song being manipulative or exploitative.
@emandem30883 жыл бұрын
Oh ya...lots of people listen to this song. All along the north of Lake Superior we’ve heard many play it, the Split Rock lighthouse does a tribute every year and personally we have visited the Great Lakes Museum in Paradise many times on our Lake Superior motorcycle ride just to pay our respects. We actually met a man who was on the ship following the Fitz that night...he is a volunteer at the museum. No worries...we never forget. Thx for sharing your story.
@chriscarr63923 жыл бұрын
Until you both meet again...
@ronfox55193 жыл бұрын
Damn! Powerful comment. Sotty for your loss. God bless.
@EmptyWoods3 жыл бұрын
I recently watched a video on Ask a Mortician KZbin channel about lake Superior and the wreck. It's good to know that the wreck was declared a grave site and is controlled by the families and protected from divers exploring it. So sorry for your loss.
@scotthockenberry3085 Жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace to one of the great songwriters. This haunting song is very dear to everyone from the Michigan area. Your reactions are always sincere, it’s very difficult to not feel moved by hearing this song.
@biglemon2044 жыл бұрын
I'm from Gary, Indiana. My grandfather worked at United States Steel, and he took me there to fish for Lake Perch a lot. I had met two sailors from the Edmund Fitzgerald that summer when we were going to fish. My grandfather knew them, and probably the rest of the crew, from working there. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was launched in the summer of 1958, and carried iron ore to all of the mills. I had watched it sailing into or out of port many times. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down on 10NOV75. I was 6 1/2 years old then, and I'll never forget that day. It was all over the [three channels of] television news, and we watched daily on our black & white television as the story unfolded. I cried as a child at the tragic end those men came to. The next year, Gordon Lightfoot came out with this song, and tears have rolled down my cheeks every time I've heard it since then, including right now. This song, and pictures of that ship, always evoke a deeply-rooted sorrow in my heart. Now I'm a Navy vet, and I've been underway in typhoon season in the South China Sea. My ship, the USS Prairie (AD-15) was 530' long, and we had over 800 crew. We took water over the bridge for hours, and days. I was never too worried, but I was well aware of what we were facing. Whenever we were in heavy seas, this song drilled through my skull in memory of those good men. I'm glad you've had the good fortune of meeting those men through this song, and through the image of that proud vessel. I see the empathy in your face as you watch that video, I can see that this song touches your heart, and I have a deep respect for you because of it.
@dos-fslady31404 жыл бұрын
Dear Lemon, My deepest thanks to you for sharing your story and this additional background. I've dated some fine seamen, and worked for a short time with Admiral William James Crowe, Jr. when he served as Ambassador to the U.S. Embassy in London. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated your post. I think of young people today who might never have the opportunity to serve alongside people they respected and could face any challenge with. I have worked overseas with heroic military and civilian people, and these relationships formed the strong fabric of my life. With gratitude, Lynn
@biglemon2044 жыл бұрын
@@dos-fslady3140 That was a lovely comment, Miss Lynn. Thank you.
@lindanorris24554 жыл бұрын
still cryin' so many years later.
@ComfortablyNumb19694 жыл бұрын
I was in 1st grade, and remember it being on the news. Talked about in school. Grew up in the suburbs of Detroit. This was a moment, everyone alive will always remember.
@rt93724 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your story
@donalddarrach95994 жыл бұрын
Gordon Lightfoot’s voice takes you there, to the scene. He makes you feel it. One-of-a-kind song; Exceptional storytelling. They don’t write songs like this anymore.
@bobbywall1724 жыл бұрын
Jamal is a good dude with a ❤️ 🤟🏼💕
@donalddarrach95994 жыл бұрын
Allan Tidgwell “The Mary Ellen Carter” by Stan Rogers! Stan Rogers’ song “First Christmas” deserves to be a classic! A gem waiting to be rediscovered!
@donalddarrach95994 жыл бұрын
Allan Tidgwell Barrett’s Privateers Sonny’s Dream Song for the Mira Working Man Don’t get me started with the folk music
@55judylw4 жыл бұрын
Lightfoot is a poetic genius. His song is a historical tribute to those 29.
@michaelfinlay63414 жыл бұрын
He's a master.
@raymondweaver85264 жыл бұрын
Living in everyone's memory that has ever heard this song
@thomassicard37333 жыл бұрын
"The church bell chimed, 'til it rang 29 times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald." I cry so many times. This is DEEP.
@RHajmand Жыл бұрын
@Debbie Phillips I didn't know. How fitting. Thank you.
@wickedpissa254 жыл бұрын
In the entire history of music, there have only been maybe ten or twelve perfect songs. Truly perfect. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is high on that list.
@johnface4924 жыл бұрын
Thinking #1
@brucegame14584 жыл бұрын
itotally agree i would include blind willie johnson dark wwas the night if you haven't heard it
@wickedpissa254 жыл бұрын
@@brucegame1458 That song is on the Voyager Gold Record!
@janeforbes89114 жыл бұрын
I was just a kid when this happened & remember it well. Even today, at 55 yrs old. I still cry every time I hear this song.
@joanford92474 жыл бұрын
I have always loved hard rock but this song surpasses everything, it is a masterpiece.
