Comments on: Dan Fogelberg, R.I.P.

By: RogerCfromSD

RogerCfromSD — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:44:33 +0000

Nooooo!

I hadn’t heard about his passing until I saw it here just now.

I LOVE his music. This is so sad.

His “Auld Lang Syne” song reminds me of my first love.

May God rest his song…

By: chaosrainz

chaosrainz — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:33:42 +0000

I’m from Louisville and every year at Derby they play the song he did, “Run for the Roses.” It never fails to bring tears to my eyes. I can’t even sing it without getting all choked up.
In high school a friend of mine gave me a copy of a “poem” which became one of my favorites. It was “The Innocent Age.” Only in the last few years did I find out it was a song of Dan’s.
He was a great talent and will be missed.

It is the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance, Dan.
R.I.P.

By: silver_surfer

silver_surfer — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:47:09 +0000

Had several of his songs when he was with Bread. I love his voice.

By: backwoods conservative

backwoods conservative — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:04:06 +0000

#38 sfcmac

I hated “Sometimes when we touch”.

I think you’ve got your wires crossed a little bit. “Sometimes When We Touch” was made popular by Dan Hill, not Dan Fogelberg.

Now you’re free to be a Dan Fogelberg fan without any reservations.

By: sfcmac

sfcmac — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:40:45 +0000

I hated “Sometimes when we touch”. Thought it was maudlin and contrived. But, I loved “Another Auld Lang Syne”, his best song, by far.

By: shooter

shooter — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:16:16 +0000

On December 17th, 2007 at 1:38 pm, Thunderbird 1

Ahhh yes.
Fogelberg at Red Rocks. Glad I was there ’cause you can not even describe to someone the serenity….it had to be witnessed live.

Thanks for all the car rides, the evenings and the parties we spent together Dan, even tho we never met.

By: crushliberalism

crushliberalism — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:50:09 +0000

I was a college student in the early 1990′s, and I was into the alternative (grunge) rock and the heavy metal scene.

I remember when I heard a Fogelberg song while on hold with some customer service rep, and I thought “This is just awf…uh…hmmm…I, uh, actually kindasorta like this! Oh no! I still like girls, right???”

The song was “Leader of the Band”, and it was the part where he said “Papa, I don’t think I said ‘I love you’ near enough” that got me misty eyed. I’m close to my father, so that line resonated with me. I was a Fogelberg fan from that point forward.

By: Thunderbird 1

Thunderbird 1 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:38:19 +0000

Michelle, thank you very much for the tribute. Of the 3 times I saw him at Red Rocks, I distinctly recall saying (a year after I moved here), “Now I feel like I belong in Colorado [having seen Dan at RR].” I’ve now been here 18+ years.

There’s so much more to his music than what’s written up in the obits. What stuns me now is doing the math and realizing that some of what was to me his best (yet less commercially known) work was well before he was 30!

“And in the passage from the cradle to the grave we are born, madly dancing /
Rushing headlong through the crashing of the days / We run on and on without a backwards glance…”
-Dan Fogelberg, age 30, In The Passage, from The Innocent Age 1981

We who knew he was sick knew this was coming. (Thank God there is a rich catalog of material remaining.) Still, as much as a loss as it is to his fans, it needs to be kept in perspective with the unexpected and senseless Christian martyr deaths that occurred only a week prior in my state. I get the sense Dan would humbly agree.

By: JohnnyNJ

JohnnyNJ — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:23:34 +0000

…as a cancer survivor and someone who saw Dan in concert twice, I am totally shocked and saddened by his passing.

Thanks for the great songs Dan.
May you fly on eagles wings and touch the face God. RIP

By: bear1909

bear1909 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:03:39 +0000

A very sad reminder for all us bucks over 45 to get checked annually and monitor your numbers.

Sad way to go.

By: All Atwitter » Living Legacy

All Atwitter » Living Legacy — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:50:23 +0000

[...] or weepy for some, you couldn’t ask for a better tribute to a father than Leader of the Band. Michelle Malkin has a video up of a solo performance of the song, and Ed Morrissy at Captain’s Quarters also [...]

By: Yiddish Steel

Yiddish Steel — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:56:32 +0000

Dan lived here in my hometown, Encinitas, CA. He was really a nice person and was very approachable. I would always see him around town during the fall and winter months.

By: Canadian Mike

Canadian Mike — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:36:29 +0000

Very sad news, I love his music. In fact I have just been listening to his “Best of” CD in my car. He sings my favorite version of “What Child is This?”. One of those artists who would have been much more famous than he was if talent were more important than image.

RIP Dan.

By: terrig

terrig — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:28:38 +0000

I was shocked when I heard this on Bill Bennett’s show this morning. I used to listen to him growing up in the 80′s. When I finally got married and went through the playlist with the DJ, I made sure to have “Longer” played for the many cousins of mine who had danced to it as their first songs at their own weddings in the 70′s and early 80′s. It was really touching seeing all them out there dancing to their song.
May he continue to entertain the heralds of heaven. RIP Dan, you were truly a great one whose music will live on.

By: metalhead

metalhead — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:23:59 +0000

Men over 40…get checked EVERY YEAR.