I remember as a kid, my family never missed a John Denver Special. When he hit the charts, My older brother save his paper route money and bought a rosewood 6-string Guild almost like JDs, from a priest in our church. After a while, he could play most of JDs songs. He was 13 at the time, hes 53 now and still has that guitar. It has the prettiest tone. The man may have looked a little geeky, but he had the pipes and could play. RIP
in Australia, it's the 11th of October, but tommorow I will be away all day. So today, I'm listening to all of his music, and all the videos.
Tonight, I'm going to have a campfire, and I'm gonna get my guitar out and play this song. I picked the instrument up because of two people- My Dad and John Denver.
He died when I was only 9, but he has had an impact on my whole life.
@Daisy8007 - it's written from the point of view of an old man who's nearing the end. He's reflecting that all in all, things have been pretty good, although like most us he's got a few regrets. The good times cancel them out though. I learnt to play this especially to play at my dad's funeral. He's still with us but I'm not sure how I'll go when the time comes.
I so wish you could have grown old instead of dying young. I don't understand why good people have to leave us this way. I can't believe it's been 15 years. You left the world a better place and will live forever through your music. I cherish the memory of coming to see you in an outdoor concert with my toddler and infant in tow. You lovingly acknowledged the squeeling and crying in the audience with grace and humor. We miss you John.
I think it's funny how he took out the marijuana reference in this "While all my friends and my old sit and pass the pipe around" was "ait and watch the sun go down." HA.
He's not talking about planning on dying, he's talking about being thankful for all of his experiences, I don't think he'd be talking about committing suicide on a muppets show.
@MzRainbowConnection John's body will one day live and come back to us again right here in real life forever and ever, someday!!! :) :) :) Well, that's true.
@annettemarie1969 This was the first video I watched after John died and it's innocence and charm moved me to tears. I hadn't seen it when it was showed on the Muppets, it's enchanting. I always say that I was so lucky to have lived through the 70s and witnessed the whole John Denver phenomenon, he was the 70s to me.
awesome song hey I thought you knew how to fly this thing... everybody dies but not everyone really lives life is tough get a helmet...and have fun!!!!!
@jayepaws I know that it It turns me on to think of growing young, you'll forever and ever be young again, as I know that you don't only live once, you only live forever and ever as your body and soul will both stay alive forever and ever for a lot of decades, centuries, milleniums and years, and your body will survive forever and ever after the 31st century as to say that yes, there's forever and ever gonna be another 1996-2010-present and just thank god that we'll keep reliving 1996-2011!!!
I wish today's hollywood and music scene wasn't so infected by degenerates. Its wonderful and refreshing to stop and take a breath and look at this kind of way of life again.
I loved this song so much when I was 17 or so. Now I'm in my midforties, have a very diffucult time and feel so comforted by this song and this video. Some of my very dearest friends from my youth want to help me now.
Thank you, J.D., the Muppets, everyone how made this beautiful video and to you, angusyoung111.
In this moment I feel this video was made long time ago just to help me today.
@Clothos60 I know that it It turns me on to think of growing young, you'll forever and ever be young again, as I know that you don't only live once, you only live forever and ever as your body and soul will both stay alive forever and ever for a lot of decades, centuries, milleniums and years, and your body will survive forever and ever after the 31st century as to say that yes, there's forever and ever gonna be another 1996-2010-present and just thank god that we'll keep reliving 1996-2011!!!
@COWBOYMACLEOD That is so true. This life is only temporal. Regret looks back worry looks ahead but faith looks up. John Denver is not gone that is the thing we need to get out of our minds. he is in the next phase as a larve in the water becomes a beautiful dragon fly. we are all on the same and wonderful journey to Heaven.
@mikewarmblood Well, I rest my case about being on the same and wonderful journey to Heaven, because I'll never belong in heaven, and I'm never gonna be in the next phase as a larve in the water becomes a beautiful dragon fly, because for a lot of decades, centuries, milleniums and years, both my body and soul is gonna live forever & ever for a thosand years as I'll keep roping calves forever & ever at the NFR, Mo'betta, Calgary Stampede & many other rodeos and open ropings in the US and Canada
@mikewarmblood I'll still be alive and around forever and ever in the 100th century as I'll still be roping calves in the rodeo forever and ever as after the 100th century, there's still forever and ever gonna be another 1996-2010-present and just thank god that we'll keep reliving 1996-2011!!! I wanna say is that you don't only live once, you only live forever and ever, understood, so I'll never be in heaven, you know that, I'll never be in heaven as I'll be glad to stay alive roping forever
@208DyOnna I know that it It turns me on to think of growing young, you'll forever and ever be young again, as I know that you don't only live once, you only live forever and ever as your body and soul will both stay alive forever and ever for a lot of decades, centuries, milleniums and years, and your body will survive forever and ever after the 31st century as to say that yes, there's forever and ever gonna be another 1996-2010-present and just thank god that we'll keep reliving 1996-2011!!!
My all time favorite John Denver song b/c it so closely reflects my own feelings about life. Even on the bad days it helps me remember all the good things I have to be thankful for.
I like how they changed the "pass the pipe around" lyrics for a kid's show.
If oldies are all you know about John, then you have missed best. He wrote some of his best after the disc jockeys and radio stations wouldn't play his music. FOR YOU, PERHAPS LOVE are just 2 examples of how beautiful his music and words were. I am priviledged to have seen him in concert and I hope that his music we never got to experience will fill my heart and everyone who knew him........we were blessed to have known him. John
There is a very funny campfire scene before this where JD tells a scary story about a giant maneating chicken! You just gotta see it! It is very funny.
@rtiffanytaylor Maybe he knew it and that's why he wrote this song like that.... He doesn't look very old in this video! In his 30s or 40s only I would guess!
How rewarding it is to see this performance once again!! I can now lay my head down upon my pillow to rest...with thoughts of this to base my dreams upon. Many thanks for sharing this treasure!
LOLOLOL.. yes i know i do.. LOL.. but well i just cannot help it.. i do.. i really do love music so very much! .. but this really is one of my most favorites...LOL.. ok seriously it really is!
and i bet u wish u could sit round that campfire as much as i wish i was! i so love JD.. he puts me in a state of heaven and peace and calme and true pure blissfulness sereneness .. his songs melt my heart into!
@broadwaydude2378 -- There comes a time in everyone's life, often in their 30's or 40's, when they begin to face the prospect of their own eventual mortality (which in John Denver's own case was unforeseen and came far too early). My guess is that this song was the result of Denver's own attempts to deal with the knowledge that he would not stay young forever and would one day die. I don't think of it as *planning* or wanting to die, but as facing the reality and inevitability of death.
@OreadNYC Somewhat in line with your comment, did you know that John Denver wrote a song named "I Want to Live"? Very nice song also, listen to it. ;)
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Kindly begging your pardon, but I would neither want to have my hand up a Muppet butt (OK, save maybe as a puppeteer) nor to "pass the pipe around". If there was anything that needed to be changed in that wonderful song, that was it. Now a moderate amount of beer or wine? That's another story! :)
Still, John did reply to some critics (of "Rocky Mt. High") thus: "When I write a drug song, you'll KNOW that I've written a drug song!" :) He meant this song's lyrics innocently enough.
I love the muppets and I love this song! But why change the lyrics? I'm sure everyone in that room with their hand up a muppet butt would love to "pass the pipe around."
His music had a great deal of caring in the words. and the melodies just kind of stick with those of tender heart. If ever I was feeling low I could turn on his songs and in a few minutes I would feel better. Uplifting.
I sure do miss him. At least we have recordings.
When I learned he had died, I had the blues, deep low down blues for several days. Didn't go to work, used up my last three vacation days.
Hope to see him in the new world where his wonderful voice can sing praises to God.
I can't believe i cried,the comment about the warmth of the puppets touched me. My mom rented a hotel this night so we could see him in color, and we recorded it on cassette. I listened to this muppets tape growing up, and John tought me how to sing. I also agree with the comment he was not the same after annie and him split. I found myself in lake tahoe upon his death news,and sat around the bar in a casino singing his songs with all these women who heard that day. I sing pro now thanks to him.
john denver will always live in my heart and be my favorite singer next to elvis johns life was never the same after annie left l think it was annie his guitar and his words and music he loved so very much megs
Mom had the Poems Prayers and Promises album on 8-track (not kidding) in the 70s when I was a kid. It was a soundtrack to me then, but as an adult at the time of my life where I realize I have less time left than that which I have already lived, it helps me feel peace with my mortality.
Such a touching, bittersweet song, especially when we remember how John Denver died. Not sure what his age was in this video; was he already contemplating his death? Strange how the Muppets--those little bits of fur and foam-- can add the sense of love, and hope to this scene.