@nancytaylor88054 жыл бұрын
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours “. That line still gets to me
@geoffpoole4834 жыл бұрын
Most sailors will have experienced storms and that line sums up the experience perfectly. This song is an incredible piece of work and listeners get some idea of the crew's last hours alive.
@spaghetti98454 жыл бұрын
god was never there because god doesn't exist
@gregk.88024 жыл бұрын
Yes
@gregk.88024 жыл бұрын
@@spaghetti9845 apparently you've never faced death.
@leisastalnaker37904 жыл бұрын
Me too. Gives me chills.
@OttawaAndy4 жыл бұрын
LIghtfoot wrote that song - I've probably heard it a thousand times and it gets me every time.
@xwoods96254 жыл бұрын
Same
@jonathanspanbock83554 жыл бұрын
rajah that - song always gets me
@raygsbrelcik55784 жыл бұрын
Amen to THAT!
@ldk777far4 жыл бұрын
Ditto - every time!
@stevenquinn46414 жыл бұрын
So moving Everytime i hear this i get emotional Its hauntingly beautiful
@markhagerman1837 Жыл бұрын
This song is so important to us Michiganders. The sinking of the Fitz is one of my earliest memories. We were at a gathering at my grandparents when the news broke. I was very young but I could tell something very bad happened. The looks on the faces, the shock, and the silence. I have heard this song hundreds of times and it always makes me tear up. Great reaction, my friend.
@claire33ist8 ай бұрын
Important to all of us around Lake Superior💔🤍 Yes true true, they came to Sueprior WI, my hometown, to the taconite facility at BNSF. One of our family members parished that night, my dad was 10 when it sank….my dad worked for BN for 30 years, at that same taconite facility. They tore the dock that the Fitz loaded up. But the pictures and all are stunning. If it wasn’t for Lightfoot our, their story wouldn’t have been told. Aurthor Anderson still is constantly coming into port here in Superior, WI/Duluth MN (ship that was behind the Fitzgerald) I’ll always have so much love and respect for Lightfoot. He’s now apart of the crew, was 29….now 30💔
@markhagerman18378 ай бұрын
@@claire33ist I love that the Anderson is still steaming.
@shawn89714 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this song as a kid I felt extremely sad...I'm 58 now...my eyes still well with tears.
@ArcherCC15994 жыл бұрын
Born and raised on the Great Lakes, even well into my 30s this song still gets to me every time I hear it.
@debbiepearce56814 жыл бұрын
I'm going to be 60. This song still gets to me
@tedstout56174 жыл бұрын
57 years old and I teared up hearing this. Superior is a cruel master
@debbiepearce56814 жыл бұрын
@@tedstout5617 I hear you
@leslietripp87744 жыл бұрын
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours". What a line of pure storytelling music!!!!!
@hengineer4 жыл бұрын
As someone whose been at sea in rough weather, sometimes it does feel like it goes on forever.
@fuzfoz4 жыл бұрын
My favorite lyric of all time!
@Humbucker-hg9ku4 жыл бұрын
Single best lyric of all ever.
@sherman69724 жыл бұрын
fellas it's been good to know ya...
@tanyamckinnon53764 жыл бұрын
@Huawei is a criminal organization. the very best
@rabbitscooter4 жыл бұрын
As a Canadian, I've been listening to Gordon Lightfoot my whole life. He's a gift to the musical world. And now to you!
@gandalfthesober55024 жыл бұрын
He really was less than appreciated elsewhere. I'm an Aussie and have been a fan since '79. At 14.
@rabbitscooter4 жыл бұрын
I think a lot of Americans along the border knew him and other Canadian artists because they were listening to Canadian radio stations. But beyond that, I'm sure you're right. Mind you, we never heard that many Australian artists unless they toured in Canada. either.
@stevesouthall47184 жыл бұрын
Loved his songs since 1971 when i first heard if you could read my mind what a brilliant songwriter and singer which we will never see the likes ever again
@daveharm51944 жыл бұрын
Hey let's not forget Rush and Helix Canadians rock👍
@rabbitscooter4 жыл бұрын
@@daveharm5194 We keep a lot of great bands to ourselves. A few they can have ;)
@JeffLynnesELO2025Tour Жыл бұрын
RIP Gordon Lightfoot who left us today for a better world at the age of 84, such a Canadian Icon and fantastic singer-songwriter who inspired the likes of Bob Dylan, Jim Croce and so many others.
@4potslite1694 жыл бұрын
My younger friends always laugh at me when they see this on my playlist....they don’t understand it’s classic storytelling...a modern day vocal history being passed down thru the generations. One of the best tributes to those lost at sea ever....
@wardenm3 жыл бұрын
It's a MUST for anyone who grew up on the Great Lakes.
@windwoman35493 жыл бұрын
@@wardenm Yup, as I did on the shores of Lake Michigan.
@wardenm3 жыл бұрын
@@windwoman3549 Grew up on Lake Huron myself. Was where I learned to swim, boat, fish, ice fishing... they're a huge part of life up in the midwest, from the pastimes to the sports to affecting the weather itself!
@tenaciousone47213 жыл бұрын
Good storytelling music is priceless. Hearing them on vinyl just a little bit of heaven. Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce and my favorite Harry Chapin. I just found you and I subscribed and liked this video. Finding someone you vibe with the lyrics and the music is priceless. Peace ✌ and love🎶
@katestotler95653 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@lockandloadshari4 жыл бұрын
I cannot hear this song without crying. Growing up in Michigan this one hits me hard and takes me right back to the day of this tragedy.
