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Someone played this at a bar in South Korea while I was in the military. Every single soldier stood and belted out this chorus ... Not a dry eye in the house by the end. Now, one of my favorite songs ever
I’m from WVA and when I was traveling in Europe on a bus in Switzerland, this song was played. I don’t think I’ve ever been more homesick. While I don’t live in WVA anymore, this song takes me back there, with a teardrop in my eye..❤️❤️❤️❤️
Where TDC? Yon Gi Gol
I was a passenger in a tourist bus in Switzerland in 1977 and this song played overhead, I was so homesick, I could have cried. I’m from West Virginia
I was at Camp Hovey from 08 to 09..Cheers
Osan air base ?
I'm actually from West Virginia. I spent 21 years in the Army and deployed overseas 11 times. This song meant everything to me.
Thank you for your service sir
It means everything to all of us.
Great man, Mr. Denver. When I was in elementary school back in the 80s, my class put together a list of questions for him and sent it off. Rather than sending us back a form letter, or even a correspondence of some sort written by a publicist or an employee, he recorded himself standing in front of his personal plane on a windy day, reading our questions and answering each and every one of them. He sent the VHS tape to my class, and we watched it together in absolute delight. He's held a special place in my heart ever since.
Wow
That's awesome! I can't say I'm surprised as John always came across a kind old soul. Why is it that so many great people leave us far too soon. RIP.
Such evocative lyrics... "Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye".
It's so good that WV adopted it as its official state song.
West Virginia is a beautiful state!!
@@CLTHIKER love your name Grassman, Is your name after Ohio master grassman, like West Virginia Mothman?
@@appalachianridgerunners6571 Thank you for the compliment😄. Grassman is what we call Bigfoot in Ohio. You are the first person who has caught that. Have a great weekend!
@@CLTHIKER It sure is. I've lived in South Jersey my entire life but I've visited WV many times over the years and became a diehard WVU fan forty years ago. Our family started camping in the Deep Creek, MD area in the early 80's and almost every year we would drive around to see Blackwater Falls and without fail make the
45 drive into Morgantown to pick up WVU gear and visit Mulan Puskar stadium. There's nothing like driving around that great state during the Fall when the colors are at their peak.
John Denver was a great folk singer.
John Denver sang Folk. That being said, every station played his music, no matter the genre.
I learned young from this song to never regret leaving the country...I stayed, and I've never been more grateful.
This song is about being homesick for the place you grew up but haven't been back in a long time.
Great post. Right now I’m thinking of the hills of central Tennessee, a small town in Michigan and in the woods of Minnesota.
I like the way BJ starts with his arms crossed, closed.. then as he gets into it, he opens all the way up😅😅 Seriously need to hear Annie's Song. One of the most beautiful love songs ever.. played at my wedding 38 years ago🥰
38 years of marriage? Congratulations!!!! That's fantastic!
Calibso. Great song. About the ocean. Name of a boat that exploded the ocean s of the world. Jacques Cousteau was an explorer and innovator of cleaning up the planet back in the day look it up you really is good song
Noticed that too😊
This is the Anthem of West Virginia, John Denver performed this song at halftime of a West Virginia University football game back in 1980 and now we play it after every home football game and all 70,000 fans stay and sing along!
Let's GOOOOOOOOOOO..........Mountaineers!!!!
John was such an amazing lyricist. Back in the day, his music was considered a combination of folk, pop, and country. He was really in to nature and was a conservationist. If you want to do more John Denver, you need to check out Rocky Mountain High and Annie's Song for sure!
"Aye Calypso" is one of those soaring lyrical tribute songs - he saaid he set foot on board the Calypso (Jaques Cousteau's research ship) and the chorus wrote itself in 15 minutes.
FYI, the song was mostly written by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. Taffy is the female vocalist you hear crushing that harmony.
Yes, he was into nature and was a conservationist, but in a healthy way. He wasn't a nutty environmental EXTREMEST like so many of the other unrealistic lunatics out there.
John didn't write this one. The same guy who wrote this wrote the song Afternoon Delight...you know...skyrockets in flight...
@@smallblockchevy1022 he actually cared about the environment in a genuine way, as opposed to using the environment as an excuse for getting attention.
For quite a few years, this was the only "western"/non-Chinese song allowed to be played over the radio in Red China. It was a favorite of the (then) Chinese premier who had heard J.D. perform it live at a concert put on for him during a state visit here back in the 70's.
I never knew that.
