Who is goodbye yellow brick road about

It would have gone a number of different ways, but it ended up being a tune about a bootlegger. Again, it was one of those cinematic stories. I was just the guy who wrote the melodies, that was my job. I just love writing to his lyrics. He just gave me the lyrics. Like any other child of my generation in England, I grew up on American music, American movies and American television. The lyrics to the title track do say that I want to leave Oz and get back to the farm.

He was always the quiet one and the more thoughtful one. It was a time that we had no fear, nothing was beyond us. We were running on momentum and adrenaline. And this was our example of being at the height of our creative powers. I think it was just the quality of the songs and the amount of them that we had in in the end…I think it was the pinnacle of our career at that point. In those days, a record was off the radio after eight or nine weeks.

This record came out two and a half years ago! We were ready to move on. Elton John, Yellow Brick Road. Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again. You are no longer onsite at your organization. Please log in. Compartir en Facebook Compartir en Twitter.

I should have stayed on the farm I should have listened to my old man You know you can't hold me forever I didn't sign up with you I'm not a present for your friends to open This boy's too young to be singing the blues So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can't plant me in your penthouse I'm going back to my plough Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road What do you think you'll do then?

I bet that'll shoot down your plane It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics To set you on your feet again Maybe you'll get a replacement There's plenty like me to be found Mongrels, who ain't got a penny Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can't plant me in your penthouse I'm going back to my plough Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road.

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And such is the high-class, celebrity-like lifestyle the singer is apparently living. Now the addressee is someone s who is compelling him to the contrary.

So basically, what the narrator is doing throughout is beefing with the addressee. Or stated differently, if he actually did take such an action many people who are dependent on his skills would likewise be affected. This is yet further evidence that Bernie Taupin is in fact the subject of this tune. And why? Because in addition to being perceived in real life as more modest than Elton, he also actually grew up on a farm.

Whether this track is a reflection of Mr. For generally speaking, it is based on a rather-simple narrative which practically anyone can empathize with. The singer is fed up with an extravagant lifestyle, largely due to part the deal being his exploitation by others. And on top of that, he remembers the simplicity of how life was in a rural setting before he blew up. And returning back to that type of livelihood has a special appeal to him in light of what he is currently enduring.

The music for this song was written by Elton John and the lyrics by Bernie Taupin. Elton John finally got around to putting on a show in Vermont, after already performing in all of the other 49 American states, on 21 July The album has sold over 30 million copies around the globe.

All the tracks on the album were composed by John and English lyricist Bernard John Taupin known for his long-term collaboration with John. Living gay in the s was a nightmare to begin with and then add the drama of any relationship… Thank goodness most of us are over that bigotry. I see it as Bernie writing the song to Elton. Yellow is a symbolic color of sickness as in jaundice. A yellow brick road symbolizes a toxic choice journey or life path. The narrator makes a choice to change his destiny.

It is one of the greatest songs written.