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Post by BiteUrLip on May 15, 2019 9:53:41 GMT
Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
I hung out with the old folks in the hope that I'd get wise
I was trying to bridge the gap between the great divide
Hung on every recollection in the theater of their eyes
Picking up on this and that, in the few that still survive
chorus:
Call 'em up, dust 'em off, let 'em shine
The ones who hold onto the ones they had to leave behind
Those that flew, those that fell, the ones that had to stay
Beneath a little wooden cross oceans away
They bend like trees in winter, these shuffling old gray lions
Those snow-white stars still gather like the belt around Orion
Just to touch the faded lightning of the powerful design
Of the generation gathering for maybe the last time
(repeat chorus)
Oceans away where the green grass sways
And the cool wind blows across the shadow of their graves
Shoulder to shoulder, back in the day
Sleeping bones to rest in earth oceans away, oceans away
(repeat chorus)
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Post by BiteUrLip on May 15, 2019 9:54:07 GMT
My favorite song from TDB - simply wonderful! Very close to 5+.
5 stars.
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Post by dougs on May 15, 2019 18:14:48 GMT
"Oceans Away" from THE DIVING BOARD:
"Oceans Away" like most every song on THE DIVING BOARD featured Elton's piano and his vocal without any other or many instruments. This song has a thoughtful lyric from Bernie. It honours the veterans of wars gone by. It has a nice piano intro to the song. Elton performed it live on the 2013-14 tour. May not be a classic but "Oceans Away" is a mature thoughtful song blending melody and lyrics in a cohesive way. Produced by T-Bone Burnett.
Rating: 4 to 4 1/2 stars
Doug
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Post by Commodore Orpington on May 16, 2019 14:01:52 GMT
Very good, the flaw being the singing, as on the whole album. He uses his default generic voice, where he's not really thinking about what he sounds like, not a more "real" delivery. Compare to any track on SFTWC....
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Post by newloneranger on May 21, 2019 1:57:13 GMT
Not bad, Nice tribute to veterans of past wars.
4 1/2 stars
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Post by rocketman on May 23, 2019 14:14:22 GMT
4 stars...Decent melody, very nice lyrics. I have wondered in the past why this song was chosen as the lead-in to the album. Perhaps because it features just piano, the thinking being that the album would flesh out instrumentally later, but maybe they just plopped it there. One never can tell.
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Post by Commodore Orpington on May 24, 2019 21:37:15 GMT
Sounds like an opening song to me.
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Post by nix on Aug 7, 2019 10:35:53 GMT
2 Boring, derivative and predictable melody. Like worst from Billy Elliot.
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