#goodbye yellow brick road 50

[sweetpaintedladie]

Helloooooooo! Today is 50 years of [my favorite album] Goodbye Yellow Brick Road soooo I wrote about it for my blog and I’m gonna link it here incase anyone is interested!

Thank you if you read [or if you don’t lol]

https://www.timeisonmysidewriting.com/post/throwing-yellow-bricks-through-emerald-houses-50-years-of-goodbye-yellow-brick-road

[also embarrassingly obsessed with my title 🫡🫡]

[cinelestial]

Apple Music’s ‘100 Best Albums of All Time’ list:

#1. Lauryn Hill — The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

#2. Michael Jackson — Thriller

#3. The Beatles — Abbey Road

#4. Prince & The Revolution — Purple Rain

#5. Frank Ocean — Blonde

#6. Stevie Wonder — Songs in the Key of Life

#7. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city

#8. Amy Winehouse — Back to Black

#9. Nirvana — Nevermind

#10. Beyoncé — Lemonade

#11. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours

#12. Radiohead — OK Computer

#13. Jay-Z — The Blueprint

#14. Bob Dylan — Highway 61 Revisited

#15. Adele — 21

#16. Joni Mitchell — Blue

#17. Marvin Gaye — What’s Going On

#18. Taylor Swift — 1989 (Taylor’s Version)

#19. Dr. Dre — The Chronic

#20. The Beach Boys — Pet Sounds

#21. The Beatles — Revolver

#22. Bruce Springsteen — Born to Run

#23. Daft Punk — Discovery

#24. David Bowie — The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

#25. Miles Davis — Kind of Blue

#26. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

#27. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin II

#28. Pink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon

#29. A Tribe Called Quest — The Low End Theory

#30. Billie Eilish — WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

#31. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill

#32. The Notorious B.I.G. — Ready to Die

#33. Radiohead — Kid A

#34. Public Enemy — It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

#35. The Clash — London Calling

#36. Beyoncé — BEYONCÉ

#37. Wu-Tang Clan — Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

#38. Carole King — Tapestry

#39. Nas — Illmatic

#40. Aretha Franklin — I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

#41. OutKast — Aquemini

#42. Janet Jackson — Control

#43. Talking Heads — Remain in Light

#44. Stevie Wonder — Innervisions

#45. Björk — Homogenic

#46. Bob Marley & The Wailers — Exodus

#47. Drake — Take Care

#48. Beastie Boys — Paul’s Boutique

#49. U2 — The Joshua Tree

#50. Kate Bush — Hounds of Love

#51. Prince — Sign O’ the Times

#52. Guns N' Roses — Appetite for Destruction

#53. The Rolling Stones — Exile on Main St.

#54. John Coltrane — A Love Supreme

#55. Rihanna — ANTI

#56. The Cure — Disintegration

#57. D’Angelo — Voodoo

#58. Oasis — (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

#59. Arctic Monkeys — AM

#60. The Velvet Underground & Nico — The Velvet Underground and Nico

#61. Sade — Love Deluxe

#62. 2Pac — All Eyez on Me

#63. The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Are You Experienced?

#64. Erykah Badu — Baduizm

#65. De La Soul — 3 Feet High and Rising

#66. The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead

#67. Portishead — Dummy

#68. The Strokes — Is This It

#69. Metallica — Master of Puppets

#70. N.W.A — Straight Outta Compton

#71. Kraftwerk — Trans-Europe Express

#72. SZA — SOS

#73. Steely Dan — Aja

#74. Nine Inch Nails — The Downward Spiral

#75. Missy Elliott — Supa Dupa Fly

#76. Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti

#77. Madonna — Like a Prayer

#78. Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

#79. Lana Del Rey — Norman F*****g Rockwell!

#80. Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP

#81. Neil Young — After the Gold Rush

#82. 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin'

#83. Patti Smith — Horses

#84. Snoop Dogg — Doggystyle

#85. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour

#86. Mary J. Blige — My Life

#87. Massive Attack — Blue Lines

#88. Nina Simone — I Put a Spell on You

#89. Lady Gaga — The Fame Monster

#90. AC/DC — Back in Black

#91. George Michael — Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1

#92. Tyler, The Creator — Flower Boy

#93. Solange — A Seat at the Table

#94. Burial — Untrue

#95. Usher — Confessions

#96. Lorde — Pure Heroine

#97. Rage Against the Machine — Rage Against the Machine

#98. Travis Scott — ASTROWORLD

#99. Eagles — Hotel California

#100. Robyn — Body Talk

[shows-i-like]

