Elton John - Grimsby (Caribou 3 of 13)

[barneygibz]

@leonakita grimsby is a town i live there.. not a small boat

[benjiboypoo]

i live here...

guess whats happenign right now??!!

thats right! its raining!

[cptrandall]

Love this song! I found this : In Barry Toberman's biography of Elton, it is claimed that he prompted Bernie into writing "Grimsby" because Randy Newman had written a song about Cleveland. Taupin was born on a farm near Sleaford, which is about fifty miles from Grimsby. (thanks, Alexander - London, England)

[dixgun]

i've loved this song my whole life but was surprised to read recently that the lyrics are rather sarcastic in nature. maybe i'd had that hunch before but elton's vocal delivery of those lyrics is so sincere.

[maximpetergriffin]

never seen Reg at the Peabung

[leonakita]

I'sn't a grimsby a little piss boat they drag alongaide a big boat in case it sinks?...wtf writes a song about that?

Indeed, a lost period for the Elster

[saketorasan]

ELTON JOHN／Grimsby

辞書で調べても、載ってなかった何とも言えない響きの単語。

[neatpleats11]

My crappy step father only did one thing right. He bought and played all the Elton John records.

[tdelacruz61]

Caribou has almost the exact same feel and effect of Be Here Now the album Oasis released after (What's the Story) Morning Glory -- Yellow Brick Road was just a hard act to follow and it shows all over Caribou, which sounds like everything that didn't make the cut on the earlier masterpiece. "Grimsby" however might be the best song on the album aside from "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me." Still pretty weak, though.

[carlos5928]

this has always been one of my favorites of Elton's

[michaelahl97]

@RichXbox360 well i cant really say what it was like in the mid 90's as i was born in 97 but from what youve said i can guess i has changed alot because now...its rubbish and like i said its full of chavs :)

[092AC]

lol @ michaelahl97, I always thought this song was a wee tad satirical? Cause I have heard from a few that Grimsby is a grungy crap town...however I'd prolly have a great time there if I ever went. This song makes me want to visit :) cheers!

[michaelahl97]

seriously out of all the towns in the world he sang about grimsby...it is a shithole that is full of chavs.

i live there :)

[RichXbox360]

@michaelahl97 You are an idiot, I lived there during my student years in the early to mid 90s, I loved it.

[demonhoopa]

I was obsessed with this song when I was 12.

[rothwellss]

Our daughter visited this great town yesterday to buy a tent. Last time I was there was 1975 Sunday night cold wet but nice. After 36 years she said the fish chips and peas are great price and taste are still incomparable. She loved it So thanks to GRIMSBY

[Lizwig1]

This song makes me proud to have been born in Grimsby and I currently live in a village just outside of it. A heavily underated town. Just hope the football club picks up again back to former glory.

[MrJonnie22]

nobody believes me when I rock this

[mariofarecraft2]

Pretty sweet tune.

[Survivor2002]

CRAZY...comparing this to the piano-and-vocal-only version from "Old Grey Whistle Test" in '74. It only shows how TIGHT the band was, and how superb Gus Dudgeon's production skills made this into something epic.

[LBjim]

This reminds me of 1974 when i was 10 and the hot girl down the strret in those tight Ditto Jeans!!...

[karenfunk2000]

This is a GREATG song, I couldn't remember the name and am so glad I founf it here

[evildeadfan123]

I remember listening to this song and I've Seen The Saucers on Vinyl when I was younger. This brings back so many memories, and the best decades for music was the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

[JoeWillSkateForStuff]

Grimsby is shit.

[Tuttyistheshizz]

@JoeWillSkateForStuff

joe da man

[SaddleCat1]

@JoeWillSkateForStuff It is now. What have you people done to it?!?!

[TheSilhouette89]

It's so catchy! =D

[juniper709]

love the vocals.. love everything about this song! (Dixie Lilly was after this song on the album, lol. I half expected to hear it now..) Tight. 

[wegotorangeomg]

Oh Bernie, you and your cute little lyrics :)

[weirdguy75]

Hearing the chords always makes me hear Crocodile rock.

[RKLuffy88]

One of the best songs on my FAVORITE EJ ALBUM! As a little kid, I listened to my mom's Caribou cassette, and that was how I was introduced to the music of Elton John. As a result, Caribou will forever hold a special place in my heart.

[mariojragucci2]

a thousand delights couldn't match the sweet sights; England your fair, but theres none that compare , to MY GRIMSBY

[alcarr99]

I used to have "Caribou" on 8-track when

I was in high school. "Pinky" and "Grimsby",

the second and third cuts from it, are back

to back excellent tunes. Elton's non hit

tunes from his albums are second to no one.

[mizofan]

@alcarr99 Yeah, i love Pinky too. So many Elton treasures that lots of people don't know: We All Fall in Love Sometimes, Curtains, High Flying Bird, Funeral for a Friend, Love lies Bleeding, Levon, Indian Sunset, Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, The Last Song, Original Sin, American Triangle, Porch Swing in Tupelo, Gone to Shiloh, Mandalay Again, Come Down in Time, Club at the End of the Street, I Feel like a Bullet, Tonight... well we all have our favourites but what an incredible catalogue!

[MrJonnie22]

no one would believe me when I told them Elton rocked a tune called Grimsby. Who would? Go Bernie!

[Squirble]

Lol - I'm from Grimsby and I've never heard this song until now. Crazy. Good though :o)

[angus071]

brill

[hardcorecordock]

A song named after my gash town! - good bless Grimsby

[greeniem]

@hardcorecordock yeah that's cool hardcorecock

[hardcorecordock]

@greeniem what ya harping on about!? - it is named after my crap town

[greeniem]

@hardcorecordock you mom gave me head :)

[hardcorecordock]

@greeniem you should be on stage, your hilarious

[mrtelevision]

1974

[Virginssaintsangels]

I love the way the musical arrangement sounds as if someone were laughing ....amazing !

[honkycabbit]

I FREAKIN LOVE THIS SONG!

[cavinggirl]

Agreed! this is a great song.

[doogie581]

true... very underrated album also.... i love elderberry wine.. gonna hear it now... :-)

[angus071]

elton at his best

[Bdreish]

this is pure elton!

[jim102353]

Very underated and overlooked tune.

[RebelFounderOdogoo]

@jim102353 a lot of his songs are.

[jim102353]

@RebelFounderOdogoo Bitter Fingers is also very underared and overlooked tune.

[RebelFounderOdogoo]

@jim102353 So is one of my all time fav songs by elton called the retreat. I first heard it as a b-side and it always just reaches inside me and brings to light oh so many emotions.

[amoskowitz0103]

@jim102353 This whole album is underrated and overlooked. (in my opinion). Ticking is one of my favs too. Love to play and sing it.