I don't think 'Rocky Mountain High' is about Colorado. I mean, he mentions Colorado in the song, but for the most part, the Rockies are not in Colorado. I am pretty sure the song is actually about Montana, he just took soem poetic license with the lyrics.
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:16 AM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah..you're from West Virginia alright. > > All I know is that everyone I know who actually lives near the river or the > Blue Ridge bitched for months about the song placing those places in West > Virginia instead of Western Virginia..and just because a songwriter > misplaces a geographical location doesn't mean the river actually moved to > West Virginia. > > And as for living there, I lived in Virginia before you were born so perhaps > I have some grasp of what is where. > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Selectively reading, are you? >> >> Did you miss the part in my quote where it said that the guys who >> wrote the song changed things up to match what a friend said about >> West Virginia? >> >> The quote below says 'would seem more appropriate'. That just screams >> certainty to me. It does not say the song is not about West Virginia, >> does it? >> >> The fact of the matter is, the geographical references are accurate >> with West Virginia, oh, yea, and the lyrics actually say 'West >> Virginia', not 'Western Virginia'. I think its pretty obvious what he >> was singing about. But what do I know, I only live in the part of the >> country the song references. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324906 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
