My daughter requested that I blog about this song – it is her favorite Elton John song. I’m quite fond of it, too. American Triangle is about the death of Matthew Shephard, a gay college student from Wyoming who was brutally murdered in 1998. I remember hearing about this when it happened – I was…
Read MoreAll articles filed in July 2011
You linger on my lips like confession
Oh, what an amazing line! Classic Taupin, that’s for sure. Bernie, you never cease to amaze me. Surprise, surprise – I really like this song! But for a change, it was the arrangement/musicality (AKA Davey’s guitar!!!) that caught my ear when I first heard it. Blue Avenue is one of those songs that I don’t…
Read More
The Top Ten (as if…)
My Top Ten favorite Elton and Bernie songs (as if I can really limit it to 10): Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (The lyrics are pure poetry, Elton’s voice is perfection and the orchestration/musicality is magnificent) Amoreena (“I can see her, sittin’ eatin’, apples in the evening, the fruit juice, flowing slowly slowly slowly down…
Read MoreI love your gypsy hair and dark brown eyes
Ok, so there’s a funny story behind this song (at least I think it’s funny). I was in college when I first heard Elton’s Song, and I must admit that I thought (or more accurately, hoped) that he could very well be singing about me: I love your gypsy hair And dark brown eyes Always…
Read MoreThis song has a title, no words, just a tune…
Ok, so I’ve butchered the lyrics, Bernie – my sincerest apologies! But as I was listening to Blue Moves recently, I was drawn to recall Elton John instrumentals (there are 3 on that album alone) and how perhaps that’s a side of Elton’s music that many people don’t know about. I mean, when you have…
Read More
The Captain and the Kim 