I loved that "Innocent Age" album when I was a kid, and I cried when DF died, just as I did when John Denver died, and Karen Carpenter died. Amazing artists.
@@davelee8961 JULY 3RD ,1971: A HEAVENLY NIGHT WITH A TRUE LOVE< ONLY TO CRASH UPON SEEING THE NEWS OF JIM MORRISON OF THE DOORS PASSING I PARIS < FRANCE> LADY DIANE BARELY COMPREHENDED THE DEPTH OF MY GRIEF/SHOCK/DESPAIR> I WAS LEFT WITH A PERMANENT NUMBNESS< COMPOUNDED BY ALL SUCCEEDING DEATHS OF MY CHERISHED < FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTISTS > SO LUCKY TO CATCH DAN & HARRY CHAPIN & DUANE ALLMAN W/GREG & BERRY B4 THEY WENT AWAY..ELVIS PRESLEY PASSED RIGHT AFTER OUR WEDDING(ELVIS WAS TO APPEAR AT " THE NASSAU COLISEUM"< UNIONDALE< LONG ISLAND< CLOSE TO OUR PLACE>
Awesome. But I bet they moved the frozen food by now.😉😆 This song has universal appeal because so many people have had these same types of experiences with ex's. Yup 70 and crying like a baby.....my engagement ended NYE 1973 over a display of Toberlone candy. Cant eat the stuff to this day even though 50 years have passed.
I ran into my 4-year high school sweetheart after FORTY years...at a high school football game. He snuck up behind me and whispered in my ear..."how's my old girlfriend?" He sat behind me at the game (with his elderly parents and teenaged son) and we had a great visit remembering old times. This song always gives me the most nostalgic feeling. I wish I had married the guy, but it was not to be. I married an alcoholic bank president instead...what a dreadful mistake. I love Dan's music so much. What a talent!
We all have loves we wish we could have kept. Hindsight.... I'm still in touch with mine, but... would love to hug her one more time... well, you all know what I mean....
I’m 76 years old now, and every single time I hear Dan sing this song , I am blissfully transported back in time to 27 years old…young, beautiful, full of hopes and dreams with boundless energy, enthusiasm, and love. Truly an eternal remembrance song. I miss you and your music Dan, but what you gave us is timeless for an eternity
@@casefindley3035 I remember, I listened to this song, with my girl friend, as we were spending our last night together, both home for Christmas break from college, in the back seat, of a 71 Dodge Demon. Then she dumped me.
I understand, I have been missing someone for almost exactly 40 years, The road not taken haunts me still, I have been living the wrong life, and that realization is crippling me.
I played this song every Christmas for 40 years. Quietly think of him every year. A lot of good memories. But our lives went in different directions. Merry Chritmas old friend!@@ronmantei9155
@ronmantei9155 maybe not the wrong life, but a life of "what ifs". I don't know you, but I pray you're happy with the life you have lived and will continue to live. I feel that in my soul though, as far as the "what ifs". Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.
It seems like yesterday that I was determined to ask my high school sweetheart to marry me at Christmas time and this song was playing on the radio. Of course I "chickened" out. Life took us in various directions but, years later we reconnected after other relationships faded. Fast forward 22+ years later and we are married and I am with the person I was always meant to be with.
We "kids of the 70's" were blessed with with music like Dan's music. Words had meaning in our lives. I miss you Dan Fogelberg. Thank you for all you gave to us.
Born in 1970, grew up with 70's music, and now almost 49 years old, this music truly takes me back to my childhood...playing outside til dark, riding bikes, being a kid. You are right, music had meaning, emotions, and it seems like some "values".
His music is soul stirring. Song like this or Leader of the Band touch you no matter your age. The world was blessed to have Dan Fogelberg and his talent in it.
Clearly, Dan had the heart of a poet and unmatched talent. From what I know of him, he also had his demons. Much of his music has a somewhat darker side to it, although most of it is very beautiful.
"And as I turn to make my way back home, the snow turned into rain." One of the most powerful, and emotional sentiments I have EVER experienced in music. The symbolism makes this man cry. We miss you Dan.
This song reminds me of all the mistakes I've made in my life and the heartache I caused others. It is hard to listen too without my heart aching a little.
These situations could always end differently, positively. People who really have something deep for each other are often reluctant, think it will re-complicate their life, stubborn, or too lazy to reach for and -grasp it. So often, they never, ever find anyone as special as the one they let walk away. I know this personally.
