Gonna miss my chosen family

I swear, when I listen to an Elton John album for the first time, there’s usually one song that hits particularly close to home, that tugs at my heartstrings, that does that whole “soundtrack to my life” thing. With The Lockdown Sessions, there are actually two.

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It’s never quite the same as the real one

I finally listened to the Revisited & Beyond CD from the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe set. Let me preface my comments by noting that I am (unapologetically) a purist…I don’t often like other people covering Sir Elton’s songs. On a recent road trip, though, I decided to take the CD for a ride…

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