From a very music oriented family, his older brother Jim Seals sang with a 1950s musical group called The Champs who had a 1958 hit single with the song "Tequila", and who then teamed up with Dash Crofts in the mid-1960's to perform as Seals & Crofts. Dan's other brother is country musician Eddie Seals. He is a cousin of singers Johnny Duncan, Troy Seals, Chuck Seals and Brady Seals (of Little Texas and Hot Apple Pie fame).
Taught by his father to play the upright bass, in high school, Dan joined with piano-playing friend John Ford Coley to perform first as part of Dallas pop/psych group "Southwest F.O.B." (Freight On Board) whose material has been re-released on CD by the Sundazed label. When the group disbanded, he continued performing with Coley as England Dan & John Ford Coley. The two would eventually have several hits performing singing pop rock harmonies such as I'd Really Love To See You Tonight. After 7 albums, they disbanded in 1980 and since then Dan has been performing as a solo artist.
Between 1985 and 1990, Seals scored 10 #1 hits, 7 of them consecutively, on the country charts. His first #1 was "Meet Me in Montana", a 1985 duet with Marie Osmond. His first #1 as a solo artist, "Bop", won the Country Music Association Award for best single in 1986 and had some crossover success as well; the song reached #10 on the adult contemporary charts and #42 in the Billboard Hot 100. Seals and Osmond also won a CMA award as Vocal Duo of the Year in 1986.
Dan, his brother Jim, and Dash Crofts are members of the Bahá'í Faith and say that they derive a lot of their inspiration from the faith's teachings.
Although Dan was a touring artist for the rest of the 1990s, he did release a few more albums on smaller labels throughout the decade, such as Fired Up in 1994, his final album for Warner Bros. He signed to Intersound and released In a Quiet Room, comprising acoustic versions of his earlier hits in 1995. He then switched to TDC and released In a Quiet Room II in 1998, followed by Make It Home in 2002.[7]
In 2008, Seals completed radiation treatments for mantle cell lymphoma at Vanderbilt in Nashville and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and received a stem cell transplant in December of that year at NIH in Maryland. Seals died at the age of 61, on March 25, 2009, at his daughter's home following those treatments.[8]
Everything That Glitters
Dan Seals Lyrics
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Dan Seals
Saw your picture on a poster, in a cafe out in Phoenix
Guess you're still the sweet heart of the rodeo
As for me and little Casey, we still make the circuit
In a one horse trailer and a mobile home
And she still asks about you all the time
But oh sometimes I think about you
And the way you used to ride out
In your rhinestones and your sequins
With the sunlight on your hair
And oh the crowd will always love you
But as for me I've come to know
Everything that glitters is not gold
Well old Red he's getting older, and last Saturday he stumbled
But you know I just can't bear to let him go
Little Casey she's still growing and she's started asking questions
And there's certain things a man just doesn't know
Her birthday came and you never even called
I guess we never cross your mind at all
But then sometimes I think about you
And the way you used to ride out
In your rhinestones and your sequins
With the sunlight on your hair
And oh the crowd will always love you
But as for me I've come to know
Everything that glitters is not gold
Everybody said you'd make it big someday
And I guess that we were only in your way
But someday I'm sure your gonna know the cost
Cause for everything you win there's something lost
But oh sometimes I think about you
And the way you used to ride out
In your rhinestones and your sequins
With the sunlight on your hair
And oh the crowd will always love you
But as for me I've come to know
Everything that glitters is not gold
Dan Seals's song, Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold), is a country tune that is imbued with nostalgia and regret. The singer reminisces about a woman who was once the "sweetheart of the rodeo" and the way she used to shimmer in the spotlight with her rhinestones and sequins. The singer reveals that he and his daughter, Casey, still travel with rodeos in a one-horse trailer and mobile home, and he reflects on how the woman he once knew has probably forgotten about him and his family. Despite this, he concedes that he still thinks about her from time to time when he remembers how she used to perform and how the crowd used to love her.
Throughout the song, the lyrics center around the idea that "everything that glitters is not gold." This phrase is not only the title of the song but is also woven throughout the lyrics. The seemingly glitzy and glamorous life that the woman in the song lived was appealing, but the singer now realizes that there were costs that needed to be paid for this lifestyle. He laments the fact that the woman was so wrapped up in her own world that she never even called his daughter on her birthday. Similarly, he emphasizes that even though the crowd loved her, he has come to know that everything that appears flashy and luxurious on the surface isn't always what it seems.
