catman wrote:
>
> I don't car for Elton John's music but Parkinson did an hour special on him the
>other.
> parky gave Elton a lyric his staff had made up earlier and asked Elton to compose a
>tune
> for it. Elton then just sang this lyric - really well. I was astonished.
> It completely baffles me how anybody can write music but I am very glad they can.
I saw the programme too, and it is a real talent Elton John has. Those
lyrics were so (deliberately) awful, yet he made them sound almost
bearable. It was a great TV moment.
In fact, what he *wrote* sounded like everything he'd done on record
over the last 10 years. Which probably says a lot about how little he
pushes himself artistically nowadays. I got bored with his output around
1993, the songs just started to blur into each other. Still, he has a
formula that obviously works for him.
Jason.
