John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy (Official Audio)

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  • "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" by John Denver
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    Lyrics:
    So kiss me and smile for me
    Tell me that you'll wait for me
    Hold me like you'll never let me go
    'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
    Don't know when I'll be back again
    Oh babe, I hate to go
    #JohnDenver #ThankGodImACountryBoy #OfficialAudio

КОМЕНТАРІ • 6 тис.

  • @b7grams
    @b7grams 3 роки тому +4899

    I'm pretty sure John Denver has a better flow than 95% of the rappers out there

  • @aaronplatt142
    @aaronplatt142 3 роки тому +55

    The comments saying:
    Well im irish...
    Well im mexican...
    Well im black...
    Or whatever you are, no one cares. Country boy is a state of mind, quit focusing on race, religion, and nationality and just be happy.

    • @nathanmcdonald610
      @nathanmcdonald610 2 роки тому +8

      That's the beauty of John Denvers music. He preached love and happiness for all, live a good life you only get one.

    • @ghostlygent
      @ghostlygent Місяць тому +3

      Underrated (spot on) comment. 🏆

  • @richardoki8320
    @richardoki8320 Рік тому +178

    My mom met Mr. Denver before his passing. She told me how nice he was to her. God bless Mr. Denver.

    • @machechile
      @machechile 7 місяців тому +3

      If she had met him after his passing, it would have been a little worrying...🤔

    • @user-qo8ko5sx3e
      @user-qo8ko5sx3e 6 місяців тому +4

      @@machechilerude

    • @lauraromines731
      @lauraromines731 6 місяців тому +2

      I am sorry bout your Mom!!!! She had good taste! I was a teenager when this song came out and I am from Jersey my father in law was originally from Tenn. He has since passed Talk about a country boy!!!!!

    • @cheddarcheese3589
      @cheddarcheese3589 4 місяці тому

      Wow small world seeing you here Mr. Oki

    • @boogieman9591
      @boogieman9591 3 місяці тому

      @@user-qo8ko5sx3eWomp womp

  • @annkennedy7935
    @annkennedy7935 20 днів тому +18

    That's different. Indeed.

    We live in a crazy world now.
    Who's listening in 2024?

  • @KennyObiWanKenobi
    @KennyObiWanKenobi 3 роки тому +2211

    This song literally gives me life.

    • @lazarferret29
      @lazarferret29 3 роки тому +18

      same

    • @jeanielowe3246
      @jeanielowe3246 3 роки тому +21

      Amen, same here!

    • @ART224
      @ART224 3 роки тому +28

      Totally agree. And always remember-fiddle when you can, work when you should.

    • @douglasmaxell3764
      @douglasmaxell3764 3 роки тому +14

      I couldn't agree with you more "GOD BLESS"

    • @kiss4jam
      @kiss4jam 3 роки тому +7

      Yes! 👏👏👏

  • @Cale_Roy_Wusere
    @Cale_Roy_Wusere 8 років тому +6024

    I was in Berlin, Germany in 1992 and went this place called the Irish Pub to throw back a few. They had this two piece band there cranking out a bunch of American tunes all night. At one point they broke into a stretch of John Denver tunes, and man that friggin' bar came ALIVE! Everybody was singing in English (with German Accents of course) and people got on the dance floor and even some tables dancing their butts off. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen! Those Germans love their John Denver.

    • @renewigmore978
      @renewigmore978 8 років тому +25

      R.wigmore

    • @centeredbalance2175
      @centeredbalance2175 8 років тому +59

      +Cale Roy Wusere that is AWESOME! :)

    • @Cale_Roy_Wusere
      @Cale_Roy_Wusere 8 років тому +118

      I guess that what happens when you tear down a wall that divides your country. Hope, maybe? Whatever it was, I'm still searching for it ... and I find it every now and then.

    • @dorothysmom
      @dorothysmom 8 років тому +166

      +Cale Roy Wusere John was German his real last name is Deutschendorf.

    • @Cale_Roy_Wusere
      @Cale_Roy_Wusere 8 років тому +44

      That explains a lot.

  • @NostalgiaMan
    @NostalgiaMan 2 роки тому +1253

    My family were all farmers in southern Indiana and still are over 140 years later. Thank god we are a country family

    • @jimmckenna7007
      @jimmckenna7007 2 роки тому +18

      Good luck thank you and god bless I reckon we got a good year comin no worries scrow

    • @shanepack2892
      @shanepack2892 2 роки тому +16

      Thank God for you country folk we still need it even though I'm in the south in Tennessee East Tennessee that is

    • @bmovie5002
      @bmovie5002 2 роки тому +8

      Amen. God bless you.

    • @NostalgiaMan
      @NostalgiaMan 2 роки тому +6

      @@shanepack2892 I'm heading to Gatlinburg in 3 days lol. I come there 4 or 5 time a year. Lovely area

    • @NostalgiaMan
      @NostalgiaMan 2 роки тому +2

      @@bmovie5002 You as well

  • @vanessahorvat2824
    @vanessahorvat2824 11 місяців тому +47

    I am 44. To date, this is the happiest song I have ever heard.

    • @vanessahorvat2824
      @vanessahorvat2824 6 місяців тому

      @JamesRobbot JamesRobot, this is my most favourite response ever. I am a big fan of my cats and their feelings. Likewise, I adore that I have attracted a robot! Holy smokes James robot, are you looking for a friend?

