What's with guys and Fogelbergs Same Old Lang Syne Lyrics

[Bonhomme Richard]

It seems that a lot of guys I talk to will admit that that song can get them real emotional.
I'm not sure if it's "what if" kind of romantic thing or what, but it can bring tears to my eyes.
That and Leader of the Band. Makes me think of my dad.

Same Old Lang Syne

Met my old lover in the grocery store
The snow was falling Christmas Eve
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve

She didn't recognize the face at first
But then her eyes flew open wide
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried.

We took her groceries to the checkout stand
The food was totalled up and bagged
We stood there lost in our embarrassment
As the conversation dragged.

We went to have ourselves a drink or two
But couldn't find an open bar
We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
And we drank it in her car.

We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how.

She said she'd married her an architect
Who kept her warm and safe and dry
She would have liked to say she loved the man
But she didn't like to lie.

I said the years had been a friend to her
And that her eyes were still as blue
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw
Doubt or gratitude.

She said she saw me in the record stores
And that I must be doing well
I said the audience was heavenly
But the traveling was hell.

We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how.

We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to time
Reliving in our eloquence
Another 'auld lang syne'...

The beer was empty and our tongues were tired
And running out of things to say
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
And I watched her drive away.

Just for a moment I was back at school
And felt that old familiar pain
And as I turned to make my way back home
The snow turned into rain --

[hippiechick]

1. That song reminds me of my first wicked crush...

... which happened about the same time that song was 'new'; and growing up in NE Wisconsin, the snow usually WAS falling on Christmas Eve ...

aaah, the fancies of a lovestruck teenage girl .... :cry:

[Enraged_Ape]

2. Dan Fogelberg is a bloody wanker

He makes Rupert "Pina Colada" Holmes look like Wolfgang Amadeus Freaking Mozart.

I'm so sorry. I know you like old Dan. But whenever I hear one of his songs on the radio, I almost feel like I'm going to HULK OUT. There has never been any other musical artist that I've felt so strongly about.

I'm just being honest.

[billbuckhead]

4. Dan Hill out fogleberg's Fogleberg

"Sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much"

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Enraged_Ape]

6. I honestly thought Dan Hill and Dan Fogleberg...

were the same person.

Have you ever seen them in the same room together? I thought not.

They both have a special circle of Hell reserved for them.

[Redstone]

19. Seconded on both counts.

The both of them are panderers and hacks (As a former songwriter, there's not much that offends me more that a songwriter who's either a hack, or an obvious panderer, or both; it's unforgivably lazy), and they both deserve to be drowned in a vat of sugar syrup.


Redstone

[Redstone]

22. And furthermore, Fogelberg's voice is so high

he sounds like he's faking it to appeal to the girls, and Hill sings like he's got a strangulated hernia. Like he went to the Michael Bolton School of Singing (yes, Mr Mullet used to give voice lessons in New Haven, back when he was Michael Bolotin.)

Redstone

[Bluerthanblue]

18. is it just him?

or what he's saying-

i hear the melancholy regret-
and as for men getting teary eyed, with the SOLE exception of * and his 'turn on the tears for the crowd' attitude-

i find a man who is comfortable enough with his 'manhood' to be able to display honest heartfelt emotion VERY appealing-

i'm not into macho- heard edged hulking guys- who hide thier pain behind thier fists- ( i was married to one, and my heart is still breaking for him, but no longer my body)

how bout Jackson Browne? James Taylor?

[Enraged_Ape]

23. Oh, don't get me wrong. There are lots of songs that move me to tears.

It's just that none of them are by the melodramatic Dan.

[Bluerthanblue]

27. good-

seems like a stupid thing to say, but i'm glad to hear you let yourself feel-
We all have our 'can't stand them's'-

guess maybe it's more the memories that go along with that time in my life when Dan was singing those songs for the first time...-

CSNY and any of them individually also do the same- harmonies that make my hair stand on end..... i like that

thanks for the response

[Enraged_Ape]

28. It's probably the memories you associate with Dan's songs

One song that gives me a lump in my throat is "You and I" by Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle. A lot of people would jump down my neck and serve me no end of ridicule for liking that song, but it reminds me of someone I used to...love. I can't help it.

That's one thing about ANY music thread. It's hard to jump on anyone's choice of music, or to say that one band is superior to another, because it's all SO subjective.

[MisterP]

3. Auld Lang Syne puts me in mind of a drawing and quartering

I hate that song

[Enraged_Ape]

5. And most guys I know would NOT admit to loving this song

Because most guys I know would rather have their nipples torn off by rabid wolverines than have to listen to it.

[Bonhomme Richard]

7. Hah, flame away but I always enjoyed his stuff.

Different Strokes I guess.

[Enraged_Ape]

8. I guess

:)

[matcom]

9. easy

cause they ended up drunk and had oral sex

:bounce:

[SnohoDem]

11. That brought tears to my eyes

and water to my keyboard.

:spray: :rofl:

[matcom]

12. would it help if i added...

he didn't have to hold her afterwards either? :D

[SnohoDem]

17. She even drove herself home.

Now that's romance.

[Redstone]

20. Especially for the 1980s.

Redstone

[MuseRider]

10. I have always kind of

liked him. My husband kind of likes him too. Many of his songs make me feel melancholy and I always cry when I hear "Run For The Roses". :shrug:

[Enraged_Ape]

13. "His blood runs through my instrument...."

Am I the only one who DOESN'T think of a guitar when he sings this?

[Modem Butterfly]

24. I always pictured a trumpet or clarinet, some kind or wind instrument

I have a really dirty mind and never in a million years thought of that, until today.

Thanks.

[Enraged_Ape]

25. You're welcome!

Now try to get the image of Dan Fogelberg's engorged, blood-filled instrument out of your mind.

[Modem Butterfly]

26. You're a sick individual.

I like that in a person.


:evilgrin:

[undeterred]

14. Fogelberg started out in Champaign-Urbana Illinois

which is where I went to college. So when I hear this song I think of a specific grocery store and liquor store that were nearby when I lived there. And I have an ex who was always hung up on his ex and this song reminded him of her...

I've been in music stores where the tab for him reads "Dan (I'm so Sensitive) Fogelberg".

[Redstone]

21. "Dan (I'm so Sensitive) Fogelberg"???

Now, THAT's goddamn funny. I'd patronize a music store who editorialized like that...it shows they're paying attention.

Redstone

[GalleryGod]

15. Saw Dan in Concert Twice: one when 25, then when 53-Loved Both!

ALWAYS liked Dan's work.

Now Farrah..there's a bloody wanker:puke:

[Pale Blue Dot]

16. It's the fault of my seventh-grade English teacher.

Miss Shanley. I had a massive crush on her. One day during class she mentioned this song and we talked about how the line "the snow turned into rain" was a metaphor.

The next year she moved away, to New Hampshire I think, and I never saw her again. Now I think of her every time I hear that song. :cry: