Doug and Mitch remind us that a big boat which I shall not name sank thirty years ago today in Lake Superior.
The Strib has a pretty cool section on said unnamed boat today, too.
I'm sure you're asking why I don't want to name the boat. Well, see, here's the thing: I'm a firm believer that Gordon Lightfoot is eviiiiilllll (as in "the d-evil made me do it") and if I name the damn boat, well, the song that details the tale of said big boat will start playing in my head and no one really needs that, right? Because I will start to go insane. I'll start sticking stuff in my ears to try and get the damn thing to get out. When that doesn't work, I will start playing Anthrax's and Public Enemy's version of "Bring the Noise" from Attack of the Killer B's at high volume to try and rid myself of Mr. Lightfoot. This will bring my very cool landlord upstairs to complain about the noise. I will start screaming at him that, no, I can't turn down the Anthrax because I need to either play this or slit my wrists because Gordon Lightfoot is possessing my ears. Given the fact that the landlord is just that much younger than I am and will probably have no idea who the hell Gordon Lightfoot is, he will call the Cake Eater police and will try to have me committed because he fears I'm a danger to myself and others.
So, I'm not naming that tune/boat, ya dig? Really. I'm sparing everyone the trouble.
Posted by Kathy at November 10, 2005 05:36 PM | TrackBackThe legend lives on from the Chippewa on down,
But Kathy does not talk about it.
The wreck it is said never gives up her name
Cuz’ Cake-Eater fears Gordon Lightfoot.
Sundown, and it might make me dead,
if I put Gordon Lightfoot into Kathy's head...
Kathy, you crack me up! And your commenters are brave, brave men. :) Me, I'm a chicken.
Posted by: Ith at November 10, 2005 06:55 PM"...the church bells, they chimed, twenty-nine times
For each man on "The Boat Which Shall Not Be Named"
OK, now let's see if I can help erase the damage.....
"BASS!! HOW LOW CAN YOU GOOOOOOOOOO?"
(Dayam, woman, "Attack of the Killer B's" is a very underappreciated album. Good on 'ya, Kathy)
Posted by: Russ from Winterset at November 10, 2005 08:04 PMOn an unrelated note, do you realize that you can sing the words from the "Gilligan's Island" theme song to the music of the Iowa State University fight song? It's true, try it.
Ha! Just try to get THAT one out of your head. ;)
Posted by: Russ from Winterset at November 10, 2005 08:06 PMDeath row. What a brother knows.
Once again, back is the incredible
The thyme animal
The incredible d, Public Enemy number one
I also really enjoy "Milk" from that album as well.
Posted by: Kathy at November 10, 2005 10:32 PMHeh, are we talking about "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"???
:)
Posted by: Kevin at November 10, 2005 11:02 PMIf i could read your (blog), love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that drugstores sell...
Bwah-ha-ha!
Actually, I can't stand Gordo, either. Now that he's all but faded out of sight except for one day a year, however, I no longer feel the urge to punch him in the nose so he can no longer sing through it.
"...with a load of iron ore,
twenty six thousand tons more,
coming back from some mill in Wisconsin..."