I'd really like to thank you for posting this... My family is going through a rather rough time right now, with the inevitable loss of a dear loved one...
It was a beautiful song, sung only the way John Denver could sing it...
The Muppets, in their own inimitable way, lend a more light- hearted theme to this song...
I'm finally really setting down and relaxing so it was time to watch the video's you sent. This one first John Denver was always one of my favorite's!!! Thanks!! Cherri
i'm glad your getting to settle down and relax, cherri. before i was kicked-out of med school i would advise patients to breathe into a brown paper bag when stressed. that could be why i was kicked-out of med school!!! (just kidding)
a wonderful song, indeed! i suppose the original lyrics wouldn't quite work for a children's show! the focus on the family folks would scream that he was trying to turn all their kids into stoners. i was surprised he was even able to keep the "i've known my lady's pleasures" line in!
john denver...what can i say...when i was 5 i heard "thank god im a country boy" and loved it...then as i got older i listened to and understood more songs by him...this one, along with "rocky mtn high" are my 2 fave 2 sing at karaoke...i can say he is the artist that inspired me to become the songwriter i am today, and have been since i was 9...he will be missed
When I think of how dark this world seems at times, I think of how John Denver provided so much light. It is indeed a much darker world with him gone.
best part is at 2:06 makes no sense haha
ShooterGM 3 weeks ago
I remember as a kid, my family never missed a John Denver Special. When he hit the charts, My older brother save his paper route money and bought a rosewood 6-string Guild almost like JDs, from a priest in our church. After a while, he could play most of JDs songs. He was 13 at the time, hes 53 now and still has that guitar. It has the prettiest tone. The man may have looked a little geeky, but he had the pipes and could play. RIP
maxquad21 1 month ago
i remember one time playin this song on my 61 gibson in my buddys cabin in wv. it was such an awsome moment
ravenbird74 2 months ago
I'm a big john Denver fan and I love every song written by him. John Denver for ever
musclehead1992 2 months ago
in Australia, it's the 11th of October, but tommorow I will be away all day. So today, I'm listening to all of his music, and all the videos.
Tonight, I'm going to have a campfire, and I'm gonna get my guitar out and play this song. I picked the instrument up because of two people- My Dad and John Denver.
He died when I was only 9, but he has had an impact on my whole life.
Bless you, John Denver.
Treemeadow 4 months ago 5
Quite possibly my favorite song of all time.
LoneHornToad 5 months ago 3
co to za gościu ?
GREGORYBRY4 6 months ago
What a beautiful song and such a lovely homely video. RIP John Denver & Jim Henson, they were both extremely talented in what they did,
arlenenoone 7 months ago
Such a sweet video...Love the song and Love John Denver...RIP...Kendra...
kendraj33 7 months ago
@Daisy8007 - it's written from the point of view of an old man who's nearing the end. He's reflecting that all in all, things have been pretty good, although like most us he's got a few regrets. The good times cancel them out though. I learnt to play this especially to play at my dad's funeral. He's still with us but I'm not sure how I'll go when the time comes.
warnesie 7 months ago
This made me cry :} I wish I could have seen him.
virginiaslater 7 months ago
some people think he killed himself, I think when that Long EZ nosedived down, he was already gone, he just kept going up
moultriemanicmechani 8 months ago
Watch the sun go down???? As if the muppets never passed the pipe around!
skweakykitty 9 months ago 14
@skweakykitty HAHAHAHA!!! That's hilarious kitty!
clarissaNaz 9 months ago
@skweakykitty lol
inanywaymarie 7 months ago
Respond to this video... lol
inanywaymarie 7 months ago
this is just no words i have its wonderful
UkExplorer 10 months ago
He is in Heaven singing to God and the Angels....may God bless him. Thank you very much for this video. So favourite.....Regards, Sergio.
profesorsergio 11 months ago
he is really moving, i adore him, i cry listening to this song...
videoholic24 11 months ago
my kids and i watched the muppet show every week - this was a great time to be alive and raising kids. thanks, john
djeanine86 11 months ago
I so wish you could have grown old instead of dying young. I don't understand why good people have to leave us this way. I can't believe it's been 15 years. You left the world a better place and will live forever through your music. I cherish the memory of coming to see you in an outdoor concert with my toddler and infant in tow. You lovingly acknowledged the squeeling and crying in the audience with grace and humor. We miss you John.
