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Post by BiteUrLip on Apr 27, 2021 6:03:14 GMT
Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
They're barring the doors at the back of the hall
It's cold in the winter, some freeze in the fall
The banquet's the supper that's set for the swine
If you're not at the gathering, and you've gone down the line
You're the last to arrive, you're the first one to leave
You don't give us the time, you don't drop us a line
Well a dime in the phone is the best way I know
You're the last to arrive, my friend you're the first one to go
The truck picks you up on your front porch at night
And you're back before sundown if you don't get blind
We're not chaining you down to your castle tonight
We're just trying to make you see some sort of light
They'll all drink your health out of pewter and wood
Get drunk in the hayloft playing dirty and good
There's ten pounds of oxen were skewered on spit
There'll not be an ounce if you don't make it quick
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Post by BiteUrLip on Apr 27, 2021 6:04:21 GMT
Nice demo, of course could be better with full arrangement.
4 stars.
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Post by dougs on Apr 27, 2021 7:25:16 GMT
"Last to Arrive" - unreleased demo from the EMPTY SKY sessions:
"Last to Arrive" is listed as a 1969 unreleased demo by Elton & Bernie. The just under 3 minutes piano demo sounds like it might have fit on TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION. Not much is known about the song. It wasn't included in the massive JEWEL BOX set last year. It is likely to have been recorded at Dick James Studio. One source has the song listed as April, 1969 which was the last month of recording for Elton's debut EMPTY SKY album. "Last to Arrive" is also listed by another source as an outtake from EMPTY SKY.
The demo is just Elton on piano & vocals so it seems like the song wasn't worked up further into a band production which would likely have included Caleb Quaye, Roger Pope and Tony or Dee Murray. Elton gives it a country flavour. The lyric sentiment is summed up by the lines "You're the last one to arrive, you're the first one to leave, your don't give us the time, you don't drop us a line..." Author Elizabeth Rosenthal describes the song as "down-home country twang and lilting piano..."
It is hard to know what this pleasant little demo might have eventually become. It has a simple 5 second introduction, doesn't have an instrumental break or an outro. It isn't as fully developed as countless other songs from this same time period.
Rating: 3 to 3 1/2 stars
Doug
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Post by newloneranger on May 12, 2021 3:03:35 GMT
Its ok for a demo. It could be better with the band.
2 1/2 stars
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