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Warren Zevon (RIP) trumps them all
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But if we were making recommendations, I’d offer Cat Stevens, Harry Chapin, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce, and Don McClean before Dan Fogelberg
agree to disagree is fine - with James Taylor, i'd have the ones i mentioned in the A list and Dan F as a solid B
Ok…. On this, i guess we can agree to disagree… i guess.
McLean only had two or three great songs, one of which falls into the ‘can never to listen to it again ‘ category we were talking about earlier.. I never ‘got’ Chapin- the taxi cab song, and the radio station song- though Cats in the Cradle is obviously a classic…. Lightfoot is exceptional, matter of fact watched a new documentary about him a few months ago that yall should check out if you haven’t…. Cat Stevens was one of the greatest ever, but i just dont think he was ‘Fogelberg-esque’ really.. not sure what category I’d put him in…. Jim Croce, well- i have a connection with him and his music that would require an entirely separate thread to get into…. My dinner’s almost ready, but maybe later…. But none of the above guys mentioned were *better* than Fogelberg.. Though some were just as good.
Dave Robbins, is that you?Ever stop to think that maybe, just MAYBE- you are not correct in re to my OP ?
Being 100% serious , if you honestly dont know who Dan Fogelberg and James Taylor even are.. then you should probably sit out any thread even remotely connected to anything musical… unless you’re under like 25 yrs old i guess, but even then…
Also, yes , KL did have some mega hits from movies- Top Gun, Footloose, Caddyshack… but the first thing I think of when i think of him, and im guessing most folks who know a thing about music think of- are his singer/songwriter classics, both with Loggins & Messina, and solo: Danny’s Song, House at Pooh Corner, This Is It, Whenever i Call You Friend, Heart to Heart, and on and on and on…. If anything, KL definitely bleeds over into the Yacht Rock genre.. but he is primarily a singer/songwriter, then YR/soundtrack god….
For anyone unfamiliar with Fogelberg, the best move would be to click off of this thread, click onto the youtubes and type in Run for the Roses and Same Auld Lang Zyne (sp?).. May not be everyone ‘s cup of tea, but will definitely give you an idea of what this guy (RIP) was all about.
Exactly. Yup it is sad the big man passed away though. I did love Clarence.This thread made me go listen to Bruce Springsteen. But not John Mellencamp.