Love you always...Susie
8mycrab 11 months ago 4
Christmas just isn't the same without John Denver and the Muppets
bbaasseebbaall1 1 year ago 9
Uh yeah. We all die.
I think it's funny how he took out the marijuana reference in this "While all my friends and my old sit and pass the pipe around" was "ait and watch the sun go down." HA.
FanApart 1 year ago
@FanApart - he cleaned his act up.
Clothahump1 1 year ago
@FanApart Yes, it should be "while all my friends and my old lady sit and pass the pipe around" Lovely song, lovely man.
lizzieLEMON19 1 year ago
He's not talking about planning on dying, he's talking about being thankful for all of his experiences, I don't think he'd be talking about committing suicide on a muppets show.
MsLenaKay 1 year ago 2
Sometimes We just know.
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Muppets and John Denver always seems to belong together. They both speak at multiple levels to all ages.
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chocobabybee 1 year ago
What a beautiful combination, and a way to get Johns message across. Thanks for posting.
Matuku35 1 year ago 2
John Denver was such a sensitive, beautiful musician that expressed the words most of us don't know how to say. Loved and Miss him!
imabeachnuttoo 1 year ago
He was such a lovely person...his mind was so complex. He had tremendous foresight...a special gift I think. Love ya still John D. Gone too soon. :(
MzRainbowConnection 1 year ago
@MzRainbowConnection John's body will one day live and come back to us again right here in real life forever and ever, someday!!! :) :) :) Well, that's true.
COWBOYMACLEOD 1 year ago
Beautiful. John Denver was taken from us too soon...one can only imagine what life would be like now with him still around.
CelticSoxTom41 1 year ago
TWO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS....JOHN DENVER AND THE MUPPETS. It doesn't get any better than that :)
newyorktex 1 year ago
Never seen this, thanks for posting it. Am the only one who gets a lump in their throat when listening to this tracK?
annettemarie1969 1 year ago
@annettemarie1969 This was the first video I watched after John died and it's innocence and charm moved me to tears. I hadn't seen it when it was showed on the Muppets, it's enchanting. I always say that I was so lucky to have lived through the 70s and witnessed the whole John Denver phenomenon, he was the 70s to me.
tabaloany 1 year ago
maybe he was just bored with life.....he sounds bored.
mdknutson 1 year ago
awesome song hey I thought you knew how to fly this thing... everybody dies but not everyone really lives life is tough get a helmet...and have fun!!!!!
spader4 1 year ago
What a beautiful version of this song, never heard this before.
chrisbannisterone 1 year ago
beautfiul. and so touching.
RachelEMacD 1 year ago
hearing you sing again John Denver....I MISS YOU SO MUCH
1ampixie 1 year ago
John Denver and the Muppets, doesn't get any better than this!
dyonna208 1 year ago 2
John Denver music sings to my heart..... I love it. :)
jmldspt 1 year ago
it's sad how he really died a plane crash. they only found part of his skull. that's was it of this amazing singer.
jayepaws 1 year ago
@jayepaws I know that it It turns me on to think of growing young, you'll forever and ever be young again, as I know that you don't only live once, you only live forever and ever as your body and soul will both stay alive forever and ever for a lot of decades, centuries, milleniums and years, and your body will survive forever and ever after the 31st century as to say that yes, there's forever and ever gonna be another 1996-2010-present and just thank god that we'll keep reliving 1996-2011!!!
COWBOYMACLEOD 1 year ago
THE MASTER +++
TheSantis09 1 year ago
I wish today's hollywood and music scene wasn't so infected by degenerates. Its wonderful and refreshing to stop and take a breath and look at this kind of way of life again.
PhoenixStar1982 1 year ago
The Muppets
John Denver
Camping
SInging by the fire-my personal favorite song.
This is my favorite video of all time.
Treemeadow 1 year ago 4
@Treemeadow I have to say that the "Stand by Me" video is quite funny!! But this one is by far the most touching one. :)
jmldspt 1 year ago
I miss John
ZELPHOR 1 year ago
what a wonderful comment winterweib...wir schon alles wieder gut werden!
misspeachezmeowz 1 year ago
@misspeachezmeowz
Ich danke dir sehr für deine lieben Worte. Many thank you :) And many greetings from Berlin to you, dear.
winterweib 1 year ago
I loved this song so much when I was 17 or so. Now I'm in my midforties, have a very diffucult time and feel so comforted by this song and this video. Some of my very dearest friends from my youth want to help me now.
