Dan Fogelberg's "Run For The Roses"

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By Rl on Sunday, May 5, 2002 - 09:11 pm:

    After hearing that the Kentucky Derby was on
    yesterday, 5/4, it immediately reminded me of
    folk rocker Dan Fogelberg's monster hit song
    "Run For The Roses", which peaked on the
    radio charts twenty years ago this month. The
    song was originally about the Kentucky derby
    horses of 1980.

    I originally knew nothing about the Kentucky
    Derby itself, but after hearing this song was
    about it I started becoming interested. It was
    from an album "The Innocent Age" released
    around Labor Day of 1981. The album was
    Fogelberg's critical (best) creative and
    commercial peak. The song and 3 others from
    it ("Leader Of The Band", "Hard To Say" and
    "Same Old Lang Syne") were massive chart
    successes and stayed on the charts for as
    long as 62 weeks.

    "Run For The Roses" is a beautiful tune with a
    definite country air. It is not something that
    would remind one of urban life.

    "Born in The valley and raised in the trees, of
    western Kentucky on wobbly knees, with
    mama beside you to help you along, you'll still
    be-a growing up strong

    On long lazy mornings in pastures of green,
    the sun in your withers the wind in your mane,
    they never prepare you for what lies ahead,
    they run for the roses so red

    And it's run for the roses as fast as you can,
    your fate is delivered your moment's at hand,
    it's a chance in a lifetime in a lifetime of
    chance and it's high time they joined in the
    dance, it's high time they joined in the dance

    From sire to sire it's born in the blood, the fire
    of a mare and the strength of it's stud, it's
    training and it's breeding and it's something
    unknown, that drives you and carries you
    home

    And it's run for the roses as fast as you can
    your fate is delivered your moment's at hand,
    it's a chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of
    chance and it's high time they joined in the
    dance, it's hightime they joined in the dance"

    Fogelberg was an influence on later artists
    such as Clint Black and Garth Brooks.



By Naate on Monday, May 6, 2002 - 01:21 am:

    garth brooks. crazy, man.

    don frogelberg, my flaming man torch.

    my neck is swolled. i may sleep in the floor tonight.

By Dani on Monday, May 6, 2002 - 01:44 am:

    Well, I dont know who is still up at this hour but I am...a little drunk...and a little tired. But I just cant go to bed yet.

By Czarina on Monday, May 6, 2002 - 02:49 am:

    I'm still up,but I'm not sleeping in the floor tonight.That Mop-n-Glow makes my nose too shiny.

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