Gordon Lightfoot our Canadian son ensures that the world will never forget "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"!! Lord be with all those lost and their families and now Gordon!
I read that when Mr. Lightfoot passed away that they rang the bell again. Instead of 29 times but 30 times ..... Adding that extra ring for Gordon Lightfoot.
Ive been obsessed with the Fitzgerald pretty much my entire life. This ballad I can listen to it continually all day and I have. I live in Michigan and when I take to the upper peninsula from down in the lower I listen to it all the way. This song, this Ballad is very emotionally powerful to me. As a younger man it was all about the ship and the ' how it happened ' as a older man im very troubled knowing how awful those men died. I was in the Great Lakes Maritime academy same place where cadet David Wise went. I hope I spelled his name correctly. I met one of the instructors who taught David. He knew very well how bad it can be out there. I dont where was worse to die in the bow or stern. This stuff really messes with me. I have a lot of experience on the great lakes not on a freighter, mostly in small craft. I was in a youth volunteer program called U.S. Navel sea cadets. Our division was the great lakes and the navy donated a yard patrol ship, named Pride of Michigan. Look it up its here on CZcams. This was back in 1990. I served on her for 3 years. In '91 we were working with scientists studying zebra mussels back when they were not as known as they are now. Anyway we were in lake Michigan not far from the summer island and we were heading back to escanba. This huge storm hit us, I was in the pilot house so I heard all the raido traffic. We were in a gale. I sailed on this ship on the Atlantic through big rolling waves I thought that was bad. This was armageddon compaired to the Atlantic. We were fighting 20 foot waves, crashing across the bow which looked like we were going under! There are gauges that mesure the pitch and roll of the ship, we rolled a few times 42 degrees!! I was stationed at the lee helm, there is a iron bar bolted to the ceiling we called it the Jesus Christ bar. I was hanging on to that with both hands and my feet were comming off the deck! The sky was completely overcast dark and it was around 3pm. Lighting striking the water, the waves looked demonic, demons running into the ship from all sides. The verse " does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the Minutes to hours?" That is SO TRUE!!! we were only making 8 to 9 knots. I really believed this was it. The Captain, capitan Clyburn was at the helm he could hardly hang on because we were being tossed around like a cheap toy. I heard an adult in the crews quarters screaming in fear and it was a man. Remember the crew was mostly cadets. So that day of horror I can be sure pales to what the crew of the Fitzgerald went through. I get a bit emotional about that. God bless those men and for all stuck in a storm on the great lakes.
You probably suffer from P.T.S.D. after that and the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald only magnifies the feelings you are having.Real Trauma from the inland seas that are our Great Lakes! You at least survived the trauma to re-live - they took the trauma to their watery graves!
Gad...sounds utterly horrifying. I have nightmares of being on a sinking ship and watching it slowly disappear in the depths and me trying to swim to it to rescue the people in it but I run out of breath and can't reach it. It was so real I will not go on a cruise.
@@billofrightsamend4 Yes it was scary, but the experience, the memories of all the good outweighs the real scary stuff. Sometimes scary stuff makes us a better person, a humble person. The great lakes definitely can be a humbling experience and it doesn't have to be scary to do that. Just the. Beauty the sheer size of them is a wow experience. You shouldn't let your fears rule you kellywiese8991. If you want to go on a cruise do it. I'm 50 and I let alot of time go by just doing the everyday norm. It's been a very long time since I've done anything on the lakes. What I'm trying to say is dont let life pass you by, LIVE it! Thank you for sharing 😁
The fact Gordon Lightfoot (creator of the song) asked for permission by the families of the crew and gave full royalties of the song to them just makes me feel really happy but also a bit sad.
I was a kid when this song came out. Listend to it on wls am radio chicago. Later in 1980s I was on a 600 ft ship in south pacific.i was in the navy during persian gulfwar. My ship uss proteus as19. From Guam.we hit a typhoon breaking our keel. We pumped water for 500 Mile's we didn't sink. But having a 90ft wave hit the ship is something I will never forget. Nobody died but we sat 4 months having the ship welded back together. Was hell of a ride. Gordon Lightfoot an Edmund Fitzgerald song always a gem to listen to.
I have spent 38 years on the oceans. Been through some of the worst storms. I have a pice of steel railing that I kept for a reminder. The safety railing I was holding onto snapped like a twig (solid steel). Stories about this of the Mariner’s who lost their lives gives me a blessing to them and that I have been blessed with and survived it. Christopher Wayne Alexander AB.
The Great Lakes can put many oceans to shame with their storms. I grew up near both Erie and Ontario and they are magnificent when calm. But, when they decided to roll out their anger and Mothers Nature cuts lose it is unbelievable the fury they unleash. In a way calling them Lakes is not right. They are inland seas. If you want to know how much water we are looking at think about this. All the water comes into Lake Eire. Erie dumbs it into Ontario by the Niagara river. Go to Niagara Falls and look at the water flowing over them. For most of you there will be more water in one second than you will see in your entire life. They say sailing the Lakes is harder than the oceans. I don't know, you can answer that. I've heard that you need special instructions to Captain a ship on them.
