Rocky Mountain High by John Denver - 1972 (with lyrics)
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2 жыл бұрын"Rocky Mountain High" is a song written by John Denver and Mike Taylor and is one of the two official state songs of Colorado. Recorded by John Denver in 1972, it went to number nine on the US Hot 100 in 1973.
@dianejordan8284 Ай бұрын
Beautiful 😢
@LoloAkole 8 ай бұрын
Grew up in NYC 🗽 but fell in love with Colorado when I saw it "raining fire in the sky"! Stationed @ Ft. Carson while away in the 'field' (close to the mountains) doing our training. On guard duty in the middle of the night I saw it "raining fire in the sky" what a sight! Meteors? Falling stars?... Beautiful 🌟
@Stevorific1 Жыл бұрын
I love John Denver now more than ever.
@EncouragementToGo7IME 2 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate John Denver's music.
@thepbcenthusiast7561 2 жыл бұрын
Who doesn’t?
@richardhammer6559 Жыл бұрын
In 1972,it was the first time i seen the Rockies .I was hitch hiking from New England across the trans Canadian until I hit Jasper Alberta. I truly felt like I was coming home to a place I never been before.When i first came to the mountains my life was far away on the road ,hanging by a song. Love this song ,51 years later.
@joelyons9808 10 ай бұрын
I hitched hiked from Tampa Florida to Denver in 1975! I camped in Rocky Mountain National Park and felt at home and at peace. What I learned there stayed with me my whole life. I joined the army that same year and went to West Germany. Another awesome experience!
@elizabethblasucci5024 7 ай бұрын
We are cut from the same cloth. Camped cross country- 1973- 10 weeks- quit my job- left Cleveland,Ohio heading West. This song was a staple on my 8 track tape deck. Eager to see what John was singing about heightened my anticipation. As I began the graduated foothills from the East (there’s still a memory rush as I write) my 4 cylinder car felt the gravity. And then POP there they were around a bend! Majestic spikes with smatterings of snow … and yes- I saw an eagle fly in those days. The adventure set my course in life. This song will forever be my initiate motif. I wasn’t quite 21. Road trips - modern day quests. Are they popular in todays sanitized world?🦅🦅⛺️🏔️
@THEATREofPAIN270 2 жыл бұрын
Although he's describing a meteor shower in the song while camping the reality of it is simple. "Friggin Paradise" What a musical genius. Am I wrong? And just for good measure, Rocky Mountain High was released on October 30 1972, Almost 50 years ago. Thank you John Denver, I so appreciate your music. Rest Easy Great One.........
@im_saved_by_grace 9 ай бұрын
LOVE ❤MY BROTHER IN CHRIST John is the best 💯
@TheLaurkenGroup Жыл бұрын
I will always love this song. A classic from my Jr. High years when everything was so simple. I’m from Texas, we have large hills & a few shorter mountains, both tall enough though to feel a temperature change if you reach the tops, but nothing at all like the Rockies. Give me a snow peaked mountain reflecting in a placid lake over a sandy beach with a clear blue ocean any day.
@Himling-dsListener Жыл бұрын
“I know he’d be a poorer man if he never saw a eagle fly” That part left me to pieces. I’m still young, 18 years old. For the past 2 years I’m working so hard on my future, I’m spending my life 24/7 working and studying more and more. I’m tired, I’m wanderlust. And even tho I’m gaining money, I feel poor. My heart and soul yearns for the mountains, rivers and forests, roads and oceans. I always dreamed of exploring this beautiful world that God gave me, and instead I’m trapped in a office and college all day.
@dozzer009 Жыл бұрын
Is it possible to perhaps take a year off school to work and save, then travel a bit before going back to school? A reset if you will; just to change up the drudgery of the daily grind. Nothing is impossible if you believe in yourself and remain humble and kind. Shoot for the stars ✨
@Himling-dsListener 11 ай бұрын
@@dozzer009 not for now… but I’m changing my job for a remote only position, and with a more flexible schedule! Thank God for that, last Saturday I did a awesome hiking here, it was a awesome time! I looked at the nature and the view and felt like I’m living again. Thanks for the comment!
