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on-susan's-floor · 07-23-2003, 12:18 AM

(I started writing this before, but lost it, so it may come up twice)
I hope many of you saw the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald on the History Ch. tonight. It was on at 8PM on the west coast. I taped it. It was excellent. I was hoping for a mention of Gordon and sure enough, at almost half-time of the show, there was his picture. The narration said something about a Canadian musician who came along and made the wreck a permanent part of popular culture. Lightfoot's song "that is so powerful it is a eulogy for all ships that ever went down." They said it hit the top of the charts and immortalized the ship.
I hope GL was watching.
If you want to pay $24.95 you can buy it at HistoryChannel.com.

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07-23-2003, 12:18 AM	#1
on-susan's-floor Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 32	(I started writing this before, but lost it, so it may come up twice) I hope many of you saw the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald on the History Ch. tonight. It was on at 8PM on the west coast. I taped it. It was excellent. I was hoping for a mention of Gordon and sure enough, at almost half-time of the show, there was his picture. The narration said something about a Canadian musician who came along and made the wreck a permanent part of popular culture. Lightfoot's song "that is so powerful it is a eulogy for all ships that ever went down." They said it hit the top of the charts and immortalized the ship. I hope GL was watching. If you want to pay $24.95 you can buy it at HistoryChannel.com. ------------------