Dan Fogelberg - If I Were A Carpenter (97)

Dan covers the Tim Hardin song "If I Were A Carpenter". An intro of High Heeled sneakers too

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[TheSaverino]

What a wonderful video! He is truly missed. They sure don't make 'em like him anymore.

[489177]

This is awesome. Thank you.

[Gratitude3119]

@rakeuiff Glad you know everything about this tune! The only thing you've ignored is that once a song is a part of our lives, it can mean whatever we want it to be, regardless of the original intentions, or your personal opinions...

[jonnyzistheone]

I thought highly of Dan Fogelberg until he cut off his balls making excuses for one of the great songs of a generation. I still like him.

[rakeuiff]

@bookguitarguy His comments only show his opinion about something he does not know about I know Tim Hardin's widow who this was written for and it was an honest stable boy meets princess class fable that is why it is so classic and everyone and his mother has recorded it , it is a guy wondering if he is good enough for her, Dan is entitled to attache this to some womens rights thing but that is not where it comes from, it actually comes from the heart ,Where most of Tim's music came from!

[LearnEdLooser]

I saw this song a few times that year and can only say that I miss his humor, his style of play, and his outright talent.  Cheers to you, Dan... much thanks.

[bookguitarguy]

And back to the video, Dan is the man!! His comments only show his sensitivity to women's feelings, and his sensitivity in general, which made him such a great songwriter. It also probably caused him a lot of pain (which I can relate to), due to being OVERLY respectful to the feelings of women who, in many cases, didn't care NEARLY as much about his feelings as a man, as he did for theirs. No apology necessary, Dan-we love you!!! :O)

[bookguitarguy]

@IrisMG Wow... You make such a compelling argument, I don't know what to say!! Oh yeah, FEMINISTS ARE HYPOCRITES!!! Ahhhhhhh. I feel better now. :O) Some of us think the subject of feminist lies & propaganda, which hurt WOMEN & children as well as men, are subjects that are extremely important for "grownups" to discuss. Then again, those feminist "grownups" (oxymoron?) who can't/won't admit the tremendous damage done to society by their distortions, hypocrisy, & lies, not surprisingly avoid it.

[IrisMG]

@bookguitarguy Go play with someone else if you're lonely...grownups have better things to do.

[bookguitarguy]

@IrisMG Oh no-another feminist who calls everything they don't like "sexist"-just as Al Sharpton calls people "racist" & Zionists/Jewish supremacists/victims call them, "Anti-semites". Emotional blackmail is a powerful tool, for controlling those who buy into it. I wish he'd just sung the song, & not worried about any confused, male-hating, penis-envying radical feminists that might have been in the audience! :O) Now, "a lot of them" are hypocritical feminist/marxist bigots, who hate womanhood!!

[IrisMG]

@bookguitarguy Oh no, another irrelevant reply to a 5 month old comment, as if they didn't read my comment in the first place. Is there a block button?

[bookguitarguy]

@IrisMG Blah blah blah... Feminists never run out of things to complain about, while trying to acquire the money/power they criticize men for having. When was the last time anyone heard a feminist complain that she didn't have to sign up for the draft, work in mines, fight in Vietnam, go down w/the ship (Titanic etc)??? Dan wouldn't have needed to make such a disclaimer, if not for their emotional blackmail. It gets old after 40 years or so...& men are better carpenters than women, anyway!! :O))