Comments on: Mary Travers: “Leaving” on a sweet note http://www.pbpulse.com/music/2009/09/17/mary-travers-leaving-on-a-sweet-note/ Log on. Live it up. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Beth http://www.pbpulse.com/music/2009/09/17/mary-travers-leaving-on-a-sweet-note/comment-page-1/#comment-36317 Beth Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:26:23 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=31424#comment-36317 "Leavin on a jet plane" is an absolute classic that tugs at your heart strings - even so many decades later. No need to analyze it. Beautiful writing by Denver, beautiful music by PP&M, beautiful vocals by Mary. So simplistic (imagine today in the 21st century not worrying about airport terrorism, those extra fees for baggage, those long lines and departures??). Bless you Peter, Paul, & especially Mary. She's singing in heaven for all of us. “Leavin on a jet plane” is an absolute classic that tugs at your heart strings – even so many decades later. No need to analyze it. Beautiful writing by Denver, beautiful music by PP&M, beautiful vocals by Mary. So simplistic (imagine today in the 21st century not worrying about airport terrorism, those extra fees for baggage, those long lines and departures??). Bless you Peter, Paul, & especially Mary. She’s singing in heaven for all of us.

]]> By: Judith http://www.pbpulse.com/music/2009/09/17/mary-travers-leaving-on-a-sweet-note/comment-page-1/#comment-25709 Judith Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:04:26 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=31424#comment-25709 I dunno, I have to love and respect mary, and PPPM as a group, for all they did even if they were a bit onto the "pop" side of the folk world. but "Leaving on a Jet Plane" was hardly their finest hour, IMO. maybe it as that tastes were maturing by the early 1970s anyway, but that whole period for PPM seems really saccharine in comparison to their sound in the 60s; :Great Mandala" seems pretentious in its trying to make a point, and "Jet PLane" is, well, awfully "John Denver"...how come the narrator has let down and played aroudn so much? and why, indeed, does she (or he when Denver sang it) need to leave so often without knowing when he/she'll be back? doesn't sound much like work to me... ah well, hard not to mis ol; "500 Miles" and "If I Had Aa Hammer" and "Blowin' in the Wind" godspeed to you mary I dunno, I have to love and respect mary, and PPPM as a group, for all they did even if they were a bit onto the “pop” side of the folk world. but “Leaving on a Jet Plane” was hardly their finest hour, IMO. maybe it as that tastes were maturing by the early 1970s anyway, but that whole period for PPM seems really saccharine in comparison to their sound in the 60s; :Great Mandala” seems pretentious in its trying to make a point, and “Jet PLane” is, well, awfully “John Denver”…how come the narrator has let down and played aroudn so much? and why, indeed, does she (or he when Denver sang it) need to leave so often without knowing when he/she’ll be back? doesn’t sound much like work to me…

ah well, hard not to mis ol; “500 Miles” and “If I Had Aa Hammer” and “Blowin’ in the Wind”

godspeed to you mary

]]> By: Marylyn Asher http://www.pbpulse.com/music/2009/09/17/mary-travers-leaving-on-a-sweet-note/comment-page-1/#comment-25688 Marylyn Asher Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:54:47 +0000 http://www.pbpulse.com/?p=31424#comment-25688 I saw Peter, Paul and Mary in 1964 in Kansas. She was stunning. Her voice, how sweet and that blond hair. I wanted my blond hair to look like that but never made it. They were wonderful. The 60's, what a great time to be young and involved in all the changes. Thank you Mary for helping to make it a very special time. I saw Peter, Paul and Mary in 1964 in Kansas. She was stunning. Her voice, how sweet and that blond hair. I wanted my blond hair to look like that but never made it. They were wonderful. The 60′s, what a great time to be young and involved in all the changes. Thank you Mary for helping to make it a very special time.

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