    • @OneRedKansan55
      @OneRedKansan55 Місяць тому

      I agree!!!!!LOVE IT

    • @constantinespanos488
      @constantinespanos488 26 днів тому

      That, and it's contemporary "Let Your Love Flow"!!

  • @ScalieSubstance
    @ScalieSubstance 6 років тому +2098

    This instantly cures my depression. Thank you John.

  • @generalpatton8468
    @generalpatton8468 5 років тому +158

    R.I.P. John Denver
    1943-1997

    • @poseidongodofthesea6235
      @poseidongodofthesea6235 3 роки тому

      😭 noooo

    • @abinashmishra329
      @abinashmishra329 3 роки тому

      ToT

    • @skurik1
      @skurik1 3 роки тому

      Press F to John Denver, he was a good country boy...

    • @MissWinkle555
      @MissWinkle555 3 роки тому

      I feel like he went out doing something that he loved though. At least there's that. "Mountain mama, take me home" 🙏❤

    • @hulkfan97
      @hulkfan97 26 днів тому

      Wow he died shortly after I was born

  • @Dreadnok_K6
    @Dreadnok_K6 Місяць тому +14

    This song is why I fight for this country.

  • @michaelscottpapercompany1234
    @michaelscottpapercompany1234 Рік тому +51

    *Better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.*

    • @samanli-tw3id
      @samanli-tw3id Місяць тому

      A warrior who fights with a pitchfork

    • @johnhobson8886
      @johnhobson8886 Місяць тому +1

      I grow cacti. Don't fuck with this gardener.........😅

    • @wessonblox
      @wessonblox Місяць тому

      Who loves John Devil?

  • @gforce4all
    @gforce4all 8 років тому +877

    John Denver lived and died doing what he loved.Not bad.

    • @northeastfencing-sales3966
      @northeastfencing-sales3966 8 років тому +16

      +gforce4all Agree. Same as Buddy Holly

    • @joshpowers8335
      @joshpowers8335 6 років тому +54

      >died doin what he loved
      Oh how john denver always loves crashing airplanes

    • @glassjawdp
      @glassjawdp 6 років тому +2

      rofl yup

    • @meowcow21
      @meowcow21 5 років тому +10

      @@joshpowers8335 he was a pilot

    • @oswald_1927
      @oswald_1927 5 років тому +1

      gforce4all dude he died in a plane crash

  • @GhostOfJulesVerne
    @GhostOfJulesVerne 2 роки тому +247

    John Denver could squeeze tears from a stone.

  • @vaniitas8403
    @vaniitas8403 2 роки тому +39

    Hello from Brazil, got raised on a farm, im not american but thanks god im a country boy

  • @rockerangusyoung623
    @rockerangusyoung623 3 роки тому +1191

    As someone who is not a country boy in the slightest (I’m California boy), this song is undeniably amazing. And it sounds like it would’ve been incredible to hear live with country people.

    • @erich4325
      @erich4325 3 роки тому +34

      I’m from Saskatchewan, farming province play this on the combine all the time.

    • @DrMurdercock
      @DrMurdercock 3 роки тому +70

      Dude, we just chill brother. Takes us 20 minutes to get anywhere we need. Everyone has a yard and a front porch. Everyone waves at one another. People don't lock their doors sometimes. It's about living slow, enjoying life, being kind to those around you....You're a country boy at heart, you were just born in Cali bro.

    • @DrMurdercock
      @DrMurdercock 3 роки тому +8

      @@erich4325 Reminds of Son In Law when Pauly Shore took the combine out lol. You can tell real country boys from fakes easy. You did here. You said "combine" and not "harvester." lol Combine=Country Boy Harvester=Not So Country Boy

    • @2023-Sucked
      @2023-Sucked 3 роки тому +6

      I listen to it because of my grandfather, he was from West Virginia and john denver was his favorite singer, i live on the east coast but I always think about him and West Virginia when I listen to John Denvers music

    • @allahuakbar7717
      @allahuakbar7717 3 роки тому +9

      Thank God I’m one

  • @iana6713
    @iana6713 10 місяців тому +150

    My taste in music does NOT normally venture into Country, but John Denver is the exception - his music transcends a simple description as that. He was incredibly talented. The man had rhythm that a lot of modern "artists" would give their right arm for!

    • @jaybee9269
      @jaybee9269 9 місяців тому +8

      He was more and amalgam of country, folk and pop…but his awesomeness is unquestioned!

    • @clarkb1900
      @clarkb1900 8 місяців тому +2

      A lot of modern country sounds especially crap... ;D

    • @benjaminwilliams1292
      @benjaminwilliams1292 8 місяців тому

      I think that you would love Bread as well. John Denver and David Gates aren't strictly country. They fit more into the genre of Soft Rock. Bright, soothing and optimistic songs like Make It With You and Baby I'm-A Want You are classics

    • @user-ru6vf3xd8y
      @user-ru6vf3xd8y 8 місяців тому

      I’ve only just found country music I love it now I wish I’d of found it a lot sooner

    • @benjaminwilliams1292
      @benjaminwilliams1292 8 місяців тому

      @user-ru6vf3xd8y I've stopped buying CDs for the time being but with country music besides John Denver I have compilations for Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, and collaboratively as The Highwaymen, and also Glen Campbell, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. Metallica lead singer James Hetfield is a country music lover. One surprise inclusion on their 1996 album Load is a beautiful and bitter-sweet country ballad about love and loss called Mama Said. Look it up here on UA-cam. Even if you're not a Metallica fan, or a fan of hard rock or heavy metal you'll be pleasantly surprised 🙂

  • @jackspry9736
    @jackspry9736 Рік тому +37

    RIP John Denver (December 31, 1943 - October 12, 1997), aged 53
    You will always be remembered as a legend.