Thank you, J.D., the Muppets, everyone how made this beautiful video and to you, angusyoung111.
In this moment I feel this video was made long time ago just to help me today.
winterweib 1 year ago
Looking back, some of John Denver's songs seem more than a little cheesy, but I still love hearing them. Such a shame he died too soon.
Clothos60 1 year ago
@Clothos60 I know that it It turns me on to think of growing young, you'll forever and ever be young again, as I know that you don't only live once, you only live forever and ever as your body and soul will both stay alive forever and ever for a lot of decades, centuries, milleniums and years, and your body will survive forever and ever after the 31st century as to say that yes, there's forever and ever gonna be another 1996-2010-present and just thank god that we'll keep reliving 1996-2011!!!
COWBOYMACLEOD 1 year ago
@COWBOYMACLEOD That is so true. This life is only temporal. Regret looks back worry looks ahead but faith looks up. John Denver is not gone that is the thing we need to get out of our minds. he is in the next phase as a larve in the water becomes a beautiful dragon fly. we are all on the same and wonderful journey to Heaven.
mikewarmblood 1 year ago
@mikewarmblood Well, I rest my case about being on the same and wonderful journey to Heaven, because I'll never belong in heaven, and I'm never gonna be in the next phase as a larve in the water becomes a beautiful dragon fly, because for a lot of decades, centuries, milleniums and years, both my body and soul is gonna live forever & ever for a thosand years as I'll keep roping calves forever & ever at the NFR, Mo'betta, Calgary Stampede & many other rodeos and open ropings in the US and Canada
COWBOYMACLEOD 1 year ago
@mikewarmblood I'll still be alive and around forever and ever in the 100th century as I'll still be roping calves in the rodeo forever and ever as after the 100th century, there's still forever and ever gonna be another 1996-2010-present and just thank god that we'll keep reliving 1996-2011!!! I wanna say is that you don't only live once, you only live forever and ever, understood, so I'll never be in heaven, you know that, I'll never be in heaven as I'll be glad to stay alive roping forever
COWBOYMACLEOD 1 year ago
impressiv..... great song, amazing performance. He died too young... R.I.P.
n1bullitt 1 year ago
Camping. I don't know why people spend so much money on hotels and concerts, and the like.
Camping is the very best- and most beautiful, of times. I'm camping this coming weekend in fact.
One day I'll have kids of my own. I hope at least one of them is a boy, because I want to name him Denver.
Treemeadow 1 year ago 2
Do you think one day Kermit will have a son of his own?
collgoff 1 year ago
@collgoff he does--he's a little frog and his name is Robbie--u see him in the Muppets Christmas movie
4FabBEATLES 1 year ago
@collgoff llok at the end-he must have a son cauz Robin the forg talks to him and says uncle Kermit
4FabBEATLES 1 year ago
John Denver & the Muppets around the campfire, doesn't get any better than this!
208DyOnna 2 years ago 7
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@208DyOnna I know that it It turns me on to think of growing young, you'll forever and ever be young again, as I know that you don't only live once, you only live forever and ever as your body and soul will both stay alive forever and ever for a lot of decades, centuries, milleniums and years, and your body will survive forever and ever after the 31st century as to say that yes, there's forever and ever gonna be another 1996-2010-present and just thank god that we'll keep reliving 1996-2011!!!
COWBOYMACLEOD 1 year ago
I'm surprised they took out "pass the pipe around" but kept "known my lady's pleasures"
IoSonoUomo 2 years ago 5
Beautiful.
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MaelFilms 2 years ago 2
hahaha dangit....I really wanted to hear Dr. Teeth say "pass the pipe around" haha
stcefce 2 years ago
at 2:09 it's so cute. Kermit and Robin good uncle nephew moment
krngirl83 2 years ago 2
DSK II and Isabella-
It has been a good Life for me, thanks especially to you...
now it is your turn, so Live.
Love Daddy
DSKRANCH 2 years ago
love that this is captioned, so the hearing-impaired can share this beautiful song & message... thank you!!! :)
bexmith 2 years ago 2
Thank you G. Buck
Hillarymusic 2 years ago
i'm glad that you enjoyed the video hillary. keep fighting the good fight and thinking the good thoughts... buck
MrBuckwilliam 2 years ago
My all time favorite John Denver song b/c it so closely reflects my own feelings about life. Even on the bad days it helps me remember all the good things I have to be thankful for.
I like how they changed the "pass the pipe around" lyrics for a kid's show.
