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Post by BiteUrLip on Oct 26, 2020 23:08:57 GMT
Writer: Dinah Card, Carte Blanche
If your life is dull and dreary
And you're feeling rather weary
Of the mundane things that clutter up one's life
Drive your roller up to Bond Street
Where royalty and Sheiks meet
Make your day
Here's the thing to do
Spend a grand or two at Cartier
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Post by BiteUrLip on Oct 26, 2020 23:09:19 GMT
It's short but very cute.
4½ stars.
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Post by nix on Oct 27, 2020 11:01:22 GMT
*1/2 truly horrible song .... the good thing is that it's short.... it feels like smelling the fart of rich capitalist
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Post by dougs on Oct 27, 2020 12:42:21 GMT
"Cartier" B-side for "Sartorial Eloquence":
"Cartier" is a short little song written about EJ's favourite jewelry store at the time. It was initially an outtake from 21 AT 33 and was then used a rare double B-side for "Sartorial Eloquence" in 1980. It was added to the TO BE CONTUINUED box set in 1990 and again to the JEWEL BOX in 2020 where it appears on the B-SIDES 1976-1984 disc. The writing credit is given to Dinah Card & Carte Blanche (humour intended!) which, of course, is EJ & BT. This short 54 second song has managed to appear and reappear a disproportionate (based on its importance in EJ's catalogue) amount of times!
Elton did sing a line from "Cartier" while on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow Show" in September of 1980. This can be viewed on YouTube.
It is a song that I almost never play and don't miss it. I always go play the songs before I vote and write for these polls no matter how hard it may be! I'll try to rate "Cartier" not based on how I feel about it!
Rating: 3 to 3 1/2 stars
Doug
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Post by BiteUrLip on Oct 30, 2020 1:26:42 GMT
What was the another b-side, do you know (you said it was a double b-side)?
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Post by dougs on Oct 30, 2020 7:57:09 GMT
BiteUrLip:
The other B-side of "Sartorial Eloquence" other than "Cartier" was the song "White Man Danger" which also appears on the upcoming JEWEL BOX on the B-SIDES 1976-1984 disc. Only a couple of EJ 7" vinyl singles ever had two B-sides..."Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)" had two. The "Rocket Man" and "Honky Cat" vinyl singles in the UK had two B-sides. Interesting how the US and UK B-sides on 7" vinyl singles quite often had different tracks from one another. 12" EP singles and CD singles would often have multiple tracks other than the featured single.
Doug
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Post by newloneranger on Oct 31, 2020 11:06:57 GMT
Yea that single had 2 Bsides, don't see that much. I always skipped it to get to White Man Danger , Better than Big Dipper tho.
1 1/2 stars
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Post by Commodore Orpington on Nov 2, 2020 21:06:14 GMT
I've always LOVED this song, but here's why: I trusted that EJ would not sing such lyrics except as a sort of self-mocking thing. It's comedy. It's Elton's "Let them eat cake!" One thing he KNOWS the average person can't do is to jump in the Rolls Royce when we get a little bored, and treat ourselves to thousands of pounds/dollars' worth of the finest jewelry. His hamming up of the vocal a bit seems to confirm this. --------------- The thing is, I've often given artists credit for ironic hilarity in songs, when in fact, they meant their lyrics sincerely. I'm always disappointed at the world's literal mindedness... For dependably sarcastic lyrics you have to go to Randy Newman or Steely Dan... ---------- I grew up sure that "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum was a hilarious parody of the more simplistic kinds of religion. Turns out that, impossibly, he was actually serious... ----------- So maybe Elton actually has class cluelessness, and MEANS these lyrics. If he does, then I HATE the song for the same reasons as Nix... ------------- In the US, I think Elton alone is credited with the lyrics. I think "Ann Orson" is Bernie. Dinah Card might be Gary O.
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