Frank Cannon
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Thu Jan-19-06 10:06 PM
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| John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High"... |
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is actually not a joke of a song at all. I'm listening to it right now, and it's really pretty good. In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's freakin' FANTASTIC. I LOVE this song. "Rocky Mountain High" is just f&^#%in' GREAT!!!
I'm just sayin'. If you're not a John Denver fan, or if you don't even know who he is, I implore you to check this song out. You won't be disappointed.
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| supernova
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Thu Jan-19-06 10:07 PM
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| 1. It would be hard to find a better |
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acoustic 12-string player or composer. And I think RMH demonstrates that.
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Thu Jan-19-06 10:10 PM
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| 3. By gosh, that IS a 12-string he's playing |
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Okay, then I think it's even more brilliant. A lot of people who can play a 12-string "show it off", but this song just plays it for the beauty of it.
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Thu Jan-19-06 10:13 PM
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| 6. X-reference "I Am the Eagle.." |
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Same kind of subject.
He has a way of animating Nature, as a force on its own that I find very rare and therefore appealing.
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Thu Jan-19-06 11:25 PM
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| 11. not to quibble, but you can probably find two or three better |
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12-string players teaching at pretty much any acoustic music shop in America, BUT he was a decent picker and an excellent songwriter.
And I'm definitely not a fan.
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Thu Jan-19-06 10:09 PM
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Simple, sincere music is not always silly. I like almost all of his music, except for the Country Boy song.
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Thu Jan-19-06 10:13 PM
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| 7. I never cared for the Country Boy song either |
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I know it was supposed to be silly, but I think he hit that target much better with "Grandma's Feather Bed", which is just a really fun song. I loved it as a kid and the kids in my family love it too.
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Thu Jan-19-06 10:11 PM
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| 4. I read somewhere that it took him 9 months to write it. n/t |
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Thu Jan-19-06 10:11 PM
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| 5. I always thought he deserved more credit than he got. |
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Except for that stupid "Country Boy" song most of his music was well-written and the performances were excellent.
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Thu Jan-19-06 10:27 PM
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| 8. Almost heaven, West Virginia!! |
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Blue ridge mountains, Shenandoah river!
Timeless songs, just timeless.
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Thu Jan-19-06 10:32 PM
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| 9. He was born in the summer of his 27th year |
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Personally, I first saw the Rockies in 1980. Just after my 26th birthday. The song is one of my anthems.
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Thu Jan-19-06 11:24 PM
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and I'm not a fan
Country Roads and Leavin' on a Jet Plane are also great songs he wrote.
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