John’s own space oddity is a gem of a pop single with a more pronounced ambience than he had explored up to that point.Taupin’slyrics humanize the guy in the capsule, capturing a yin-yang of wonder and loneliness as well as the airy feeling of being “high as a kite” (nudge nudg...
Elton John, Performer ("Daniel", "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)", "Rocket Man", "Jack Rabbit"), Writer ("Daniel", "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)", "Rocket Man", "Jack Rabbit") Elton John, Performer ("Daniel", "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)", "Rocket...
1980:"Evita," Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer and album co-producer; Tim Rice, lyricist and album co-producer. Webber and Rice won a Tony for Best Score. Rice won a second Tony for Best Book (Musical). Olivia Newton-John and Carpenters recorded "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" even before ...
At a time when the pop and rock worlds were going in separate directions, John’s music combined the accessibility and craft of pop with the energy and passion of rock. The graceful and imaginative lyrics of John’s British songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, were intimate and appealing looks ...
So John launched into "Your Song," and as Taupin leaned against the piano right near him, John sang the lyrics that his friend wrote: "I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do / My gift is my song, and this one's for you." ...
Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (Central Park, NYC 1980) Click to load video Album release and reception: ‘A musical in its own right’ As an album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was a trove of varied delights, also including the majestic, slow-building opener “Funeral For A Friend”/“...
(for good and bad) which John explored through his first four years in the spotlight and even added a bit of prog rock with the epic opener “Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)”. This eleven minute epic starts with a long, multi-part instrumental with doomy organs accented by ...
Songs performed: "Funeral for a Friend"/"Love Lies Bleeding" Maren Morris Morris had nothing but adoration for the honorees pre-show. "I love both of them so much," she said. "Bernie has come to every show I've had in L.A., and his family is so lovely; and it's wonderful bein...
When they spot this outlandish little mass of flash climbing the stage stairs, they get even crazier, and the noise level is actually accelerated and sustained for a full two minutes while the show begins, sound and fog machines creating the whooshy, spatial opening of “Funeral for a Friend...
Writer(s): Bernie Taupin, Elton John AZLyrics E Elton John Lyrics album: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) Funeral For A Friend (Instrumental) Love Lies Bleeding Candle In The Wind Bennie And The Jets Goodbye Yellow Brick Road This Song Has No Title Grey Seal Jamaica Jerk Off ...