Line by Line Meaning
Saw your picture on a poster, in a cafe out in Phoenix
I saw a poster of you in a cafe in Phoenix
Guess you're still the sweet heart of the rodeo
I assume people still think of you as the sweetheart of the rodeo
As for me and little Casey, we still make the circuit
My daughter and I still tour around
In a one horse trailer and a mobile home
We live in a small trailer with our one horse
And she still asks about you all the time
My daughter always asks about you
And I guess we never even cross your mind
I don't think you ever think about us
But oh sometimes I think about you
Sometimes I remember you
And the way you used to ride out
And how you used to ride out
In your rhinestones and your sequins
Wearing sparkly clothes
With the sunlight on your hair
In the sun, your hair shining
And oh the crowd will always love you
The audience will always love you
But as for me I've come to know
But I've learned
Everything that glitters is not gold
That just because something is shiny doesn't mean it's valuable or good
Well old Red he's getting older, and last Saturday he stumbled
My horse Red is getting older, and he stumbled last Saturday
But you know I just can't bear to let him go
But I can't bring myself to give him up
Little Casey she's still growing and she's started asking questions
My daughter Casey is still growing up and asking questions
And there's certain things a man just doesn't know
And there are things I just don't know
Her birthday came and you never even called
It was Casey's birthday and you didn't call
I guess we never cross your mind at all
I don't think we ever cross your mind
Everybody said you'd make it big someday
Everyone thought you would become very successful someday
And I guess that we were only in your way
And I guess we were just obstacles in your path
But someday I'm sure your gonna know the cost
But someday, I'm sure you'll realize the price of success
Cause for everything you win there's something lost
Because for every victory, something is sacrificed or lost
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@MJIZZEL
Kid across the rode from me has 2 moms as parents and the one whose the more motherly wasnt even born a woman I don't think. The "father" one had surgery to be a guy (like up top reduction surgery) and he, she, her what TF ever, looks like a lil pretty @ss flat chested college chick still.
Talk about needing classes to procreate. They need thorough mental evaluations before just my couple can adopt.
I feel for that lil boy and he keeps coming cross the road talking to me wanting to play catch lol. I put him up a basketball goal I fixed up out the trash. It's kinda like nature has him gravitating towards a real man and boyish things if you feel me.
I can tell he prolly gets picked at in school cause he gets off the bus looking all sad n sht.
Its gonna be hard for the lil fella when he gets older but hopefully tictok and social media in general, don't end up brainwashing him like his weirdo parents. They pushing that crap on lil kids and it ain't right.
To me if someone wants to be gay or whatever they call all that stuff then just be gay or be no sex or two sexes if ya want, just leave the God blessed little kids out of it til they mature.
And ny teacher that wants to throw a fit on tictok cause they can't tell a little 5 year old about their sex life, outta be removed from it just schools but society in general. They can have all the fun they want in prison. Them long term felons in there would appreciate it too.
Edit): I didn't mean to go off and write a whole book there and I'm sorry if I offend anybody that reads this but what I said is the truth and whoever the weirdo big city latte liberal is that reads this and report me, You know I'm right on what I said.
Prolly be some new York overpaid weakling that thinks since he got surgery that his tits can produce milk now and he can have periods too.
#morementalhealthcheckups
@c-yabugginout7573
Being a strong man has more to do with how tightly you hold up those around
you than it is about how hard you can hit someone.
Being a bold man has more to do with how soft your heart can be to those who love
you than it does with how tough you appear on the outside.
Being a man has everything to with love and nothing to do with hate.
Thanks for sharing that story. Sounds like he was a good man!
@justinb.1459
Only real country music fans know who ole Danny seals is!!!
@danielmarai1005
Who's with me after December 2023?
@imlijunglalongchar270
I am with you. Lots of memories of my childhood is embedded in this song
@donndwyer4585
I am . 2024. Always
@timmatlock4126
I was 20 years old and at the Montana State Fair. It was at sunset in the rodeo arena with mountains surrounding us. The most beautiful sunset I’ve ever seen as Dan Seals sang this song. One of the most beautiful memories of my life.
@radamson1
I envy you that.
@Frieghtliner1975
Perhaps you are confusing some county fair.... but, the Montana State Fair is held in Billings. No mountains anywhere within site.
@shanewoods1980
@@Frieghtliner1975 wow geography major are you? Must be a good “heavy hauler”!! Skid steer, maybe a backhoe on that 24 foot “heavy haul” trailer huh
@Frieghtliner1975
@Shane Woods . Born and raised in Montana. So yeah, I know the state. Weird how my profession and where I grew up triggered you. Let me guess... your boyfriend has a crush on a local trucker ?
@shanewoods1980
@@Frieghtliner1975 uhhhhh let me think about this for a min……..let’s see, 2 tours in Iraq and 2 tours in Afghanistan with the United States Army, held a cdl since 1992 and have hauled heavy equipment and flatbed while I was stateside since then. No not triggered and no boyfriend, same wife for 24 years and 2 sons as well. One wants to drive a truck for a living but you are the reason I’m trying to tell him to stay away from MY profession. I appreciate your reply and the way you judged right off the bat, makes me happy that me and many many others actually stayed away from our family for 2-3 years at a time for those fine people such as yourself. Be safe driver keep the rubber side down