There are plenty of modern and timeless songs we sing on New Year’s. But one of the most classic tunes of all is “Auld Lang ...
“Should old acquaintance be forgot / And never brought to mind” — wait, what does that even mean? Every New Year’s Eve brings about many attempts at singing the one song everybody associates with the ...
You know the drill. As the New Year’s Eve countdown draws to a close, the ball drops, and, if we’re lucky, we finish our midnight kiss. Next up: someone inevitably queues up the familiar tune of “Auld ...
The familiar New Year’s tune Auld Lang Syne is seemingly familiar to just about everyone in Central Texas, across English-speaking countries and in many other parts of the world, too, but music ...
Neil Young summed things up succinctly: “Live music is better.” Fogelberg waxed poetic and issued what is essentially a Christmas musical dare to get out and experience more local music: “It’s the ...
Every New Year’s Eve, many of us will come to the realisation that we don’t actually know the words to “Auld Lang Syne”. Belting out the song as the clock strikes midnight is a long-held tradition in ...
“Auld Lang Syne” is a Scottish song written by poet Robert Burns. The reason it may be so hard to understand is because it was written back in the late 1700s, according to the Encyclopedia Brittanica, ...
In the final scene of Nora Ephron's iconic 1989 romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally," the couple embraces as "Auld Lang Syne" starts to play. It's not long until Billy Crystal's Harry begins to ...
Dan Fogelberg’s “Same Old Lang Syne,” the worst Christmas song in the history of Christmas songs, landed on the Billboard Hot 100 about 40 years ago. Ever since, when it comes on the radio, usually ...
So far as folk standards go, you’d be hard-pressed to find a song with the same stature and staying power as the Scottish traditional, “Auld Lang Syne.” To find the answer to that question, we’ll go ...
"Auld Lang Syne" is one of the most iconic New Year's Eve songs out there but few, including Billy Crystal aka Harry Burns know the meaning behind the ode to days gone by. New Year's Eve is never ...
Scottish poet Robert Burns is credited with penning the poem known as “Auld Lang Syne” (roughly translated as “Old Long Since” or “Days Gone By”) in 1788. He was quick to admit, however, that he’d ...