Onthegomom1 2 years ago 4
best song in the entire world. :)
(coming from a 14 year old.)
xhorseluver12x 2 years ago 2
If oldies are all you know about John, then you have missed best. He wrote some of his best after the disc jockeys and radio stations wouldn't play his music. FOR YOU, PERHAPS LOVE are just 2 examples of how beautiful his music and words were. I am priviledged to have seen him in concert and I hope that his music we never got to experience will fill my heart and everyone who knew him........we were blessed to have known him. John
josinnyc 2 years ago
I agree! I cry every time I listen to his songs.... didn't know him... but would have loved to, he lives in my heart!
sagestar10 2 years ago 3
Try listening to the music you never heard on the radio because he wrote some of his best. I'm sorry you never got to see him in person.
josinnyc 2 years ago
They just don`t make em like this anymore. I miss John. He was such a talent.
markhkay 2 years ago 4
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dyonna208 2 years ago
If I remember right he sang Grandma's Feather Bed before this song. Its been a while...lol
lostdeadhead 2 years ago
Why is Robin asking about chicken feathers?
oreospapa 2 years ago
There is a very funny campfire scene before this where JD tells a scary story about a giant maneating chicken! You just gotta see it! It is very funny.
michaeldonegan 2 years ago
They had to change "pass the pipe around" to "watch the world go 'round" for the sake of the kids tv audience.
TheSlimViper 2 years ago
I like John Denver, cool guy.
PhilipCampion 2 years ago 10
Enlarge the picture,
Turn the lights down, and
Listen to this song !
VVga 2 years ago 3
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dyonna208 2 years ago
One of the best vidoes on youtube. Simply beautiful.
kenzieclan 3 years ago 7
What a wonderful postive enlightening song. John Denver was a great songwriter saddenly he didn't get to live to be old.
rtiffanytaylor 3 years ago 30
I think the richness of his life was worth a hundred normal lifetimes , but I still wish there had been more too.
imopman 2 years ago 5
@rtiffanytaylor Maybe he knew it and that's why he wrote this song like that.... He doesn't look very old in this video! In his 30s or 40s only I would guess!
RachelEMacD 1 year ago
@rtiffanytaylor
He is blessed not to have got old. He had a great effect on millions of people then didn't have to get old.Lucky b*******d
Adepliume 1 year ago
@rtiffanytaylor yes i agree if i could of met him i would of loved it
babybookworm003 8 months ago
A beautiful song, -just listen to the words - and sung as only John could sing it. Nice the way the puppets join in on the chorus.
Peace, Doris
Spen1030 3 years ago 5
I always said that the ethos of You Tube was about us all sitting around the universal campfire sharing songs together....5 Stars. (thanks Max)
cjwaywell 3 years ago 6
How rewarding it is to see this performance once again!! I can now lay my head down upon my pillow to rest...with thoughts of this to base my dreams upon. Many thanks for sharing this treasure!
Peace,
Max
stewballmax2 3 years ago 4
oh thank u so much Max.. this is soooooooooooooo one of my most fav songs ... well like u didnt know it wouldnt be... of courseeeeee!! thank u!
marcie99 3 years ago
Hi
Kathy...
You have more fav songs than anyone I have ever come across!!!...but this is a GOOD thing.:)
Pax,
Mr. Fluff
stewballmax2 3 years ago
LOLOLOL.. yes i know i do.. LOL.. but well i just cannot help it.. i do.. i really do love music so very much! .. but this really is one of my most favorites...LOL.. ok seriously it really is!
marcie99 3 years ago
and i bet u wish u could sit round that campfire as much as i wish i was! i so love JD.. he puts me in a state of heaven and peace and calme and true pure blissfulness sereneness .. his songs melt my heart into!
marcie99 3 years ago
It almost sounds like John Denver is PLANNING on dieing???
broadwaydude2378 3 years ago
Aren't we all?
angusyoung111 3 years ago 23
@broadwaydude2378 -- There comes a time in everyone's life, often in their 30's or 40's, when they begin to face the prospect of their own eventual mortality (which in John Denver's own case was unforeseen and came far too early). My guess is that this song was the result of Denver's own attempts to deal with the knowledge that he would not stay young forever and would one day die. I don't think of it as *planning* or wanting to die, but as facing the reality and inevitability of death.
