Sir Elton John

This man truly has changed my life.  Why?  That’s a really amazing question, I have no idea.  I have never met him, although it is my dream to.  In fact, the closest I've ever been to Elton John was when I saw him in concert at the Verizon Wireless Center in Manchester, New Hampshire.  I was quite far away.  

 

I guess I have somewhat of an idea; it is the songs he writes.  Why?  I'm not one hundred percent sure.   They are all very catchy.  However, one of my favorite songs, Rocket Man seems to have no deeper meaning, at least that I can find.  It is just a happy song, one you can belt out in the car with the windows rolled down when you're all alone.  Yeah, one of those songs, we all have them.

 

The list goes on, Benny and The Jets, I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues, Crocodile Rock.  I could sing those songs over and over again.  But I think my love for Elton John goes further beyond the catchiness of his chord sequences.  I think it has to do with what he is trying to say.

 

Now I have no idea what Elton John would say to me if he read this.  I could be completely wrong.  But I guess this is more about what Elton John means to me…

 

The lyrics he writes are true.  He writes what he feels and what I all feel and what we all feel at one time or another.  I guess I feel as though he writes for the hopeless romantic in all of us.  We know the words he sings by heart because we relate them to our own lives whether they actually relate or we just wish they did. 

 

“And I guess that's why they call it the blues

Time on my hands could be time spent with you”

                                                               --Elton John

                                                  I guess that's why they call it the blues

 

When I hear this song I think of all the people I love and the ones I miss.  Elton John just hits the nail on the head with his lyrics and sending them straight to the heart, as corny as that may sound. 

 

Maybe that is my problem.  Maybe I am too “corny-romantic” loving, but oh well I love what I love.  And the expression of these feeling, I will go as far as saying, have changed my life.  I guess, I feel as though I have a connection with Sir Elton John on some level, or maybe all people in general for that matter. 

 

Perhaps the most amazing song is, Your Song.  It just embodies every magical thing about Elton John and his songs.  He has created the standard for love songs, mostly because they are so realistic.  These songs are just so amazing because they can speak to everyone and only one, which is why Elton John has had such an impact on my life.  Be it a love song or one to sing with the windows down, Elton John never fails to create the perfect musical experience.

 

“Hope you don't mind that I put down in words

How wonderful life is while you're in the world”

                                                                --Elton John

                                                                               “Your Song”