  Deputy_mayor_2026 Member Username: Deputy_mayor_2026 Post Number: 105 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 24.231.189.137 |
Did anyone see the Gordon Lightfoot concert at Meadow Brook? The rain was annoying, but the thunder and lightning added to the performance. I had a great time! | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 6464 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.136.149.133 |
No. | ||
Outoftowner Member Username: Outoftowner Post Number: 136 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.223.214.2 |
I didn't either. I like his music, though. | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 1067 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.231.189.137 |
i did. Fun fun | ||
Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria Post Number: 938 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 152.163.100.8 |
No, but I do like him. Ironically, a client of mine pulled some 1940s Northwestern Mutual Life insurance policies from her safe deposit box yesterday to be cashed in ... signed by Edmund Fitzgerald, then President of NW Mutual. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4147 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49 |
Hysteria, now that's a story. You win "best post of July" for that one. Incredible. jjaba. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4148 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49 |
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral The church bell chimed, till it rang 29 times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call GITCHE GUMEE Superior, they say, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early. Gordon Lightfoot, 1976. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1342 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
Research on the ownership of the Fitz at the time of her loss would reveal that she was owned by the NWestern Life Insurance Company but under charter to Columbia Transportation Co. Not only did the Fitzgerald carry Edmund's name, but it should be noted that Edmund's father, W.E. Fitzgerald also had a vessel named after him. There is a well know postcard circulated among boat buffs that shows the W.E. Fitzgerald going thru the Soo Locks caked with ice. I mean really coverd. I am fortunate to have one. The W.E. Fitzgerald was built back in 1906 in Wyandotte and sailed for Gartland SS Company. The W.E. was sold for scrap in the early '70's. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4152 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49 |
The Rock knows his ships. 1906 is the same yr. The Rock built The Winsome, eh. jjaba. | ||
Cinderpath Member Username: Cinderpath Post Number: 6 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 69.47.102.79 |
Yes I was there- First time seeing Gordon and worth the wait. My Fave Lightfoot song- and this is a tough call, but I have to go with Canadian Railway Trilogy. "A ribbon of steel from ocean to ocean symbolizes the unity of Canada" Craigellachie, BC Nov. 7, 1885; site of where the last spike was driven. Hearing "The Weck" for the first time live was too cool! (Message edited by Cinderpath on July 28, 2006) | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 1070 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.231.189.137 |
Black Day in July is the best. Cinderpath, where were you seated? | ||
Deputy_mayor_2026 Member Username: Deputy_mayor_2026 Post Number: 106 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 |
For me it's Carefree Highway. | ||
Jiminnm Member Username: Jiminnm Post Number: 963 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 68.35.85.184 |
I saw Gordon Lightfoot at Meadow Brook - 25 to 30 years ago. | ||
Herbpowell Member Username: Herbpowell Post Number: 15 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 69.212.49.187 |
What's/where's the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral" ? | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 1071 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.231.189.137 |
A Church in downtown Detroit (still functioning), now located near the RenCen... I am sure people here have the history of the place... | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 129 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 66.184.3.44 |
If you could read my mind...love...you would see... .............................. .................. just like a paperback novel... .............................. .............. when you get to the part where the heart ache starts, the hero would be me... Still my fav. was The Wreck of the Edmound Fitzgerald as my father would talk about it everytime we went up to the UP. Am happy to take my daughter to Belle Isle to show her the anchor of The Fitz at Dossin's GL Museum and share the story with her now. | ||
Pdtpuck Member Username: Pdtpuck Post Number: 148 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 208.251.168.194 |
what? no votes for "Sundown?!?"  | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1231 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 69.130.18.100 |
Mariners Church a brief history Rev. Richard Ingalls 1926-2006 | ||
Tndetroiter Member Username: Tndetroiter Post Number: 132 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 149.149.5.26 |
Old Dan's Records is my fav. Anybody see Gordon about a year ago at the Fox? Did a show the same night Eminem was playing Comerica. Downtown was packed that night. He did a really good job, though he didn't do Carefree Highway, which disapointed me a little. Best of the night was when we mentioned that he was a Leafs fan between songs and the entire theater booed him in jest. Fun night. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4154 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49 |
Carefree Highway, got ta see you my old flame. Carefree Highway, you seen better days. Carefree Highway, let me slip away. Slip away on you. jjaba, on US 16 West of Howell.. | ||
Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria Post Number: 940 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 |
There is a painting of the Arthur Anderson searching for survivors of the Edmund Fitzgerald during the storm in a gift shop in Harbor Springs. It is truly haunting. The Arthur Anderson was headed for Gary, IN and the Fitzgerald headed for Zug Island via the locks at Sault Sainte Marie (which closed due to the severity of the storm). As the storm further intensified the Fitzgerald suffered a loss of radar. The ship slowed to come within range of receiving Anderson's radar data and for a time Anderson guided Fitzgerald toward the relative safety of Whitefish Bay. The last communication from the boat came at approximately 19:10 (7:10 PM), when Anderson notified Fitzgerald of being hit by two freak waves that were heading Fitzgerald's way. A few minutes later, she suddenly sank – no distress signal was received ... another ship in the area, the SS William Clay Ford later joined in the search for survivors. | ||
Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria Post Number: 950 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 |
BTW, I forgot to add my favorite Gordon Lightfoot song. It is 'If You Could Read My Mind'. If you could read my mind love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see If I could read your mind love What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel The kind that drugstores sell When you reach the part where the heartaches come The hero would be me But heroes often fail And you won't read that book again Because the ending's just too hard to take {instrumental intro} I'd walk away like a movie star Who gets burned in a three way script Enter number two A movie queen to play the scene Of bringing all the good things out in me But for now love, let's be real I never thought I could act this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feelin's gone And I just can't get it back If you could read my mind love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet But stories always end And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand The feelings that you lack I never thought I could feel this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feeling's gone And I just can't get it back | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 833 Registered: 05-2004 Posted From: 68.40.119.216 |
I saw him a few years ago in one of his favorite old haunts...Ann Arbor. He was great and he did some stuff he rarely plays. I told my wife I was hoping he would play a certain song and it was like I had magically requested it... he did. He also went out with some of the Fitzgerald crew family members when they dropped a bell with the crew's names down next to the ship near White Fish Point many years ago. That seemed pretty classy. |
