Happy New Year. I've been thinking of Time-themed songs as we are now in 2024. Time Warp (Rocky Horror), Long, Long, Long Time (Beatles), Big Bang Theory (Barenaked Ladies). And Fogelberg's Old Lang Syne. Always wondered whether the last line of "snow turning into rain" was a positive warming, or sadder dreariness. Thoughts on time songs and Fogelberg?
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Time Has Come Today, by the Chambers Brothers.
Turn Back Time by Derivakat. It's a really good song, short and sounds upbeat, but there's a dark story in there. Highly recommend it.
Wow! You've dragged a memory from the depths of my youth!
'Same Old Lang Syne', by Dan Fogelberg was still quite popular when I was a Kid at Christmas in Ireland, and I haven't heard it since then. It's pretty unheard of here in the UK.
Just had to listen to it again, and here's my take:
The verse that starts with 'She said she saw me in the record stores', suggests that the song is in fact, autobiographic in nature. So the ending of the song...
'Just for a moment, I was back at school, And felt that old familiar pain'
I think this is referencing the pain of the original break-up.
'And as I turned to make my way back home, The snow turned into rain'.
I think that what he means by that is that, as he was on his way home, the snow literally turned into ran.
Closed already? - If I Could Save Time in a Bottle ; - If I Could Turn Back Time
Closed already? - If I Could Save Time in a Bottle ; - If I Could Turn Back Time
