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- Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.~ John Muir ~ Naturalist
My brother would take a 3 week sabbatical to Colorado mountains every year to get closer in his walk with God. He would come home and be refreshed.
I am finally going to visit the beautiful state of Colorado - its been my dream as long as I can remember. I am 55 years old...raised 3 amazing children as a single mom...spent many many years broke and struggling...now they are grown....all graduated college...my eldest daughter moved to Denver 2 years ago and I was supposed to visit her in May for my birthday but it was cancelled due to the wonderful VIRUS....now...in 2 weeks I am finally getting to make my trip...I am so overwhelmed with emotion and excitement....I have listened to this song 25 times in the last week....and I cry every time. Thank you John...xoxo
This song One of my fav
So great, hopefully you spoke to God and heard the casual reply.
You won’t be disappointed. It’s heaven in the mountains. Enjoy!
Hope you enjoyed your visit to Colorado. I was fortunate to live there for a couple years in the early 1980s. I loved everything about, it, skiing hiking and anything outdoors. Unfortunately I never made it back. I’m much older now, but the memories I have of that time are still crystal clear. I loved it there.
Man I’m so glad you’re getting to go , it’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever saw . You will love it.
This man had a gift that could make the world silent so it could hear him sing. What an awesome voice. I thank God for giving us the gift of John Denver. An angel on earth. Thank you John for sharing your amazing gift with us. R.I.P. you beautiful soul
He sure was gods gift to us. What a beautiful singer and song
🕊Amen!🕊
So glad I grew up listening to this with my dad playing it on LP, than the crap they have to listen to today!
John Denver was one of America's greatest song writers. I miss him.
a rollingstone So do I. This song makes me desperate to see Colorado, though I probably never will.
me too I grew up playing his music on the guitar
Rollingstone,
I miss him too.
He wrote "Annie's Song" while he was on a ski lift!
"Knew he'd be a poor man if he never saw an eagle fly"
My Lord, what beautiful lyrics.
"He was born in the summer of his 27th year, coming home to a place he'd never been before." I identify so much with that line. I feel born again every time I see a beautiful place for the first time. I remember driving up to Utah. Leaving Cedar City, the cheap rental car struggled on the mountain road with the engine growling noisily. I pulled off at a scenic turnout, shut off the engine and stepped out into the most profound silence I have ever experienced. Not a manmade sound to be heard or sight to be seen. I broke down and cried by the side of the road.
In 100 years, people who love good American music will be listening to John Denver
The Earth has music for those that listen. John was listening and sang what he heard.
Thanks again @Lone Wolf for finding these Breathtaking Pics to go with such an Amazing Song full of Positivity Genuiness Authentic By the way I read somewhere that back in 1972 John Denver told people at his Concert that it took 9 Months to write the Song which is So Amazing How much Thought and Patience He had when He Wrote the Song
LONE WOLF TAKE CARE AND STAY BLESSED
God bless❤
The very first lyric gets me. "He was born in the summer of his 27th year, coming home to a place he's never been before." It clearly demonstrates how much John Denver loved Colorado and felt living there was his life calling. So beautiful
@Just Me I know. Same here, I always caught that reference, that it was to someone who 'came home' to a place, for the first time, that felt like his natural home. It was only when I was teaching in a university here in Khon Kaen (Thailand) some years ago, that I learned that JD had actually been born in New Mexico, and that Colorado was his 'adopted' home.
Everybody feels like that about Colorado. It's hard to leave, but sometimes necessary.
I grew up in Nebraska on a family farm and I fortunately had older sisters who exposed me to John Denver and I fell in love with him because of his love for the earth.
I moved to Colorado after I graduated college in 1983 and have felt like I was home.
This beautiful wonderful state welcomed me on and I have taken it for granted.
I wake up and do my morning chores and when I see the mountains in the mornings I am thank full to live on beautiful state where I have been fortunate to have seen an eagle fly
That could be ALL of us... awakening to real
World finally at 27.
