I feel bad for those that dont cry when music is done right. It does not matter what kind of music it is Rock Pop Country .Music is the only thing i know that will put a smile on my face and a tear in my eye at the same time. Nothing but luck for ya man
John Denver was amazing -- he was like his own genre of music. His ability to carry one to a place and make them long for it like it was their own memory was incredible.
John Denver has ALWAYS made me cry !!! The emotion in his voice and poetry in his lyrics is so amazing !!! I love the line "...I know I'd be a poor man if I never saw an Eagle 🦅 fly ....". ❤❤❤
The way your face lit up with the first few lines was wonderful to see. You could put all his songs in a bag, close your eyes, & still have a 100% chance of picking a great one out. He sang about the simple joys of life with a voice full of love: Calypso, Grandma's Feather Bed, Thank God I'm a Country Boy, and of course (Take Me Home) Country Roads. You just cannot go wrong with John Denver's music.
It is a testament to a singer/songwriter when he can convey a message and stir a tiny percentage of the emotion he felt when he experienced the grandeur of the Colorado Rockies. The hard-hearted critics at the time of its release thought the only "High" could be drug-induced. John Denver was singing about such beauty that stirs the soul and inspired this song. It is a testament to the intellectual and emotional humility and honesty of JB to allow the viewers to experience your honest reaction to the song.
There will never be another John Denver…I was privileged to be present at six of his concerts. His voice was as pure and beautiful in person as it is in a recording studio. No “airs” about him. What you see is what you get. I still miss him so much…
I'm approaching 70 years old and this song came out when I was 19. What I realize now is that it is about finding where we belong in this world, not an easy task for anyone. It makes me so emotional now.
He was concerned about the environment, too. He had a huge hit called Calypso, which honoured a boat owned by Jacques Cousteau. Cousteau tried to bring awareness to the environment. He learned and carried out a lot of research through scuba diving. Denver met him and was so impressed with him, he wrote Calypso and gave Cousteau all the proceeds of the song to keep his boat operating.
John Denver is a favorite of mine, my Dad and I would listen to him together all the time when I was young, singing along on long car rides in Vermont. I will always love John. His songs Calypso and The Eagle and the Hawk are my favorites. He will forever be missed.
The story, according to John's wife, Annie was this. John Denver had a good friend, a fellow musician, who died too young. The night of his funeral, his wife had his friends gather on their property on a lake shore in the Rocky Mountains where they sat around a fire telling their stories about him. In the early morning hours there was a meteor shower that stunned them all into silence, and they each drifted away from the fire, involved in their own thoughts. When they woke up late the next morning, they found that John had stayed awake and written this song about his friend and himself.
I can not tell you how much that line means to me. I DO talk to God a lot. But one time when my heart was burdened and was concerned about a certain situation, I was stopped in my tracks when I heard His voice say to me “fear not, for I am with thee.” This was not in my head, I heard it as if He was walking with me. And I’m not one that goes around saying God speaks to me all the time. But this time He did. Other times I felt His answer in my heart. I hope you have a blessed day.
Oh my, has it really been half my lifetime? I miss him too, and am saddened by all the songs he never got to sing for us. Makes me want to treasure his recordings even more.
His music touched all of my life. I was born in WV. My younger brother passed at 36 and Country Roads was played at his funeral and scattering of his ashes in the Kanawa State Forrest, echoing in the hollar. I have lived most of my life in the Rockies of Colorado. Annie's Song fit to a T the way I felt about my wife...etc.
"I've seen it raining fire in the sky"... referring to the meteor shower he watched when writing this song. RIP John Denver - you were LEGENDARY!! 💖🌄 PLEASE do "Sunshine On My Shoulders" soon. ☀✌🏽
If you really want to feel emotional and have goosebumps on your arms then you must give a listen to “The Eagle and the Hawk” by John Denver. Absolutely amazing song and gets me each and every time. I was fortunate to have met John on a golf course a couple years before his death. Told him how much his music meant to me. He shook my hand and said how much it meant to him that someone my age (I was about 28 at the time) enjoyed his music. Still heartbroken with his death. He had such an incredible voice!!
I was 14 in 1972. I heard john Denver on my friends pocket radio, and I was hooked. All I could think about was going to America to see and hear him sing, but we were way too poor for that. The best my friend and I could do was to listen to that little pocket radio and dream. Then life happened, work, children, married life filled my time up and the years went rolling by. Fast forward to the 80’s and 90’s cd collections, of course John Denver was amongst them and I swear that grabbing an hour listening to his songs was pure therapy. I got to the US, but sadly by then John was gone. How different my life is now to that fourteen year old girl who shared her best friends pocket radio….a quiet life in the country and listening to John’s Annie’s song as I sit in the garden on a still summer evening with my darling husband, my sentiments and love for him are echoed in this song so well…..and I realise just how blessed I am.
