John Denver
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The man had his problems. I've been sitting here listening to his songs. Truly a gift from God. That man had talent, I'm sorry he isn't here to bring us all the joy of his voice and music.
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Re: John Denver
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Oddly, I find his voice almost haunting, almost like he is still with us. He has that legacy in his voice and music. It always sounds like we are sitting around a campfire and the dude across the fire has a guitar .
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Re: John Denver
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Saw him in concert one time. He was the first person on the stage and the last one to leave. His band took a break but kept right on playing and singing. One heck of a good concert!
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Re: John Denver
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Saw him in concert one time. He was the first person on the stage and the last one to leave. His band took a break but kept right on playing and singing. One heck of a good concert! I went to his concert in Lincoln Nebr. It was one of the first concerts ever in the Bob Devaney sports center. The seats were no installed yet. You just sat on the cement …. like a bleacher. Fire marshalls were all over making people keep the isles open. Later they said it was the most people that will ever see a concert there because with no seating more fit in. John Denver came out first and let his band have a break mid concert, and then he was the last to leave. I think it was about a two and one half hours.... maybe a little more.... concert. This was in the late 70's.
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Re: John Denver
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He may or may not have been a homo , but he was an advocate and well liked in the gay community .
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Re: John Denver
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I like his songs , his personnel life is his ,too many singers have great songs, but look at there personnel life it make you wonder of who they really are. Like stated he had his problems.I remember when they say when he died. It happened to others but not get as notice.
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Re: John Denver
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He may or may not have been a homo , but he was an advocate and well liked in the gay community . So ? That made him less of a musician? P
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Re: John Denver
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He may or may not have been a homo , but he was an advocate and well liked in the gay community . Who cares who he had sex with?
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Re: John Denver
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Re: John Denver
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He may or may not have been a homo , but he was an advocate and well liked in the gay community . Who cares who he had sex with? Birds of a feather flock together ,Except for homo's they try and recruit and think everyone is a homo
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Re: John Denver
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Who cares who he had sex with?
Birds of a feather flock together ,Except for homo's they try and recruit and think everyone is a homo Oh boy....I'll just leave that one alone.
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Re: John Denver
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My Wife was a fan of him . I took her to all his concerts in this area .If there were two shows we went to both of them . We went to Aspen on our honeymoon .It was during the Winter and his band was playing at one of the restaurants in town,of course we had to eat there . Went to Jasper Alberta on vacation, and saw the Andromeda glacier . She did not like how his music changed in his later years . Always liked his early stuff .
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Re: John Denver
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Wonder if they ever auctioned off the bowl he used for his hair cuts??
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Re: John Denver
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He didn't have a clue as to what was coming when he was singing "Rocky Mountain High"
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Re: John Denver
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In my opinion, the lyrics to Annie's Song are the best love song lyrics ever written.
You fill up my senses Like a night in a forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again
Come let me love you Let me give my life to you Let me drown in your laughter Let me die in your arms Let me lay down beside you Let me always be with you Come let me love you Come love me again
I have never even had a second favorite to that.
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Re: John Denver
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The Oh God movies with Burns as God were funny. Jim
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Re: John Denver
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Only liked a few of his songs, however he was a great singer, despite his Anti agenda ! He was a staunch environmental warrior, and leaned to the left if you consider a lot of the pro-environment rhetoric of the 70's, but he also liked hunting pheasants, and was known to hunt and eat elk. As for all that environment rhetoric mentioned......it's that stuff that cleaned up our lakes and rivers, plus had a large impact on overall just making people much more aware of pollution and how we were really messing up the natural world. We're still at it, but not as bad as we were 50 years ago.
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Re: John Denver
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In my opinion, the lyrics to Annie's Song are the best love song lyrics ever written.
You fill up my senses Like a night in a forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again
Come let me love you Let me give my life to you Let me drown in your laughter Let me die in your arms Let me lay down beside you Let me always be with you Come let me love you Come love me again
I have never even had a second favorite to that. That was my favorite as well. Too bad he didn't remain true to the words when it came to his marriage to Annie! Chris
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Re: John Denver
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Great talent, but kinda flakey. He actually was grounded and banned from flying when he was killed.
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Re: John Denver
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In my opinion, the lyrics to Annie's Song are the best love song lyrics ever written.
You fill up my senses Like a night in a forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again
Come let me love you Let me give my life to you Let me drown in your laughter Let me die in your arms Let me lay down beside you Let me always be with you Come let me love you Come love me again
I have never even had a second favorite to that. Amen to that, I have to agree!
