Part something or other of the occasional series
This week the Pinner Popster himself
5. Saturday Night's Alright for fighting - "I'm the juvenile product of the working class whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass"
4. Are you Ready for Love - Philly Soul from one of GBs best soul singers
3. Tiny Dancer - Worth watching "Almost Famous" just for the scene when they are singing along to this on the tour bus
2. Levon - Just a beautiful Song
1. Someone Saved my Life Last Night - " Almost had your hooks in didn't you dear, hypnotised and alter bound"
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5. Daniel - "I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain" Just a great song
4. Candle in the WInd - "From the young man in the 22nd row, who sees you as something as more than sexual, more than just our Marilyn Monroe " The song just makes me cry
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - " 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" The lyrics have always fascinated me, especially in the way he sings them.
2. Your Song - "yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen" There's poetry in them there lyrics
1. Someone Saved My Life Tonight - "prima donna lord you really should have been there, sitting like a princess perched in her electric chair" - One of my most favourite songs ever from a great great album
His best song is probably 'Come on Watford' I reckon.
The fact he doesn't write his own songs brings him down in my estimation but he's got a pretty decent voice I suppose.
5. I'm Still Standing........ Embarassing I know, but reminds me of being about 12 years old
4. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding....... Pomposity at it's best
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road........ Beautiful song
2. Bennie And The Jetsssssssssssssss....... Unique! Never grow bored of that song
1. Someone Saved My Life Tonight........ STUNNING
From DJ'ing and listening to pub juke boxes I will say five songs of his that I don't dislike if that makes sense
1) Crocodile Rock
2) Saturday nights alright for fighting
3) I guess thats why they call it the blues
4) Your song - my first manager as a 17 year old for my first pub team died half way through the season and this was played at his funeral
5) I'm still standing - not sure why but it offends me less than ABBA's back catalogue
Great artist who served his apprentiship...doesn't feature that much in my record collection.....but go and see him live he's a fantastic showman and performer.
Odd character it must be said(bit of a deva of course!) but you can't take it away from him, he writes a very very good song and goes way back to when you had to sink or swim...and credit where it's due, he's still swimming after all these years.
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
Your song
I've seen that movie too
Tiny dancer
When they have just had the massive row over the teeshirts? one of my top films of all time..
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand
For the youth
You is so street...
This is the bit from Almost Famous. Fantastic stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qn3tel9FWU
I don't wanna go on with you like that
bennie & the jets
blue eyes
I guess thats why they call it the blues
daniel
1. Someone Saved My Life Tonight (They didn't though, I decided to get engaged around the time this came out!)
2. Ticking - (From the Caribou album)
3. High Flying Bird - (From Don't Shoot Me.... album)
4. Skyline Pigeon
5. Tiny Dancer
He still goes red when we mention it!
1/ Rocket Man
2/ Candle in the wind
3/ Yellow brick road