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re: #318 HappyWarrior
That’s the first Denver song I got to know well since the Orioles play it during the seventh inning stretch and I’ve been going to Orioles games for as long as I can remember. It was funny. I remember being 7 and seeing one of those ads for the best of Denver. I made fun of it because the music sounded tacky to me but it’s hit me later that he was a good singer and songwriter. I was watching The Guard and they ended the movie with Leaving on a Jet Plane. Found myself singing- “So kiss me and smile for me, Tell me that you’ll never let me go, Hold me like you’ll never let go.” Can really relate to Take Me Back Country Roads since I live near the Blue Ridge mountains and the Shenandoah.
I liked his songs because they were (mostly) cheerful. With a few exceptions, I tend to like stuff that either makes me feel happy or has some kind of meaningful message.
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Heh, some years back I was in Jamaica, Queens on a Saturday on a stretch of Jamaica Avenue where there are a bunch of stores, always a lot of ppl walking around, and music is often piped into the street via loudspeakers. “Let’s Get it On” came on and everybody just went crazy—there was much dancing & singing along in the street. Gotta love New York—it was one of those New York moments (anyone who’s lived in NYC knows what those are).