@Cindyscrossstitch 7 ай бұрын
Go see your mountains and forests, you will never regret it 🌻✨️
@DDGLJ Жыл бұрын
This song pretty much shaped my life. I grew up in Wyoming, received 12 years of higher education and went back to Montana. There was never any doubt or wavering. Yes, I could have made a lot more money or attained greater “success” elsewhere- but why? What’s it all for? The hallowed halls of academia hold nothing in comparison to the cathedral mountains.
@kerriwilson7732 2 ай бұрын
Dr Claudine Gay politely disagrees. 🤣 Couldn't help it. You made the right call. 🇨🇦
@DDGLJ 2 ай бұрын
@@kerriwilson7732 Haha, even out here they’ll stalk you for management positions- but again, nope.
@antoniebittnerova1919 2 жыл бұрын
Very nice
@mikefoley2761 Жыл бұрын
So conscious.
@davidderitis9068 2 жыл бұрын
It's like every time you hear him say 'Colorado' you just wanna go there!
@tstocker6926 2 жыл бұрын
Driving across Colorado on I70 is amazing
@DjMeow 2 жыл бұрын
Feels the same even tho I am here ❤️❤️❤️
@TheBlueThird 2 жыл бұрын
I'm in Colorado and I'm always glad to be here.
@speedmancs Жыл бұрын
I once had a business trip to Cheyenne in Wyoming and I found its next to Colorado. So I drove to Denver one Sunday and also visited Rocky Mountain national park, enjoying John Denver’s ‘Rocky Mountain high’ while driving and I was feeling so good!
@GusPineda-ev5uk 2 ай бұрын
I every time I hear this song makes me remember my friend dino ,we always wanted to just pack up and get there but we never did mainly because of me , dino pasted away from a terrible car hit , this for dino my brother, i truly hope you are with Jesus
@antoniomarroquin9638 Жыл бұрын
Bellísima melodía ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@ridoychowdhury7997 4 ай бұрын
big fan
@trudywhitey8395 3 ай бұрын
So refreshing!
@matthewdixon719 17 күн бұрын
I love this song
@donalddodds8335 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing this song actually got banned from some radio stations , I am guessing the like "Friends around the Campfire and everyone is high" lead a few misguided souls to believe this song was about smoking weed. God Bless John Denver and for his speaking out against censorship at the mid 80's PMRC hearings.
@victorlozano2486 2 жыл бұрын
People who think/thought that... Are/were "Narrow Minded People." John was speaking of one of two Things... Either he was referring to the clean and High Oxygen levels up in The Colorado Mountains. Or The High of Smoking a Little Cannabis... Look at Colorado now. IF Cannabisbis was/is sooo bad...The Creator wouldn't have Created the herb. In my humble Opinion. Medical Cannabis User.
@madoldmanyelling6420 Жыл бұрын
Surely misguided souls fits perfectly. I get high on nature, a starry night sky can blow my mind away, no need to smoke weed or anything else.
@fredgillespie5855 Жыл бұрын
@@madoldmanyelling6420 - "Have you seen God in His splendors, heard the text that nature renders? (You'll never hear it in the family pew). The simple things, the true things, the silent men who do things -- Then listen to the Wild -- it’s calling you." (Robert Service "Call of the Wild.)
@people4peace999 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely....thank you John Denver 🕊🌏🪶😊♥️✌️🎵🪄
@pjsoeder Жыл бұрын
Been listening to this song since it came out as a little kid. It's still beautiful and spiritual and truly insightful
@tamiiymchristineragercollins 4 ай бұрын
Talk to God and listen to The casual reply. John Denver
@Musician-Songwriter 19 күн бұрын
Those lyrics in the Thumbnail: "And they say that he got crazy once and tried to touch the sun and he lost a friend but kept the memory" to me is a little haunting, could it have been an omen? Most of us know JD died while testing an experimental aircraft he just purchased hence the line: "he got crazy once and tried to touch the sun" and then his tragic death hence the line: " he lost a friend but kept the memory" We all lost a friend when he died and will never forget him, idk? that's what I get out of those lyrics.