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RIP - Gordon Lightfoot

Ozzie_Isaac
Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,630
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Sad day.  True Canadian treasure.  Glad they shared him with the world.

I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,630
    nolaegghead said:
    Guy went through a lot of health issues and nothing could stop him from performing.  Legend.

    I just spent 40 minutes researching the SS Edmund Fitzgerald because I played the song in his honor.
    I grew up listening to GL, and continue to listen to him regularly.

    I remember visiting the Great Lakes Ship Wreck Museum as a kid and seeing all the stories, pictures, and detritus from shipping.  Amazing how big everything is and how treacherous a job it was.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,630
    I was always amazed a ship that size could be damaged by the sea .... That was until I went out on it.  Then I realized how small we were.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • 4TheGrillOfIt
    4TheGrillOfIt Posts: 741
    Great musician.  It’s rare for me to go a week without listening to something of his…
    XL BGE, Large BGE, Small BGE, Weber Summit NG                                                                                               
    Memphis  
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,669
    My parents were fans and so I grew up hearing his music playing all the time at home.  For whatever reason, this song will always be what I remember of him:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5tr_L31StI

    Something about it just captures the essence of that time period of the early 70's for me.   Incredibly sad and human and touching, expressing the regret around the collapse of his first marriage.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • BigreenGreg
    BigreenGreg Posts: 600
    Great voice, always enjoyed his music.
    LBGE, 36" Blackstone, Anova Pro
    Charleston, SC
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  • rekameohs
    rekameohs Posts: 264
    nolaegghead said:
    I just spent 40 minutes researching the SS Edmund Fitzgerald because I played the song in his honor.
    Any ex NT/Nortel folks know that name well.
    Raleigh, NC
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    Big fan of his - a CD of his greatest hits seldom leaves my car system. He performed here a month ago and we just could not attend that night.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    RRP said:
    Big fan of his - a CD of his greatest hits seldom leaves my car system. He performed here a month ago and we just could not attend that night.
    Would have figured you still rocked his 8 tracks  :)
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 1,997
    RIP Gordon - The past two years have not been kind to the makers of the sounds of my youth; slowly leaving in bits and pieces that hurt. 
    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    lkapigian said:
    RRP said:
    Big fan of his - a CD of his greatest hits seldom leaves my car system. He performed here a month ago and we just could not attend that night.
    Would have figured you still rocked his 8 tracks  :)
    I haven't progressed to 8 tracks yet - I'm still spinning 78s
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109

    Jamming out with 78s
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,335

    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

     


    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    nolaegghead said:

    Jamming out with 78s
    No offense meant, but I was born with only one ear drum. I was diagnosed in grade 3 after an 80 year old spinster B*TCH made fun of me in class after my Mother sent her a note asking that I be moved to the front row since I could not hear well...that old B*TCH teacher then decided to embarrass me by  demonstrating to my classmates that I needed A BIG HEARING HORN similar to that one without the record player of course...
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,630
    RRP said:
    nolaegghead said:

    Jamming out with 78s
    No offense meant, but I was born with only one ear drum. I was diagnosed in grade 3 after an 80 year old spinster B*TCH made fun of me in class after my Mother sent her a note asking that I be moved to the front row since I could not hear well...that old B*TCH teacher then decided to embarrass me by  demonstrating to my classmates that I needed A BIG HEARING HORN similar to that one without the record player of course...
    The people we remember is always interesting.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • ksmyrl
    ksmyrl Posts: 1,050
    edited May 2023
    "I love Edmund Fitzgerald's voice..."
    https://youtu.be/zOaFHmMYikc

    Seriously, a loss. Sad to hear this. 

    Fish, Hunt, Cook....anything else?

    1LBGE, 1MMBGE, somewhere near Athens GA
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    So good.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,335
    Today the "Professor of Rock" did a very nice tribute, and an outline of the history of the Edmund Fitzgerald.  At about the halfway point of the video it gets a bit nit-noidy, but the first half is well worth watching.  Enjoy.
     
    https://youtu.be/VLg83dMCShs
     

    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,630

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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