So im watching this video on my porch down a country road in West Virginia. Lucky to live in these mountains.
John Denver’s voice is like going home, making you yearn for a simpler time. His songs paint a beautiful picture! He has a number of amazing songs.
They play this song at stadiums and the whole place will sing along. Saw him in concert and this was his finale. I cried through the whole song.
John was country folk genre that includes Jim Croce, Harry Chaplin, Cat Stevens and Carole King. These are legendary poets who put their art to music. Im sure you’ve heard their songs too. John and Jim died in plane crashes, Harry in car crash. Only the good die young. Thankfully, Carole and Cat are still with us. I hope you check them out. It’s a “feel good” genre.
Don't forget Don Williams, he was up there with the names you mentioned.
I came home to WV on leave from the military in 1971 when this song was on the charts. I got to spend 30 days with family after being overseas for 2 years. Hearing this song then broke my heart, especially knowing I had to go back for another year before my enlistment was up. I was raised running those country roads and everything was rapidly changing, experiencing other parts of the world made me miss the country life so much, but I wanted to get back to my new family (those guys I served with) too. This was over 50 years ago, but the memories are still strong.
Such a simple song with deep meanings & feelings.
Anyone away from home and homesick can relate to this song.
This song always brings a tear to my eye. As a person who grew up in the country, and now living in the big city, I miss home so much. Hopefully I'll be retiring soon and will move back to the country. There's no better life.
When I was a kid I liked this song...now it makes me sick because I know the truth
What big city u in with the disgusting Biden?
@@michaelasay8587 Baltimore
@@mem1701movies Do elaborate...what's the "truth"?
Well, never listen to "Soulshine" then
First time I heard this song I was serving in the US ARMY in 1971 and believe me it touched me immensely
You will know this song by heart if you're from WV. It's played at sporting events. My daughter played this in HS band and the crowd sang. ❤️
The legacy of John Denver, especially this song, lives on. Check out some youtube videos with West Virginia football fans singing this together at the end of football games. What a songwriter and vocalist John was.
After the "12 season opener against Baylor in particular.....it's awesome!!
I was going through infantry training at Ft. Jackson during the Viet Nam war when this song came out. On some evenings when we weren't training and this song would play on the radio all of us and especially the guys from West Virginia would get very homesick, especially not knowing what the future held for us. And after all these many years I still get that sad and lonely feeling when I hear this song.
I absolutely love this song. I'm from West Virginia and this song is our anthem. Only those who have been here can really appreciate it and it's magnificence!! 😊🤠
Drove through the Appalachians in W. Virginia one time on the way to Myrtle Beach from Canada. Was both amazed by the beauty but nervous driving on those long uphill and downhill stretches. Had never seen a runaway truck ramp before.
John Denver was into several genres - Folk, Country, and Pop. Great rabbit hole to dive into. Check out these songs by John:
"Annie's Song", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", ""Sunshine on my Shoulders", "Rocky Mountain High", and "Fly Away" ( a duet with Olivia Newton John ).
Yes, all of those are great. I particularly like Annie's Song. I really like the interview with Annie after John's death where they play that song. She actually mentions another song as her favorite (not Annie's Song). John Denver was a real all-time great. Gone too soon.
The message of the song is that WHEREVER you grew up, City or Country, traveling HOME when you’ve been away is a nostalgic experience. We traveled many times between upstate New York to Indiana when our daughters were very young, and listened to John Denver all the way! Wonderful memories and times with our 8 Track Tape Player in the car, lol! Everything was so simple back then, it was lovely.
Love John Denver!!! There are a few of his songs that make me cry!
I'm a 58 yo Brit and was bought up as a kid on a diet of John Denver and Simon & Garfunkel,musically speaking, by my dear Mum who had all their albums..the one John Denver song that gets me every time is actually him reading a poem called 'The Box'....can't find any reactions to this on yt but def worth a look..
Singer songwriters, had a quality that just singers don’t have. The music has a level of heart that you can’t find anywhere else.
John was more of a Folk singer. He used Folk harmonies as well.
No he's more country
@@michaelasay8587 he was put into the Country genre but he had a heavy Folk influence. That's where his roots were. He sang in a Folk group. He was in the " new" Country.
John Denver had such a unique voice, another one gone way too soon. My sister-in-law was from WV and loved this song. I think it is the state song of West Virginia. WV is a beautiful state.
