This is a legit good song. Doesn't sound like a parody or ruined at all. A proper grunge cover of the song. Very proper.

@El Howard bro just started a war with the entirety of grunge enjoyers lol

Even the subject matter, the story in the lyrics, fits the depressing grunge motif!


I want more John Denver grunge. He fits somehow.

You want Rocky Mountain Smells Like Teen Spirit?


I'm gonna tell my kids this is the original version

@There I Ruined It There you ruin your son. 😂

I'm gonna tell my kids this is Nirvana's biggest hit.

Every time I come back to rewatch this I smile at this comment

What? You mean this ISN’T the original version???

shit

I'm going to tell my grandkids this was Kurt before he killed himself. Daughter's already aware of Nirvana

@There I Ruined It lol this is awesome. I wish I had kids to ruin like this.

My 5 year old thinks Freddie Mercury is a Dixieland star. No telling what damage I’ve done to him :)


Thank God you figured a way to get that slide whistle in, wouldn't have been properly ruined without it! I have to say, the JD and KC combo made for a perfect melancholy ruination that gave me, as the young folk say, the feels.

Yeah, like many of his parodies, the song actually works... which makes it even more strange.

so that's what it's called...more slide whistle!

Believe it or not, a lot of the early deep cuts from Nirvana relied heavily on the zip whistle.


It's like Nirvana with coherent lyrics and intelligible pronunciation.

Weird Al already nailed the incoherent lyrics in Smells Like Nirvana, which is truly a classic parody. I do see There I Ruined It getting compared to Weird Al Yankovich a lot, I think they both put a lot of work and actual musical talent into coming up with great song parodies.

You take that blatant disrespect back, sir!


As an avid grunge listener, you absolutely blew my mind with how well this is done.


I consistently can’t remember how the original songs sound while listening to your versions. Well done.

The mash up of Personal Jesus/Tainted Love<br>will do the same...strange brew, that one.

The mash up of Personal Jesus/Tainted Love
will do the same...strange brew, that one.


The funny part here is that the lyrics never mattered in grunge because no one knew what they even were, so this works perfectly somehow


I think if Nirvana decided to cover this song, it would sound exactly like this.

@est1993getme "in case it's not clear" dumb huh?

Are you guys dumb? Im pretty sure he realises that this is Nirvana.. But the vocals are Leaving on a Jet Plane.. He is saying that if Nirvana did cover Jet Plane, it would sound like this..

in case it's not clear, the music part IS Nirvana's Heart-shaped Box


This is actually more good than parody. This mash-up works very, very well.


Beautiful. The most underrated channel on YouTube continues to deliver.


I didn’t know I needed Grunge John Denver in my life, but am so happy he’s here. 😊


I can't stop laughing 😂 the way he visually "performs" like a choir boy is just hilarious! Great job 👍🏻


Honestly this crossover is just perfect! You missed your goal because you totally lifted it up! Love it


Just discovered this chan. A constant theme I noticed is this "slide whistle" but it actually sounds like a siren whistle to me. I think this and the kids edition vids are my fav. Too many favs. Keep it going!


In an alternate universe... I could totally see Tom Petty doing this in concert as a joke. I'm not 100% I could tell the difference.


Wow. This is eerily good. So amazing how you made it fit. I know you tried to ruin it, but could you please do a full length version, cause this is so good.


This is more mashed-up than ruined. This is nice!


This sent chills down my spine! It's ruined to perfection 😆 I want this played at my funeral!


Its great when like 70% of the lyrics actually sound like they fit


I've never known whether I love or hate John Denver, and now I'm just confused.

Love him, even if his music isn't your thing. He stood up to the US Senate against the PMRC stuff right along with Frank Zappa and Dee Snider (of Twisted Sister). Totally fucked with the senators minds to hear all of them united in agreement.

I was forced to listen to the original ad nauseum as a child. ANYTHING is better. My parents were obsessed with John Denver.


Considering Jon Denver's ability to keep aircraft aloft, one can only surmise that he really did have reservations about the chorus of this song.


