![]() “ I can’t remember what I used to do/ who I trusted, whom I listened to before, Rogers sings, suggesting that maybe those the narrator previously relied upon had steered him in the wrong direction. It insinuates that what was there before wasn’t really worth remembering anyway, because his life only truly began when she entered the picture. The song is told from the perspective of a narrator attempting in vain to recall his life before his partner entered it. But it was a reciprocal connection, as Rogers was also sinking his teeth into heartfelt lyrics and a melody that soars in all the right places, including a final-act key change that brings down the house. Not many interpreters could have brought off the earnest emotional content in the way that he did, letting the feelings show without overdoing it. What Panzer and Dorff created sat right in Rogers’ wheelhouse. “He not only loved it but wrote the melody to the lyric before dinner was served. “Steve said, ‘Tell me the lyric,’ and (tears streaming down my face), I read him the lyric,” Panzer remembers. That’s why I wrote the lyric to ‘Through The Years.’”įrom there, Panzer took it to Dorff, a frequent collaborator, over dinner and got emotional presenting the song. The only relationships I knew and valued. ![]() “But… I couldn’t think of a song that spoke about the great joys and benefits of long-term relationships. “I realized that there were a hundred (if not a thousand) songs about falling in love, memorable affairs, losing love, regrets, and the pain of lost love,” Panzer says. In this case, lyricist Marty Panzer and composer Steve Dorff wrote “Through The Years.” Panzer tells American Songwriter in an e-mail what his motivation was for writing the lyrics. Rogers was a master of taking the sentiments of disparate songwriters and making them his own with ease thanks to his smooth, reassuring delivery. But you could argue that its themes of love and fidelity strengthening over time have made it one of his most enduring songs. “Through The Years,” found on Rogers’ 1981 album Share Your Love, came up a bit short of that mark, settling in at No. In a stretch between 19, Rogers amassed eight Top Ten singles. Patrick Dowd is a Reporter for Touchdown Alabama Magazine.No country artist crossed over to the pop charts in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s with as much ease as Kenny Rogers. *Get the BEST Alabama football insider information, message board access, and recruiting coverage today! SIGN UP HERE to unlock our subscriber only content!* **This information was acquired from a recent press release from Alabama Athletics.** It is the only quarterback award that takes the candidates’ bowl performances into consideration in its balloting. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. The winner will be announced after the bowls in January. ![]() 2 third-down conversion percentage in the nation (53.9 percent), completing 73.5 percent of his third-down pass attempts (75-102) for 1,186 yards and 13 touchdowns
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