SEASONS ( ELTON JOHN / BERNIE TAUPIN COVER ) 04.28.09

[pwk22]

This is wonderful. Bless you. 

[michaelthorner]

@pwk22 Thank you for listening! It's one of my favourite Elton John/Bernie Taupin songs.

[michaelthorner]

@pwk22 Right back atcha! Thanks.

[lv6]

Great job : ) I really enjoy your voice and interpretation of this song. Awesome, just awesome man, well done. Thank you for sharing this with us. I just discovered this song last week. And I am so glad that I did.

Take Care,

Layne

[manfredicomposer]

I like your video. Wicked

[werytraveler]

thx man great cover. I was hoping you'd do it justic and you did for sure. Movie's good too. Oh to be young again.

[godwhyisthistaken]

fantastic I love this song from this movie which Elton doesn't do enough, your fantastic great cover pretty impressive.

[michaelthorner]

Thanks! I checked out your page. Hadn't heard that live version of Bitter Fingers before. The whole Captain Fantastic album is great!

[majaldinho]

you re great pal, you did it with such feeling you really do justice to such a masterpiece!!!

[michaelthorner]

Very much appreciated sir! I went to your page. Hadn't heard that Wings track Power Cut before. Makes me want to pick up Red Rose Speedway now! ;-)

[circleblueguy]

beautiful! Do it any way it feels good, life is a mist here for a while and gone and music like this makes it worthwhile like your mellow version..., mine isn't even close, but I'm doin' it anyway

those it take it all too seriously are missing something

[hemetent]

Your voice is fine but , sorry, you should pay attention to the correct chord structure!

The G root remains throughout the fist 8 bars, i.e:

G Gmaj7 C/G // C/G // G (repeat)

It is only at the change to F that the root note shifts with the following chords, (NOT including Am7):

F C/E G // F C/E D11 (add A) // ( Rpt. top line

For any of you out there reading this, I am NOT a know it all! I just know this guy could do an even better version of a lovely EJ song.

[michaelthorner]

I love that you know this, lol.

Thanks for the chords. I can already see you are correct in your transcription. I think 10 yrs time evolved my arrangement into the incorrect passing chords I now play. If I had another instrument to play along with, I'd love to get it to play that G note through the other chords, to give it that pastoral quality EJ and Buckmaster had in their version. I'm going to have a look at these chords though.

Hope you get the chance to listen to some of my other covers.

[michaelthorner]

Oh, and the chords I use in the intro are not the chords in the EJ/PB 1971 film/studio versions. Again, time blurred things a bit. ;-)

[hemetent]

Hi again! No worries re your own intro. That's allowed! Yes, Buckmaster's arrangements were/are stunning. Remember the strings on MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER, for example?

I'll check out your other songs soon...

[cattymanly]

Your voice is slightly reminscent of Neil Young. You, sir, are a sensitive, talented musician and artist.

[LordPinner]

Compliments! from Italy...

[pwk22]

Hi Mike,

You did a beautiful version of this beautiful song. This is perhaps one of my top ten favorites of Elton. Paul Buckmaster was at the peak of his powers during the Friends period, and Taupin's lyrics, which are usually unimpressive to me, fit the movie perfectly.

And whilst on the subject, if you love this song but have never seen the movie Friends, roll the dice and rent it. It was life-changing for me as a teenager.

[jungleboiyt]

Thank you for posting this, and for all the awesome info in your comments about this post. I cant begin to put in words all that's inside me, when it comes to replying to people on here.. and so i won't even TRY right now, except just to let you know that. Very nice voice and playing! =) And I own the Elton "Rare Masters" CD too =) I've just recently started posting on here, so I'm TRYing!! : )~ I have a few EJ songs so far.. more to come. I might try this song too! =) I appreciate your talent!

[EJinthe70s]

nice version mike!

[michaelthorner]

Hey thank you, and thanks for accepting my clip on your page! Wouldn't it be great if Elton played this song in his next tour?

[EJinthe70s]

sure it would be great! he could make a piano medley with many less known songs...