FIRST TIME REACTING TO | "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot

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@gitchegumee 6 месяцев назад

I live on the shore of Lake Superior, I worked in the local iron mines that produce the ore that is shipped in ore boats like the Fitz. She was caught in a massive November storm and she tried fighting the huge waves to find refuge in Whitefish Bay, but went down in 530 feet of water with all 29 crew members. I was still in high school and this song came out soon after - there isn't a Yooper (a native of Upper Peninsula of Michigan) that doesn't know the story and we can all receit the words of this tribute song. Gordon Lightfoot is a master storyteller.

@blindeyedog01 6 месяцев назад

I was born in Ontonagon -- never lived there, but been there a few times for family reunions. My Mom is a Yooper, my Dad A Tennessee Native) was in the Navy stationed in San Diego, but in Vietnam during my birth, so Mom had me up there where her family could help. I grew up in SoCal, and knew this story since birth. 😊❤

@chuckwilson4186 6 месяцев назад

Well said yooper … respect.. from a troll

@jasonfisher8529 6 месяцев назад

Wasn't born in the Great White North, but I grew up there (post 1975). Just south of Duluth. Annual school trips to the maritime museum at the mouth of the St Louis river into Lake Superior. The song, the museum exhibit dedicated to the Edmund Fitzgerald, we knew this from our earliest memories. My mom had seen Lightfoot in concert in Superior, WI when she was a teen, but that was way before this song came out. But it hit when it did come out, and it still hits. Watching that lake and watching those ships and hearing those stories for years and years, not just in a museum, but on the radio. This one still gets me, to this day.

@chuckwilson4186 6 месяцев назад

@@jasonfisher8529 the song bring tears everytime I hear it ..

@jasonfisher8529 6 месяцев назад

@@chuckwilson4186Every. damn. time. Watching Britt's little sad pout didn't help, either, LOL

@FredericAnderson-dg1jk 5 месяцев назад

I grew up on Lake Superior. When we fished the lake we always headed to shore when any weather showed itself on the horizon. If a 729 foot freighter sank, you can imagine what would happen to an eight foot aluminum craft, and storms come fast on the big lake. I was impressed by Britt's comments. Although she claimed a geographic ignorance, she quickly grasped the beauty of Mr. Lightfoot's poetry, which opened her eyes to the drama that unfolded, and she was able to appreciate the art in his storytelling. Three of the crew were from my hometown, Superior, on the western most tip of the 400 mile long body of water, and where the Fitzgerald began her ill-fated journey. Everyone living on the lake at that time knew the story, and some suffered the loss of friends or family members as well.

@seanmalloy0528 5 месяцев назад

9:30 it means Whitefish Bay was 15 miles away 14:10 Chippewa are a Native American tribe

@Beverly-ur5zm Месяц назад

I absolutely love Gordon Lightfoot! I was a little girl when some of his music came out. His music is classic and timeless! If I'm in a melancholy mood, I put on some Gordon. Check out his "Sundown" song.

@chriscasa167 4 месяца назад

The Gales of November hit most northern coastal regions as well as the Great Lakes. It's awesome when these storms hit, but they are very deadly at times.

@MichaelWilshusen-w4d Месяц назад

In 74/75 he went to both sides to ask for him to make the song

@karlsmith2570 4 месяца назад

9:22 Hey, Britt, What Gordon meant by that particular lyric was if Edmund Fitzgerald had traveled 15 more miles that they would've made it to Whitefish Bay and relative safety

@craigdragseth9272 6 месяцев назад

I am sure others have said this but...the Edmund Fitzgerald was a laker (a ship that sails on the great lakes) loaded woth taconite/iron ore. It sank on the biggest (and deepest) Great Lake - Lake Superior. The gales (storms) are strong on Superior. She sank in mid November with 29 souls aboard. Lots of credit to Canadian singer/song writer Gordon Lightfoot. Not just anybody could have written a song about a shipwreck and do it so well!

@anklebiterwoodworks2818 3 месяца назад

@ 3:40: They were under contract with multiple steel producers the carry raw iron ore (26000 tons of iron and rock, iron needed to be smelted from the rock then combined with other metals to make steel) when the left their berth in Wisconsin loaded with 26000 tons for Cleveland, OH steel mills. FYI 15 more miles of water behind her, not 15 more miles faster. All that are left are the wives and the sons and the daughters. My wife expressed similar sentiments and fears when I worked field service. I always love watching reaction channels for this very reason. It was not what you expected and grabbed you in the feels and clenched. You demonstrate sincere appreciation for what historically happened. My hat is off to you, young lady: Respect. If I may suggest something new: Sabaton--doesn't matter which one. Powerwolf: Dancing with the Dead or Demons are a Girl's Best Friend...

@waltergraves3273 4 месяца назад

Yes, iron ore is transported via the Great Lakes

@JohnFrazee-b7v 5 дней назад

Great Lakes. HOMES (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior)

@bdickins2190 4 месяца назад

The Chippewa are a tribe in the Wisconsin/Michigan region. The name for Superior, Gitchee Gumee, isn't quite accurate but close.

@GhrymBear 6 месяцев назад

They rang the bell 30 times on the announcement of Gordons death.

@skunkmonster1 6 месяцев назад

Why 30?

@droid8472 6 месяцев назад

@@skunkmonster129 for the men who died on the ship and 1 for Gordon lightfoot

@skunkmonster1 6 месяцев назад

@droid8472 I love that!!! I put it together when we got to the end and I heard it again. Thanks!!!

@robertgalloup6171 6 месяцев назад

@@skunkmonster1because of the passing of GORDON.... Permission was given from the families.... To this day, any royalty money generated from this song goes to a fund for all family members.

@michaelturnes1587 6 месяцев назад

One of my favorite songs, my friends and I play it and song whenever we have a get together. Our local small town Ohio bar has had this on the jukebox since it came out. Went thru multiple jukeboxes but this always had to be on it.

@jbear3562 6 месяцев назад

I was working aboard a tramp steamer in the North Atlantic when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down. Our radio operator came to the bridge and told the watch officer who then told the rest of us. A year or so later I was in Auburn Alabama at a Gordorn Lightfoot concert and heard this song for the first time. I still cry when I hear it.

@johndoeski1267 4 месяца назад

The song refers to the bell in Detroit's Mariners' Church ringing 29 times each year for the 29 souls lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald. Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1, 2023. The church added one more ring of the bell to 30 rings in honor of Gordon Lightfoot and his contribution to the memory of the Edmond Fitzgerald and the sailors lost. As always, an excellent reaction on your part!!

@kennywilkus1632 6 месяцев назад

The waters of Lake Superior are so cold at the bottom that bodies don’t float to the top because the bacteria that causes that can’t grow. That’s why he says “never gives up her dead”. To this day it’s impossible for me to listen to this song with out tearing up. 😢 Gordon paints such a clear picture of what happened. It almost feels like you knew the crew. Both be a beautiful yet haunting song at the same time.

@arlaabrell8658 6 месяцев назад

Same for me, I've heard this song probably hundreds of times and still get misty eyed every time.

@jasonfisher8529 6 месяцев назад

Amen.

@thomasmacdiarmid8251 6 месяцев назад

While he paints a clear picture, he had to revise the song after a number of years. He had described the hatch giving in, which had been the prevailing theory, but the family of the crewman responsible for the hatch had always disputed it. When the Fitz's wreckage was found, the hatch was secure and the ship was broken elsewhere. To reflect this, Lightfoot revised the lyrics. He also revised the description of the sailor's cathedral as a 'musty' old hall - the hall was regularly used and so was not musty, so he changed that description as well: no hard feelings on either side.

