The Boyz FIRST time REACTION to John Denver & Cass Elliot Leaving On A Jet Plane

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  @drieuxkoeppel8152 · 2 years ago (edited)

  He WROTE THIS SONG!! He is the only American singer/songwriter to have TWO of his signature songs adopted as state songs. ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ (West Virginia—since the first stanza says ‘Almost heaven, West Virginia…’ ) and ‘Rocky Mountain High’ for Colorado!

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• PE

  @pettycoats · 2 years ago

  Vietnam....we watched our mothers cry and our brothers die.  They went as innocent young men and came back shattered to a nation that would spit on them and ignore their wounded souls.

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• CH

  @chelseahaley8350 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Mama Cass was in The Mamas and The Papas! She had such an amazing voice! John wrote this song about his life as a touring musician, being on the road, and how hard that life can be in a relationship! U should definitely check out some more John Denver and Cass Elliot's solo music! Poems, Prayers and Promises is one of my favorite John Denver songs!

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• MA

  @mapegatkinson92 · 2 years ago

  500,000 of our boys took a plane to Viet Nam and 50,000 died there. This song was heartbreaking for many families.

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• RO

  @Roxie1306 · 2 years ago

  She would die less then 2 years later of a heart attack at just 32. She was a beautiful person. John singing this song always makes me cry, after all he died in a plane crash. He was just incredible.

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• CH

  @chelisue · 2 years ago (edited)

  My favorite Cass Elliot song is dream a little dream

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• ED

  @edwardstowers7272 · 2 years ago

  Let’s put an end to the rumor John eliminated himself. No, the NTSB report clearly indicates the crash occurred because of error: mainly the placement of the fuel tank switch, was was on the left behind the pilot seat of the Rutan Long E-Z he was getting acquainted with. To reach the switch—part of engine restart procedures— he had to twist left in the cockpit and use pliers to switch tanks. The ergonomics of that caused his right foot to press the right rudder pedal, which accidentally forced him into a stall. Being at 500 feet over the bay at Monterey, he had no time to recover. Being so low and running out of gas were his errors; placement of the switch was not. With his flight hours he could have ditched had he not stalled, but Long E-Zs do not ditch well and tend to nose in on impact with water due to the fixed rear landing gear. Things were looking up for him in 1997 and he was not depressed. He did NOT intentionally kill himself. It was an accident of plane design, familiarity with a new aircraft and errors of not having enough gas and other things. He did write this song, not Mamma Cas. She was joking. John was a new rising star in 1972 when this was filmed. He had just penned Rocky Mountain High and was on his way up. Vietnam was about to end. He became RCA’s best-selling artist, I believe. It’s not “creepy” John died flying. He loved flying. He died doing what he loved, and we still miss him. He was one of a kind. And fans still gather every October in Aspen to celebrate him and have for 27 years.

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• PA

  @patriciamcelroy3581 · 2 years ago

  John Denver’s voice is just perfection. Their harmony is ❤.

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• SE

  @Searles007 · 2 years ago

  "OHIO"  the song by Crosby, Stills and Nash. 💚🤙🏼

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• HK

  @hk45c62 · 2 years ago

  John Denver was a strong supporter against musical censorship and testified in front of Congress against warning labels.

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• FA

  @faithnyou1732 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Cass Elliot (aka Mama Cass) was indeed a member of The Mamas and The Papas. She also had a few solo successes before her life was cut short. Rest In Peace, Cass Elliot. This song was written and recorded by John Denver, and released in 1966 in the big middle of so much going on at that time -- The Vietnam War didn't end until 1975, the Kent State shooting happened in 1970 during a college campus Vietnam War protest, the Watergate break-in occurred in 1972, and this was also during the U.S. and Russia Cold War which didn't end until 1991 -- all this in the midst of the Civil Rights protests. A big part of the Vietnam protests were because many felt that we had no business in that war, which later was proven true. Another reason for the protests was because during that time, the draft was in effect, and those who did not feel we had any business over there did NOT want to be drafted into the military. It was definitely a very politically turbulent time for the U.S., and I remember all of it like it was yesterday. Thanks for the reaction! ✌💙✌

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• ST

  @stevegraham3817 · 2 years ago

  From Wikipedia...<br>&quot;Leaving on a Jet Plane&quot; is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Denver[1] in 1966, originally included on his debut demo recording John Denver Sings as &quot;Babe I Hate to Go&quot;. <br>He made several copies and gave them out as presents for Christmas of that year.[2] <br>Denver&apos;s then producer Milt Okun convinced him to change the title; the song was renamed &quot;Leaving on a Jet Plane&quot; in 1967.

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