John Denver Story Subtitles

00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:04,♪ Well life on the farm
is kinda laid back ♪

00:00:04,037 --> 00:00:06,♪ Ain't much an old country
boy like me can't hack ♪

00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:09,♪ It's early to rise,
early in the sack ♪

00:00:09,442 --> 00:00:11,♪ Thank God I'm a country boy

00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:13,♪ Well a simple kinda life
never did me no harm ♪

00:00:13,947 --> 00:00:16,♪ A raisin' me a family
and workin' on a farm ♪

00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:19,♪ My days are all filled
with an easy country charm ♪

00:00:19,219 --> 00:00:21,♪ Thank God I'm a country boy

00:00:21,554 --> 00:00:23,♪ Well I g***t me a fine wife
I g***t me an ole fiddle ♪

00:00:23,957 --> 00:00:26,♪ When the sun's comin' up
I g***t cakes on the griddle ♪

00:00:26,626 --> 00:00:29,♪ Life ain't nothin' but
a funny funny riddle ♪

00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:31,♪ Thank God I'm a country boy

00:00:31,197 --> 00:00:33,♪ Yes sir

00:00:52,018 --> 00:00:54,♪ Well, my fiddle was my
daddy's till the day he died ♪

00:00:54,487 --> 00:00:56,♪ And he took me by the hand
and held me close to his side ♪

00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:59,♪ Said, "Live a good life and
play the fiddle with pride ♪

00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:01,♪ And thank God
you're a country boy ♪

00:01:01,995 --> 00:01:04,♪ My daddy taught me young how
to hunt and how to whittle ♪

00:01:04,964 --> 00:01:06,♪ Taught me how to work and
play a tune on the fiddle ♪

00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:11,♪ Taught me how to love and
how to give just a little ♪

00:01:11,371 --> 00:01:14,♪ Whew, thank God I'm
a country boy, yeah ♪

00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:16,(applause)

00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:27,(jet engines roar)

00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:51,- [John] Hello, sir.

00:01:51,077 --> 00:01:53,Welcome to sunny California.

00:01:53,346 --> 00:01:55,- Might as well pack your bags,

00:01:55,081 --> 00:01:56,you're going back to college.

00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:58,- Dad, just, just hear me out.

00:01:59,252 --> 00:02:02,Dad, I'm not, I'm not
going back to Texas.

00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:04,I'm staying here.

00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:05,I've g***t a job.

00:02:05,825 --> 00:02:07,- Doing what, picking fruit?

00:02:07,393 --> 00:02:08,Washing dishes?

00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:12,- I'm the opening act for
The Back Porch Majority.

00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:14,- A what?

00:02:14,033 --> 00:02:15,- Well, they're
like a farm team for

00:02:15,268 --> 00:02:18,The New Christy Minstrels.

00:02:18,037 --> 00:02:20,Dad, just come, come hear me.

00:02:20,273 --> 00:02:22,- You want me to go to
some beatnik club with ya?

00:02:22,775 --> 00:02:24,- Unless you're afraid
of beatnik's, dad.

00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:29,- I want to introduce
a young man, a great

00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:33,new talent, his
name is John Denver.

00:02:34,921 --> 00:02:35,- Denver?

00:02:37,156 --> 00:02:38,- Hello, hello.

00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:41,Thank you all for
showing up tonight.

00:02:43,062 --> 00:02:44,The first song I
would like to do

00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:47,is a song I've written
called, This Old Guitar.

00:02:54,641 --> 00:02:59,♪ This old guitar taught
me to sing a love song ♪

00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:06,♪ It showed me how to
laugh and how to cry ♪

00:03:07,554 --> 00:03:11,♪ It introduced me to
some friends of mine ♪

00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:15,♪ And brightened up some days

00:03:15,094 --> 00:03:20,♪ It helped me make it
through some lonely nights ♪

00:03:21,601 --> 00:03:25,♪ Oh, what a friend to have
on a cold and lonely night ♪

00:03:33,446 --> 00:03:38,♪ This old guitar gave
me my lovely lady ♪

00:03:40,119 --> 00:03:45,♪ It opened up her
eyes and ears to me ♪

00:03:47,193 --> 00:03:50,♪ It brought us close together

00:03:50,396 --> 00:03:54,♪ And I guess it
broke her heart ♪

00:03:54,167 --> 00:03:54,Dad?

00:03:56,135 --> 00:03:56,Dad?

00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:58,Dad, listen, huh?

00:03:58,605 --> 00:04:00,I'm real sorry about
the name thing.

00:04:00,239 --> 00:04:03,- You want to throw away
a college education,

00:04:03,610 --> 00:04:05,that's fine, that's
your business.