@gregjustlovesyoutubeguidelines 6 месяцев назад

There's a good reason this song was voted the worst song to strip to.

@beaubradley2171 6 месяцев назад

@@gregjustlovesyoutubeguidelines😂

@BronsonSlick 6 месяцев назад

They ring the bell annually on the anniversary of the sinking. This past year, the bell was rang 30 times to include the passing of Gordon Lightfoot.

@ReagansismDJT 6 месяцев назад

I never heard that they rang it one more time for Gordon Lightfoot! That is beautiful!

@terryreese663 6 месяцев назад

Respect

@lightatthecape2009 6 месяцев назад

All royalties from this song went to the families.

@patrickn3833 5 месяцев назад

May he rest in peace.

@saxmusicmail Месяц назад

That bell in the chapel was brought up by my late friend. That is the Fitz's original bell in the chapel. A copy was cast and brought back down to replace on the ship. A can of beer was also left on the wheelhouse console.

@kurtl8425 6 месяцев назад

“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?” is just about the most tragically beautiful lyric I’ve ever heard.

@user-kg7co9vi5r 6 месяцев назад

The most poetic way of describing despair I've ever heard. One of my father's ship mates told a story of the cook lashing a huge kettle to the stove in order to at least have hot soup available while riding out a hurricane. It was a very small ship.. He never said how they kept it on the bowls.

@MrAjmay1 6 месяцев назад

Yup, one of my favorite lyrics ever.

@marycampbell8855 6 месяцев назад

Agreed

@la_old_salt2241 6 месяцев назад

Been there and know exactly what it means.

@JMan-24 6 месяцев назад

@@la_old_salt2241 watching and listening to the vessel flex in the swell all the while thinking cmon baby hold together. 😢

@brandonseyfried1251 2 месяца назад

Because of everything Gordon did for the families and his efforts to keep the story of the ship's loss alive, the families and the historical society had his name officially added as the 30th member of the crew. Gordon Lightfoot was a wonderful man whose memory deserves every honor it receives.

@peterzimmer9549 6 месяцев назад

When Gordon died, The Maritime Sailors Cathedral in Detroit, rang its bell 29 times for the crew of the Edmond Fitzgerald, and once more for Gordon Lightfoot.

@TheLastGarou 6 месяцев назад

He also donated every dollar of profit from this song to the families of the 29 lost crewmen.

@mikebradshaw6484 6 месяцев назад

They always have rang it 30 times. The last one being for all of the crewmen of all ships lost.

@EugeneHardstark-do2kk 6 месяцев назад

I had the good fortune to see Gordon Lightfoot in concert in LA towards the end of his career, a true poet and musician. I shed more than a few tears every time I hear this song.

@lestatdelc 6 месяцев назад

@@mikebradshaw6484 - That is not accurate. Tradition of ringing the bell 29 times started to commemorate the men of the Fitzgerald. Then in the earl 2000s the expanded the ceremony to honor all sailors lost on the lakes but still rang it 29 times. Last year, to honor them (and Gordong Lightfoot passing away) they rang it 30 times.

@858Bill 6 месяцев назад

My father worked on the boats as a cook for many years.....including the Fitz.... I've been aboard her a few times myself.... We knew many of the men personally...... Rest in Peace.... Michael Armagost- 37- Third Mate- Iron River, Wisconsin Fred Beetcher- 56- Porter- Superior, Wisconsin Thomas Bentsen- 23- Oiler- St. Joseph, Michigan Edward Bindon -47- First Asst. Engineer- Fairport Harbor, Ohio Thomas Borgeson -41- Maintenance Man- Duluth, Minnesota Oliver Champeau- 41-Third Asst. Engineer- Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Nolan Church -55 -Porter -Silver Bay, Minnesota Ransom Cundy- 53- Watchman- Superior, Wisconsin Thomas Edwards-50- Second Asst. Engineer- Oregon, Ohio Russell Haskell -40- Second Asst. Engineer- Millbury, Ohio George Holl -60- Chief Engineer- Cabot, Pennsylvania Bruce Hudson- 22- Deck Hand -North Olmsted, Ohio Allen Kalmon -43- Second Cook- Washburn, Wisconsin Gordon MacLellan- 30- Wiper- Clearwater, Florida Joseph Mazes- 59- Special Maintenance Man -Ashland, Wisconsin John McCarthy -62-First Mate -Bay Village, Ohio Ernest McSorley -63 -Captain -Toledo, Ohio Eugene O'Brien- 50- Wheelsman -Toledo, Ohio Karl Peckol -20- Watchman -Ashtabula, Ohio John Poviach -59- Wheelsman- Bradenton, Florida James Pratt -44- Second Mate- Lakewood, Ohio Robert Rafferty -62 -Steward -Toledo, Ohio Paul Riippa -22 -Deck Hand -Ashtabula, Ohio John Simmons -63 -Wheelsman -Ashland, Wisconsin William Spengler -59- Watchman- Toledo, Ohio Mark Thomas -21- Deck Hand- Richmond Heights, Ohio Ralph Walton -58- Oiler- Fremont, Ohio David Weiss -22 -Cadet -Agoura, California Blaine Wilhelm -52- Oiler- Moquah, Wisconsin

@SPohl-zy4rz 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for that. How special to list them. Rest in peace dear souls.

@mcclaindebra63 6 месяцев назад

RIP, to all of these dear souls...

@helloworld-steffie 6 месяцев назад

RIP

@annadreamsart9756 6 месяцев назад

I'm sorry for your loss.

@TrianglesAndCircles 6 месяцев назад

Wow. Im not usually so speechless

@priestessofkek2406 5 месяцев назад

My great uncle was an assistant engineer on the Edmund Fitzgerald. This song always makes me cry.

@wesdog8975 5 месяцев назад

Condolences for your loss. When reactors react to this song, they always pick the lyric video. I try to suggest the video done in a documentary style that has the newscast, home films/pictures of the ship and crew, and the radio traffic of the "Arthur M. Anderson". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hgI8bta-7aw.htmlsi=viYHN4w7kg2yrIbM

@duanemcshane 5 месяцев назад

My condolences.

@tracieh215 5 месяцев назад

Fair winds and following seas to him. May his memory forever be a bright blessing.

@kevinskogg2179 5 месяцев назад

I do to and I am just from Duluth.

@ve3snw 5 месяцев назад

The loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald was a shock to all of us in "the Lakehead" aka Thunder Bay and filled us with grief. I hope this song keeps the memory of your great uncle alive.

@larryzeigler2558 2 месяца назад

My dear, I loved your reaction. I'm 67 yrs old and still cry when I listen to this song. So powerful and sad and a fine tribute to those sailors. RIP 29 plus 1.

@janyceseahorn4013 2 месяца назад

Thank you for your comments. Her reaction was so pure and candid. I just loved it. I still cry when I hear this song. Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. Canada and the USA are so fortunate to have them. Makes me even more proud to live in a country of democracy. We are indeed so fortunate!

@danielh5583 Месяц назад

Saw him in Ottawa a couple times. Yeah this is one of the songs that gets me every time. And even older when I saw him the way he sings this, just so much emotion in it

@DavidClark-es1ww 26 дней назад

I fully agree with that! You are so delightfully sensitive Britt!

@EW-ty6qw 6 месяцев назад

This is probably the greatest tribute song ever written.

@1983sergev 6 месяцев назад

Perhaps, but "Tribute" from Tenacious D was funnier! 😉😂 It is about "The Greatest Song in the World" (as they claim)

@MitchClement-il6iq 6 месяцев назад

Candle in the wind Elton john? Although don't like the song it was huge at the time.

@dawnparrott122 5 месяцев назад

Canadian railway trilogy is most likely best.

@Quacks0 5 месяцев назад

"The witch of November" refers to the unpredictable squalls on the Great Lakes.

@endgamed 5 месяцев назад

I've been in those squalls ,Can't say I enjoyed myself. Terrifying really.

@0GreatMerlin 5 месяцев назад

And as you may have got from the lyrics, there was icing on the boat. That sort of thing has send many a ship to the deep.

@-.NYX.- 4 месяца назад

it also refers to crewmen being snatched off the decks... >.> "the witch came stealin"

@MrSwj2009 6 месяцев назад

FYI, Gordon Lightfoot asked permission of all the family members who lost their loved ones on the Fitzgetald to release this song. When they heard the song, they all agreed it was a worthy tribute. 😢

@mlbw1966 6 месяцев назад

And he gave all the family members the money , profit of this song to the 29 family's... Donated every dime. And each dime continues to go the family's of the dead. Gordon had such a true soul of humanity RIP GORDON

@MrSwj2009 6 месяцев назад

I didn't know he donated the music proceeds. What an amazing thing to do.

@mokokawi 6 месяцев назад

❤

@benjamindouglas862 6 месяцев назад

Yankees Suck!

@timcarder2170 6 месяцев назад

@@benjamindouglas862 Chill out bud. Not the song to be a troll on.🤨

@nomad57-u3x 4 месяца назад

15:10 the point is if he didnt sing this song no one would remember or remember them or go to look into the story...

@yaimavol 6 месяцев назад

Anyone who has tried to write a song... wow. This is not just a song. He is telling the story of people who died in a terrible storm. The responsibility is huge and then the difficulty in conveying everything that happened and making it all fit into a 3 minute song. This is pure song-writing genius.

@jasonhaynes2952 4 месяца назад

And to do it in such an honorable and respectful manner. Wow. Lightfoot was a genius

@peterzimmer9549 6 месяцев назад

She sank in Lake Superior, the biggest of the Great Lakes. The Chippewa Indians call it Gitche Gumee.

@matthawkins8880 6 месяцев назад

Wow, I was about to make the exact comment, glad I read down.

@terryminten4695 6 месяцев назад

November in Michigan has the worst storms

@brianherrala8238 6 месяцев назад

Ojibway

@lindsayambler9706 6 месяцев назад

Big Lake of Shining Waters..

@mikewieggers6337 6 месяцев назад

@@brianherrala8238 Chippewa, Ojibwe and Ojibwa are the same people. Never knew that, I had to look it up.

@charlespatrick1572 6 месяцев назад

It was carrying iron ore. "Gales of November", "Witch of November" = Bad windy weather. Gitchagumi is the Indian name for Lake Superior.

@mitchchartrand 6 месяцев назад

Gichi-gami. He misquoted Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha

@ritafoster4958 6 месяцев назад

The Great Lakes are basically huge inland seas, more than lakes. “ Gave Early” means that they came early. The ship was an iron ore carrier. Steel is made from iron ore.

@jasonhaynes2952 4 месяца назад

@@ritafoster4958 I live on Lake Ontario, the Eastermost great lake and the 2nd smallest. It's so large you can't see the other side (which is Canada).

@mikeremski2102 3 месяца назад

As long as people listen to this song/sing this song, the crew is not forgotten.

@Marcus_1001 6 месяцев назад

As a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, I would like to make a small clarification. In the Anishinaabe language (which is the proper name for our People) Lake Superior is in fact called Gichigami, not Gitche Gumee. It means "great water" or "huge water."

@nickrizzi4927 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@akshelby33 6 месяцев назад

Yes.

@mrnobody3161 6 месяцев назад

Thank You. ✌️🫂 🕊

@JamesBrown-wo2qj 6 месяцев назад

We need to get back to this...in many areas. The original language matters. Up and down the East coast, and all the way across the current U.S. Being a Texan of indigenous heritage, I feel like the origin of our lands has been suborned, if not lost completely...yet it is integral to who we are, all conflicts aside. The heritage of our country is being erased

@charlottemiller961 6 месяцев назад

@@JamesBrown-wo2qj Yes so true!

@lunchboxradio5890 6 месяцев назад

Gordon is considered to be Canada's greatest folk singer/songwriter. This song is based on a true story, and, as I am to understand, all of the proceeds were donated, in perpetuity, to the families of the crew.

@lauraclark427 6 месяцев назад

You are incorrect. Gordon Lightfoot set up a scholarship fund but did not donate all of the profits from the song. It's just a persistent rumor.

@timothytouhey8682 6 месяцев назад

No that would go to Leonard Cohen

@corvanna4438 6 месяцев назад

@@timothytouhey8682 I would say Stan Rogers.

@EC-dz3fb 6 месяцев назад

And I would say Joni Mitchell!

@mitchchartrand 6 месяцев назад

@@timothytouhey8682 Leonard Cohen songwriter, ok. Singer? He's Canada's Bob Dylan. Leonard is my favorite artist from Québec though.

@GaiaOne 6 месяцев назад

This song is a lyrical masterpiece. You only get a song like this once in a generation, and this is ours. Requiescat in pace, Gordon.

@toddbarkalow905 6 месяцев назад

Once in a lifetime

@largemansteve60 5 месяцев назад

May perpetual light shine upon them...

@DougJohnston-mi3sj 5 месяцев назад

I spent a couple of years researching this event about 15 years ago. Even after all this time, I still cry when I hear this song. I was a Coast Guard rescue swimmer on the Great Lakes so it really hits home with me. I was only 6 years old when this happened. November 10, 1975. To hear his passion in this song and relate it to my rescue swimming just adds another level to it all. Thank you for your review. The fact that it brought up that much emotion out of you is why Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song. He didn't want people to forget.

@saragodres-tomes1032 6 месяцев назад

Growing up in a Great Lakes community in the 70's and 80's, with community members lost, we were raised listening to this song.

@jerrybowers3174 6 месяцев назад

I'm from Ashtabula - Lake Erie. We lost 3 boys on that ship.

@schmindy7791 6 месяцев назад

@@jerrybowers3174 I'm so sorry for your loss.

@ve3snw 5 месяцев назад

it was in constant rotation on all the radio stations in Thunder Bay

@davidredmon7421 6 месяцев назад

Gordon was disappointed with the scant media coverage so he wrote this as a tribute to the 29 men who died. Lake Superior is like an ocean in its size. It's the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area - 31,700 square miles (82,100 square kilometres), or roughly the size of Maine - and holds 10 percent of the world's surface fresh water. (By volume, it's the third largest, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa.) Lake Superior's 3 quadrillion gallons are enough to cover both North and South America under a foot of water.

@DavidSmith-pg1ob 6 месяцев назад

It's also over 1300 feet in depth at spots, though apparently it was "only" 500 feet deep where the ship sank.

@sparky6086 6 месяцев назад

Gorden Lightfoot read the article about the sinking in Newsweek Magazine, & it inspired him to write "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

@davidmarquardt9034 6 месяцев назад

@@DavidSmith-pg1ob Actually I had read once that at its deepest point it's around 2,000 feet. I think Michigan is second at about 950 feet.

@johnmackey7721 6 месяцев назад

It’s 3rd largest only when you artificially consider Michigan Huron to be 2 separate lakes.

