Elton John, Your Song | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 91^st edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Your Song” by iconic musician, Elton John. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 91^st edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Your Song”, performed by 🎙 Elton John.

via GIPHY

“It’s a little bit funny / This feeling inside / I’m not one of those who can easily hide.” Those, ladies and gentlemen, are the iconic opening lyrics from 🎵 “Your Song”. “Your Song” is one of those PERFECT songs. It appeared on the 1970 🎙 Elton John album, 💿 Elton John! John continues singing, in the first verse, “I don’t have much money, but boy if I did / I’d buy a big house where we both could live.” Aww 🥰, the feels and the sentiment! As has been the case through much of his illustrious career, John penned the music while 🎼 ✍ Bernie Taupin composed the lyrics.  Of course, the distinct, expressive pipes of John brought Taupin’s lyrics to life 💪.

“Your Song” is one of the best and most recognizable songs from the Elton John collection.  It peaked at no. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it one of the 29 top 10 hits by the iconic Academy and Grammy Award winning artist 🤯. The songwriting, in tandem with a tuneful melody makes “Your Song” elite.  The verses are utterly sublime – quite thoughtful and poetic.  The centerpiece, of course, is the chorus:

“And you can tell everybody

This is your song

It may be quite simple, but now that it’s done

I hope you don’t mind

I hope you don’t mind

That I put down in the words

How wonderful life is while you’re in the world.”

Beyond marvelous songwriting and performance, the instrumental is stupendous.  Besides the rhythm section, warm strings add to the allure of 🎵 “Your Song”, truly a once in a lifetime record.

via GIPHY

🎙 Elton John  • 💿 Elton John • 🏷 Mercury • 🗓 1970

Elton John, “Your Song”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 91 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Mercury; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via  Pixabay]