John Denver – Back Home Again (Reprise)
THE TITLE SOUNDS LIKE A DOOR OPENING — BUT JOHN DENVER MADE IT FEEL LIKE THE WHOLE HOUSE BREATHING AGAIN. “Back Home Again” is one of those songs that does…
John Denver – Prisoners
THE TITLE SOUNDS LIKE CHAINS — BUT JOHN DENVER SANG IT LIKE THE LOCK WAS SOMEWHERE INSIDE THE HUMAN HEART. “Prisoners” is not the kind of title people first expect…
John Denver – The Flower That Shattered the Stone
THE TITLE SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE — UNTIL JOHN DENVER SINGS IT LIKE THE SOFTEST THING IN THE WORLD CAN STILL BREAK THROUGH. “The Flower That Shattered the Stone” carries one of…
John Denver – Bet on the Blues
THE TITLE SOUNDS LIKE A GAMBLE — BUT JOHN DENVER MADE IT FEEL LIKE A MAN FINALLY TELLING THE TRUTH. “Bet on the Blues” does not sound, at first, like…
John Denver – The Little Drummer Boy
THE SONG WAS BORN FOR A CHILD WITH NOTHING — AND JOHN DENVER SANG IT LIKE THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT. “The Little Drummer Boy” has always carried a kind…
John Denver – Dreamland Express
THE TITLE SOUNDED LIKE A TRAIN TO SOMEWHERE BEAUTIFUL — BUT JOHN DENVER MADE IT FEEL LIKE A MAN CHASING A DREAM HE COULD ALMOST TOUCH. There is something about…
John Denver – I Watch You Sleeping
THE TITLE SOUNDS LIKE A LULLABY — BUT JOHN DENVER TURNED IT INTO A ROOM FULL OF QUIET LOVE. Some songs do not enter the world with thunder. They arrive…
John Denver – The Gold and Beyond
THE TITLE SOUNDS LIKE TREASURE — BUT JOHN DENVER MADE IT FEEL LIKE SOMETHING NO GOLD COULD EVER BUY. John Denver understood a truth that many singers spend a lifetime…
John Denver – The Ballad of St. Anne’s Reel
THE SONG SOUNDED LIKE A FIDDLE DANCE — BUT IN JOHN DENVER’S VOICE, IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE TRYING TO GET HOME. There are songs that arrive like a storm. And…
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…