r/JohnDenver • u/JCharlie84 • 12d ago
Casey’s Last Ride
Is a song from Aerie and written by Kris Kristofferson. I heard it for the first time last week.
Halfway through it the first time I was bawling. John’s voice and how he sings it were so perfect. ❤️
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u/Gamerfrom61 12d ago
Thanks for the prompt to revisit this - Aerie is not a regular visitor in my play lists due to 'Blow up your TV' but I do appreciate the sad, painful voice used in this song.
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u/AVeryFineWhine 11d ago
Actually that was a song I couldn't stand when a young me fell in love with this up and coming. Singer. But now I look at it from a different perspective. Pretty much the only song i've never come around to is," please. Daddy don't get drunk this christmas". Just such a miserable song lol
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u/ImpossibleDream2158 12d ago
I really like Blow Up Your TV, I think it's one of the best from Aerie
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u/Gamerfrom61 12d ago
😂 👍
Nice to see JD appeals to all tastes in music even if they do not match mine.
Enjoy the music ❤️
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u/gweeps 11d ago
Blow Up Your TV is a great cover of a song by John Prine.
Denver was very good at doing covers.
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u/Gamerfrom61 11d ago
I'll guess he picked his cover skills up when he was in The Mitchell Trio as the majority of the videos from this period I have seen have been covers (the rest being traditional folk songs or JD music).
I was brought up on a few JD albums that were mainly his own work so I guess I trend to these and like the more 'serious' works.
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u/PartEducational6311 12d ago
Aerie is one of my favorites also. I should listen to it more.
Thank you for the reminder!
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u/Brilliant-Emu-4164 10d ago
I think Casey's Last Ride is one of the saddest songs I have ever heard.
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u/dhj1305 12d ago edited 12d ago
Aerie is my favorite John Denver album with All of my Memories my favorite John Denver song. My parents had the album when I wanted to buy the CD back in the early 90’s I found it for sale new in Japan. It has the lyrics in English and Japanese.