elton john, the 60 year old rocker...
Saturday, 20. June 2009, 02:47:57
i am not into retro, just that it makes me feel old.
rocking to the oldies is really not my thing but today watching elton john's 60th birthday bash concert in Madison Garden in NY 2007, it reminded me why he is still a favorite among my linkin park, muse, depeche mode, DJ Giles peterson...
he is the piano man; banging out beautiful music and meaningful lyrics with the backing of full orchestral and choir. good music needs effort, planning and talent.
it was exciting and exhilarating to hear his songs and people who were not born when he was famous (20s) rocking to his music
the most emotional song for me was Empty Garden
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
What happened here
As the New York sunset disappeared
I found an empty garden among the flagstones there
Who lived here
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tares and grew a good crop
And now it all looks strange
It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain
And what's it for
This little empty garden by the brownstone door
And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more
Who lived here
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tares and grew a good crop
And we are so amazed we're crippled and we're dazed
A gardener like that one no one can replace
And I've been knocking but no one answers
And I've been knocking most all the day
Oh and I've been calling oh hey hey Johnny
Can't you come out to play
And through their tears
Some say he farmed his best in younger years
But he'd have said that roots grow stronger if only he could hear
Who lived there
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tares and grew a good crop
Now we pray for rain, and with every drop that falls
We hear, we hear your name
Johnny can't you come out to play in your empty garden
it was a song he wrote with John Lennon (the song writing duo of bealtes and shot dead 1982 by a fan)
he seldom performed it as it brings back too much emotion but he performed a few times; on 9/11 and his birthday bash (maybe other occasions).
i was sobbing without knowing why, but i think the music and image of NY 9/11... the desolation depicted on the video wall.
the aborted bike ride due to running nose and inflamed nasal passage, turned out to be another experience for me...
rocking to the oldies is really not my thing but today watching elton john's 60th birthday bash concert in Madison Garden in NY 2007, it reminded me why he is still a favorite among my linkin park, muse, depeche mode, DJ Giles peterson...
he is the piano man; banging out beautiful music and meaningful lyrics with the backing of full orchestral and choir. good music needs effort, planning and talent.
it was exciting and exhilarating to hear his songs and people who were not born when he was famous (20s) rocking to his music
the most emotional song for me was Empty Garden
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
What happened here
As the New York sunset disappeared
I found an empty garden among the flagstones there
Who lived here
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tares and grew a good crop
And now it all looks strange
It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain
And what's it for
This little empty garden by the brownstone door
And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more
Who lived here
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tares and grew a good crop
And we are so amazed we're crippled and we're dazed
A gardener like that one no one can replace
And I've been knocking but no one answers
And I've been knocking most all the day
Oh and I've been calling oh hey hey Johnny
Can't you come out to play
And through their tears
Some say he farmed his best in younger years
But he'd have said that roots grow stronger if only he could hear
Who lived there
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tares and grew a good crop
Now we pray for rain, and with every drop that falls
We hear, we hear your name
Johnny can't you come out to play in your empty garden
it was a song he wrote with John Lennon (the song writing duo of bealtes and shot dead 1982 by a fan)
he seldom performed it as it brings back too much emotion but he performed a few times; on 9/11 and his birthday bash (maybe other occasions).
i was sobbing without knowing why, but i think the music and image of NY 9/11... the desolation depicted on the video wall.
the aborted bike ride due to running nose and inflamed nasal passage, turned out to be another experience for me...
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