@petseeker 6 месяцев назад

@@DavidSmith-pg1ob The surface of Lake Superior is about 600 feet above sea level, the highest elevation of the Great Lakes. But the deepest point in the lake, 1300 feet below, is lower than the deepest point in the rest of the Great Lakes even with the 167 foot drop of Niagara Falls between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Lake Superior alone holds more fresh water than the other four Great Lakes combined.

@navyphil6105 5 месяцев назад

I am a retired US Navy Sailor and although a different sea, every Sailor knows that they are always rolling the dice when they go to sea. Wonderful tribute to those men.

@nr63kish 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for your service, and you're 100% right. The Great Lakes are quite different from the oceans. Much less large rolling waves, much more frequent medium hard hitting waves that can fuck you up just as hard but in a different way. I grew up in Michigan right off of Lake Huron, and know a lot of people who make their trade out on the Lakes, either as fishermen or out on Lakers like the Edmund Fitzgerald. My Dad was a Coastie who grew up in Detroit but served on both ocean coasts. You have to go out, but you don't have to come back.

@abehill5412 5 месяцев назад

@@nr63kish Life long Michigander here. My In-Laws live on Sugar Island in the Saint Mary's River, just out side of the Lochs. I've ridden the ferrie to the island in rough seas before. Not fun. I was als on a charter fishing boat that got caught in a nasty squall in the 90s, on Lake Huron. One minute it was beautiful, sunny, the next, we thought we were witnessing Cthulu rising from the depths. I have far more respect for the power of the Great Lakes, than I do for the oceans. Oceans can be scary, the Great Lakes are a beautiful nightmare.

@almcdermid9669 5 месяцев назад

So true. I served on an ATS in the Pacific; damn thing rode like a cork.

@dgthe3 5 месяцев назад

Storms can be bigger & more powerful on the ocean. But you can see them coming & if need be, avoid them. On the Great Lakes, things happen faster & due to the tight confines, you're going to get hit by that storm. Ideally, you can get to some sheltered waters.

@deanaswinehart8701 4 месяца назад

Not to mention superior never gets over 55 degrees

@jamesburk2544 2 месяца назад

I love the music which is haunti8ng. The Chippewa were a tribe of American Indians who lived in the area and Gitchigumi was their name for Lake Superior. And Lightfoot is definitely a poet.

@richardfeldkamp1707 6 месяцев назад

If this song doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you are not human. Amazing song, one of Gord's best

@SPAMDAGGER22 6 месяцев назад

Glad to report that I'm human.

@miketaylor5762 6 месяцев назад

I grew up on Lake Superior. The storms that come off of that lake in November can be insane. There's a reason it's called an inland ocean.

@sandrataylor3723 6 месяцев назад

This song is based on a true event. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a freighter carrying a full cargo of iron ore pellets that sank during a storm with hurricane force winds on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975, with a loss of the entire crew of 29 men. I had just graduated from high school that year. Back then, they didn't have the weather reporting that we do today. It was a very sad day indeed.

@jennifermichelleswanson3797 6 месяцев назад

I was 10 years old at the time of the mighty Fitz sinking. I can remember my dad taking us out to the lake and watching the big ships coming by. The Fitz was a massive ship and I cried when she sank.

@236color 6 месяцев назад

Chippewa is a native American tribe. It's said Gitche gumme is the name for Lake Superior in their language. You got the message about staying off the great lakes in November just right. I lived on Lake Michigan the day of that storm. I saw waves roll over the beach and down the street

@daerdevvyl4314 6 месяцев назад

Large lakes can be worse than the ocean during a storm. I’ve lost family members on Lake Winnipeg, which is the 8th largest lake in the world and is only 3/10 the size of Superior.

@mattbrown5511 6 месяцев назад

I learned about it around 6th or 7th grade. The story always stuck with me because of an uncle that ran fishing charter off of Lake Michigan.

@mattbrown5511 6 месяцев назад

May they be comforted by God.@@daerdevvyl4314

@getoffthemilk6872 29 дней назад

My husband is a man's man and I remember looking in the back seat as we were driving on vacation and seeing the tears roll down his face as we listened to this song with our son. It is a tragically sad song beautifully told and sung by one of Canada's finest singers. I love Gordon Lightfoot. The song truly breaks my heart as it does my husbands as well. I love to hear this song but it is hard to hear at the same time due to the loss suffered by so many families who lost their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers. May God have mercy on them all. The hardest part for me was hearing the cook tell them he couldn't feed them. It was like men on death row not getting their last meal. Hard not to cry hearing this song.

@nathanadrian7797 6 месяцев назад

A Canadian singer, singing about an American tragedy! Another testament to the friendship of our two great nations.

@timmorris8932 6 месяцев назад

Given the nature of the Great lakes, and Lakers in general, this tended to be more of a shared tragedy than an American tragedy. It could have just as easily have been the Canadian ship and everybody who works the lakes knew that.

@79tazman 6 месяцев назад

FYI It did sink in Canadian water even though it was a American ship

@timmorris8932 6 месяцев назад

@@79tazman well I want to see next is a video about the results of her deep dive into the rabbit hole.

@nathanadrian7797 6 месяцев назад

@@79tazman I knew that, sad anyway you look at it.

@stevem-h5e 6 месяцев назад

The ship sank in Canadia waters.

@the_griswolds8608 6 месяцев назад

I was a sailor in the Navy, and this damn song brings tears to my eyes every time.

@cdub1976 5 месяцев назад

Retired from the Navy in '94...listen to this ballad every Nov. 10th and still cry my ass off today...happened upon this reaction video and can't thank @brittreacts enough for sharing this with RU-vid nation...she is adorable and seemed very sincere ❤

@jameshealy7366 5 месяцев назад

Same here for many Marines. Greatest tribute song, in all my 63 years, that I have ever heard in my opinion!

@robinhood2524 6 месяцев назад

Does any one know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours. One of the most haunting lyrics in music history.

@paulclarke4340 6 месяцев назад

Britt your community is giving you top songs to react to. This one and Sundown are 2 of my favorites. This is my favorite melancholy song. It has legs enough but nothing I can't handle. Watching you react transfered your emotions through the screen and gave this thing all new life and sadness. Knowing the the 29 times was coming and you didn't was like watching a kid go out into traffic but you can't call them back. Brace for emotional impact. Greatest reaction vid yet. TY. 🙏🏾❤️

@geoffpoole483 11 дней назад

That single lyric conveys what was happening to the crew. They were completely powerless.

@darthtaiter Месяц назад

Dear Britt, as a near 56 year old who grew up listening to this and a number of other songs you have reacted to, it is a real pleasure seeing your excitement in learning these musicals masterpieces and the stories behind them.

@jd-no7rw 5 месяцев назад

To come into this song with no background, and sketchy on details, you did an amazing job breaking it down and your willingness to explore it further will fill in all those gaps. Great job.

@jvpanameno 2 месяца назад

No she did not. She’s an idiot.

@frankpentangeli7945 6 месяцев назад

Gordon Lightfoot was Bob Dylan's favourite songwriter. So yes, he was a great poet.

@stevereade4858 6 месяцев назад

The song was not only Gordon Lightfoot's tribute to everyday working men who put their lives on the line for their families, but also his powerful reaction to the minimal coverage the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald got from the media. All the profits from the song went to the families.

