The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake. He saw everything as far as you can see".
If we cut all the forests and scar the mountain, man will never see an eagle fly again.ĭenver did many Wildlife tribute concerts and was an activist of preserving nature.Īs for the middle part of the song: "He climbed cathedral mountains. More song quotes: "He knows he'd be a poorer man.Īgain referring back to preventing deforestation and nature conservation. More people, more scars upon the land".Ī clear reference to his obsession of nature conservation and deforestation. Quote from the song: "Why they try to tear the mountains down.
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The rest of the song has to do with Denver's obsession with discovering the untapped beauty of mountains and nature conservation and preventing deforestation (as his life movie describes). But at the time, his life was far away from the mountains. Its obvious he had his first taste of the Rocky Mountains during his travels doing gigs. Then his quote: "When he first came to the mountains his life was far away. But it felt like being home to him because of the peaceful majestic beauty. He is telling you in the song, he was coming home to a place he has never been before (the Rocky Mountains). Song quote: "He was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year.Ĭoming home to a place he'd never been before. Apparently, Denver was in awe of the mountains. In the song, he tells the story of two years prior (in 1970) when we turned 27 and first discovered the majestic beauty of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Buys a log cabin mountain chalet in 1971 in Aspen, CO and records Rocky Mountain High a year later in 1972. In 1970 he turns the age of 27 (refer to in the song). Begins to make tons of money immediately that year. He signed his first record contract with RCA in 1969.
If you do the math, Denver was born in 1943. Never really experiencing the beauty of the mountains. Denver lived in New Mexico, Arizona and Minnesota. It is clear, during the late 60's, before his career had taken off. In order to develop an understanding, it helps to have seen the tribute movie to his life. I believe many are misinterpreting the real meaning of this song.
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