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Re: John Denver
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Only liked a few of his songs, however he was a great singer, despite his Anti agenda ! He was a staunch environmental warrior, and leaned to the left if you consider a lot of the pro-environment rhetoric of the 70's, but he also liked hunting pheasants, and was known to hunt and eat elk. As for all that environment rhetoric mentioned......it's that stuff that cleaned up our lakes and rivers, plus had a large impact on overall just making people much more aware of pollution and how we were really messing up the natural world. We're still at it, but not as bad as we were 50 years ago. Yep! I think the generations coming into their own now will do better than we have recently.
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Re: John Denver
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Re: John Denver
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i was listening to Black Sabbath
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Re: John Denver
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He may or may not have been a homo , . Don't tell either of his 2 wives...altho they probably already know. Annies song was for/about 1 of them.
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Re: John Denver
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In my opinion, the lyrics to Annie's Song are the best love song lyrics ever written.
You fill up my senses Like a night in a forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again
Come let me love you Let me give my life to you Let me drown in your laughter Let me die in your arms Let me lay down beside you Let me always be with you Come let me love you Come love me again
I have never even had a second favorite to that. Patrice this is a great song, one of my favorites, but have you ever listened to the duet he did with Placido Domingo called "Perhaps Love" ? There is a great video of Denver and Domingo in a recording studio on U Tube. I seen an interview with Annie Denver and she said that "Perhaps Love" was just about her favorite song ever sung by John.
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Re: John Denver
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Great song writer and excellent singer and performer. Never was really respected by the music industry as many felt his songs were too soft and idealistic. That actually became is signature niche. His personal life was complex and he had bouts of depression and substance abuse along with relationship issues. I listen to his music a lot these days and actually enjoy his songs more today than I did 45 years ago. He was a very exacting and demanding musician and his music had many complicated and difficult chords etc. to compliment is the range in his singing voice. Quite similar in some ways to complexity and range of Roy Orbison and Marty Robins.
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Re: John Denver
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What I liked about John Denver is when he would sing you could understand every work.
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Re: John Denver
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Denver was a dweeb, a total lightweight, and much better music was being made back in the day.
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Re: John Denver
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i was listening to Black Sabbath I was too busy listening to Led Zeppelin and the Allman Brothers. Same here. All of it. And STILL love Annie's song! (No, never saw that one, NebCatMan!)
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Re: John Denver
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Well he sold over 10 million records. That’s pretty good for a “total lightweight.” So?...Boy George and the Culture Club sold 50 million records...They were lightweights too.., Lol.
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Re: John Denver
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Well he sold over 10 million records. That’s pretty good for a “total lightweight.” So?...Boy George and the Culture Club sold 50 million records...They were lightweights too.., Lol. To each his or her own man. I couldn't stand Wham, but when I heard Freedom, and seen the video from George Michael I loved it. Denver had talent!
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Re: John Denver
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To each his or her own man. I couldn't stand Wham, but when I heard Freedom, and seen the video from George Michael I loved it. Denver had talent!
See, It all started with Denver, now you like a Wham/George Michael song....This can't be good! Immediately listen to all of the records of Merle Haggard, then go drink a fifth of Wild Turkey, and get in a fistfight. You might can still pull out of it, Lol.
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Re: John Denver
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I didnt read the whole thread, but...i cant stand his voice
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Re: John Denver
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Country Roads is still a fairly relevant today. I would say most people my age know it.
I gotta be in the right mood for Denver, Neil Young, and McLean etc. But I will take Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Brothers, and Grateful Dead any day.
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Re: John Denver
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Country Roads is still a fairly relevant today. I would say most people my age know it.
I gotta be in the right mood for Denver, Neil Young, and McLean etc. But I will take Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Brothers, and Grateful Dead any day. All great, but still ... You fill up my senses like a night in the forest
Seriously? That's it. Right there. No need to go any further. No better lyrics for me anywhere. Every night with Zim is like a night in the forest. That's where I belong. That's it. No better lyrics for me anywhere!
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Re: John Denver
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Even the greatest pilots can't overcome some mechanical difficulties he landed talked to the refueling crew but never got refueled and took off again so excited about how the new plane flew , ran out of fuel and they believe given the location of the aux fuel lever he could not have reached it while belted in.
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Re: John Denver
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Country Roads is still a fairly relevant today. I would say most people my age know it.
I gotta be in the right mood for Denver, Neil Young, and McLean etc. But I will take Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Brothers, and Grateful Dead any day. All great, but still ... You fill up my senses like a night in the forest
Seriously? That's it. Right there. No need to go any further. No better lyrics for me anywhere. Every night with Zim is like a night in the forest. That's where I belong. That's it. No better lyrics for me anywhere! Indeed, those lyrics are most beautiful ! I agree , Patrice . The kind of people we are, we live life to the full, work hard, feel deeply in the details . For myself, a most loved song that rings into my heart , is from Alison Krauss and John Waite, and the exquisite , beautiful way it was presented to me . Once in a lifetime ....to grasp in deepest reverence and appreciation . Life is good .
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