Music Review: Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Page 2

Then there is the Stones influenced music style "Dirty Little Girl", before the album switches to rock with tracks such as "Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting" and "You Sister Can't Twist"

But while Elton John and Taupin experimented with many different music genres, two things did stay the same- the strong lyrics, and wonderful melodies. Two things that always seemed to work well for John and Taupin.

The fact is none more evident than on the Marilyn Monroe tribute, "Candle In The Wind", which makes your heartbreak just a little over the tragedy that was Marilyn Monroe. The lyrics say it all “and it seems to be you lived you life/like a candle in the win/never knowing who to cling to/when the rain set in/…your candle burned out long before/your legend ever did."

"Saturday Night..." was written after Elton and Taupin decided they were writing in too much an American style, and wanted to write something purely English. It became their first hit single, peaking at number one in the UK top ten.

This album is a must-have for your collection, and I would consider this probably his best album of all time. It's a sentiment that many Elton John fans feel, and Rolling Stone ranked it as number 91 on their top ranking 500 albums. Considered a double album with its 17 tracks, you will not be sorry to have this in your CD collection.

Songs not to miss: "Saturday Night’s Alright", "Bennie And The Jets", "Harmony", "Candle In The Wind", and "Funeral For A Friend".

I give this album 5/5

Article Author: Janine Macdonald

Janine is a freelance music Journalist, who has written for several different magazines, and websites including faster louder, and xwiredonline.

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