All these years since Kurt's death I've been looking for another Grung band to love. You've just done it. <3


John Denver is the most grunge of all classical country singers, so this works.


The slide whistle never fails to crack me up


Once again - simply freakin' stunning - just circulated to my few remaining friends.

When the last friend leaves you, we’ll still be here for you. Stay strong.


My favourite new Nirvana song. Well done!


This is one of my favorite of yours! Awesome job. Keep up the great work!


I used to have a songbook with this song and didn’t know it. When I tried to play it based on the chords it almost sounded like this. You’ve found the heart of the song!


I could never stand John Denver’s music. But now I love it!!!


This is absolute genius!! Totally brilliant!! Thank you so much!


You actually made a really good mashup here!


I can't listen to the original ever again.. this is so catchy 👏


As a massive Nirvana fan, holy shit I love this


John Denver would have fit perfectly in the Seattle scene. This would be 90s JD.


When the parody version is way much better than the original one 🤣🤣

Please make the full song based on this


Not a Denver fan so I've never even heard the original, but this just sounds like something that actually came out in the 90s.


This is a legit, marketable cover version.


perfect match. the real life irony of john denvers lyrics with the right amount of angsty/sad grunge


That is one solid grunge music song, I did not know John Denver even owned any plaid.


Once again: Pure Gold! When will we get the full versions?

@Francois L I agree with this sentiment 👏 I love the torture 🤣😂

@There I Ruined It we undergo extensive counselling after each video

@There I Ruined It Please Daddy Ruin, give me more.

@There I Ruined It I wouldn't be here if I wasn't already damaged...

@There I Ruined It we are here to be ruined. So ruin us!

Anything beyond 2 minutes risks permanent emotional damage, and I care about my subscribers too much.


Thanks for making this.  I went and listened to both of the original songs for the first time and can confidently say a Heart shaped box song where the lyrics are intelligible is best.

Try opening your ears as I can understand every lyric and that's with my hearing being fucked


This one was actually not ruined and I dig it.


I worry you let yourself down with this one. You didn't ruin anything. This is great. 😆


If Chris Cornell was still around he could have done an amazing version of this.


I really like how John Denver "gets" my existential angst, two thumbs way up!


Okay, I never cared much for grunge, but THAT version of "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" was definitely better than any preceding version, including by PP&M and by John Denver.


awesome i love it.<br>this tune is truly fixed here.

awesome i love it.
this tune is truly fixed here.


This one has me going "hmm!" instead of laughing (except for the whistle ofc). "So lonesome I could dieeeee" really slapped.


Can we PLEASE GET A RAP VERSION of thank god I’m a country boy 🥺🥺🥺


This one is my favourite so far. Hands down.


I can't believe you don't have more subscribers.  Pure gold!


I think you failed this time. This is not ruined, this is far superior to the original.


Actually I really like this version. Instead of ruining it, you made it much better.


This is brilliant, the words and the music finally match. Dave Grohl was a handsome kid. Old bearded Dave, shave!


How did you DO this?!

I think you improved both songs, to be honest.

Ruined?

Nope.


These lyrics are more fitting for the song than the original lmao.


I like how the grunge sound  represents The Vietnam War and puts the hidden context of the song front and center.


Ingenious! Would love to know how it was done!


Heart Shaped Box and John Denver...a surprise to be sure but a welcome one


Genius! I'm not sure how to feel about this, but I think it's love.


Good mix man! I wouldn't listen to it again, but the video is almost a seamless merge.


Thank God, someone finally figured out how to fix John Denver's syrupy sweetness.


This version was released on a little-known John Denver album called "Seasons of the Heart-Shaped Box."


You're getting worse at this or is it better?  I'm not sure, but this is so ruined it is brilliant.

Its a horrifying clash.<br>I kinda dig it 😂

Its a horrifying clash.
I kinda dig it 😂


I'm sorry, how was this ruined it sounds great lol


First one that made me irrationally angry. Another good job!


Oh, John Denver totally deserves it. So much better than the original.


