Sinister: John Denver

[Andrew O'Sullivan]

> Who liked John Denver?  I did.  "Leaving On a Jet Plane" is my kareoke
> piece.  Jeff Buckley and John Denver in the one year.  bummer.

Hmm.......I like [in the present] John Denver a great deal; I don't know
half as much of that kind of music as I know I, and everyone, should know,
but yes it's a shame he's died. However, I wasn't too distraught seeing as
I certainly don't remember him releasing anything during my lifetime, so
it's not really a great personal loss.

However, I did listen to some of his 'Greatest Hits' yesterday; 'Follow Me'
is truly a wonderful song. And the duet he did with Placedo Domingo works
frighteningly well. A bit of history from the Obituary I scanned in a free
second today - Leaving on a Jet Plane was pretty much his first released
material - it was soon covered by the bizzare trio of Peter, Paul and Mary
[Haha! - Remember?], which gained him some reputation and his first album
sold well as a result. Then his first big solo thing was This was all,
what, early-mid70s?

Jeff Buckley I know nothing about. He certainly sounds intersting, but then
people are hardly likely to understate someone's talent after they died,
are they?
But is he basically country-influenced, only I take it more 'modern' than
someone like Denver, or James Taylor, who is the other singer-songwriter
who I know quite well......?

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        two for the money,
           three for the money."
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