I was in the Navy for almost 8 years and have been through some rough seas too. If you want to see rough? Go up close to the Alutian Islands off of Alaska in late November and early December. That is very rough.
Spent alot of time out at sea in the navy hurricanes are no joke. Remember plenty of ti.e the front under water safety equipment straps so I would go overboard RIP 29 brave seaman❤
Thanks for your stories. Always wondered what it would be like during a storm on the sea. Water. The irony. Need it for survival, but natures greatest weapon. I was in Whitefish Point looking out and a storm was brewing. It got black. Waves were kicking on shore. I couldn’t imagine. Saw a freighter on Superior and thought, stay close.
My dad began his career at the Locks,n lived on Superior, in the Sault. This song makes me feel for the familys. I'm 64 now n still remember that November night. May they rest in peace 😢
So haunting is this song. It brings me back to that time when i heard it on the radio. This song will never die. It is beautiful, memorable, and haunting at the same time.
I loved this song when it came out and still do in July 2022. It's beautiful and hauntingly sad. All those precious lives lost. All the families left behind to carry on. God bless those who had to live through this tragedy. ❤️🤟
I remember very well the night, when the Fitzgerald went down. I was 13. Denny Anderson from WDIO (tv station in Duluth, MN) was the first broadcaster in the USA, to break the news. So, so sad. 😢😢😢
This was a beautifully done tribute. I'm not a sailor but an aviator and this made me tear up. We all share a common bond when our brothers and sisters lose their lives doing a job they love. RIP sailors.
Growing up in Michigan I was raised with these haunting Great Lakes Shipwrecks. People don't realize how deadly our Great Lakes really are. The Fitzgerald was actually headed to Detroit and a Hatch did not open it was taken over by 35 foot waves and higher
I'm from Michigan as well. Our Great Lakes are beautiful but deadly. People don't even realize we have an undercurrent that's more deadly than the oceans and more drown in our lakes than the oceans every year, in one beach on one beach
Growing up on the shores of Lake Ontario, this song really hits home for me, because I have a friend that lost her uncle during that sinking, and my uncle who also worked on one of the many Great Lakes freighters, also lost a good friend, during the sinking of the Fitzgerald, which affected me deeply. What most people don’t realize is how dangerous the great lakes can be, especially in November. All of the great lakes bottoms are scattered with shipwrecks from centuries gone by. Leave it to a great Canadian, Gordon Lightfoot, to memorialize an honour The Edmund Fitzgerald, and all the crew that were lost in seconds. I can tell you from personal experience, the great lakes are just as dangerous, if not more so, then the oceans, with storms seemingly coming out of nowhere, powerful enough to sink almost any vessel no matter how big. About 10 years ago, a friend of mine, who is also my colleague at the hospital where I work, had just bought himself a private yacht, something he wanted all his life, and sacrificed everything to get. She was so beautiful, almost 100 feet long, with opulent interiors, built by hand from the keel plates up. He invited me out on the lake for a day of fun on her maiden voyage, unfortunately my family couldn’t come, but I went by myself…. Thank God my family was not there. When we left the Toronto harbor, the water was perfectly smooth, not a breath of wind, and sunny skies, on a warm August day. By the time we were about 10 km from shore, literally out of nowhere, an enormous black cloud begin to form, the winds begin to blow hard, and the waves started churning. Within a matter of 10 minutes we went from perfectly sunny clear skies and smooth sailing, to near hurricane force winds, rain, and waves at least 8-10 feet high. Even though we were in his nearly 100 foot long yacht, it was being tossed around in the waves like a dinghy, and with one wave, The engine hatch was knocked open, flooding the engine room, killing all the power. We just sat there helpless, at the mercy of the storm. There were so many times I thought for sure we were going to go under the waves. If it wasn’t for the watertight doors between the engine room and the rest of the ship, we all would have been dead (there were about 30 people aboard, including his own wife and 3 children). We radioed for help immediately (using the back up generator), by the grace of God, there was a military ship that just happened to be only 1 km from us, which is very rare, but in the summertime, The Royal Canadian Navy sails into Toronto’s harbour, docks, and gives tours of one of their frigates for the public. She was on her way back to her home port in Halifax, and it was pure luck they were just passing us soon after we lost power. To make a long story short, they were able to attach a tow line, and take us back to shore, but my friends ship was heavily damaged by the waves. I felt so bad for the poor guy, it was his dream, he saved every penny he ever made to purchase this boat, and planned on living on it all summer, thank God he had insurance, because the storm managed to cause over $200,000 in damages to the boat. But that’s not the worst part. I have been on the water all of my life up until that point, especially because I grew up on the waterfront, but that day changed everything. I was absolutely petrified, convinced we were all going to die, as the little ship was tossed Mercilessly in the 10 foot swells (that’s according to the naval frigate that saved us). At one point, almost the entire ship was underwater after being hit by a huge wave, I’ve never been afraid to be on the water, in fact I loved it, I was always happiest when on the water, but no more. After that day, you could not pay me enough money to set foot on any boat or ship. I know it was just a freak storm, but the psychological damage was irreversible, I even had to see a psychiatrist help deal with it, and my poor friend ended up selling his dream boat, because he too was absolutely terrified, and his wife never liked being on the water to begin with, and after that day, she refused to ever set foot on that boat again. I’m not saying to stay off the water, what happened to us could happen to anyone at any time, but when it does happen, it leaves a scar, a scar that never fully heals. I can only imagine the terror those poor men on the Fitzgerald felt as the ship broke in two and went under the waves in seconds. The lakes and oceans may be a playground for many, but is also deadly for others, treat it with respect, and don’t ever underestimate the power of the water, it can rip a solid steel ship in half in seconds, remember that the next time you want to scoff at those of us afraid to go on the water ever again.