@mikenorton28474 жыл бұрын
Everytime here also!
@MaddogJones4 жыл бұрын
I was in Thunder Bay Ont. then...
@joeday42934 жыл бұрын
I've never even been to Michigan, but it still slays me every time. On the other hand, today is the 9th anniversary of the massive tornado that ravaged my college town of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, so I'm already in a memorial mood.
@SolamenteVees4 жыл бұрын
Same- born in ‘72 this song was a staple in my early years growing up in Detroit. Saw the actual bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald at the shipwreck museum in Whitefish Bay.
@reallymysterious43934 жыл бұрын
I must have heard this song 100 times over the years but it always brings a tear to my eye ...
@danhollifield4 жыл бұрын
One of the best narrative songs ever written. And yes, I am crying.
@spacemomsdaughter35494 жыл бұрын
I am bawling. I listen to this when I'm feeling super masochistic. I cry my stupid eyes out
@danu67184 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@wdrauch4 жыл бұрын
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle in Detroit has a standing exhibit on the Edmund Fitzgerald with a recording of the shore to ship communications. It’s absolutely heart wrenching to here the final calls from shore with no response ...
@ronaldoblander60684 жыл бұрын
Jeopardy recently had 'Gitche Gumee' on as a clue.
@markourtimeshort18544 жыл бұрын
Ive heard it a hundred times and more and i cry
@larryzempel48173 жыл бұрын
I don't believe I've ever listened to this song where it didn't bring a tear to my eye Gordon lightfoot is an absolute musical and lyrical genius and the world is privileged to have him...God rest those 29 brave men's souls.
@desmo55142 жыл бұрын
So true Larry...I mist up too..😥 Neil from Oz
@marktidt2 жыл бұрын
And the wives and the sons and the daughters...
@deborahchesser73752 жыл бұрын
It rips me to pieces very time, straight to the bone.
@spookedhorse Жыл бұрын
And sadly r.i.p. Gordon Lightfoot.
@nascarfan88ta4 жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for Gordon, this would have just been another wreck that would mostly be forgotten except in that area.
@jibblesq3 жыл бұрын
Haha no. This was big news everywhere. We never forgot.
@mr.balloffur3 жыл бұрын
Sorry no
@lynnmoore80463 жыл бұрын
In 2002 , My youngest son who was 13 at the time , told me I absolutely had to listen to this song . So he played it and from the third note I knew what it was . I told told him I knew this song and its a beautiful tribute to 29 men and their families. The boy had tears in his eyes and informed me every human should hear this song for all generations.
@michaelwright72233 жыл бұрын
I live about 20 mins from whitefish bay. I try to make it up to whitefish point on the anniversary
@justinmix1433 жыл бұрын
Nobody would’ve ever forgot Big Fitz that ever saw her. My family always says when she passed through the Detroit River, it was an unforgettable event every time. Losing her would’ve haunted maritime Michigan for decades regardless. But god bless him for the song anyway.
@alanandrews47264 жыл бұрын
I lose it every time at the cook’s line, “fellas, it’s been good to know ya.”
@mjrussell4144 жыл бұрын
Alan Andrews Me too.
@markarnold62574 жыл бұрын
Mine is the "wives and the sons and the daughters"
@gaelicwarrior50644 жыл бұрын
The line that always does me in is "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" Don't think I've ever heard anything that embodies human desperation quite so eloquently.
@lisak43674 жыл бұрын
@@gaelicwarrior5064 agreed.
@SPCLPONY4 жыл бұрын
@@gaelicwarrior5064 That line gets me every time.
@briane1733 жыл бұрын
There are ballads, and then there's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." This was a work of heart, soul, and genius. This will be Gordon Lightfoot's legacy and I hope they play this every Sunday in the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral after he's gone.
@LiLiJo Жыл бұрын
What I love about this song is what was left behind wasn’t just family but a song that pays tribute to the sailors even today. Once you have heard this song you don’t forget the sailors and their families.
@MajorHud4 жыл бұрын
I’m from Michigan, some people said “how could a big ship sink in a lake!” They can’t fathom the GREAT LAKES!
@roy194914 жыл бұрын
the 5 Great Lakes in combination contain 25% of the entire world's fresh water......
@paullowes26584 жыл бұрын
You got that right. Posted earlier, a WW2 merchant captain said that the Great Lakes storms were worse than than the storms on the North Atlantic.
@adamrubella22904 жыл бұрын
Lived less than a mile from Lake Michigan all my life and I can assure you the Great Lakes are no joke. Especially when you see what they do to weather and storms.
@paullowes26584 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Michigan. Haven't been back since 1980. Old fart. Lol. The wrecks that are on the bottom of the Great Lakes, all have stories. Was living in Eaton Rapids when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down went down. Then dealt with the blizzard of 1970-1980. Took 3 weeks to unbury everything. Welcome to the upper Midwest. Lol.
@ChrisB-xm3mg4 жыл бұрын
It’s a mistake that’s cost a lot of lives. Another great song is Stan Rogers “White Squall”
@lescobrandon89484 жыл бұрын
My husband went to school with several of the kids who’s fathers parished on the Edmund Fitzgerald.......Toledo, Ohio. The Edmund Fitzgerald used to dock at my home town port of Huron oh on occasion. My Grandpa supervised the machinery in the mill there. The style of music here is called a dirge.
