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Elton said this in the sleeve notes of the 7" single:"...As I was writing this song one Sunday, I imagined myself floating into space and looking down at my own body. I was imagining myself dying. Morbidly obsessed with these thoughts, I wrote this song about death. The next day I was told that Guy (Burchett), our 17 year-old messenger boy, had been tragically killed on his motorcycle the day before. Guy died on the day I wrote this song."
I don't know what this means.....but now Elton's keyboardist Guy Babylon died, and he is saying Life isn't Everything. So now it should be a tribute song for Guy
i read in a few places (including an Elton John Biography) that this song is based on a situation in Elton's record company of old. I believe it was Rocket Records. In the office, they had a delivery boy. He was delivering stuff for the label on his bike and was hit and killed by a car. Elton made a song in his memory.
I am not convinced that the lyrics listed here are correct, but maybe they are.
I agree, I've heard must the same from Elton himself. But until reading the words "Life isn't Everything" today Friday 17, October 2014, I thought I was hearing, "Life is a Definite Thing," repeatedly "Is a Definite Thing!"....
Could I have been wrong... it's only been 35 years, Lol.
I love it because It's a very melodic song.
Thank you!
peterdavid2009@aol.com
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Elton said this in the sleeve notes of the 7" single:"...As I was writing this song one Sunday, I imagined myself floating into space and looking down at my own body. I was imagining myself dying. Morbidly obsessed with these thoughts, I wrote this song about death. The next day I was told that Guy (Burchett), our 17 year-old messenger boy, had been tragically killed on his motorcycle the day before. Guy died on the day I wrote this song."
I don't know what this means.....but now Elton's keyboardist Guy Babylon died, and he is saying Life isn't Everything. So now it should be a tribute song for Guy
i read in a few places (including an Elton John Biography) that this song is based on a situation in Elton's record company of old. I believe it was Rocket Records. In the office, they had a delivery boy. He was delivering stuff for the label on his bike and was hit and killed by a car. Elton made a song in his memory.
I am not convinced that the lyrics listed here are correct, but maybe they are.
I agree, I've heard must the same from Elton himself. But until reading the words "Life isn't Everything" today Friday 17, October 2014, I thought I was hearing, "Life is a Definite Thing," repeatedly "Is a Definite Thing!".... Could I have been wrong... it's only been 35 years, Lol. I love it because It's a very melodic song. Thank you! peterdavid2009@aol.com