Elton John - Blues for My Baby and Me (Don't Shoot 4 of 14)

[willsall88]

So this is where Billy Joel's "Big Shot" came from. Hmmm....

[DerekBayRoberts1]

This would be Elton's "Norwegian Wood", because it's a love balled with a sitar.

Davey Johnstone had to have been as influenced by Ravi Shankar as much as George Harrison was.

[jcciml]

This song always has me teary-eyed and smiling at the same time.

[frankenboston]

what's the song that begins in the movie Dog day Afternoon?????????? i cannot find it !!! hELP !! lol,, its one of his best songs ever !!

[Andy1Emcee]

@frankenboston Amoreena, from the Tumbleweed Connection album. It is one of his best.

[wpollock1]

Songs like this are why Elton is so great. This song - and, other than Daniel and Crockodile Rock, the rest of the album received zero airplay. This song is the most sophisticated song on the album.

[Puseye2]

@wpollock1

In the early 70's to the mid 80' I worked for WEA Records (not Elton Johns label). He recorded for MCA Records at that time. However, Don't Shoot Me was a huge record for him.

[TheAlysheba]

..........and they say there is nothing perfect in this world..

[sofianeoran]

ghazal-insaf avec le compte de mon frere.......artiste cher elton vrai artiste je t'adore...some blues for baby and me.

[rootsdawta]

i loved this song in 1973...

[dadoctah]

Bernie and Elton wrote a song with very similar subject matter about a year later for Kiki Dee's "Loving and Free" album. That song's called "Lonnie and Josie", and it sort of combines the feel of this song with "Me and Bobbie McGee".

[futurevistas]

amazing!!

[KUCHUKOO]

This was the first song I listened to in this Album.. that was a long time back.. but because of the amazing quality of the music..It still stays fresh. Thanks for posting this

[TheMarceloVRamos]

Uma linda canção, do maior compositor pop de nossa era... Indenpendente de seu posicionamento pessoal, seus erros e acertos, Sir Elton John é uma das maiores lendas do pop rock mundial. Grande música, áureos tempos, onde se chegava mais alto na inspiração e mais profundo nos corações... balada de amor !

[CEOTerminator]

i said bye to my pop when i was a teenager, wow, time flies and we die sooner that we think. The HIGHWAY LOOKED LIKE IT NEVER DID - cuts like a blade...

[LenaKristinHALLAJ]

An amazing song I love through all these years....

[myblueroad]

Always loved this song too

Can't say there's an Elton John song I didn't like

[forbus56]

This song has a haunting quality that has always given me goosebumps. Great song.

[WEALTHFACTOR1000]

One of my biggest regrets in life is when I was 19 in 1973, that I did'nt take the advice of this song, just go "West to the sea."

[derubermax]

@WEALTHFACTOR1000 There's still time to go...

[elton14jp]

@derubermax

no, its too late

[mardalswar]

i know what you mean my friend, i guess we played it safe and here we are. such is life i suppose.

[TheClairasol]

Fantastic! Pure Elton!

[spd13062]

"There's a Greyhound outside in the rain, it's waiting for us".......

[WEALTHFACTOR1000]

@spd13062

[Connerisawesome]

What is this song about?

[VEGANSAM]

ONE OF HIS BEST...

[zibbyzubb]

This is without a doubt my favorite Elton John song of all time. It takes me back to my youth everytime I hear it. A happier time for me. I wish I could go back and be that young and carefree again.

[Seattlecarnut]

I love the sitar on this piece. One of my favourite song from Don't Shoot Me.

[djryanking]

This track sends shivers down my spine, truly one of the best album tracks he's recorded !! 1973 was the year for him, what with this and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". Takes me back to being a child, listening on my father's lap. He's not around anymore so it's an emotional attachment I have with Elton's music.

[mrtelevision]

Davey Johnstone played both

Acoustic Guitar and Sitar on

this song

[letsjam100]

What a song!!! The story of seperation between a father and daughter, well written.

[zsatsfm]

Yes, i would agree. So many great songs on this LP and on GYBR. 1973 was Eltons best year!

[rainscreen]

One of the greatest songs from EJ