Elton John – Rocket Man

The inspiration for Bernie Taupin’s lyrics, was the short story The Rocket Man, written by Ray Bradbury. The sci-fi author’s tale is told from the perspective of a child, whose astronaut father has mixed feelings at leaving his family in order to do his job. It was published as part of the anthology The Illustrated Man in 1951.

This was produced by Gus Dudgeon, who worked with David Bowie on his 1969 song “Space Oddity.” Both songs have similar subject matter, and lots of people accused Elton of ripping off Bowie, something both Elton and Bernie Taupin deny.

The song can be interpreted as a symbol of how rock stars are isolated from their friends, family and from the real world by those with power in the music industry. Some lyric analysis as part of the rock star isolation theory:

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Elton John - Rocket Man (Royal Festival Hall, London 1972)

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Rocket Man, titlul oficial – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) este compus de Elton John și Bernie Taupin. Melodia a fost inclusă pe albumul din 1972, Honky Château, piesă care a devenit un hit internațional.

Cu peste 3 milioane de discuri vândute în SUA, este de trei ori certificat “Platină”. Revista Rolling Stone consideră aceatsat melodie că fiind #245 în calasamentul celor mai bune 500 de melodii din toate timpurile.

La înregistrarea originală au participat:

• Elton John – pian, voce
• Davey Johnstone – electric slide & chitara acustica, backing vocal
• Dee Murray – chitara bass, backing vocal
• Nigel Olsson – baterie, backing vocal
• David Hentschel – ARP synthesizer

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