John saw it and lived it
The COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN 🏔️ HIGH....I have too
It's spectacular
This song definitely brings up feelings in my soul I moved to Colorado at 24 I’m now 60 the beauty of this state is truly magical and still leaves me in awe. I moved to Virginia for 2 years Beautiful in its own right but I couldn’t wait to be back home to Colorado I’m fortunate enough to get up to my favorite mountain lake several times a year see the eagle s fly and the beautiful sunsets of fire in the sky I say to anyone who wants to travel Colorado mountains are well worth the visit..🏔️🌲🔥❤️
John Denver sang about a life we all really wanted to live. He saw a better life and put it all to music. Thank you and RIP John Denver!
I lived that life and it was FAR OUT!
I'm living that life he sings about. Fell in LOVE with the Rockies over 30 years ago. Back in 2015, I took a tremendous leap of faith and moved to be near the mountains (going on 9 years now) with just one suitcase and $16. I'm still standing here. Loving every minute of it. NEVER been happier. God put me here for a good reason. I met my husband of 7 years shortly after arriving. God had plans that I was unaware of at the time. Let God guide you to your place of JOY no matter where he happens to plant you.
The good die young 💔 😢. God Bless you John...One of the most beautifully sung songs ever...Miss you John...
This song always puts tears in my eyes...I don't know why.😥😢
Cause the song is so beautiful
Me too. I thought I was the only one.
Because it touches a place inside of us all that we never knew existed.
It's The Memorable Harmonies & Melodies Like In This Track Is Why...From A Time So Long Ago...
me too. it is beautiful.
such a beautiful song with very beautiful photos. Colorado Rockies most beautiful place on earth!
My moms favorite song ... I scattered her ashes at the summit of Pikes Peak as I had always promised ... She was born and raised there and then spent over 40 years in Florida with my dad and as he promised her when they retired he took her home in July 2003 but sadly she died from malpractice in November 2004 ... I thank God every single day for letting my mom live long enough to go home ... She hated Florida ... My mom was only 60 when God called her Home .... I miss you everyday mom but I carry you in my heart FOREVER!!!! You were truly the BEST!
Colorado captured my heart and soul many years ago. God has painted many beautiful memories
This reminds me of what my heaven will be like.
Me too!
Back in 1974 this song brought me and my little family back from Orange County to live again at home in the Rocky Mountains of Utah.
John Denver's soothing and magical voice has as his spirit twin sister Karen Carpenter. Two enormous talents, two God-given voices, two precious souls lost too soon.
astute observation.
Miss hearing both of them
Absolutely agree. The greatest two voices of my childhood. 💔RIP
There is only ONE John Denver that ever existed. RIP John.
1973 - I was living in Longmont, CO when this song was played on the radio. It's great to know that his music is still being played! Thank you for posting this wonderful memory! :-)
Daniel Rodriguez I’m in Longmont right now.
That's where I live 🙂
To the beautiful state and people of Colorado lots of love from Scotland
I've seen it rain in the sky in Colorado, And God was never closer. God Bless you John
My connection to this song is deep. My best friend and I used to take road trips listening to this song as we went on our adventures. The crazy thing is when John Denver says, "they say he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun and he lost a friend but kept the memory. Now he walks in quite solitude the forest and the stream seeking grace in every step he take". Well that was me when I went on our Colorado trip. See the past year has been really hard, even when I take the trips we planned. I know he's there with me even if he's not physically here anymore. He took his own life on May 1st 2019 and left me in my lonesome to take our trips. I bring my dog with me but he was the only best friend I had. So this song always reminds me of him and I in the car on a road trip, blasting John Denver with the windows down on some Arkansas back road trying to find our way.
So very sorry for your loss. Keep the memories of your times together always in your heart.
I grew up in Colorado and have long since gone, but every time I drive I-70 through the mountains I always think of this song. This is literally one of the most beautiful songs ever written and I have instructed my son to sprinkle my ashes on top of Pikes Peak so my ashes will be as free as John Denver's soul.
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Wonderful comment.
What a comment! A salute!
Mine with will spread on the GrandMesa, near Island Lake and the Grandbys.
I-70 is my favorite highway in the United States!
He was born in the autumn of his 50th year, going home to a place he'd been a few times before. Love this song.
Makes me grateful for where my wife and I live in our log cabin ,with our dogs cats,horses ,Elk deer coyotes and a sow bear with cubs ,no neighbors,nearest town 1 hr.away,surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of timber
For me is this song very nice. Many thanks dear John from us all.
This song isn't country or rock it is spirit of freedom music
That's country.
Norton Sega Hippie preach it brotha!
you are right... it just is
The late John Denver is my most favorite singer of all time for me. Rocky Mountain High is my favorite John Denver song and I have 3 of his Christmas albums which are the best Christmas albums. I have been in 6 of the 8 Rocky Mountain region states and Colorado is my most favorite one of the Rocky Mountain region states I have been in. Nearly everyone of my late mothers side of my family lives in Colorado. I wanted to attend the University of Colorado from 1972 to 1976.
The reason why I didn’t was my draft number was called & quickly got sworn into the Naval Reserves then the active duty Navy.
My brother dedicated this song to his son Kevin who would have been 39..he loved nature and the mountains. We miss him.
Grew up in north Denver suburbs back in the 60s and 70s. The photos showing the Colorado landscapes were an almost everyday sort of thing. We were up in the "hills" most every weekend and I guess we took it all for granted. Growing up in Colorado we convinced ourselves that life was better or more exciting or more glamorous somewhere else, California or New York or Dallas. 40+ years later I would give almost anything to be that "bored" again. I love this John Denver song, but it always reminds me of the things I have lost moving away from Colorado.
Legends say he is still singing this in heaven. . .
This song inspired me (along with some other things) to move to rural Colorado in 1973... Still here and no real desire to move elsewhere... this song is so right on to where I was at that point in life.. my old friends are all gone but im still here lovin the mtns... and gettin Rocky Mountain High... better believe it, it's legal here!
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. Thank you so very much for posting!
God Bless You john, such great music you left us, never forgotten!
A man who knew how to reach the soul of mankind. He may be gone physically but his music will live forever
The world was a better place with John Denver.
he lost a friend but he kept the memory...
What a singer, and what a vision. We need more people like this, and no more politicians, left or right, good or bad, mostly bad.
My little 5 year old grandson's favorite song is a John Denver song, " Take me home country road ". It's pretty obvious to me his songs appeal to a broad range of people young and old alike and songs like these will be listened to for generations like they already have been. Thanks for posting.
John: May God bless you and keep you in the beauty you sang about. Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: may the holy one bless you and keep you, forever and ever, Amen.
Rip In peace John Denver your music will live on 💔😢
These are some perfect photos to accompany this lovely song. A natural high.
God made this man and the beautiful mountains and blue skies of America
John Denver. Can't find rocky mountain song beautiful than what he sang, immortal singer...
I laugh at the 1,174 LOSERS, that gave this a thumbs DOWN. This is a TIMELESS song.
1.4 losers . I swear idiots thumb down a song just to make them feel good. Natural Selection.
Jim Roveto there were people who disliked this?
Those losers have never known anything but the city. Ignorance is bliss.
Great background. I've been to the rocky mountains and they are beautiful.
I'm just remembering John Denver and what this song means to me. I moved from the east coast to Colorado in 1990 when I was 23 or so and spent 7 years of my life growing up there. Thank You John for the inspiration.
This song takes me back to good times. Care free and my future ahead of me! Who knew I’d be married for 42 years, 4 daughters, 7 grandsons and 2 granddaughters!
Rock on!
God bless all who reads this!
It's crazy how the lord takes the good one's Rest In Heaven Mr.Denver!!!
I’m here again ? Damn John Denver you will always be a legend .
I lived in Colorado for 40 years. I came to NM for a few months thinking I’d go home afterward. But the prices changed! The people changed. I can’t afford to live there now. My kids are being raised in the desert. Summers are too hot to play outside so a lot of kids play video games during summer vacation. I hear this song and a million memories fill my head. I took for granted something as simple as green grass or a rainstorm. Or a snowy day with hot chocolate. If it rains here it’s like a tiny 3 minute sprinkle and my boys RUN to the window! If you’re in Colorado you’re truly surrounded by heaven. Look around a little more. :) you’re so blessed.
You can still find old style CO, just have to look a bit....NM has it's charms also.
Thank you God for me being born and raised in Colorado my home in Delta on the Western Slope.
This is my all time favorite song that John Denver sings
My grandpa died this song reminds me of him he was a good man he went on the Oregon trail and crossed the Rocky mountains God bless him so it was just so sad that he died we always had fun together
This song always brings tears to my eyes.
I'm a good old boy who enjoys a great Rocky Mountain High every chance I get. The best are up on Rollins Pass and Jenny and Yankee Doodle Lakes. I camp in those places and catch and eat my breakfast. Life is so so good. Born and raised in Eastern Iowa on a farm and in '80 come to Colorado and matured in the Rockies. Life has been so blessed for me. Thank you Lord.
Amen
Bless you, John! We'll never forget you!
I loved camping as a boy scout back in the 70s. Chicago Area Council had a boy scout camp scout Owasippe Scout Reservation up in Michigan about six hours away by car and bus. The summers of 1975, 76 and 77 I went up there for a week. It was so much fun camping and hiking and sleeping in the outdoor clean fresh air. There's nothing like it. This song reminds me of those wonderful times even though it was Michigan instead of Colorado where I found so much peace and happiness.
Lone Wolf you're absolutely correct. Music does bring people together. There's no right or wrong in it. It just makes us feel good. There's no politics, there's no religion, there's no I am right and you are wrong, just a mutual love and admiration for whatever type music that we are listening to.
Every time I see an eagle fly I think of this song. Fortunately, eagles are quite common in Colorado now. I live close to Barr lake and and see them often there.
To everyone here who is thinking about visiting or moving to Colorado, do it. Moving here was the second best decision I ever made.
I met him at Harvard College, spoke alone to him outside, and experienced him in concert the next night in Providence, RI. One of my favorite memories. ❤️🔥🥰❤️🔥🌹❤️🔥🥰❤️🔥
No one captures the spirit of the Rockies like John. I will never forget being in his beloved mountains in Colorado, or seeing him in concert in mine - the White Mountains, New Hampshire, in the 1980s. God bless his beautiful soul.
As an Australian I can gladly say I wish I could experience the beauty of the mountains of Colorado. I can just tell how majestic it must be. Australia had mountains and hills but nothing like this.
A true American original - he is very much missed.
I wish there was more hopeful music now days. 70's. . . . . it was quite a special time. . .. .
Very special indeed... 🎶🎼💕🎹💗
Imo... One of the most beautiful songs ever... RIP John Denver.
Everything about this song is legendary in my life, I felt, my whole life, that John was authoring my story. I came home at 27, started a new life, found God, looked inward... all of it, like every word describes my story - its a universal truth and yet its true for me so its personal. I had a moment in Salt Lake when I say John at a hotel. An elevator door opened there he was, standing in front of me, like an angel, long wavy brown hair, glasses, brown leather jacket on, I was shocked and honored and grateful for this timeless moment. May your spirit soar and guide me like the eagle, flying closest to the Great Spirit - I love you John, like a grandfather guiding me home. thank you
Beautiful song , being a native of Colorado never get bored of all the beautiful Views and sunsets
John you are STILL loved & missed!
It's a masterpiece. Obviously. RIP JD
John your music has changed my life so much I have such a strong. Clear Connection with nature and the great creator. Its over whelming at times an uncontrollable storm of positive energy. Thank you from the bottom of my heart I'm from Minnesota I just really wish. I could have met you in this life maybe in the next God willing.
A star ❤rip john you gave us beautiful music
One of the best voices in the world. Love John Denver's music. Genius.
John Denver knew a certain serenity that most of us can only envy. He put it in his music for us all to enjoy. It's a shame he was taken from us so young. He would be a great influence on music today.
Hard to believe it's over 20 years since he passed..........such a magical lyricist who's left a fabulous legacy of music to the world
The Beauty of Gods Green Earth, Magnificent. Thank You , Lord.
My Mom LOVED John Denver’s music. Rest In Peace Mom - I miss you. 😢😢
💝
Been to Colorado twice; once after travelling in the best of times; another during the worst. The latter brought a peace which folks often scoff at, but it does exist. I'm in New Jersey now, but it's past time I see those rocky mountains again. 🙂
Greetings from Colorado Springs! I can't imagine living anywhere else but Colorado. Great musician and awesome music. I loved John Denver growing up.