@wslvingtsun67684 жыл бұрын
I come tru toledo all the time for dr appt, i love the great lakes region!
@ORagnar4 жыл бұрын
Those big lakes are a akin to the ocean, so when they get rough they get really rough.
@dunruden97204 жыл бұрын
A parish is the area a church serves. The word you want is perished.
@tranurse4 жыл бұрын
I used to work with Bob Rafferty’s niece. She said that her mom was a single mother with not a lot of money, and that her uncle would bring them all the food they had leftover from the ship.
@loritalbot30634 жыл бұрын
So sad. The families never get over it!
@kwcozort4 жыл бұрын
The line " And all that remains is the faces and names of the wives and the sons and the daughters" always gets me in the feels.
@ncommerce4 жыл бұрын
@matt becham Boo, sir. Boo.
@kwcozort4 жыл бұрын
@matt becham LOL Yes that is me, A big old softy
@vulgarprophet26894 жыл бұрын
My cousins dad went down on this ship. His name was James Pratt.
@Jared-914 жыл бұрын
Me too. That's deep. When someone says, "You look just like your daddy". But he's no longer living. You are the closest thing to who he was.
@nicolesaunders29644 жыл бұрын
AMEN! This and the Titanic get me alot
@reverendrico56313 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know it at the time, but I once got to sing this at a karaoke night (edit: for the son of one of the crew). It was a request by a trucker after I sang some Hank Williams. Songs a bit of a downer, my friends always give me the business for singing it but I used to break it out every so often. So having a request, I thought why not. Afterward the man bought me a beer and told me a story about waiting. Waiting while his mother cried, waiting alongside dozens of families. Waiting for the horrible words everyone knew where coming but too afraid to speak. He told me about the smell of the cathedral. Of the way it broke his heart when they drug that bell from the water years later. Then he thanked for singing for his dad, for helping to keep the search going. Then he left. I didn’t really know what to say. It dawning on my slightly tipsy mind who he likely was. I just nodded, wished him safe travels and he left. One of friends came up later and after talking, we realized it was the anniversary of the day they called off the search. I don’t think I ever truly appreciated all that singers and song writers like Lightfoot truly do for the world. I’m from an old iron port in Michigan. We know these songs, we grow up on these stories. No one else would ever even know the names of these tales if not for men like Lightfoot. So my hat’s off to the legend. Thanks for the reaction. These men are immortal so long as we never forget the stories,
@euripidean3 жыл бұрын
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" Absolutely breathtaking.
@christianbrotherspaintingi68213 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@therealboofighter3 жыл бұрын
This song gives me goosebumps when I hear it. The phrasing is powerful.
@rickropka6293 жыл бұрын
When I was in the Navy we went thru a typhoon. I couldn't help but hear those words over and over and over in my head. because gods love was nowhere near us for four straight days.
@robertkerns42823 жыл бұрын
When I watch reactions to this song and there is no reaction to the "does anyone know where the love of god goes" i immediately turn it off because, that is one of the best lines in a song of all time.
@Coach_Buj4 жыл бұрын
"Superior never gives up her dead" is a haunting line. It means the lake is so deep and cold that the bodies sink and never resurface.
@tinawall9524 жыл бұрын
That is so correct sir. Lake Superior has more shipwrecks than any where else. I was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan and the lakes are very beautiful. However, our Four Great Lakes ( Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie) are also dangerous. Lake Ontario belongs to Canada.
@brucebeauvais13244 жыл бұрын
@@tinawall952 Four out of five Great Lakes prefer Michigan- but you knew that.
@skellymom4 жыл бұрын
@@tinawall952 Yep. So many shipwrecks, we have a museum dedicated just to them. And, I have a friend that is a shipwreck diver. She LOVES it!
@9284vr4 жыл бұрын
@@tinawall952 ...Correction...The American-Canadian border runs more-or-less down the middle of lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario. The border also runs across Lake Superior, but most of that lake is in the US; the border is just north of Isle Royale National Park, the big island on the west side. Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake totally in the U.S.
@lynnaverett49514 жыл бұрын
I love your commentary at the last part. Empathy is such a rare commodity. And life is so precious. Thank you .
@mikebetts20464 жыл бұрын
This song almost never fails to bring me to tears. PS. It did not fail this time.
@douglastong32084 жыл бұрын
Very sad song, but very powerfully sung. It's a great tribute. Moving lyrics.
@usafvet1004 жыл бұрын
Never fails to put a chill down my spine
@bluestate694 жыл бұрын
yeah, i was in tears again this time. its been a while, but i think it was the shared experience that got me.
@maureenwagg53054 жыл бұрын
Same. I still get chills.
@psm4844 жыл бұрын
One of the saddest songs ever.
@tomdg88413 жыл бұрын
Gordon's lyrical painting of the lakes and how each interact together is masterful. "Luke Huron rolls, Superior sings in the ruins of her ice water mansions", "And further below Lake Ontario, takes in what Lake Erie can send her"
@pompe2212 жыл бұрын
That's how I learned the order of the Great Lakes when I was a kid.
@TB-zh9pe Жыл бұрын
"Old Michigan streams like a young man's dream, Her islands and bays are for sportsmen."
