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Today in 1975, a Great Lakes Freighter Sank in Lake Superior
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald The disaster is one of the best-known in the history of Great Lakes shipping. Gordon Lightfoot made it the subject of his 1976 hit song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald“ after reading an article, “The … Continue reading
Canada’s “New” National Anthem
We’re All in This Together (2013) As this is one of my favourite refrains, I was surprised to find that there exists a song with these words in its title. Now, because of the pandemic lockdown, it has come into … Continue reading
When Barbra Met Barry
Guilty It was a matchup made in Heaven. These two giants of the music world made a hit album together. It was the staged Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper “Shallow” moment of the 80’s. See for yourself: And if I had … Continue reading
The Sacred Power of Three
Trinity, Again I was watching a video of Don McLean’s “American Pie” and listened to the words: “And the three men I admire most The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost They caught the last train for the coast The … Continue reading
The Day the Humour Died
Freddie Starr (1943-2019) This great comic was found dead today in his apartment in Spain. The world of comedy will never see his like again.
Does Anybody Hear?
If a Tree Falls When this song came out, my second wife was the local president of Friends of the Earth (FoE) in Torquay, so it had a more ecological edge for our family. Of course, that’s exactly what Bruce … Continue reading
Something to Pass the Time of Day
Time Passages Al Stewart followed up his smash hit Year of the Cat with this time traveling song. Here are the lyrics: It was late in December, the sky turned to snow All round the day was going down slow … Continue reading
An Open Book Inspires a Name of a Song
Year of the Cat Al Stewart tells the story about how Year of the Cat came to be named. So, Vietnamese Astrology, eh? Here are the lyrics. On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they … Continue reading
Queen: Be, Here, Now
Adam Lambert on American Idol On Sunday night, Adam Lambert returned to Idol to mentor the top eight contestants for Queen week. The picture shown above is the moment when he was helping Jeremiah with his version of “Who Wants … Continue reading
