Talk:The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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What year did Gordon Lightfoot write the song (or what year was it popular/a hit?) -Speedeep 22:27, Feb 22, 2005 (UTC) THE SONG WAS WRITTEN IN EARLY 1976, AND WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE LATER THAT YEAR. IT WAS A US TOP-TEN HIT IN LATE 1976. -Markt3, 8/10/05
So, is it called "Wreck..." or "The Wreck..."? Consistency needed! - Martpol, April 9, 2005
- It is definitely "The Wreck". Appears as such on both the LP and CD cover as well as the sheet music. Shadow007 05:18, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Grammatical quirks
It's helpful if you comment when making major changes. Why was this section removed? --The Interloafer 01:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Infobox
The information I got for the infoboxes came from the following sources: [1], [2], [3], [4], though there are still some sections that need to be filled out. --Interiot 20:28, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] She
The lyrics sites I can find mostly refer to the Edmund Fitzgerald as "it", but my memory is that Lightfoot calls her "she", in the original version. I don't actually have the recording; can someone check this? --Trovatore 21:08, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
- If you are referring to "As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most" then yes, he says "it". Says "it" in both recordings. Shadow007 05:17, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- Well, I also had a memory of "she may have split up, or she may have capsized; she may have broke deep and took water". Are those all "it" too? Pity, if so. --Trovatore 05:19, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
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- No it says - "They might have split up or they might have capsized, they may have broke deep and took water". Shadow007 08:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Yet almost immediately before that, it says,
- "The searches all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
- If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her."
- I believe 'her' refers to the ship. DragonSparke 22:51, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- There were no women onboard, so it surely must. Kasreyn 03:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
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