I’m here… I come back every holiday season and even here and there during the year. This song brings me back in time and never fails to leave me with misty eyes. Happy Holidays to all…from my Memory Lane in Canada to yours, wherever you happen to be. 🇨🇦❤🕊️
What makes this song so special is the realness of first loves or high school sweethearts. Not just for Dan but for all of us. How many of you have come across an old friend or flame in public and not remember them at first? Then running up to them and remembering and laughing away the years. Well Dan Fogelberg captured that Spot On. If this happens to you today, don't forget to get addresses, phone #'s or emails.
This song is pretty close to what happened to me. The difference being I never became a famous entertainer when my old flame and I crossed paths. She was the one that got away and I almost never got ove her and at the time it happened I still wasn't completely over her and it had been close to 10 years. We were childhood and high school sweethearts. Ee broke up because she moved away and then married less than a year later. Would I was devastated. Years later I was between jobs so I moved back to my hometown and was tending bar at a local tavern. It was around Christmas holidays and I was working. She was in town and happened to stop in the bar. It wasn't busy with only a couple regulars hanging out and one woman (a freind of mines wife Patty) after listening to us talk about the past happened to say, "I can't believe you two never got married!" It hit me like a ton of bricks and she began to shed tears. Patty apologized though no apology was necessary Since that night I listen to this song every Holiday and just smile. I have no regrets. I have a wonderful daughter by another woman and my daughter might never have been born otherwise, so I don't live in the past except for once or twice during Christmas listening to this song.
This is one of my all time favorite songs. I was twenty years old when I first heard this song. My parents had divorced and I moved with my Mom to a new life. I'm in my sixties now and this song still brings bittersweet memories.
One of my best high school friends died from AIDS in 1983. I played this song over and over and over again the night I heard the news. I can’t hear it now without crying. He was the best so talented I will always love and miss you Scott.
I'm sorry for your loss. I have lost people too. And a song will come on the radio, like this one, and I'll cry too. 😔 This song is just that way. Brings back memories of past friends, past tines....ect. II love Dan Fogelberg.♥️
that was such a scary time. i am sorry for the loss of your friend. many of us lost friends and family in the 80s to AIDS/HIV. Decades of pain and loss and now HIV is finally manageable and survivable. Doesn't bring back those we lost but at least we know others wont have to go through the grief and pain we did.
"just for a moment I was back at school, and felt that old familiar pain" - as I remind my baby boomer friends, there's a little bit of teenager in all of us... thanks Dan for reminding us...
It's Christmas Eve and I'm playing this as usual because it just would not be Christmas Eve without this! I think it's the most beautiful love song ever written.
“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” brings me to tears every time 👼🙏❤️
Every year around Christmas I listen to this song and it paints a clear picture in my mind. It brings up memories of girlfriends past, lovers with no name. We are all traveling this same incredible journey but the meaning of it all gets clouded with our daily stress. This year there are no friends dropping by, no parties where we meet new ones, and as I sit reflecting back on 2020 I find it more difficult to enjoy this song. There just is no human interaction, no spontaneity and happiness. It's been a sad year, the 1st like it in my 43 years. There is a clarity that arises from our situation, that it is the people and relationships in our lives that add true value, not possessions or things we can buy. My hope is that as our world works its way through Covid19 the old saying 'what doesn't kill you will only make you stronger' will ring true the world over. Here's to better days!
My father loved this man. We listened to him growing up. This song brings tears to my eyes every year. Now that my dad passed in 2020 so suddenly I listen to Dan fogelburg more often than ever. This song in particular plays every Christmas and when I sing, my heart breaks. This music is beautiful. I wish I could thank and hug this man for making my father as happy as he was then.
@@mikeysuzefour an awesome song I was in Dallas TX 1st time I ever heard this song and it was on a snowy winter December night in Judge Beans Restaurant in north Dallas
I gave up several beautiful guys when I was young. Man was I a messed up chick. I wanted bad boys instead. I paid for that mistake my whole life. If only I could have a do over😢 64 here
Most people regret not loving themselves sooner. We compare ourselves to unrealistic expectations. Hope you can forgive yourself and live your authentic self.
im a 49 year ol blackmale. i sang a cover of same auld lang syne on the starmaker app,last week,, i ranked #1 for the day,currently have 192 plays and 127 likes. i love some dan fogelberg. with his jammin ass. ill miss him.. rest in heaven bro.i appreciate the music,and becoming a part of your creation.
