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Gitchigumee · 03-26-2009, 10:35 AM

I was driving home from work last night and listening to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Although I have heard it a thousand times and am proud to say I know all the words, it still gives me goosebumps. What an incredibly perfect song it is, unlike any I have ever heard. It is perhaps the song that will carry Gordon Lightfoot's legacy on forever and ever even after we are all gone.

As I drove along the lakeshore (near my home), and looked out at the gray and choppy water, I once again listened carefully to the lyrics. I tried to imagine how brave those men were on that freighter, and how frightened they must have been when they realized they were going down. I wondered what words were spoke to each other and what prayers were uttered in their last living moments.

I tried to imagine how those 29 men who died that November day on Lake Superior would feel if they knew that song was written in tribute to them. How incredibly comforting it must be to their families to have a song written that immortalizes their loved ones.

It all got me thinking, what other Lightfoot songs give you goosebumps, and why?

03-26-2009, 10:35 AM	#1
Gitchigumee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 504	What Song Gives You Goosebumps? I was driving home from work last night and listening to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Although I have heard it a thousand times and am proud to say I know all the words, it still gives me goosebumps. What an incredibly perfect song it is, unlike any I have ever heard. It is perhaps the song that will carry Gordon Lightfoot's legacy on forever and ever even after we are all gone. As I drove along the lakeshore (near my home), and looked out at the gray and choppy water, I once again listened carefully to the lyrics. I tried to imagine how brave those men were on that freighter, and how frightened they must have been when they realized they were going down. I wondered what words were spoke to each other and what prayers were uttered in their last living moments. I tried to imagine how those 29 men who died that November day on Lake Superior would feel if they knew that song was written in tribute to them. How incredibly comforting it must be to their families to have a song written that immortalizes their loved ones. It all got me thinking, what other Lightfoot songs give you goosebumps, and why? __________________ "There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run. When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun. Long before the white man, and long before the wheel. When the green dark forest was too silent to be real."