What a great and interesting tale you have there.you are absolutely right,the great lakes are nothing to underestimate.i live on the most northerly point of lake superior and I've seen the waves and weather RIP through so hard that we could hear the waves crashing from my house which was 5 kilometers away..i can only imagine the anxiety you must feel looking back to the day you were on that yaht.absolutely,the great lakes need to be respected and how quickly they brew up storms.there are places in lake superior over 1000 feet deep and it chills me to the bone thinking of those poor souls aboard the fitz.never do I venture too far from shore when cruising Ontario great lakes!thank you for sharing your story and wish you safe travels.gods speed!
well, that is what most who do not live around or near the great lakes understands and that is the problem, they think that they are just `larger lakes', when in a sense, they could be considered what are called inland seas. not to mention they have the capability of creating their own weather.
My Grandfather was in the Merchant Marine Service out of Sydney Australia. He and some mates in the sevice made pilgrimage to Lake Superior to pay respects to their lost merchant marine brothers. He always talked about the Great Lakes as through they were some snarling beast waiting to snatch you away. Scared the hell out of us as kids.
The first time I heard the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald I broke down and wept. And whenever I was in my car, and it came on the radio I had to pull over, because I couldn't see where I was driving. Here it is 2023 and the tears still come. I will never forget those 29 and the family who lost their loved ones.
Just wanted to say you did a hell of a great job on the imagery for this. Using authentic footage and photos really brought it to life and hit all the right emotional notes. Very satisfying, and very close to what my own head imagery for the song has always been.
Gordon's great ballad and your great imagery thank you. you took a great presentation and made it better. now i remember being on a red tractor in sandy creek new york in a crop field with a bush hog attachment over looking the surf of lake erie.in november near thanks giving time. yeah watch out for the november winds over those great lakes.
So true. If you allow yourself the images almost put you there with the absolute horror of knowing your going to die. Thanks for giving us the faces and names--never seen them before.
It's like being stuck in the Devil's Triangle what happened to me when I was a young girl and my daddy took the 31-foot boat of his to the Bahamas suddenly the sea turned upside down and it was very very scary I'm wondering if that ship rolled over on its side riding the waves back in
I remember playing with my Toy boats in the Pool with this song playing in the background. That was such fun. And then at the Jersey Shore every weekend... Until JAWS came out in the theaters. Talk about empty beaches.
I read that when Mr. Lightfoot passed away that they rang the bell again. Instead of 29 times but 30 times ..... Adding that extra ring for Gordon Lightfoot. Mr. Lightfoot gave all his royalies of this song to the families of those who perished on the Edmund Fittzgerald.
Fantastic job on your video. I was in the Army when this was a big hit on the radio and I have the record on vinyl somewhere. Your video deserves 50 million or so views like the original track which has nothing but a photo of the album cover. (There are several official versions on CZcams with varying numbers of views.) 🧨
wonderful tributes to everyone on the ship, Gordons voice and song perfect to tell everyone this sad story, we must not forget our brave sailors, ever,
As a former member of the Coast Guard, it easy to understand how the ocean can almost be flat at times......and then look so terrifying in short order. When "The Winds of November" blow early......every sailor knows how that feels...
I remember this song like it was yesterday. Working in a convenience store right after I graduated. All good things must end as they say, but never forgotten.
I worked in the Upper Peninsula the summer of 1976 as a student engineer for a company that produced taconite pellets, the same as the cargo that went down with the Edmund Fitzgerald. I knew the news of the wreck prior to working there and then being on Lake Superior that summer 6 months or so after, the tragedy was still raw in Yooper’s minds. Then Lightfoot’s masterpiece came out. It was played endlessly once it dropped. I was able to tour the sister ship of the Fitzgerald which was docked in Marquette and being loaded with my plant’s taconite pellets in August 1976.
I still get teary-eyed every time I play and sing this song on my 12 string acoustic. It still touches your ❤️ every time after all these years. RIP them 29 beautiful souls we lost on that terrible day in 1975..
