Tag: elton-john

Candle in the Wind, by Elton John.

Not sure you can tell in the video, but I am back from a work trip and I’m completely exhausted, just absolutely wrecked and can’t wait to go to sleep. I messed around with the faceted search on the guitar chords site, like “give me something in D with a capo from the 1970s” and this worked out pretty well! (I guess it’s actually in E with the capo, which tells you something about data quality and how they’re indexing that sort of thing.)

This song is apparently from the 1970s? I know, that was surprising to me, too. Why did it become a hit again in the late ’80s or whenever that was? I don’t mean the Princess Diana remix, either. Maybe there was a movie or something? Anyway, I’m a sucker for this one. Hmm, did I forget to do the real emotional chorus toward the end? Heckit.

Your Song, by Elton John.

It seems like 100% of my experience of Elton John’s music has been through the radio. Never owned an Elton John record, never been to a show, never had it around the house, but I could probably sing parts of a good solid 40 Elton John songs if you made me.

Please, don’t make me.

There a few that I have some feelings about, though, like this one and Daniel, and maybe a couple more.

Kept it simple tonight! One take, including some stumbles, one track only.