It's weird that some of the best singing is done when you are not carrying the song. This is one of her best vocal performances. Like Chak Kahn in Save It For A Rainy Day.
What a beautifully restored version!! By far my favorite John Denver Song!! Olivia Newton-John is so beautiful here & has such an angelic voice!! John could never replicate her voice on any live versions!! God, I miss JD!! Thanks for posting!! :)
I can't begin to say how many years I've remembered this performance. I couldn't believe it when I found it on the web several years ago. Thanks for this high-quality version!
Heard this song for the first time on the "Windsong" 8-track, Yes 8-track about 35 years ago....fell in Love with the song (already loved John) but never knew it was Olivia doing the back up vocals,wasn't listed on the tape. So thrilled to find it again this many years later. Thank you.
This is my favorite John Denver song / duet with Olivia beautiful even though I was a child in 1975/76 this is giving me chiils as Iam 45 yrs old now I love this & miss John Denver soo much my 16 yr old son will never know real music like those artists I grew up on.
THIS is the best duet Olivia ever recorded! her crystal voice matches perfectly with John's and I can't imagine any other female singer to get that breezy quality in her singing. I may be wrong but this song seems to be the idea for 1987's hit SHE's LIKE THE WIND by Patrick Swayne and some female singer.
Easily one of the top duet ballads of all time, so simple, smooth and safe in the hands of John & Olivia. It is difficult to watch this, absorb it's incredible beauty, and not get very, very melancholy. IMHO, a CLASSIC ...
I'm a huge Livvy fan and have enjoyed her many,mant duets over the years but none more so than this (almost duet) it's a great shame the didn'y get to do more stuff together rip john and long live O
I was just a kid when this song came out but after a few years... and GREASE, Xanadu, etc I remember wondering if she was doing backgrounds on this... they should have put out a duet album! Their voices just blended SO well.
Outstanding song writing and musicianship have no place in todays music - thus the reason most of the brain dead trolls of the present have no clue of the genius that is JD!! Guy was awesome and was the only "non rocker" to take on the PRMC! Made the most profound impact and got the least of the credit!! JD rules!!
There is hope. My three kids (all teen-agers) love music from the 70s. Two of them play acoustic guitar and my son is taking drum lessons and wants an acoustic set. Of course I still have albums from that time period and a great 30 year old linear tracking turntable to play them on! So I have had some influence. . . dhdlou
Beautiful just beautiful brought tears to my eyes. It is not easy to be so moved by a song thank so much for re-mastering and posting this song. I was 10 years old when this Christmas Special was made. Why oh why do we not have such family oriented themes anymore?
this is one of my favorite song of all time...there is something within this song that translate me to different horizon....LONG live MR john denver your song will live on and on and be remembered by generation by generation
John Denver Christmas Special.....how could I forget...back in the day when Christmas was celebrated by the networks with "specials" ranging from Bob Hope and Perry Como to John Denver, Sonny and Cher and the Hudson Brothers Variety Hour. My how times have changed....by today's standard such unabashed celebration would be considered "insensitive" and found to be "not inclusive" for those whom don't celebrate Christmas. Explains why such network programing has been banished. Ashame.
@SOLISDEUS Yep yep yep. Remember the Kraft Christmas Specials with those cool Cracker Barrel Cheese commercials? Wow! And the Andy Williams Christmas Specials? How innocent we all were.
@SOLISDEUS Probably the same reason why people wish "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas." Plain silly. We don't have trouble wishing "Merry Christmas" here in India so why should it be there?
Anyway this is one of the most magical uploads I've ever witnessed on YouTube. Thanks @bctvguy. Olivia appears so pretty and here voice prettier while John is just amazing.
John Denver AND Olivia Newton John! FAR OUT!!!! What a brilliant combination! I always loved this song. John's music was truly the universal language. Sure there are some good artists out there now, but none will ever be of the calibre of John Denver. He was unique. The whole shebang! John's music will always be the light that guides me home. I love you John and I sure do miss you. Thanks to the beautiful people who put these vids on YT and help to keep the fire glowing for John. luvya
**I just love this song...sang it all the time as I was growing up...miss you John Denver** He had one of the most beautiful voices of all times...as well as Olivia...thank-you for restoring & posting**
oh you negative lot. I love this song - has captured my desire to escape/sense of otherness fron around 14/15 until yesterday's 46th birthday. it's a beautiful, reflective song sung by 2 most melodious songsmiths. Anything more - it is not.
First off I want to congratulate you for the excelent work you did remastering this video. The Audio and Video quality are really great, so enjoyable :)
Second. I wish music could be like this again. Man we have lost many great singers like John Denver, Karen Carpenter, Dusty Springfield and many others that brought us great songs with deep lyrics and nice music arrangements. Now the music has become too commercial just to earn money instead of being what it used to be many years ago :(
4 ppl need to learn what music is... aside form that, I'd sincerely like to see someone like Lauren Hill or Taylor swift or NAS or fiddie cent do somehting liek this..
The only artist that preforms today that I think shows as much emotion and seems to love singing is Amy Lee of Evanescense. John Denver and Olivia Newton-John have always been favorites, among other classic singers, since I can remember.