His voice carries the sense of what life is supposed to feel like, what it would be like without the strife, pain, and darkness. Each song is a glimpse into a kinder, simpler world that lays on the other side of the canyons dug by our failed choices. He was a lighthouse on a shore we never seem to reach.
John loved the beauty and serenity of the natural world. Especially the mountains. He cared deeply about mankind’s effect on the earth and the animal kingdom. If you want peace....get away from the frenetic city and sleep under a tree. Truly. RIP John. We miss you.
John Denver was a singer-songwriter & actor. He had so many great hits in the 70's-80's. Some of his signature songs were "Annie's Song (You Fill Up My Senses)", "Grandma's Feather Bed", "Fly Away", "Leaving On A Jet Plane", "Poems, Prayers & Promises", "Thank God I'm A Country Boy", "Calypso", "Sunshine On My Shoulders" etc. John appeared in several films & television specials during the 70's-80's, including the 1977 hit "Oh, God!", in which he starred alongside George Burns.
This was the first "grownup" album I bought for myself when I was about 12 years old. Thought provoking, inspiring and soul stirring. Just the sort thing I needed transitioning into being a young man. I definitely credit his music as one of the influences that helped me find myself and the spiritual quality of Nature.
John Denver is my most favorite artist of all time! He has such a way of music, his voice, and the songs (whether he has written them or not)! Not many like him! If you want a song to make you cry? "Sunshine On My Shoulders" and it even has the line 'sunshine in my eyes can make me cry...' My favorite song is "Poems, Prayers, and Promises" and "Follow Me" is another favorite of mine! But watch the video of John singing "This Old Guitar" from his tv show with him explaining his guitar he got from his grandmother! Such an amazing artist!
John has a really soothing voice.Whenever you are stressed,play a John Denver song,and you will feel better in a matter of minutes.John was a champion for nature and the environment. He had his pilot's license,and unfortunately his plane went down, and let to his death while he was in his prime.🏞
His music is like water to the desert of our hearts. That’s where the tears come from. We need the beauty and positivity. Thanks for your appreciation.
Great inspiring song. Makes you high on nature . That boomer generation really fought for the environment and got out in nature and lived life! No social media. Lol
John Denver is a great artist. You should react to Sunshine On My Shoulders. It's one of his best! Also can you react to more 70s & 80s commercials. Those were fun videos.
I love that you TOTALLY get his music. The beauty. The profoundness of it. My fave line is…You know you’d be a poorer man if you never saw an eagle fly. So very true. Rocky Mountain High, indeed. 🌏✌️💙🇺🇸
James your reaction brought tears to my eyes. Yoy should listen to Annies Song written for his ex wife. How she fillled him physically and spiritually. The music and lyrics are beyond any love song.
JB, your reaction was so real, sincere and appreciation for lyrics that paint a mural, and a voice that supplies all the colors.... The Rockies do take your breath away.. the night sky black filled with sparkling stars seem close enough to reach up and scoop them into your hands.... The crunch of pine needles, the scent of fresh aspen, spruce and evergreen pine trees towering around you fill your senses with their sweet, fresh scent. Sitting by yourself on an outcropping of rocks, gazing below and out you see vast lush meadow filled with wildflowers, elk grazing among the tall grass peacefully... You gaze up to the sky, a blue so beautiful filled with clouds bright white... You take a deep breath and feel like you can reach up and touch the face of God... You must put a visit to Rocky Mountain National Park on your bucket list. Like the amazing voice of John, you will also fall in love with the mountains so he loved. PEACE &🙏🏻🙏🏻🤗🤗
I've been listening to this song for over 40 years. I'm not even American but it gives me goosebumps every time. John Denver is a legend. Listen to For You, it will make you weep with its beauty.
I first this when it was released in 1972. I was 11. This song still makes me emotional, partly because the song is amazing, and partly because I still miss him.
Gone way too soon. He had so many great songs. I like a sunshine on my Shoulder and Thank God I’m a Country Boy. John Denver, James z Taylor and Carly Simon are my favorite folk artists.
If you haven’t heard John Denver & Placido Domingo’s duet of Perhaps Love, check it out. It’s probably my favorite duet EVER. There are also UA-cam videos of it. :)
What a beautiful thing to watch as someone genuinely appreciates the beauty of an amazing song. John Denver was what music should be about. Glad to know good folks are still discovering his amazing talent. Bless you for your pure emotional reaction!
For those of us that grew up in the 1970's, none of us realized what a magical time it was for music. Whether you were into John Denver, Classic Rock, or Pop, there was no other period quite like the 1970's. No music was computer generated. It was pure talent. John Denver was a style that was completely unique. I lived in Colorado as a kid when all his music came out. His music gave me a much greater appreciation for the beauty of the place I called home and gave me a respect for the land and environment in Colorado. During that period I listened to John Denver at least an hour or two every day. Every album he put out was so amazing! I still have all my original John Denver albums from this era. I only heard John Denver live one time after I became an adult and he was backed by the San Diego Orchestra at an outdoor concert on San Diego Bay in the 1990's. It was an amazing night. BTW, I have returned many times to Colorado and I cannot visit Aspen or the surrounding communities without having John Denver playing on my car's stereo. Now all my kids are huge John Denver fans too from those trips to Aspen. Thanks for your review. I really enjoyed it.
John Denver was an amazing man. I was blessed to get to grow up listening to him. He affects me the same now as he did then. Love him forever and miss him. There are few like him.
I grew up in NYC and when I was a kid I always dreamt of leaving that concrete jungle. I would go up to the wooded park a few miles from my house and dream that I was away in the wilderness. I would also take our radio from our kitchen and in the summer Id listen to John Denver in my back yard and dream about the places he sang about. About the same time my mom got sick with cancer and she passed at 39 yrs old, I was jus about to turn 13 and had no idea my life was about to become confusing and change forever. I continued to lean on Johns music and it helped me get by and I still tear up today when I hear his music today. I ended moving myself and my family to Colorado 24 years ago, at 36 or so and my life again had changed but it was for the better. I ended up building new homes and flipping older homes and was pretty successful for awhile. A friend, who was a part of John Denvers Windstar foundation, who I had no idea she was a part of, knew I was building homes and had contacted me to ask if I can duplicate a custom styled bench in memory to Erma, Johns Mom, who had recently passed away and have it permanently affixed in front of Johns Bronze statue of him holding his guitar and an Eagle, at the entry to Windstar foundation. I absolutely jumped at the opportunity to do so and I worked with my best finish carpenter to complete this. We did it because we were honored to do so, me more than most anyone, and although we couldn't be there for its presentation, I did get a call from Johns brother, Ron thanking me for helping get this done. Unbeknownst this took me full circle and I was honored to speak with Ron, Johns brother. Since then Ive become friendly with a cousin of John's and we shared a few great stories of how I was greatly affected by him and his great music and messages, from someone he never knew still today and Ed has shared a few with me also. I told Ed that John Denver was the Best friend I never had and that I enjoy sharing how I was affected by this great person !!!!! I am 60 years old and still live in Colorado, mostly because of John and his music !!!
So many great lines in this song. My 2 favorite are: "Talked to God and listened to the casual reply . . ." and "You know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly . . . " The whole song is a poem, really, and deeply autobiographical for John, who cherished the Earth.. I was 9 when this song came out and 10 when it became a huge hit in early '73--HUGE. I've heard this song at least a couple thousand times in my life (so far) and I got tears in my eyes watching your reaction. I love watching younger folks discover the really beautiful music I grew up on in the 70s. You have a really expressive face--wonderful reaction. Yours is my favorite of every reaction I've seen of this song. Nicely done! Just discovered you, just subbed. : )
YES! YES! YES! You got it!!! John was a great communicator and he obviously got through to you! Thank you for playing one of my favourite JD songs and understanding what our John was all about. (by the way, seeing you emotional made me cry too!)
He was a poet FIRST, THEN an excellent musician, AND had a very special singing voice. Duets include Love Again with Sylvie Vartan, Wild Montana Skies with Emmylou Harris, Perhaps Love with Placido Domingo. Must listens include Calypso, Matthew, The Eagle and the Hawk, Rhymes and Reasons. His songs have brought tears to my eyes for 50 yrs.
He was a good man. If you ever go to Aspen Colorado you can go to the John Denver Memorial Garden. A walk along a stream with John Denver's words carved into huge boulders. It is a moving experience and a beautiful place to be. Peace to you, young man. Peace to the world.
John Denver has always been one of my favorite singers. He is iconic and left a legacy of beautiful music. It was super sad how he died in a crash in a small airplane he owned.
This came out while I was in Viet-nam. I'm from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina and this song made me so home sick, it's been 52 years and I cried when he died. clp
Wow... maybe the most sincere reaction I've ever seen on a reaction video. The power of music never fails to blow me away. Thanks so much for sharing this special experience with us all.
I was fortunate enough to see him live when I was 7. I always looked forward to seeing him on the Muppets back then. I'm now 54 and still love him and his music. His passing hit hard for me. Thank you for keeping his music alive.
Can’t believed it has been 25 years once his too early death, RIP John Denver. Saw him once in a hotel in Boulder. Hope to visit his outdoor museum in Aspen in 2023. His wife Annie gift to his fans!!
I grew up listening to all these great songs of yester years. We expected nothing but the best, and that’s what we got. Such talented people blessed our ears and hearts. I’m so glad you are hearing them and appreciating them as we did back then. Keep on!!
When I was a teenager, I climbed Long's Peak, 14,000 plus feet above the mile high Denver. The feeling you get being so high and looking out over the vast plains to the east, and the Rockies to your left and right is something you just can't explain, though you can get a feel for it in this song.
Yes I agree John Denver was one of a kind Very Special and taken from us so unexpectedly, I will never forget that day, in an antique store in Moro Bay , Ca and the owner had the radio on and a special report came in, as she turned the radio up EVERYONE stopped talking, shopping and moving . . as the report confirmed he was dead, crashed his plane, not a dry eye in the shop. . . Thano you John for all you left us
There are so many great songs by John Denver. I would have a hard time naming one bad song. One of his best songs is Poems, Prayers and Promises. You would love it.
We might be kindred spirits, because I’ve heard this song over a thousand times and every time it makes me emotional. Truly one of the greatest songs ever written, and my go-to music is hard rock and old metal. His song “Looking for Space” really gets me as well
One of my father's favourite artists, if not his absolute favourite. Although my father is still alive, I struggle to listen to John Denver because of how emotional it makes me and because I am always going to associate his voice and his songs with my father, when he is no longer here. I just don't know how I am going to cope with that fact of life that one day he will not be here. I can't even handle thinking about it without welling up. This is the power of John Denver. I don't think any other artist he likes would do this to me. Times seemed just so much more gentle and wholesome back then, where artists could write songs that tapped into the core of the human spirit, with nature, with what's good and right about being alive, and talent like John and the musicianship of the instruments reach into the soul. Although it is often associated with grumpy people when people say the following, I don't care, because it is true - new music, new artists, do nothing for the human spirit, for real emotional meaning - and the musicianship is just plain lacking. They aren't a patch on this kind of thing and the sad thing is, those times and these kinds of songs are of a time, of a nature, of a culture, that will never be created again and will eventually become lost in the sands of time, like old gramophone recordings. 90% of new air-play songs are just garbage by comparison in my view. I'm pretty dedicated to techno and progressive house music, I own over 5000 12" vinyls of the stuff - but although I love "my era" of that genre, I still recognise the talent of people like John Denver and how this is 'real music' by comparison. Maybe one day I can tell my father this, but I think I'd struggle to make it through the conversation without bawling, so it may just have to remain unsaid and be one of those things I just come to remember him by.
I feel bad for those that dont cry when music is done right. It does not matter what kind of music it is Rock Pop Country .Music is the only thing i know that will put a smile on my face and a tear in my eye at the same time. Nothing but luck for ya man
Well said 👍
John Denver was amazing -- he was like his own genre of music. His ability to carry one to a place and make them long for it like it was their own memory was incredible.
"The voice of a storyteller" that was the best thing I've ever heard said about John Denver. Your insight here was brilliant.
John Denver has ALWAYS made me cry !!! The emotion in his voice and poetry in his lyrics is so amazing !!! I love the line "...I know I'd be a poor man if I never saw an Eagle 🦅 fly ....". ❤❤❤
The way your face lit up with the first few lines was wonderful to see. You could put all his songs in a bag, close your eyes, & still have a 100% chance of picking a great one out. He sang about the simple joys of life with a voice full of love: Calypso, Grandma's Feather Bed, Thank God I'm a Country Boy, and of course (Take Me Home) Country Roads. You just cannot go wrong with John Denver's music.
It is a testament to a singer/songwriter when he can convey a message and stir a tiny percentage of the emotion he felt when he experienced the grandeur of the Colorado Rockies. The hard-hearted critics at the time of its release thought the only "High" could be drug-induced. John Denver was singing about such beauty that stirs the soul and inspired this song.
It is a testament to the intellectual and emotional humility and honesty of JB to allow the viewers to experience your honest reaction to the song.
There will never be another John Denver…I was privileged to be present at six of his concerts. His voice was as pure and beautiful in person as it is in a recording studio. No “airs” about him. What you see is what you get. I still miss him so much…
I'm approaching 70 years old and this song came out when I was 19. What I realize now is that it is about finding where we belong in this world, not an easy task for anyone. It makes me so emotional now.
He was concerned about the environment, too. He had a huge hit called Calypso, which honoured a boat owned by Jacques Cousteau. Cousteau tried to bring awareness to the environment. He learned and carried out a lot of research through scuba diving. Denver met him and was so impressed with him, he wrote Calypso and gave Cousteau all the proceeds of the song to keep his boat operating.
Definitely one to watch
One of my favorites
John Denver is a favorite of mine, my Dad and I would listen to him together all the time when I was young, singing along on long car rides in Vermont. I will always love John. His songs Calypso and The Eagle and the Hawk are my favorites. He will forever be missed.
John Denver simply the best
Sunshine on my shoulders will bring the tears. You won't feel them coming, they just come out of nowhere for me.
Well said
The story, according to John's wife, Annie was this.
John Denver had a good friend, a fellow musician, who died too young. The night of his funeral, his wife had his friends gather on their property on a lake shore in the Rocky Mountains where they sat around a fire telling their stories about him. In the early morning hours there was a meteor shower that stunned them all into silence, and they each drifted away from the fire, involved in their own thoughts.
When they woke up late the next morning, they found that John had stayed awake and written this song about his friend and himself.
The line "talk to God and listen to the casual reply" sums up the feeling I have when I'm in the mountains
I can not tell you how much that line means to me. I DO talk to God a lot. But one time when my heart was burdened and was concerned about a certain situation, I was stopped in my tracks when I heard His voice say to me “fear not, for I am with thee.” This was not in my head, I heard it as if He was walking with me. And I’m not one that goes around saying God speaks to me all the time. But this time He did. Other times I felt His answer in my heart. I hope you have a blessed day.
Sums up every time I am in nature 😀
It’s so nice to see someone younger appreciating what some of us older folks have been listening to for years. Well done JB
You have a key to every door, a home you've never been to before.
It sounds like he reached Heaven. ☝️🙏🙄👍
John will be gone from us 25 years this fall, and I still miss him. It is lovely to know his music is still touching new listeners' hearts.
Oh my, has it really been half my lifetime? I miss him too, and am saddened by all the songs he never got to sing for us. Makes me want to treasure his recordings even more.
His music touched all of my life. I was born in WV. My younger brother passed at 36 and Country Roads was played at his funeral and scattering of his ashes in the Kanawa State Forrest, echoing in the hollar. I have lived most of my life in the Rockies of Colorado. Annie's Song fit to a T the way I felt about my wife...etc.
"I've seen it raining fire in the sky"... referring to the meteor shower he watched when writing this song. RIP John Denver - you were LEGENDARY!! 💖🌄
PLEASE do "Sunshine On My Shoulders" soon. ☀✌🏽
If you really want to feel emotional and have goosebumps on your arms then you must give a listen to “The Eagle and the Hawk” by John Denver. Absolutely amazing song and gets me each and every time. I was fortunate to have met John on a golf course a couple years before his death. Told him how much his music meant to me. He shook my hand and said how much it meant to him that someone my age (I was about 28 at the time) enjoyed his music. Still heartbroken with his death. He had such an incredible voice!!
The Eagle and the Hawk is my favorite among many of his songs. Always inspires me.
My favorite song too…. The Bald Eagle is my Spirit Animal!!!
His voice is like a hug from Grandma
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I was 14 in 1972. I heard john Denver on my friends pocket radio, and I was hooked. All I could think about was going to America to see and hear him sing, but we were way too poor for that. The best my friend and I could do was to listen to that little pocket radio and dream. Then life happened, work, children, married life filled my time up and the years went rolling by. Fast forward to the 80’s and 90’s cd collections, of course John Denver was amongst them and I swear that grabbing an hour listening to his songs was pure therapy. I got to the US, but sadly by then John was gone. How different my life is now to that fourteen year old girl who shared her best friends pocket radio….a quiet life in the country and listening to John’s Annie’s song as I sit in the garden on a still summer evening with my darling husband, my sentiments and love for him are echoed in this song so well…..and I realise just how blessed I am.
John Denver is absolutely good for the soul
His voice carries the sense of what life is supposed to feel like, what it would be like without the strife, pain, and darkness. Each song is a glimpse into a kinder, simpler world that lays on the other side of the canyons dug by our failed choices. He was a lighthouse on a shore we never seem to reach.
John loved the beauty and serenity of the natural world. Especially the mountains. He cared deeply about mankind’s effect on the earth and the animal kingdom. If you want peace....get away from the frenetic city and sleep under a tree. Truly. RIP John. We miss you.
Those of us that grew up in the late 60s and 79# were so blessed with the music we grew up with
"You can talk to God and listen to the casual reply" Awesome spirituality expressed in this lyric!
John Denver was a singer-songwriter & actor. He had so many great hits in the 70's-80's. Some of his signature songs were "Annie's Song (You Fill Up My Senses)", "Grandma's Feather Bed", "Fly Away", "Leaving On A Jet Plane", "Poems, Prayers & Promises", "Thank God I'm A Country Boy", "Calypso", "Sunshine On My Shoulders" etc. John appeared in several films & television specials during the 70's-80's, including the 1977 hit "Oh, God!", in which he starred alongside George Burns.
Your first two songs are actually the same one; "you fill up my senses" is the opening line of Annie's Song. Denver was wonderful...
@@stevetournay6103 Yes I know. They were meant to be all together, just forgot the brackets. Thanks
I loved Oh God, such a great movie.
What songs of his were where from the 80s?
This was the first "grownup" album I bought for myself when I was about 12 years old. Thought provoking, inspiring and soul stirring. Just the sort thing I needed transitioning into being a young man. I definitely credit his music as one of the influences that helped me find myself and the spiritual quality of Nature.
Same. Everything you said, but I was 11 when I got this album.
This album was life-changing for me as well. Took me down the whole John Denver rabbit hole and I am a much better person for it!
Same. First album, first live concert. 😍
Funny that I saw this tonight.. this am , I said Alexa, play John Denver 70’s and it started my day off right!!
John Denver is my most favorite artist of all time! He has such a way of music, his voice, and the songs (whether he has written them or not)! Not many like him! If you want a song to make you cry? "Sunshine On My Shoulders" and it even has the line 'sunshine in my eyes can make me cry...' My favorite song is "Poems, Prayers, and Promises" and "Follow Me" is another favorite of mine! But watch the video of John singing "This Old Guitar" from his tv show with him explaining his guitar he got from his grandmother! Such an amazing artist!
It's so wonderful to see a male empath. Love your heart ❤️
John has a really soothing voice.Whenever you are stressed,play a John Denver song,and you will feel better in a matter of minutes.John was a champion for nature and the environment. He had his pilot's license,and unfortunately his plane went down, and let to his death while he was in his prime.🏞
Rhymes and Reason is probably some of the most beautiful lyrics ever written by anyone. My favorite John Denver song by far.
His music is like water to the desert of our hearts. That’s where the tears come from. We need the beauty and positivity. Thanks for your appreciation.
He was the most iconic he could tell a story that pulled you in to it.and I was so sad the day he passed
He takes you on a beautiful journey. R.I.P. John. 🙏
John Denver's music Is Best described as PURE Innocence.
Go back to him soon. JB.. he soothes the soul with his music. Something you have needed. Let John take you there.
I have lived in The Colorado Mountains 58 years of the 60 years I have been alive. John Denver sings to my solo and want I love.
John Denver " Looking For Space" is an awesome moving song definitely worth a listen!
I'd tie that song in with Sweet Surrender. They kinda go together.
Great inspiring song. Makes you high on nature . That boomer generation really fought for the environment and got out in nature and lived life! No social media. Lol
John Denver is a great artist. You should react to Sunshine On My Shoulders. It's one of his best! Also can you react to more 70s & 80s commercials. Those were fun videos.
I love that you TOTALLY get his music. The beauty. The profoundness of it. My fave line is…You know you’d be a poorer man if you never saw an eagle fly.
So very true. Rocky Mountain High, indeed. 🌏✌️💙🇺🇸
James your reaction brought tears to my eyes. Yoy should listen to Annies Song written for his ex wife. How she fillled him physically and spiritually. The music and lyrics are beyond any love song.
We love you James!
He's already done that, and he loved it. Said it was the most beautiful song he'd ever heard.
Takes me back to my childhood in the 70s. Beautiful soul.
Saw John Denver twice in concert...great both times...never tired of listening to him...
JB, your reaction was so real, sincere and appreciation for lyrics that paint a mural, and a voice that supplies all the colors.... The Rockies do take your breath away.. the night sky black filled with sparkling stars seem close enough to reach up and scoop them into your hands.... The crunch of pine needles, the scent of fresh aspen, spruce and evergreen pine trees towering around you fill your senses with their sweet, fresh scent. Sitting by yourself on an outcropping of rocks, gazing below and out you see vast lush meadow filled with wildflowers, elk grazing among the tall grass peacefully... You gaze up to the sky, a blue so beautiful filled with clouds bright white... You take a deep breath and feel like you can reach up and touch the face of God... You must put a visit to Rocky Mountain National Park on your bucket list. Like the amazing voice of John, you will also fall in love with the mountains so he loved. PEACE &🙏🏻🙏🏻🤗🤗
You're on a roll today. 🥰🥰 You can do every JD song and I'm here for it.
I've been listening to this song for over 40 years. I'm not even American but it gives me goosebumps every time. John Denver is a legend. Listen to For You, it will make you weep with its beauty.
Music should always move you. John Denver mastered it! 🎸 ❤️🎶👏
One of my favorites. John is a true treasure. Beautiful voice, awesome songwriter😌
I first this when it was released in 1972. I was 11. This song still makes me emotional, partly because the song is amazing, and partly because I still miss him.
His voice has made me cry all my life, so pure.
Yes like the freshest clear spring water or the beautiful mixture of white puffy clouds against a blue sky😍❤️
Mine too. I used to cry when I sang his songs. Also made me want to move to the Rockies. Sunshine on my shoulders made me ball
Gone way too soon. He had so many great songs. I like a sunshine on my Shoulder and Thank God I’m a Country Boy. John Denver, James z Taylor and Carly Simon are my favorite folk artists.
You have a true appreciation of John Denver's voice, and beautiful lyrics and story-telling
If you haven’t heard John Denver & Placido Domingo’s duet of Perhaps Love, check it out. It’s probably my favorite duet EVER. There are also UA-cam videos of it. :)
Jonathan Antoine sang that song too in a duet with his former partner Charlotte J.!
@@theresadaly3762 Thank you so much for the heads up, I love Jonathan and Charlotte, too!
Yes! That songs makes me cry every time!❤️
Right! His songs are visual as he paints the story with his voice and music.
