Rubes Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Strangely, I now feel nauseated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 ELAINE: Andrea Doria? Isn't that the one they did the song about? JERRY: (Correcting her) Edmund Fitzgerald. ELIANE: I love Edmund Fitzgerald's voice. JERRY: (Gives Elaine a look) No, Gordon Lightfoot was the singer. Edmund Fitzgerald was the ship. GEORGE: (Talking about his would-be apartment) You could fit 15 people in that bathroom.. ELAINE: I think Gordon Lightfoot was the boat. JERRY: (Sarcastic) Yeah, and it was rammed by the Cat Stevens. 499574[/snapback] 51 people?! That's no tragedy! How many people do you lose on a normal cruse? 30? 40?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChuckDickerson Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 LINKY to the song for those interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 FYI Edmund Fitzgerald web site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 I love Gordon Lightcroce! Too bad he converted to Islam, died in a plane crash, and THEN soldout to rap music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 I love Gordon Lightcroce! Too bad he converted to Islam, died in a plane crash, and THEN soldout to rap music! 500080[/snapback] I thought that was Jim Stevensfoot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Oh yeah, and Cat Stevens is the Islamic one. He goes by Yusef Salaam now, I believe. 499680[/snapback] Please don't lecture me on music. I grew up surrounded by it. One of my sisters even went to Jewel Yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Please don't lecture me on music. I grew up surrounded by it. One of my sisters even went to Jewel Yard. I'd like to play in Jewel's Yard, if you know what I mean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Uh, nobody here mentioned Harry Chapin. Although "Cats in the Cradle" WAS mentioned. I think Harry's the one who died of a massive heart attack while driving his car on the Jersey Turnpike, and got hit by a semi. Autopsy showed the heart attack, not the crash, killed him. Only thirty-eight years old. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Uh, nobody here mentioned Harry Chapin. Although "Cats in the Cradle" WAS mentioned. I think Harry's the one who died of a massive heart attack while driving his car on the Jersey Turnpike, and got hit by a semi. Autopsy showed the heart attack, not the crash, killed him. Only thirty-eight years old. Mike 500160[/snapback] You are partially right and partially wrong. Gordon Lightfoot was the singer. Chapin sang Lean on me. It wasn't the one from the movie, but the one that was re-made in a disco like manner years later. Chapin was also the guy that died in the car accident. Too young. His full name was Harry Chapin-Carpenter. His sister in law Karen starved herself to death after the crash. There had been rumors of an affair. That poor family has certainly been through a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 You are partially right and partially wrong. Gordon Lightfoot was the singer. Chapin sang Lean on me. It wasn't the one from the movie, but the one that was re-made in a disco like manner years later. Chapin was also the guy that died in the car accident. Too young. His full name was Harry Chapin-Carpenter. His sister in law Karen starved herself to death after the crash. There had been rumors of an affair. That poor family has certainly been through a lot. 500167[/snapback] I thought Bill Withers sang Lean On Me. Man there is so much musical misinformation in this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 I thought Bill Withers sang Lean On Me. Man there is so much musical misinformation in this thread 500168[/snapback] Maybe he did. One day in the shower! The version you hear on the radio is by Harry Chapin Carpenter. Bill Withers wasn't even a singer. He was the drummer for Dire Straights on their first few albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Maybe he did. One day in the shower! The version you hear on the radio is by Harry Chapin Carpenter. Bill Withers wasn't even a singer. He was the drummer for Dire Straights on their first few albums. 500177[/snapback] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=music 500188[/snapback] Nice try at the Peter Pan link. Do you think I'm some sort of idiot? I'm not clicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 What the hell does Ella Fitzgerald have to do with all of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 What the hell does Ella Fitzgerald have to do with all of this? 500205[/snapback] I think she and Yusuf Croce got wrecked one night and wrote a song about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of BiB Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 I think she and Yusuf Croce got wrecked one night and wrote a song about it... 500310[/snapback] Wasn't that when the Germans attacked Pearl Bailey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 What the hell does Ella Fitzgerald have to do with all of this? 500205[/snapback] All joking from the monkey aside, she was Edmund's wife. It is a little known fact that in addition to the song about Fitzgerald's private yacht, Lightfoot had another song involving his buddy Fitzgerald. Now I don't want to turn this into a political argument, but I have to lay out all of the facts. I hope no one gets offended. Before the Fitzgeralds were married, Ella was a little loose. Both Edmund and Lightfoot had slept with her. Her maiden name was Reese. You may remember her from Chico and the Man. She was terrific in that. There was a bit of a comptetition. After Fitzgerald won out, in anger Lighfoot wrote and produced the song "Piece Train" which is what he had unflatteringly called Ella behind her back. It was clearly mysonginistic and probably exposed some of his underlying feelings about women in general. The conversion by Lightfoot to Islam, a religion not exactly known for women's rights, came a few years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Wasn't that when the Germans attacked Pearl Bailey? 500324[/snapback] Ha Ha. Very funny. They should have attacked her for leaving all those tags on her hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinVA Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 All joking from the monkey aside, she was Edmund's wife. It is a little known fact that in addition to the song about Fitzgerald's private yacht, Lightfoot had another song involving his buddy Fitzgerald. Now I don't want to turn this into a political argument, but I have to lay out all of the facts. I hope no one gets offended. Before the Fitzgeralds were married, Ella was a little loose. Both Edmund and Lightfoot had slept with her. There was a bit of a comptetition. After Fitzgerald won out, in anger Lighfoot wrote and produced the song "Piece Train" which is what he had unflatteringly called Ella behind her back. It was clearly mysonginistic and probably exposed some of his underlying feelings about women in general. The conversion by Lightfoot to Islam, a religion not exactly known for women's rights, came a few years later. 500329[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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