  • @QuEsT_X
    @QuEsT_X 2 роки тому +12

    I'm black & from very very humble beginnings a place you'd never hear this music or even song, I stumbled on this by accident, I must admit i was nodding my head the whole time

    • @DougKatz-hu8cn
      @DougKatz-hu8cn 18 днів тому

      Music has no color,it's for everyone...enjoy.

  • @ryandaud2549
    @ryandaud2549 3 роки тому +645

    This John Denver album was given to me when I was 16 years old, It was my first ever birthday present{but that's another story}, I had never heard John Denver's music before, but I played his music and loved every single song. and I listened to his music everyday until i could sing every song by heart, I was heart broken when I heard of his passing in his airplane crash. And now, at 63 years old, I still love and listen to his beautiful music whenever I can. God blesses John Denver and American country music.

    • @fazzamuhammad3114
      @fazzamuhammad3114 3 роки тому +6

      Greeting

    • @zep4426
      @zep4426 3 роки тому +23

      I met him outside a Harvard College auditorium where I’d just Ostend to his speech on world health. I went out the side door and stood with my young Son ext to his limo. Out he came. As he passed me and got in I said “Hi John. Good luck.” Now in the car, he smiled and said “Thank you.” My little moment with John. The next night, I drove to Providence, R. I. and had a great seat with young and old people watching, hearing him sing. I marveled at that. He will always be my favorite. Robert Plant...a close 2nd.

    • @andrerieumaastricht9811
      @andrerieumaastricht9811 3 роки тому +4

      A big thank you for your love all these years to my Dad's songs. I miss him every day.🙏🏼🙏🏼

    • @LeStephanie69
      @LeStephanie69 2 роки тому

      No one cares

    • @brianweatherman1207
      @brianweatherman1207 2 роки тому +6

      @@LeStephanie69 I did! People like you are miserable and just love to be pricks to other people don't ya? Why is that? Small peepee!?

  • @mattzavislak6229
    @mattzavislak6229 3 роки тому +483

    I'm a year-round competitive swim coach. And we recently had a big swim meet down in Ohio last week. Anyone who has kids of their own or works with kids knows how tough this pandemic has been for them. It's been an emotional roller coaster battling covid. Anyway.. the DJ at the meet played this song just a few minutes before the meet started, and I was expecting myself and the other coaches to know the song since we're a bit older and the kids wouldn't like it. But then I stopped and looked around the pool deck and almost every kid on deck was dancing to this song. It was so fricking cool seeing that and seeing these kids smile again. Music is so awesome, and this guy was one of the best.

    • @emmanuelgoldstein8109
      @emmanuelgoldstein8109 3 роки тому +19

      Im fucking crying. Thanks for this story

    • @scottdore8391
      @scottdore8391 3 роки тому +16

      Here's praying all our kids make it through this horrible pandemic stay safe coach and thank you for being there for them kids

    • @mclarenlover9841
      @mclarenlover9841 3 роки тому +12

      I was at that swim meet. Hahahahaha

    • @mattzavislak6229
      @mattzavislak6229 3 роки тому +7

      @@mclarenlover9841 no way! small world! that was a fun meet

    • @aubreysharp8384
      @aubreysharp8384 3 роки тому +4

      OHIO!

  • @stevenschlei
    @stevenschlei Рік тому +143

    John Denver had one of the most incredible voices. His enthusiasm for singing is contagious. You cannot help but hum along with him.

    • @williamwaha3193
      @williamwaha3193 10 місяців тому +3

      @stevenschlei -- He was born in Roswell, New Mexico December 31 , 1943 . So perhaps his voice comes from the fact that he was an ALIEN , So ' Landed ' in Roswell , New Mexico . 😃

  • @jsoule1980
    @jsoule1980 2 роки тому +306

    Grew up a country girl. Moved to the big city for 11 years. Went RUNNING back to the country. Thank God I’m a country girl!

    • @SideOfHustle
      @SideOfHustle 2 роки тому +6

      Hell yeah, the city does that to all of us!

    • @gabrielahales8125
      @gabrielahales8125 2 роки тому +4

      got it nerd?!

    • @jsoule1980
      @jsoule1980 2 роки тому +8

      @@gabrielahales8125 Well that was a broken declaration with a question mark, so wtf did you mean? I’m a nerd for living in the country? Shit, at least I have an education, including two degrees on the wall.

    • @jsoule1980
      @jsoule1980 2 роки тому +6

      @@gabrielahales8125 Are you upset that you can’t afford to live in the country?

    • @jsoule1980
      @jsoule1980 2 роки тому +1

      @@gabrielahales8125 Oh, you’re some weird foreigner who can’t speak proper English and has no social skills. Well, bless your little heart.

  • @persebra
    @persebra 8 років тому +595

    There is so much joy and happiness and pure energy in this song/performance! It's amazing!

    • @jeaniemireles5720
      @jeaniemireles5720 8 років тому +13

      love johns music

    • @pytko3
      @pytko3 8 років тому +5

      Why do his detractors hate him so? He always brightens up my day.