I rang te bell 29 times. Being a sailor it is an honor.I was in school the day they Announced her missing. We lived S of Erie so it was pretty shocking.
Beautifully produced. Chilling how well it goes perfectly with this haunting song. Only true Lakers will really appreciate it. RIP to all sailors lost at sea.
What can one say? Was up there that night . Superior is a haunting, mysterious lake. Guess like so many things..you had to have been there, lived there, seen it. God Bless them all.
The Maritime Cathedral is in downtown Detroit Michigan, every year on the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald the church bells ring 29 times in memory of the sailors who lost their lives in that terrible storm.
Iam from upper Michigan right now we are doing a house about 20 from were this vessel went down .so I had to plY this song God bless the family if the crew of the Fitzgerald
Ring the bell 30 times.
29 for the crew
1 for Gordon
Rest easy men. Your legends live on.
The Mariners Church in Detroit rang the bell 30 times the day after Gordon Lightfoot died. The video of part of the tribute is on CZcams.
I have listened to this song since I was a child. I'm 58 yrs old now. It still brings chills to my soul.
I too have been listening to this song for many many years. Thank you Dad! I’m also 58.
I am almost 60. Same sentiment!
Same
Me too. Grew up with it.
You learn about ship wrecks like Titanic, it was surreal to have it around us
Rest in Peace, Gordon Lightfoot! Your legend will live on in Minnesota and beyond!
Gordon Lightfoot our Canadian son ensures that the world will never forget "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"!! Lord be with all those lost and their families and now Gordon!
I read that when Mr. Lightfoot passed away that they rang the bell again. Instead of 29 times but 30 times ..... Adding that extra ring for Gordon Lightfoot.
Probably the best song no other musician will ever cover.
I agree.
It's been covered. By a band called, the Headstones.
@@gregoryhagen8801 did it compare ?
@@idiot-983 It's OK. More up tempo.
It was also covered by a group called “Punch Brothers”. It’s different for sure, very dark.
R.I.P Gordon Lightfoot 1938-2023 I will always remember your legendary song. 🙌
Ive been obsessed with the Fitzgerald pretty much my entire life. This ballad I can listen to it continually all day and I have. I live in Michigan and when I take to the upper peninsula from down in the lower I listen to it all the way. This song, this Ballad is very emotionally powerful to me. As a younger man it was all about the ship and the ' how it happened ' as a older man im very troubled knowing how awful those men died. I was in the Great Lakes Maritime academy same place where cadet David Wise went. I hope I spelled his name correctly. I met one of the instructors who taught David. He knew very well how bad it can be out there. I dont where was worse to die in the bow or stern. This stuff really messes with me. I have a lot of experience on the great lakes not on a freighter, mostly in small craft. I was in a youth volunteer program called U.S. Navel sea cadets. Our division was the great lakes and the navy donated a yard patrol ship, named Pride of Michigan. Look it up its here on CZcams.
This was back in 1990. I served on her for 3 years. In '91 we were working with scientists studying zebra mussels back when they were not as known as they are now.
Anyway we were in lake Michigan not far from the summer island and we were heading back to escanba. This huge storm hit us, I was in the pilot house so I heard all the raido traffic. We were in a gale. I sailed on this ship on the Atlantic through big rolling waves I thought that was bad. This was armageddon compaired to the Atlantic. We were fighting 20 foot waves, crashing across the bow which looked like we were going under! There are gauges that mesure the pitch and roll of the ship, we rolled a few times 42 degrees!! I was stationed at the lee helm, there is a iron bar bolted to the ceiling we called it the Jesus Christ bar. I was hanging on to that with both hands and my feet were comming off the deck! The sky was completely overcast dark and it was around 3pm. Lighting striking the water, the waves looked demonic, demons running into the ship from all sides. The verse " does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the Minutes to hours?" That is SO TRUE!!! we were only making 8 to 9 knots. I really believed this was it. The Captain, capitan Clyburn was at the helm he could hardly hang on because we were being tossed around like a cheap toy. I heard an adult in the crews quarters screaming in fear and it was a man. Remember the crew was mostly cadets. So that day of horror I can be sure pales to what the crew of the Fitzgerald went through. I get a bit emotional about that. God bless those men and for all stuck in a storm on the great lakes.
That really painted a picture, thank you. Intense.
You probably suffer from P.T.S.D. after that and the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald only magnifies the feelings you are having.Real Trauma from the inland seas that are our Great Lakes! You at least survived the trauma to re-live - they took the trauma to their watery graves!
Gad...sounds utterly horrifying. I have nightmares of being on a sinking ship and watching it slowly disappear in the depths and me trying to swim to it to rescue the people in it but I run out of breath and can't reach it. It was so real I will not go on a cruise.
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Yes it was scary, but the experience, the memories of all the good outweighs the real scary stuff. Sometimes scary stuff makes us a better person, a humble person. The great lakes definitely can be a humbling experience and it doesn't have to be scary to do that. Just the. Beauty the sheer size of them is a wow experience.
