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@STFUZombies The song was published in 1972. Bernie Taupin, Elton's lyricist, wrote the words. Bernie was 22 then and Elton was 25. Taupin wrote the lyrics for many of Elton John's greatest songs. I was still in college when this came out & it holds up really well. Most of Elton's work holds ...

I like Joni Mitchell, but here she sounds almost as bad as Yoko Ono screeching with John Lennon. Also the sound man had her mike cranked up way to high so her voice overpowers the others. Not the way singing harmony should work.

@robkroese Correct. Sturgeon defended writing science fiction by noting that 90% of films, literature, consumer goods, etc. are crap & it is a fact of life that most things are not very good. See the Wiki entry on Sturgeon's Law.

I saw the Academy of Ancient Music play the entire Brandenburg a year or two back & it was the best classical concert I've ever attended.

A great song, a gorgeous woman, & a poorly conceived video. Should have had Tarsem do it.

White boys telling John Lewis he can't talk to a crowd of white boys. He actually is better off not talking to them. They have no ability to reason or hear anything they don't wish to hear.

@ionthetarget What did Mr. Weintraub have to do with Karen's anorexia?

I gotta go see these guys. This is a great tune & they have some great harmony going on.

I heard them last Saturday on Prarie Home Companion for the first time. Their harmonies are other worldly. This is a great song & this duo is terrific.

@alexmun133 bald c.1300, ballede, probably, with M.E. -ede adjectival suffix, from Celt. bal "white patch, blaze" especially on the head of a horse or other animal (from PIE base *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, gleam;" see bleach). Cf., from the same root, Skt. bhalam "brightness, forehead," Gk. pha...

We are not going to have one world government unless it is a military dictatorship, which is far more likely than the human race evolving into mild mannered, gentle nice guys. Our DNA has two million years of environmental conditions that are the exact opposite of what it will take to lead us in...

A great version of a great song. I worked in a bar when I was in graduate school & we had a big Wurlitzer album juke box. I put this album on that box when it came out & cranked up the four huge speakers in the joint when this played. That was 40 years ago & I am still not tired of this music.

@infernalphast9 You are thinking about Polly Von, which is not the same as There is a Time.

Pretty good snark on the Creationists. I love the bit about not caring about the facts.

Jed says hillbilly like it's a bad thing.