    • @Wildcat5181
      @Wildcat5181 8 років тому +5

      Makes me want to yell YEHAW!

    • @milanvandewiele3851
      @milanvandewiele3851 8 років тому +1

      yes

    • @markthomas5360
      @markthomas5360 7 років тому +29

      Haters hate pure god given talent, brilliance and joy-John Denver was a great vocalist, writer, musician and poet...miss him so much!

  • @davefox7516
    @davefox7516 3 роки тому +416

    I'm definitely a city boy, but the catchiness and the enthusiasm of this song is contagious.
    You can't listen to this song without being happy, and blessed with what you have.

    • @loyalamerican8776
      @loyalamerican8776 3 роки тому +7

      You nailed it!..👊🇺🇸

    • @mybad8805
      @mybad8805 2 роки тому +4

      Needs a gangsta rap remix.

    • @davefox7516
      @davefox7516 2 роки тому +4

      @@mybad8805 LOL

    • @NunyaBSwax-xr9gn
      @NunyaBSwax-xr9gn 2 роки тому +5

      Agreed. I'm zero percent country and I love this song. Huge John Denver fan since childhood 😎

    • @glennericksenmusic
      @glennericksenmusic 2 роки тому +1

      @@NunyaBSwax-xr9gn This is such a great song by John Denver! I love this amazing version of it! ua-cam.com/video/5s4Ltcnhv_w/v-deo.html

  • @janetwilkes9717
    @janetwilkes9717 2 роки тому +99

    R.I.P. John. You were one of the GREATEST singers EVER.

  • @mercoro
    @mercoro Місяць тому +9

    Funny thing, i live in brazil, that type of music isn't even popular around here, but i just love it, recently i've been listening to all John Denver and Hank Williams stuff, nice music! 🇺🇸🇧🇷

  • @spartanx15
    @spartanx15 10 років тому +570

    Country Boy here born late 40's. Wish I was back home on the farm, everyone still alive and living in a grand time. Never needed much, just God and the family. Miss 'em all, even my little brothers.

    • @leepicmeme272
      @leepicmeme272 5 років тому +24

      God bless you sir!

    • @mynamesmur4403
      @mynamesmur4403 5 років тому +23

      spartanx15 gotta say I wouldn’t have thought a 40s country boy would have “Spartan” in their name but who am I to judge

    • @brilliantape
      @brilliantape 5 років тому +20

      spartanx15 Why do you have so many videos in your favorites of shirtless men?

    • @nc6337
      @nc6337 5 років тому +4

      @@brilliantape I know I just saw that too

    • @camon2wheels587
      @camon2wheels587 5 років тому +4

      @@brilliantape yeah I just looked I'm kinda scared to let this man in a water park or a swimming pool he might get off or something

  • @davidrice8823
    @davidrice8823 9 років тому +12

    This song and Mountain Music from Alabama are absolutely pure country music.

  • @Alucard16184
    @Alucard16184 4 місяці тому +3

    7th inning. Birdland.

  • @stupendous1068
    @stupendous1068 6 місяців тому +6

    Happy 80th birthday John Denver!!!

  • @emielstrieder7112
    @emielstrieder7112 10 років тому +480

    Even in holland we farmers listen to this:)

    • @polarbear9772
      @polarbear9772 5 років тому +5

      Agreed

    • @a.l.1580
      @a.l.1580 5 років тому +2

      Me too xD

    • @wanderer1282
      @wanderer1282 4 роки тому +37

      A country boy is a country boy, no matter where you are.

    • @Tomlin4014
      @Tomlin4014 4 роки тому +3

      Us New Englanders don't get this, we get Revolutionary songs....And TONS of Revolutionary war parades celebrating US and UK.

    • @richardlans2846
      @richardlans2846 4 роки тому +3

      Eerst ff poar neemn

  • @viralbuthow000
    @viralbuthow000 4 роки тому +65

    I remember the day he died. We're a bunch of guys in the South Bronx, NY where this kind of music isnt popular and we're talking about John and his humanity. He was something.

    • @loyalamerican8776
      @loyalamerican8776 3 роки тому +2

      He sure was man!... John represented the good in life👊🇺🇸

    • @nathanmcdonald610
      @nathanmcdonald610 3 роки тому +1

      Me too, I was only 9 in 1997 but I still remember watching it on the news with my family. It was so sad, my dads mom brought John Denver into his life and by extension he brought John Denver into my life.

  • @fairytale70
    @fairytale70 2 роки тому +12

    Italian fan! John Denver, thank you!

  • @creighton808
    @creighton808 Рік тому +12

    There is something magical about dirt and farmland 🌽 and sun ☀️, so thankful I grew up in gods country in rural Idaho 🥔
    Wouldn’t trade it for the world!

  • @Avicenna10
    @Avicenna10 7 років тому +433

    Pure genius. A near perfect three-minute song. Fun, exuberant, uplifting, and philosophical-all in three minutes. You can't do much better than that. RIP John Denver

    • @gloriaertel2463
      @gloriaertel2463 4 роки тому +2

      amen...…………………………………………………………..

    • @oop-ifellmybadlol459
      @oop-ifellmybadlol459 4 роки тому

      He passed away

    • @Avicenna10
      @Avicenna10 4 роки тому +8

      @@oop-ifellmybadlol459 Indeed he did - some years ago. Which is why I said "RIP John Denver."

