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Post by ramone on Sept 18, 2007 15:19:13 GMT -5
sort of an odd comfort zone
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Post by The Deceptionist on Sept 18, 2007 15:21:06 GMT -5
Could you imagine being the first to show on the scene if this person suffocated?
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Post by mommybird on Sept 18, 2007 16:03:09 GMT -5
I laughed aloud at that one ! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Sept 19, 2007 20:30:24 GMT -5
There is none so blind as those who will not see ... Those who insist that it is the same man, suffer from this terrible affliction: People always attribute age and drugs.... But think about this, we saw JPM in 1966, 1967 his face is longer....that is NOT age OR drugs...that's a downright different dude! Unless the man pictured with straw is the legendary "Mountain Man" or (Strawberry Fields Faul). For he is like Bigfoot, some have spotted him, but where is he now? As for "Maybe I'm Amazed"....actually sounds like Elton John's early music.... I'm thinking he got credit for some stuff that may not really be his work.
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Post by Jude on Sept 19, 2007 22:00:02 GMT -5
As for "Maybe I'm Amazed" that actually sounds nothing like early Elton John ("Rocket Man", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Philadelphia Freedom", "Your Song") and I think you just feel an absolute compulsion to take credit away from Faul in every way possible.
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Post by plastic paul on Sept 20, 2007 8:24:15 GMT -5
I know where you're coming from Jude but I can imagine Sir Elton singing it very well.
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Post by mommybird on Sept 20, 2007 14:16:19 GMT -5
That is so strange that LovelyRita said that. I have also thought that about "Maybe I'm Amazed" for sometime now. I have photos of Faul with Elton John from the 1970's onwards. They certainly knew each other, so it's not too much of a stretch to think that Elton would've helped Faul out. And Elton is also a "Sir" now.
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Sept 20, 2007 18:46:18 GMT -5
As for "Maybe I'm Amazed" that actually sounds nothing like early Elton John ("Rocket Man", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Philadelphia Freedom", "Your Song") and I think you just feel an absolute compulsion to take credit away from Faul in every way possible. Aaahhh not so... I don't take credit away from Faul in every way possible....I give him a great deal of credit.... after all, he's duped most of the free world into thinking he's Paul Mc Cartney for over 40 years....I would say that's quite a feat. And even if I don't care for most of what Faul created, what's the big deal? I'm not fond of being manipulated into thinking someone is somebody when they are not. And I'm not going to spend my hard earned money listening to what this man puts out and making him even more rich. That's my opinion. For those who love his stuff, that's fine for you, it's your money, your time, and your ears. I commented on one song that sounded like it could have been Elton John's. And you have to examine Elton's very early work, before he was the flamboyant performer he became by the mid 70's. If you ever heard his early recording of "Lady Samantha", you would get an idea of where I'm coming from.
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Post by mommybird on Sept 21, 2007 14:12:27 GMT -5
I have to find that song, LR. I've never heard of it before.
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Post by thisone on Sept 22, 2007 16:48:37 GMT -5
There is none so blind as those who will not see ... Those who insist that it is the same man, suffer from this terrible affliction: Very true MB. And what about Paul exchanging his cute little button nose for that..that dog-legged schnozzle of a protuberance! He must be mad.