At 74 I often think could of, would of, should of but then I think that’s Life. I am so thankful for memories. Thankful for those I met, those I lost, and those I loved. Makes us reaffirm our priorities and what love really means. As we go though this coronavirus quarantine let’s not forget where our memories are at this time. Life is good, friends are great, but love beats all. HIS blessings on all of us. Life is a mix of the good, the bad, and the ugly.
It’s August, 2024 and just like that I am back to a time when my first love and I reconnected. This song is so powerful and beautiful because we want to hold those memories forever. Thank you Dan, for the words and the songs. Rest easy in Heaven and know that we still love you. ❤
Dan's keyboardist contributed to a demo we were recording in Los Angeles. I was featured on soprano sax. Tom Scott appeared a year later, on this. Mebbe I was a muse, mebbe not.
In tribute to Fogelberg and the Fogelberg family, the city of Peoria, Illinois - his hometown - renamed Abington Street in the city's East Bluff neighborhood "Fogelberg Parkway." The street runs along the northeast side of Woodruff High School, Fogelberg's alma mater, and where his father was a teacher and bandleader. "Fogelberg Parkway" continues northwest, then west, to the intersection of N. Prospect and E. Frye, the location of the convenience store where Fogelberg ran into his old high school sweetheart one Christmas Eve - a chance encounter described in the song "Same Old Lang Syne."
Dan's father was the band director and coach of the Noteables competition singing group at Pekin Community HS. NOT gang banging Woodruff. I went to Pekin Community HS during his Tenure.
Thanks for this information. To know that that store where this magical in counter happened is still there and to have a street named in Dan’s honor really make it that much more special. RIP Dan.
@@petersantoro5323 I thought it was a sax ,? sounded like the instrument really feels the lyrics, like the sax on Leonard Cohen's Bird On A Wire. Not good on wind instruments what was it.
On my way to work this morning and this awesome song plays on the radio. Christmas songs don't make me cry, but this morning my eyes filled with tears and I just couldn't stop them! Now mind you, I'm on my way to work and I've got get myself together for a days work! Listened to the song all the way through and after I stopped crying and dried my eyes, I finally felt in the Christmas spirit! Auld Lang syne breaks my heart every 💔 single time I hear it, but I love this song!
The woman he sings about heard it on the radio for the first time on her way to work - it was released five years after that chance encounter and she didn’t know he was coming out with the song. She only listened a minute or so when realized it was her he was singing about. That would be weird!
The melody and the lyrics make you feel the environment described in the song. It really reminds you of the past... makes me cry and think of the "what ifs of life"
This tells a story that is so familiar to so many in my generation. God bless you Dan for this beautiful gift that was made to last beyond one generation.
Dan Fogelberg was my husbands favorite artist. My hubby died at age 32 in 1984. I have to come back and reminisce about our past that I miss, and Dan's songs bring back wonderful memories.
I am 70 years old and I cry every time I hear this. They don't write them like this anymore. God bless this man RIP
I loved that "Innocent Age" album when I was a kid, and I cried when DF died, just as I did when John Denver died, and Karen Carpenter died. Amazing artists.
❤
@@davelee8961 JULY 3RD ,1971: A HEAVENLY NIGHT WITH A TRUE LOVE< ONLY TO CRASH UPON SEEING THE NEWS OF JIM MORRISON OF THE DOORS PASSING I PARIS < FRANCE> LADY DIANE BARELY COMPREHENDED THE DEPTH OF MY GRIEF/SHOCK/DESPAIR> I WAS LEFT WITH A PERMANENT NUMBNESS< COMPOUNDED BY ALL SUCCEEDING DEATHS OF MY CHERISHED < FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTISTS > SO LUCKY TO CATCH DAN & HARRY CHAPIN & DUANE ALLMAN W/GREG & BERRY B4 THEY WENT AWAY..ELVIS PRESLEY PASSED RIGHT AFTER OUR WEDDING(ELVIS WAS TO APPEAR AT " THE NASSAU COLISEUM"< UNIONDALE< LONG ISLAND< CLOSE TO OUR PLACE>
100!
Yes my brother, I cry too
Fun fact: I went to high school with Dan and still live in his old neighborhood. I regularly shop at the same store that inspired this song.
Hi :) fun fact indeed. Do you know the story, or woman, that inspired this beautiful tune?
That’s an AWESOME story!
Thank you for sharing that!
Awesome. But I bet they moved the frozen food by now.😉😆 This song has universal appeal because so many people have had these same types of experiences with ex's. Yup 70 and crying like a baby.....my engagement ended NYE 1973 over a display of Toberlone candy. Cant eat the stuff to this day even though 50 years have passed.
