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Hell
Mar 6, 2020 2:21:35 GMT
Post by BiteUrLip on Mar 6, 2020 2:21:35 GMT
Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
Take a look around, there ain't no angels here
Just a big red moon all bloody and dirty
Coughing like a factory in the atmosphere
Take a happy face, stick it on the Middle East
There's a light switch broken
And a million fingers pointing at each other
For a minute's peace
Sweet talking baby Jane
She's a little golden tart
Looks like Cleopatra, acts like Joan Crawford
Rolling on a carpet with an ice pick in her heart
chorus:
And it's all or nothing
I feel like jumping
Where are my wings, what's my ETA
And I don't know all that is
Like the place where angels live
All I know is Hell is not below
See Joe Public hanging from a red-tipped noose
Trapped in a bottle, drowning with a genie
Waist-deep in wishes you can never use
At the last resort the geishas spread like flies
It's the moody black cloud all bitchy and muddy
Sticking to the ceiling like Gods on the night
Running in the river since she was only five years old
Only took a second as the windows shattered
Falling precious metal to suck out her soul
(repeat chorus)
(repeat chorus)
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Hell
Mar 6, 2020 2:22:04 GMT
Post by BiteUrLip on Mar 6, 2020 2:22:04 GMT
A decent outtake, would get better points with proper sound quality.
4 stars.
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Hell
Mar 6, 2020 23:25:49 GMT
Post by dougs on Mar 6, 2020 23:25:49 GMT
"Hell" an outtake from MADE IN ENGLAND:
"Hell" is a really interesting outtake from the MADE IN ENGLAND sessions recorded in 1994 and never officially released anywhere. There is a poor quality recording of the song as a demo floating around that shows off what the song was shaping up to be. The verses are fantastic. This track was shaping up to be a decent song. It may not have fit into what Elton was looking for at the time. EJ was attempting to create a certain mood for his one-word songs for MADE IN ENGLAND and "Hell" may not have fit the tone. The sessions produced some other solid tracks that such as "Red" which were also excluded from the MADE IN ENGLAND album.
Apparently a better quality version which is more difficult to find exists of this song. Too bad this song never got completed and included as a rarity or B-side.
Rating: 4 to 4 1/2 stars (for songwriting quality and not the poor quality recording of the song floating around out there)
Doug
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Hell
Mar 7, 2020 18:45:11 GMT
Post by newloneranger on Mar 7, 2020 18:45:11 GMT
Nice to get a better sounding version from flights of fancy. Kind of a different unique song.
4 1/2 stars
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