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Post by TotalInformation on Sept 23, 2007 18:23:29 GMT -5
LOLz. Who do you think the ghostwriters/ghost-collaborators were, anyway? There are simply to many people (Donovan, Yoko Ono, etc.) who he in person performed these songs for, sometimes long before they were even recorded. When you read about "Paul" "performing an early version" of a Faul-era song for an established songwriter, it's a pretty good bet the person in question is the ghostwriter on the song. She is He, as he is He, and they are PAUL together. "We'd play for hours on end and so much of this became part of the White Album." -- DONOVAN
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Post by Jude on Sept 24, 2007 10:08:05 GMT -5
I stand by my opinion that Maybe I'm Amazed isn't an Elton John styled song at all. So what if you can imagine him singing it? Could you imagine Sir Elton singing "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" if you hadn't already hear his (famous) cover of the song? I dare anyone to name one Elton John song that is as raw and aggressive vocally and musically as Sir Paul is in that song; at least one that doesn't develop into the typical bluesy, soul/gospel territory of, say, Levon and Honky Cat. Are you really suggesting that that Maybe I'm Amazed is in the same style and form as Levon or Rocket Man, or even Tiny Dancer? If so, then I'd like you to look over these facts, TotalInfo. I know you don't always like the facts because they sometimes get in the way of insane theories, but here they are: Elton JohnSir Elton's second, self-titled album. Released May 1970Recorded January 1970McCartneyMcCartney's first solo album. Duh. Released 17 April 1970Recorded Late 1969 – March 1970Elton John, during the period in which McCartney is recorded, is a nobody. He and Bernie Taupin had released an album in the year prior titled Empty Sky. It was well received by some critics, but sold poorly. There were no hit songs from this album, because it didn't have much an impact on the airwaves, because there were no singles. To call it a sleeper hit would be too kind. It was an album that was critically recognized but came and left without ever being noticed. Therefore, Elton John was nowhere near the superstar he was about to become......several months after his second album debuted. The album's sales didn't even pick up until Your Song became a huge hit as the B-side to to the Take Me To The Pilot single. The first single, Border Song, only made it to #98 on the top 100 in the US. Soon after disc jockeys began playing Your Song, however, album sales began to skyrocket in both the US and the UK, and the rest is history. So, with that in mind, I think that if Elton did write Maybe I'm Amazed for Sir Paul, that it went down like this: (scene opens on a young William Shepherd as he writes the latest entry into his diary)
Billy Shepherd: Dear diary:
BOLLOCKS! Me album's rubbish! Three years---three years of bribing Jagger, Dylan, and Lennon to write all these cracking dead-on McCartney-ish tunes, and now that I'm on my own I'm finding that I can't write worth a shit! I mean..."Lovely Linda"? Lovely shit is all! What am I supposed to do now? I need a good one...something really ace that'll get me back on the radio. The problem is, I don't think that Mickey, Donovan, or any of the others are going to have much to do with me any more; not now, not after I (gasp!) broke up the Beatles! Same goes for the lads, though I'll being suing their arses off in court any day now though maybe George will know what to do.
Yeah, that's it! He always knows what to do.
(Billy picks up the phone and calls George Martin)
*RING*
*RING*
George Martin: *picks up the receiver* Hello?
Bill: Georgie! It's me! Look, I need your--
George Martin: Who? Who is this?
Bill: This is Paul, George.
George Martin: Paul?
Bill: Yeah, it's me....Paul!
George Martin: I don't recall having met you, Paul, is there something I can do for you? I'm quite busy, to be honest, so do make it quick.
Bill: I really need your help, George. The album is a disaster. I need a real song written by someone with real talent!
George Martin: .......
George Martin: Who the devil are you and how did you get this number?
Bill: Um...I'm Paul, and, I...
George Martin: *sigh* Look, I'm very busy producing and arranging for one Ringo Starr. Perhaps you've heard of him, hm? At any rate, if can't properly explain to me who the bloody hell you are, then--
(Bill suddenly pushes the PLAY button on a tape recorder; "That Would Be Something" plays over the phone)
George Martin: Wait just a minute. I'd recognize that utter disregard for proper lyrics and total lack of music talent anywhere!
George Martin: Bill, old boy, how are you?
Bill: *sigh* PLEASE don't call me that over the phone...
George Martin: Oh, I'm terribly sorry..."Paul". I only didn't recognize you at first because you weren't speaking in your usual ridiculously inaccurate hack job of a Liverpudlian accent. How are things? How is the wife?
Bill: ...who?
George Martin: Never mind. How is the album coming along?
Bill: It's--
George Martin: Have you finally realized that after years of "getting by with a little help from your friends", that you a truly a talentless hack with no reedeeming virtues whatsoever other than sounding *somewhat* like Paul McCartney except that you're ugly and you're a talentless hack with no redeeming virtues whatsoever and die, die, DIE, you deserve no respect from anyone whatsoever and are doomed to be criticized and devalued by conspiracy theorists forevermore?
Bill: Er... ....yes?
George Martin: Good. Then I suppose you need a new #1 hit and you've called to ask if I would set you up with a new song writer, eh? And why? Are you and John still no longer on speaking terms?
Bill: Well......no, actually.
George Martin: I see.....
Bill: .............