You shouldn't let your fears rule you kellywiese8991. If you want to go on a cruise do it. I'm 50 and I let alot of time go by just doing the everyday norm. It's been a very long time since I've done anything on the lakes. What I'm trying to say is dont let life pass you by, LIVE it! Thank you for sharing 😁
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RIP Gordon Lightfoot, one of the GREATEST songs EVER WRITTEN☝️☝️🙏🙏🙏💔💔😢😢🙏
Thank you Gordon Lightfoot for such a memorable song of these lost souls. Rest In Peace Gordon 05-01-2023✝️
Just heard Gordon passed away yesterday! He touched so many lives an souls with his music!
The fact Gordon Lightfoot (creator of the song) asked for permission by the families of the crew and gave full royalties of the song to them just makes me feel really happy but also a bit sad.
Rip Gordon Lighfoot. Tks for all the yrs of hits and meaningful music
I was a kid when this song came out. Listend to it on wls am radio chicago. Later in 1980s I was on a 600 ft ship in south pacific.i was in the navy during persian gulfwar. My ship uss proteus as19. From Guam.we hit a typhoon breaking our keel. We pumped water for 500 Mile's we didn't sink. But having a 90ft wave hit the ship is something I will never forget. Nobody died but we sat 4 months having the ship welded back together.
Was hell of a ride. Gordon Lightfoot an Edmund Fitzgerald song always a gem to listen to.
I have spent 38 years on the oceans. Been through some of the worst storms. I have a pice of steel railing that I kept for a reminder. The safety railing I was holding onto snapped like a twig (solid steel). Stories about this of the Mariner’s who lost their lives gives me a blessing to them and that I have been blessed with and survived it. Christopher Wayne Alexander AB.
The Great Lakes can put many oceans to shame with their storms. I grew up near both Erie and Ontario and they are magnificent when calm. But, when they decided to roll out their anger and Mothers Nature cuts lose it is unbelievable the fury they unleash. In a way calling them Lakes is not right. They are inland seas. If you want to know how much water we are looking at think about this. All the water comes into Lake Eire. Erie dumbs it into Ontario by the Niagara river. Go to Niagara Falls and look at the water flowing over them. For most of you there will be more water in one second than you will see in your entire life. They say sailing the Lakes is harder than the oceans. I don't know, you can answer that. I've heard that you need special instructions to Captain a ship on them.
I was in the Navy for almost 8 years and have been through some rough seas too. If you want to see rough? Go up close to the Alutian Islands off of Alaska in late November and early December. That is very rough.
Spent alot of time out at sea in the navy hurricanes are no joke. Remember plenty of ti.e the front under water safety equipment straps so I would go overboard RIP 29 brave seaman❤
Chris Alexander, just checking to hear you are still with us, your the kind of person I'd listen to all day, total respect,and admiration,my captain
Thanks for your stories. Always wondered what it would be like during a storm on the sea. Water. The irony. Need it for survival, but natures greatest weapon. I was in Whitefish Point looking out and a storm was brewing. It got black. Waves were kicking on shore. I couldn’t imagine. Saw a freighter on Superior and thought, stay close.
RIP Gordon Lightfoot , your music will always live on forever.❤
Still brings a tear to your eye, all these years later. Godspeed to the families and the lost crew
Ditto
even in 2022
It affects me so deeply, every time I hear this song, I keep a box of Kleenex at hand.
Even in 2023😞
Reminds me of Crisp Fall afternoons in Michigan
Great video. The song is brilliantly written, and as the history guy says, "It's history that deserves to be remembered."
R.I.P. Edmund Fitzgerald Crew 🙏
The legend lives on! Rest in peace. Gordon Lightfoot
Just one of those songs I can’t make it through without tears.
R.I.P to a great man.
one of my all time favorites from Gordon Lightfoot, may he RIP 🥰
Thank you Gordon Lightfoot. Your music will be treasured by all. You will be missed. R.I.P.
“Fellas, it’s been good ta know ya” always gets me.
Rest in peace Gordon, your music and legacy will continue for centuries
Watch this in Apr 2022. Become emotional for the men and their families.
Thank you for the great video. Thanks, Gordon for a great songs remembered.
This is my first memory of news in my childhood.
There is no more music like this today RIP
My dad began his career at the Locks,n lived on Superior, in the Sault. This song makes me feel for the familys. I'm 64 now n still remember that November night. May they rest in peace 😢
Life is Short. Make sure you make a difference.
And please, make that difference in a GOOD way. We have more than we need of those doing it in a bad way.
Resist medical tyranny......make the difference! We all have a divine right to just be!
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what a hauntingly beautiful song Thank you Gordon Lightfoot.
R.I.P. gordan lightfoot.
the music world lost a famous singer.
may he rest in peace forever.
From the Chippewa on down Gordon's music will flow beyond the Great Lakes forever. R.I. P Gordon and the 29 mariners ❤.