@bctvguy - your'e so right .The reason the crap they pass off as music today ( mostly) has wrecked a generation of kids is because music either feeds and heals your soul or it destroys part of it. Every thing these days is angry and non-melodic studio synth crap with effects pedals. There are not many technically good guitarists who are arriving on the scene - compared to the late sixties ,seventies, and eigties. Maybe congress can pass a bill outlawing bad music :P
@bctvguy agreed! im only 20 i was raised on john denver and the likes and im alot better off then alot of the kids i see now a days and people of my own age
@Guilddude2 some good music is still coming out. it just never hits the main stream. it is really sad the horrible "musicians" who have no musical talent and don't even write their own music that end up being popular these days
@Guilddude2 YOU ARE SO RIGHT I COULDN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER THEN THAT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS I WISH THERE WERE MORE OF US OUT HERE THAT WOULD STAND UP AND SAY WHAT YOU HAVE HAD SAID HERE! THANK YOU!
@Guilddude2 My opinion is that during earlier years, say 1950s-70s, The crappy music never made it because there are only a few people in the market who listens to musical crap. Fast forward it to 2010, those same few people who listens to crap have already multiplied to millions and can now sustain a music industry of crappy music. Its just sad..I want ABBA back..
@Guilddude2 really true, music can make your soul feel good but can music today do it, I was born in 1976 but enjoy the 60,70,80 music better than what's up now,
many young people like it but don't wanna admit it because it makes them not cool, I have seen they secretly enjoy it by the tapping of their foot
@Guilddude2 I apologize, it is partly my fault. I need to start using my guitar and vocal skills to write some good songs! A 34 year old who likes John Denver! :)
Folks, if you haven't seen this video* on YouTube, you will really enjoy it, and it showcases John Denver's voice in three-part harmony, which is almost unknown in the anti-Occidental, postmodernist hip-hop and rap idioms that have ruined popular music in the USA since about 1990. (And, yes, there has been and is a political motivation behind this. It is part of the long-term campaign to break down traditional culture in America.) *See: "The Chad Mitchell Trio & John Denver - For Baby"
@bboucharde - I agree. MOST - not all - of today's pop music is horrible.
Today's rap and hip-hop is complete garbage and has helped ruin a generation.
There was time when black music was fantastic - The Four Tops, The Supremes, Martha and the Vandelas, The Drifters, Staple Singers, Edwin Hawkins Singers and so many more. That was talent.
@bctvguy Thanks for your comment. Yes, I agree. I have a large collection of Motown & Soul 12" LP's (Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Supremes, Gladys Knight, Percy Sledge, James Brown, Isley Bros., Little Anthony, Barry White, etc.) In fact, I even have Rick James, who marked the end of listenable Black pop music for me, in the 1980's---virtually all downhill from that peak. I cried when we lost Barry White, not long ago---What a voice, what emotion!---pure class, and not part of the Hip Hop scene.
@bctvguy u are half wrong, todays hip hop and rap is garabage so is all the pop music but there was good hip hop. NWA, Run DMC, tupac, biggie etc...i see its not your taste but there was good hip hop and rap before 2000
@bctvguy- I agree with with what bboucharde. The best 'black' (african american/R&B/Soul) came out of the Temps, the Tops, Jimmy Ruffin, Marvin Gaye/Kim Weston, et al.
Thank you so very much for your hard work restoring this for us fans. A beautiful song, their voices joined together just so wonderfully for us to enjoy. thank you John Denver for writing a beauty of a song!
Greatly appreciate this - I'm launching working on having a Concert Tribute to John with celebrity Artists and have Olivia join for a remake of this to honor John and very much his Activist work. My company is co-launching 5 new revolutionary building and energy technologies which will completely eliminate the need for fossil fuel engines and coal burning power plants. Maybe I can hire you if we need help with other digital remasters - I'm just starting talks with Brian over at Red Light Thanks
This has some nostalgic value. Neither of these two could really "sing". In another time and place, neither of these people would have had a career in music. Denver's voice and music does not hold up to time. In fact, among serious musicians...his name has become synonymous with BAD music. As for Olivia...well...she's more famous for having had cancer and surviving than for her "music".
@thegrinchl7 - I've read hundreds of comments on YT about music and I have to tell you that yours is the lamest, most idiotic one; and that says a lot. You may not think either one is a good singer but to say neither can sing is truly insane. I've never heard anyone say JD is synonymous with bad music. Pathetic critique...
@thegrinchl7 My mum was an opera singer who TAUGHT singing.She said JD had such a good natural voice & innate musical intelligence he could have sung classics-e.g German Leider as he had a lyric tenor & excellent falsetto.Yes,JD's untrained voice had faults,but by the 80s he had developed his voice SO much fans & critics commented on it.It became lower,richer,lost some of the excess vibrato and gained timber & warmth.70s & 80 era JD is like nite & day.He had GREAT pipes once he worked on 'em
@thegrinchl7 r u FUCKIN KIDDING ME? No musical value? I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion but sometimes you have to wonder WTF? Good luck with life brutha!
@thegrinchl7 You have a right to your opinions, but you are dead wrong. I saw Denver perform in Santa Barbara in 1976, and he was superb. He originally sang in the Chad Mitchell Trio, & he had perfect pitch. His voice was ideal for the folk & folk-rock genre. Olivia, too, is adored by millions around the world, and her voice is ideal for the genre that she specializes in. Why would you even view this video if you don't like these two great vocalists? Go listen to some hip-hop, at 110 decibels.
