onsdag 15 oktober 2008

En annan underbar Elton John låt.....och några till... :-)

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters heter den här låten. Kollade runt på Youtube på Elton John låtar. Den här är en av mina favoriter med Elton John. Men här är det Heart som gjort en cover på den. Och dom gör den riktigt bra! Deras röster gifter sig verkligen med varandra!
Det kommer säkert dyka upp fler Elton John låtar här på bloggen för jag är inne i en Elton John-period nu igen.:-) Lyssna och njut!






Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
vailable on the album Honky Château

And now I knowSpanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say
I thought I knew
But now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City

Until you've seen this trash can dream come true
You stand at the edge while people run you through
And I thank the Lord there's people out there like you
I thank the Lord there's people out there like you

While Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers
Turn around and say good morning to the night
For unless they see the sky
But they can't and that is why
They know not if it's dark outside or light

This Broadway's got
It's got a lot of songs to sing
If I knew the tunes I might join in
I'll go my way alone
Grow my own, my own seeds shall be sown in New York City

Subway's no way for a good man to go down
Rich man can ride and the hobo he can drown
And I thank the Lord for the people I have found
I thank the Lord for the people I have found



Snubblade över denna goding oxå.:-)




Ego

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Released as a UK single in March, 1978

Take a look at me now and take a taste of the money
I'm not in it for the bread I'm in it for the gravy, honey
Step on the thin ice lightly
And check out the show twice nightly
'Cause I'm on the stage tonight
And if the price is right
I will amaze before the light I crave the light
Blinding white I need the light tonight

Take a look at me now and take a look at my billing
I'm not in it as an extra, I'm in it for the killing
Inflate my ego gently, tell them heaven sent me
'Cause I'm so expressive and I'm so obsessed with my ego
My ego and it's message
Oh inform the press, invite the guests
I need the press tonight

Do you remember acting out your youth
A Romeo resplendent on an orange case
Do you remember how I would recite
And how I'd blow my lines and hide my face

Well maybe it was childish, foolish, before schoolish
Immaturish, lose your coolish
But I had to grow and prove my ego

Take a look at me now and take a taste of the money
I'm not in it for the bread I'm in it for the gravy, honey
Inflate my ego gently, tell them heaven sent me
Oh 'cause I'm so expressive and I'm so obsessed with my ego
My ego and it's message
Oh inform the press, invite the guests
I need the press tonight

Den här låten har jag sjungit många gånger när jag varit förbannad. Om ni lyssnar (eller läser) på en viss del av texten så förstår ni nog varför...;-)



Better off dead


Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

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 light
Someone's in trouble somewhere tonight
As the flickering neon stands ready to fuse
The wind blows away all of yesterday's news

Well they've locked up their daughters and they battened the hatches
They always could find us but they never could catch us
Through the grease streaked windows of an all night cafe
We watched the arrested get taken away
And that cigarette haze has ecology beat
As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street

'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the fire
If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired
If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side
Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died

Better off dead ...


Det här är nog den vackraste låten Bernie Taupin och Elton John någonsin gjort tillsammans.
Jag blir alltid tårögd när jag hör den. Kan inte låta bli att tänka på mina barn och min egen lillebror.:-)



The greatest discovery


Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Elton John

Peering out of tiny eyes
The grubby hands that gripped the rail
Wiped the window clean of frost
As the morning air laid on the latch

A whistle awakened someone there
Next door to the nursery just down the hall
A strange new sound you never heard before
A strange new sound that makes boys explore

Tread neat so small those little feet
Amid the morning his small heart beats
So much excitement yesterday
That must be rewarded must be displayed

Large hands lift him through the air
Excited eyes contain him there
The eyes of those he loves and knows
But what's this extra bed just here

His puzzled head tipped to one side
Amazement swims in those bright green eyes
Glancing down upon this thing
That make strange sounds, strange sounds that sing

In those silent happy seconds
That surround the sound of this event
A parent smile is made in moments
They have made for you a friend

And all you ever learned from them
Until you grew much older
Did not compare with when they said
This is your brand new brother
This is your brand new brother
This is your brand new brother



2 kommentarer:

  1. MÄH!!! Heart är ju MINA favoriter! =D Skitbra, verkligen!

    SvaraRadera
  2. Har typ börjat upptäcka nu hur bra dom är.:-) Måste nog skaffa en cd med dom eller nåt.
    Och dom verkar ju gilla Elton John så då är dom helt OK i mina ögon!:-D

    SvaraRadera