    • @cb_styx3392
      @cb_styx3392 4 роки тому +2

      @@Avicenna10 lmao

    • @glennericksenmusic
      @glennericksenmusic 2 роки тому

      I love this song! This is my absolute favorite version of it......AMAZING DANCE at the end! ua-cam.com/video/5s4Ltcnhv_w/v-deo.html

  • @djdavemick
    @djdavemick 3 роки тому +134

    46 years and STILL my top John Denver song.

    • @williamaldridge2020
      @williamaldridge2020 3 роки тому +3

      I like leaving on a jet plane and rocky Mountain high better

    • @glennericksenmusic
      @glennericksenmusic 2 роки тому +1

      And this is my favorite version of his song! ua-cam.com/video/5s4Ltcnhv_w/v-deo.html

    • @jonnyenough1531
      @jonnyenough1531 2 роки тому +1

      36 and still loving it

  • @Roby86xh
    @Roby86xh 8 місяців тому +5

    best country song.

  • @whateverniall756
    @whateverniall756 2 роки тому +36

    LYRICS
    Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
    Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
    It's early to rise, early in the sack
    I thank God I'm a country boy
    Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
    A raisin' me a family and workin' on the farm
    My days are all filled with an easy country charm
    Thank God I'm a country boy
    Well I got me a fine wife I got me an ol' fiddle
    When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
    And life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
    Thank God I'm a country boy
    When the work's all done and the sun's settlin' low
    I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow
    The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
    Thank God I'm a country boy
    I'd play Sally Goodin all day if I could
    But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
    So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should
    Thank God I'm a country boy
    Well I got me a fine wife I got me an ol' fiddle
    When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
    Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
    Thank God I'm a country boy, woo
    Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
    I never was one of them money hungry fools
    I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
    Thank God I'm a country boy
    Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
    A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
    Well, son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
    I thank God I'm a country boy
    Well I got me a fine wife I got me an ol' fiddle
    When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
    And life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
    Thank God I'm a country boy
    Well, my fiddle was my daddy's 'til the day he died
    And he took me by the hand, held me close to his side
    Said, "live a good life, play my fiddle with pride
    And thank God you're a country boy"
    Well, my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
    Taught me how to work to play a tune on the fiddle
    He taught me how to love and how to give just a little
    And thank God I'm a country boy
    Well I got me a fine wife I got me an ol' fiddle
    When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
    Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
    Woo, thank God I'm a country boy, yes

  • @rainsoul2002
    @rainsoul2002 8 років тому +121

    John Denver's songs make me smile.

  • @elizlikethequeen
    @elizlikethequeen 3 роки тому +142

    My mom spoon fed me this song when I was a kid. She's gone now and this song takes me back to riding in the very back of a Ford Fairmont station wagon running down the road while she sang every word up front with her hair in a bandana blowing in the wind. 💜💜💜💜

    • @andrerieumaastricht9811
      @andrerieumaastricht9811 3 роки тому +3

      Don't know how this makes you feel but I want you to submit your thoughts on this year's tribute remembrance day of John's this year, on this note albums of all his songs will be made available via CDs, Internet.
      Thanks for the much love all this year 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

    • @NoOneCaresJSYK
      @NoOneCaresJSYK Рік тому +5

      What a beautiful memory to share. Thank you. I’m sorry for your loss.

    • @johnhuculak4449
      @johnhuculak4449 Рік тому +2

      Being from Baltimore and having been to many Orioles games, this was played for the 7th inning stretch

    • @matthewf5891
      @matthewf5891 9 місяців тому +2

      This was one of my dad's favorite songs to play on his AutoHarp, so I know exactly what you mean when you say it takes you back. It takes me back to being a little kid sitting on the living room floor watching dad play his AutoHarp and sing this song!

    • @elizlikethequeen
      @elizlikethequeen 9 місяців тому

      @@matthewf5891 I love this!!! 💜

  • @FlyinLionQuinn
    @FlyinLionQuinn 5 місяців тому +9

    Thank God Zac Efron is a Country Boy!

  • @angelcook4948
    @angelcook4948 Рік тому +8

    Genetically decended from country peeples from West Virginia/Appalachia Mountains. In my life, I have lived in some of the biggest metropolitan cities in the US; NYC, Pittsburg, Los Angeles, and now Phoenix. The addage " you can take the gurl out tha country, but you cannot take the country out tha gurl"....so true when it come to me. John was an artist & human ahead of his time. R.I.P. John💛

    • @mickjagger8439
      @mickjagger8439 Рік тому

      I could never live in a city. I'd choose a horse over any car/truck ever.

  • @nitajean7515
    @nitajean7515 10 років тому +42

    Why can't we have music like this today? John Denver will always be missed.

    • @chrisfields1854
      @chrisfields1854 10 років тому +6

      music was taken over in the 90's.. i think

  • @TriKyTriXx
    @TriKyTriXx 3 роки тому +1393

    Never heard of this song until the AirBnb commercial

    • @_ClevelandSteamer_
      @_ClevelandSteamer_ 3 роки тому +64

      Ain't heard it in forever but commercial sent me here too.

