{"id":812,"date":"2025-11-17T18:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=812"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:49:15","slug":"mm-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2025\/11\/17\/mm-1966\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1966"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-1024x653.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-1536x979.png 1536w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Denver - Leaving On A Jet Plane (Official Audio)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SneCkM0bJq0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>His music leaves imprints upon our hearts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John Denver, then a relatively unknown 23-year old musician in the Los Angeles folk scene, wrote the song during a layover at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_National_Airport\">Washington National Airport<\/a>\u00a0in 1966.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In one of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC_Radio\">BBC Radio<\/a>\u00a0specials, Denver said about the song:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>This is a very personal and very special song for me. It doesn&#8217;t conjure up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_707\">Boeing 707s<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_747\">747s<\/a>\u00a0for me as much as it does the simple scenes of leaving. Bags packed and standing by the front door, taxi pulling up in the early morning hours, the sound of a door closing behind you, and the thought of leaving someone that you care for very much. I was fortunate to have Peter, Paul and Mary record it and have it become a hit, but it still strikes a lonely and anguished chord in me, because the separation still continues, although not so long and not so often nowadays.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Though not written about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\">Vietnam War<\/a>, the Peter, Paul and Mary cover of the song was interpreted by at least one writer to be a protest song about a soldier&#8217;s impending deployment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In 1969, folk group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter,_Paul_and_Mary\">Peter, Paul and Mary<\/a>&#8216;s version hit number one on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\"><em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 100<\/a>, their most successful single. It also reached number one in Canada and number two in the United Kingdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . His music leaves imprints upon our hearts&#8230; John Denver, then a relatively unknown 23-year old musician in the Los Angeles folk scene, wrote the song during a layover at\u00a0Washington National Airport\u00a0in 1966. In one of his\u00a0BBC Radio\u00a0specials, Denver said about the song: This is a very personal and very special song for me. 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