| Elton John – I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This song reminds me of the movie "What Dreams May Come". The poor wife in the movie was so depressed when her husband and child died that she couldn't pull out of the depression. Take two pills and get some sunshine honey! | |
| Elton John – Daniel Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's a sad song about loss, the loss of Daniel (either on a short or long trip - or death), Daniel's loss of sight (or his emotional disconnect - having seen much too much misery for one lifetime), but there is a glimmer of hope that Daniel is going to a better place, a place he liked once, maybe by going away his scars will heal. Daniel won't be forced to focus on his loss, and who he used to be and will never be again, but will make new friends who will accept him for who he is now. Good luck to all those Daniels who've been hurt in life. | |
| Elton John – Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's not changing locations that adds spice back to a dead marriage as much as choosing to close the gap between two people. The relationship becomes defined by the degree of coldness which is beyond obvious even to the kids. The couple has to decide what they want their relationship to say about them. | |
| Elton John – Better Off Dead Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Of all the images on this steamy side of town the final two sentences nail it all down. There are a lot of thorns that can stick in your side, but the rose symbolizes love, and the thorn of the rose is unrequited love. When you are smitten, but unrequited then you are better off dead than love sick. | |
| Elton John – All The Girls Love Alice Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| One of my favorite techniques used in this song is how Elton's voice climbs up and down the musical scale when he sings "tender young Alice they say". Okay so back to the question, Who killed Alice? Who has motive? What we know is it wasn't the young girls, since they loved Alice. However the middle aged women weren't mentioned as loving Alice. These were butch dykes who didn't like the competition Alice provided. They wanted the young girls for themselves, but Alice had them preoccupied. Because for them getting old is a real bitch. The story isn't so much about a young lesbian or prostitution nor the dangers of living in Soho, it is about spite, growing old, and feeling unwanted or unloved. | |
| Manfred Mann – Blinded by the Light Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Blinded by the light revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night (Seen as the end of a successful career (since he drives a “classic” deuce) being chased by cops one night while high on drugs) (“blinded by the light” could also be a metaphor for being blinded to the ways of this world (2Corinthians 4:4) by the light of the gospel – and how that life stands opposed to the rock and roll lifestyle. Madman dummers bummers, (feeling frustrated from too much studying) Indians in the summer, (Indian bicycle or motorcycle-nostaglice metaphor for innocent youth) With a teenager diplomat (a nerdy know-it-all on a cool bike?) And the dumps with the mumps (can’t go outside with the mumps) As the adolescent pumps his way into his hat (bored and masturbating with a condom on wouldn't want to get caught making a mess) With a boulder my shoulder, feeling kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round (a few years latter - bummed out and hanging with the older kids, he tries what they’re having which makes the room spin) With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground (innocence lost cos he’s too buzzed, probably weed with all that wheezing and sneezing – he hasn’t been turned on to something strong yet) Some silicon sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes. (Years later when the kid is grown up and in a band he meets a manager whose chesty girlfriend tells him he has talent) I'll run you on sonny to something strong play the song with the funky break (The manager offers him some coke to help him play well) And go-cart Mozart (a lot of natural talent, but not very hip ) was checkin' out the weather charts see if it was safe outside (the main band doesn’t want to play outside unless the weather is good) And little Early Burly came by in his curly wurly and asked me if i needed a ride (a big guy comes by in his pimped out ride to turn him onto some coke so he can relax as the startup band) She got down but she never got tired She's gonna make it to the night She's gonna make it through the night (“She” may be referring to the guitar that didn’t want to quit after he got coked up or to a groupie or the “silicon sister” dancing or having sex on coke) Oh momma that's where the fun is But momma that's where the fun is Momma always told me not to look in the eye's on the sun But momma that's where the fun is (trippin’ has escalated to LSD – lookin’ into the sun is a "symptom" of LSD abuse and is a metaphor to the flashing lights of the cop car chasing him) So brimstone-baritone, anti-cyclone Rolling Stone Preacher from the East, (sounds like a fire and brimstone preacher – Billy Graham Crusade? Preaching against the evils of rock and roll) says dethrone the dictaphone, (give up rock music) hit it in it's funny bone (you might think it will hurt to give up the lifestyle) thats what they expect at least (people expect you to give up rock and roll when you convert to chrisitanity) It's a new grown chaperon standing in the corner watching the young girls dance (Teacher? in his early 20’s at a school dance) and some fresh sown moonstone messing with his frozen zone, (his mind is wasted on heroin and Amphetamines) only reminding him of romance (making him horny) and the calliope crashed to the ground (no romantic poetry needed for this sex fantasy) Now Scott with the sling-shot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand (Scott the chaperon finds a willing young thing and takes her to the beach and finds the "tender spot") and some blood-shot forget-me-not (she’s young, tight and drunk) said Daddy's within earshot, save the buck-shot, turn up the band (don’t make too much noise, dad’s close by crank up the radio and don’t blow your wad too soon) |
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