    • @Vinniekaler
      @Vinniekaler 3 роки тому +14

      Me too

    • @tonyajones4724
      @tonyajones4724 3 роки тому +20

      It's an oldie but goody! I know I haven't heard this since I was a kid. One of country's first rap songs 🕶🎶🎶🪕🪕🪗🪗🚜🚜🕶

    • @TheSmithKidz
      @TheSmithKidz 3 роки тому +7

      Same

    • @eugenebrooks2766
      @eugenebrooks2766 3 роки тому +13

      Richie why do you think it is you'd never heard this. Telling ya if society could find stuff we concur on rather than telling us we don't like eachother. Rooted racism would be dissappear quicker than the virus after Trump. Good music is good music. You find stuff you like and you listen to it. F*** what others think of it.

  • @TheMarc388
    @TheMarc388 4 місяці тому +7

    THE IRON CLAW

  • @garrisonnichols807
    @garrisonnichols807 5 місяців тому +4

    Good songs last forever

  • @dustdevils8771
    @dustdevils8771 3 роки тому +104

    Without John Denver people wouldn’t know what country is

    • @ondrejmaly4917
      @ondrejmaly4917 3 роки тому +6

      well and don´t forget johnny cash

    • @volks5965
      @volks5965 3 роки тому +3

      @@ondrejmaly4917 Or Alan Jackson

    • @kansasoutdoors5667
      @kansasoutdoors5667 3 роки тому +4

      Don williams begs to differ

    • @autisticacoustic1986
      @autisticacoustic1986 3 роки тому

      @@ondrejmaly4917 true

    • @revacohen
      @revacohen 3 роки тому +2

      I've heard people say John Denver wasn't country. They said he was folk.

  • @karenkindell8236
    @karenkindell8236 4 роки тому +617

    This what real country sounds like. What's out now isn't country.

    • @colesullivan9659
      @colesullivan9659 4 роки тому +42

      Karen Kindell country was good til the 90’s. Now country is becoming pop

    • @karenkindell8236
      @karenkindell8236 4 роки тому +22

      @@colesullivan9659 It's crap now.

    • @Joe-uk4vu
      @Joe-uk4vu 3 роки тому +26

      Today's music is shit and has no meaning

    • @harshbansal7982
      @harshbansal7982 3 роки тому +13

      @@Joe-uk4vu we're all saying that now but will reminisce about modern music in the next 20 to 30 years lol .

    • @TechGirlTiff
      @TechGirlTiff 3 роки тому +20

      @@harshbansal7982 maybe but I doubt it. Most modern music doesn't have the magic older music had... Some does but most doesn't sadly

  • @The1animalranch
    @The1animalranch 2 місяці тому +10

    Whos here in 2024 rocking out to this amazing man 😎

  • @odiepriester1251
    @odiepriester1251 Рік тому +3

    John Denver did this song righteously

  • @kennethostrer735
    @kennethostrer735 2 роки тому +9

    I promise if you play JD songs all day and night you'll be in a lot better mood. Who needs Prozac when you have Denver

  • @kathleencraig3077
    @kathleencraig3077 8 років тому +246

    Went to see John in 1972...people made fun of me for going. Concert had poor attendance. So happy I went...ended up in 3rd row by John's invite! Fun concert!

    • @fntime
      @fntime 8 років тому +3

      +Kathleen Craig , Kathleen, never admit that again, unless you work on the'pole'. And don't play 'banjo strip tease' unless you have a nice body. :)

    • @kathleencraig3077
      @kathleencraig3077 8 років тому +16

      +fntime you're an ass!

    • @fntime
      @fntime 8 років тому +2

      Kathleen Craig So, you are a 'porky stripper'
      Also you smell Kathleen, even through the
      internet.

    • @natalialopez3639
      @natalialopez3639 5 років тому

      T

    • @reidcrosby6241
      @reidcrosby6241 5 років тому

      Priceless.

  • @Saburo82
    @Saburo82 4 роки тому +10

    Love and respect from Russia. Stay strong South.

  • @ReginaDillard
    @ReginaDillard 2 роки тому +57

    John Denver was such a great writer. Lots of storytelling in his music.

    • @vorshack8968
      @vorshack8968 2 роки тому +4

      This was written by John Martin Sommers.

    • @glennericksenmusic
      @glennericksenmusic 2 роки тому

      I love this song! This is my favorite version. It has an incredible dance at the end! ua-cam.com/video/5s4Ltcnhv_w/v-deo.html

    • @lauraromines731
      @lauraromines731 6 місяців тому

      Most country people have great stories!!!! And they are true!!!!!

  • @awesomeconservative
    @awesomeconservative Рік тому +7

    As someone who lives in New York City, it feels great to get out into rural America every now and then. To escape the city life. Also, i'm going to be moving to a rural area soon, so that's going to be a lot of fun!

  • @bledderzemmer6912
    @bledderzemmer6912 4 роки тому +1290

    Who’s listening this in 2021 and tapping his foot

  • @Konaruhi
    @Konaruhi 4 роки тому +134

    1:31 "Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousiINe" gets me every time

    • @dascogames8013
      @dascogames8013 4 роки тому +10

      Wow, I just noticed that when I read that.... and I've listened to this song hundreds of times.

    • @maximillianjohngray
      @maximillianjohngray 4 роки тому +3

      🤣

    • @prophetgeorge4728
      @prophetgeorge4728 4 роки тому +10

      And then “a lot of sad people thinking that’s a mighty keen” very insightful and critical of the modern era, modern era being from the 1940s to now.

