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Elton John – Better Off Dead
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[Verse 1] / There was a face on a hoarding that someone had drawn on / And just enough time for the night to pass by without warning / Away in the distance there's a blue flashing
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I’m a classic rock fan, with a soft spot for Elton John and his band. I’m a big fan of anything 60s-80s.
With the help and guidance of EwokABdevito and EMaddenHGA, sitzpinkler made me an editor on 2/7/19.
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Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
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The first single off of legendary singer Elton John’s 32nd studio album, The Lockdown Sessions, “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” reworks some of Elton’s classics alongside vocals from
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Elton John – Your Song
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The song was composed and performed by Elton John but the lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin. It originally appeared in his self titled and second album.
Elton John hadn’t come
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Elton John – One Day (at a Time)
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[Verse 1] / You are my weakness / You are my friend / Nothing I have in the world / Makes better sense / 'Cause I'm the fish and you're the sea / When we're together / Or when we'
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Elton John – Someone Saved My Life Tonight
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“Someone Saved My Life Tonight” was the only major hit single from Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. It entered the top 25 on the UK singles chart, and narrowly missed
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Kanye West – All of the Lights
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“All of the Lights” is the 4th single from Kanye West’s 5th studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
The song is about Kanye’s qualms living as a celebrity with personal
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Elton John – Crocodile Rock
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Likely inspired by the song Daddy Cool’s “Eagle Rock” and Neil Sedaka’s “Oh! Carol,” “Crocodile Rock” comments on rock’s evolution over time using metaphors.
Elton John actually
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Elton John – House of Cards
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I hear tell some playboy has kidnapped your heart / With his plane and his plans for games after dark / Just a pain in his pocket, and the price of a room / Where the second hand
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Elton John – Writing
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“Writing” is an account of Bernie Taupin and Elton John’s songwriting process. This song (indeed the entire album) takes place between 1967, when Taupin and John were introduced
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Elton John – (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
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[Verse 1] / I can hound you if I need to / Sip your brandy from a crystal shoe / In the corner / In the corner / While the others climb reaching dizzy heights / The world's in
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Elton John – Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
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The leading single off Elton John’s 1973 seminal album ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’, Elton wrote the song with writing partner Bernie Taupin and was inspired by Bernie’s young
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Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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The fourth track on Elton John’s 1973 double album of the same name, and the second single from the album. Written by Elton and his co-songwriter Bernie Taupin, “Goodbye Yellow
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Elton John – Curtains
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“Curtains” is the second part of “We All Fall In Love Sometimes.” It was played as a single track and then cut in two for the album, and it is usually played together live.
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Elton John – Bitter Fingers
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[Verse 1] / I'm going on the circuit / I'm doing all the clubs / And I really need a song, boys / To stir those workers up / And get their wives to sing it with me / Just like in
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Elton John – Tower of Babel
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[Verse 1] / Snow, cement / And ivory young towers / Someone called us Babylon / Those hungry hunters tracking down the hours / [Pre-Chorus 1] / But where were all your shoulders
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2Pac – Ghetto Gospel
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2Pac’s part was recorded in 1992 and was supposed to be featured on A Very Special Christmas 2 (check out the original version here)— however, due to legal trouble later in the
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Elton John – Philadelphia Freedom
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An Elton John/Bernie Taupin composition, produced by Gus Dudgeon, “Philadelphia Freedom” was released as a single February 24, 1975.
Written as a favour to John’s friend, tennis
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Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
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This song is about Elton John, characterized as “Captain Fantastic,” and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin is “The Brown Dirt Cowboy.” It is interesting that John and Taupin
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Eminem (Ft. Elton John) – Stan (Live from the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards)
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[Verse 1: Eminem] / Dear Slim, I wrote you, but you still ain't callin' / I left my cell, my pager and my home phone at the bottom / I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not
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Elton John – Once We Were Kings
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[Spoken MRS. WILKINSON] / Here's a piece of advice, Billy / Piss off out of here / Start everything a-fresh and don't look back / There is sod-all left for you here / You are very
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Elton John – We All Fall in Love Sometimes
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“We All Fall In Love Sometimes” was released as the ninth single of Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy. The theme of this album is the relationship between Elton and his
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Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight
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“In the Air Tonight” remains one of Phil Collins‘ best known hits. Its music video was directed by Stuart Orme and played on MTV shortly after the channel launched in 1981.
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Spotify – New Music Friday 08/26/22
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DJ Khaled - BEAUTIFUL (feat. Future & SZA) / Lil Tjay - Beat the Odds / Joji - YUKON (INTERLUDE) / Elton John - Hold Me Closer / Rema - Calm Down (with Selena Gomez) / Katie
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Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead or Alive
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The song “Wanted Dead or Alive” is the third single off Slippery When Wet. It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making Slippery When Wet the first glam metal album to
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The Band – The Weight
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“The Weight,” by the Band’s Robbie Robertson, appears on their album Music from Big Pink (1968).
Robertson tells a story about a traveler’s visit to a small town, but mixes
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Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King (Ft. Geoff Hoyle, Heather Headley, John Vickery, Kevin Cahoon, Stanley Wayne Mathis & Tracy Nicole Chapman) – Madness of King Scar
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[SCAR, spoken] / Zazu, why am I not loved? / (sung) / I am that rare and awesome thing / I'm every inch a king / Yet, I feel a twinge of doubt / As I go walk about / [HYENAS
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Elton John – The Bitch Is Back
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[Verse 1] / I was justified when I was five / Raising Cain, I spit in your eye / Times are changing, now the poor get fat / But the fever's gonna catch you when the bitch gets back
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King of the Dot (Ft. Canibus & Dizaster) – Canibus vs. Dizaster
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http://youtu.be/l9KjsBIsr2g?t=7m28s
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Spotify – New Music Friday 1/10/20
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Every Friday, Spotify compiles the hottest and most notable recent releases. If you want to discover new music and keep up with the freshest songs, listen to the playlist below and
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Elton John – Tiny Dancer
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For pretty much all of Elton John’s greatest songs, the words were written by Bernie Taupin. The result is that sometimes Elton is singing words that are actually intensely
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John Lennon – Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
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A lovely song John wrote for his son, Sean. It’s quite a lot like a lullaby, and he’s really just a father comforting his son.
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