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Pinky’s as perfect as the Fourth of July…and so is this song.  An endearing ballad that (to me) paints a sweet vignette of young love: I don’t want to wake you But I’d like to tell you that I love you That the candlelight fell like a crescent Upon your feather pillow I just love…

From one of my favorite albums (Sleeping with the Past is the dynamic duo’s tribute to vintage R&B), Whispers is a very vividly sensual song: Look at me twice with wildcat eyes Promise me everything except a blue night Shudder like ice in cut crystal glass Melt in embraces of crazy eyed past And whisper,…

From the moment I first heard this song, I was smitten.  Evoking New Orleans (or at least my image of it), this song leaves me breathless every time I listen to it, perhaps because it hits so close to home. We all have our secrets, some of us even have our sins. I know you’ve…

The first thing I must mention: The lyrics were not written by Bernie.  (Gasp)!  It seems almost sacrilegious to include “other” songs, but I can’t help it if I like this one).  The words come compliments of  Tom Robinson. I’ve always loved the tempo change and the background choir. Plus back in the day, I…

Well, it’s my tribute to the song “Amoreena.” Undoubtedly some of the sexiest lyrics of all time – melded with Elton’s delivery…yum! I can see you sitting eating apples in the evening The fruit juice flowing slowly, slowly, slowly Down the bronze of your body I therefore decided to blend my name and the title,…

Silly boys, but of course they will! And we were oh oh, so you know Not the kind to dawdle Will the things we wrote today Sound as good tomorrow We will still be writing In approaching years Stifling yawns on Sundays As the weekends disappear And they have been (for going on 6 decades)! …

Ok, so this is my all-time favorite (as if I could really pick a favorite).  And I’m not even a NYC fan. While Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers Turn around and say good morning to the night For unless they see the sky But they can’t and that is…

I’d been eagerly awaiting the movie version of My Sister’s Keeper for years.  I adore the book and have recommended it to many friends, including (especially?) my sisters.  I even made plans with my sister Lisa to see it together when I first found that they were making a movie. Yes, the movie was quite…

And now for my first real blog entry… I write about this song, not because it’s my favorite (although it’s up there), but because I listened to it yesterday while driving with my kids, so it’s top of mind.  “Blessed” came out in 1995, and I was pregnant with my daughter at the time.  I…

Oh yeah, I forgot to explain the subtitle of this blog, which is “Six Degrees of Elton John.” You know the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”…where any actor can be linked through his/her film roles to Kevin Bacon (the actor) within six steps? Well, I have this theory that anything in life can be related…