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Does anybody remember John Denver?
Posted on 01/13/2018 9:46:22 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
It was a kit or experimental plane, if memory serves.
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:17:01 AM PST
by
Puppage
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To: SamAdams76
That looks like a glider.
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:17:59 AM PST
by
Puppage
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To: rednek
Lucky you!
Was he as humble as he appeared?
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:18:38 AM PST
by
Keyhopper
(Indians had bad immigration laws)
To: SamAdams76
Same photo shoot.
To: SamAdams76
I sure remember him. He had a lot of great hits.
“Rocky mountain high” probably his biggest. Love the transcendent, almost spiritual lyrics. “I was born in the summer of my 27th year, going home to a place I’d never been before”
It became the anthem of the environmentalists.
I also like “Sweet Surrender” and “Annie’s song”.
A great poet, composer and singer.
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:18:54 AM PST
by
aquila48
To: SamAdams76
Denver wrote about the Rocky Mountains and he was an alleged conservationist, self proclaimed. Following one of the gas shortages, Denver had his own private gas station built on his property.
He was a blatant hypocrite.
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:19:22 AM PST
by
Radix
(Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents)
To: SamAdams76
John Denver receiving Country Music Entertainer of the Year Award (bad video but still watchable):
Charlie Rich Presenting
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Charlie Rich did not appear to think very highly of John Denver.
To: Keyhopper
He was just “plain people”. Very nice, polite and a most gracious guest. He pretty much became one of the family at my aunts house....red
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:23:46 AM PST
by
rednek
(.45 acp........a lot like 9mm.......except for adults.)
To: SamAdams76
Way back when I was in undergraduate school, John Denver was going to give a concert nearby, in DC, I think. I wanted to go, but was so busy with a heavy class load, and the tickets were a bit pricy for us anyway, that I decided to wait for another concert.
He died before the opportunity to see him live ever arose. I was in graduate school at the time.
I love his music; one song that no one has mentioned is his rendition of Today.
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:24:17 AM PST
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: Jim 0216
There are two types of people in this world: Those who like Neil Diamond, and those who don't. My ex-wife loves him. In college, it was James Taylor. My friends devised a rule - when trying to pick-up a girl, always act like you love James Taylor
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:25:33 AM PST
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PGR88
To: SamAdams76
I had the pleasure of attending two of his concerts. One of my all time favorite musicians.
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:28:57 AM PST
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: Dr. Sivana
My favorite is, “Back Home Again”.
To: PGR88
What makes that clip from “What About Bob?” so funny is I remember in the 70’s hearing people actually talking about Neil Diamond being the grounds for divorce. I thought I was in some kind of alternate universe.
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:29:10 AM PST
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Jim W N
To: Radix
You’re a moron. he was an environmentalist... not a Luddite. He wasn’t 10% of the radical that modern “environmentalists” are. He was very capitalist.
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:29:35 AM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: SamAdams76
When I was a kid in the 70s, I went to church with his parents. He came to our church a couple of times a sang.
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:32:18 AM PST
by
fatez
(Ya, well, you know, that's just your opinion man...)
To: VermithraxPejorative
He died in a plane crash.
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It was his own ultralight. He was doing what he loved to do, but he died too young. He was a talented musician and song writer with a unique, free spirited, uplifting style. I agree his songs do not seem to get a lot of play time. Too bad.
To: SamAdams76
I lived in Denver during âRocky Mountain High. It's all that played 24/7 on the radio. He was great at his gift of music, but he became the most touchy feely liberal puke on the planet. Used to mow his lawn naked with a push mower to get in touch with nature. Drew all the other “Striesand” type liberals up to Aspen. And ran out all the locals who couldn't afford the new property taxes with “Star” mansions being built all over the place. Of course the elites needed to fly in and out in planes and helicopters etc. Maybe that's just progress. But he was just as bankrupt on his liberal thinking as the rest. He touted the natural beauty of Aspen in his songs, but in reality, his fame and fortune brought “more sorrows upon the land.”
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:35:34 AM PST
by
3ZZZ
To: Reily
Song was written by Bill and Kathy Danoff who lived in DC at the time, and should have looked a map... cause they was close. Hats off to WV-ians— they are tough resourceful people who have been put through a lot, courtesy of John. D. Rockefeller. Have this tune from some friends up that way- haven’t seen in a long time— The Gandydancer Band— this isn’t them but a good version “Boozefighters” :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q-6vYabid4
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:39:38 AM PST
by
John S Mosby
(SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS)
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