Comments on: Same Old Lang Syne

By: Mrs Whatsit

Mrs Whatsit — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:03:47 +0000

Eva Cassidy at Blues Alley, Over the Rainbow: (and watch her face while you listen)

Blues Alley Autumn Leaves:

By: Mrs Whatsit

Mrs Whatsit — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 21:52:08 +0000

huxley and Chases Eagles, so much yes on Eva Cassidy. I got old enough that I hadn’t heard any new musicians who mattered to me in years and years. And then I somehow stumbled over Eva and was smitten. Unbelievable combination of such a rich, lovely, versatile voice and that profound emotional transparency — she was able to communicate emotion like nobody else I’ve heard. And I guess her tragic story is part of the power of it all — you’re hearing such a small fragment of what might have been.

If you haven’t watched the video of her Blues Alley performance of Over the Rainbow (and if you have followed her, I’m sure you have) do so right this minute. I understand she had a cold and was unhappy with her performance, but the slight catches in her voice toward the end are part of its power. Much, much better than the studio version, which is itself splendid. Every time I listen, I wonder if the live audience had any idea what they were hearing. Same for the Blues Alley video of Autumn Leaves, which galvanized my pianist husband when I played it for him. “I’ve never heard anything like that!” he said. Neither had I.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:07:05 +0000

Hard core Haggard: I'm A White Boy

By: FOAF

FOAF — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:52:54 +0000

“moderatrix”

That is uncomfortably close to “dominatrix”

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:19:32 +0000

I don’t think Fogelberg was sentimental as much as he was just a balladeer. Sutter’s Mill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttGmLC13p7s is not exactly sentimental, neither are such ballads as Pancho and Lefty by Townes van Zandt sung here by Haggard and Nelson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoKvUYbGu7A.

If you think of Jimmy Buffet as the ant-Fogelberg, his first hit was A Pirate Looks at 40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M7gijb_1JQ.

Hey, if ballads aren’t your thing, then rock out. I’ll keep swappin’ beers and I don’t cares.

By: David+Foster

David+Foster — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:18:50 +0000

Speaking of relationship songs, here’s one that’s a little different, from Tom Russell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLKlJwUxWGQ

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:50:01 +0000

Why in the world do you imagine anyone cares about your taste in music or anything else?

It’s a thread that begins with the moderatrix offering an opinion and continues with other people offering their opinions. You offered a few of your own. You also offer one on my person, something upon which the moderatrix generally frowns.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 05:47:24 +0000

You don’t hear his music on the radio much anymore- I can’t even remember the last time I had heard a Dan Fogelberg song on the radio.

Yancey Ward:

I think the 80s are the new Oldies and the 70s, except for megahits, have gone to the Great Graveyard in the Cloud.

I remember driving to LA over New Year’s in 2000 and discovering that the 50s were no longer available on Oldies Stations and the 60s had become the new Oldies.

Perhaps that’s particular to those SoCal Oldies Stations, but I’m sure there is some cut-off like that for commercially sensible reasons.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 05:30:42 +0000

Pope Deco:

Why in the world do you imagine anyone cares about your taste in music or anything else?

In 95+% of your comments your sole purpose is to crap on what other people say and let us know how superior you consider your insights and opinions are over ours.

So you toss bare YouTube links at us and imagine we are desperate for your guidance on what real good music is?

I’m not that keen on Fogelberg myself, but I can understand why people like him and I can see the value he brings to the table and respect that, even if he’s not my cup of tea.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 01:55:33 +0000

The wedding scene in About Schmidt starts out with "Longer", so at least it adorned a fine film.