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Music Appreciation

Dulcinea

(9,193 posts) Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:13 AM Sep 21

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Highlight:

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot (Original Post) Dulcinea Sep 21 OP

The 50th anniversary Coldwater Sep 21 #1

Wonderful song. Queso Delicioso Sep 21 #2

I'm old enough to remember the news reports when this happened. love_katz Sep 21 #3

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1. The 50th anniversary

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:23 AM

Sep 21

We're fast approaching the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November of 1975/

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2. Wonderful song.

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:25 AM

Sep 21

There's a group called The Longest Johns that have a great cover of this song. They honor the sailors, and Gordon too.

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3. I'm old enough to remember the news reports when this happened.

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:33 AM

Sep 21

I didn't live in the Midwest, but I remember feeling shocked and sad. We thought that was not possible, for a ship to just vanish in modern times.