Music is always so much more than just music. It’s quite simply everything.
I had a moment to take in the purple jacket and track suit pants before Elton gave me that familiar gap-toothed smile and said ‘Hello’.
21 Swan Crescent, Pakuranga 1974Under all the fairy floss, trouble is lurking. There are wrong turns, regrets, situations that are easier to run from than face. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is about escape and it wasn’t lost on me that the first place I heard it was my favourite place to escape to
David Oke Geelong, and Point Lonsdale Caravan Park, 1974Mum thought that Funeral For A Friend sounded a bit like a Bach chorale. I was careful to not play Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting too loudly.
Colin Ritchie London, and motorway to Scotland 1974Elton looked across, smiled and waved and then he was gone. It was all over within a minute or so. The Mini was no match for the Roller.