written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot. The song is a rememberance of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a doomed American Freighter that broke apart and sunk on Lake Superior during heavy hurricane force winds, on November 10, 1975. The entire crew of 29 men perished into the icy water and no bodies were ever recovered. The song is a somber reminder of the dangers of waterways and one of the most tragic wrecks on the great lakes in recent history. The great lakes are no stranger to tragedy, in their 300 year history of shipping it is estimated nearly 25000 people have been claimed in shipwrecks. The song is a canadian classic and reached number 2 on the billboard chart in the states in 1976, it has been covered by the dandy warhols and the tragically hip, it has also been referenced in Tv shows like seinfeld and other songs by such bands as weezer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw
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