This has to be one of the most beautifulest duet's i have ever heard. These two's voices made magic together. What a beautiful song:):):):):) i always liked this one from the first time i ever heard it. God bless you Liv & R.I.P John.
What a great song and video...I remember watching this during Christmas time of 1976....I was 12 years old...Had a crush on Olivia Newton John...Wow, 34 years later I still think she is beautiful....Truely miss John Denver and his music and dedication to make our earth a better place to live in...
BCTVGUY, thanks for sharing your restored video with us, I so heart ♥ this. Like both of these artists; sometimes one wants to hear such an easy listening 70's soothing song, luv it!
She has such a wonderful voice. You can't find many like her today. John my man, I miss you terribly. I remember seeing him do Rocky Mountain High on Good Morning America back in the mid 70's. I don't know why that particular memory stuck with me, but he was so good. The world would have missed so much without him.
i remember this special i watched every special he did and when Olivia Newton John joined him on that album and then the show I was so excited because at that time they were both my fave entertainers I had collected almost all of their albums at that time. God that was forever ago, great memories thank you for posting
Like many of the others who posted, I remember watching this when on TV as if it were yesterday. In fact, it was the first time I had ever seen, much less heard of ONJ. I was absolutely star-struck and thus began my (three decades and beyond) admiration, and earlier on- obsession, with Livvy. Whist most everyone I knew gravitated towards Cher, Madonna, Whitney, Mariah, Janet...Britney, Christina, etc., I remained 'hopelessly devoted' to this woman.
bctvguy - thanks for providing us a *clear* look at two of the most beautiful, imperfect, clarivoyent artists of the 70s. It doesn't get any better than this...
Such a great loss to this world.Considering whats happening to the environment today. Wish he were here to see whats happening in the gulf today.I wonder what he would think.
What a fantastic song from my all time favorite singer song writer!! Olivia is beautiful and there is moment in this song where you can see John just soakin in Olivias lovely voice! He is so badly missed and she is still so vastly talented than most any other singer these days - just IMHO!
Awesome duet. I was just a little kid then but I fell in love with John's music as a high schooler years later. Made me think of deeper things so I'm grateful. I know its sort of out of place to say, while listening to this wonderful 70's music and all, but he's HOT in this video. Sorry :)
damn I wish I could have a chance with Olivia but im only 25 lol. shes the most beautiful women, that voice gives me goosebumps everytime. she makes me freeze everytime she looks into the camera with those GORGEOUS eyes!
omg..i have always loved this song! something made me think of it just a few minutes ago, and i made sure to remember to add it to my playlist when i got upstairs to my computer.
I also am very saddened that john left this earth at far too young an age. some of his songs made me cry *before* he died. now they're especially poignant. RIP, john. you truly were a song's best friend.
omg..i have always loved this song! something made me think of it just a few minutes ago, and i made sure to remember to add it to my playlist when i got upstairs to my computer.
I also am very saddened that john left this earth at far too young an age. some of his songs made me cry *before* he died. now they're especially poignant. RIP, john. you truly were a song's best friend.
That's reasonably gorgeous. And great job restoring it, too. If only you could get hold of the master tape of the live copy of Dan Fogelberg's "Phoenix" that's up elsewhere on YouTube. This was a wonderful 70s memory, thanks for posting.
Beautiful... I truely wish everyone was able to listen to more music such as this today. And Olivia- Newton John was hands down the most attractive women on the planet when this song was recorded IMOP.......
can you tell us where you got this video. I remember very well this Christmas Special in 1975 or 76 I wish had this show recorded. But there where no VCR back then. I wonder how did you get this video?
Olivia's natural straight white teeth in the 70's. Unheard of.
KickDownDoors 2 weeks ago
@bctvguy: Thank you for this video. How wonderful to hear these voices young and sweet and as they have always heard in my memory. :-)
artistdeluxe09 2 weeks ago
One of very few 70's songs I consider the best of all time on my A-List of greatest songs of all time.
YOU2UUB 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
This is mint.
rockstarzep 3 weeks ago
awesome song!
vm24seven365 1 month ago
great job ... !
bigdiddyb 1 month ago
Wonderful combination Olivia and John, so smooth, I connect with this song very well!
tube777ish 1 month ago
this was my wedding song. Love it.
quicklat 2 months ago
So sad John Denver is not around anymore but his music lives on. Great duet with Olivia Newton John. Thanks for uploading this!
AdoreTheApes 2 months ago
we miss your music,john.
usnvet1 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for John Denver
It's weird that some of the best singing is done when you are not carrying the song. This is one of her best vocal performances. Like Chak Kahn in Save It For A Rainy Day.
dmhoude 2 months ago
outstanding!
thx tons!
tom080955 3 months ago
Wonderful to hear and see this again.
Nice job on the re-mastering.............thanks:)
rolvon 3 months ago
Hell, even John Denver liked Olivia Newton-John in The 70's. This was one explosive combination. I dig it!
kja427 3 months ago
Olivia...so beautiful.
Offsides09 3 months ago
Denver fans! I just found a bunch of videos with John winning People Choice's Awards! Go check it out. It's so cool to see John in his heyday!
searchDOTpeopleschoiceDOTcom/music/country/john-denver DOThtm
BCTtvguy is so great providing these vids,thought it only right to give back.