Even if he doesn't it doesn't change the beauty of the man or the song.
Was that in Peoria?
So sad he passed so early. ❤
I ran into my 4-year high school sweetheart after FORTY years...at a high school football game. He snuck up behind me and whispered in my ear..."how's my old girlfriend?" He sat behind me at the game (with his elderly parents and teenaged son) and we had a great visit remembering old times. This song always gives me the most nostalgic feeling. I wish I had married the guy, but it was not to be. I married an alcoholic bank president instead...what a dreadful mistake. I love Dan's music so much. What a talent!
I married the wrong woman for me, but I still got 2 great kids out of it. Sad part is that It’s been hard for me to trust women since then
We all have loves we wish we could have kept. Hindsight.... I'm still in touch with mine, but... would love to hug her one more time... well, you all know what I mean....
40 years since this song came out and we, the fans, still cherish it
You got that right!
Beautiful clean music!
Exactly right
Just love, love this song. I have great memories listening to it. Transports me back to a great time in my life.💖💖💖💖
Miss you Dan Fogelberg
Yep😎
His folk/pop style actually influenced my writing🎶🎸😎❤🙏
I’m 76 years old now, and every single time I hear Dan sing this song , I am blissfully transported back in time to 27 years old…young, beautiful, full of hopes and dreams with boundless energy, enthusiasm, and love. Truly an eternal remembrance song. I miss you and your music Dan, but what you gave us is timeless for an eternity
Me too Ma’am…beautiful stated!
I'll second that.😊
I am a professor so I won't spank you for your redundancy because you are right.
Not in body..
Absolutely ❤
Oh the songs that tell a story. Don’t we all miss them?..
the best ones do.
I sure do. There are a few new artists who songs tell a story. But not many and not as powerful as those in the Dan Fogelberg era.
Like "Taxi", it tells a happy/sad story.
Yes we do!😢
I think almost every one of us can relate to this song back from our youth. 💔 We grew up with best music there ever was. Rest in peace Dan.
Yes we did. Just think of all the great music if he did not die at 56 of cancer
Very beautiful song and it bring back fond memories. Thank you RIP
Love this song, and love to listen to it every Christmas
New Years Eve 2024 Happy New Year everyone!! 2025
I've had regrets also....a beautiful song
@@casefindley3035 I remember, I listened to this song, with my girl friend, as we were spending our last night together, both home for Christmas break from college, in the back seat, of a 71 Dodge Demon. Then she dumped me.
Always with thoughts of him
If you believe in time travel here it is! Enjoy those memories!
Play this song after 40 years quietly greatly missing someone special....
I understand, I have been missing someone for almost exactly 40 years,
The road not taken haunts me still,
I have been living the wrong life, and that realization is crippling me.
Me, too...and it's exactly 40 years later..."could have, should have, would have,..."
I'm right there, too. But for me, it's been 56 yrs. Very haunting, indeed. ❤
I played this song every Christmas for 40 years. Quietly think of him every year. A lot of good memories. But our lives went in different directions. Merry Chritmas old friend!@@ronmantei9155
@ronmantei9155 maybe not the wrong life, but a life of "what ifs". I don't know you, but I pray you're happy with the life you have lived and will continue to live. I feel that in my soul though, as far as the "what ifs". Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.
December 24, 2024. Favorite Christmas song ❤️
It seems like yesterday that I was determined to ask my high school sweetheart to marry me at Christmas time and this song was playing on the radio. Of course I "chickened" out. Life took us in various directions but, years later we reconnected after other relationships faded. Fast forward 22+ years later and we are married and I am with the person I was always meant to be with.
That my friend is awesome. Congrats!
This song was and still is magical to me. I had no idea when i first listened, that it would manifest completly in my life. Thank you Dan Fogleburg.
Congratulations 🥂 I hope you have a wonderful New Years eve and all the best for the New Year 2025 🎊
We "kids of the 70's" were blessed with with music like Dan's music. Words had meaning in our lives. I miss you Dan Fogelberg. Thank you for all you gave to us.
Born in 1970, grew up with 70's music, and now almost 49 years old, this music truly takes me back to my childhood...playing outside til dark, riding bikes, being a kid. You are right, music had meaning, emotions, and it seems like some "values".
Yep for sure. Some old friends were never lovers but good dear sweet friends. Have many who I've known for close to 50 years. Great song😄
I totally agree. I feel so blessed to have come up in that era. So many great artists and music then. So many good times.