@williamlukacik4648 5 месяцев назад

I don't know how you could say there was four media coverage or maybe that was Nationwide I lived in Cleveland at the time this happened it was on the news every day for months

@jkelly02 5 месяцев назад

@@williamlukacik4648 I was 11 years old at the time in Chicago and never heard a word about this until the song came on the radio. I wasn't sure until I was older that it was even a real wreck. I was paying attention to the news at the time. The EF went down in 1975, and I was very familiar with the news of the prior two yeas, the OPEC oil embargo. So it was not like I was some (totally) dumb kid. As a member of the blue collar class tho, this song really hit hard. I knew it had to do with steel production and risky work, which was made more clear as I got to college age and did a project on the SE side, the 10th Ward, where there were many steel workers and their families. I learned that steel production involved crazy large shipments of iron ore and coal, etc. Later, during my career, I toured US Steel, an "integrated" steel mill. That is, they took raw materials at one end and rolled out coils of steel at the other. I never toured another steel mill, but I suppose from the terminology, non-integrated mills would take close to finished product. Still dangerous work. The workers are wearing basically flame suits, almost like space suits, near some of the equipment. Back to the song, the tight vocals and rhythm, the sort of emphatic pronunciation that evokes a mariner telling a tale, this is a mood piece and a fitting elegy. We should remember that these tragedies happen all the time as part of the sacrifice to produce the comforts of our lives. Videos abound, one of which showed a huge sip breaking in two midship. What is crazy is that you might expect that on the open ocean, but a few miles from shore in a lake? We should remember that Lake Superior is the deepest of the Great Lakes. I think that means it gets the biggest waves, but I am prepared to be corrected. I do know that the lake is so deep that 30 years ago I read about a bespoke trend before we had a name for that. Wood that was being transported from Michigan through L. Superior had been lost a century before; so many ships had gone down. This was desirable old growth hardwood. It was found to have been preserved by the lack of oxygen and the coldness at the bottom of that deep lake. So there was a market to retrieve it for high-end furniture or whatever. Kind of gross, imo. I felt it should be left as a grave marker or perhaps shown in a museum.

@BethReed62 2 месяца назад

The Chippewas are a Native American tribe. I hope you went back and listened to this amazing song, minus the interruptions and analyzing. Gordon Lightfoot was a great storyteller, and the song will mean more if you just listen straight through. .

@kennethhockey2598 6 месяцев назад

Gordon Lightfoot (Lightfoot is an Indian name), donated all proceeds of this album to the surviving families of each victim. 🎼🎶♥️👍

@davidmalone3317 6 месяцев назад

Chippewa is tribe native to that area

@cmdrbrantford888 6 месяцев назад

"We are holding our own" -- the last communication from the Edmund Fitzgerald's Captain Mcsorley when queried by the Arthur M. Andersen how they were doing. 10 minutes later, she suddenly disappeared from sight and from radar of the Andersen (who was only a few miles behind her trying to guide her in the storm because their radar masts had been damaged). It was quick and catastrophic, whatever happened. You can find pictures of her broke in 2 at the bottom of the lake., 533 feet down.

@roberthussey595 5 месяцев назад

It went down 17 miles from Whitefish Bay…so the line that says “the searchers all say they’d made Whitefish Bay if they put 15 more miles behind her.” And when they say “Superior they said never gives up her dead”… The water at the bottom of Lake Superior is about 38 degrees…Normally, when someone drowns bacteria will end up bloating the body and it will rise to the surface - when the temperatures are below 40 degrees there’s no bacteria…therefore, all 29 people are still down at the bottom of Lake Superior since November of 1975

@bobmartin4942 4 месяца назад

Is it possible the lyric used nautical miles since they would be used for speed and distance. 15 nautical miles equals a bit more than 17.26 miles.

@roberthussey595 4 месяца назад

@@bobmartin4942 The feeling was that if there were within 2 miles of the coast the weather would have been clam enough for them to reach shore

@pickerilfish 3 месяца назад

I worked with the radioman who received the call from the sister ship that said she disappeared between the squalls.

@LadyScaper 2 месяца назад

😮😮😮 Oh my God. I didn’t know this. That’s so tragic and dark.

@andreduvall6226 Месяц назад

I was eleven when this happened. Had to do current events everyday on it. All over the news in Detroit.😢

@ClanMcDuck 4 месяца назад

My father was a Great Lakes wreck diver. I grew up learning all about the hundreds and hundreds wrecks all over the lakes. This song was played constantly and it always brings tears to my eyes.

@Uatu-the-Watcher 6 месяцев назад

Kids raised in Michigan heard this song at least once a year, in November, as radio stations would play it. 45 years on and it still evokes tears.

@ashvanes484 6 месяцев назад

I think kids on all the GL states did/do.

@mindylance73 5 месяцев назад

Born and raised in Michigan, this song gets me every time I hear it. 😢

@jenniferneuensmorgan9272 6 месяцев назад

I remember seeing a cartoon the day after he died Gordon was at the gates of heaven, and he was told, “come in, Mr. Lightfoot, there are 29 souls here waiting to welcome you.” ❤️❤️❤️

@gregmoorhead7203 6 месяцев назад

❤

@lindaw4988 6 месяцев назад

Oh that made me cry!! He was extraordinary!!

@86crud 6 месяцев назад

See now I’m just crying. We had a famous author here in Atlanta and the paper published a cartoon at the gate with his dog running out to greet him. Lewis something. One book is Shoot Low Boys They’re Riding Shetland Ponies. 😂 Don’t Bend Over in the Garden Granny You Know Them Taters Got Eyes. 😂😂😂

@DaisyCloverbee 5 месяцев назад

Lewis Grizzard.

@wimwak 5 месяцев назад

That just brought a tear to my eye. I grew up in Michigan and remember that event like it just happened.

@gioknows 6 месяцев назад

Nobody could tell a story in a song like the late great Gordon Lightfoot. This is one of the most hauntingly beautiful sad songs of all time. Once you hear this song you will never forget it. Whoever recommended this song to you...I tip my hat to them. When the singer Gordon Lightfoot passed away the cathedral in Detroit which is mentioned in this song rang their bell 30 times, once for each of the men lost with the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and once for Mr Lightfoot. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada🍁

@daveburns3886 2 месяца назад

Gordon is Canadian from the Great Lakes region and this sinking was a huge story.. he researched it extensively and it moved him to write this song - he gave All of his royalties to the families of the perished.. you’d love his songs like sundown

@danielh5583 Месяц назад

He also met with all of them first to make sure they were ok. He was such a great man.

@stanleywiggins5047 6 месяцев назад

Here in Australia when the "Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald" was played on radio I was shocked then learnt that Gordon's song was based on a true story even more shocked. Every time I see someone react to it, I get 😢

@irons28 6 месяцев назад

This is a song about the loss of at the time the largest lake boat in Canada. These ships were called lakers or lake boats, they carried bulk cargo such as grain, coal or iron ore. I personally travelled through the lakes to Chicago on a British ship carrying grain, and we were one of the first ships to enter the lakes after the winter of 1973 . Before we even entered the lakes we hit a huge iceberg in the St Lawrence seaway which caused us to limp into Montreal for repairs. Even so the Lloyds register of London reported my ship as lost at sea for three days, my parents thought I was lost. As a teenager at the time I have to say when I heard we were traversing the Great Lakes I really didn’t know what to expect. Imagine my dismay when sailing across these lakes, when you don’t see any land for 2 ,3 or 4 days because they are so big and consequently have a whole climatic/weather system of their own which can be brutal. RIP the crew of the many ships that have perished in those bitterly cold waters. ❤

@JohnStrandt 6 месяцев назад

The Fitz was built in Detroit and owned by Northwester Mutual based in Milwaukee. The Port of registry was also Milwaukee. It was an American ship.

