Reaction to John Denver song Annie.At first i didn't know if there really was an Annie.I have since learnt that waw actually his wife's name. That makes the song even more beautiful. #countrymusic #countrymusicreaction #johndenver
This is a re-recorded version when he was older and can definitely hear the change in his voice that comes with age. Although I can appreciate this version I really like the original version and the sound of his younger voice.
The original recording blows this version away and a must reaction to do it justice! It will make you cry!It is about his ex wife Annie who loved him so much!
Totally agree, but this is still beautiful. It amazes how high a register he has to sing throughout this song, it soars throughout the entire song. The original is, without a doubt, otherwordly beautiful.❤
John tells the story of how he was inspired to write this song while riding a ski lift in the mountains. The views of the mountains and the ski heightened his senses, Hence the kine, "you fill up my senses" He is my all-time favorite male singer. His voice is so clear. He built a home in Aspen, Colorado. I was stationed in Colorado about the time he came into prominence. I was there in '72 to '74. Yes, Annie was his wife. They later divorced, a victim of his time on the road. "Annie's Song" is often used as a wedding song. You might listen to "Perhaps Love", the version he does with Placid Domingo.
Annie was his wife. The song was written in 10 minutes on a ski lift. John lived in the mountains and he was a champion for the environment. He was also on the Presidential commission to end world hunger.
I was on a road trip with my parents and was sleeping in the back of their van. They had the radio playing down low. Suddenly, I woke up and said, "did they just say John Denver died?" And my parents, in shock at the news, acknowledged that I heard that correctly. I was heart broken. They spent the rest of the day playing John Denver songs on the radio.
I was young when John Denver was alive. I love his music and it was a big part of my life. His voice is so clear and beautiful. His lyrics are poetry. I was heartbroken when he died. That was a tough one to endure.
Annie Martell was his wife. They met when he was playing a college gig (she was still in school). When he had saved enough money they bought a cabin in Aspen, Colorado, a sleepy little mountain town with ski slopes around it. It wasn't the Ritzy playground of the rich and famous yet back in the seventies. John was 27 years old and, "coming home to a place he'd never been before". After his marriage with Annie broke up in the early eighties he was never quite the same again. Listen to "Poems Prayers and Promises". I was playing guitar when I heard John had died in a plane crash; I stopped what I was doing, sat down in disbelief and his song "Poems Prayers and Promises" came out of me. It was fitting....and it's a great song. But then he had several great songs, and many good ones.
My wife and I (both from Colorado) played this at our wedding 32 years ago. It has been and always will be OUR song. I can’t help but think about our sweet life together, our three wonderful children and our profound love for one another. It drives me to tears every time I hear it. God bless John Denver and his artistic genius. Thanks Harri, for reacting to this wonderful, powerful, yet simple song.
I had the privilege of going to several of his concerts between 1985 -1990. He always got a standing ovation. A request i have is "Looking For Space". A very moving song.
He did an apparencence on: the Muppet show singing Grandma's Feather Bed. His interaction with the Muppets is very endearing. You should give it a reaction.
He died doing what he loved, building airplanes and flying. My son and I saw his plane go into the ocean that day and he is fine and happy wherever he is. We are so lucky to have his music.
@@DK-ed7be Doubtful. The experts who inspected the plane believed it was the awkward placement of the fuel tank switch on the wall behind his head. It made it hard to read the gauge and to flip the switch to change to the reserve tank. It probably wasn’t an FAA approved design.
Big fan since childhood. This is my favourite, the words...beautiful, his voice was unique and he had a special presence. Great live too. Annie was his first wife. They lived in Starwood in Aspen. Beautiful place, been there twice. Sadly missed. Please check out more of his songs, they are stunning.
Harri, it’s just perfect that you recorded this on the 14th of October. It’s my fathers birthday and in the 1970s and early 1980s people thought my dad looked like John Denver. See how all pieces of the puzzle just fit without anyone forcing it? It’s the universal I tell you.
Sir Hari. Thank you so much for reacting to this song. It makes my soul smile and eyes weep. I was blessed to have met John a number of times and my most treasured meeting was a week prior to his death. I can hear his laughter once again because of you. 🙏
Thanks, Harri! JD is awesome - notwithstanding the musical talent - which is extraordinary - he was also emotional, tender, humorous -(no - he never mentioned her name in the song - but not necessary because it was in the title -so she knew it was for her... lol)
When my great nephew was born my nieces boyfriend left her and I used to sing "For baby (for Bobbie)" to him to go to sleep from John Denver. Check it out. He is 10 now and remembers me singing it to him.
I had to laugh when you said how often he mentions mountains. When I was young my sisters and I sang a lot, and Mom would say, sing the one with the mountains and rivers!!! We'd look at each other and laugh. When you sing a lot of folk music, well, you can imagine!😂
I loved playing this song, and was always looking for a guy to sing it with. I love singing harmony and thought this would be a good song for a duet. I never did raise any interest in that, although they seemed to like when I sang it at parties. Then the old gang separated to pursue marriage, career, college, whatever, and we didn't get together again. You know, we all changed. But Annie's Song still gets to me. I guess that will never change.