Steven universe kin playlist 💕

Track list 💿

1. Like Him

2. VOID

3. forward beckon rebound

4. The Cut That Always Bleeds

5. We See you, Opal (Reprise)

6. Show & Tell

7. not a lot, just forever

8. Abbey

9. Alexander Hamilton

10. Here Comes a Thought

11. It's Nice To Have A Friend

12. Being Human

13. Cry Baby

14. Boy In The Bubble

15. Anti-Hero

16. You're On Your Own Kid

17. A Burning Hill

18. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

19. THE GREATEST

20. If I Killed Someone For You

21. Slipping Through My Fingers

22. Liquid Smooth

23. Test Me

24. WILDFLOWER

25. teenage dream

26. Shame

27. The Family Jewels

28. Monster

29. Class Of 2013

30. Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart

31. Lifeboat

32. Just Take My Wallet

33. Monster

34. Are You Satisfied?

35. Teen Idle

36. Sippy Cup

37. Matilda

38. anatomy

39. BLUE

40. My Way

41. Waiting On A Miracle

42. Bohemian Rhapsody

43. BATTLE OF THE LARYNX

44. What Was I Made For?

45. marjorie

46. Last Words Of A Shooting Star

47. Would've, Could've, Should've

48. Soap

49. Safe & Sound

50. Eleanor Rigby

51. brutal

52. I Am My Monster

53. I'm A Fraud...

54. It's Alright

55. goodbye

56. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

57. Cop Car

58. Sign of the Times

59. The Archer

60. Holding Out for a Hero

61. the fruits

62. Seventeen

63. Recess

64. I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

65. Mama's Boy

66. Family Line

67. Detention

68. all-american bitch

69. Back to the Old House

70. Where Is My Mind?

71. Surface Pressure

72. Mastermind

73. I Want You

74. my boy

75. LIGHT SHOWER

76. Outrunning Karma

77. ballad of a homeschooled girl

78. PLUTO

79. Crack Baby

80. Brand New City

81. Washing Machine Heart

82. Dollhouse

83. Fight or Flight

84. Brain & Heart

85. No One Mourns the Wicked

86. Piano Man

87. I Bet On Loosing Dogs

88. American Pie

89. Army Dreamers

90. We Hug Now

[dizzzydancin]

Step On Me Chapters 11-21

there's a link limit on posts apparently so i can only post 10 links per post. will that stop me? im afraid not. heres chapters 11-21 as they're updated. feel free to check them out and follow me on ao3 to keep up to date!

Life isn't always easy having to care for your younger siblings; John Dory can attest to that.

aka

a trolls John Dory-centric fanfic inspired by Shameless

50 Ways To Say Goodbye

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love

Diet Mountain Dew

Washing Machine Heart

[rideretremando]

"Ecco la lista dei miei 50 album preferiti in ordine alfabetico (non i migliori ma quelli che mi hanno influenzato di più):

1. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation

2. Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar

3. Beatles - White Album

4. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

5. Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman

6. Clash - London Calling

7. David Bowie - Hunky Dory

8. Deep Purple - In Rock

9. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

10. Dire Straits - Making Movies

11. Doors - Strange Days

12. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

13. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

14. Frank Zappa - Burnt Weeny Sandwich

15. Genesis - Foxtrot

16. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

17. Jeff Buckley - Grace

18. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

19. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic

20. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

21. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

22. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man

23. Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes

24. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

25. Neil Young - Harvest

26. Nirvana - Nevermind

27. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come

28. Patti Smith - Wave

29. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

30. Police - Synchronicity

31. Public Image Ltd - Public Image: First Issue

32. Queen - A Night at the Opera

33. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails

34. R.E.M. - Murmur

35. Radiohead - OK Computer

36. Ramones - Leave Home

37. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

38. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.

39. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

40. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

41. Stooges - The Stooges

42. Supertramp - Breakfast in America

43. Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs

44. Talking Heads - 77

45. Television - Marquee Moon

46. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones

47. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

48. Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico

49. Who - Tommy

50. Yes - Fragile"

Marco Maurizi

[viking369]

Headline: Elton John's Album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Released 50 Years Ago Yesterday

Me:

[krispyweiss]

Elton John Says There’s “Lots to Come” after Five-year Farewell Tour Finale

- “While this tour may mark the closing of one chapter, it signals the beginning of a new one,” he says

Elton John’s five-year, 330-show farewell tour is finished. But John, in a letter to fans, says he is not.

“While this tour may mark the closing of one chapter, it signals the beginning of a new one,” John said.

“I want to let you know that there is lots to come, so stay tuned for new surprises along the way. … Your commitment has been remarkable, and I am excited to embark on this next adventure with all of you by my side.”

John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour wrapped July 8 in Sweden with the almost-titular “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” becoming the final number of his 50-plus-years touring career.

In his missive, John thanked fans for attending concerts, singing songs, donning “feather boa(s) and … sparkling outfit(s)” and creating “a legacy that will be talked about for generations.

“So let's bid adieu to this tour with a standing ovation and a promise to meet again soon, ready to embark on the next fabulous chapter,” he said.

7/9/23

[captainsolocide]

25, 50, and 75?

25: Walking Contradiction by Green Day

50: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

75: Outro by M83

[qnewsau]

Elton John says 'there's not much of me left' after health issues

New Post has been published on https://qnews.com.au/elton-john-says-theres-not-much-of-me-left-after-health-issues/

Elton John says 'there's not much of me left' after health issues

Elton John has joked that “there’s not much” of him left after health issues and various surgeries over the years.

