All articles filed in October 2011

Sometimes you just need a happy, it really doesn’t have any meaning but to have fun song!  It’s been a long week, fraught with some unexpected health concerns, so I am desperately in need of de-stressing and having some fun.  And this song, Hercules, is nothing if not fun! Ooh I got a busted wing…

I’ve been suffering from bouts of insomnia lately, so Two Low for Zero is especially meaningful to me right now.  No, I’m not depressed, I’m not in a bad patch, but I just can’t sleep through the night.  This has been a predicament of mine on and off for years now.  Usually it has to…

Originally released as a single (somewhere between Blue Moves and A Single Man), Ego is one of those obscure songs to which I tend to gravitate.  It’s about rock stars, fame and, of course, ego – something the boys know a little bit about – and evidence that they have a sense of humor about…

The #1 Eltonite, Miquel Sala, reminded me about this song not too long ago…a highly underrated and very underplayed tune, if you ask me. The final hit single of the 1980’s for EJ, Healing Hands is off Sleeping with the Past (one of my favorite EJ albums).  The album represents his and Bernie’s homage to…

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 8, 2011, marks Elton John’s 3000th concert.  Still showing his friends around after 40+ years as a (very) public persona. WOW. I wish I could say I’ve been to all 3000 of them, but not even close.  Somewhere around 25 (but who’s counting)?  I shall do my best to go to Vegas…