John Denver (country, rock, great songs, albums, member)

MariaVolante · 12-10-2008, 12:34 PM

haha, I feel like a dork for loving his one song: Take me Home Country Roads... anyone ever heard or love it too? There is a cover of it made by Olivia Newton John.

Besides that he WAS the first to introduce Leaving on a jet plane which rocks!!

savannah · 12-10-2008, 01:06 PM

john denver wrote some great songs,....

i think my favorite is this old guitar,....

i could do with out the ONJ stuff though,....fly away is right,....

WeeLittleHobbit · 12-10-2008, 01:07 PM

I don't think it's dorky at all. John Denver was a great songwriter, and a couple of my favorites by him are: Annie's Song, Rocky Mountain High, Take Me Home Country Roads, Leaving on a Jet Plane, and Back Home Again.

Mark Lint · 12-12-2008, 11:29 PM

As a 9-year-old I made myself mix tapes of the 6 or so JD albums my dad owned. I REALLY liked "Annie's Song," I guess, because I put that one multiple times on there, interspersed between like every four or five other songs.

...I should ask, does anyone know if he did anything respectable in his later career? I remember that "Don't Close Your Eyes" tonight song coming out, which was kind of a nice song, but also very creepy picturing JD having sex. Ug.

MariaVolante · 12-14-2008, 09:47 AM

no way.... I don't think anyone wants to see that haha:P

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but also very creepy picturing JD having sex.

thechad90000 · 12-19-2008, 01:14 PM

Yeah I'll listen to John Denver any day of the week but never do I ever wanna picture him having sex.

mofito · 01-04-2009, 02:04 PM

Listing to John Denver's Take Me Home Country Road while driving home to visit my Parent in Philadelphia PA from Kentucky is just the best...

VEGANGELICA · 07-10-2009, 10:52 PM

Ahh...John Denver. I first heard his songs when they were new, back when I was a tiny tot. I think a babysitter used to sing me "Country Roads" and I would imagine the country road stretching out before me. "Annie's Song" is one of the most beautiful love songs I know of. I always think how sad it is that even a brilliant, poetic song like that...and the feelings that went behind it...weren't enough to keep John Denver and Annie, his first spouse, together. At least they rekindled friendship shortly before his plane accident death...which, sadly, was far from being "dying in her arms." I'm glad he at least had a chance to experience the feelings that inpired him to write "Annie's Song," even if the relationship didn't last.

BADFASTBUSA · 07-11-2009, 01:48 AM

I quit listening to any J.D. songs after that movie came out where the kids would get killed after hearing J.D. songs... now they give me the creeps!

BADFASTBUSA · 07-11-2009, 01:51 AM

ok, i just thumbed through a crap load of dvd's in my collection of them and found the name of the movie... It was final destination.

12-10-2008, 12:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
MariaVolante Groupie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 10	John Denver haha, I feel like a dork for loving his one song: Take me Home Country Roads... anyone ever heard or love it too? There is a cover of it made by Olivia Newton John. Besides that he WAS the first to introduce Leaving on a jet plane which rocks!!

12-10-2008, 01:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
savannah afrocentric Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: texas Posts: 753	john denver wrote some great songs,.... i think my favorite is this old guitar,.... i could do with out the ONJ stuff though,....fly away is right,.... __________________ i changed my mind; i changed my mind;now i'm feeling different all that time, wasted i wish i was a little more delicate i wish my i wish my i wish my i wish my i wish my name was clementine - sarah jaffe

12-10-2008, 01:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
WeeLittleHobbit The Stain Specialist Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 312	I don't think it's dorky at all. John Denver was a great songwriter, and a couple of my favorites by him are: Annie's Song, Rocky Mountain High, Take Me Home Country Roads, Leaving on a Jet Plane, and Back Home Again. __________________ Tommy: I'm funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I'm here to fcking amuse you? What do you mean, funny? How am I funny? Henry: You know, how you tell a story. Tommy*: I don't know. You said it. You said I'm funny. How am I funny?

12-19-2008, 01:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
thechad90000 Groupie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 14	Yeah I'll listen to John Denver any day of the week but never do I ever wanna picture him having sex. __________________ My sunny side has up and died I'm betting that when we collide, then universe will shift into a low.

07-11-2009, 01:48 AM	#9 (permalink)
BADFASTBUSA Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Atoka Oklahoma Posts: 17	I quit listening to any J.D. songs after that movie came out where the kids would get killed after hearing J.D. songs... now they give me the creeps! __________________ My motto: Living life on the edge is fun, just don't fall off, although you have to try it or you never will know what it was like!

12-12-2008, 11:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mark Lint Groupie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 16	As a 9-year-old I made myself mix tapes of the 6 or so JD albums my dad owned. I REALLY liked "Annie's Song," I guess, because I put that one multiple times on there, interspersed between like every four or five other songs. ...I should ask, does anyone know if he did anything respectable in his later career? I remember that "Don't Close Your Eyes" tonight song coming out, which was kind of a nice song, but also very creepy picturing JD having sex. Ug.

01-04-2009, 02:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
mofito Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 20	Listing to John Denver's Take Me Home Country Road while driving home to visit my Parent in Philadelphia PA from Kentucky is just the best...

07-10-2009, 10:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
VEGANGELICA Facilitator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Where people kill 30 million pigs per year Posts: 2,014	Ahh...John Denver. I first heard his songs when they were new, back when I was a tiny tot. I think a babysitter used to sing me "Country Roads" and I would imagine the country road stretching out before me. "Annie's Song" is one of the most beautiful love songs I know of. I always think how sad it is that even a brilliant, poetic song like that...and the feelings that went behind it...weren't enough to keep John Denver and Annie, his first spouse, together. At least they rekindled friendship shortly before his plane accident death...which, sadly, was far from being "dying in her arms." I'm glad he at least had a chance to experience the feelings that inpired him to write "Annie's Song," even if the relationship didn't last.

07-11-2009, 01:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
BADFASTBUSA Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Atoka Oklahoma Posts: 17	ok, i just thumbed through a crap load of dvd's in my collection of them and found the name of the movie... It was final destination. __________________ My motto: Living life on the edge is fun, just don't fall off, although you have to try it or you never will know what it was like!