George Martin: Well, I'll tell you what, Bill.
Bill: Paul.
George Martin: Whatever. I'll tell you what my dear old mum always told me when faced with such a pressing situation.
Bill: And that was...?
George Martin: *ahem*
George Martin: DO IT YOURSELF, YOU IGNORANT LITTLE TWA--
Bill: GEORGE! Please! If you don't help me, I'll..
George Martin: (laughs) You'll what? What can you possibly do to me that would---
Bill: I'll release Carnival of Light!
George Martin: You.......you wouldn't dare release that.....that rubbish!
Bill: Would I not dare, George? Would I not dare release the finest song YOU ever produced? *wicked grin*
George Martin: Please, no....John did enough damage to my ego with Revolution 9. I'll get you your song.....just promise you'll never release that that song, even if, 25 years from now the opportunity to do so presents itself in the form of a three album Anthology collecting rare and unreleased Beatles material!
Bill: Consider it done.
Bill: Or...not done.
Bill: Or whatever.
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(5 days later, George Martin places a call to Bill Shepherd)
George Martin: I've done it, Paul! I've got your songwriter!
Bill: (excitedly) I knew I could depend on you, Georgie! Now who are you sending over to me place to help me write my new #1 hit? Is it Donovan?
George Martin: (smiling) Nope.
Bill: Oh, ok then. Dylan?
George Martin: No, not him.
Bill: Uh...Jagger?
George Martin: Think harder!
Bill: (really straining to think of who it might be) Not Dylan, not Jagger or Donovan.....I know you couldn't be sending any of the boys over 'cause none of us have even spoken to each other in weeks.
George Martin: Give up?
Bill: Can't say I have a single clue. Who is it?
George Martin: (excitedly) IT'S SOMEONE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF!
Bill: ............................huh?
George Martin: Someone you've never even met!
Bill: Rrrright. Well, then. I can't say I share your enthusiasm, but is he any good?
George Martin: I'm not sure! He's only got one album.
Bill: Well.......did this album sell very well?
George Martin: On the contrary; It sold rather unimpressively!
Bill: OK now George, I'm afraid you've gone and lost me here. I'm assuming guy's a nobody, right? Relatively unknown, right?
George Martin: Correct.
Bill: One rubbish album under his belt.
George Martin: If record sales are to be believed, yes.
Bill: Then I'm guessing no hit singles either?
George Martin: None that I know of.
Bill: So...I ask you to provide me with a new hit song, and instead of giving me a Donovan, Dylan, or Jagger....all capable blokes who can definitely spin a few "McCartney"-like tunes, I'll now be working with a completely unproven young artist whom I've never met and who has no hit songs or albums to call his own?
George Martin: (proudly) Yes! Yes you will!
Bill: ..................
Bill: ...................
Bill: ............you've gone completely barmy, haven't you?
George Martin: Er.......
George Martin: ......have I?
Bill: (exasperated) WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST ARRANGE FOR ONE OF THE MANY SONGWRITERS THAT ACTUALLY KNEW PAUL MCCARTNEY TO WRITE ME A SONG?!?! YOU BLOODY NITWIT!!
[/i] George: (sheepishly) Ohhhhh, Bill..... George: ...because that would've been far too simple![/i] [/blockquote]
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Post by mommybird on Sept 24, 2007 12:44:13 GMT -5
I can't speak for LR, or anyone else. I can say that what stood out to me was not so much the words to the song. It's the melody & the style ( on piano ) of Baby I'm Amazed that reminds me of Elton.
