What artist/song are you listening to RIGHT NOW?

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Nomik

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Grandpa said:
Thank you. And as a father and a son, when I hear Dan Fogelberg sing, "And Papa, I don't think I said I love you near enough," it's enough to start at least a trickle of waterworks. Maybe just a trickle. But it's still there.

I read that in a Fogelberg concert, his father was in the audience when he sang that. Well... that just made it worse.

Back to John Denver. I loved his lyrics, mostly, but his piece that most impressed me was "Calypso." It was heartfelt, great lyrics, and in a sea shanty style that captured it perfectly, composed on the deck of the actual Calypso - and he donated all profits to Couseau's Calypso endeavors. He walked the walk, before it was popular.
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Love John Denver. Fond memories of driving alone through the Rockies on my own post college excursion to "find myself" here are two
 
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Then something different, both of these influenced by previous Swiftdawg posts.....

 
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I dig that Love and Rockets song, they used to play it on a local college station here all the time ..WTOH ... long gone now since the frequency was allowed to lapse and then sold off to expand another station's reach, thus making it unrecoverable, because that stays in the other station's possession regardless of who owns it ....
 
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Grandpa said:
Thank you. And as a father and a son, when I hear Dan Fogelberg sing, "And Papa, I don't think I said I love you near enough," it's enough to start at least a trickle of waterworks. Maybe just a trickle. But it's still there.

I read that in a Fogelberg concert, his father was in the audience when he sang that. Well... that just made it worse.

Back to John Denver. I loved his lyrics, mostly, but his piece that most impressed me was "Calypso." It was heartfelt, great lyrics, and in a sea shanty style that captured it perfectly, composed on the deck of the actual Calypso - and he donated all profits to Couseau's Calypso endeavors. He walked the walk, before it was popular.
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I was a John Denver lover. It makes you wonder what new songs he would've written in today's world.
 
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Nomik said:
Love John Denver. Fond memories of driving alone through the Rockies on my own post college excursion to "find myself" here are two
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According to one story I heard - don't know the source or if it's true - the label brought in an arranger for "Annie's Song" just as they would for all songs, to figure out horns and strings and all that. He listened to the song with Denver's guitar playing and said, "Nope, I can't improve on that. Perfect as is."

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Did you see the famous formation in the mountains that had John Denver's nose?
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Huh. I'd just assumed that it got buried with the rest of him.

No, I live in Colorado, and I'd honestly never heard of that, and I live relatively close to a canyon that has "Profile Rock" and "Sleeping Elephant Mountain."

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I was a John Denver lover. It makes you wonder what new songs he would've written in today's world.
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He made his big splash in the wake and aftermath of Vietnam and Watergate, so writing in tough times was nothing new for him. He drew from a very deep well of lyrical creativity, and I think he would've done some notable writing. I don't know if it would've caught on in the era of bouncy pop and anger metal, but he would've written things that would resonate to those willing to listen.
 
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Grandpa said:
According to one story I heard - don't know the source or if it's true - the label brought in an arranger for "Annie's Song" just as they would for all songs, to figure out horns and strings and all that. He listened to the song with Denver's guitar playing and said, "Nope, I can't improve on that. Perfect as is."



Huh. I'd just assumed that it got buried with the rest of him.

No, I live in Colorado, and I'd honestly never heard of that, and I live relatively close to a canyon that has "Profile Rock" and "Sleeping Elephant Mountain."



He made his big splash in the wake and aftermath of Vietnam and Watergate, so writing in tough times was nothing new for him. He drew from a very deep well of lyrical creativity, and I think he would've done some notable writing. I don't know if it would've caught on in the era of bouncy pop and anger metal, but he would've written things that would resonate to those willing to listen.
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Always have loved this one, always will. Thanks for reminding me. I had never heard the origin story though, and although I had several versions to pick from, this version preserves his artistic expression.
 
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