If I can find a way to upload them here,I will.
ScattySafari 4 months ago
Outstanding Video! This one brought me to tears! Thank you!
Ricco99100 4 months ago
thank you so much for restoring this video. God bless!
kdzatko 4 months ago
Taking a little bit of heaven down to earth, it don`t mean much i know, but its beautiful anyway. :)
Brolaeggerdk 4 months ago
What a beautifully restored version!! By far my favorite John Denver Song!! Olivia Newton-John is so beautiful here & has such an angelic voice!! John could never replicate her voice on any live versions!! God, I miss JD!! Thanks for posting!! :)
ZeppelinBeatles66 4 months ago 2
I can't begin to say how many years I've remembered this performance. I couldn't believe it when I found it on the web several years ago. Thanks for this high-quality version!
I5exit186 4 months ago
You must love the harmony.
kidkosh 7 months ago
@kidkosh Yes indeed - something that seems to be missing nowadays.
eddiequest4 7 months ago
Heard this song for the first time on the "Windsong" 8-track, Yes 8-track about 35 years ago....fell in Love with the song (already loved John) but never knew it was Olivia doing the back up vocals,wasn't listed on the tape. So thrilled to find it again this many years later. Thank you.
Wgrantinmi 7 months ago
This is my favorite John Denver song / duet with Olivia beautiful even though I was a child in 1975/76 this is giving me chiils as Iam 45 yrs old now I love this & miss John Denver soo much my 16 yr old son will never know real music like those artists I grew up on.
wizzo194 7 months ago 2
Great song and brings back a lot of memories of John Denver and his music,. RIP
stephen39217 7 months ago
THIS is the best duet Olivia ever recorded! her crystal voice matches perfectly with John's and I can't imagine any other female singer to get that breezy quality in her singing. I may be wrong but this song seems to be the idea for 1987's hit SHE's LIKE THE WIND by Patrick Swayne and some female singer.
morik1 8 months ago 7
equal to bossa nova in Brazil, relaxes the mind. This is the best music
DDANTAS2 8 months ago
Easily one of the top duet ballads of all time, so simple, smooth and safe in the hands of John & Olivia. It is difficult to watch this, absorb it's incredible beauty, and not get very, very melancholy. IMHO, a CLASSIC ...
raiderdanCA 8 months ago
BCTVGUY - thank you very much for restoring this for the reest of us to enjoy. Superb.
nijmegen1964 8 months ago
<3
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint. --Isaiah 40:31
<3
morninggloryone 8 months ago
this takes me back to when the world was a better place. sure - there were problems then but not like now. beautiful song.
charrb62 8 months ago
I think olivia made this song shine
zippie63 8 months ago
Listening to music like this makes the world a better place to live in. Why can't the music of today be more like this?
carguy5511 9 months ago
Awesome .. that's all
straitace2 9 months ago
John and Livvy hit #13 in Billboard, 1-24-76. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Henry John.
DaveWollenberg 9 months ago
I love John Denver. I am only 26 and I have been listening to his music since I can remember
belm23125 9 months ago
A lovely duet between two of the most talented people in music, this song will never die.
Maryloohoo2 9 months ago
I love this song! I remember watching this special. Brings back alot of good memories
colo4me 10 months ago
I still get chills every time I hear him sing Rocky Mountain High. I still love it and yes I did get the Rocky Mountain High!
lilsase1 10 months ago
2 things
he's a lucky guy to have prettiest girl in the world with lovely voice on his tv show.
on my way to heaven i want to hear her singing about the springtime.
gooty64 10 months ago
I'm a huge Livvy fan and have enjoyed her many,mant duets over the years but none more so than this (almost duet) it's a great shame the didn'y get to do more stuff together rip john and long live O
livvynut 11 months ago
I was just a kid when this song came out but after a few years... and GREASE, Xanadu, etc I remember wondering if she was doing backgrounds on this... they should have put out a duet album! Their voices just blended SO well.
Caretaker24523 11 months ago
i didnt know that olivia newton john sang with john denver! wow! cool! RIP john denver!
ranka35 11 months ago
I always loved watching the John Denver Christmas Specials. This was an especially favorite moment of mine.
studiodudeio 11 months ago
I listen to this and just feel all my stress fly away with their voices. Beautiful.
caargoqueen 11 months ago
This song was played at my granpa's funeral and everytime i listen to it, it makes me cry but i still love this song :)
Cowgirl1392 11 months ago
Thank You!
Life was a little nicer when we could all appreciate simple music with a simple message. The simplicity is beautiful.
djsmith137 1 year ago
Outstanding song writing and musicianship have no place in todays music - thus the reason most of the brain dead trolls of the present have no clue of the genius that is JD!! Guy was awesome and was the only "non rocker" to take on the PRMC! Made the most profound impact and got the least of the credit!! JD rules!!
kacres1 1 year ago
Man, I'm trying to be a modern day artist, ya know with all the computers and stuff, but I'm gonna do it right! -lighter in memory of JD!
