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classicmixdj · 11-12-2000, 06:14 PM

quote:Originally posted by Florian:
Hi,

"Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?"

This line is of course from The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"

With a few simple words, Gordon Lightfoot again manages to describe the feeling aboard very accurate. You can re-live the feeling the crew had - the time seems to stand still and hopelessness and the feeling of being all alone out on that large vicious lake fills the hearts of the sailors before disaster stikes.

All in all, I find this to be a great line, almost the centerpiece of the song.

-Florian

--If I may Florian:

That line you mentioned "chills me to the bone"..

11-12-2000, 06:14 PM	#33
classicmixdj Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: USA Posts: 249	quote:Originally posted by Florian: Hi, "Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?" This line is of course from The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" With a few simple words, Gordon Lightfoot again manages to describe the feeling aboard very accurate. You can re-live the feeling the crew had - the time seems to stand still and hopelessness and the feeling of being all alone out on that large vicious lake fills the hearts of the sailors before disaster stikes. All in all, I find this to be a great line, almost the centerpiece of the song. -Florian --If I may Florian: That line you mentioned "chills me to the bone"..