Begging to differ, JD is a FOLK SINGER, not Country, not Western. I nominate the next song “Calypso”, JDs nod to undersea icon Jaques Cousteau. He got his break when Peter, Paul, and Mary covered his folk song, Leaning On A Jet Plane, in the late ‘60s
I agree but I do think he did have country influences in some of his music.
he was a folk singer, but he won the ACM for album of the year in 1974. And in 1975 he had the CMA song of the year and was the CMA Entertainer of the Year.
@@ffjsb Except that gender fluidity is not a thing. It's just brainwashing at the hands of the Marxists who run everything. Young people now believe all kinds of horseshit, poor little fuckers...
Leaving on a Jet Plane.
@@MatthewC137 get your hate off here, and take @ffjsb with you. Nasty little bigots.
Yes Yes Yes!!!! ❤️ An American classic for fans of ALL music😊 Makes you feel happy, even if you’re from the city.
So true from NYC and always loved this song, made me visualize and feel like I was there traveling out to the country, great driving song.
In the 70s, John Denver was HUGE! I've been traveling those country roads all my life, and never wanted anything else! Great song! RIP, John!
Others have said it, but I'll just echo them. Annie's Song. You have to hear that one. One of the most beautiful songs ever written, sung, and recorded.
Bit of history: CCR's "Up Around the Bend" came out in April 1970." JD's "Country Roads" came out in April 1971. During that year, replacements for casualties at Dak To, Khe Sanh and Tet were finishing their one-year tours in Vietnam and coming home. The news from the World was pretty grim, and a lot of us dreamed of going somewhere quiet and remote and never leaving. These two songs were like anthems.
Only artist to have two of his songs as official state songs. Country Roads for West Virginia, and Rocky Mountain High for Colorado.
He was born in my home town Roswell, New Mexico.
@@elevenbucks5682 - We lived in Roswell for 5 years when my Father ran a test facility for Borg Warner in the early 70s. It was very cool. I have wanted to get back there for the last 50 years.
Very cool if you live there. It was awesome when we were there. I wish we could have stayed there to be honest.
I am a John Denver fan, but I never knew that he was born there. I guess you learn something new every day. Thanks for that.
@@jimclark1131 I have not lived there since 77 but pass thru on the way to Ruidoso 2 or 3 times a year, it has changed a lot since the ufo thing.
@@elevenbucks5682 - I completely believe it, I am always seeing things about alien parades and alien themed restaurants there now.
That UFO story became big business I guess.
My folks tell me that aliens was not even on the radar when we lived there. (at least not little green ones. lol)
I was really young, so I honestly don't recall that to be honest with you.
My folks recently moved to Deming NM, so I intend to drive there when I go to visit after all of this covid stuff blows over.
@@jimclark1131 I think the ufo story emerged again in 84 ? I had 4 siblings all born in Roswell and I would have been too if we had moved a few months sooner. I lived there when I was young and have great memories. Funny story, there was a business on main street that had an eight foot fiberglass ufo as part of their sign. On a windy day the ufo blew off the sign and they put it behind the biz, a few days later some guys stole it and headed west. A few miles down the highway it flew out of their truck and landed in the ditch and needless to say someone saw it and soon there were dozens of reports that another ufo had landed.
Momma Cass, From the "mommas and the poppas" sang.back up and harmonies on many of Johns songs! They were good friends! their voices seemed perfect with each other the way that the sounds blended perfectly when they sang!!! Just hearing them is like your own little slice of heaven, here on earth!. Just listen!!!......
Not Mama Cass. Taffy Nivert sang back up for John in the early days along with her then husband Bill Danoff. Bill, John and Taffy co-wrote this song. John and Mamma Cass did sing together once, live on TV.
Please do John Denver “Rocky Mountain High”. Pure serenity and one of his biggest hits.
My grandmother would sing this when I went to the grocery store with her when I was a little boy. We would take scenic roads to and from. My fondest memories are of a little French woman with a strong accent singing this to me. She’s 95 now, but sadly, doesn’t remember much anymore. But this song really brings back the grandmother I remember best! Thanks for the reaction and sparking those memories again for me!
Such a soul soothing song. This will forever have a special place in my heart. I miss John Denver.
My mom and dad were born and grew up there. As back in the hill as you could get. Still today to get where was mom was born, you have get to a little tiny town, then drive 4 miles or so. Middle of nowhere. On top of a mountain. That's where my mom from. A really beautiful place.
Not a bad actor as well, he was in " Oh God" with George Burns. Not a bad film.
And the Muppets!
West Virginia mountain mama here. His lyrics to Country Roads, of my state, spot on., John Denver always captured the true picture in all his work. So much talent and hits.