ZachariahLogan 1 year ago
Magic! God bless their souls...!
dorpets 1 year ago
There is hope. My three kids (all teen-agers) love music from the 70s. Two of them play acoustic guitar and my son is taking drum lessons and wants an acoustic set. Of course I still have albums from that time period and a great 30 year old linear tracking turntable to play them on! So I have had some influence. . . dhdlou
iamtheplauge 1 year ago
Beautiful just beautiful brought tears to my eyes. It is not easy to be so moved by a song thank so much for re-mastering and posting this song. I was 10 years old when this Christmas Special was made. Why oh why do we not have such family oriented themes anymore?
werginpritt 1 year ago
I`ve come to the conclusion that the reason they don`t make music like this anymore is because they can`t.
LACraig621 1 year ago
YEs, today's pop music is degenerate. How did that happen?
Beulah502 1 year ago
What to say .... other than sheer magic
gokulpr 1 year ago
I remember this so clearly when I was a little girl..this blew me away!! Beautiful job in restoring it to all its glory.
jonzbeach 1 year ago
One of the most beautiful things I've seen and heard.
monesv 1 year ago
this is one of my favorite song of all time...there is something within this song that translate me to different horizon....LONG live MR john denver your song will live on and on and be remembered by generation by generation
arnold2567 1 year ago
i love John Denver and I love this song
pegsantus 1 year ago
John Denver Christmas Special.....how could I forget...back in the day when Christmas was celebrated by the networks with "specials" ranging from Bob Hope and Perry Como to John Denver, Sonny and Cher and the Hudson Brothers Variety Hour. My how times have changed....by today's standard such unabashed celebration would be considered "insensitive" and found to be "not inclusive" for those whom don't celebrate Christmas. Explains why such network programing has been banished. Ashame.
SOLISDEUS 1 year ago 13
@SOLISDEUS Yep yep yep. Remember the Kraft Christmas Specials with those cool Cracker Barrel Cheese commercials? Wow! And the Andy Williams Christmas Specials? How innocent we all were.
StevieB1362 1 month ago
@SOLISDEUS Probably the same reason why people wish "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas." Plain silly. We don't have trouble wishing "Merry Christmas" here in India so why should it be there?
Anyway this is one of the most magical uploads I've ever witnessed on YouTube. Thanks @bctvguy. Olivia appears so pretty and here voice prettier while John is just amazing.
formulecocotier 1 month ago
BEAUTIFUL! This was when music was music and TV was worth watching! Better Days!
IABOY4444 1 year ago 2
John Denver AND Olivia Newton John! FAR OUT!!!! What a brilliant combination! I always loved this song. John's music was truly the universal language. Sure there are some good artists out there now, but none will ever be of the calibre of John Denver. He was unique. The whole shebang! John's music will always be the light that guides me home. I love you John and I sure do miss you. Thanks to the beautiful people who put these vids on YT and help to keep the fire glowing for John. luvya
diane592004 1 year ago
thanks for the memories.This was a great time to grow up listening to the radio and hearing songs with meanings and messages.
cowhanson 1 year ago
Do you have any more video of the 1975 John Denver Christmas special?
rickh1 1 year ago
@rickh1 - SILENT NIGHT and LET IT SHINE are both on my channel from this same show.
bctvguy 1 year ago
This is perfection!
muskokan59 1 year ago
**I just love this song...sang it all the time as I was growing up...miss you John Denver** He had one of the most beautiful voices of all times...as well as Olivia...thank-you for restoring & posting**
laniseaman1 1 year ago
oh you negative lot. I love this song - has captured my desire to escape/sense of otherness fron around 14/15 until yesterday's 46th birthday. it's a beautiful, reflective song sung by 2 most melodious songsmiths. Anything more - it is not.
chesterfordrocks 1 year ago
OMG that was beautiful! saved to favs!
BELTED007 1 year ago
So glad I was around to catch this when it was released. Sounds fantastic.
takemeback2 1 year ago
BEAUTIFUL! Thank you for the better audio and video!
No one can sing like John Denver and Olivia Newton-John. Such clear voices and none of that autotune crap like they use now.
Again, Thank you!
ChynnaDahl 1 year ago
First off I want to congratulate you for the excelent work you did remastering this video. The Audio and Video quality are really great, so enjoyable :)
Second. I wish music could be like this again. Man we have lost many great singers like John Denver, Karen Carpenter, Dusty Springfield and many others that brought us great songs with deep lyrics and nice music arrangements. Now the music has become too commercial just to earn money instead of being what it used to be many years ago :(
LordPata 1 year ago
4 ppl need to learn what music is... aside form that, I'd sincerely like to see someone like Lauren Hill or Taylor swift or NAS or fiddie cent do somehting liek this..
No, not really, they'd jsut screw it up
BrotherGrimace1 1 year ago
Thanks for the time and effor t you put into bringing back this performance to good quality. I truly enjoyed it.
stockboy15 1 year ago
The only artist that preforms today that I think shows as much emotion and seems to love singing is Amy Lee of Evanescense. John Denver and Olivia Newton-John have always been favorites, among other classic singers, since I can remember.
m0mmyuftw0 1 year ago
Two Legends!
MacEliot 1 year ago
@bctvguy - your'e so right .The reason the crap they pass off as music today ( mostly) has wrecked a generation of kids is because music either feeds and heals your soul or it destroys part of it. Every thing these days is angry and non-melodic studio synth crap with effects pedals. There are not many technically good guitarists who are arriving on the scene - compared to the late sixties ,seventies, and eigties. Maybe congress can pass a bill outlawing bad music :P
Guilddude2 1 year ago 37
@Guilddude2 - Agreed.
