Soul Glove

[BiteUrLip]

Music: Elton John

Lyrics: Bernie Taupin

Piano: Elton John

Drums: Mel Gaynor

Bass: Deon Estus

Electric guitar: Davey Johnstone

Keyboards: Fred Mandel

Tenor Sax: David Bitelli

Trumbets: Paul Spong, Raul D'Oliveira

Trombone and bass trombone: Rick Taylor

Tenor sax: Bob Sydor

Conga, tambourine and shaker: Frank Ricotti

String arrangement: James Newton-Howard

Backing vocals: Kiki Dee, Kate Kissoon, Pete Wingfield, Alan Carvell, Davey Johnstone

You say today was not so easy

Pressure tends to get the best of you

Well don't let them break your spirit

Keep the faith and you will come on through


And I'll head home for the weekend

You're tired and you know I'll understand

Just be waiting on the front steps baby when I get there

And take a giant step into my hands


And slip into my soul glove

Pull it on we got a tight fit

Never take it off

And baby if the seam's rough

And honey if the skin's soft

You and me we go together

Oh like a soul glove


Look at me don't you believe me

Cheating hangs a noose around your neck

To shave in someone else's mirror

Is one desire I haven't dreamed of yet


But I'll head home for the weekend

You're tired and you know I'll understand

Just be waiting on the front steps baby when I get there

And take a giant step into my hands

[BiteUrLip]

One of the better songs from IOF. A really nice effort, though there's not that much soul in it.

4½ stars.

[dougs]

"Soul Glove" from ICE ON FIRE:

A decent and barely soulful mid-tempo song propelled by horns that sounds like it might have fit on SLEEPING WITH THE PAST.  A bit mechanical and far from organic, "Soul Glove" apparently was originally recorded with a string section.  I always felt that the song was on the verge of going somewhere but it never really does.  Still, a decent song lost in the middle of Elton's vast catalogue.

Rating:  3 1/2 to 4 stars

Doug

[Commodore Orpington]

Great, should have been a third single. In one or two countries it was. I like the line about shaving in someone else's mirror. I don't like the George Michael influenced synth sound of Ice on Fire, but that slight icy tinge works alright here.

Not good to decide what style a song seems like it's supposed to be, R&B in this case, and judge it for not sounding enough like that. EJ transcends styles and adds something different.

[newloneranger]

I agree, this would have been a good choice for a single. One of my favorites from this album. One of the funnier songs on the album.

5 stars

[rocketman]

4 stars...Nice mid tempo tune that bears the marks of a decent single. Catchy, pleasant enough, though unremarkable, my guess is that if another single would have been issued, this would have been it.

[nix]

5
Obscure song that could have been classic. Brilliant.