1974 Top Ten: Someone’s Been Telling You Stories (#3)

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Beautiful and breezy here on the patio at the restaurant. It’s nearly June, which will mean the start of meteorological summer, the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, and the start of the 60-year-old song list. But first, three more great songs from 1974! Here’s today’s song. #3: Someone’s Been Telling You Stories - Dan Fogelberg Earlier in the countdown I used a Stevie Wonder song and talked about his “classic era” in the 70s. Lots of artists had a “classic era” then. Dan Fogelberg was no exception, with his lovely triad of Captured Angel, Nether Lands, and this album. Souvenirs was the middle of the three. It’s my favorite Fogelberg album by a mile. While it has his typical “mellow ballad” material (the title song; and, to a lesser degree, “There’s a Place in the World for a Gambler”), it also has a bite to it. How and why he pegged Joe Walsh to produce this, I don’t know, but it worked. Perfectly. Backed by Walsh’s future bandmates (this was 1974, Walsh didn’t join the Eagles until 1975), Fogelberg sang this “I’m being lied about” song splendidly. You can hear the anger in his voice. I miss Dan Fogelberg. Someone’s Been Telling You Stories Written by Dan Fogelberg Recorded by Dan Fogelberg From Souvenirs, 1974 He’s gone solo again: