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

@jerjerkuh232

3 жыл бұрын

This song One of my fav

@mattlugg1185

3 жыл бұрын

So great, hopefully you spoke to God and heard the casual reply.

@marilynzuki6836

3 жыл бұрын

You won’t be disappointed. It’s heaven in the mountains. Enjoy!

@donnebes9421

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Terrysoddy

3 жыл бұрын

Man I’m so glad you’re getting to go , it’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever saw . You will love it.

The Earth has music for those that listen. John was listening and sang what he heard.

@davidpinsel8985

4 жыл бұрын

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

@The_Unprofitable_Servant

4 жыл бұрын

God bless❤

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.

John Denver was one of America's greatest song writers. I miss him.

@Annie-iq3hd

4 жыл бұрын

a rollingstone So do I. This song makes me desperate to see Colorado, though I probably never will.

@markwilson9229

4 жыл бұрын

me too I grew up playing his music on the guitar

@chelseac2190

4 жыл бұрын

Rollingstone, I miss him too.

@siriusgd4753

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ldmax

4 жыл бұрын

"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.

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!

@billharrison2503

Жыл бұрын

I lived that life and it was FAR OUT!

@angelao6591

9 ай бұрын

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.

This song isn't country or rock it is spirit of freedom music

@gen.washington1893

4 жыл бұрын

That's country.

@realdill4969

4 жыл бұрын

Norton Sega Hippie preach it brotha!

@silverwolfmonastery

4 жыл бұрын

you are right... it just is

This reminds me of what my heaven will be like.

@gracielee4561

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

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

@Terrysoddy

2 жыл бұрын

He sure was gods gift to us. What a beautiful singer and song

@terifarmer5066

Жыл бұрын

🕊Amen!🕊

@superfreak19891

Жыл бұрын

So glad I grew up listening to this with my dad playing it on LP, than the crap they have to listen to today!

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

@FC-ku4ez

Жыл бұрын

My mother used to listen to this song every day before we left for school. I first visited Colorado in September of this year, and one month later, I moved to Colorado Springs. I finally understand this song after 40 years.

@davidschmidt6013

Жыл бұрын

@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.

@nobodysbaby5048

Жыл бұрын

Everybody feels like that about Colorado. It's hard to leave, but sometimes necessary.

@karriemccauley8522

Жыл бұрын

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

@robertmessina6962

Жыл бұрын

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

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. .

@marvinlewis5591

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful comment.

@urvashipaul1756

Жыл бұрын

What a comment! A salute!

@chriscarr6392

Жыл бұрын

Mine with will spread on the GrandMesa, near Island Lake and the Grandbys.

@christopherunfus8962

10 ай бұрын

I-70 is my favorite highway in the United States!

This song always puts tears in my eyes...I don't know why.😥😢

@thewline887

2 жыл бұрын

Cause the song is so beautiful

@ecardullo10

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I thought I was the only one.

@highdesertexplorer123

Жыл бұрын

Because it touches a place inside of us all that we never knew existed.

@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970

Жыл бұрын

It's The Memorable Harmonies & Melodies Like In This Track Is Why...From A Time So Long Ago...

@joeburkle

11 ай бұрын

me too. it is beautiful.

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.

@iguanadans

Жыл бұрын

So very sorry for your loss. Keep the memories of your times together always in your heart.

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.

@christopherclarkin9584

4 жыл бұрын

astute observation.

@jamescadwell2809

2 жыл бұрын

Miss hearing both of them

@Patrick-jx1yo

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. The greatest two voices of my childhood. 💔RIP

I've seen it rain in the sky in Colorado, And God was never closer. God Bless you John

The good die young 💔 😢. God Bless you John...One of the most beautifully sung songs ever...Miss you John...

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!

In 100 years, people who love good American music will be listening to John Denver

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.

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

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!

@godisdeadsaidfredfredisdea7543

5 жыл бұрын

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!!!!!!

@lorilange8654

5 жыл бұрын

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..

@elgatogordo9523

5 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@jamesogrady6612

5 жыл бұрын

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

@SovereignSlave1

5 жыл бұрын

Depending on your load you may not be able to take I-70 through Colorado .. bags of chips explode!

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! :-)

@BradleyJuby

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Rodriguez I’m in Longmont right now.

@Zac15Setter

2 жыл бұрын

That's where I live 🙂

The first time i got to Colorado it felt like coming home .... then i knew what John meant .

Legends say he is still singing this in heaven. . .

My Mom LOVED John Denver’s music. Rest In Peace Mom - I miss you. 😢😢

@vickirudd5259

4 жыл бұрын

💝

I was fortunate to see John in concert the year before he died. I am from Kansas, and since Colorado is close by, this song always hit home. Listening to him in concert was a total joy. He was one of the few musicians who sounded exactly the way he did on his recordings, which is always refreshing. John, his guitar, and a few backup singers. Cool beans.

MY FAVORITE VERSION...BEAUTIFULL...IM PLAYING IT FOR MY BROTHER GARY , WHO PASSED AWAY A FEW DAYS AGO

*Back in the 1990's I hiked up to the top of a mountain for the very first time and found this amazing beautiful view of nature. So I camped right on that spot with this beautiful view. That night, I dreamed it was day time again, bright and sunny, looking out again at this same beautiful mountain view. And then off from one side, no joke, John Denver walks up to me and takes off his round rimmed glasses and puts them on me. He did not say a word - but was just smiling at me the whole time. He was saying without a word - now you see what I see.*

One of the greatest songs ever written.

John Denver was one of my grandmothers favorite musicians. She passed away on Monday evening, and my heart broke for good when I heard the news.

@barrylyon6074

5 жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear mate.

I was raised in Boulder. Spent 3 weeks in the mountains alone when I was 18. 1968. Gives you perspective. Enjoying one's own company is a thing many may never know.

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

The magic voice of John forever in the Rocky Mountains and in me! Thanks John

One of the most beautiful songs ever written. Thank you so very much for posting!

I've been singing that song since my childhood, floods my mind with memories of better times. Such a gift to mankind .

@codyjones1098

4 жыл бұрын

better times so very true. share that with ones who dont know or understand what that means....

Wunderschönes Lied‼️Berührt mich sehr. 🇩🇪Grüße aus Deutschland

I heard this song for the first time while I was teen in Indiana. Many years have passed but I am now living in Montana and see this beautiful scenery from my windshield. There is peace among this landscape!

My brother dedicated this song to his son Kevin who would have been 39..he loved nature and the mountains. We miss him.

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. ❤️‍🔥🥰❤️‍🔥🌹❤️‍🔥🥰❤️‍🔥

A true work of art! This man had a gift like so many in the 70's . Amazing song.

We have not forgotten you absolutely. You inspired many of us and still do.

he lost a friend but he kept the memory...

I grew up listening to John Denver and longing, with ALL my heart, to see the mountains he was singing about. They are every bit as amazing as he made them sound. His music touched a place in my soul when I was just a child, and I still love listening. And I still love the mountains ❤️

Still the very best mountain song ever, by a man with the voice of an angel. Still blows me away after almost half a century.

Greetings from 10,000 feet in Victor, Colorado, population 397. Bless John Denver and bless beautiful Colorado!

@sehuroka

5 жыл бұрын

Country roads, the best. Yeeehhaaaaa.

@bogeypatel8982

5 жыл бұрын

Right on! I was in Boulder recently, a BEATIFUL PLACE!

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.

I have lived in Colorado all of my 53 years being a Denver native. I have always associated him with Colorado, I always loved his singing, may he rest in peace in this beautiful country.

A man who knew how to reach the soul of mankind. He may be gone physically but his music will live forever

I wonder how many people have sat out on their deck, looking into the Rockies, and cranked this song to 11 ? I would bet many, many, many people....what a great gift...the gift of roots music.

Mom died this thanksgiving, I watched her go before my eyes. I still cant understand it. Her sister my one true Aunt died the year before. We all would sing this song in the car to a basketball game, soccer game, or b-day party I miss them so much right now. I would in their eyes and see the world and understand.. luv you miss you

My favourite singer of all time, absolutely fantastic music. A poet, singer, instrument playing legend!! Love all the songs. Thank you John Denver!!!

God Bless You john, such great music you left us, never forgotten!

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.

Wow, what a great song from perhaps the most avid outdoorsman-- John Denver. This song speaks volumes on solitude, on enjoying life, and on rugged Americana. Rest in peace John-- you were a great man!

We had the privilege to take a group of young American students on a visit to see our high mountains in Australia. We took them to a high vantage point above Kangaroo Valley. One of them burst out and said, " Wow, now I know what John Denver was singing about".

What a golden voice; what a sweet tune!

I laugh at the 1,174 LOSERS, that gave this a thumbs DOWN. This is a TIMELESS song.

@walterpaton8698

4 жыл бұрын

1.4 losers . I swear idiots thumb down a song just to make them feel good. Natural Selection.

@trishdundas2643

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Roveto there were people who disliked this?

@somguy728

4 жыл бұрын

Those losers have never known anything but the city. Ignorance is bliss.

Such perfect & beautiful photos to accompany this awesome song, Lone Wolf. John Denver had a wonderful voice & was gone too soon. Just think what he could write now! Thank-you!

My balm when I'm feeling down is John Denver. Thank you for the sothing music John Denver. Thank you for making my childhood warm and happy. May you be blessed with the same warm happiness you gave to those who grew up with your gentle music where ever you are today.

Such an extraordinary artist and a wonderful human being. R.I.P. John Denver 😇 Gone too soon. You are so very missed. 😧

I moved to Colorado in the summer of my 27th year, I cry whenever I hear this, it wraps it all up, "friends around the campfire and everybody's high"

I live in Fresno, Ca. and go up into the Sierra Nevada Mountains whenever I can and when I do this song always pops into my head.

I’m here again ? Damn John Denver you will always be a legend .

My God, what a beautiful song!

All young children need to hear John's music. Lest they be captivated and enchanted with the wonders of Earth.

@ericburow6436

2 жыл бұрын

Much to explore

There was a coffee shop across the street from my High School and every morning, back in '72-'73, someone would play this song while we had coffee and a doughnut. So ever since every time I hear this it takes me back to Dewey's Diner, and all my friends from school....Great job!

Very Beautiful Masterpiece from John Denver, spectacular video, everything God created

I live in the UK,I will never see an eagle fly,but with this song sung by a great man,I am nearly there !.....Thank you John Denver and Lone Wolf

I live in Pacific Grove Ca where Johns plane went down. We honor him every September with a impromptu concert. Its still so sad

@lynngordon4515

5 жыл бұрын

jan jones Hi from Monterey, CA we have the Love for good music.

@Xokkeikatt

5 жыл бұрын

WOW... Id like to know when that is. Im only a couple of hours drive from there..well maybe three hours drive.

@freshstart9309

4 жыл бұрын

I would so love to come to one of those. 💖

This song will always be AMAZING !!!

Beautiful song

Leaving on a 1 month RV road trip to Colorado tomorrow....1st ever...in my 72nd year. This tune is what I seek.

Greetings from Colorado Springs! I can't imagine living anywhere else but Colorado. Great musician and awesome music. I loved John Denver growing up.

John you will never be bettered! What a voice, song writer, story teller an inspiration to all who have a soul! My god you are missed.

Spending the very best years of my life in Colorado and loving every minute of every day!

I play this song when I start preparing for my trip to my lodge in the mountains of Montana. Gets me pumped!

Rip In peace John Denver your music will live on 💔😢

This song inspired myself a New Yorker to take a trip to Colorado. Now I take trips out west to see the country side. Beautiful pictures in this video!

John really got it right with this song. He would NEVER be on the radio today. Thank God for our childhoods in the 60's-70's-80's.

@mustangmikep51

5 жыл бұрын

100% agree Mike.

This song brings me back to the beautiful Colorado i grew up before Denver changed so much . In the 70s and 80s it was a wonderful place . I now live in Charlotte NC but everytime i hear this song i longed for my old Colorado .

Your music will live on forever John!! You gave so many SO much in life and still in death. Your music can take anyone to another place in time where life is fun and interesting and never boring. R.I.P. I'm so glad to have been a part of your life for SO many years.

John Denver is a icon. No one can never forget him

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.

I saw him not performing but eating breakfast at So Lake Tahoe in Jan or Feb 87. He joined our group at Heavenly Valley up by the stage of his annual ski tournament! We all just let him enjoy being his true self and all of us few folks would have aided him had anyone bothered him..but the chemistry of friendship was there and he was happy to be among our little group of maybe 20 young folks that early morning. He cooked his own his breakfast hotdog with us, got a Miller light beer and we all appreciated him especially. It was a fresh powder morning and the rim of that beautiful dark blue lake was very pristine!! It was so neat to enjoy him without his guitar and safely in our watch! That was a rocky mountain high morning!! John enjoyed his quiet time with us. That was just a few years before his life ended! He lives on in good memories!!

One of the greatest voices of my generation, who happened to be one of the best technical guitar players of any generation.

I'm not American but I love this song so so much.

@mikecrawford73

5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU DARLING

@davidb2206

5 жыл бұрын

Change your country to BE "American" in liberty and freedom. You can do it. RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE. Have you read the Bill of Rights? Those RICH guys, over 200 years ago, were ready to DIE for those few words.

@heiketheangel5187

5 жыл бұрын

Rizki Anjani so am I and I love this song also!

@massivegat5087

5 жыл бұрын

Music has no borders, we're all on this beautiful Earth together!

@dustinnicely6588

5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter where you're from... Good music, is good music.

Imo... One of the most beautiful songs ever... RIP John Denver.

Even in this time, the song evokes love for nature and marvel at majestic landscape. This song accompanied my Papa's final rites of journey to the columbarium on 30-July-2022. R.I.P. Papa.

this is one of the best singers ever ,if you pick on John you are a train wreck , let him rest in peace

I'm from Texas ( originally) but living in NM now.. John Denver was a great artist and put out music that to me is "spiritual"! Glad I got to see him in concert in Dallas ( @ Reunion Arena), so many years ago!

I used to listen to this song with my grandpa that died recently it makes me think of him

Another beautiful song by John Denver

absolutely one of the greatest songs ever produced,,,,,by anyone

God made this man and the beautiful mountains and blue skies of America

love this song, one mans love story to his home .rip John.

Yes he captured the Rockies like no one else. God bless him

Like most people I've had some hard times in life. Just when things would seem the darkest I could play a John Denver song and everything would be okay again, if just for a little while. Rest in peace, John, and thanks for so many great songs.

@WildLoneWolf

8 жыл бұрын

+sjtom57 ...and that is what music is all about my friend,thanks for watching and commenting :)

Never have seen so many stars filling the sky like a blanket of lights. Softer than a lullaby easy on the mind and peaceful for one's soul.

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.

Been a month Since I’ve been there and still can’t get it out of my head. I believe it touched my soul. Wish I was younger.