You are what you eat, what you learn, read, watch and listen to.
Music, its character and lyrics set the tone for your life - how you live and think and interact with other people and the world.
bctvguy 1 year ago 13
@bctvguy agreed! im only 20 i was raised on john denver and the likes and im alot better off then alot of the kids i see now a days and people of my own age
videoholic24 11 months ago
@bctvguy Awsome comment, you're 1,010% right!!!!!
HereinLasVegas 11 months ago
@Guilddude2 some good music is still coming out. it just never hits the main stream. it is really sad the horrible "musicians" who have no musical talent and don't even write their own music that end up being popular these days
fionamairi42 1 year ago
@Guilddude2 YOU ARE SO RIGHT I COULDN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER THEN THAT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS I WISH THERE WERE MORE OF US OUT HERE THAT WOULD STAND UP AND SAY WHAT YOU HAVE HAD SAID HERE! THANK YOU!
truelaine2069 1 year ago
@Guilddude2 I can't agree more with you and bctvguy... i feel really sorry for the young ppl of these days, the"music"
they listen to is a very elemental sticky rythmic base with an amazing lack of melody and absolutely empty.
The real culprits of this crap they call music, are the music labels.
mandrago 1 year ago
@Guilddude2 My opinion is that during earlier years, say 1950s-70s, The crappy music never made it because there are only a few people in the market who listens to musical crap. Fast forward it to 2010, those same few people who listens to crap have already multiplied to millions and can now sustain a music industry of crappy music. Its just sad..I want ABBA back..
blastmetamorph 1 year ago
@Guilddude2 really true, music can make your soul feel good but can music today do it, I was born in 1976 but enjoy the 60,70,80 music better than what's up now,
many young people like it but don't wanna admit it because it makes them not cool, I have seen they secretly enjoy it by the tapping of their foot
perfect1976j 10 months ago
@Guilddude2 I apologize, it is partly my fault. I need to start using my guitar and vocal skills to write some good songs! A 34 year old who likes John Denver! :)
StratMatt777 5 months ago
Folks, if you haven't seen this video* on YouTube, you will really enjoy it, and it showcases John Denver's voice in three-part harmony, which is almost unknown in the anti-Occidental, postmodernist hip-hop and rap idioms that have ruined popular music in the USA since about 1990. (And, yes, there has been and is a political motivation behind this. It is part of the long-term campaign to break down traditional culture in America.) *See: "The Chad Mitchell Trio & John Denver - For Baby"
bboucharde 1 year ago 10
@bboucharde - I agree. MOST - not all - of today's pop music is horrible.
Today's rap and hip-hop is complete garbage and has helped ruin a generation.
There was time when black music was fantastic - The Four Tops, The Supremes, Martha and the Vandelas, The Drifters, Staple Singers, Edwin Hawkins Singers and so many more. That was talent.
bctvguy 1 year ago 15
@bctvguy Thanks for your comment. Yes, I agree. I have a large collection of Motown & Soul 12" LP's (Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Supremes, Gladys Knight, Percy Sledge, James Brown, Isley Bros., Little Anthony, Barry White, etc.) In fact, I even have Rick James, who marked the end of listenable Black pop music for me, in the 1980's---virtually all downhill from that peak. I cried when we lost Barry White, not long ago---What a voice, what emotion!---pure class, and not part of the Hip Hop scene.
bboucharde 1 year ago
@bctvguy u are half wrong, todays hip hop and rap is garabage so is all the pop music but there was good hip hop. NWA, Run DMC, tupac, biggie etc...i see its not your taste but there was good hip hop and rap before 2000
forsberg2110 1 year ago
@bctvguy- I agree with with what bboucharde. The best 'black' (african american/R&B/Soul) came out of the Temps, the Tops, Jimmy Ruffin, Marvin Gaye/Kim Weston, et al.
hx823 1 year ago
@bboucharde actually the 3part harm is on Olivia's vox at the end; on John's is just dubs. But this song is AWESOME. =) Good call there bboucharde!
mikepad 1 year ago
Beautiful song. This is looking and sounding good. Nice restoration job.
sTeVie4TV 1 year ago
Thank you so very much for your hard work restoring this for us fans. A beautiful song, their voices joined together just so wonderfully for us to enjoy. thank you John Denver for writing a beauty of a song!
grooverunner 1 year ago
Thank you BCTVGuy for bringing back this true classic...wish there were more like you mate!
tom080955 1 year ago 3
Absolutely entrancing.
twfeline 1 year ago
I miss John Denver so much. I still cry when I think that he is gone. Thank God we have his incredible music.
AngelonDolphin 1 year ago
Greatly appreciate this - I'm launching working on having a Concert Tribute to John with celebrity Artists and have Olivia join for a remake of this to honor John and very much his Activist work. My company is co-launching 5 new revolutionary building and energy technologies which will completely eliminate the need for fossil fuel engines and coal burning power plants. Maybe I can hire you if we need help with other digital remasters - I'm just starting talks with Brian over at Red Light Thanks
sterlingmichaels 1 year ago
Good stuff!!!!!!!!!
carp1844 1 year ago
This has some nostalgic value. Neither of these two could really "sing". In another time and place, neither of these people would have had a career in music. Denver's voice and music does not hold up to time. In fact, among serious musicians...his name has become synonymous with BAD music. As for Olivia...well...she's more famous for having had cancer and surviving than for her "music".
thegrinchl7 1 year ago
@thegrinchl7 STFUP
cd272443 1 year ago
@thegrinchl7 - I've read hundreds of comments on YT about music and I have to tell you that yours is the lamest, most idiotic one; and that says a lot. You may not think either one is a good singer but to say neither can sing is truly insane. I've never heard anyone say JD is synonymous with bad music. Pathetic critique...
