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missroseroseIt was just yesterday that I learned that Dan Fogelberg died a couple weeks ago of prostate cancer. I'm a bit surprised that I didn't hear the news at the time, but then, perhaps it's not so surprising - I rarely go looking for news of celebrities, and that time I was wrapped up in getting The Reindeer Monologues off the ground. And Fogelberg's never been the sort of musician who'd have the details of his life splashed across MSN's front page.
I was surprised at how sad I felt on reading the news. Even though I was never what you'd call a big follower of his - I own one of his "best of" albums and that's pretty much it - his music was a staple of my childhood. I grew up with parents who were into the 70's folk resurgence/soft rock movement, and Dan Fogelberg was one of their favorite artists. And while I doubt I'll ever qualify as a rabid fan, "Longer" and "Same Old Lang Syne" will always hold happy memories for me.
On that note, I think it's kind of neat that one of popular music's long-standing mysteries has been resolved - the "lover" Dan describes meeting in "Same Old Lang Syne" has come forward and confirmed that the chance meeting was, in fact, a real event, with just a couple of changes for poetic license (her eyes are in fact green, but "blue" was much easier to rhyme). Apparently it's been one of her treasured memories for decades, but she kept mum about the incident out of respect for Dan's privacy.
Rest well, Dan, and thank you for sharing your music with us - I'm sure many other people have fond memories of it as well. We'll miss you.
I was surprised at how sad I felt on reading the news. Even though I was never what you'd call a big follower of his - I own one of his "best of" albums and that's pretty much it - his music was a staple of my childhood. I grew up with parents who were into the 70's folk resurgence/soft rock movement, and Dan Fogelberg was one of their favorite artists. And while I doubt I'll ever qualify as a rabid fan, "Longer" and "Same Old Lang Syne" will always hold happy memories for me.
On that note, I think it's kind of neat that one of popular music's long-standing mysteries has been resolved - the "lover" Dan describes meeting in "Same Old Lang Syne" has come forward and confirmed that the chance meeting was, in fact, a real event, with just a couple of changes for poetic license (her eyes are in fact green, but "blue" was much easier to rhyme). Apparently it's been one of her treasured memories for decades, but she kept mum about the incident out of respect for Dan's privacy.
Rest well, Dan, and thank you for sharing your music with us - I'm sure many other people have fond memories of it as well. We'll miss you.