I am a 90s kid... But i love this kind of music.
His music is soul stirring. Song like this or Leader of the Band touch you no matter your age. The world was blessed to have Dan Fogelberg and his talent in it.
I cry every single time!! We all have that one special love!!!
True
Gone at 56 much too soon. Thanks for your many contributions, and to the lives your music touched. RIP
Songs like this have so much meaning…..Straight to the heart. I feel so lucky to have grown up in this era where songs really touched my life.
The 70's Was The Decade of Songwriting!
We lost him way too young
Clearly, Dan had the heart of a poet and unmatched talent. From what I know of him, he also had his demons. Much of his music has a somewhat darker side to it, although most of it is very beautiful.
@@johnsteel3151 Totally agree!! Rest peacefully Dan!! Thanks for all the beautiful music you left us!! ❤🙏🙏🙏❤
One of Americas Most underrated Titled Songwriters
I'm only 15 but I appreciate this man and his voice so much.
i'm a 65 year old man, and i'm not ashamed to say this makes me cry!
You shouldn't be. Men are human too. Crying isn't a sign of weakness. IDK where that silly idea ever came from.
Couldn't agree more,it's a real life event for all of us,talented man Gone to soon
Never be a shame to admit you cry. I melt at a lot of things like this story
@db happiness 👍👍👍👍
Me too brother
"And as I turn to make my way back home, the snow turned into rain." One of the most powerful, and emotional sentiments I have EVER experienced in music. The symbolism makes this man cry. We miss you Dan.
That moment about kills me every time.
Sorry for my ignorance. What is the name of the instrumental melody at the end of the song ? Makes me cry always. Thank you.
@@claudiasilvanacanova8475It’s an interpretation of Auld Lang Syne
Thank you !!@@JoeB0y16
Yes. That line rips me up, too.
Dan left us way too early
If this song does not break your heart every time you hear it, check your pulse.
Oh gosh yes, I tear up every time I hear it.
You can see everything line of the lyrics in your head as he sings them. Unbelievable
I agree this is one of the few songs that can drive me to tears 😭 I look forward to this song every chrismas!
A perfect song for New Years eve. Happy New Years.
How is he not in the Hall of Fame? Listen to his catalog, it is impressive in depth and emotion. Splendid career, sadly ended too soon.
You are so right
They should play this song more not only Christmas time.i fell in love with this song
They don’t make em like this anymore RIP DAN. ❤😢
This song reminds me of all the mistakes I've made in my life and the heartache I caused others. It is hard to listen too without my heart aching a little.
All of our hearts ache a little! I suppose it let's us know we still have one.
@@nickie7874 Yeah
It reminds me of the same exact thing's in my life but I've been able to undo the bad decisions that I made as a young man.
@@hawk3018 You don't have to undo them. I can't undo my bad decisions, either, but I accept that I did stoopid shit. God Bless.
Exactly right ! Thanks for saying this
What a heartbreak. True story. For so many, in different ways.
He gave a voice to our pain. And set us free from it. RIP
Soundtrack of my youth
Any song that can make you smile and cry simultaneously is a true masterpiece..........and Dan was a true artist.
Life is full of bitter sweet - all depends on how we want to balance our memories...
These situations could always end differently, positively. People who really have something deep for each other are often reluctant, think it will re-complicate their life, stubborn, or too lazy to reach for and -grasp it. So often, they never, ever find anyone as special as the one they let walk away. I know this personally.
❤
You are so right.
He is here forever with us.and reading comments and smiling
this song doesnt deserve any dislikes
But nasty people will do it anyway to make themselves feel important. Ignore them.
I agree!
Dislikes are a big WTH? to me. If you dont like this music, something is definately going on with you. Probably should seek some sort of help! ☺
They don't have a clue. Feel sorry for them.
@@vbplayer50 Excatly
Anyone watching this in 2024?❤
of course!!
yes
every holiday season
Yeap
I’m here… I come back every holiday season and even here and there during the year. This song brings me back in time and never fails to leave me with misty eyes.
Happy Holidays to all…from my Memory Lane in Canada to yours, wherever you happen to be. 🇨🇦❤🕊️
Where are the Dan Fogelberg's of today? Where?? I will never get tired of listening to him. RIP
I agree. We need more storytellers.
I, too am a boomer. We played this every year at our family Christmas Eve gathering.Thanks for the memories, Dan.