    • @maximillianjohngray
      @maximillianjohngray 4 роки тому +2

      Wow. That’s been a long time ago.

  • @DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY
    @DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY 2 роки тому +27

    I’m not a real big Country music fan, but John Denver is the best Country singer there is! 😇😍

    • @markclifford1857
      @markclifford1857 Рік тому

      Hello 👋 Dear. How are you doing ? Hope you are fine.

  • @CryingInTheWildernessStudios
    @CryingInTheWildernessStudios 9 місяців тому +4

    Thank God I'm A Country Boy! 🙌 🙏 🤲 ✝️

  • @Anonymist79
    @Anonymist79 8 років тому +449

    Anybody else instinctively slap there knee while listening to this?

  • @rafaelramirez2269
    @rafaelramirez2269 3 роки тому +10

    New Yorker who loves hard rock. But I admit John Denver is awesome

  • @Reminiscent_Old_Country_Music
    @Reminiscent_Old_Country_Music 5 місяців тому +3

    *As a child of 1983, this is where my real memories started. My crushes, first boyfriends & first heartaches. Also reminds me of my friends & parents when they were younger. These songs are golden & no music today holds a candle to them.💖💖💖*

  • @Gene23Green
    @Gene23Green 2 роки тому +4

    WV boy here. Thank god I’m a country boy. Let’s goooooooo!

  • @Lucky28PT
    @Lucky28PT 4 роки тому +108

    i'm a hard hip hop fan but artists like frank sinatra and john denver need to be appreciated by everyone!!

    • @ddcs0s
      @ddcs0s 3 роки тому +3

      That's how I feel about guys like Tupac Eazy E and Ice T ... I'm a big blue eyed white guy from a place in Georgia that's not even on most maps I moved to Fresno as a kid and stayed there for years ... I can respect anyone who comes from the heart when they speak those guys in the rap genre made music about the world they came from back then and I really wish rap music would get back to that ... I know that world I was that one kid in the hood smoking weed listening to Dr Dre in cowboy boots ... This mumbling BS their doing know is trash I still listen to some of the underground stuff tho I like guys like Messy Marv Say Love is my shit I like Keak da Sneak and J Stalin too it trips people out when I play that shit and actually know the words

    • @glennericksenmusic
      @glennericksenmusic 2 роки тому

      This is such an amazing version of John Denver's song! ua-cam.com/video/5s4Ltcnhv_w/v-deo.html

    • @mrclassyduck1911
      @mrclassyduck1911 2 роки тому

      Well don’t be such a “Blue Moon” Johnny Cash is good but “I’m Sorry” you feel that way. Good luck don’t slip

  • @river6634
    @river6634 8 років тому +590

    Haven't heard this song in years. I loved it as a kid. Listening to the lyrics now I realize how much these lyrics apply to my life.

    • @CoffeeDrinker369
      @CoffeeDrinker369 6 років тому +4

      Riverreed Ward same here ❤️ except for me it’s GRITS(girl raised in the south)

    • @kilgoretrout6136
      @kilgoretrout6136 6 років тому

      Riverreed Ward lucky you.

    • @THE_starwalk
      @THE_starwalk 6 років тому +1

      Amen

    • @79thinline
      @79thinline 6 років тому +3

      Daniel OG LOC Lister if you think about it it's not just about playing a fiddle the song can be interpreted as living a simple fulfilling life. Just know what you want, get what you need, find a job you enjoy, and be happy. It comes in many forms.

    • @TBlev215
      @TBlev215 6 років тому

      I hear ya. I spent 3 weeks stuck in Brooklyn recently and I was so happy to finally be back home in the suburbs and see green again that this song got stuck in my head, and I performed this song at open mic with my guitar last night. And the crowd loved it! Thank God Almighty I’m home again! Woohoo!

  • @brentanllewellyn3898
    @brentanllewellyn3898 2 роки тому +14

    I really miss Mr Denver.
    He really was a big part of my youth.
    Thank you for your brilliance sir.
    Edit..
    People like John Denver made the whole world a better place.

  • @Benjames9696
    @Benjames9696 3 місяці тому +3

    This song brings happy universal Vibes. Who couldn't like this song?

  • @nicholasvandal6948
    @nicholasvandal6948 7 років тому +13

    THANK GOD IM A COUNTRY BOY

  • @wseeback
    @wseeback 8 років тому +21

    What a voice. What a genuine human being.

  • @rippeleking
    @rippeleking Рік тому +6

    I am I country boy I am from Louisiana and this song is great

  • @HometownAccessoriesCo.
    @HometownAccessoriesCo. Рік тому +5

    Thank god im a country girl, i live in eastern tennessee and love the farm i live on

  • @revavest3751
    @revavest3751 10 років тому +7

    R.I.P,John Denver,YOUR MUSIC LIVES ON!!!!

  • @ShellyLeit
    @ShellyLeit 3 роки тому +82

    I heard him play this song live in concert in Minneapolis, some time in the late 1970s. Everyone sang along and it brought the house down. One of the best songs ever.

    • @andrerieumaastricht9811
      @andrerieumaastricht9811 3 роки тому

      Don't know how this makes you feel but I want you to submit your thoughts on this year's tribute remembrance day of John's this year, on this note albums of all his songs will be made available via CDs, Internet.
      Thanks for the much love all this year 🙏🏼🌷

  • @terririmmer4706
    @terririmmer4706 Рік тому +2

    My step dad who I met when I was 9, loved this guy. He was a Korean War veteran and died last year.

