12/17/2022 0 Comments The essential john denver 2007![]() (It also tends to be an ironic counterpoint to Deutschendorf's sometimes dark and tragic life both of his marriages ended in divorce, and his troubles with alcohol abuse affected other aspects of his life, including his passion for flying.) Denver's music, which evokes memories of his boyish looks, his long blond hair, and his trademark "granny" glasses, tends to be mellow and optimistic. I chose The Essential John Denver because it is a fair encapsulation of his long career as a singer-songwriter it contains all of his "greatest hits," as well as songs that got quite a bit of airplay at the twilight of his touring and recording days. So if you were to ask me if I had a favorite John Denver song, Country Roads would be my choice.Īgain, I'm not a big fan of country music, but I do enjoy folk songs and easy listening music and because Denver generally writes exuberant or mostly-positive songs about love and the outdoors, I thought it was high time for me to get at least one of his albums. ![]() The lyrics were well-written, evocative, and fairly easy to learn and the melody is catchy, which perhaps explains its lasting popularity. I've never been a huge fan of country music, but for some reason, I really liked Take Me Home, Country Roads. Richard Back (pronounced like Bach) included it in the school's first Spring Concert (Tropical had never had a school chorus before then), along with Mandy and I Write the Songs, which you may remember as big hits for Barry Manilow. Interestingly, one of the songs we had to learn and perform when I was a singer at Tropical Elementary during the 1976-77 school year was Take Me Home, Country Roads. And because John Denver was at the peak of his musical career when I moved back to the States from Colombia with my mother and (later) my older half-sister, his songs were practically omnipresent on easy-listening and adult contemporary radio from 1972 to around 1977. John Denver – Dreamland Express (04:06)Īlthough my musical tastes tend to favor instrumental classical music and film scores, my stints as a chorus singer in elementary and high school gave me some appreciation for other musical styles and genres. John Denver & Emmylou Harris – Wild Montana Skies (04:03)ġ7. John Denver & Plácido Domingo – Perhaps Love (02:56)ġ5. John Denver – Shanghai Breezes (03:12)ġ4. John Denver – Seasons of the Heart (03:48)ġ3. John Denver – The Cowboy and the Lady (04:36)ġ2. John Denver – Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) (03:59)ġ1. John Denver – How Can I Leave You Again (03:08)ġ0. John Denver – Baby, You Look Good To Me Tonight (02:47)ĥ. ![]() ![]() John Denver – Looking For Space (03:59)ģ. John Denver – Thank God I'm a Country Boy (03:20)ġ6. John Denver – Sunshine On My Shoulders (05:11)ġ2. John Denver – Farewell Andromeda (Welcome To My Morning) (04:03)ġ1. John Denver – I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains) (04:25)ġ0. John Denver – Rocky Mountain High (04:43)ĩ. John Denver – I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado (02:07)Ħ. John Denver – Poems, Prayers, and Promises (04:05)ĥ. John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads (03:10)Ĥ. John Denver – Leaving on a Jet Plane (03:38)Ģ. He co-wrote (with Fat City's Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert) Take Me Home, Country Roads, and (with Dick Kniss and Mike Taylor) the top-charting song for 1973, Sunshine on My Shoulders.ġ. It contains songs that cover a 26-year-long time span, from 1969's Leaving on a Jet Plane to 1995's Is It Love?Īs noted earlier, Denver wrote mostly in the folk-country music genres, although he had some crossover success with Annie's Song, which he wrote for his first wife, Annie Martell-Denver. The Essential John Denver two-CD album was released almost a decade after Denver's tragic death.
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