Monday, July 25, 2005
Songs that didn't need to be remade, especially by Elton John
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." Argh. I heard this on the way to work the other morning and somehow couldn't quit listening; it was like watching a really bad movie that stars somebody you used to like a lot.
I would also include "Candle in the Wind" on this list. I thought at the time that Princess Diana deserved her own song, not a rewrite of somebody else's, and I've read a rumor that Elton John intended that; that the rewrite was a misunderstanding on Bernie Taupin's part, and by the time it was cleared up it was too late to write another song. Elton John apparently hasn't played it since the funeral, and does the Marilyn Monroe version from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in concert.
I would also include "Candle in the Wind" on this list. I thought at the time that Princess Diana deserved her own song, not a rewrite of somebody else's, and I've read a rumor that Elton John intended that; that the rewrite was a misunderstanding on Bernie Taupin's part, and by the time it was cleared up it was too late to write another song. Elton John apparently hasn't played it since the funeral, and does the Marilyn Monroe version from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in concert.
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