  • @everettetrim3445
    @everettetrim3445 4 роки тому +39

    Some songs just never get old.

  • @pastelprincess8770
    @pastelprincess8770 3 роки тому +991

    This song turns this emo girl, into a thankful country boy.

  • @eileensheil1972
    @eileensheil1972 2 роки тому +2

    I lived in Cleveland, Ohio my entire live and grew up loving John Denver. Move to Colorado 3 years ago. Now I know the idea of fire in the sky. Best place on earth!!

    • @zackhudson5172
      @zackhudson5172 2 роки тому

      Hello 👋 Eileen. How are you doing? Hope you're fine. I am Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem to a real country girl

  • @GaiaCarney
    @GaiaCarney Рік тому +8

    Thank the heavens for sharing John Denver with us 🕊 The world is a better place with his eternal music 🌈

  • @jerrytheporg9492
    @jerrytheporg9492 4 роки тому +2315

    Me: I don’t like country music
    John Denver: *exists*
    I never said I hated it

    • @finalgeneration1462
      @finalgeneration1462 4 роки тому +6

      🦯

    • @jamesboulger8705
      @jamesboulger8705 4 роки тому +52

      More like folk music.

    • @applescruff1969
      @applescruff1969 4 роки тому +38

      You don't like country music. This is Folk.

    • @musicman201047
      @musicman201047 4 роки тому +27

      @@applescruff1969 WRONG....COUNTRY MUSIC.....hence the title,"Thank God I'm a Country boy"...GET A CLUE, CLOWNY.

    • @glaz5285
      @glaz5285 4 роки тому +17

      It Is Country Music Some People Know It Some People Dont,Folk Is Traditional Music For Its Country

  • @dylanhess791
    @dylanhess791 3 роки тому +50

    As a Colorado country boy with his grandma playing this song growing up I am more than thankful enough!

  • @jamesp2663
    @jamesp2663 2 роки тому +132

    I love this song by: John Denver because he sings so very nice and kind lyrics and you gotta understand it builds you up and makes you better. It also makes you better with being positive and feeling good because it has a happy and gives you a good positive feeling and that makes peacefulness in life and you gotta understand we all need peace in this life that God has given us because it makes life better and puts our lives in the right direction

    • @glennericksenmusic
      @glennericksenmusic 2 роки тому

      This is just the BEST version of this song! I really love it! ua-cam.com/video/5s4Ltcnhv_w/v-deo.html

    • @DandinXY
      @DandinXY 2 роки тому +4

      What a wonderful comment

  • @hugotogner168
    @hugotogner168 Рік тому +6

    Today it's 25 years since his death. We all miss you, John.

  • @entity30068
    @entity30068 9 років тому +14

    You are missed, John. 💜

  • @angerainbow9200
    @angerainbow9200 3 роки тому +51

    Thank God I'm a country girl 😍

  • @nickcoolstayfrosty3773
    @nickcoolstayfrosty3773 4 місяці тому +2

    *THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY YEEHAAAA* 🤠 2024 Baaaby

  • @davidworth7621
    @davidworth7621 Рік тому +2

    good song John D. thanks for tunes. RIP.

  • @enbyjedi
    @enbyjedi 5 років тому +37

    John Denver and Johnny Cash are the reason I haven’t completely written off Country as a genre. Amazing song.

  • @somethingoriginal4372
    @somethingoriginal4372 5 років тому +47

    Ten seconds in and it's already stuck in my head

  • @michaelbates5902
    @michaelbates5902 Рік тому +3

    Living now in Butte, Montana. I'm definitely a COUNTRY BOY !!!!

  • @darcisanchez5476
    @darcisanchez5476 4 місяці тому +3

    Watched son-in-law this song came up ❤ crawl John Denver

  • @vgcq02
    @vgcq02 4 місяці тому +12

    The Iron Claw movie brought me here

  • @Happymonday2015
    @Happymonday2015 6 років тому +109

    Too bad music isn't THIS GOOD anymore ): John Denver in our hearts ❤

  • @vidaplena9758
    @vidaplena9758 5 років тому +8

    I'm country girl. Beautiful song. Thanks John Denver🏆

  • @palvindersingh1981
    @palvindersingh1981 Рік тому +2

    This song makes me happy.

  • @DanBennett-xb9hs
    @DanBennett-xb9hs 4 місяці тому +2

    John your music and song now are enjoyed by a new generation. My son.

  • @evelynkrueger2878
    @evelynkrueger2878 9 років тому +52

    Just another great we lost way too early!

    • @seahawkfan1995
      @seahawkfan1995 5 років тому

      Live fast die Young and I leave a good looking coprsee

    • @Penturice
      @Penturice 5 років тому

      He was 53 when he died though, he had about 20 years ahead of him, definitely not young

  • @dbrum6561
    @dbrum6561 3 роки тому +17

    God bless you all, where work ethic and religion still mean something

  • @HollyMoore-wo2mh
    @HollyMoore-wo2mh 2 місяці тому +3

    I miss that life... a much simpler way of life. Makes me real nostalgic for you know the AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE back in 2015. I want that back.

  • @luizasantos4181
    @luizasantos4181 Рік тому +29

    Brasileiros, cadê vocês para apreciar John Denver?
    🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