Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg video free download

Mark Pollock

Never stops providing tears of warm LOVE! For my first eternal LOVE!

Megan Smetzer

My heart breaks for the architect. Mine keeps me warm and safe and dry... Things turn out so different from where we start

swampfox432 **

GREAT MUSIC -OLD FOX

Gary Alan Adkins

I thank the heavens for letting us share Dan Fogelbergs music for awhile. He was just here to shed some light on this dark world. He is home now, where he belongs, waiting for us.

Wind River Hills

I listen to this every Christmas... I agree with the comment below. The empty feeling described is shared within the words and the melody. 

Sue Strong

After Fogelberg's death from prostate cancer in 2007, the woman about whom he wrote the song came forward with her story. Her name is Jill , and she and Fogelberg dated in high school when she was Jill Anderson. As she explained to the Peoria Journal Star in a December 22, 2007 article, they were part of the Woodruff High School class of 1969, but went to different colleges. After college, Jill got married and moved to Chicago, and Dan went to Colorado to pursue music. On December 24, 1975, they were each back in Peoria with their families for Christmas when Jill went out for eggnog and Dan looked for whipping cream for Irish coffee. The only place open was a convenience store at the top of Abington Hill where they had their encounter, located at 1302 East Frye Avenue. Today, the store is still in business and named Short Stop Food Mart. They bought a six pack of beer and drank it in her car for two hours while they talked.After their accidental meeting, five years later, Jill heard "Same Old Lang Syne" on the radio while driving to work, but she kept quiet about it, as Fogelberg also refused to disclose her identity. Her main fear was that coming forward would disrupt Fogelberg's marriage.

wheels216

Always brings a tear to my eyes. Always. I had no idea he passed away. How sad. Another great voice stilled. But, never forgotten.

Steve Wolf

This song has always intrigued me. I felt the songs story seemed to sound like a true event. Guess I might be one of the last to know this tid bit of how the song came into being. Love this song.The story behind “Same Old Lang Syne”Posted on December 26, 2013 | BY RICHARD A. MARINIIn what’s becoming an annual holiday tradition, we bring you the story behind one of the most beloved, if somewhat sappy New Year’s songs ever written:Originally published in 2007 by Peoria (Illinois) Journal-Star columnist Phil Luciano, this column tells the story behind Dan Fogelberg’s weepy New Year’s Christmas Eve reunion song “Same Old Lang Syne.”Since the song’s release in 1980, Peoria – as well as the rest of his fans worldwide – has wondered about the “old lover” referenced in the song. Fogelberg never would say, and only a handful of people knew the ex-girlfriend’s identify.The column reveals that the “old lover” was a one-time high school sweetheart of Fogelberg’s named Jill Anderson and how the song is a fictionalized account of an actual New Year’s Christmas Eve meeting between the two. It also reveals that, to Anderson’s credit, she rarely spoke about the meeting or her relationship with the singer/songwriter, who had died shortly before the column was published.…she and Fogelberg only rarely had communicated over the past quarter-century, she feared that her talking about the song somehow might cause trouble in his marriage. But in the aftermath of his death – he passed away of prostate cancer Sunday at age 56 – she has been sharing her secret with old friends in Peoria.The story of their inadvertent meeting was a simple one of the need for eggnog and whipping cream.…on Christmas Eve 1975, Jill and her husband visited her parents, who still lived in the Woodruff district. Also at the home were some friends of the family.During the gathering, Jill’s mother asked her to run out for egg nog. Jill drove off in search of an open store.Meanwhile, a few blocks away, a similar scenario was playing out at the Fogelberg home, where Dan Fogelberg was visiting family for the holiday. They needed whipping cream to make Irish coffees, so Fogelberg volunteered to go search for some.After their convenience-store meetup, the two sipped some beers, talked and reminisced. About five years later, Fogelberg released “Same Old Lang Syne,” a sentimental telling of their NYE Christmas Eve encounter — with some minor poetic license taken. One inaccuracy had to do with the color of Jill’s eyes, the other, what her ex-husband did for a living.But those are minor details. The heart of the song hangs on its most chilling line: “She would have liked to say she loved the man, but she didn’t like to lie.”Still, even decades later, she declines to discuss that line of the tune.“I think that’s probably too personal,” she says.But the song had no impact on her marriage. By the time of its release, she had divorced.“Somebody said he waited until I was divorced to release the song, but I don’t know if that’s true,” Jill says.It’s a sweet column about a long-ago romantic reunion. You’ll likely hear the song on the radio in the coming days, so read the full column here so you’ll know the whole story.Categories: Uncategorized

mindy daniel

Dan Fogelberg is one of the greats of our era

DMG Glenn

A great song writer , still saddens me that he is no longer with us!

Daniel Wright

Dan's gone 7 years ago today! His music lives on,as in this classic song.Boy could hecapture the human emotion.

Venus Snoke

so love this song....brings back memories

Richard Evey

It is real fought, I have never been loved or have loved but this gets to me big time.

rajindra deonarine

NMost touching song

Dora Aguirre

Greatest voice from my era, never forget the man who taught us to put our memories where no one could ever touch them, "In Songs"

Groovy Reflections

Happy Old New Year's Day!Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg

Anne's Channel

This is the same song that unexpectedly manifested in one of my dreams many years ago! Thank you to the spirit of Dan Fogelberg! :-)

mike armstrong

WHAT A GREAT ICON OF HIS TIME . HE WAS THE BEST. R.I.P. DAN

lezelrojo

its indeed... teary if you really do understand and relay the story.... i see it then... and i dont like to happen in the future... it so painful to take about... ;(

Jason Carpp

Beautiful song! Everytime I hear this song, I break down crying. Can you believe that? 40 yrs old and I cry like I'm 2 yrs old. I love this song! R.I.P. Dan Fogelberg. You played some awesome songs. :)

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