unsinkable Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Anniversay of the loss of Big Fitz I used to teach the kids about ballads with this song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Thanks for that bit of history. That's a great song about a very tragic event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 For some reason, I have always liked that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Ah, I always used that song to teach ballads to my 7th grade English students too. It always makes me so sad to hear it! Thanks for posting the link. astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amey311 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I really like that song (and ballads in general). However, every time I hear it, I initially think of the Richard Jeni bit about it being the best song to clear out a party. Want to go to bed and no one is getting the hint? Put on "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." The website for the museum has more information about the ship and the wreck: http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald-36/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trresh Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 It's a good song but it gives me the creeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I liked it as a kid--still do. Now I like the Tim Hawkins version better.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 and a little bit of irony too, having "unsinkable" post the link..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 We have taken the kids to the museum several times. They love that and the song. It was weather like that here yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) and a little bit of irony too, having "unsinkable" post the link..... :lol: Oh, that's baaaad! I always liked that song. Living right on a great lake has given me a greater appreciation for the vivid descriptions of the "winds of November." eta: A day late, and a dollar short, but I'm wishing now that I had made my student listen to this tune and sketched out an arrangement for us to play this evening. Our homeschool group has its annual scholastic fair tonight, and she and I are playing a duet. It would have been a cool historical link if we could have played this! Oh well.... Edited November 10, 2011 by flutistmom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 We just shuddered through a big storm up on Superior at the beginning of October and whenever we encounter a storm up there it makes me really appreciate the dangers of Great Lakes shipping.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 We just shuddered through a big storm up on Superior at the beginning of October and whenever we encounter a storm up there it makes me really appreciate the dangers of Great Lakes shipping.... Me too! And last year we had a HUGE storm and everyone compared it to the storm that sank the Edmund. So we drove out to the lake to see it. Wow. The total power!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Anniversay of the loss of Big Fitz I used to teach the kids about ballads with this song. I've used it with each one of my kids in our homeschool for ballads. Their is an excellent documentary available on this. I can't remember if it's History Channel or someone else (we always checked it out from our library), but we watched it whenever I taught the ballad for English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimtaxi234 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Thanks for posting this. I will share it with our children. I was just listening to the song on the youtube link and my husband heard it and started singing along. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 The song gives me goosebumps, always has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 The website for the museum has more information about the ship and the wreck: http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald-36/ That is such a great museum!! It was our favorite site on vacation. The song was just on the radio a few minutes ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Love that song. Such an excellent memorial. The cook has the best lines: "Fellas, it's too rough to feed 'ya... Fellas, it's been good to know 'ya." Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I'd be afraid to drive out there, LOL! They told us when this came in that we needed to be off the lakeshore road as waves could overtop the road. The locals were so intent in being indoors by mid-afternoon that we were really impressed that we needed to get back to our B&B by then, LOL.... The waves were still breaking so big and hard the entire next day (and through most of that next night) that no boats would go out, even in the harbor areas.... Scary stuff.... That next night we were actually staying at a place right across the road from the lakeshore. It was so loud when we went to bed. Then in the middle of the night is just stopped (all the wave action) and got completely quiet. It woke me up, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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