John Denver Spirit

[tstaab1]

This has to be my favorite John Denver song. I wish I could sing it half as well.

[CaroJDfan]

OUTSTANDING!!! The liryc of this song is .... wow.. wonderful.

"Apollo taught me to rhyme

Orpheus taught me to play

Andromeda cast down her sign

And vega lights my way"

BEAUTIFUL!!!! LOVE HIM

[Defmusicman1]

What a beautiful talent! He can play complicated chord progressions on the guitar and sing at the same time and make it all look effortless! Love the man!! He is sorely missed.

[liamwilson69]

wow, what a memory. it was april 30, 1976 at the olympia arena in detroit. the first and only time i would see my musical idol. still one of the best shows i've seen. the crowd was electrifying. just 4 teenagers on a bus trip from Lambeth, Ontario. what a night!!!!!

[IrishRedRose]

he was really quite a mystic, wasn't he? I always dug that about him.....those incredible high notes, too!

[meccamaz]

So ahead of his time. Was this song about John? He loved the wind. Vega lights my way........ Vega is the polestar leading in this new age!!!!?????

[1bol390]

John STILL amazes me !

[CounterCultureLives]

I've always found this song to be most invigorating. I could be down in the dumps, or feeling rather "motivationaly challenged", and this song would re-energize me. Had the origional "Windsong" LP, but that was from many moons ago....... washed away in a flood. Thanks for posting it on "YouTube.

We miss you, John, but your music still lives, and your gifts still give.

Peace.

[cblountt]

Wow! What a great find. One of my favorite songs. Would like to see that whole concert.

[catbrush123]

Super super song.!!

[bettywhitedog]

I love this video. Thanks for posting. I somehow missed seeing it before but it's really one of the very good ones on youtube from John Denver. Thanks

[jenafuller]

lovely lovely song! so much heart in his poetry. thank you! 5 stars and faved ♥

[jtb162psu]

The bass player, Dick Kniss, appeared in later years with Peter, Paul and Mary.

[kristaluvshanson]

The best is at the very end, when he speaks to the audience! I lol'd!

[lmbee59]

he said it so fast, I couldn't quite catch what he said... I caught "my voice's gonna fall off" but that was it. :(

[kristaluvshanson]

He says:

"I like singing those kinda songs! Whoo! Gets your blood pounding. I feel sometimes when I finish a song like that my, my vocal chord is going to fall out and land quivering on the stage. Isssh!"

[lmbee59]

thank you SO much! hehe...that's what he'd typically say to his audience...that charming JD humor! :)

[kristaluvshanson]

Thanks for posting! Where/when is this from? I'm going to guess mid/late 1970s, judging by the glasses and the bell bottoms - gotta love it!

I love this song!

:)

[Arnescountry]

It's recorded in 1976, at the "Talk of the town" in London.

I recorded it from satellite in the late 80's.

[kristaluvshanson]

Thanks so much for posting. I never got to see John Denver in person (he passed on just after I turned 14), so I put on the Wildlife concert DVD and look up live performances on youtube, play them really loud and imagine what it must have been like.

[JoeD60]

I've heard the audio of the recording but never knew there was a video to it. Thank you so much for posting it. What a treasure find!!!

[BlueiiiedLady]

I loved this song. John is at his best, fantastic. Beautiful!!!!! Thank you for the great video. Miss you John. Soar with the eagles my friend.

[m8taylorucsd]

Very nice! Thank you for posting this.