@ajciccar34 жыл бұрын
as a former sailor I can assure you the line "does any one know where the love of god goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours" is very accurate
@karenburrows91844 жыл бұрын
Backwoods S,B & B: Amen, brother. Amen.
@unboltingwall42064 жыл бұрын
Yes in deed!!
@michaelmccrindle10334 жыл бұрын
so true so true. have a 33 foot raider sailboat and at 3 am in the dark with the winds singing in the rigging in a blow will bring a chill to any ones heart. been there done that HATED IT!
@chadparsons99544 жыл бұрын
As a sailor, I get it. There's no better way to describe an angry sea. Hold fast
@tonyrmathis4 жыл бұрын
People would be surprised to know how dangerous shallow water and high winds are to making waves so intense. Worked as a shrimper for years and the most dangerous waves was always high winds in shallow water. You can't describe that feeling of heeling over and wondering if she coming back or that feeling when she doesn't. God Bless the Coast Guard.
@TroyBoyleAtheistAdvocate4 жыл бұрын
I've loved this song and cried to this song so many times. His imagery is perfect. The "ice water mansions." Legendary genius.
@rogerwelsh23354 жыл бұрын
My favorite line
@nebula693 жыл бұрын
This man Jamal seems to be such a sweet sensitive soul.
@jamescouillard80683 жыл бұрын
I was kind of thinking the same thing that his reactions are thoughtful you can see that he's feeling the music unlike some of the others who do this same thing. Long live Gordon Lightfoot.
@joeyboedeker72053 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he's a good soul
@stephenwillard44133 жыл бұрын
Go d bless you and yours every time i hear it is sad
@jaimepatena73723 жыл бұрын
@Biggiebaby Your projection of your own faults.
@Duh66666663 жыл бұрын
@Biggiebaby How so? He's from California, he can't know everything, what is important is the way he reacts.
@tofersiefken Жыл бұрын
I've been listening to this song on multiple reaction channels lately, (4 or 5 times this week already), and there is one line that instantly breaks me into tears: "And all that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters." It is tragic enough to think of the men who chose to work on the freighter being lost to the stormy sea, but to acknowledge the families that remain with that loss, without closure, without a body to bury, it just breaks me.
@higuy48814 жыл бұрын
It's not just a tribute to the Edmund fitzgerald, but every single man that has lost their lives on the lakes, may god rest everyone's soul 🙏
@Gareethtw4 жыл бұрын
That's what makes some of his music so great. I prefer Canadian Railroad Trilogy but it's the same kind of the hard Canadian truths sung somehow both honestly and beautifully
@susandemetry7158 Жыл бұрын
And every sailor lost to the depths.
@mikesheane72874 жыл бұрын
When Bob Dylan is asked who his favourite singers/songwriters are he almost invariably mentions Gordon Lightfoot. He says the only thing bad about Lightfoot’s songs is that they have to end.
@tswrench4 жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan would surely know.
@lonniestarr18924 жыл бұрын
Lightfoot...Canada's version of Bob Dylan
@karenpatterson85744 жыл бұрын
He was supposed to do concert here in September but.......he’s like 83
@gregorykenfield31344 жыл бұрын
"I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things" Tom Waits For those of us in the Detroit area when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down, this song has always been both cherished and heart-wrenching. A friend of mine actually had blueprints for the Fitz...we were all fascinated by the tale. A modern-day sailing vessel that virtually disappeared in seconds, taking all hands to their deaths...the kind of thing that one tends to believe shouldn't be possible today. But water always wins... God bless the brave sailors, and their loved ones.
@Caperhere4 жыл бұрын
Gregory Kenfield I think Gord actually changed the lyrics, when they finally found out what happened to her.
@gregorykenfield31344 жыл бұрын
@@Caperhere ...yes, he did. I didn't comment on the cause, except to say that water always wins...including, sadly, in this case.
@Caperhere4 жыл бұрын
Gregory Kenfield yes, I wasn’t disrespecting your comment, was just adding information. Do you know if it is the line about ‘ a hatchway”? I saw a doc on it once, and I remember he was in touch with the sailors families when he changed the lyric. I think he changed it from “ main hatchway “?
@launabanauna89582 жыл бұрын
That was “sad, but beautifully well done.” By none other than our Canadian pride, Mr. Gordon Lightfoot. And, thank you for the lovely tribute. 💕🇨🇦
@anonymousw7214 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this on the radio I was 7 years old. I absolutely sobbed in the back seat of the car. My mom pulled into a parking lot, got in the back seat and held me as I cried. To this day it still makes me cry.
@mhobson20093 жыл бұрын
Yes. This ballad always brings tears to my eyes and I'm over 60. He makes you live the tragedy.
@chrissmithson58573 жыл бұрын
I was 7 as well. It's one of those tunes that never leaves you.
@jerrybisantz49143 жыл бұрын
the wailing guitar sounds like a wind that is slashing... this song transcends time and place. And... what a voice!
@Tanirocker3 жыл бұрын
I agree completely. I get the feel of the waves from the music too.
@keefterry21553 жыл бұрын
I even the first time I heard Mr Lightfoot sing this on the radio felt like the electric lead guitar sounded very haunting.
@Cherokeelion3 жыл бұрын
To this day, every freighter that passes the Fitz rings their bell 29 times.
@JettBlast3 жыл бұрын
As a Sailor that is so respectful and proper.