What makes this song so special is the realness of first loves or high school sweethearts. Not just for Dan but for all of us. How many of you have come across an old friend or flame in public and not remember them at first? Then running up to them and remembering and laughing away the years. Well Dan Fogelberg captured that Spot On. If this happens to you today, don't forget to get addresses, phone #'s or emails.
This song is pretty close to what happened to me. The difference being I never became a famous entertainer when my old flame and I crossed paths. She was the one that got away and I almost never got ove her and at the time it happened I still wasn't completely over her and it had been close to 10 years. We were childhood and high school sweethearts. Ee broke up because she moved away and then married less than a year later. Would I was devastated. Years later I was between jobs so I moved back to my hometown and was tending bar at a local tavern. It was around Christmas holidays and I was working. She was in town and happened to stop in the bar. It wasn't busy with only a couple regulars hanging out and one woman (a freind of mines wife Patty) after listening to us talk about the past happened to say, "I can't believe you two never got married!" It hit me like a ton of bricks and she began to shed tears. Patty apologized though no apology was necessary Since that night I listen to this song every Holiday and just smile. I have no regrets. I have a wonderful daughter by another woman and my daughter might never have been born otherwise, so I don't live in the past except for once or twice during Christmas listening to this song.
Mine is on my Facebook..
Drove past Tony's market today. I think of Danny every time I do. Great songwriter and singer.
Let me just say, you don’t have to celebrate Christmas or have to have been in a romantic relationship to appreciate this beautiful piece of music.
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Exactly.
Bellísima canción de Amor aluciva for Christmas 🎄 Time,pero en cualquier momento que la escuchó me hace sentirme ilicionado
I love Christmas. And have been married to the only man I love for over 32 years now, wonderful family. The best life! 🙏🏼💚🎄
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It reminds me of my first love..😢😢😢
Me too
A great song. Brings me back to my college days in the early 80's. How could anyone give this timeless song a thumbs down? RIP Dan.
Me too, college early 80's. Still one of my favorites
RIP Dan. Your music will live on forever for those of us that truly enjoyed this song especially and many of your other songs.
This is one of my all time favorite songs. I was twenty years old when I first heard this song. My parents had divorced and I moved with my Mom to a new life. I'm in my sixties now and this song still brings bittersweet memories.
A time capsule filled with old and yet still tender memories.
One of my best high school friends died from AIDS in 1983. I played this song over and over and over again the night I heard the news. I can’t hear it now without crying. He was the best so talented I will always love and miss you Scott.
🫂
I'm sorry for your loss. I have lost people too.
And a song will come on the radio, like this one, and I'll cry too. 😔
This song is just that way. Brings back memories of past friends, past tines....ect.
II love Dan Fogelberg.♥️
So so sorry for your heartache! Awful💕
that was such a scary time. i am sorry for the loss of your friend. many of us lost friends and family in the 80s to AIDS/HIV. Decades of pain and loss and now HIV is finally manageable and survivable. Doesn't bring back those we lost but at least we know others wont have to go through the grief and pain we did.
Sounds like he was in places he should not have been. It's unfortunate. Aids is such a horrible affliction.
After 40 years, this song still makes me feel empty. Dan, one of the finest songs of our time!!!!
Anybody who can write songs like this is nothing but a phenomena.
Auld Lang Syne is an old song but I doubt anyone could top that
When music was music, many of us relate about lost loves but never forgotten!! Thank you Dan!!
"just for a moment I was back at school, and felt that old familiar pain" - as I remind my baby boomer friends, there's a little bit of teenager in all of us... thanks Dan for reminding us...
Yes. And the pain, ultimately, is no different for the conceited jocks, as it was for the rest of us.
It's Christmas Eve and I'm playing this as usual because it just would not be Christmas Eve without this! I think it's the most beautiful love song ever written.
Achingly beautiful.
“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”
brings me to tears every time
👼🙏❤️
I TOTALLY FEEL YOU ON THAT
I CRY AS WELL,THE LYRICS ARE SO REAL... LOVE Dan's music
❤❤
Same, takes me back to my pains in high school. So poignant.....
Perfect Christmas song.
this song captures the human condition so well.
dan singing this in heaven tonight.
Im 66......and miss DANs heavenly talent soooo much....taken waay too young.....
Reminds me of my first love 1976
The singer songwriter era was truly magical.
