Re: The Elton John Style Parody Mystery
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:20 am
Okay, this mystery is starting to gnaw at me again. So to recap:
1. The Elton song is NOT one of his singles--but is a fan favorite--and was recorded pre-2011.
2. One of either the target EJ song OR correct Al song was mentioned in the original thread about this. (Here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11022)
3. "Midnight Star" is not the Al song in question.
4. The Al song has not been previously identified as a style-parody of another artist.
So over in the Music forum under Unreleased Tracks, someone who played with Al on some songs posted that he recalls a recording session where they played EJ's "Your Sister Don't Dance (But She Can Rock N Roll)", which is a song off the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album. I'm convinced that any EJ homage by Al would be based on a song off GYBR because we know that was an influential album for Al. As for which Al song, something about "Don't Wear Those Shoes" always struck me as Elton John-esque...but not quite. That was also one of the few songs mentioned in the original thread. So here's my new guess based on all of this:
"Don't Wear Those Shoes" = "Your Sister Don't Dance (But She Can Rock N Roll)"
Hopefully Bermuda is still checking in so he can tell me if I'm right or not. (Probably not.) (Right, that is.)
1. The Elton song is NOT one of his singles--but is a fan favorite--and was recorded pre-2011.
2. One of either the target EJ song OR correct Al song was mentioned in the original thread about this. (Here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11022)
3. "Midnight Star" is not the Al song in question.
4. The Al song has not been previously identified as a style-parody of another artist.
So over in the Music forum under Unreleased Tracks, someone who played with Al on some songs posted that he recalls a recording session where they played EJ's "Your Sister Don't Dance (But She Can Rock N Roll)", which is a song off the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album. I'm convinced that any EJ homage by Al would be based on a song off GYBR because we know that was an influential album for Al. As for which Al song, something about "Don't Wear Those Shoes" always struck me as Elton John-esque...but not quite. That was also one of the few songs mentioned in the original thread. So here's my new guess based on all of this:
"Don't Wear Those Shoes" = "Your Sister Don't Dance (But She Can Rock N Roll)"
Hopefully Bermuda is still checking in so he can tell me if I'm right or not. (Probably not.) (Right, that is.)