Now that's funny.

[gridlore]

Out of the 842 songs in my Top Rated folder, what's the second song to come up today? The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Playing for the first time since July 3rd.

Today is, of course, the 35th anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald being being lost with all hands 17 miles off Whitefish Bay.

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy...

EDIT: And of course, I just found a heavy metal cover of the song. Not the greatest cover, but interesting.

Comments

[kshandra]

kightp has once again linked to her incredibly evocative Remembering the Fitz - if you haven't read it before, and really even if you have, take a few minutes to hear the tale of one who was there.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

I remember that, and it's the best kind of history. Not necessarily the story of the principals, but of the impact the principal event had on the people and the area.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

that was...

thanks for the link.

[kshandra]

that was...

...yeah.