Every year around Christmas I listen to this song and it paints a clear picture in my mind. It brings up memories of girlfriends past, lovers with no name. We are all traveling this same incredible journey but the meaning of it all gets clouded with our daily stress. This year there are no friends dropping by, no parties where we meet new ones, and as I sit reflecting back on 2020 I find it more difficult to enjoy this song. There just is no human interaction, no spontaneity and happiness. It's been a sad year, the 1st like it in my 43 years. There is a clarity that arises from our situation, that it is the people and relationships in our lives that add true value, not possessions or things we can buy. My hope is that as our world works its way through Covid19 the old saying 'what doesn't kill you will only make you stronger' will ring true the world over. Here's to better days!
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I DO THE EXACT same thing !! We're all men and we have emotional situations like every one else!!
Well said...
Happy new years and MERRY CHRISTMAS 2022
Yes
Yes, 40 years later we still listen and remember, it brings back our youth. Thank you.
❤ a toast to innocence
I absolutely love this song - brings tears to my eyes. Great job by Dan Fogelberg - may he Rest In Peace!
A toast to innocence......Happy New Year 2024!
My father loved this man. We listened to him growing up. This song brings tears to my eyes every year. Now that my dad passed in 2020 so suddenly I listen to Dan fogelburg more often than ever. This song in particular plays every Christmas and when I sing, my heart breaks. This music is beautiful. I wish I could thank and hug this man for making my father as happy as he was then.
Something about this song still makes me cry.
ALWAYS.
Grew up with this song😪💯❤️❤️
The moments of nostalgia that we all had...
Me to
yes
Thirty eight years later and this song still gives me goosebumps....great song from a talented artist! So sad he passed 10 years on now...
It still makes me cry
Same here--it makes me bawl every single time and I'm proud to admit that. @@kimberlymurphy6120
Thirty-eight years: a magical number in my life.
@@mikeysuzefour an awesome song I was in Dallas TX 1st time I ever heard this song and it was on a snowy winter December night in Judge Beans Restaurant in north Dallas
Love all Dan's songs and it makes me sad so many singers of DAN'S ERA LIKE HIM HAVE PASSED AWAY TOO YOUNG
This is one of those songs that will go on and live forever.
That's what great song s do
Agreed! It will!
To the boy I didn't give a chance when we were 17, (1978), I'm sorry. I should have. Hope you had a great life.
❤I’m sure he did…
I did 😂😂
I gave up several beautiful guys when I was young. Man was I a messed up chick. I wanted bad boys instead. I paid for that mistake my whole life. If only I could have a do over😢 64 here
Most people regret not loving themselves sooner. We compare ourselves to unrealistic expectations. Hope you can forgive yourself and live your authentic self.
@@kaykool9589Sadly we can’t get a redo. We do have NOW. I sincerely hope you find peace with yourself.
Whenever I walk in the snow I go slow and sing this!
im a 49 year ol blackmale. i sang a cover of same auld lang syne on the starmaker app,last week,, i ranked #1 for the day,currently have 192 plays and 127 likes. i love some dan fogelberg. with his jammin ass. ill miss him.. rest in heaven bro.i appreciate the music,and becoming a part of your creation.
Great songs exist without reference to color. Would love to hear your rendition of this. Great song.
Good music transcends the cultural divides that people craving power use to separate us.
I'm a black man too bro .. and this song breaks me every time
Music truly brings people together like almost nothing else. Good luck on your singing career!
At 74 I often think could of, would of, should of but then I think that’s Life. I am so thankful for memories. Thankful for those I met, those I lost, and those I loved. Makes us reaffirm our priorities and what love really means. As we go though this coronavirus quarantine let’s not forget where our memories are at this time. Life is good, friends are great, but love beats all. HIS blessings on all of us. Life is a mix of the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Thanks for summing it up! I live with many regrets but it's time to reassess and appreciate where i am in my life.
God rest my dear wife. Sad memories. I miss her.
What a shame. This man died so young. He was so talented. RIP dear Daniel.❤😢
It’s August, 2024 and just like that I am back to a time when my first love and I reconnected. This song is so powerful and beautiful because we want to hold those memories forever. Thank you Dan, for the words and the songs. Rest easy in Heaven and know that we still love you. ❤
@ErkanYildirim-g3j I’m fine. The weather is shifting to fall. I like the crisp air.
@ErkanYildirim-g3j I’m in the southern USA. What country are you from?
@ErkanYildirim-g3j I don’t have much in common with you. It would be nice if you say Hi once in awhile though.
Happy New Year 2025🥳🥂🎉🎆
The Sax at the very end. makes this song one of the all time greats.
