Comments on: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 46

By: Roundhouse

Roundhouse — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:19:48 +0000

Fogelberg has since died from his battle with Cancer, your take on it was funny, but so full of mistakes that I almost spewed coffee on my keyboard. Dan wrote Power of Gold as an after thought for the Twin Sons Recording because he found out after already recording with an orchestra, that the piano wasn’t tuned to the correct octave which made it more costly to redo, than to just quick throw a song together “Power of Gold” than to pay for all the studio time and musicians it would have taken to complete the song again. (some artists are gifted enough to throw a tune together in a single night and have it become an album favorite, shocking as that may seem.) I know its not done in this day and age where very few people even write their own material.

Go to You Tube and check out “The Nature of the Game” which Dan never recorded, if you wanna hear the real Dan Fogelberg not the sappy crap that allowed him to sit back and actually create music for people that liked blues, jazz, and singer/songwriter material. he has a new album coming out entitled “Love in Time” its being mixed right now in Surround Sound and the picture is being decided on as we type this.

Sadly if you never witnessed Fogelberg on a Solo Accoustic Tour, you missed witnessing greatness on a scale I defy you to show me from even the likes many in the industry. He was doin’ “Unplugged” before MTV hit the airwaves, and did it better than any musician in the business. Solo 3 Guitars and a Piano, he switched between the instruments and was the only person besides his guitar tech that touched that stage during the whole show. There were no players hiding in the wings filling in anything, it was Only Fogelberg. You can count the number of artists that can give a Tour of nothing but Solo with their own Material they wrote, on 1 and a half hands.

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 05:54:19 +0000

Longer than… there’ve been fishes in the ocean,

Softer than… Liberace at the Playboy Mansion…

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:40:10 +0000

Actually, since this post, I’ve acquired the box set and am making my way through it.

As for the synagogue comment, it was a joke. And the whole post is silly.

By: Wolfcreek

Wolfcreek — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:01:04 +0000

Most folks who criticize Fogelberg’s music seem to only be familiar with the few songs that got radio play. But then the same is likely true for many who say they love it and rate “Longer” as their favorite song of all time. I’m sure you know that music execs who make those decisions always go for what they think will have mass appeal. In Dan’s case, those radio hits were not representative of the bulk of his music, in my opinion.

I don’t know how familiar you are with the rest of Dan’s music, but if you’ve only heard the “hits” and the Weisberg collaborations, you should try listening to his other albums.

By the way, Dan is not Jewish, so your remark about meeting at synagogue is pretty silly.

By: Dw Dunphy

Dw Dunphy — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:06:19 +0000

Longer than… Tommy Lee?

By: That Guy

That Guy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:59:01 +0000

Umm, I hate to be “That Guy,” but the actual title of the song is “Longer,” and it came out two years after “The Power of Gold.”

But yeah, as far as cliches go, the song was a whole BOX of Hallmark cards. Pretty tune, though.

By: Deiter

Deiter — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:46:31 +0000

For those who Remember, Fogelberg had a big(ger) hit just prior to “Gold” with “Longer Than.” (What could be wussier than title ending in a preposition?) For my money, “Longer Than” was the far wussier of the two. (Guess what? The singer has been in love “longer than…”, fill in your favorite crusty cliche here.) Maybe you might consider throwing that little nugget up to the teeming Mellow Goldites. Fogelberg was adorable though, wasn’t he?

By: Dw Dunphy

Dw Dunphy — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:49:24 +0000

Why does Weisberg look so pissed off anyway?

By: Dw Dunphy

Dw Dunphy — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:03:20 +0000

Robert, like NBC used to say, if you ain’t heard it, it’s new to you! (Freakin’ Universal tools!)

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:56:12 +0000

I wonder how many Best New Artists, especially at the Grammys, have actually been around for only a year or so when they’ve won. Shelby Lynne’s a ridiculous example of winning in 2000 or 2001 even though she’d been making albums since 1989.

“The Power of Gold” sounds a bit like Stephen Bishop’s “China Syndrome” theme, “Somewhere In Between.”