Still feeling nostalgic
The greatest Canadian band of all time.
Sunday, July 10, 2011 by JuniorCrooks | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Sorry all my American friends. The Band was not American but in fact Canadian. Only Levon Helm was American and the other members were Canadian with the bands origin coming from Toronto, Canada
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Reply #26 Monday, July 11, 2011 6:22 AM
Holy Crap WebGizmos. 
Neil Peart of Rush still has it. These clips are modern but the group formed in 1968 and are still going strong.
Reply #31 Monday, July 11, 2011 6:41 AM
I'm feeling nostalgic also, because the best concert ever that was hold in Bucharest, just 2 steps away from my home and I, like a stupid I didn't went 
The concert was suppose to last 90 minutes but they played for us for 3 hours!! I could hear Bon Jovi from my balcony last night, I am so angry I didn't went 
But I hope they will be back soon as they have promised to us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhwKl-f3nAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv_mrm24NeE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bu33EcIBE8
Reply #38 Monday, July 11, 2011 8:17 PM
Those vids are great. Here is another one from Canada's greatest song writer ever Mr. Gordon Lightfoot who wrote this song about the tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald. He said he wrote the song so the men would not be forgotten like the countless others who lost their lives on the Great Lakes had been.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great lakes freighter that made headlines after sinking in a Lake superiorstorm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew. When launched on June 8, 1958, she was the largest boat on the Great lakes, and remains the largest boat to have sunk there. Nicknamed the "Mighty Fitz", "Fitz", or "Big Fitz", the ship suffered a series of mishaps during her launch: it took three attempts to break the champagne bottle used to christen her and she collided with a pier when she entered the water.
For seventeen years the Fitzgerald carried Taconite from mines near Duluth, Minnesota, to iron works in Detroit, Toledo and other ports. As a "workhorse" she set seasonal haul records six different times, often beating her own previous record.[5][6] Her size, record-breaking performance, and "dee jay captain" endeared the Fitzgerald to boat watchers. Captain Peter Pulcer was known for piping music day or night over the ship's intercom system while passing through the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, and entertaining spectators at the Soo Locks with a running commentary about the Fitzgerald.
With Captain Ernest M. McSorley in command and carrying a full cargo of taconite ore pellets, the Fitzgerald embarked on her final voyage from Superior, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of November 9, 1975. En route to a steel mill near Detroit, Michigan, she joined a second freighter, the SS Arthur M. Anderson. By the next day the two ships were caught in the midst of a massive winter storm, with near hurricane force winds and waves up to 35 feet (11 m) high. Shortly after 7:10 p.m. the Fitzgerald suddenly sank in Canadian waters approximately 17 miles (15 nautical miles; 27 kilometers) from the entrance to Whitefish Bay, at a depth of 530 feet (160 m). Although the Fitzgerald had reported being in difficulty earlier, no distress signals were sent before she sank. Her crew of 29 perished and no bodies were recovered.
Many theories, books, studies and expeditions have examined the cause of the sinking. Fitzgerald may have fallen victim to the high waves of the storm, suffered structural failure, been swamped with water entering through her cargo hatches or deck, experienced topside damage or shoaled in a shallow part of Lake Superior. Investigations into the sinking led to changes in Great Lakes shipping regulations and practices that included mandatory survival suits, depth finders, positioning systems, increased freeboard, and more frequent inspection of vessels. The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the most well-known disasters in the history of Great Lakes shipping. Gordon Lightfoot made her the subject of his 1976 hit song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
Reply #39 Monday, July 11, 2011 8:28 PM
i´m feeling VERY young suddenly.... And I´m going on 41 and still clubbing... hmmm 
Reply #40 Monday, July 11, 2011 8:28 PM
Home boy, Burton Cummings, The Guess Who. Spoke with him at a local bar. 
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Reply #21 Monday, July 11, 2011 5:59 AM
I'm gonna sit and listen to music all day. Where are you finding these videos?