D7J7W7 1 year ago
@D7J7W7 You nailed it! Great comment.
bboucharde 1 year ago
@thegrinchl7 - This joker thinks he’s BORAT. His profile reads: “Please to meat you! I am from the Moscow...”
First off, what great pop music ever came from Russia?
Second, he already disliked JD & ONJ, so why was he even watching this video? What a doofus!
For nearly 40 years now, John Denver and Olivia Newton John's music has been loved over much of the world - including Russia.
bctvguy 1 year ago 19
@thegrinchl7 My mum was an opera singer who TAUGHT singing.She said JD had such a good natural voice & innate musical intelligence he could have sung classics-e.g German Leider as he had a lyric tenor & excellent falsetto.Yes,JD's untrained voice had faults,but by the 80s he had developed his voice SO much fans & critics commented on it.It became lower,richer,lost some of the excess vibrato and gained timber & warmth.70s & 80 era JD is like nite & day.He had GREAT pipes once he worked on 'em
lynmourn67 1 year ago
@thegrinchl7 U r a MORON
ph1lstar 1 year ago
@thegrinchl7 oh dear, are u just another very sad person who likes to spoil viewing for fans. Get a life please.
ph1lstar 1 year ago
@thegrinchl7 r u FUCKIN KIDDING ME? No musical value? I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion but sometimes you have to wonder WTF? Good luck with life brutha!
kacres1 1 year ago
@thegrinchl7 ummmmm...ARE YOU CRAZY??
1jbfan 1 year ago
@thegrinchl7 You have a right to your opinions, but you are dead wrong. I saw Denver perform in Santa Barbara in 1976, and he was superb. He originally sang in the Chad Mitchell Trio, & he had perfect pitch. His voice was ideal for the folk & folk-rock genre. Olivia, too, is adored by millions around the world, and her voice is ideal for the genre that she specializes in. Why would you even view this video if you don't like these two great vocalists? Go listen to some hip-hop, at 110 decibels.
bboucharde 1 year ago
I remember this TV show. I was 12 years old and went to my best friend's house to watch this show. To this day, I am still a big John Denver fan.
Pigsfly23 1 year ago
How absolutely beautiful xxx
jewelchic 1 year ago
This song...their voices...still makes my heart stop momentarily even today. And when I see Olivia, I think I am looking at an Angel....
WhiteTigress1968 1 year ago
we miss you john so much!
scaliknooth 1 year ago
Great sound and lyrics
DrinkingStar 1 year ago
amazing quality, this song is so beautiful
dily44 1 year ago
Fantastic quality thank you. Also how can you top how both artists sang in this video clip. Epic
jnrdryden1 1 year ago
I remember my mom loved this song. It was my mom who told me Olivia sang in the back ground. I miss the old days.
pabsk67 1 year ago
This has to be one of the most beautifulest duet's i have ever heard. These two's voices made magic together. What a beautiful song:):):):):) i always liked this one from the first time i ever heard it. God bless you Liv & R.I.P John.
welder541 1 year ago
What a great song and video...I remember watching this during Christmas time of 1976....I was 12 years old...Had a crush on Olivia Newton John...Wow, 34 years later I still think she is beautiful....Truely miss John Denver and his music and dedication to make our earth a better place to live in...
jlhist64 1 year ago 2
Brilliant song!!!
t1mex2 1 year ago
BCTVGUY, thanks for sharing your restored video with us, I so heart ♥ this. Like both of these artists; sometimes one wants to hear such an easy listening 70's soothing song, luv it!
TWILIGHT112366 1 year ago 2
excellent job on the remastering *deep bow*
TheJennifer1962 1 year ago
She has such a wonderful voice. You can't find many like her today. John my man, I miss you terribly. I remember seeing him do Rocky Mountain High on Good Morning America back in the mid 70's. I don't know why that particular memory stuck with me, but he was so good. The world would have missed so much without him.
hellooldfriend617 1 year ago
My two favorite singers of the 70's.
Miss you John.
grampamurdoc 1 year ago
Ive a copy of this on VHS , its a rare copy from the Christmas show , I had it coverted over from Betamax
39grahamross 1 year ago
Brilliant
TheBeatlesShop 1 year ago
i remember this special i watched every special he did and when Olivia Newton John joined him on that album and then the show I was so excited because at that time they were both my fave entertainers I had collected almost all of their albums at that time. God that was forever ago, great memories thank you for posting
BOBBIE041957 1 year ago
Like many of the others who posted, I remember watching this when on TV as if it were yesterday. In fact, it was the first time I had ever seen, much less heard of ONJ. I was absolutely star-struck and thus began my (three decades and beyond) admiration, and earlier on- obsession, with Livvy. Whist most everyone I knew gravitated towards Cher, Madonna, Whitney, Mariah, Janet...Britney, Christina, etc., I remained 'hopelessly devoted' to this woman.
alphatop7 1 year ago 2
bctvguy - thanks for providing us a *clear* look at two of the most beautiful, imperfect, clarivoyent artists of the 70s. It doesn't get any better than this...
