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Ok, so this is not exactly my scene, but this piece is musically provocative (and not just because of the lyrics)…I realize that the vignette portrayed in this song is a bit too realistic (AKA raw) for many, but you know, if nothing else, it is an honest portrayal of a side of life that…

Arguably one of my favorite lines…(I have a lot of those, don’t I)?!  From the song Curtains, a melancholy piece from Captain Fantastic…meandering through some beautiful imagery and culminating in that masterpiece of a line. When I first heard this song, I thought Bernie was foreshadowing the end of the Elton/Bernie partnership.  Perhaps he was.…

I do love this song, but it is has always been a source of frustration to me.  Bernie, Bernie, Bernie…what the heck word in Spanish are you referring to? I realize that the mystery of not knowing adds to the song’s intrigue, but please, I beg you,  just tell us what word brings the female…

I think I’ll let this song speak for itself…as Bernie’s lyrics so often do… In the quiet silent seconds I turned off the light switch And I came down to meet you in the half light the moon left While a cluster of night jars sang some songs out of tune A mantle of bright…

This past Thursday night, my sisters and brothers surprised me with a poem, commemorating my 50th birthday celebration earlier this year. Of course, they knew whatever they wrote must have some linkage to EJ, so here it is… Fifty Candles in the Wind* Told to pack for two days, Kim asked “Where are we going?”…

Candle in the Wind, the boys’ tribute to Marilyn Monroe, is essentially ubiquitous (which doesn’t make it any less amazing, by the way).  And, of course, the version of Candle in the Wind dedicated to Princess Diana perhaps even more so.  On the other hand, Cage the Songbird, also a tribute (albeit obscure), is from…

You tell me there’s an angel in your tree Did he say he’d come to call on me For things are getting desperate in our home Living in the parish of the restless folks I know If you don’t recognize these lyrics, they’re from Burn Down the Mission (but I’m sure you knew that already). …

Today was a Madman Across the Water kind of a day…do you ever have those?  I feel like I’ve had about 3 weeks of them in fact.  That’s the main reason I haven’t blogged in a while (I know you’ve missed me)! Anyway, I was listening to the Madman CD today while heading down the…

So, today the first 15 replacement EJ albums arrived. And why do I need replacement albums? Well, I am ashamed to say (yes, my head is hanging, hanging, hanging in shame) that several years ago, I let my husband convince me that I would never, ever, ever listen to my albums again…of which many were…

I took myself a blue canoe And I floated like a leaf Dazzling, dancing half enchanted In my Merlin sleep Crazy was the feeling Restless were my eyes Insane they took the paddles My arms they paralysed Supposedly this song is about a soldier killed in the Civil War.  I can see that (especially when…