John Denver – Singing Skies and Dancing Waters
SINGING SKIES AND DANCING WATERS WASN’T JUST A TITLE — IT WAS JOHN DENVER HEARING THE EARTH AS IF IT HAD A SOUL. Some songs feel written from memory. This…
John Denver – The Marvelous Toy
THE MARVELOUS TOY SOUNDED LIKE CHILDHOOD LAUGHTER — BUT JOHN DENVER MADE IT FEEL LIKE TIME SLIPPING THROUGH OUR HANDS. Some songs do not need to be grand to stay…
John Denver – Joseph & Joe
JOSEPH & JOE SOUNDED LIKE TWO NAMES — UNTIL JOHN DENVER MADE THEM FEEL LIKE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME LONGING HEART. Some songs do not announce their meaning from…
John Denver – And Other Poems, Prayers & Promises
POEMS, PRAYERS & PROMISES WASN’T JUST AN ALBUM TITLE — IT WAS JOHN DENVER NAMING THE THINGS THAT HELD HIM TOGETHER. Some titles feel like labels. This one feels like…
John Denver – In the Grand Way
IN THE GRAND WAY SOUNDED LIKE A SMALL SONG — UNTIL JOHN DENVER MADE IT FEEL LIKE A QUIET MAP OF THE SOUL. Some songs do not try to impress…
John Denver – Eagles & Horses
EAGLES AND HORSES DIDN’T JUST CARRY JOHN DENVER ACROSS THE SKY — THEY CARRIED THE PART OF HIM THAT NEVER STOPPED SEARCHING. Some songs sound like they were written from…
John Denver – Two Different Directions
TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WASN’T JUST A LOVE SONG — IT WAS JOHN DENVER SINGING THE SOUND OF TWO HEARTS DRIFTING APART. Some songs break like thunder. This one breaks like…
John Denver – The Music Is You
THE MUSIC WAS NEVER JUST SOMETHING JOHN DENVER SANG — IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE HE GAVE HIS HEART AWAY. Some songs feel like they are written for a stage.…
John Denver – Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)
THE SADDEST CHRISTMAS SONG JOHN DENVER EVER TOUCHED WASN’T ABOUT SNOW — IT WAS ABOUT A CHILD BEGGING FOR PEACE. Christmas songs usually arrive wrapped in light. They bring bells,…
John Denver – Higher Ground
HIGHER GROUND WASN’T JUST A PLACE JOHN DENVER WANTED TO REACH — IT WAS THE PEACE HE KEPT CLIMBING TOWARD. Some songs sound like a road. “Higher Ground” sounds like…
John Denver – All This Joy
ALL THIS JOY SOUNDED LIKE SUNLIGHT — BUT JOHN DENVER SANG IT AS IF HE KNEW JOY HAD TO BE PROTECTED. Some songs do not try to explain happiness. They…
John Denver – Country Love
COUNTRY LOVE DIDN’T NEED A BIG CITY PROMISE — JOHN DENVER MADE IT SOUND LIKE TWO HEARTS COMING HOME. Some love songs shine like neon. “Country Love” glows more like…
John Denver – Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)
FAREWELL ANDROMEDA SOUNDED LIKE A GOODBYE TO THE STARS — BUT JOHN DENVER WAS REALLY SINGING TO THE LONELY PART OF US. Some John Denver songs feel rooted in the…
John Denver – Amazon (Let This Be a Voice)
THE AMAZON WAS NEVER JUST A RIVER IN JOHN DENVER’S SONG — IT WAS A CRY FOR A WORLD RUNNING OUT OF TIME. Some songs are written to entertain. Some…
John Denver – Tradewinds
TRADEWINDS DIDN’T SOUND LIKE A DESTINATION — THEY SOUNDED LIKE JOHN DENVER CHASING A PEACE HE COULD ONLY ALMOST TOUCH. Some John Denver songs feel like they are standing still…
John Denver – Love Again
LOVE AGAIN SOUNDED LIKE A SMALL DOOR OPENING — AND JOHN DENVER SANG IT AS IF HOPE HAD SURVIVED THE DARK. Some John Denver songs feel like sunlight coming over…
John Denver – Four Strong Winds
FOUR STRONG WINDS BLEW THROUGH JOHN DENVER’S VOICE — AND SUDDENLY GOODBYE SOUNDED LIKE A PLACE YOU COULD NEVER RETURN TO. Some songs do not break your heart all at…
John Denver – I’d Rather Be a Cowboy
HE SANG ABOUT FREEDOM LIKE A MAN WHO KNEW THE HARDEST TRAIL WAS THE ONE INSIDE THE HEART. “I’d Rather Be a Cowboy” does not arrive like a postcard from…
John Denver – Leaving on a Jet Plane
HE WROTE A GOODBYE SO GENTLE, PEOPLE FORGOT IT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE ACHE OF LEAVING SOMEONE BEHIND. Before “Leaving on a Jet Plane” became one of the most familiar…
John Denver – Yellow Cat
A LITTLE YELLOW CAT WALKED INTO JOHN DENVER’S SONGBOOK — AND SOMEHOW MADE HIS HEART SOUND EVEN MORE HUMAN. Not every John Denver song needed a mountain. Not every one…