I loved living in Colorado Springs in the early 70's. It was so awesome to wake up and walk out the door and see Pikes Peak. I had to shout as I have lived in Europe (Germany) since joining the army. John Denver's music always touched me growing up, and today I heard this great song on German radio, and I had to say something. I remember I cried when I heard that John had left us, and right now I have tears in my eyes just thinking back to the beautiful city that I grew up in. I am a 64 year old army veteran and I say, thank you John for your great music that I will never get tired of listening to.
when my husband and I were truck driving for FedEx, he would take either I-40 or else I-80 to avoid the mountains through Colorado, as one never knew when it would storm there on I-70. Yet on our last trip west, he said to me, "just for you, I will drive THROUGH those mountains so that you can see them!" and he did---and I will never forget the MAJESTY and beauty of what I saw!!! Thank you God, for that and for my wonderful guy who did that for me!
diane baum I used to be an owner operator for a small outfit in Al. I had put close to 3 million miles on my old 87 Freightshaker with an old school 425 Cat. When I got a load out to Utah from Charleston. I told my dispatcher that since I had a week to get there in my large car I was going to slow down enjoy the ride and have fun going thru 70. She told me to be safe and have fun. I did just that til I saw white smoke rolling when I was at the Rifle, Co Rest area. My poor girl was dying on me. As it turns out, my worst trip $$$ wise was my best trip every other way. I was towed to Grand Junction and while waiting for my truck, I got a ride to NM where I rode the steam train from Chama NM thru the mtn. passes and rode the bus back. I chartered a ride back to grand Junction by private plane and had a blast. I put another 250 thousand on that old Cat b4 I retired her. BEST BREAKDOWN EVER!!!!!!
Awesome I e never been in CO only the 4 corners..When I was in AZ.. So want to go there had dreams and visions of CO..
Same here, my son and I last summer's road trip on I-70. We both were taken from the beautiful and majestic scenery. My son now wants to move there after he finishes his military service. Be awesome if he does :)
diane baum Funny story driving from Buffalo, NY to California, we ran into a snow storm in the mountains. We thought people would think we brought the snow from Buffalo. Its crazy in Buffalo we get 10-12 feet every winter from Lake Erie. That's nothing compared to 1977 Blizzard we got 19 feet in that storm & City & Schools were closed for 3 weeks. People were afraid of Buffalo like people were afraid of the movie JAWS. Back then we only got vistors because Niagara Falls is close. Always WHITE XMAS IN BUFFALO
Depending on your load you may not be able to take I-70 through Colorado .. bags of chips explode!
I’ve been to Colorado & it is a staggeringly beautiful part of America.
I always remember my sister when I play this. She loved John Denver ♥
My 1st concert bout 50 yrs ago =) ! Opener played 'afternoon delight' then Denver played his frikn heart out!!! Aunts Billie, Joe, Jimmie & Lucy took us all to Colorado camping all the way!
Sure miss him. He had his struggles too but sad by his death. Glad he left wonderful songs!!👍❤️
Our rocky mountains are so beautiful!
The first time i got to Colorado it felt like coming home .... then i knew what John meant .
I wasn't a big John Denver fan but this was always a wonderful song.
Greetings from 10,000 feet in Victor, Colorado, population 397. Bless John Denver and bless beautiful Colorado!
Country roads, the best.
Yeeehhaaaaa.
Right on! I was in Boulder recently, a BEATIFUL PLACE!
What a pure soul.
This video/song just made me cry. I’ll never forget the first time I visited the Rockies. Truly breathtaking...especially when you’re in love. Such a magical place to experience.
This video has me in tears. I’m trying to get back to Colorado. I healed in those mountains and got right.
I had to leave Colorado. The healing is gone. I need those mountains. I need those views. My soul wants to be in Colorado.
God bless America God bless John denver the man with the voice from heaven is now singing in heaven r I pjohn
Beautiful man and musician!
Of all the songs in the world,
this one gives me peace.
Agreed.
I from north east New York state live near lake Ontario. Love this music all of my 66 years. No better
The magic voice of John forever in the Rocky Mountains and in me! Thanks John
John Denver was one of the best I miss him so much
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This song fits so great in every picture I really love John Denver's music
John Denver kicks ass!