It’s perfect
Dan sang this like no to tomorrow--tearing it up at 3:13….
Dan's keyboardist contributed to a demo we were recording in Los Angeles. I was featured on soprano sax. Tom Scott appeared a year later, on this. Mebbe I was a muse, mebbe not.
Love you Dan ❤❤❤❤
No matter how many times I hear this song, my eyes water.
Because you care. Nuff said
I think everyone can relate to the words of this song.
everyone ???
Well, anyone with feelings...
8cat18 True that...
agreed
yes. god bless us all.. so many roads.. so many left not chosen.
In tribute to Fogelberg and the Fogelberg family, the city of Peoria, Illinois - his hometown - renamed Abington Street in the city's East Bluff neighborhood "Fogelberg Parkway." The street runs along the northeast side of Woodruff High School, Fogelberg's alma mater, and where his father was a teacher and bandleader. "Fogelberg Parkway" continues northwest, then west, to the intersection of N. Prospect and E. Frye, the location of the convenience store where Fogelberg ran into his old high school sweetheart one Christmas Eve - a chance encounter described in the song "Same Old Lang Syne."
Dan's dad. Lawrence, was a teacher and band director at Pekin High School, about 30 minutes from Peoria, not Woodruff High School.
@@DesertMusicEntDJs He taught at Woodruff also:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fogelberg
Dan's father was the band director and coach of the Noteables competition singing group at Pekin Community HS. NOT gang banging Woodruff. I went to Pekin Community HS during his Tenure.
@@banditdarval9401 he was a teacher at woodruff high before Pekin . Better fact check before writing it down .
Thanks for this information. To know that that store where this magical in counter happened is still there and to have a street named in Dan’s honor really make it that much more special. RIP Dan.
People that admire this song are very special and full of ❤️
For Dion ❤️ I think of you every time I hear this song 🎶 !
Definitely captured high school heartbreak, whatever the circumstances..
Im almost 70. Still resonates. Thank you!
I am 70 as well. A lot of memories are brought back.
I love love this song ❤
I will always love you Dan Fogleberg because you gave me so much music in my teens and I still listen
Jesus, the live version of this takes the song to another level... goosebumps and tears....
Amen, love this version.
I was actually a bit disappointed. I found the vocal too different from the original. Sounded like someone else.
The legend has left this world but his songs remain deep in our heart, always, so beautifully written and sang 👏👏👏
Just a beauty of a song, always makes me tear up and everyone knows the part... We are still listening Dan
Reminds me growing up in NYS and many New Year's Eve's, and old boyfriends. Old memories
This happened to me several years ago, it still hurts.
The saxophone is crying through the lyrics of Auld Lang Syne more than words could say ,sends chills and tears listening on this new years eve
@@petersantoro5323 I thought it was a sax ,? sounded like the instrument really feels the lyrics, like the sax on Leonard Cohen's Bird On A Wire.
Not good on wind instruments what was it.
Barbara Harris ..It’s an Oboe !. Sounds a lot like a Sax !.......
Clarinet maybe?
@@kathywollam32 Soprano Sax.
He will always have my ♥
On my way to work this morning and this awesome song plays on the radio. Christmas songs don't make me cry, but this morning my eyes filled with tears and I just couldn't stop them! Now mind you, I'm on my way to work and I've got get myself together for a days work! Listened to the song all the way through and after I stopped crying and dried my eyes, I finally felt in the Christmas spirit! Auld Lang syne breaks my heart every 💔 single time I hear it, but I love this song!
This is truly a heartfelt song and Dan Fogelburg had the voice of an angel. He is greatly missed.❤️😢
The woman he sings about heard it on the radio for the first time on her way to work - it was released five years after that chance encounter and she didn’t know he was coming out with the song. She only listened a minute or so when realized it was her he was singing about. That would be weird!
Want another one? Fairytale of New York, by the Pogues.
What a great song writer who left us too soon.
Love this song. Elicits such emotion! Dan Fogelberg gone way too soon! 😢
The melody and the lyrics make you feel the environment described in the song. It really reminds you of the past... makes me cry and think of the "what ifs of life"
I sure do miss him.
This tells a story that is so familiar to so many in my generation. God bless you Dan for this beautiful gift that was made to last beyond one generation.
Dan Fogelberg was my husbands favorite artist. My hubby died at age 32 in 1984. I have to come back and reminisce about our past that I miss, and Dan's songs bring back wonderful memories.
I'm 58 and it gets me everytime