Artist Lounge: John Denver
Moggers' favorites by John Denver
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Valentine's Day is just a few days away and I'm not a good shopper so I'm creating a can't miss mix tape. I've done all sorts of romantic mixes, but thinking a mix of Moggers wedding songs would be fun. So....what song did you play for your first dance with your beloved? Mine was Annie's Song by John Denver You fill up my senses like a night in a forestLike the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue oceanYou... MORE
West Virginia, Country road......only a hill=billy can truly understand the love for the backwoods of West Virginia...and I am one of those hill-billies...nothing like no power, no running water, and wearing your sister's clothes cause your so poor!!!!
Jack's inbred deformities,
Tyler Durden
ihad seen on t.v. that john denver was coming here to do a concert and i had been such a huge fan for so long i could not wait to get my tickets. i asked my friend to come along but as they were not fans, they declined. unfortunately i am a rather shy person and did not fancy attending his concert on my own. to my surprise my girlfriends went ahead and bought tickets to johns concert and i was thrilled when they informed me we were on our way to see john the very next ni... MORE
In a hilarious NYTimes article, State Senator Bob Hagedorn, and the Colorado General Assembly, backtrack about the meaning of the John Denver song that they just proclaimed as the new additional state song. (It shares the title with Where Columbines Grow)They want to make absolutely clear, that the Rocky Mountain High is an endorphin rush, but not the kind that is produced by illicit drugs. Instead, this kind comes from nature, guys fishing, and chocolate.Read the full s... MORE
...to record his songs the way he actually wrote them (the record companies made him soften up his lyrics, so his songs would be more commercial):
(all the sordid details in comments)
I heard this song the other day driving through the grapevine heading to Los Angeles. For those not on the left coast the grapevine is the nickname for the Angeles National Forest which you hit on the way out of LA travelling north to San Francisco.
Anywho, I was amazed at how good this song actually is. Something really unique about the John Denver hits, they really don't sound like anything else.







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