Curtains (Elton-John-Lied)
| Curtains | |
|---|---|
| Elton John | |
| publication | May 19, 1975 only album, not single |
| length | 6:15 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| text | Bernie Taupin |
| music | Elton John |
| album | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy |
Curtains is a song by the British singer and composer Elton John , the lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin .
The album `` Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy '' was realized as a concept album and takes up in chronological order as well as with autobiographical intention John and Taupin's life in London from 1967 to 1970. "Curtains" is the tenth of ten songs.
background
“Curtains” are the falling curtains for the concept album “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy”, a lyrical parable of Taupin.
The first joint composition by John and Taupin in 1967 was the song "Scarecrow", which was never marketed commercially. Taupin was allowed to play this first demo recording at the music publisher Dick James Music to his uncle Henry and his aunt Tati in Putney (London) , the first audible result of his cooperation with John. For John and Taupin it was joy, because hope for an artistic future, and at the same time concern, because the doubts and fear of failure were great ("I used to know this old scarecrow, he was my song, my joy and sorrow" ).
The farmer's boy Taupin compares this first song with a dandelion growing by chance between the furrows of a field that is no longer tilled. His first texts are childish words for him ("I once wrote these childish words for you"), but everyone must have his "once upon a time" ("You must have had a once upon a time").
"Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" was conceptually continued in 2006 with the album " The Captain & the Kid ".
occupation
- Elton John - vocals, piano, harpsichord, mellotron
- Davey Johnstone - guitar, backing vocals
- Dee Murray - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Nigel Olsson - drums, backing vocals
- Ray Cooper - tambourine, congas, glockenspiel
- David Hentschel - ARP synthesizer
production
- Gus Dudgeon - producer
Individual evidence
- ^ Philip Norman: Elton John. Harmony Books, New York 1992, ISBN 0-517-58762-9 , p. 294