Candle in the Wind

[CelestialBody]

 

[Nobody Special's wife]

I like that song too

 

[Mustang Sally]

If my mood is right I can get into Candle in the Wind, but it has to be the original version, NOT the Princess Di version. Ugh! I can't stand that he did that!

Crocodile Rock is always cool. For some reason I always associate that song with Joy to the World: "I never understood a single word he said, but I helped him drink his wine. And he always had some mighty fine wine!" (I need some friends like that!)

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Elton????

What a Diva bitch. I really only like his guitar oriented pieces - Candle In the Wind is one.

But.... this is true.

He's currently suing his x-management firm. Why?

It's a counter suit - kind of.

While admittedly "crazed on drugs" in the early 90's - he blew 97 million bucks on stuff, some 4 mill on flowers alone - he claims that his management firm/his handler's fucked up and "allowed him" to be out of control. That the spending spree was "not his fault" - it was their fault and of course - that they should foot the bill.

Do you believe that? Now...... isn't that what the law, lawyer's and rich fucked up people are all about?????

Kill'em all.

 

[Gaucho]

Did you ever hear Elton do "Crocodile Rock" as a ballad? During a solo concert that he did for Disney (after Lion King came out) he mentioned that he had grown disenchanted with the song and refused to perform it until Sting (during a joint concert in Europe) suggested that they do it as a ballad. He played it during the solo concert and I thought it worked well but not quite as good as the original.

"Candle in the Wind" is one of those timeless songs that works with either set of lyrics. Unfortunately, it's also one of those songs that was overplayed on the radio ("Your Song" was another) to the extent that I almost can't listen to it now.

I am currently listening to "Blue Moves" - his last album of the 70's and the one that tanked after he revealed his bisexuality in Rolling Stone. There is a lot of good stuff on it that, with the exception of "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" (one of his finest, I think), hasn't been played a lot so it still sounds fresh.

 

[Purple Haze]

Bitch, bitch

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I was justified when I was five,
Raisin' cain, I spit in your eye,
Times are changin' now the boy gets back,
The fever's gonna catch you when the bitch gets back, who ho ho

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I still have my "Captain Fantastic" album. What a trip. Very clearly a case Cornflakes and classics, two teas, both with sugar please.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Hey Dix....

I definately think we might know the same guy. But you don't recall a name - those intitials don't mean anything to you???? I'm going to see him this weekend. Anything I can tell him about you - that's safe for this board to get - that I can relay to him that might clue him as you your real ID? Whew!!! What a fuckin' question. Like some produciton you worked or something? He's a writer, composer and actor. Like I said about 53 now - was long time dating - ummm, forgeting his name - Chris, Chris(?) - the guy who played Jim Ignitowski on Taxi - can't remember his name - anyway this guy dated his X for years - maybe the last 15 or so - they're broke up now. Anyway - I ramble.

 

[Gaucho]

Quite possibly one of the strangest hit albums ever made. Released in the mid 70's at the height of Elton mania, it became a monster almost in spite of itself - having only one real single on it (Someone Saved My Life Tonight) and being so autobiographical as to be indecipherable to many.

Of course, at the time, a recording of Elton singing "Mares Eat Oats" in the shower probably would've sold 3 million copies or so.

Still, Dix, you're right. A great album.

Dammit, man! Now you've made me switch CDs.

"...it's party time for the guys in the Tower of Babel
Sodom meet Gomorrah
Cain meet Abel
Have a ball, y'all
See the lechers crawl with the call girls under the table
Watch 'em dig their graves
Cause Jesus don't save the guys
In the Tower of Babel..."

God, I love Taupin's lyrics.

 

[Guest]

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Meal Ticket -- Better off Dead -- Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy ---

I'm pretty sure Taupin was eating magic mushrooms full time that year.

Sparky, the doctor/playwright friend of mine was married, straight, and had a hot daughter. I don't think it's the same guy.

 

[*Eve*]

Something about that song Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Rocket Man makes my eyes tear up.

 

[dancinvixen]

Cat Stevens<I think>---Cat's Cradle
???????-----Stray Cat Strut <g> great oldies