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Florian · 03-09-2001, 11:49 AM

Hi Canadienne,

I must admit that when I first heard this song (waaay back when I was very young), I wasn't very fond of it. It was a song that didn't had that instant appeal to me as songs like "Bitter Green" or "Summertime Dream".

But my appreciation for the "Wreck" grew as I learned more about the context of the song. Living here in Austria, I did not know about this tragedy before I listened to Gordon Lightfoot's song.

Ever since, I've read a lot of articles, critics, fan postings and I have come to like this song more and more.

I can only imagine what it must be like to listen to this song, depicting the tragedy in perfect detail, when you have been a witness of the actual tragedy.

From all of the comments I've read so far, this song has managed to define Ccc (Canada's common conscience

)

And on a sidenote, I think Gordon Lightfoot and the Band perform this song even better live than the versions on record.

03-09-2001, 11:49 AM	#3
Florian Moderator Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 266	Hi Canadienne, I must admit that when I first heard this song (waaay back when I was very young), I wasn't very fond of it. It was a song that didn't had that instant appeal to me as songs like "Bitter Green" or "Summertime Dream". But my appreciation for the "Wreck" grew as I learned more about the context of the song. Living here in Austria, I did not know about this tragedy before I listened to Gordon Lightfoot's song. Ever since, I've read a lot of articles, critics, fan postings and I have come to like this song more and more. I can only imagine what it must be like to listen to this song, depicting the tragedy in perfect detail, when you have been a witness of the actual tragedy. From all of the comments I've read so far, this song has managed to define Ccc (Canada's common conscience ) And on a sidenote, I think Gordon Lightfoot and the Band perform this song even better live than the versions on record.