OreadNYC 1 year ago
@OreadNYC Somewhat in line with your comment, did you know that John Denver wrote a song named "I Want to Live"? Very nice song also, listen to it. ;)
jmldspt 1 year ago
@broadwaydude2378 :
angusyoung111 is right, country music is the sound of every one's life and experience...a sort of philosophy!
Januacaeli 1 year ago
@broadwaydude2378
Might have been...
samspade41 1 year ago
@broadwaydude2378 it was know he suffered depression....
videoholic24 11 months ago
Aww. This is so cool. Nothing like John Denver and the Muppets. :)
MayoPenguin 3 years ago 6
Damn I wish John Denver hadn't died. He was always one of my favorites, and he was coming back slowly.
gretiesmom 3 years ago 4
O MY GOD !!!!! :) Uncle Kermit, little boy Robin very cute!
hotellhell 3 years ago
Beautiful video.
catbrush123 3 years ago
rolph looks good in a 'cowboy' hat.
sbseed 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Kindly begging your pardon, but I would neither want to have my hand up a Muppet butt (OK, save maybe as a puppeteer) nor to "pass the pipe around". If there was anything that needed to be changed in that wonderful song, that was it. Now a moderate amount of beer or wine? That's another story! :)
Still, John did reply to some critics (of "Rocky Mt. High") thus: "When I write a drug song, you'll KNOW that I've written a drug song!" :) He meant this song's lyrics innocently enough.
rakkav 3 years ago
I love the muppets and I love this song! But why change the lyrics? I'm sure everyone in that room with their hand up a muppet butt would love to "pass the pipe around."
apeiken7444 3 years ago
Because this was part of a family show. I remember this too. It was the first time I fell in love with Denver before I saw his christmas special
TheArtsyTuber 3 years ago
How could this be anything but a 5***** rating? Thank you for so many great and heart rendering videos.
Molly9094 3 years ago 3
Love Kermie and Robin in his sleeping bag ;)
Choefoe 3 years ago
One of my favorite John Denver songs. He sang it here so beautifully. His music touches my soul. Wish we still had him around with us.
1flylikeaneagle1 3 years ago 7
His music had a great deal of caring in the words. and the melodies just kind of stick with those of tender heart. If ever I was feeling low I could turn on his songs and in a few minutes I would feel better. Uplifting.
I sure do miss him. At least we have recordings.
When I learned he had died, I had the blues, deep low down blues for several days. Didn't go to work, used up my last three vacation days.
Hope to see him in the new world where his wonderful voice can sing praises to God.
flintstone9812 3 years ago 2
I can't believe i cried,the comment about the warmth of the puppets touched me. My mom rented a hotel this night so we could see him in color, and we recorded it on cassette. I listened to this muppets tape growing up, and John tought me how to sing. I also agree with the comment he was not the same after annie and him split. I found myself in lake tahoe upon his death news,and sat around the bar in a casino singing his songs with all these women who heard that day. I sing pro now thanks to him.
shannalynn76 3 years ago 4
can you post more of this JD movie?
ChefHannah715 3 years ago 3
One of my favourite John Denver songs, he is my favourite singer also
TheTroubledTroubador 3 years ago 3
i love him.=]
i was corrupted from the very beginning of my childhood.=]
elliemay09 3 years ago 3
hehe
Antamokboy 3 years ago
john denver will always live in my heart and be my favorite singer next to elvis johns life was never the same after annie left l think it was annie his guitar and his words and music he loved so very much megs
megsbecks 3 years ago
Mom had the Poems Prayers and Promises album on 8-track (not kidding) in the 70s when I was a kid. It was a soundtrack to me then, but as an adult at the time of my life where I realize I have less time left than that which I have already lived, it helps me feel peace with my mortality.
HGbunny 3 years ago 3
Such a touching, bittersweet song, especially when we remember how John Denver died. Not sure what his age was in this video; was he already contemplating his death? Strange how the Muppets--those little bits of fur and foam-- can add the sense of love, and hope to this scene.
allieree 3 years ago 2
This is from about 1982 or '83. John was about 39 or 40 here.
blackwhimsy 2 years ago 2
Wonderful....
indiansummer11 3 years ago 2
BEAUTIFUL
:-)
Kisses
And
Hugs
MariaLisboa
MariaDeLisboa 3 years ago
for my mom lola it been 12 years since you passed,but it seems like yesterday.love you mommy.iam glad your not hurting anymore
powerliftingmama 3 years ago 3
I'd really like to thank you for posting this... My family is going through a rather rough time right now, with the inevitable loss of a dear loved one...