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Post by B on Sept 24, 2007 19:07:48 GMT -5
Well as amusing as Jude's post is, there seems to be an unquestionable link of Elton to PID clues. Even the title of the album, "Empty Sky" could hearken to the "plane shot out of the sky" aspect of the PID mystery that seems to inconveniently come up again and again. And what is the first song on the album about? Someone who is imprisoned. Empty Sky Music by Elton John Lyrics by Bernie Taupin I'm not a rat to be spat on, locked up in this room. Those bars that look towards the sun, at night look towards the moon. Every day the swallows play in the clouds of love; Make me wish that I had wings take me high above. And I looked high and saw the empty sky. If I could only - I could only fly, I'd drift with them in endless space, But no man flies from this place. At night I lay upon my bench and stare towards the stars. The cold night air comes creeping in and home seems oh so far. If only I could swing upon those twinkling dots above, I'd look down from the heavens upon the ones I love. Hey the lucky locket hangs around your precious neck. Some luck I ever got with you! And I wouldn't like to bet That sooner or later you'll own just one half of this land By shining your eyes on the wealth of every man. Just send up my love; ain't seen nothing but tears. Now I've got myself in this room, for years. I don't see no one, I never see anyone. ------------------------ While the "Elton John" album (his second) may have been recorded at about the same time as Mcartney, the "Empty Sky" album was recorded at Dick James Music Studios, London, December 1968 to April 1969. Here's a speculative commentary about the period of time that Elton and Bernie worked at the Dick James studio: solarprestige.blogspot.com/search/label/Captain%20Fantastic%20and%20the%20Brown%20Dirt%20Cowboy"Thursday, September 20, 2007 Bitter Fingers Continuing the autobio theme of the Captain Fantastic album, this is an account of the relatively brief amount of time that Bernie and Elton spent as songwriters-for-hire for Dick James, and also while Elton was performing with Bluesology. Apparently, this got old pretty fast and the lyrics reflect the discontent they shared while doing so, as expressed by some amusing lines such as: ' Those old die-hards in Denmark Street start laughing At the keyboard player's hollow haunted eyes' and ' And there's a chance that one day you might write a standard lads So churn them out quick and fast and we'll still pat your backs 'Cause we need what we can get to launch another dozen acts Are you working?' Elton casts the verses in another Gilbert & Sullivan (or yes, Queen)-type setting, with cascading piano triplets accompanying his clipped diction. More relaxed than "Better Off Dead", but close. Johnstone mimics the keys on that buzzy, pinched guitar sound he was fond of using in this period, and Ray Cooper chimes in occasionally on percussion. But when the chorus kicks in with the ascending melody line on "It's hard to write a song with bitter fingers" the band, rhythm section and all, speeds up to nearly twice the tempo then slows back down for the verse again, as if they're trying to goose the song along. If it's trying to infer that the process flowed smoother when they were writing for themselves, the "bitter fingers" lyric doesn't make that apparent. As is, the tempo shift just seems arbitrary, as if someone just thought it would be a good idea and nothing else. Still, even with this minor flaw it's an entertaining track. Posted by Johnny B at 1:23 PM 0 comments " I would be interested in finding out what connection there might be between Dick James and Apple.
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Post by B on Sept 24, 2007 20:29:22 GMT -5
Speaking of the inconvenient plane-shot-down conundrum, from the "Elton John" album we have: Take Me To The Pilot Music by Elton John Lyrics by Bernie Taupin see it/hear it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw5uOYDfP-YIf you feel that it's real, I'm on trial, And I'm here in your prison! Like a coin in your mint I am dented, and I'm spent with high treason. Through a glass eye, your throne (glass eye = a security camera?)Is the one danger zone; Take me to the pilot for control. Take me to the pilot of your soul. Take me to the pilot (a play on "the Pilate" - being judged by Pontius Pilate as Christ was)Lead me through the chamber. Take me to the pilot. I am but a stranger. Take me to the pilot Lead me through the chamber Take me to the pilot I am but a stranger Well I know he's not old And I'm told he's a virgin For he may be she (the virgin)But what I'm told is never for certain One could interpret this as Elton making use of Paul's (presumed) attempt at being a pilot as a springboard for comparing his 'trial' with Christ's.
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Post by Jude on Sept 25, 2007 14:07:07 GMT -5
Well as amusing as Jude's post is, there seems to be an unquestionable link of Elton to PID clues. Even the title of the album, "Empty Sky" could hearken to the "plane shot out of the sky" aspect of the PID mystery that seems to inconveniently come up again and again. You seem to be working under the assumption that even amateur musicians in the 1960's knew about Paul's death and had nothing better to do with their time than name their albums after the incidents surrounding it.
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Post by B on Sept 25, 2007 16:09:40 GMT -5
No, I am working under the assumption that amateur musicians in the 1960's who were looking to get a break in the business were asked to write songs about certain events that people in the music business wanted them to, with the promise that they'd have a chance at the big time.
