A Sunset Song
Sunrise (see previous entry), sunset (this entry). One’s a picture, the other’s a song.
Okay, enough of that nonsense.
deesee had posted an Elton John song a few days back, one that is more than six minutes long. This morning, I was listening to another long Elton John song, and it got me wondering which was longer. So I checked the Internet and found that mine is longer by 10 seconds.
It seems EJ has a penchant for long ones, cuz he has another song, “Someone save my life tonight” that is also more than 6 minutes long, as well as that 11-minute+ elegy, “Funeral for a friend (Love lies bleeding)” .
But this 6′ 47″ song is a long-time favourite that, like most of his early hits, has lyrics penned by Bernie Taupin. It’s a sad one, about Indians and cowboys, and particularly about the twilight years of an Indian warrior. Bernie sure has a way with words. The arrangement is lush, too.
Here you go, “Indian Sunset” by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, from the 1971 album Madman Across The Water.