When you say this song makes you want to go to the mountains Mr Denver is smiling for sure. You should go!!
What a beautiful thing to watch as someone genuinely appreciates the beauty of an amazing song. John Denver was what music should be about. Glad to know good folks are still discovering his amazing talent. Bless you for your pure emotional reaction!
Your thinking is correct! He is an icon.
Yes, please come and visit the Rocky Mountains. Try to come in the Fall. Colorado is incredible.
My 2 favorite John Denver songs are Leaving on a jet Plane,and Lady!🎶
My family uprooted from New York to Colorado because of this Song!! Now That's the Power of Music!! ❤
Voice like an angel.
For those of us that grew up in the 1970's, none of us realized what a magical time it was for music. Whether you were into John Denver, Classic Rock, or Pop, there was no other period quite like the 1970's. No music was computer generated. It was pure talent. John Denver was a style that was completely unique. I lived in Colorado as a kid when all his music came out. His music gave me a much greater appreciation for the beauty of the place I called home and gave me a respect for the land and environment in Colorado. During that period I listened to John Denver at least an hour or two every day. Every album he put out was so amazing! I still have all my original John Denver albums from this era. I only heard John Denver live one time after I became an adult and he was backed by the San Diego Orchestra at an outdoor concert on San Diego Bay in the 1990's. It was an amazing night. BTW, I have returned many times to Colorado and I cannot visit Aspen or the surrounding communities without having John Denver playing on my car's stereo. Now all my kids are huge John Denver fans too from those trips to Aspen. Thanks for your review. I really enjoyed it.
John Denver was an amazing man. I was blessed to get to grow up listening to him. He affects me the same now as he did then. Love him forever and miss him. There are few like him.
I've lucky enough to see John three times when he came to England. He really is a thoroughly nice guy as well as a genius.
John Denver is fantastic!
I grew up in NYC and when I was a kid I always dreamt of leaving that concrete jungle. I would go up to the wooded park a few miles from my house and dream that I was away in the wilderness. I would also take our radio from our kitchen and in the summer Id listen to John Denver in my back yard and dream about the places he sang about. About the same time my mom got sick with cancer and she passed at 39 yrs old, I was jus about to turn 13 and had no idea my life was about to become confusing and change forever. I continued to lean on Johns music and it helped me get by and I still tear up today when I hear his music today. I ended moving myself and my family to Colorado 24 years ago, at 36 or so and my life again had changed but it was for the better. I ended up building new homes and flipping older homes and was pretty successful for awhile. A friend, who was a part of John Denvers Windstar foundation, who I had no idea she was a part of, knew I was building homes and had contacted me to ask if I can duplicate a custom styled bench in memory to Erma, Johns Mom, who had recently passed away and have it permanently affixed in front of Johns Bronze statue of him holding his guitar and an Eagle, at the entry to Windstar foundation. I absolutely jumped at the opportunity to do so and I worked with my best finish carpenter to complete this. We did it because we were honored to do so, me more than most anyone, and although we couldn't be there for its presentation, I did get a call from Johns brother, Ron thanking me for helping get this done. Unbeknownst this took me full circle and I was honored to speak with Ron, Johns brother. Since then Ive become friendly with a cousin of John's and we shared a few great stories of how I was greatly affected by him and his great music and messages, from someone he never knew still today and Ed has shared a few with me also. I told Ed that John Denver was the Best friend I never had and that I enjoy sharing how I was affected by this great person !!!!! I am 60 years old and still live in Colorado, mostly because of John and his music !!!
You and so many others bless us in your discovery of the amazing music many of us grew up with. Truly it is a great HIGH. God bless you, dear.
I miss John Denver being on the earth and his music and poetry and his message of peace and efforts to end world hunger.
So many great lines in this song. My 2 favorite are: "Talked to God and listened to the casual reply . . ." and "You know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly . . . " The whole song is a poem, really, and deeply autobiographical for John, who cherished the Earth..
I was 9 when this song came out and 10 when it became a huge hit in early '73--HUGE. I've heard this song at least a couple thousand times in my life (so far) and I got tears in my eyes watching your reaction. I love watching younger folks discover the really beautiful music I grew up on in the 70s. You have a really expressive face--wonderful reaction. Yours is my favorite of every reaction I've seen of this song. Nicely done! Just discovered you, just subbed. : )
YES! YES! YES! You got it!!! John was a great communicator and he obviously got through to you! Thank you for playing one of my favourite JD songs and understanding what our John was all about. (by the way, seeing you emotional made me cry too!)
He was a poet FIRST, THEN an excellent musician, AND had a very special singing voice.
Duets include Love Again with Sylvie Vartan, Wild Montana Skies with Emmylou Harris, Perhaps Love with Placido Domingo. Must listens include Calypso, Matthew, The Eagle and the Hawk, Rhymes and Reasons. His songs have brought tears to my eyes for 50 yrs.