In the case of Elton, though, there seems to have been a real devotion to the cause:
"Daniel, my brother, you are older than me."
"Funeral for a friend" etc.
Many Elton John songs seem to relate.
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Post by Jude on Sept 25, 2007 16:39:12 GMT -5
Wait.....are you serious? Please, stop for a minute and imagine the scenario--with all the detail and realism you can muster---of a "music businessman" telling an amateur musician that if they want to make it big maybe they should consider writing a song about the plane crash Paul was in.
Your mention of "Funeral for a Friend" made me laugh, although I doubt you intended it to. I think it's very clear what Daniel is about: read the lyrics!
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Post by B on Sept 25, 2007 16:57:47 GMT -5
Jude wrote: "a "music businessman" telling an amateur musician that if they want to make it big maybe they should consider writing a song about the plane crash Paul was in."
I may not have been sufficently clear. They may have been asked to write such a song, not with a promise that if they did, they'd be guaranteed a successful career, but rather - simply knowing that if they were going to be successful they had to please 'the boss'. That would be particularly the case in a situation such as the one they were in, working as songwriters -for-hire for Dick James. In any event, Elton seems to have been quite into the task of telling the tale, writing many songs that could easily relate, including those that I've mentioned. Laugh if you must.
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Post by Jude on Sept 25, 2007 23:17:05 GMT -5
Telling what tale? It's one thing to believe that the Beatles were out to reveal the truth in their songs, but you're extending that belief to cover label executives and record producers. Why do you think that the Beatles were so all-important that everyone, everyone involved in all different forms of media decided that the "truth" must be told in the most obscure ways possible? "Daniel" has nothing to do with Paul's death; no offense, but most people know that.
Is "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" about a man who wants to leave the world of glitz and glamour of Hollywood behind for the good old-fashioned blue-collar work life or is it about Paul McCartney wanting to quit the Beatles after Revolver?
In that case, I would suppose Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" is about Paul McCartney's "assassination"? Better yet, "Bicycle Race" would be about Paul McCartney's death when he crashed into a car while riding his bike. After all, in Magical Mystery Tour Faul is shown pushing a bike along the shore of the beach where Paul's body was found.
Pardon me, but I think that way of thinking is insane. But all the same, it is better to believe something insane than to believe nothing at all, because it's only those who believe who nothing at all that will fall for anything.
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Post by TotalInformation on Sept 25, 2007 23:59:32 GMT -5
Maybe I'm Amazed's melody was clearly composed by Elton, but the lyrics are pretty clearly from written by Faul to Linda and pertain to their unique situation.
"Yellow Brick Road" was about Elton leaving his sugar-daddy behind-the-curtain Faul to make his way composing songs under his own name.
Elton and Taupin didn't know JPM when he died in 1966... they hand no parts in the events surrounding his death and it's unwise read as much into their lyrics...
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Post by Jude on Sept 26, 2007 1:00:51 GMT -5
Maybe I'm Amazed was clearly composed by Elton, but the lyrics are pretty clearly from Faul to Linda and pertain to their unique situation. "Yellow Brick Road" was about Elton leaving his sugar-daddy behind-the-curtain Faul to make his way composing songs under his own name. Elton and Taupin didn't know JPM when he died in 1966... they hand no parts in the events surrounding his death and it's unwise read as much into their lyrics... TotalInformation, I'll do what many others have wanted to do and either chose not to do it out of politeness or the fact that they lacked the balls. I'll do it despite the fact that I may get a stern warning from the admins. You're crazy. There. I said it. You and I clearly can't stand each other, so why bother with formalities? I've read your posts for years at 60IF. I've read your posts here for the past eight or nine months. I really think you're deluded, just like you think I am. I thought beatlies was kind of deluded. I thought he was, but he wouldn't have said that a song was "clearly" written by someone when it "clearly" wasn't. The lyrics of "Maybe I'm Amazed" are not Bernie Taupin's style or Elton John's for that matter. The music is reminiscent of "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" at best, but that song is far more complex. James Paul McCartney, Sir Paul, Faul, William Shepherd, whatever you want to call him.....HE wrote "Maybe I'm Amazed". Compare it to "Gratitude" from the new album and you'll hear the exact same songwriter. Of course you probably believe that today's Faul is a different man, so that of course proves nothing, I suppose. I have far too much pride and dignity to respond to your claims concerning the meaning of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".
