Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/04/04/elton-john-explains-tiny-dance.html
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Hmm. Doesn’t explain why he wants to be held closer by Tony Danza.
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“This piece is called ‘Lick My Love Pump’”
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god i love this song. always punches me right in the emotional heart… it’s so interesting to hear him still working parts of it out. and his voice during this period, wow. <3 love you, elton.
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you beat me to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vk5keNbRc
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Love that jacket.
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Thank you internet. Boy, to hear him just bang that out with nothing but him and the piano and the lyrics is so sweet. What a talent.
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The new biopic is looking better and better:
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Who doesn’t?
It’s funny, but I’ve always heard that line as “All because of some tiny dancer/I’m counting headlights on the highway”, which I think I still prefer.
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So yeah, I went to the Almost Famous bus scene
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Almost included that clip in the post! Fantastic cinematic moment.
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23! Wow…
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23 and writing Tiny Dancer… What are millenials doing at the tender age of 23? How old was McCartney when he wrote Yesterday? 23!
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Funny, I always thought it was about bondage:
Hold me close and tie me down, sir
Now, just TRY not to hear those words in your head the next time the song plays. You’re welcome.
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Kate Bush wrote ‘The Man With The Child In His Eyes” when she was fourteen, as was Sandy Denny when she wrote ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes’, a song that shows emotional experience way beyond her tender years.
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I confess, that was the first time I’d ever heard the song.
(Don’t judge me.)
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Judgement Free Zone
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Oh I don’t know, probably the same thing every body who was 23 and not Elton John was doing back then.
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Except for the ones who are doing what Elton John was doing.
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