Doing an 808 bass drop with that slide whistle would put the cherry on top. 😁


As someone who cried the day he died, this is fucking awesome.

@SkaldLouisCyphre I agree. Just seeing John Denver again made me so happy.

It was a real tragedy when we lost John Denver.


Whelp, you totally bastardized a song from my childhood.

I approve.


Lmao I actually like this version better!


The whistle as the crowd fails to catch that guy 😂😂😂😂


Good edit !! Please make eventually more!


I've never heard the original so this is just the original for me now


I was not expecting this john denver is one of my favorite artists ever and I was just trying to find a john denver video on grunge 😮


Tears in my eyes... the laughter won't stop.


some parts actually sound pretty good, I feel like there's an epic edition in this screwed up but very funny version somewhere.

I’d love for a legit singer to cover one of these and make it good :)


Soo much better, fixed that dreadful song for me and many others grew up brutalized by it on the radio 24/7


Thanks you just got me rumbled by my bosses for watching Youtube while I'm supposed to be working....  In a shared office with Senior Management currently and was secretly watching this at my desk until I just lost it at the stage dive / slide whistle :')


Now that I think about it.. Has anybody seen John Denver and Kurt Cobain in the same room?


So much better than Peter, Paul & Mary's version, which was their biggest hit back in the 70s.


I'm more than a little disturbed at how well this worked.


He kinda perfectly fits as a bespeckled alternative universe Kurt


If I didn't know who John Denver was I would ask where I can get the album.


Theres kind of an uncanny resemblance between John and Kurt


what is this feeling...how can i legit hate and love something at the same time?


You are making the world a better place.


I, for one, welcome our new slide whistle overlord


Best so far...0.53 was worth the wait, bravo!


This is the one that got me to subscribe, absolutely brilliant!


Considering how John Denver died, this song makes sense.


I was waiting for the whistle sound, I was not disapointed.


I actually like this version better 👍🏾🤪🐾


Now do it with the Peter Paul and Mary cover 🤣


When are we getting the entire ruined album? I'd buy twenty!

@There I Ruined It I would certainly buy a digital album of these if they were in full

@There I Ruined It (raises hand) I do. But I’m a weirdo who likes physical media backups. You could do a digital release, and a Kickstarter deal for a people who want a physical copy. Some indie bands do this today.

Personally, I think you should do a Christmas album and do both versions (but only a limited run as a test). Why? Most Christmas music is public domain, so you wouldn’t have to worry about copyright issues, plus people are always looking for crazy off beat Christmas gifts to give to friends/family. It might be a great way to get your work noticed by those outside of YouTube.

@There I Ruined It hmm. I'm not sure! I know if you sold anything digitally it'd probably sell well! I don't know of anyone else doing what you do. Let alone doing it so well! I would buy a physical CD.

I guess I should eventually do this. Do people still buy CDs?


I regret to inform you that you failed with this video.

It’s not ruined for me, lol. Now this is a “cover” that I like 😂


Hahaha! Better than the original version:)


Is it bad that I like this version better? 😄


Wait! Grunge?? Where does the whistle co.. Oh there it is.


Just now saw this... Not only those two songs were ruined (but quite aurally pleasing, gotta say!), but the Content ID system... 20+ entities get a cut from this which is, to MY ear, a VERY FAIR USE/transformative work... Wow. Well, all I can say is this is some great work, and you were done dirty by Content ID. I am SO sorry.


I beleive Mr Grohl would approve, but for the life of me, I cannot explain why!


Change the music and the lyrics suddenly take on a whole new meaning….


dude-you are the awesomest! I made a word just for you.


The only thing missing is more mumbling, other than that it's perfect 90's grunge.


In this version, he's a hitman who's fallen in love with his  victim, but sings to her just before he leaves to catch the plane back to Vegas. The twist is we never know if he completed the contract or let her live ...


If I'm being honest, it probably would've been best if John Denver didn't leave on 'any' plane.


This is like me singing I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing in the Mickey Mouse Club Theme song tune. Imagine Disney sang that song gave me such a great idea.


