This has nothing to do with being gay whatsoever. Elton was not even out at the time and no one knew of his homosexuality. This song is about sinners and how "Jesus don't save the guys in the Tower of Babel". Sodom & Gomorrah, Cain & Abel were places and people who committed unforgivable sins. When he says "See the letches crawl
With the call girls under the table
Watch them dig their graves"
Letches are men with strong sexual desires and of course we know what call girls are. So these lusting men are crawling after the call girls under the table digging their own graves for sins they are committing. Let's not forget the drug dealers in the basement; all these people are sinners and Jesus isn't saving any of them!
@bobbico Bud, puhlenty of people knew he was gay. He was called out on that years before this song was written. Taupin, his bandmates, and friends & family certainly knew. This isn't 'about sinners' as the central intent of the song. It's much more about the lowlifes that successful people & their money always attracts. As John & Taupin started to gain fame, these types all came out of the woodwork. The sense of them being sinners does play a part, as the arrogant forces who ordered the building of the tower were taken down for their affront to 'the...
@bobbico Bud, puhlenty of people knew he was gay. He was called out on that years before this song was written. Taupin, his bandmates, and friends & family certainly knew. This isn't 'about sinners' as the central intent of the song. It's much more about the lowlifes that successful people & their money always attracts. As John & Taupin started to gain fame, these types all came out of the woodwork. The sense of them being sinners does play a part, as the arrogant forces who ordered the building of the tower were taken down for their affront to 'the lord'. So the song equates those figures with the arrogant affluent and their 'enablers'- the types who will use you for the partying time, but never be there to be that 'shoulder' when you need it.
This has nothing to do with being gay whatsoever. Elton was not even out at the time and no one knew of his homosexuality. This song is about sinners and how "Jesus don't save the guys in the Tower of Babel". Sodom & Gomorrah, Cain & Abel were places and people who committed unforgivable sins. When he says "See the letches crawl With the call girls under the table Watch them dig their graves" Letches are men with strong sexual desires and of course we know what call girls are. So these lusting men are crawling after the call girls under the table digging their own graves for sins they are committing. Let's not forget the drug dealers in the basement; all these people are sinners and Jesus isn't saving any of them!
@bobbico Bud, puhlenty of people knew he was gay. He was called out on that years before this song was written. Taupin, his bandmates, and friends & family certainly knew. This isn't 'about sinners' as the central intent of the song. It's much more about the lowlifes that successful people & their money always attracts. As John & Taupin started to gain fame, these types all came out of the woodwork. The sense of them being sinners does play a part, as the arrogant forces who ordered the building of the tower were taken down for their affront to 'the...
@bobbico Bud, puhlenty of people knew he was gay. He was called out on that years before this song was written. Taupin, his bandmates, and friends & family certainly knew. This isn't 'about sinners' as the central intent of the song. It's much more about the lowlifes that successful people & their money always attracts. As John & Taupin started to gain fame, these types all came out of the woodwork. The sense of them being sinners does play a part, as the arrogant forces who ordered the building of the tower were taken down for their affront to 'the lord'. So the song equates those figures with the arrogant affluent and their 'enablers'- the types who will use you for the partying time, but never be there to be that 'shoulder' when you need it.