It was a beautiful song, sung only the way John Denver could sing it...
The Muppets, in their own inimitable way, lend a more light- hearted theme to this song...
Thank You, and God Bless!
Bobby
bobbyp416 4 years ago 2
beautiful song and quite touching,. Thanks for posting.
:)
DavyMack 4 years ago 2
This is on John Denver and Muppets Rocky Mountain Holiday. Available on DVD.
janisdeck 4 years ago
does somebody know from wich show this song is? i wanna know if i can get this video on dvd!
Musicgiirl89 4 years ago
I agree, beautiful song. Keep that fake fire away from those puppets though. lol
jefftoe 4 years ago
The crickets in the background are perfect accompaniment! Once you miss someone, you always miss them.
iluvmore 4 years ago
probably the greatest song ever written!
nykeast94 4 years ago 3
This is sooo sweet!!!!!!
cherrialbum 4 years ago
especially if you're in love with someone! then you understand something about this song
haribolshanti 4 years ago
for me, john denver made the muppets seem even more real. good messages from john denver, jim henson and his muppets. thanks, angus, for sharing.
dlpine 4 years ago
I'm finally really setting down and relaxing so it was time to watch the video's you sent. This one first John Denver was always one of my favorite's!!! Thanks!! Cherri
cherrialbum 4 years ago
i'm glad your getting to settle down and relax, cherri. before i was kicked-out of med school i would advise patients to breathe into a brown paper bag when stressed. that could be why i was kicked-out of med school!!! (just kidding)
dlpine 4 years ago
Muppets and John Denver always seemed to belong together. They both speak at multiple levels to all ages.
momscouter 4 years ago 3
yes!
haribolshanti 4 years ago
No one spoke more from the soul than John Denver & Jim Henson. I really miss them both.
3958231 4 years ago
Miss you John, no one compares these days. Keep watch on us down here.
HollyJ14 4 years ago
Who knew that John Denver & the Muppets sang this together? Not me! Thanks for putting this up! :)
rakkav 4 years ago
John and the Muppets had a very special friendship. He was probably the only guest star who really became one of the muppet family.
Treemeadow 3 years ago 5
Let's not forget Paul Williams, he had a muppet likeness and kept it at his house, and co wrote the songs for the muppet movie
raffajsaurs 3 years ago 2
Yes! Of ocurse- the man behind Rainbow Connection himself ^^
Treemeadow 3 years ago 2
This is the best ever version of "Poems" and for a family audience, too!!! Thanks for posting.
lemurlady 4 years ago
I love John Denver and his music. He really is missed
dpviolin 4 years ago
Great song song by my all time favorite, I'm 45 now and miss him so much.
OK..."watch the sun go down"?..where's the pipe? :-)
We miss you John...peace
boomac62 4 years ago 3
a wonderful song, indeed! i suppose the original lyrics wouldn't quite work for a children's show! the focus on the family folks would scream that he was trying to turn all their kids into stoners. i was surprised he was even able to keep the "i've known my lady's pleasures" line in!
djodha22 4 years ago
john denver...what can i say...when i was 5 i heard "thank god im a country boy" and loved it...then as i got older i listened to and understood more songs by him...this one, along with "rocky mtn high" are my 2 fave 2 sing at karaoke...i can say he is the artist that inspired me to become the songwriter i am today, and have been since i was 9...he will be missed
jerryhobbs 4 years ago 2
I love The feelings John Denver brought to my life and I look forward to sharing it with my kids
mtnfarmboy 4 years ago 2
When I think of how dark this world seems at times, I think of how John Denver provided so much light. It is indeed a much darker world with him gone.
RodCornholio 4 years ago 5
I love that he sings "and watch the sun go down" instead of "and pass the pipe around" for this Muppet version. John Denver's the coolest!
stlewis75 4 years ago 4
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As much as I like Denver's music and songs, that line really bothers me. I lose a little respect for him because of it.
CzapigaKielbasa 4 years ago
I took am looking for a copy of Rocky Mountain Holiday. This would be wonderful many kids to see.
laurietrn 4 years ago
It's on commericial DVD. U can buy it on Amazon.
blackwhimsy 2 years ago
This was from the special called "Rocky Mountain Holiday". I'm still looking for the rest of it. Let me know if you find anything else.
st8184an2 4 years ago
anything by john denver is wonderfull
jed2gala 4 years ago 2
this i love!!! the original!!!!
bazouzou666 4 years ago