@yuriwalczak63543 жыл бұрын
I came out of the lock into whitefish bay into 10' seas in a 55' tug once. As I passed whitefish point I looked off to my starboard and said to my crew who were all in the wheelhouse with me "Boys, I hope Gordon Lightfoot doesn't have to write a song about us after this"
@alukuhito3 жыл бұрын
I doubt it.
@Cherokeelion3 жыл бұрын
@@alukuhito its respect for the dead. Its a thing in sailors.
@KanuckStreams3 жыл бұрын
@@Cherokeelion Especially in the area as lethal as Lake Superior. You respect and fear the waters, and respect those that have passed before you, for you never know if or when you may join them in their frozen rest.
@LouisGedo2 жыл бұрын
I love that you listened to this amazing, beautiful, and haunting ballad. *R.I.P. all who perished* 😔
@stickflinger4 жыл бұрын
that song has brought back memories for me. I was a British merchant seaman in the late seventies early eighties. We were docked in Japan and were drinking with the crew off the "SS Derbyshire" they were sailing the next day into the south china sea. we were to follow the day after. Once we had sailed a hell of a storm blew up and it was so bad we had to run lifelines up and down the decks. When the storm hit us we could only sit up in the crew mess with lifejackets to hand. Then one of the officers came and told us that the Derbyshire had gone down without sending a distress signal so whatever happened was fast. she had disappeared off radar suddenly. We were then tasked to go out in shifts as lookouts to search for survivors or debris which we found neither. It has been a day for me to remember all my life.
@suem60044 жыл бұрын
Wow. Chilling story.
@michaelfinlay63414 жыл бұрын
Damn, that's a bad day. Thank you for your story.
@dos-fslady31404 жыл бұрын
Dear Grant, With tears in my eyes, I wish to thank you for sharing your heartrending story of hard work, dedication, and bravery. I have faced and overcome perils of my own, but never at sea. However, I worked for 20 years in the Foreign Service for the State Department, and at the entrance of the building were the names of Foreign Service employees who died on duty. So many were "lost at sea". When I served for 6 months in Athens, I traveled to a small Greek island, and walked up the narrow cobblestone path to a cemetery overlooking the sea. So many of the old graves were lit by lanterns kept filled with oil over the years -- mostly fishermen who had drowned. I've lived on Lake Michigan and Lake Erie, but never Lake Superior. I also was lucky enough to work in London from 1994-1996, but then left for Sarajevo to work for a peacekeeping mission (OHR) right after the Bosnian War. We had many fine Brits in our military office. Anyway, you have my deepest gratitude and respect for sharing a bit of your history relating to this great song. My cherished brother died last year, and letters like yours are a deep comfort to me. Sincerely, Lynn in Albuquerque
@garyspeed89614 жыл бұрын
My older brother just told me of a time he was off the coast of Vietnam in the destroyer "Vampire" 1966... when the hit a Typhoon at night , reduced to 5 knots... One wave was so high the radar operator picked it up on the scope and advised the bridge... sent the crew flying....
@johnclowes38944 жыл бұрын
Grant Piland god bless. Such sadness RLNI
@TheSkydogsguitar4 жыл бұрын
IMHO, the greatest "story telling" song ever written.
@chivalryalive4 жыл бұрын
Some say "Gordon Lightfoot is Canada's greatest poet.." :-) I watched him play this song at a city along the shore of Lake Erie, not far from Cleveland... The city of Fitzgerald's destination! Nearly everyone there was teary-eyed listening to it.
@shonuff39334 жыл бұрын
Clearly you haven’t heard ‘Nappy Dugout’ by Ice Cube
@ploppill344 жыл бұрын
American Pie is equal
@scottbc31h224 жыл бұрын
Try "Hatfield" by Widespread Panic.
@lilibetmargaret4 жыл бұрын
www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald/the-bell-recovery/ This is an article regarding the recovery of the ship's bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald wreckage that sits right off Whitefish Point and is a gravesite for 29 souls. They almost made it.
@liquidpza4 жыл бұрын
I was born and raised on the shores of Lake Superior. This song is important up here. Thanks for this.
@FloraWest4 жыл бұрын
Same. I was just a kid when this happened but distinctly remember the adults talking about it, and hearing bits on the radio...not full comprehension but I knew a ship sank and people died and it was so sad.
@celtic03174 жыл бұрын
I live in the U.P of Michigan. Every time gale winds are posted in the fall / winter, I think of the Fitz. Lake Superior is the deepest and coldest - capable of splitting a legendary Great Lakes ore carrier and sinking her within minutes.
@erikbieberstein65834 жыл бұрын
Born and raised in Milwaukee wisconsin. Although in 19 now this song is neer and dear to my heart. No matter what age anyone is in the midwest we will never forget the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
@aprlfool594 жыл бұрын
I’ve lived my whole life in Cleveland and it’s something we don’t ever forget.
@melissakhalar18424 жыл бұрын
I live in Superior Wisconsin where the Fitz loaded ore and had friends (4-H pen pals) who lost their fathers.
@bobthebear1246 Жыл бұрын
Watching this again now that Gordon Lightfoot has passed-away at the age of 84. Gordon Lightfoot wrote many great songs, but this was his absolute masterpiece. This is his "Stairway To Heaven." One of the all-time greatest songs ever written and recorded, and it came-out in 1976, when I was 9 years old. What an amazing era of music to live through. The whole 70s decade is riddled with masterpieces like this one and is my #1 favorite decade, with the 60s in a very close second. R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot. 🔥
@frankwatkins62234 жыл бұрын
"And all that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters" By the time the song gets to this point, I'm crying.
