Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (2000 TV Movie) [Soundtrack]

take me home: the john denver story (2000 tv movie) [soundtrack]

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Is it ironic that the Take Me Home soundtrack to the made-for-TV movie about everyone's (except for Charlie Rich, that is) favorite Muppet-haired country singer comes out at the same time as a John Denver indie-rock tribute of the same name? Perhaps a John Denver renaissance is at hand. Don't laugh. As both albums attest, Denver was an amazingly talented singer and composer, his songs central to the Zeitgeist of an age. The auspices for the Take Me Home soundtrack are dubious (a CBS movie starring Chad Lowe as the late troubadour), but, incredibly, it stands as one of the more definitive retrospectives of the artist's career. Late in his life, no longer enjoying the heights of the charts, Denver revisited many of his early works, reinterpreting them with his matured vision and voice. These recastings are sprinkled liberally throughout the album, side by side with his original recordings, and the result is both the John Denver you loved and a John Denver you've never heard before. His rerecordings of early hits ("Leaving, on a Jet Plane," "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Sunshine on My Shoulders") discover new emotive depths to the tunes, his voice richer in timbre and expression. Untouched originals ("Annie's Song," "This Old Guitar," "Poems, Prayers, and Promises," "Thank God I'm a Country Boy") remind us of a more optimistic day, when his songs ruled the airwaves and became ingrained in our consciousness. --Tod Nelson

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Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (2000 TV Movie) [Soundtrack]

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TV Story Of A Special Talent
Breathe of fresh air
A beautiful musical tapestry
To The Fan From Atlanta, GA...
Friends around a Campfire

Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (2000 TV Movie)
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Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SBUU
Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

Annie's Song
Leaving, On A Jet Plane
Back Home Again
My Sweet Lady
Rocky Mountain High
Take Me Home, Country Roads
This Old Guitar
Love Again
Thank God I'm A Country Boy
For Baby (For Bobbie)
Follow Me
Calypso
Poems, Prayers And Promises
Perhaps Love
Sunshine On My Shoulders
Flying For Me

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Is it ironic that the Take Me Home soundtrack to the made-for-TV movie about everyone's (except for Charlie Rich, that is) favorite Muppet-haired country singer comes out at the same time as a John Denver indie-rock tribute of the same name? Perhaps a John Denver renaissance is at hand. Don't laugh. As both albums attest, Denver was an amazingly talented singer and composer, his songs central to the Zeitgeist of an age. The auspices for the Take Me Home soundtrack are dubious (a CBS movie starring Chad Lowe as the late troubadour), but, incredibly, it stands as one of the more definitive retrospectives of the artist's career. Late in his life, no longer enjoying the heights of the charts, Denver revisited many of his early works, reinterpreting them with his matured vision and voice. These recastings are sprinkled liberally throughout the album, side by side with his original recordings, and the result is both the John Denver you loved and a John Denver you've never heard before. His rerecordings of early hits ("Leaving, on a Jet Plane," "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Sunshine on My Shoulders") discover new emotive depths to the tunes, his voice richer in timbre and expression. Untouched originals ("Annie's Song," "This Old Guitar," "Poems, Prayers, and Promises," "Thank God I'm a Country Boy") remind us of a more optimistic day, when his songs ruled the airwaves and became ingrained in our consciousness. --Tod Nelson

Customer Reviews:

TV Story Of A Special Talent.......2006-07-04

To say that John Denver is still underrated to this day is something of an understatement. I think that people cynically toss him away as being a "flash in the pan" because he was everywhere in the 70's. It is possible that John was "over-exposed" in the 70's and that people were burnt out by the 80's. Also, people do not realize that John had friends who were also country music superstars during the 90's.
The Chad Lowe, John Denver TV movie was a disappointment to me. Obviously the script writers did not pay very close attention to his autobiography. All they had to do was read the book and copy it into the script. They had several details out of sync with his timeline, and they seemed to be in a hurry to end the movie. It could have been much better if they had given the film four hours instead of two. When I heard that Chad Lowe was playing John, all I could think of was that he needed a job and his price was right. Personally, I wish that they had left John's story to the documentary film makers.

Breathe of fresh air.......2001-06-28

A lovely cd. Just takes your breathe away to hear John's clear sweet voice. Not a lot of extra instrumentation. Makes you feel good all over. Feeling down? Just listen to this CD and feel happy and closer to nature. It's a feel good cd. You won't be disappointed.

A beautiful musical tapestry.......2000-12-14

John Denver left behind a magical musical treasure, and this CD weaves it all together to form a beautiful tapestry. From the touching opening notes of "Annie's Song" to the soaring chorus of "Flying for Me," this CD will keep your heart and senses enraptured with it's delicate, simple style. These songs are favorites of all of John's fans, but they are even more touching in light of his sudden, tragic death. Songs like "Leaving, on a Jet Plane," and "Poems, Prayers, and Promises" now bring a different kind of tear to the eye. Thank you, John, for touching our lives.

To The Fan From Atlanta, GA..........2000-07-08

The song you are referring to is called "For Baby (For Bobbi)" The title is written like that because John originally wrote it for a girl named Bobbi. Later, he changed it to the "For Baby" because it sounded more like a lullaby. It was written in 1965 and first appeared on a Chad Mitchell Trio album titled, "That's the Way It's Gonna Be." The album was released again under the title "Violets of Dawn", also in 1965. Hoping to capitalize on John's popularity, the album was re-released in 1974 as "Beginnings...The Mitchell Trio Featuring John Denver." Liner notes show the song to have been written by "H. J. Deutschendorf, Jr." I had the pleasure of seeing John Denver in concert 3 times in the 1970's, once in the 1980's and last in the 1990's. I was looking forward to seeing him again in 2000. I guess it will just have to be on video.

This collection is a great way for anyone to listen to a sampling of John Denver's work. The movie was not that great, mostly because of the close-ups of Chad Lowe mouthing the words to John's songs. I think it would have been better to have used shots from behind him, or from a distance instead. Seeing the songs I'm so familiar with coming from a difference face made me a bit uncomfortable.

Friends around a Campfire.......2000-05-10

Talk about under-rated, under appreciated, taken for granted...well that would be the music and especially the voice of John Denver. Evocative,romantic,innocent and clear,listening to this CD brings us back to the pure possible pleasure of country roads. By the time "Rocky Mountain High" comes up, goose bumps will come up too. Take a moment from your millenium life,and get this CD. Follow me where I go..........

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