He was a good man. If you ever go to Aspen Colorado you can go to the John Denver Memorial Garden. A walk along a stream with John Denver's words carved into huge boulders. It is a moving experience and a beautiful place to be. Peace to you, young man. Peace to the world.
We just moved to Colorado and I grew up listening to John Denver. May he RIP. I get chills listening to him
John Denver has always been one of my favorite singers. He is iconic and left a legacy of beautiful music. It was super sad how he died in a crash in a small airplane he owned.
This came out while I was in Viet-nam. I'm from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina and this song made me so home sick, it's been 52 years and I cried when he died. clp
I live in the Colorado Rockies. It is a lot like the song.
I grew up with his beautiful songs😊
"I'm too stunned to speak". Yup, about sums it up
Wow... maybe the most sincere reaction I've ever seen on a reaction video. The power of music never fails to blow me away. Thanks so much for sharing this special experience with us all.
I was fortunate enough to see him live when I was 7. I always looked forward to seeing him on the Muppets back then. I'm now 54 and still love him and his music. His passing hit hard for me. Thank you for keeping his music alive.
Can’t believed it has been 25 years once his too early death, RIP John Denver. Saw him once in a hotel in Boulder. Hope to visit his outdoor museum in Aspen in 2023. His wife Annie gift to his fans!!
He truly can touch your soul❤️ Agree with you 💯, one of the most beautiful voices ever!
You need to go to Colorado. Your soul is yearning starving for the beauty of the heart and soul. You're an earth angel.
He had a voice that could ring out like a bell, or be gentle like a stream.
I am so glad this song touched you the way it has touched millions for decades. Excellent pick.
I grew up listening to all these great songs of yester years. We expected nothing but the best, and that’s what we got. Such talented people blessed our ears and hearts. I’m so glad you are hearing them and appreciating them as we did back then. Keep on!!
There's healing in nature. I think we are a better version of ourselves when we keep in touch with nature.
When I was a teenager, I climbed Long's Peak, 14,000 plus feet above the mile high Denver. The feeling you get being so high and looking out over the vast plains to the east, and the Rockies to your left and right is something you just can't explain, though you can get a feel for it in this song.
I love your face when you first hear Denver’s crystalline voice and poetic lyrics. Had the same effect on me 40 years ago.
Yes I agree John Denver was one of a kind Very Special and taken from us so unexpectedly, I will never forget that day, in an antique store in Moro Bay , Ca and the owner had the radio on and a special report came in, as she turned the radio up EVERYONE stopped talking, shopping and moving . . as the report confirmed he was dead, crashed his plane, not a dry eye in the shop. . . Thano you John for all you left us
There are so many great songs by John Denver. I would have a hard time naming one bad song. One of his best songs is Poems, Prayers and Promises. You would love it.
‘Annie’s song’ will leave you even more speechless!!
You got to hear his song "Spirit." if you want to hear the POWER of his voice.
You are rocking some great songs today. Thank you. ❤❤❤❤❤
I love John denver music great video buddy
😊 This song came out when I was in college. Brings back such good memories.
We might be kindred spirits, because I’ve heard this song over a thousand times and every time it makes me emotional. Truly one of the greatest songs ever written, and my go-to music is hard rock and old metal. His song “Looking for Space” really gets me as well
One of my father's favourite artists, if not his absolute favourite. Although my father is still alive, I struggle to listen to John Denver because of how emotional it makes me and because I am always going to associate his voice and his songs with my father, when he is no longer here.
I just don't know how I am going to cope with that fact of life that one day he will not be here. I can't even handle thinking about it without welling up. This is the power of John Denver. I don't think any other artist he likes would do this to me.
Times seemed just so much more gentle and wholesome back then, where artists could write songs that tapped into the core of the human spirit, with nature, with what's good and right about being alive, and talent like John and the musicianship of the instruments reach into the soul.
Although it is often associated with grumpy people when people say the following, I don't care, because it is true - new music, new artists, do nothing for the human spirit, for real emotional meaning - and the musicianship is just plain lacking. They aren't a patch on this kind of thing and the sad thing is, those times and these kinds of songs are of a time, of a nature, of a culture, that will never be created again and will eventually become lost in the sands of time, like old gramophone recordings.
90% of new air-play songs are just garbage by comparison in my view. I'm pretty dedicated to techno and progressive house music, I own over 5000 12" vinyls of the stuff - but although I love "my era" of that genre, I still recognise the talent of people like John Denver and how this is 'real music' by comparison. Maybe one day I can tell my father this, but I think I'd struggle to make it through the conversation without bawling, so it may just have to remain unsaid and be one of those things I just come to remember him by.
Those feelings and emotions are completely valid. This man's voice is just..... on a whole other level.
I loved your reaction, I loved your Annie's song reaction. I hope you can do "Sunshine on my shoulders" next.