Sincopare 1 year ago
Such a great loss to this world.Considering whats happening to the environment today. Wish he were here to see whats happening in the gulf today.I wonder what he would think.
Hatts02 1 year ago
2 great voices even better together!
kgrueschowjr2010 1 year ago
Very young Oliva
wideworldofsports 1 year ago
What a fantastic song from my all time favorite singer song writer!! Olivia is beautiful and there is moment in this song where you can see John just soakin in Olivias lovely voice! He is so badly missed and she is still so vastly talented than most any other singer these days - just IMHO!
kacres1 1 year ago
Well done !
gibsg62 1 year ago
what an amzing man- heart soul, wisdom, poetry and music all so beautiful
QueenBeatlesWings 1 year ago
Awesome duet. I was just a little kid then but I fell in love with John's music as a high schooler years later. Made me think of deeper things so I'm grateful. I know its sort of out of place to say, while listening to this wonderful 70's music and all, but he's HOT in this video. Sorry :)
thnkyoumjj 1 year ago
One of the best vocal collaberations....EVER!!! So simple and yet so complex. They don't write them like this anymore. I miss those songs!
marklongo777 1 year ago
Truly a classic!
2010metsfan 1 year ago
damn I wish I could have a chance with Olivia but im only 25 lol. shes the most beautiful women, that voice gives me goosebumps everytime. she makes me freeze everytime she looks into the camera with those GORGEOUS eyes!
OfficialRobbieMason 1 year ago
truly amazing. John Denver was amazing and Olivia Newton-John has the voice of an angel
osmondlover129 1 year ago 2
How incredible the 70's were. Truly, the Golden Age for music.
RIP John.
thesithempire 1 year ago
THANK YOU!!
TheMom1951 1 year ago
Great video - Thank you so much
Jander4031 1 year ago
Beautiful restoration, bctvguy! Thank you very much!!!!
squarepeg85 1 year ago
This was the best year of my life and John Denver was so much a part of it.
I love JD and miss his concerts so much!!!
TheRaini1 1 year ago
I love this song. OLJ adds to Denver's singing perfectly.
FiendsInRedSatin1 1 year ago
omg..i have always loved this song! something made me think of it just a few minutes ago, and i made sure to remember to add it to my playlist when i got upstairs to my computer.
I also am very saddened that john left this earth at far too young an age. some of his songs made me cry *before* he died. now they're especially poignant. RIP, john. you truly were a song's best friend.
MrJonk1969 1 year ago
omg..i have always loved this song! something made me think of it just a few minutes ago, and i made sure to remember to add it to my playlist when i got upstairs to my computer.
I also am very saddened that john left this earth at far too young an age. some of his songs made me cry *before* he died. now they're especially poignant. RIP, john. you truly were a song's best friend.
MrJonk1969 1 year ago
Hit #1 AC, #12 country, #13 pop in Billboard. RIP, John. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
A beautiful video. Many thanks for your good work.
newporter42 1 year ago 3
very very very very lovely,the song the voices the music and kudos for its digital remake
dove24012 2 years ago 4
I remember seeing this on TV, like it was yesterday. Thanks for sharing, brings back memories of simpler times.
mflores910 2 years ago
Nice song these musicians now a days if thats what u what to call them have nothing. american idol sucks.
Mr012467 2 years ago
Beautifully restored, ty :-)
RIP John Denver
Flying high, never forgotten :-)
AnneEmu 2 years ago
beautiful song!
candlelitdreamz 2 years ago
VERY NICE!!!
Thanks for sharing with us! :)
Deb
hrsngarnd 2 years ago
That's reasonably gorgeous. And great job restoring it, too. If only you could get hold of the master tape of the live copy of Dan Fogelberg's "Phoenix" that's up elsewhere on YouTube. This was a wonderful 70s memory, thanks for posting.
TheSanityInspector 2 years ago
beauitiful viddy thansk john
very sweet song ri p dear john xxbabs
blondiebabs 2 years ago
Thanks!!
SpacemannSpiff 2 years ago
Thanks so much for this song! So many memories!!!
koreateacher96 2 years ago 3
Beautiful,like a hidden treasure you find in that special place in the mountains.
I think i will fly away.
blackforest270 2 years ago 5
Just lost my Mum a couple of days ago. I hope her next journey is a good one. Be at peace my mum. I love you.
BestKacFan 2 years ago
I'm a little sad tonight...John's song expresses so much of what I feel.
Thank you, old friend for reaching into a listener's heart after all these years...
You are still missed very much.
writingfool7734 2 years ago 2
Beautiful... I truely wish everyone was able to listen to more music such as this today. And Olivia- Newton John was hands down the most attractive women on the planet when this song was recorded IMOP.......
jsmith455 2 years ago 2
Just beautiful. Thank You so much for this.
HippieNiecey 2 years ago 2
Had no idea either one of these two sang this song. Heard it through the years, first time when I was a kid. Always made me kind of sad.
Willbryant 2 years ago 2
can you tell us where you got this video. I remember very well this Christmas Special in 1975 or 76 I wish had this show recorded. But there where no VCR back then. I wonder how did you get this video?
Pimporly 2 years ago 2