It's very easy to understand his love for the Rocky mountains. I grew up in Idaho, lived in Denver for a couple of years and have lived in Utah the majority of my life. I have been living within minutes of driving up to the canyons and ski resorts most of my life. I sit on the rockers on my front porch and they are right there in front of me. Sometimes I took the scenery for granted but as I got older I have taken time every day to appreciate how fortunate I am. They are do beautiful now in their autumn colors. John Denver was popular when I was growing up and I enjoyed how beautiful and simple his songs are.
John was always filled with self doubt...never thought he was good enough...and yet as we see again his brilliance...his song writhing genius pulls you right in a makes you "feel" you are there..."rhyme and reason" is one of his best and another that came to him in minutes RIP John
John Denver had applied to be the first civilian in space, riding on the space shuttle Challenger... the flight that exploded 73 seconds after launch. He wrote a tribute song to those who died in that. It's called "Flying For Me".
Mate, I love your reaction videos, because they are so much more than that. You share a part of your life's experience when you talk about the songs. It's a real treat for you to share this. And just from the two JD reviews I've listened to; you have a poet's soul. Sure; this is a later recording of John's, but what I find amazing about singer/songwriter's such as he is that the song interpretations change over the years. For example; Poems, Prayers and Promises is a song written when he was very young. The lyrics are written from a perspective of an older person looking back on their life. As a younger man he did it very well, however singing it at a later age - for example in the Wildlife Concert is exceptional - my opinion is that he has now "grown into" the song and it's so poignant and his vocal delivery and presentation shows a real understanding of the writing from probably 30 years earlier. You mentioned in your "Leaving on a Jet plane" reaction about cover songs. If you're not familiar with it, may I recommend you take a listen to John's version of Michael Martin Murphey's "Boy from the Country". In the intro; John expresses as to how it could have been written for, or about him. Michael wrote it as a tribute to St. Francis of Assisi. However, knowing John's life as you do, the comparison is very appropriate. Just John and the guitar. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FaJTtNDBQwk.html
Yes, this is one of the most beautiful love songs of all time... and he was taken way too soon from us, but thankfully, he left us his great gift. You are so right that he was so in tune with nature and was a conservationist before it was the thing to be one. He would be totally into trying to stop the climate change if he was here. Continue to RIP John.
This is one of the very few songs that I avoid listening to too often. I don't want to spoil or get bored of it, so I break it out on special occasions. A bit like the posh table cloth at Christmas.
I remember exactly where I was driving when I heard on the radio that he’d died. I had to pull over and cry, and still think of him every time I drive there. Actually, I still get very emotional and sometimes weepy when I listen to his music. One of the under acknowledged all time musical greats!
so sad hearing john sing about the beautiful mountains and the vast open sky knowing his final moments were spent fighting for his life high up there. I like to think that he had a zen moment and said to himself WELL GOD, HERE I AM.
I’d recommend, as someone else has, Calypso. Because of its subject matter, perhaps you won’t find it as emotional. But just the song itself is a real tour du force. Great song! And, like you, also an October boy… and I too felt particularly moved when he passed so close to my birthday. And now I’m an expat teaching abroad and I’m shocked to learn that perhaps the most well known Western song here in SE Asia is an OLD Western song… Take Me Home Country Roads. Everyone in SE Asia knows John Denver. They may not know him by name, but they know him by voice. Check out Calypso. You may not be as moved as you are by some of his other work, but you’ll be just as impressed.
He had a ranch in the Rockies, his stage name is "Denver" after Denver, Colorado, Annie was his wife. He loved the Rockies, he loved Colorado, he loved annie
This is a version I have not heard but it is a beautiful song nevertheless! Such tenderness! He was a gem and his words are what any woman would want to hear! He didn’t need to name her in the song. She knew who he was singing about. Lovely choice Harri! 🌺✌️
I agree with BobC1949’s comment. John definitely wrote the song about his wife after he went outside to a nearby ski area to think over an argument he and his wife, Annie, had just just had had. I recommend the same video clip cited by BobC. Additionally, I was about to suggest the same song for your reaction, “Perhaps Love”. I consider it the most beautiful song he ever recorded - and that’s saying a lot because I’m a great fan of nearly all his work, musically, environmentally, and even in film. I especially like the campy little Christmas film almost no one knows about, “ The Christmas Gift”. It’s really a very poorly scripted and badly acted piece of cinema, but the message is still pretty heartwarming - plus, he gets to sing a couple Christmas songs and perform his “Love Again”.
Now please try It's Goodbye Again, Calypso, Fly Away with backgrounds by Olivia, Shanghai Breeze, Perhaps Love, hell try 'em all. He is one great voice and song writer!!!!!!!!!