This song reminds me of home from yesterday. " His other songs "Annie's Song" I'm Sorry " "Thank God I'm A Country Boy "Leaving On A Jet Plane" are worth a listen. Keep up the excellent work.
He has so many great songs! Just take a look at his catalogue. He was played on top 40 radio stations.
He's more of a folk rock/country mix than straight country.
Many great songs-Annie's Song is probably his most famous but Leaving on a Jet Plane (there's a great clip out there of him performing it along with Cass Elliott), Calypso, Rocky Mountain High and Sunshine On My Shoulders are all excellent pieces of music as well. Unfortunately he died in his early 50's when the small plane he was piloting crashed into a lake.
Y’all should watch the crowd sing this at a West Virginia University home game, all those voices singing this song together is one of the best traditions in college sports.
I. Frickin. LOVE THIS SONG. The harmonies are amazing - & actually not typical. So beautiful!
John Denver was big in the 70s - his songs were simple and nice - took me back to my kids days with mine hillbilly family all the great times spent with them during the summer
Got to see him live in the early 80s in what they call the round where he sat in the center of the venue just him and his acoustic guitars I think he had four of them and one was a 12 string and his stage turned around and around so he faced the whole audience again and again as he played and sang it was one of the greatest concerts that I've been to and I've been to a lot of them
This song is played at the end of every WVU football and basketball game in Morgantown, West Virginia.
@Asia and BJ- John Denver was one of the best to ever do it. Great singer and songwriter. Take me home, Country roads is just one of many of his great songs. Two more of his that I recommend you react to is Leaving on a jetplane and Back Home Again.
Alot of Rock fans loved John....He crossed the line...His stuff was just too Damn good to be denied by even the hardest sternest rockeers...I imagine alot of us tough rockers back in the day secretly going in our room, locking the door and just loving the lift John gave us spiritually...I never locked no doors though...never kept it in the closet...John earned my shout out.
It blows me away that the songs I grew up on, Most music reactors never heard of! Man I must be OOOOOOOLDDD! Lol. Love you 2!!!!
Always loved John Denver. He has so many songs you can just sing along with. This used to be a go to to for Karaoke. Can you just imagine a bunch of drunks in a bar singing this song. He has even been in movies. So sad when he died. Great reaction as always!
Denver is one of only two men to have written and performed two songs that were adopted as the "State Songs" for two different songs. This one for West Virginia, and "Rocky Mountain High" for Colorado
The other is Stephen Foster, with "Swanee River" for Florida and "My Old Kentucky Home" for (obviously) Kentucky
John Denver wrote beautiful poetry, put them to beautiful
music and sung them from his heart to yours. Listen to "Perhaps Love" that he did with Placido Domiques. Their different styles blend perfectly.
🌟 His music is original...☮️R.I.P. J.D.
Saw him play in Sydney in 1992. He was mesmerising. A master story-teller. The power of his vocals was incredible and almost every single song seemed to be familiar. It was a magical experience.
Denver is West Virginia’s favorite adopted citizen. We sing it at the end of a home victory at WVU games.
Good stuff
My favorite songewriter. This takes me straight back to the 70s with my tiny record player listening to 45s. He was so incredibly talented in every way. Those harmonies 😍
Aaawww… I listened to John Denver a lot as a child in the 70s. Makes me smile.
I am weeping. Thinking of my childhood and this song on the radio, and my young-then mother, who died a year ago at 79. I miss her so much.
John Denver was an amazing artist!!!
Song has depth that not everyone gets. My late father grew up in WV, beautiful but dirt-poor, cruelly devastated by coal mining. Underlying it all is a hard-used mother ("Miner's lady") in a place where the water was polluted yellow from coal mining ("stranger to blue water"). One can try to return, hoping today is not too late.
This song came out when I was 9 or 10 years old. And I’m almost 61 now.
growing up in the country in North Carolina this was essential listening!
and i am black as black can get who understood the goodness i was surrounded with!
I live in wv and no matter how bad the state gets, when this comes on every single one of us sings it at the top of our lungs 😂
West Virginia is one of the most beautiful places on Earth!
Born and raised.
His Grand Opus ,"Rocky Mountain High" The best of all his works. The song opened up America's soul to the mountains. Peace.
University of West Virginia coming out song. 80k singing the team out on the field.
