Mudcat cover of Rocket Man

[betplom]

Wallaaaaaay!

My favourite city in Texas: El Paso.

Thanks anyways.

 

[Matty]

Muddy, please do Bohemian Rhapsody next.

 

[Bread]

Plommer did you really go to jail recently?

 

[BGS 9.5]

good play!!!

 

[Mudcat]

When you sang you were high as a kite will you were really high Mudcat?

I have not been high for a good many years. But taking a close look at this song as I have in the last day has made me wonder: is it about an astronaut as it appears on the surface or is it really about the experience of an addict?

 

[kato]

great job muddy...liked it

 

[AMBy]

Well done Muddy....you sir are talented

 

[Matty]

I have not been high for a good many years. But taking a close look at this song as I have in the last day has made me wonder: is it about an astronaut as it appears on the surface or is it really about the experience of an addict?

Could definitely be addiction. And/or rock n' roll fame.

 

[betplom]

Plommer did you really go to jail recently?

No, pal.

I haven't been in quite some time.

 

[MrMonkey]

OUTSTANDING!!!

 

[reno cool]

good job Muddy. Hopefully you appeased Bread, so I wont have to try it :

 

[Rubyn]

Muddy, wow. Absolutely awesome.

Are you able to memorize lyrics well or do you have to read them from paper?

 

[Mudcat]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

I am pretty good at memorizing lyrics if I set my mind to it. But with a song like that where it's not fresh in my mind and I only prepped for maybe 45 minutes, I want the lyrics and chords in front of me. I don't know if I actually looked at them while I was recording but it's a security blanket.

I have a songbook with a bunch of lyrics/chords and I guess I'll stick Rocket Man in there now.

 

[Saulty]

I have not been high for a good many years. But taking a close look at this song as I have in the last day has made me wonder: is it about an astronaut as it appears on the surface or is it really about the experience of an addict?

I was always under the impression this song was about drug addiction but you bring up a good point in maybe Elton John wants to be an astronaut. Who wouldn't want to be one?

 

[Bread]

I was always under the impression this song was about drug addiction but you bring up a good point in maybe Elton John wants to be an astronaut. Who wouldn't want to be one?

An ass-tro-nut.

 

[Mudcat]

The idea that it is about rock star fame makes a lot of sense too. Elton was known for acting wild and flamboyant on stage so, I'm not the man they think I am at home makes sense in that context. It's lonely out in space could be talking about being on the road.

The only drawback to that theory is the words were written by Bernie Taupin who was not living the rockstar life. However it could just come from imagination. He was not an astronaut either so if it is in fact just a fanciful story about an astronaut, it would be the product of imagination.

Then again, both Elton John and Taupin are gay and I don't think they had come out of the closet at that time so maybe that is part of the disenfranchisement being discussed.

Or maybe they were both big Roger Clemens fans.

 

[Ike Mana]

Great Muddy. A really heartfelt rendition. :clap2:

The silhouette added a certain mystery and longing. Awesome.

Kind of reminded me of the silhouette drawings we would do at vacation bible school.

 

[Fu Manchu]

great job mudder!