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Day 9: A song that reminds you of an ex.




Totally angst-free memory: my ex-husband used to sing this song all the time. Not the whole song, mind you; he'd randomly burst into a room in Krameristic fashion and blurt out either "it's just a game that you play" or "buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight." I found it hilarious, but I guess you had to be there.

The song itself is a lovely one. Ah, the days of the singer-songwriter. If only they'd happen again.

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If this man were alive today he'd be working with Al Gore. The planet could sure use an advocate like him right about now:

John Denver covers The Band:



John and Johnny (sorry, can't embed this one).

The next two are probably my favourite JD songs ever. I think I first heard them at the same time (when An Evening With John Denver was released in 1975), and even today I can't hear one without wanting to hear the other. They're like a single unit in my head, or something. They're also two of the very few that I put on the same level as Captain Fantastic. I was floored when I first heard them at fourteen-ish and I still am, every single time:

From 1974:



From 1977:


And yeah, yeah, I'm working on the picspam. And cleaning. i_am_a_hannah left for Oz today and I need distract myself until I know she's made it safely to Sydney. I predict bubbly in the near future.