00:04:05,878 --> 00:04:07,But when you throw away the name

00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,that you came into
the world with--

00:04:09,415 --> 00:04:11,- I'm not throwing it away.

00:04:11,584 --> 00:04:13,It's just that
Deutschendorf won't even

00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,fit on a record label.

00:04:15,655 --> 00:04:16,Look, Dad.

00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:17,Lots of famous people start out

00:04:17,991 --> 00:04:19,with different names.

00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:20,- Famous?

00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,Let me give you
some advice, son.

00:04:22,528 --> 00:04:24,Famous is not such a big deal.

00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:26,Howdy Doody is famous.

00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:29,- This is my dream, dad.

00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:31,It has been ever since
I was a little kid.

00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:34,- Well, you're not a
little kid anymore.

00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,Little kids dream
about being famous,

00:04:36,075 --> 00:04:36,but a man...

00:04:37,910 --> 00:04:40,A man wants to be respected.

00:04:40,146 --> 00:04:41,A man wants to
stand for something.

00:04:43,349 --> 00:04:45,Now when you think
things through,

00:04:45,284 --> 00:04:46,you get on a bus and
come on back home.

00:04:46,853 --> 00:04:48,We'll be glad to see ya.

00:04:48,221 --> 00:04:49,Goodbye, son.

00:04:51,157 --> 00:04:52,- Has it ever occurred to you

00:04:52,892 --> 00:04:54,that you might be
wrong about something?

00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:57,♪ When next payday came around

00:04:57,830 --> 00:05:00,♪ Jim Goff a dollar
short was found ♪

00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:02,♪ When he asked what
for, came this reply ♪

00:05:02,902 --> 00:05:04,♪ You'll be docked
for the time ♪

00:05:04,637 --> 00:05:06,♪ You was up in the sky

00:05:06,072 --> 00:05:08,♪ And drill ye tarriers drill

00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:10,♪ Drill ye tarriers drill

00:05:10,643 --> 00:05:12,- So what do you think?

00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:14,- I don't know, Milt,
you're the Producer,

00:05:14,847 --> 00:05:16,what do you think?

00:05:16,749 --> 00:05:17,- His tape sounded better.

00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:19,♪ Tarriers drill

00:05:19,218 --> 00:05:21,♪ And blast, and fire

00:05:21,921 --> 00:05:25,♪ Drill ye tarriers drill

00:05:29,028 --> 00:05:31,I'll be with ya in
a second, fellas.

00:05:31,531 --> 00:05:32,(sighs)

00:05:32,765 --> 00:05:34,- So you wanna be the
next Chad Mitchell, huh?

00:05:34,267 --> 00:05:37,- I've flown all the way in
from Los Angeles for this.

00:05:37,203 --> 00:05:39,- Is this your first audition?

00:05:39,605 --> 00:05:43,- No, try about a
hundred and first.

00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:45,- All right guys, let's try that

00:05:45,611 --> 00:05:47,one more time, all right?

00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:49,- I'm sorry about
that part, Mr. Okun,

00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:52,I was a little bit
flat there and I guess

00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:55,I'm just not use to
singing in a studio.

00:05:55,388 --> 00:05:56,- It's all right, John.

00:05:56,222 --> 00:05:57,Don't be nervous.

00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:58,Just sing out, get
with the blend.

00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:00,- Okay, Mr. Okun.

00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:02,- It's Milt.

00:06:02,061 --> 00:06:03,- Milt.

00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:06,- [Man] Thanks, David.

00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:07,You guys are great.

00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:09,- [John] I blew the
audition, Frank.

00:06:09,769 --> 00:06:12,- Why don't you jam
with Cosby and me?

00:06:12,638 --> 00:06:15,- No, nah, not in the mood.

00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:16,- You didn't really want to join

00:06:16,476 --> 00:06:17,the Mitchell train, did ya?

00:06:17,543 --> 00:06:20,They're way too wholesome.

00:06:20,179 --> 00:06:21,(scoffs)
- Too wholesome?

00:06:21,981 --> 00:06:23,- Well yeah, if you want people

00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:24,to take you
seriously, you've g***t

00:06:24,617 --> 00:06:26,to be dark and brooding, man.

00:06:26,085 --> 00:06:26,Like Dylan.

00:06:26,919 --> 00:06:28,- Well thanks, Frank.

00:06:28,521 --> 00:06:30,I'll keep that in mind.

00:06:30,022 --> 00:06:31,(laughs)

00:06:31,557 --> 00:06:33,- [Frank] I just g***t a
message from the house

00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:35,tellin' ya to call
a guy named Milt.

00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:40,♪ And when it came
my time to serve ♪

00:06:40,433 --> 00:06:42,♪ I knew "better...