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Birds
Mar 4, 2020 5:26:57 GMT
Post by BiteUrLip on Mar 4, 2020 5:26:57 GMT
Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
Piano, harmonium, vocals: Elton John
Guitars: Rusty Anderson
DOBRO: David Channing
Bass: Paul Bushnell
Drums, percussion: Matt Chamberlain
There's some things I don't have now
Some things I don't talk about
These things are between myself and I
In my thick skull the joker hides
There's consequences I'm scared to taste
Cold hard truths I can't face
These days are different than the past
Reflections change in the looking glass
And everywhere I look there's something to learn
A sliver of truth from every bridge we burn
A hatful of quarters and a naked song
Don't answer the question of where we belong
chorus:
How come birds don't fall from the sky when they die?
How come birds always look for a quiet place to hide?
These words can't explain what I feel inside
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
These independent moves I make
This confidence I try to fake
You can hear the beating of my heart
But not a feather falling in the dark
And everything I hear never makes any sense
Another old prophet perched on the fence
A cupful of pencils and a self help guru
Don't answer the question of what I am to you
(repeat chorus)
(repeat chorus)
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
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Birds
Mar 4, 2020 5:27:43 GMT
Post by BiteUrLip on Mar 4, 2020 5:27:43 GMT
This is an exciting song - shame about the electronic drums, they don't fit there IMO.
4½ stars.
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Birds
Mar 4, 2020 8:45:28 GMT
Post by nix on Mar 4, 2020 8:45:28 GMT
5 brilliant, raw, great and unique song... very fun too... along with 'Original Sin' and 'I Want Love' best song on the album.
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Post by dougs on Mar 4, 2020 12:25:52 GMT
"Birds" from SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST:
Elton was inspired by Ryan Adams' HEARTBREAKER album from 2000 which led him to create a piano-based organic heart-felt album which turned out to be SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST. On the album Elton used a wide variety of musicians. On "Birds" EJ used Paul Bushnell on bass, Rusty Anderson on guitar, and Matt Chamberlain on drums. What is created is an original sounding tune in EJ's catalogue. It has a nice clean raw production sound and an energy which translated nicely live on the SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST tour in 2001. Each instrument is clearly heard with Patrick Leonard's production. A really solid album track. It still sounds great.
Rating: 4 1/2 to 5 stars
Doug
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Birds
Mar 5, 2020 23:41:23 GMT
Post by BiteUrLip on Mar 5, 2020 23:41:23 GMT
"Birds" from SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST: Elton was inspired by Ryan Adams' HEARTBREAKER album from 2000 which led him to create a piano-based organic heart-felt album which turned out to be SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST. On the album Elton used a wide variety of musicians. On "Birds" EJ used Paul Bushnell on bass, Rusty Anderson on guitar, and Matt Chamberlain on drums. What is created is an original sounding tune in EJ's catalogue. It has a nice clean raw production sound and an energy which translated nicely live on the SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST tour in 2001. Each instrument is clearly heard with Patrick Leonard's production. A really solid album track. It still sounds great. Rating: 4 1/2 to 5 stars Doug So, did Chamberlain make peace with Hitler?
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Birds
Mar 7, 2020 18:42:31 GMT
Post by newloneranger on Mar 7, 2020 18:42:31 GMT
One of the better songs on this album.
5 stars
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Birds
Mar 11, 2020 16:51:29 GMT
Post by Commodore Orpington on Mar 11, 2020 16:51:29 GMT
Soundwise this fits with Rock Me When He's Gone, Honey Roll, and Can I Put You On. What a great sound for an album... One of the best post classics, classic level.
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Birds
Mar 14, 2020 15:24:09 GMT
Post by rocketman on Mar 14, 2020 15:24:09 GMT
4.5 stars...on a very consistent album, this track certainly holds its own, and might even exceed some of the songs and deserve inclusion in the upper tier, not only on this album, but in Elton's post-2000 catalog (which, by the way, contains a lot of very good material).
My favorite part of the song, and one of the cool moments on any Elton John record, is when the bass kicks in during to start the second verse, as the rest musicians quickly follow, filling in the sound.
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