@edallen36623 жыл бұрын
My Water Works start at, fellas it's been good to know you...
@waningmooncancer96283 жыл бұрын
It shows you have a soul worth caring for.
@sonyaallison1283 жыл бұрын
Me too...
@MajahDancer3 жыл бұрын
@@edallen3662 Same for me. I cannot listen to this song without crying.
@leeannsellers61473 жыл бұрын
Yep😭😭😭
@jcfireman22154 жыл бұрын
My Uncle was Third Engineer on Fitz when she sank on Lake Superior.
@hollyprincipato32873 жыл бұрын
JC Fireman......So sorry for your loss.
@davidwalter20023 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry for you and your family. How tragic.
@The0ldg0at3 жыл бұрын
What was his name? As far as I know ALL 29 CREW MEMBERS DIED. Along with the captain, the other crew members of the Fitzgerald included porters, oilers, engineers, maintenance workers, cooks, watchmen, deck hands, and wheelsmen. Most crew members were from Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and Minnesota.
@FickleF83 жыл бұрын
@@The0ldg0at Not sure if you’re arguing something or genuinely curious as to their name, but that’s a rather insensitive way to ask. JC wasn’t saying their uncle survived, if that’s what you mean by your comment.
@joeschmo50213 жыл бұрын
I visited the UP of Michigan a couple years back and I made it a point to spend a few hours @ the " Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum" and pay my respect to all those that have lost their lives on these waters. They are not forgotten.
@tammycosby44953 жыл бұрын
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?” Just think about that - how long it must’ve felt for those guys who knew they were going to die and had to just wait for it to happen. That is probably the most powerful line in any song I’ve ever heard. Right there in the song is where the tears usually come for me.
@craignoa86893 жыл бұрын
Absolutly...one of the best lines ever committed to song. When I was a young man, I worked as a deckhand on a fish boat working in the north pacific off Canadas west coast. We got caught in a gale one nite, boats went down, lives were lost, i clearly recall the feeling that the storm would never end, and listening to other plead for help and we were unable to do anything because we were ourselves fighting to survive. I'm almost 60 now, and my eyes still fill with tears as recall that nite or hear this song....
@shannonburns90383 жыл бұрын
I’ve been in that moment. I was 10ish. Drowning and being rolled over and over again by waves. At one very vivid moment, I told myself... breathe. I drew in a couple of breaths. There was enough oxegen , when being generated by the churning water. I took a breath. I breathed air though I was surrounded by water. I took that life-saving breath. The sea weed tumbled about and around me. It spun faster than I did. Physics. I had more mass, therefore a different reality. I needed oxygen. I took that breathe. It saved me. It gave me barely enough strength to indicate to the adults around me that I was a child, a baby in need of protection and santuatry I crawled upon the shore, once the waves , the undertow grasped me. I called out , please help me. No one heard my calls. I was 10 facing a force beyond my comprehension. But the mother, Gaia?, saved me. I called on the ocean, she kept me alive.
@peggygallagher58023 жыл бұрын
God's love acceptance and healing doesn't have a time limit. Get out from wherever you are now!
@RivenGreivances3 жыл бұрын
My biggest fear is drowning, that line sends me and ends me. Having almost drown before that’s exactly how it feels. Minutes turns to hours.
@peggygallagher58023 жыл бұрын
It is searching your Soul time...
@JD-qv2br9 ай бұрын
Note of interest, Gordon Lightfoot recently passed and they rang the bell in the Detroit Maritime museum again and included an extra ring for him.
@jcpc08244 жыл бұрын
Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian legend. He brings this profound tragedy to life in song ... Thanks for sharing.
@saundrajohnson15714 жыл бұрын
Very nicely put.
@stephenclappart36554 жыл бұрын
This is the most haunting song I've ever heard, I've loved it since I first heard it but damn it tears me up.
@DerekBly574 жыл бұрын
Me, too, Stephen. Sometimes I almost can't get through it even though I love it.
@fallbackbee91704 жыл бұрын
Ditto friend!
@shade019774 жыл бұрын
On of the worst facets of growing older had been the realization that even if I spend literally every waking hour of my life listening to never before heard songs... that's 16 hours a day, seven days a week, for how ever many years I have left... I will NEVER be able to experience all of the amazing works of art that music has produced. Seems like such a crime against enlightenment. Thank God I got to hear this one. I thank God that you did too.
@chuckhouse51794 жыл бұрын
On the bright side if there really is a Heaven you get to rock out with your flock out!!
@beckywatt50484 жыл бұрын
shade01977 Have you been red pilled yet ???
@piercepcp4 жыл бұрын
Have you heard Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage or Barretts Privateers? If you liked this, you'll appreciate those
@Itsakindamagic Жыл бұрын
This song is so haunting. If I hear the guitar, I'm there instantly, feeling the sorrow. Beautiful work Mr. Lightfoot. There's no song so emotional.