Aurora Boralis by CW McCall. That's a song for camping
This song brings back so many memories. I grew up in a family of migrant workers. We traveled from state to state picking whatever fruit or vegetable was in season. But we always came back home to Louisiana. As we got closer and closer to home, my sister, brother and I would sing this song, replacing West Virginia with Louisiana. We sang until we crossed the Louisiana state line.
Flat out amazing artist. My dad played him all the time growing up. Everytime I hear this, it reminds me of leaving the Metroplex and heading into East Texas with the trees and lakes
They still playing this song after all these years in stadiums and all over the radio:)
I appreciate that you both are open to listening to different genres of music....it shows your maturity and humbleness....much respect to the two of you!...👌👍💥
If you watch any West Virginia Football games or basketball games they almost always play it somewhere in the middle or at the beginning of them and the entire crowd sings
😃 LETS GO!!!
I just checked out the top 40 radio charts for August 1971 when this song peaked at #2... just behind the Bee Gees, with stars like Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Creedence Clearwater Revival... and Donnie Osmond in the Top Ten. We listened to anything back then as long it was good, the genre didn't matter.
John Denver was a nature man 🪺 he loved and lived the outdoors 🏔️...i believe thats why he was such a spiritual man
Im happy to see the youth appreciate this music 🪺🕊️🎸🎹
See also: 2 of his band were half of the Starland Vocal Band! "Afternoon Delight", anyone??!?
On September 6, 1980 the new Mountaineer Stadium was dedicated. John Denver was there and led 50 thousand plus fans in belting this song out. It's been a tradition ever since. Although it's known that Johnn Denver did not have West Virginia in mind originally, he said that at some point in writing the song he found West Virginia just fit the line.
Asia I'll bet you heard the song in the movie 'Kingsman: The Secret Service The Golden Circle'. I never considered John a Country artist. To me he was a folk singer. I think he started out with the New Christy Minstrels same as Kenny Rogers. I could be wrong. It's been several years but this song was voted the 17th greatest country song of all time by the Country Music Association. To me this was John's greatest hit. I know it's my favorite . John Denver was a great singer/song writer with an awesome voice. Look up his live performance of Thank God I'm A Country Boy. It's s lot of fun.
My husband and I lived in TX while he got his Masters and I was so homesick. This song was a great comfort to me; we did go back home to WV and the song still means a lot to me. 😊❤️❤️
My dad was born and raised in West Virginia! We lived there when I was a young girl and loved thl
I have found a new appreciation for folk music as I age. I love all the 60's and 70's vibe. So chill.
its also part of the Forever Country song by all of the artist as a mix with i will always love you and the Willie Nelson song
Just a great song from back in the day...He had a lot of great songs...very talented artist
Parts of this song have been used in commercials for years. That may be where Asia heard it before. A fun John Denver song is the live version of "Thank God I'm a Country Boy."
For what he did, no one did it better. What a gift. Enjoy the journey!
If you've ever been to a wedding in WV, you've heard this song, at least 3 times, and every drunk person (okay, every person) singing along.
And a WVU game
West Virginia was a few hours drive from where John was living at the time (Washington DC), he was so inspired by the place that he wrote this song. He’s not from West Virginia 😎❤️
Also I read somewhere that the song was partially written by a different couple who were writing about Montana. They never finished the song, so Denver took it and rewrote parts of it, putting in West Virginia.
This is in the Top Five of My Favorite Songs of All Time, By Anyone.
I have also always loved the female vocal harmony in this song....its fairly subtle but adds a great feel to the melody
When I traveled through West Virginia about ten years ago, this song constantly ran through my mind. Beautiful place 🎉
He wrote a song for his wife called, Annie's Song. It's definitely a love song. He also wrote a song for a movie called, My sweet lady. It was a movie about a singer song writer and his wife was dying of cancer. It's his one sad song. If you saw the movie it was very sad and touching.
He’s also an actor back in his day. He was in OH GOD! with George Burns back the late 70’s sadly he passed away in I think a glider accident but his great voice lives on!😎
It was a powered aircraft, but it was a light kit plane.
@@dgpatter thanks for the info!
“Leavin on a Jet Plane”, John Denver with Mama Cass Elliot. Great song
I used to listen to John Denver all the time growing up. Such a soothing voice.
I love his voice so much.
This song was a standard for long drives in the 70s. We'd belt it out a cappella. The drive from NYC to Vermont meant at least 3 or 4 times through.
Hello from West Virginia! Born and raised right here in the Mountain State and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. This is our anthem heard around the world. Asia and BJ, I love your channel and all your reactions.