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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 16 July 2022 CE
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Edited Jul 17, 2022, 14:54
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 16 July 2022 CE
Jul 17, 2022, 14:53
Fitter Stoke wrote:


I played ‘Rock Of The Westies’ a few months ago for the first time in years and was bowled over by it: so much energy and fun goes on in its grooves. It’s a lesser remembered reminder of how productive Elton was in the seventies. I’m gonna play it again now!



'Rock Of The Westies' seems like a riposte to the conceptual depth of the same year's 'Captain Fantastic' as well as more of a showcase for his heavier new band than his own songwriting. Very Stones-influenced from its riffs to its occasional political incorrectness, the jokey title suggests it's not meant to be taken too seriously. Love the Bo-Diddley-in-space stomp of closing track 'Billy Bones And The White Bird'. In her otherwise excellent 'His Song' book, Elizabeth J. Rosenthal describes 'Billy Bones' as 'probably the most annoying music Elton has ever composed' so I was glad to see Elton himself say he came close to including it on the Deep Cuts section of the Jewel Box.
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