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charlene

07-24-2008, 01:17 PM

Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin'

07-24-2008, 02:01 PM

The Fitz of the Edmund Wreckgerald. Haven't heard this song in awhile. Last time I was burnt-out on it, because I used to play it hundreds of times a day (well, not literally, but it seemed like hundreds). Maybe now it'll recapture me again like when I first heard it. :)

podunklander

07-24-2008, 02:03 PM

good find, Char. Wow, hearing Reasoner state that, "all that's been found is an oil slick and some debris", brings chills the same as when it was 1st reported.

Cathy

07-24-2008, 02:11 PM

I remember seeing news coverage of the sinking, but it didn't really leave an impression on me until I heard Gord sing about it.

Cathy

07-24-2008, 04:43 PM

That's very well done. Thanks for the pass-along.

The striking part to me was how many of the perished were in their 50's or 60's (I counted 15). It just surprised me, and I'm not sure why.

07-25-2008, 10:25 AM

That's very well done. Thanks for the pass-along.

The striking part to me was how many of the perished were in their 50's or 60's (I counted 15). It just surprised me, and I'm not sure why.

15, confirmed ... those in their 40's also well seasoned

"with a crew and good captain well seasoned"

always admired this link sharing several personal memories

http://www.ssefo.com/crew/index.html

thanks for sharing, char...nice job they did, moving

07-25-2008, 10:45 AM

15, confirmed ... those in their 40's also well seasoned

"with a crew and good captain well seasoned"

always admired this link sharing several personal memories

http://www.ssefo.com/crew/index.html

thanks for sharing, char...nice job they did, moving

That is a nice site. Since I first heard the song when I was in my early 20s and 40 seemed light years away, I suppose I just equated that line with experience rather than age. I know better now.

SherylKat

07-25-2008, 02:40 PM

http://thehouseofgordon.blogspot.com/2008/07/gordon-lightfoot-porter.html

cool stuff.. a guy makes clones of beer and has a video montage set to the Wreck with news footage reporting the wreck the night it happened and some of the radio contact from The Fitz I think.....

YouTube - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald edited by Joseph Fulton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iquCHSkmUek) - youtube video

if you double click on the video it will open to YouTube and comments etc. are visible.
Thanks for sharing this Char. Like Shut Up and Deal, I really burned out on "Wreck" becausde I played it so often and this has rekindled the feelling I had when I first heard it. Also, at the bottom, you can click on one of the photos and bring up GML in 1975 or so singing "Sundown" - oh, he was just so naughty and full of fun then!

Interesting that this guy used the remake of "Wreck" on Gord's Gold Vol II and not the original...

Later - SherylKat

HouseOfGordon

07-25-2008, 06:10 PM

Hey thanks for the link! I'm merely a homebrewer who made a blog concerning my wife and I and our travels, my homebrewing, and our political leanings. It was pretty cool to see some traffic from this site directed towards my blog. Hope you enjoyed what you saw. (And for the record, I did not create that YouTube video, I merely embedded it onto my blog.)

Cheers!
Chris
The House of Gordon

charlene

07-26-2008, 06:19 PM

Cheers!
Chris
The House of Gordon

Well I've been known to call Massey Hall here in Toronto where Gord performs "The Church of Gord"..
lol

I have a six pack of EFitz beer..courtesy of my Hamburg NY buddy..

07-30-2008, 10:51 PM

(And for the record, I did not create that YouTube video, I merely embedded it onto my blog.)

Cheers!
Chris
The House of Gordon

thanks Chris - I see the wonderful piece was edited by Joseph Fulton - nice pace and all the footage he somehow obtained and assembled is so very impactful

I was just viewing a class project, commercial piece he put together, lol

YouTube - shoe commercial edited by Joseph Fulton