Do What A Wonderful World - Punk Rock Edition


Me First and the Gimme Gimme's did a great punk cover of this.


<b>Ffs this is great & now I will never have the rest of the album</b>

*Ffs this is great & now I will never have the rest of the album*


I'm glad you left the slide whistle like in the original recording.


Dread it...run from it...the slide whistle arrives all the same.


It's amazing how society changes, but hairstyles are so limited


Yet another one that may have been improved.


Actually, Denver left us on a prop-powered Rutan Long- EZ plane.


Im'ma telling mah kids this is the first draft of You Know You're Right


This is actually cooler than the original Nirvana song


If YouTube ever decides to charge for service, I will gladly join paid subscription just because of this channel!

Hah! Thank you. You’re welcome to send me unsolicited cash any time :)


I can’t tell if this is a parody or not.


OK - twelfth video I've watched on this channel. Well worth the subscribe.


Reminds me of the time Kurt Cobain painted a ceiling, only funnier.


Weird Al has met his match. And I don't say that lightly.


Its from quite before my time so i had to think if I knew the original... then it came to me: Thats the song the guys in Armageddon sing while Ben Affleck hugs Liv Tyler a last time before boarding f*ck I'm old but appearently not old enough


Make it stop. <br>...I can’t stop laughing!


"There I ruined it?" I think you mean "There I substantially improved it."


False advertising! You've actually improved it instead if ruining it.


#There-I-improved-it
Works really well, and carrys more feeling


i always wonder how you're gonna add that goofy fuckin whistle every time and it's always a surprise.


You should have called this one There I Fixed It. Lol


Maybe it is because I am high on shrooms, but wasn't it always this way?


This sounds like some of the covers on guitar hero 2.


That's an oops I fixed it. It fits too well.


You're a mad scientist. This is truly bad azz!


That drummer looks like Dave Grohl weird


John Denver has an extremely punshable face.


I know John was a pothead, but jeebus...  What was he on?!


Perhaps your channel should be, "There, I fixed it and made it tolerable!"


JOHN DENVER IS MY FAVORITE ARTIST NOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭😡😡🪦


Ruined it good👍<br>Now i can no longer UNSEE Kurt's old music videos as John Denver's😏

Ruined it good👍
Now i can no longer UNSEE Kurt's old music videos as John Denver's😏


Did you choose John Denver for this because he died in a plane crash?


why the hell it kinda feels like a weird Al pardoy


Nirvana's song would have been much better with these lyrics!


wait was Kurt Cobain John Denver's love child with Andy Warhol?


Pure obscenity, tell you what.<br>Now, mash up Slim Whitman yodeling House Of The Rising Sun.

Pure obscenity, tell you what.
Now, mash up Slim Whitman yodeling House Of The Rising Sun.


Needs some overhead glitter, flyling pigs


Jesus. I had completely forgot how goddamn weird looking that guy is…

Add a mustache and I bet would know the location of several missing children.


If you watched your videos on acid...would they appear normal?


I hated the original.
This is soooo much better!
Hey Foo Fighters….


I thought you were supposed to ruin it . whyd you make it slap


Not Kurt's voice which would sound better if it was spliced in.


I think you just ruined the ... uh ... ruining, by making the alt version better than the actual song


God I hope Kurt Cobain never hears this. He'd probably blow his brains out


i dont know what the original sounds like. is it not like this at all

Look it up on YouTube, several artists covered it.


hahah this trash would actually work as a real song I think... its funny and not bad


Oh god, I unironically enjoyed it. You've gone beyond ruining songs and ruined my sense of taste.


You continue to ruin everything. You're the Big Ruiner. Well done, unmet friend.


Kinda lazy to just have the Heart Shaped Box riff over the Jet Plane lyrics.


You ruined it so well it sounds like 90s grunge


Most of the songs are pretty good, actually, until that damn zing whistle thing. Then they're ruined. It sounds bad.


This is terrible... Well done, but terrible.


Yeah I hate this one....I don't really like Grunge....too slow for my liking


I'd give my left nut to see you grunge up the Osmonds, cmon....