I’m not a huge Elton John fan. I found his later, over-the-top Liberace-style phase off-putting — but I think his early work is really, really good. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters is one of my favorite songs from that era, with its beautiful melody and cryptic yet evocative lyrics. Even now, I can’t walk into [...]
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An Elton John Interlude
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged Elton John, Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters, Music, Music videos on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Summer of ’74
Posted in Growing Up, Movies, Music, tagged 1974, Bad Company, Band On The Run, Death Wish, Elton John, Hooked On A Feeling, John Denver, Movies, Music, On The Border, Rock Your Baby, Seasons In The Sun, The Arlingtonian, The Longest Yard, Upper Arlington High School, WCOL-AM, WCOL-FM, Wings, WNCI on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was thinking about the summer of 1974 as I drove home today, because I heard the song Rock Your Baby by George McCrae on the radio. It was one of those songs that you seemed to hear everywhere, whether you were at the pool, or listening to the radio at home, or out on [...]