@donpietruk1517 6 месяцев назад

Britt I strongly suggest you and the husband take a vacation to the Michigan coast areas to see the lakes for yourself. They are truly majestic. These aren't the lakes you go to the beach and swim in. You can't see the shoreline on the other side. They are really inland seas, the vestiges of the last ice age. The water is cold till July in the lower ones and it never gets warm in Superior. You don't go boating on them unless you know what you are doing. They are forces of nature demanding respect. But that are beautiful and awesome inspiring. There's magnificent fishing and wondrous sand dunes.You can collect fossilized stones right off the beach. Ernest Hemingway absolutely loved this area. His family had a summer home in Northern Michigan and he wrote his first stories there before WW1. You can do guided tours of the home and areas he traversed. Finally because of the lakes Michigan has more coastline than Florida.

@irons28 6 месяцев назад

I never said what nationality the EFitz was.I merely referred to the fact that they were all referred to as “lakeboats “ or “Canadian lakeboats” or “Lakers”. They all have a unique look designed around the fact they had to traverse the locks of the Welland canal and others on the lakes.There are many other reasons these ships>…….and I say ships because they were not boats. The design of these ships were narrower and longer. They typically had the bridge at the bow of the ship and they had a second superstructure at the rear of the ship .. I remember the first time I ever saw one of these ships I was confused because all my life previous had thought that ships had all the superstructure for accommodation and navigation at the rear of the ship. The ship that I was on was a conventional bulk carrier with all the superstructure to the rear, my beautiful memories of that trip were passing through the bay of a thousand islands, and eventually arriving at Chicago . All those bridges opening up for us to slide through, magical memories .❤️

@JohnStrandt 6 месяцев назад

Fair enough. I’m somewhat familiar with these boats, because I have done repair work on several of them. I even got the chance to ride on one (the Lee A Tregurtha needed an emergency repair while they sailed). So, I know some stuff, heard some stories, I’ve just never heard them referred to as Canadian lake boats.

@irons28 6 месяцев назад

@@JohnStrandt not worth responding to

@2Cambourne 6 месяцев назад

On November 10th, 1975, [49] years ago. The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior. The biggest of the Great Lakes. Twenty-Nine men lost their lives never to be recovered. " Lake Superior never gives up her dead"-Gorden Lighfoot. The Chippewas are an Indian tribe. They called Lake Superior (Gitche Gumee).

@MaxLadik 5 месяцев назад

"We are holding our own" - The last message from the Edmund Fitzgerald, Captain McSorley, November 10, 1975

@cog4life 6 месяцев назад

He’s a master lyricist!! A tribute to the people who died in that tragic accident 😢 RIP, too GL

@pamagnolia 6 месяцев назад

A brilliant song about a horrible tragedy in November 1975. God bless their souls 🙏

@TommyTipex 6 месяцев назад

These aren't lyrics this is just pure prose, truly beautiful and heart wrentching. Gordon was a special kind of artist.

@lindaharris4452 2 месяца назад

This happened when I was a teen in high school. I live in Michigan. I can't not cry every single time I listen to it. Gordon was a genius wordsmith and his tribute to the lost crew and ship is unparalleled. Also the mournful instrument sounds.

@revpembroke3082 6 месяцев назад

Gale is a very strong wind - this is why Dorothy *Gale* is the main character of The Wizard of Oz. Yes, the Mighty Fitz was a Great Lakes freighter - she was the largest ship to have sailed the Great Lakes, and is the largest ship to sink there. She also set 6 records for hauling freight across the Lakes. She sank in a very bad storm with near-hurricane level winds and waves 35 feet high, only 15 (nautical, 17 non-nautical) miles away from a bay that would have sheltered her from the storm. When Gordon wrote the song, they hadn't found where the Mighty Fitz's wreckage. They have since then.

@glahtiguy 6 месяцев назад

Largest to sail when launched, by todays' standards she'd be too small to be profitable. Still the largest wrecked though. 729ft long vs the current queen of the Lakes is the MV Paul R. Tregurtha at 1013.5ft.

@dneckelgogreen2683 6 месяцев назад

Definitely not the biggest anymore, but many ships of that era and size are still sailing the lakes. I assume they're profitable. The Arthur M. Anderson was with the Fitz when she went down and is already loading in Minnesota for her first trip of '24.

@matthewteague623 6 месяцев назад

@@glahtiguy _"Still the largest wrecked though."_ To be fair, that's not exactly a record anyone *wants* to beat.

@shelleytorok1406 6 месяцев назад

They salvaged the ship's bell, but families of the men wanted the rest if the Fitz left undisturbed as a grave site. You cannot dive the wreck at all anymore, it was only done the once in order to recover the bell

@TheAbbfan 6 месяцев назад

I'm so glad that you saw the poetic meaning in the best line in this song. "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours"

@rjwiechman 6 месяцев назад

Beautiful line. My take on this is that in times of unbearable stress, it is difficult, if not impossible, to calm oneself with comforting thoughts of God or family or friends. The mental torture makes each minute feel like an hour.

@brian0902 6 месяцев назад

In case you are confused, Chippewa are the natives that live near the Great Lakes, and Gichi-gami, pronounced gitchi-gami or kitchi-gami in different dialects, means 'big sea'-'gichi' meaning big and 'gami' meaning liquid. It can also mean the ocean. Zhiiwitaagani-gichigami, meaning 'Saltwater/Bitterwater sea,' was the name given by the natives who speak that language and the different dialects of the language, to be exact Nayaano-nibiimaang Gichigamiin means the 'Five Freshwater Seas.' Anishinaabewi-gichigami is Lake Superior, meaning 'Anishinaabe’s Sea.' Ininwewi-gichigami is Lake Michigan, meaning 'Illinois’ Sea.' Lake Huron has two names: Naadowewi-gichigami and Gichi-aazhoogami-gichigami, meaning 'Iroquois’ Sea' and 'Great Crosswaters Sea' respectively. Lake Erie goes by two names: Naadowewi-gichigami and Aanikegamaa-gichigami, meaning 'Neutral’s Sea' and 'Chain of Lakes Sea' respectively. Lake Ontario also has two names: Niigaani-gichigami and Gichi-zaaga’igan, meaning 'Leading Sea' and 'Big Lake' respectively.

@scruffscruffeton986 5 месяцев назад

Very much appreciated.

@ve3snw 5 месяцев назад

The Chippewa are one of the bands living around Superior. In our area at the north-west end of Superior there are Ojibwa and Cree. I'm glad you pointed out that there are different dialects ......Miigwech.

@brian0902 3 месяца назад

@@ve3snw I know, but the point specifically mentioned the Chippewas and the name of the lake. So, I made it clear what he was talking about. If he had sung and mentioned the other bands, I would have specified what he was referring to when mentioning them but he didn’t mention them.