@TisTheDamnStickSeason4 жыл бұрын
I'm a New Zealander so I have no connection to the Great Lakes, but the way Mr Lightfoot delivered this story and tribute to the men that went down with the ship, as well as the loved ones they left behind, it definitely clears out my tear ducts when I hear it lol 💙
@ronalddobis67824 жыл бұрын
Here is Lake Michigan with high winds. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ7Zm4FtrJx9n9U
@vulgarprophet26894 жыл бұрын
I grew up on Lake Erie, the lake has a presence that I miss every day. They're awesome.
@vulgarprophet26894 жыл бұрын
Here's Lake Erie footage kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6mXqaWKdpWNa9k
@stargazer17334 жыл бұрын
Here is Lake Superior flexing some muscle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXqam4mPodppi9U
@Popsy19724 жыл бұрын
I'm a Kiwi too, I stood at the edge of Lake Ontario on my second day in the states in early May, I've ever felt bone chilling cold like that before or since...and that was the end of winter! gorgeous place.
@dagnelpaula14 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most haunting songs that I've ever heard. Gordon Lightfoot DID tell the story beautifully, and you're right; you feel as if you are right there in the middle of it. I appreciate your reaction to this. It touched me when you put your hand to your heart at the verse regarding the chiming of the bells for each man lost. You have a great empathy for emotional things in the music; something most people don't possess. GREAT reaction to a classic song. Rest in peace to the men of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
@bobgarr62464 жыл бұрын
Well said sir, I applaude you.
@jerrywong5634 жыл бұрын
After 45 years, I still shed a tear every time I hear this song.
@MoTruth-o9e Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jamal for not interrupting this song too many times. I could tell you were interested in FEELING it rather than making it about you. Great reaction.
@chrisapponey61134 жыл бұрын
This is such a emotional song. Gordon's voice almost haunts you
@BrianBinOR4 жыл бұрын
The line in that song that always gets me is, "he said, 'fellas, it's been good to know ya.'" Because the cook, he knew.
@shanehebert3964 жыл бұрын
Same.
@ammaleslie5093 жыл бұрын
Sometimes an old ship's cook has been on the water for decades longer than the younger sailors.
@zenhaelcero84813 жыл бұрын
"And all that remains is the faces and the names , Of the wives and the sons and the daughters" I well up at that line. A worthy song.
@rikbas713 жыл бұрын
Every time.
@thedale21123 жыл бұрын
Me, too. Every damn time...
@usafvet1003 жыл бұрын
When suppertime came the old cook came on deck saying fellas, it's too rough to feed ya, at 7 pm the main hatchway caved in, he said fellas, it's been good to know ya. Chills down my spine every time.
@ronmclaughlin8863 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite lines, in an absolutely beautiful song
@13randydandy2 жыл бұрын
Jamal is a genuine, compassionate human being. Salute to you sir.
@jaketarry35343 жыл бұрын
I had a buddy who lost his dad on this ship. Best lyrics ever: "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours"?
@michaelherbert32373 жыл бұрын
This guy did a GREAT job talking about the song. He talked from the heart. Nice job.
@mmaaddict783 жыл бұрын
I'm sure those men on board were confronted with the fact that the universe is a cold and uncaring thing.
@dogbreath35113 жыл бұрын
Jake I was going to reply the same thing. I've heard this song a hundred times. But for some reason that line hit me in the gut. Where does it go?
@overthehills_faraway87473 жыл бұрын
That is the same line that sticks in my head.
@nickrandles11023 жыл бұрын
Fuckin A. I was on the Eisenhower carrier for two years and once we got caught in a hurricane and I saw 100 ft swells that broke the flight deck. Men who’d been in the service 30 years were just staring jaw dropped like little kids. I thought of that line first thing. I feel for your buddy.
@realitylime48963 жыл бұрын
Jamal your reaction to the ‘bell chimed 29 times’ line is such a visual representation of who you are as a human. A genuine, compassionate, good soul.
@thedale21123 жыл бұрын
You are exactly right. I wish I could just hang with this dude and both his brothers and just shoot the shit. Beautiful people...
@paulcarlson8423 жыл бұрын
Yes ,I've heard this song 1000 times before,but now with your replay and comments and myself really listening to the words,thank you for being diverse in you song selected ,great song touches you
@JasonC753 жыл бұрын
It's somber and gut wrenching standing in front of the bell from this ship. Knowing what it seen. It's sitting in a museum at whitefish point Michigan
@RenlangRen3 жыл бұрын
This song will just grab your heart’s strings.
@coreyhurst57873 жыл бұрын
I love how open minded he is to all kinds of music. His good nature shines through in a of his videos
@redpammy3 жыл бұрын
When the cook says, "fellas it's been good to know ya" ... I start crying ... it does not matter how many times I have heard this! I think about what the poor men were thinking in those final moments ... the fear!
@INXS71443 жыл бұрын
Not just moments but many hours of first anxiety, then fear as the storm progresses, then despair before outright terror as you know you are going to die!
@darrenheideman25463 жыл бұрын
Ever heard the story of the daughter of the cook meeting Gordon Litefoot after one show?
@redpammy3 жыл бұрын
@@darrenheideman2546 No, I have never heard that story, but it sounds wonderful.
@darrenheideman25463 жыл бұрын
@@redpammy From what I understand, she said people always asked her if it was true.
@lauraspencer1837 күн бұрын
So many songs from the 1970s that I grew up hearing were so moving and soulful. It’s beautiful to see you react to an era of great songs. They just don’t make them like that anymore. I love that music so much