Edmund Fitzgerald sinking anniversary

[Dakota rube]

35 years ago tonight.

The bell recovered from the EF wreck will ring 29 times tonight to remember the lost crew.

Edmund Fitzgerald sinking still leads Great Lakes lore

 

[Douglas]

I think that goddamned song goes on for 29 minutes to honor the lost crew, always the same two lines of music again and again and again and again.

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by Douglas

I think that goddamned song goes on for 29 minutes to honor the lost crew, always the same two lines of music again and again and again and again.
I love that song!

 

[mordecai]

i think it's supposed to follow the structure of a traditional sea shanty. Phil Ochs's "Pleasures of the Harbour" does the same thing.

 

[Douglas]

Conne, it's said, never gets too much head
Cuz his Edmund Fitzgerald comes early!

 

[Steve Smith]

A lot of people don't realize this, but as the big freighters go, she was bigger than most.

 

[Harold falcon]

Originally Posted by Steve Smith

A lot of people don't realize this, but as the big freighters go, she was bigger than most.

I had no idea. Thank you.

 

[Dakota rube]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Conne, it's said, never gets too much head
Cuz his Edmund Fitzgerald comes early!

I loled.

 

[mordecai]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

I loled.

Rube loled
He's Old.

 

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[romafan]

On the big lake they call Gicche Gumme!

I'm going to listen to some GL tonight - Sundown, That's What You Get (For Lovin' Me), Watchman's Out are all chiming in my brain right now....

 

[jgold47]

Originally Posted by romafan

On the big lake they call Gicche Gumme!

I'm going to listen to some GL tonight - Sundown, That's What You Get (For Lovin' Me), Watchman's Out are all chiming in my brain right now....

my personal favorite is Early Morning Rain.

 

[unjung]

Don't be douchebags. This event didn't happen long enough ago for it to be the subject of satire.