@waynerethmel6900 5 месяцев назад

This is about the 12th time I have watched your reaction. It is the best you have ever done. Being a sailor i had to laugh when you called it a flotation device lol. You are so genuine and honest with your reaction that it made my heart sing. Not often do we get someone who tries so hard to explain wat the song meant to you. It is a true tribute to the men who went down. It is also in my opinion one of Gordon Lightfoots best songs. He did a lot of research to construct this song as a great tribute to the lost men. I had a great grandfather who sailed the Great Lakes foe 30 e so i can associate with their hardships. I also spent 10 years in the U S Navy and did 3 shipboard tours and 1 tour on a merchant marine ship yo help some scientists with their experiments. We handled the explosives they needed and set off the charges. Congratulations on such a v ery authentic and heart felt reaction. I also grew up in Michigan so i was familiar with the Great Lakes and i can tell you from experience Lake Superior is very cold even in August the hottest summer month.. the clue that the Chipewa is an indian tribe is in the first and last verse that they call gitchee gumi whiich actually should be gitchee gami but i guess gitchee gumi sounded better lol. Great job and keep being real. Love ya Poppy Wayne

@skipwilliam5639 6 месяцев назад

As a child living across from Detroit Michigan in WIndsor ontario Canada. My dad pointed out the Edmund Fitzgerald saying it was the largest ship on the Great lakes . Gordon Lightfoot went to the church a few times to hear the bells chime 29 times. With the verse that says in a musty old hall.. One of the mothers gave him heck saying it wasn't musty. So he later changed to the words to Rustic old hall. Every year you can hear the bells chime from the Detroit river. and it was really cool hearing them chime 30 times last year. One for Mr Lightfoot.

@donpietruk1517 6 месяцев назад

Having been in Mariners Hall multiple times, musty is not inaccurate.

@PeterCoventry-zb2zw 6 месяцев назад

@@donpietruk1517 he changed it for later performances

@jeannettestogner5164 6 месяцев назад

This is without doubt the best reaction to this song I've ever seen! You really paid attention to the lyrics to follow the story, and I loved how you picked up on the drums mimicing the sound of the storm. Best of all was when you talked about the lyric, "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" Girl, I was having church right along with you! Gordon Lightfoot wrote a brilliant tribute to honor the tragic loss of November 10, 1975. I think he would have appreciated the respect given in your reaction.

@jonathanbair523 6 месяцев назад

I was in Duluth 2 times and both was about December. Waves is like Sup was looking mean on the first time and iced over the second. Knowing the Coastguard has ice beakers there. I never went close to that cold water!.... I knew unless you have the artic red big fluffy suits the water sucks the heat and life out of you fast. So the minutes being in waters would react like being in hours = death...

@shannonbolden1174 6 месяцев назад

I work at the steel mill the Edmond Fitzgerald was destined for. If you did not sail the iron ore over the Great Lakes during the winter months then car manufacturing and appliance manufacturing would cease and prices would escalate to unattainable levels for the consumer. God bless the men and women who have to treck this journey and may they always be safe.

@Ilikeryche 6 месяцев назад

Now the ore goes to China.

@orangeandblackattack 6 месяцев назад

Exactly!

@charlottemiller961 6 месяцев назад

@@orangeandblackattack Exactly!

@markchapel6694 27 дней назад

@@Ilikeryche I'm pretty sure that China mines its own ore. I don't think it would be economically feasible to ship iron ore down the Mississippi on barges, then off-load it onto ocean-going vessels, send it through the Caribbean and then across the Atlantic ocean, through the Mediterranean, down the Suez Canal, and across the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea. But I *could* be wrong It's a really short trip (only about 19,000 miles - taking about 9 weeks)

@williamshepherd1531 4 месяца назад

He wrote the song. Right. After it. Happened. In the 70s. William s

@GRIMRPR6942 6 месяцев назад

I've lost 2 family members on ships that sank on the Great Lakes. On 11/18/1958 the ship SS Carl D. Bradley went down in a storm on Lake Michigan and of the 35 on board, 33 lost their lives (my Uncle being one of them). And the SS Henry Steinbrenner on 5/10/1953 sank on Lake Superior and 17 were lost (Another uncle). The Great Lakes are an unforgiving mistress when the weather turns bad.

@kellylundy5115 6 месяцев назад

That's so sad. I've heard of the Bradley, but not the Steinbrenner. I'll look that up. It's important to remember all those who were lost on the lakes.

@daricetaylor737 5 месяцев назад

How sad and tragic. So sorry for your loss. Thankful you have family brave enough to do the hard jobs that keeps this great nation turning......you have my gratitude.

@darinbauman7762 6 месяцев назад

I am a Marine, and this song brings me to tears every time I hear it. Gordon is a talented story teller.

@ronaldtoth4522 6 месяцев назад

Hi Britt, I think you do a great job with your reactions. I live in a suburb of Detroit. I'm a Vietnam vet and had the privilege to be part of the military honor guard for the ceremony he mentions at the Mariners Church which is near the tunnel to Canada from Detroit. I love music and saw Gorden Lightfoot in concert in Detroit, great show.

@kimking6036 6 месяцев назад

When Gordon heard this in the news it barely got any recognition. So Gordon, having such a kind heart, wrote this to bring it the attention it deserved. What a kind soul. I feel for those families still.

@ElvisRose_ 6 месяцев назад

And he accomplished his mission beautifully.

@terminallumbago6465 6 месяцев назад

The newspaper article he read about the sinking was only a few lines and couldn’t even be bothered to spell the ship’s name right. Gordon made it so the sinking would never be forgotten. It’s unfortunate how many other shipwrecks didn’t get that level of respect and care.

@peterzimmer9549 6 месяцев назад

She was an iron ore carrier.

@OriginalLictre 6 месяцев назад

The U.S. Navy has ships that patrol the great lakes, including training cruises. Whenever they pass over the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, there is a ceremony observed to honor those fallen sailors. The ship's bell of the Edmund Fitzgerald was retrieved, and replaced with a replica, for use in museums or education, but never a for-profit use.

@susanworkman529 6 месяцев назад

Gales are huge winds that create extremely rough water. The ship was carrying iron ore to be turned into steel. The ship sank in Lake Superior with its crew, where it all remains to this day. The Cippewa is an native tribe and in their language Lake Superior is called Gitche Gumee Please read up on the Edmond Fitzgerald, It is facts!

@cudwieser3952 6 месяцев назад

Gales are a misnomer where the lakes are concerned. A Gale is no easy thing but the song spells it out correctly, they were effectively hurricanes. The lakes have a unique microclimate not entirely disimilar to the the Mexican gulf and the various atlantic storms. Similar dynamics but on a micro scale. As such the same calamities occur only far quicker and and intense. The novermber storms will blow out quicker but also rise quicker making november trips down right suicidal (checkout the Carl D Bradley and the 1903 storms). Another 'intimidating' fact and more kudos to Gordon, the ice water referrence is very significant as t why Superior does't give up her dead. The chill causes the bodies to stay pretty well preserved and static. As such bodies tend not to float (I'll save the gory detail) and remain at peace where they lay. It is a very stark description but one born of fact. May the crews of all lost on the lakes Rest in Peace and their slumber never disturbed. Take heed the tale of the Mighty Fitz that there is no might greater than nature, one deserving of respect and reverence. When the chill winds blows stay ashore and in harbour.

@arsbadmojo 6 месяцев назад

Gichigami, apparently.

@Larryw-o2k 6 месяцев назад

Damn you figure out all that by your self smart man or you just figure others are to stupid to listen to the song and know what the words mean

@yg713 6 месяцев назад

This is one of the few songs that make me cry instantly. Another one is "Woman in Chains" from Tears for Fears. Your thumbnail says "How did I miss this???" My answer is that all of us will only ever know a small sliver of the human experience. Just imagine that you live in New York, you get the local news and there is a big local story you hear about every day for a month or two. People living in a small town in another state will never hear about it. Just like you are not aware of 6 families losing their homes due to a fire in another town. For the longest time, I knew that Gordon Lightfoot was a legend but the fact that he was a folk singer kept me off from checking him out. Reaction chanels like yours have allowed me to sample other genres and always discover things that many people know already but that were out of my tiny sliver of experience. So instead of asking "How did I miss this?" I am just grateful for the new worlds I am exposed to.