Those 29 men made me cry as hard as the number of victims on the Titanic, Hood, and Bismarck.
Sometimes I think I can hear them, wailing and moaning at the bottom of Superior.
Rest in Peace Gordon Lightfoot
So haunting is this song. It brings me back to that time when i heard it on the radio. This song will never die. It is beautiful, memorable, and haunting at the same time.
REST IN PEACE my friend. you will be missed by many.
Beautiful tribute to the men of the Edmond Fitzgerald.
I tear up EVERY time I hear this song, remember these men. Rest in Peace, Mariners.
Yep, me too!
Same here. May thay all RIP
Its still so sad
This is the most heart wrenching song that has ever been written
Yes,, what a tribute to the men and conditions on the great lakes that people don't know about! And I'm short changing it!
I disagree. czcams.com/video/J3vu-DKNeOc/video.html
Kind of fitting that an American Indian would pay tribute to EF and the crew. A beautiful heart wrenching song. Talent of Gordon Lightfoot.
@@joshuabrown9609 He is not Native American infact the name Lightfoot is Anglo-Saxon
AGREE
Rip to a great musician
I loved this song when it came out and still do in July 2022. It's beautiful and hauntingly sad. All those precious lives lost. All the families left behind to carry on. God bless those who had to live through this tragedy. ❤️🤟
So sad you've passed.😢such a great singer..heartfelt songs
I remember very well the night, when the Fitzgerald went down. I was 13. Denny Anderson from WDIO (tv station in Duluth, MN) was the first broadcaster in the USA, to break the news. So, so sad. 😢😢😢
This a reminder to honor all the persons that put their lives on the line ever day to make the world function. GOD BLESS THEM ALL.
This was a beautifully done tribute. I'm not a sailor but an aviator and this made me tear up. We all share a common bond when our brothers and sisters lose their lives doing a job they love. RIP sailors.
Thank you for keeping history alive for future generations.
Awesomè video. Pictures. Always loved the song and Gordon Lightfoot. R.i.p. men.
I remembered the day this happened. The song is haunting, god rest their souls. What a song, truly a fine tribute.
GREAT video. thank-you #RIP #Lightfoot
This is a beautiful tribute to the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald. You did a phenomenal job on the video.
Growing up in Michigan I was raised with these haunting Great Lakes Shipwrecks. People don't realize how deadly our Great Lakes really are. The Fitzgerald was actually headed to Detroit and a Hatch did not open it was taken over by 35 foot waves and higher
I grew up in Cleveland in the '70s. The song hit close to home. Still does, every time I hear it.
I'm from Michigan as well. Our Great Lakes are beautiful but deadly. People don't even realize we have an undercurrent that's more deadly than the oceans and more drown in our lakes than the oceans every year, in one beach on one beach
Nice Tribute Great Song Rest in Peace Gordon.
May he rest 🙏 in peace.
I first heard this in fall of 1977, it still chills me! I am originally from Massachusetts, and was in Georgia at the time. Such a sad song!
Growing up on the shores of Lake Ontario, this song really hits home for me, because I have a friend that lost her uncle during that sinking, and my uncle who also worked on one of the many Great Lakes freighters, also lost a good friend, during the sinking of the Fitzgerald, which affected me deeply. What most people don’t realize is how dangerous the great lakes can be, especially in November. All of the great lakes bottoms are scattered with shipwrecks from centuries gone by. Leave it to a great Canadian, Gordon Lightfoot, to memorialize an honour The Edmund Fitzgerald, and all the crew that were lost in seconds. I can tell you from personal experience, the great lakes are just as dangerous, if not more so, then the oceans, with storms seemingly coming out of nowhere, powerful enough to sink almost any vessel no matter how big. About 10 years ago, a friend of mine, who is also my colleague at the hospital where I work, had just bought himself a private yacht, something he wanted all his life, and sacrificed everything to get. She was so beautiful, almost 100 feet long, with opulent interiors, built by hand from the keel plates up. He invited me out on the lake for a day of fun on her maiden voyage, unfortunately my family couldn’t come, but I went by myself…. Thank God my family was not there. When we left the Toronto harbor, the water was perfectly smooth, not a breath of wind, and sunny skies, on a warm August day. By the time we were about 10 km from shore, literally out of nowhere, an enormous black cloud begin to form, the winds begin to blow hard, and the waves started churning. Within a matter of 10 minutes we went from perfectly sunny clear skies and smooth sailing, to near hurricane force winds, rain, and waves at least 8-10 feet high. Even though we were in his nearly 100 foot long yacht, it was being tossed around in the waves like a dinghy, and with one wave, The engine hatch was knocked open, flooding the engine room, killing all the power. We just sat there helpless, at the mercy of the storm. There were so many times I thought for sure we were going to go under the waves. If it wasn’t for the watertight doors between the engine room and the rest of the ship, we all would have been dead (there were about 30 people aboard, including his own wife and 3 children). We radioed for help immediately (using the back up generator), by the grace of God, there was a military ship that just happened to be only 1 km from us, which is very rare, but in the summertime, The Royal Canadian Navy sails into Toronto’s harbour, docks, and gives tours of one of their frigates for the public. She was on her way back to her home port in