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Post by TotalInformation on Sept 26, 2007 1:35:41 GMT -5
Yes, hello? "We" have a personal history? I "can't stand" you? Who? Fascinating. What's this about delusion, again?
Regardless, I thank you for confirming my textual analysis of "Yellow Brick Road."
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Post by Jude on Sept 26, 2007 2:33:12 GMT -5
Oh, that's dirty. That's really dirty. Because I chose not to respond to your analysis of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", that must mean I conceded, right? OK. I'll bite. GOOD-BYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD By Elton John
When are you gonna come down When are you going to land I should have stayed on the farm I should have listened to my old man
OK, so Elton says he should have stayed on the farm and listened to his old man. Elton John didn't live on a farm. Nor did he live on Paul's farm, for that matter, or have any reason to call Paul McCartney his old man. You'd think he would've been hurt; instead he became good friends with Elton John in later years. But none of that matters, because this song is OBVIOUSLY about Elton leaving his sugar-daddy behind-the-curtain Faul to make his way composing songs under his own name.
You know you can't hold me forever Oh dear....the symbolism is quite clear, isn't it? Faul was "holding on" to Elton John by making him write hit songs for him, despite the fact that Elton already had several successful albums prior to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
I didn't sign up with you I'm not a present for your friends to open
Clearly Faul was "selling Elton out" to his friends like Donovan and Brian Wilson who had also been replaced by less-talented look-alikes.
This boy's too young to be singing the blues
I must have missed that album full of bluesy songs that Faul released during the early 70's.
So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can't plant me in your penthouse I'm going back to my plough
I see! Elton refused to be planted in the "penthouse", i.e. being GUARANTEED #1 hits through Faul even though he had already proven by this point that he'd have #1 hits ANYWAY.
I mean who wouldn't want to be associated with Faul rather than make it big on their own? Faul was getting rave reviews from all the critics, and NO ONE hated his solo work......right?
Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road
Yes, life was nothing but gravy for Faul at this time because his first two solo albums and first Wings album were critically shunned. And yet Elton John, who by this point is all the rage in Britain, boldly decides to forge his own path to stardom. How touching!
What do you think you'll do then I bet that'll shoot down your plane It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics To set you on your feet again
Faul could've had an entire album of tunes written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Funny how there's just this one song allegedly written by him, though, and yet he thinks that if he withdraws from Faul that Faul will be at a loss?
Maybe you'll get a replacement There's plenty like me to be found Mongrels who ain't got a penny Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground
You forgot to mention that Elton was looking for Faul. How lucky he was to randomly discover that Paul died and that his replacement needed new songs to sing!
If you must know, my dislike for you began when you verbally attacked me sometime within my first 15-20 posts, in my very first thread (the Sgt. Pepper 40th Anniversary thread) which I started with the purest of intentions. It was then and there that you showed your true colors and I decided that I just can't stand you and will avoid posting in the same threads as you when possible. This time, however, I just couldn't keep my mouth shut. All I have to say on the Elton John subject is in the admittedly poor attempt at humor scenario that I wrote above. There is no conspiracy to get talented individuals to write material for Bill to sing and perform. What he writes and sings is what he sings and writes, otherwise he would've fared much better throughout his solo career thus far, wouldn't he? You only believe the way you do because your philosophy seems to be to "hate first, find factual evidence to support my claims later facts are completely inconsequential.
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Post by mommybird on Sept 26, 2007 12:45:40 GMT -5
T.I. wrote: Maybe I'm Amazed's melody was clearly composed by Elton, but the lyrics are pretty clearly from written by Faul to Linda and pertain to their unique situation. "Yellow Brick Road" was about Elton leaving his sugar-daddy behind-the-curtain Faul to make his way composing songs under his own name. Elton and Taupin didn't know JPM when he died in 1966... they hand no parts in the events surrounding his death and it's unwise read as much into their lyrics... Faul was Elton's Sugar Daddy That would explain the photos that I have of Elton hanging on him ! ;D I agree that the majority of Elton's work has nothing to do with what happened to Paul. I do think that John might've had a hand on Funeral for a Friend. That song is very different from anything else that Elton has ever done.
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