Instead of repeating the formula that made Elton John a success, John and Bernie Taupin attempted their most ambitious record to date for the follow-up to their breakthrough. A loose concept album about the American West, Tumbleweed Connection emphasized the pretensions that always lay beneath their songcraft. Half of the songs don't follow conventional pop song structures; instead, they flow between verses and vague choruses. These experiments are remarkably successful, primarily because Taupin's lyrics are evocative and John's melodic sense is at its best. As should be expected for a concept album about the Wild West, the music draws from country and lues in equal measures, ranging from the bluesy choruses of "Ballad of a Well-Known Gun" and the modified country of "Country Comfort" to the gospel-inflected "Burn Down the Mission" and the rolling, soulful "Amoreena." Paul Buckmaster manages to write dramatic but appropriate string arrangements that accentuate the cinematic feel of the album.
Artist: Elton JohnAlbum: Tumbleweed Connection (Cd 2)Click here to downloaddownload There Goes A Well Known Gun (Previously Unreleased) mp3download Come Down In Time (Previously Unreleased) mp3download Country Comfort (Previously Unreleased) mp3download Son Of Your Father (Previously Unreleased) mp3download Talking Old Soldiers (Previously Unreleased) mp3download Into The Old Man's Shoes (Previ...
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Music by Elton JohnLyrics by Bernie TaupinAvailable on the album Tumbleweed Connection Why hello, say can I buy you another glass of beerWell thanks a lot that's kind of you, it's nice to know you careThese days there's so much going onNo one seems to want to knowI may be just an old soldier to someBut I know how it feels to grow oldYeah that's right, you can see me here most every nightYou'll ...
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There's nothing like the afternoon rays of the sun. Like country roads and their turning. The AM radio pushes me on into a rising curve, into an Elton John song from the 1970s, 'Where to Now St Peter?' It reminds me of being 15 years old; of being 47 now: "I took myself a blue canoe and I floated like a leaf".A cemetery swings into view as I enter Millthorpe. White crosses and granite tombstone...
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Artist: Elton JohnAlbum: Tumbleweed Connection (Cd 2)Click here to downloaddownload There Goes A Well Known Gun (Previously Unreleased) mp3download Come Down In Time (Previously Unreleased) mp3download Country Comfort (Previously Unreleased) mp3download Son Of Your Father (Previously Unreleased) mp3download Talking Old Soldiers (Previously Unreleased) mp3download Into The Old Man's Shoes (Previ...
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| 1 Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun |
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| 2 Come Down In Time |
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| 3 Country Comfort |
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| 4 Son Of Your Father |
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| 5 My Father's Gun |
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| 6 Where To Now St. Peter? |
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| 7 Love Song |
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| 8 Amoreena |
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| 9 Talking Old Soldiers |
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| 10 Burn Down The Mission |
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| 11 Into The Old Man's Shoes |
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| 12 Madman Across The Water |
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