Halifax, and it was pure luck they were just passing us soon after we lost power. To make a long story short, they were able to attach a tow line, and take us back to shore, but my friends ship was heavily damaged by the waves. I felt so bad for the poor guy, it was his dream, he saved every penny he ever made to purchase this boat, and planned on living on it all summer, thank God he had insurance, because the storm managed to cause over $200,000 in damages to the boat. But that’s not the worst part. I have been on the water all of my life up until that point, especially because I grew up on the waterfront, but that day changed everything. I was absolutely petrified, convinced we were all going to die, as the little ship was tossed Mercilessly in the 10 foot swells (that’s according to the naval frigate that saved us). At one point, almost the entire ship was underwater after being hit by a huge wave, I’ve never been afraid to be on the water, in fact I loved it, I was always happiest when on the water, but no more. After that day, you could not pay me enough money to set foot on any boat or ship. I know it was just a freak storm, but the psychological damage was irreversible, I even had to see a psychiatrist help deal with it, and my poor friend ended up selling his dream boat, because he too was absolutely terrified, and his wife never liked being on the water to begin with, and after that day, she refused to ever set foot on that boat again. I’m not saying to stay off the water, what happened to us could happen to anyone at any time, but when it does happen, it leaves a scar, a scar that never fully heals. I can only imagine the terror those poor men on the Fitzgerald felt as the ship broke in two and went under the waves in seconds. The lakes and oceans may be a playground for many, but is also deadly for others, treat it with respect, and don’t ever underestimate the power of the water, it can rip a solid steel ship in half in seconds, remember that the next time you want to scoff at those of us afraid to go on the water ever again.
What a great and interesting tale you have there.you are absolutely right,the great lakes are nothing to underestimate.i live on the most northerly point of lake superior and I've seen the waves and weather RIP through so hard that we could hear the waves crashing from my house which was 5 kilometers away..i can only imagine the anxiety you must feel looking back to the day you were on that yaht.absolutely,the great lakes need to be respected and how quickly they brew up storms.there are places in lake superior over 1000 feet deep and it chills me to the bone thinking of those poor souls aboard the fitz.never do I venture too far from shore when cruising Ontario great lakes!thank you for sharing your story and wish you safe travels.gods speed!
@@derekirons8577 thanks Derek!
That was a fascinating,& wonderfully told story! Thanks for sharing
Grew up on Atlantic Ocean and after watching this stuff and your post I can say those lakes terrify me unlike the ocean.
well, that is what most who do not live around or near the great lakes understands and that is the problem, they think that they are just `larger lakes', when in a sense, they could be considered what are called inland seas. not to mention they have the capability of creating their own weather.
Goosebumps- “ The church bell chimed till it rang 29 times for each man on the #EdmundFitzgerald “ 🔔 🔔 🔔 ❤️🩹
They do it every year in their memory....sadly, they never found anyone's remains... I wonder what on Earth or in Heaven could be responsible for that
@@kristenkiene8939 i’m fairly certain they’ve found all of them. i know they found one not to long ago
And the 30th time, for the man who made sure none of them will be forgotten....
I've loved this song since I was a kid. It wasn't until I was older I realized what the song was about. RIP all.
Same
@@allencollins6031 a lot of good men lost their lives that day
@@mehchocolate1257 true
@@allencollins6031 most of them where grandfathers
@@mehchocolate1257 yes
Rest in Peace Gordon!
This song hits me very hard because I am from Michigan
My Grandfather was in the Merchant Marine Service out of Sydney Australia.
He and some mates in the sevice made pilgrimage to Lake Superior to pay respects to their lost merchant marine brothers. He always talked about the Great Lakes as through they were some snarling beast waiting to snatch you away. Scared the hell out of us as kids.
This song hits me hard because it's beautiful and purely haunting based on real events.
Lake Freighters should not exist. If they were smart like the Chippewa, they would not go out during the Witch of November’s hunt.
My family has been in Michigan for 1,000’s of years.
The first time I heard the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald I broke down and wept. And whenever I was in my car, and it came on the radio I had to pull over, because I couldn't see where I was driving. Here it is 2023 and the tears still come. I will never forget those 29 and the family who lost their loved ones.
I remember this like it was yesterday... born and raised in Burton Michigan and still in school at the time. Will never forget this.
Just wanted to say you did a hell of a great job on the imagery for this. Using authentic footage and photos really brought it to life and hit all the right emotional notes. Very satisfying, and very close to what my own head imagery for the song has always been.
I agree. Great editing!
Gordon's great ballad and your great imagery thank you. you took a great presentation and made it better.
now i remember being on a red tractor in sandy creek new york in a crop field with a bush hog attachment over looking the surf of lake erie.in november near thanks giving time. yeah watch out for the november winds over those great lakes.