@dagmar.6954 6 месяцев назад

I was so sad to hear of Gordon Lightfoot's passing away recently. Loved his music. One of the best songwriters & storytellers. He was a Canadian legend. This song is a beautiful tribute & is based on a true story & the lyrics tell the sad tale of the sinking of the ship & loss of lives in 1975. Gordon Lightfoot has had many hits through his long career such as "If You Could Read My Mind", "Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues", "Ribbon Of Darkness", "Carefree Highway", "Rainy Day People", "Cotton Jenny", "Black Day In July", "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" etc.

@WVUFootballGoinDeep 6 месяцев назад

You left off Sundown.

@dagmar.6954 6 месяцев назад

She already reacted to that one a month ago.@@WVUFootballGoinDeep

@ironwoodworkman4917 2 месяца назад

The Chippewa Indian tribe call "Lake Superior" Gitche Gumee.

@ryanmichael1298 2 месяца назад

We also call it Gitche Gumee.

@Hepius 5 месяцев назад

I loved watching you discover one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

@taun856 6 месяцев назад

Part of the reason the song has it's unique sound is that it is written in the AAB rhyming scheme. (example: "The ship was the pride (A) of the American side (A) (next line) Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin (B)"). It gives it a "sea chantey" sound and incidentally it is the highest rated song ever to use the AAB scheme.

@brittreacts 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for this!! I learned something new today ☺️

@irmacavazos8186 6 месяцев назад

I did too! I had heard the song before but this explanation is excellent. 👍🙏

@merkury06 6 месяцев назад

Learn something new every day. Thank you!

@davorzmaj753 6 месяцев назад

It's also in 3/4 time, like typical sea shanties, but unlike rock music, almost all of which is in 4/4.

@taun856 6 месяцев назад

@@davorzmaj753I never picked up on that. Thanks.

@brianjacobs2205 6 месяцев назад

This is something i think you should research because it's something big in Great Lake history.

@pierside478 2 месяца назад

they found the Fitzgerald, retrieved the Bell from the ship and put a Memorial bell in its place

@timbloss3390 5 месяцев назад

This is my favorite reaction I've ever seen. Your take and watching you figure it out was priceless ,brought me back to my 1st time hearing this gem thank you!

@allenwayne2033 5 месяцев назад

You should watch the reaction of this song from Sincerely K.S.O

@benfadely9583 5 месяцев назад

True😂 that

@markmcgehee118 6 месяцев назад

My dad was in the Air Force, and we were stationed at Kincheloe A.F.B.(now closed), in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, commonly referred as the U.P. I was 12 when we moved there in the summer of 1975. It was on Nov. 10 of that year the Edmund Fitzgerald went missing. Gordon Lightfoot was a singer/songwriter who hit his biggest popularity in the mid 70's. Gordon lived on the Canadian side of Sault (pronounced Soo) Saint Marie, Ontario, Canada. Sault Saint Marie, Michigan is the US side. There is a locks (it is a place where they transfer a ship from one of the Great Lakes to another. In this case, Lake Superior to Lake Huron, which allows the ships to go from Wisconsin to Cleveland. In the song he states that the ship may have split up or capsized, or drove deep and took water. At the time of the release of the song, the Edmund Fitzgerald had not been found. In may of 1976, the found the remains of the ship at the bottom of Lake Superior in 2 parts, so, it did split apart. The church bells at the Maritime Sailor's Cathedral in Detroit rings 29 times on the anniversary of the sinking on Nov. 10th. Gordon Lightfoot passed away in May of 2023, that year, the Cathedral rang 30 times, to include Gordon.

@shaybradad6150 6 месяцев назад

All five of the Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) are named in the song. I was a child in Wisconsin when this happened and fell in love with this song when it was first released. I grew up on Lake Michigan, and these monster ships were a common site from the coastline. They travel through all of the Great Lakes and in/out the St. Lawrence Seaway to/from the Atlantic Ocean. Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes that has the southern shore including Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and a small part of Minnesota and the northern shore faces Canada. The Chippewa is an Indian Tribe, and Gitche Gumee is their names for the Lake Superior.

@garylewis4938 6 месяцев назад

The reference saying ".The searchers all say they'd made Whitefish Bay if they'd put fifteen more miles behind her". refers to the waters at the eastern side of Lake Superior. If they would have made those waters they would have been safe as the waters there are surrounded closer by land and those calmer waters the ship would easy weather. There is a Shipwreck Museum up on Whitefish Point the closest point of land to the site of wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It contain many relics from the ship including the ship's bell. They replaced the bell on the ship itself with the names of all the crew who went down with the ship. It is very difficult to reach the wreck as it lies in very deep waters and the pressure is great. The waters of Lake Superior are so deep that the temperature at the depth of the wreckage would preserve the bodies forever ("... never gives up its dead"). So, the bodies of the crew are entombed in the wreck forever.

@williamtauriello1581 6 месяцев назад

You must understand, the Great Lakes are essentially inland seas. They are that big. I grew up on the Great Lakes and remember this very well. RIP Captain & Crew🙏

@RetroJack 6 месяцев назад

I'm 55 years old, never been to America, but this song still brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it.

@dukecadrac3487 2 месяца назад

The Witch of November is actual a Great Lakes mariner term for the gales that strike the Lakes Region at that time of year. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Witch_of_November&redirect=no I've watched a few of your reaction videos, but your reaction to this one struck such a cord with me that I'm subscribing. You have a combination of upbeat personality and caring empathy that I want to see more of. (I also watched your reaction to Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" and very much appreciated your "How can they not move?" comment.). I'll have to go investigate your catalog of existing videos so I know what you've already reacted to so I don't bother suggesting things you've already done. You have the day you deserve as well.

@scottp.2995 6 месяцев назад

Just because it's sad, doesn't keep it from being great! A true classic! If more "history" was written like this, maybe more people would know it!

@bobohm21 6 месяцев назад

I was a kid when this happened, and everybody knew, at least in the midwest and around the Great Lakes, about the wreck. Gordon just put it to music, beautifully.

@dannykent6190 6 месяцев назад

As someone who grew up very near Duluth/Superior, I can say this song is extra powerful when you know the lake. Because of the sheer size and shape making it super cold, and the fact that it's freshwater, the bodies of people who are lost on it are actually preserved extremely well, which is where the line "the lake it is said never gives up her dead.," comes from. You can actually Google "old whitey" and see a story of a corpse that follows divers around (for presumably natural reasons). The Edmund Fitzgerald is the most well known, but it's just one of many ships that have been lost on Lake Superior.

@montymetcalfe1982 6 месяцев назад

This song always chokes me up. My dad worked on an ore boat the Ben E Tate on the Great Lakes in the 1950’s. My mom and I would meet him in Cleveland after they sailed to and from Duluth. I never understood as a 5 year old kid how dangerous his job was, Thankfully he always came home. He loved the water. He’s gone now, but this song always makes me think of him and how much I miss him.

@kellylundy5115 6 месяцев назад

For anyone who's interested in Great Lakes shipwrecks should read about the November storms of 1913 and 1940. Many ships were lost in those.

@drtidrow 3 месяца назад

14:10 The line "from the Chippewa on down" refers to the Ojibwe Native American tribe that lived along the shores of Lake Superior and called it "Gichigami" which got morphed into "Gitche Gumee" by later white explorers and settlers.