So true. If you allow yourself the images almost put you there with the absolute horror of knowing your going to die. Thanks for giving us the faces and names--never seen them before.
Tv junk face preacher Head donn comes late preacher. Like the vid2
Fish dimension .you're right .the video Edmund Fitzgerald great
The best tribute to the ship crew and their families. I was 13 and still get goosebumps evey time I hear this song. Thank you Gordon Lightfoot.
11-10-2022 rest in peace crew- been listening to this for 45-46 years very sad
My goodness what a beautiful tribute you've put together along with Gordon singing. Thank you.
This made me so sad. Prayers to the sailors and their families
why tho
It's like being stuck in the Devil's Triangle what happened to me when I was a young girl and my daddy took the 31-foot boat of his to the Bahamas suddenly the sea turned upside down and it was very very scary I'm wondering if that ship rolled over on its side riding the waves back in
@@edwardpapak4234 because 29 men lost their lives in a storm?
That was one hellava tribute to all those brave men
First heard this on a portable radio somewhere on the slopes of Mount Washington, NH, ca. 1976. Never forgot it.
I remember playing with my Toy boats in the Pool with this song playing in the background. That was such fun. And then at the Jersey Shore every weekend... Until JAWS came out in the theaters. Talk about empty beaches.
I love his music. He has so much feeling in it. You are almost there when he sings every word.
I read that when Mr. Lightfoot passed away that they rang the bell again. Instead of 29 times but 30 times ..... Adding that extra ring for Gordon Lightfoot. Mr. Lightfoot gave all his royalies of this song to the families of those who perished on the Edmund Fittzgerald.
Fantastic job on your video. I was in the Army when this was a big hit on the radio and I have the record on vinyl somewhere.
Your video deserves 50 million or so views like the original track which has nothing but a photo of the album cover. (There are several official versions on CZcams with varying numbers of views.) 🧨
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"Does anyone know where the love of God goes , when the waves turn the minutes to hours".........the definition of despair.
Such a haunting song and beautifully put together with film clips. Had to favourite this one.
I remember when this happened. I was in elementary school in Michigan. It was quite a different time!
Excellent video.. this song is always haunting.. these clips make it even more so..
wonderful tributes to everyone on the ship, Gordons voice and song perfect to tell everyone this sad story, we must not forget our brave sailors, ever,
As a former member of the Coast Guard, it easy to understand how the ocean can almost be flat at times......and then look so terrifying in short order. When "The Winds of November" blow early......every sailor knows how that feels...
I remember this song like it was yesterday. Working in a convenience store right after I graduated. All good things must end as they say, but never forgotten.
I worked in the Upper Peninsula the summer of 1976 as a student engineer for a company that produced taconite pellets, the same as the cargo that went down with the Edmund Fitzgerald. I knew the news of the wreck prior to working there and then being on Lake Superior that summer 6 months or so after, the tragedy was still raw in Yooper’s minds. Then Lightfoot’s masterpiece came out. It was played endlessly once it dropped. I was able to tour the sister ship of the Fitzgerald which was docked in Marquette and being loaded with my plant’s taconite pellets in August 1976.
A lot of people don't understand how big the GREAT lakes are. In some parts of the world they would be called seas
It is very cool that Graham Greene ( Kicking Bird) was pictured in this video.
Thank you for adding this video to Gordon Lightfoot’s amazingly crafted song.
I still get teary-eyed every time I play and sing this song on my 12 string acoustic. It still touches your ❤️ every time after all these years. RIP them 29 beautiful souls we lost on that terrible day in 1975..
So heart touching......huge respect for the singer and all soul of this Edmund Fitzgerald
Hey Hollywood Ca this should be a movie.
I rang te bell 29 times. Being a sailor it is an honor.I was in school the day they
Announced her missing. We lived S of Erie so it was pretty shocking.
Beautifully produced. Chilling how well it goes perfectly with this haunting song. Only true Lakers will really appreciate it. RIP to all sailors lost at sea.
What can one say? Was up there that night . Superior is a haunting, mysterious lake. Guess like so many things..you had to have been there, lived there, seen it. God Bless them all.
One of my most loved songs sad but a beautiful song!
Such a beautiful touching song to tribute all the men on the Edmond fritzgerald. Us michiganders will never forget this tragedy.
To 29 Crew of Edmund F Will not be forgotten.
The Maritime Cathedral is in downtown Detroit Michigan, every year on the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald the church bells ring 29 times in memory of the sailors who lost their lives in that terrible storm.
The church rang the bells 30 times the day after Lightfoot died.
I love that song my dad played it all the time my father n law plays it all the time
This song still brings tears to my eyes
One of the best compilations.
Great video. So sad😔😔
Beautiful tribute.....47 years ago tonight.....
Iam from upper Michigan right now we are doing a house about 20 from were this vessel went down .so I had to plY this song God bless the family if the crew of the Fitzgerald
My Dads favorite song
Seriously touching. Nicely done. This is so respectful. Thanks