The 77-year-old music icon retired from touring in 2023 after his epic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road world tour, which started in 2018.

A new documentary Never Too Late is looking back on his 50-year career. Elton John got candid at a screening of the movie at the New York Film Festival, ahead of the film’s release on Disney+ in December.

“To be honest with you, there’s not much of me left,” he said.

“I don’t have tonsils, adenoids or an appendix. I don’t have a prostate. I don’t have a right hip or a left knee or a right knee. In fact, the only thing left to me is my left hip.

“But I’m still here. And I thank you, you’re the people that made me.”

Elton John said hubby David Furnish and their sons, Zachary, 13, and Elijah, 11, make him “the happiest man in the world.”

“I found complete and utter happiness and bliss when I met David, and when I had my children, our children,” Elton said.

“And it satisfied me so much. I’ve never felt happiness like I have now.

“As you know, I decided to stop touring because I’m 77 years of age. I’ve done all there is to do, to play. I’ve succeeded, I’ve been there and I’ve done it.

“I’ve still got to make room because I’m still going to have music in my life.

“But the most important thing in my life are David, Zachary and Elijah and my family and my friends. I found utopia, and I’m so thrilled.”

Elton John: Never Too Late

The new documentary Elton John: Never Too Late follows the music icon as he looks back on his 50-year career during his last US stadium show in Los Angeles in late 2022.

The documentary charts his rise to fame as well as the dark times in his life, his struggles with drug addiction and the road back to sobriety.

“At that time, there was an emptiness within me. My soul had gone dark, I had gone dark. I wasn’t a joy to be around. I didn’t have anything apart from my success and my drugs,” Elton says in the film.

In August, Elton celebrated 34 years of sobriety. He shared a photo of his Alcoholics Anonymous coin, and said his “life has never been better”.

Earlier in the year, Elton’s friend and co-writer Bernie Taupin revealed that Elton’s 32nd studio album is “all done and recorded”.

Elton John: Never Too Late is streaming in Australia on Disney+ on December 13.

[rastronomicals]

11:50 PM EST January 24, 2024:

Elton John - “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” From the album Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002 (November 11, 2002)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

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[o-the-mts]

50 Years, 50 Albums (1973): Imagination by Gladys Knight and the Pips

I will turn 50 in TWO DAYS FROM NOW!!!!, so my project for 2023 will be to listen to and review one album from each year of my life, 1973 to 2022.  The only qualification is that it has to be an album I’ve not reviewed previously.  1973 Top Grossing Albums of 1973: Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield Houses of the Holy – Led…

[brookston]

Holidays 11.5

Holidays

American Football Day

Bank Transfer Day

Bonfire Night

Book Editors Day

Britney Day (Las Vegas)

Burning of the Tar Barrels (Ottery St. Mary, Devon, UK)

Cinco de Noviembre (Negros Island, Philippines)

Colón Day (Panama)

Commercial TV Broadcast Day

Elvis Has Left the Building Day

Feast of No Return

Firewood Day

Flux Capacitor Day

Genghis Khan Day (a.k.a. Chinggis Khaan Day)

Gunpowder Day

Guy Fawkes Day (a.k.a. Guy Fawkes Night; UK)

International Day of Fairyy Tale Characters

International Day of the Clown

International Prosthetics & Orthotics Day

International Romani Language Day

International Volunteer Managers Day

Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India)

National Cash Back Day

National Concrete Appreciaion Day

National Erik Day

National Flora and Fauna Day (Indonesia)

National Love Your Red Hair Day (Ireland)

National Luke Day

National Medical Cannabis Day

National Men’s Hair Color Confidence Day

National Pride Day (Mongolia)

National Redhead Day

National Sneaker Day

Ottery St. Mary Tar Barrels (Devon, UK)

Parkin Day

Personal Record Day

Pope’s Day (a..k.a. Pope Night)

Tori No Ichi (Rooster Day #1; Japan)

Turkey Day (French Republic)

Turning the Devil’s Stone (Devon, UK)

World Day of Caregivers

World Interact Day

World Tsunami Awareness Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Chinese Take-Out Day

National Doughnut Appreciation Day

National Hot Sauce Day [also 1.22]

Wiggle Jiggle Jell-O Day

1st Sunday in November

All Saints' Day (Denmark) [1st Sunday]

Festival of Incompetence [1st Sunday]

Grandparents’ Day (Australia) [1st Sunday]

International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church [1st Sunday]

National Day of Remembrance for Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens [1st Sunday]

National Sleep-In Day [1st Sunday]

TransParent Day [1st Sunday]

Zero-Tasking Day [1st Sunday]

Independence Days

Day of the First Shout For Independence (El Salvador)

Istoria (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Kocistan (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Albert Camus Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

All Jesuit Saints and Blesseds (Christian)

Bertille, Abbess of Chelles (Christian; Saint)

Domninus (Christian; Saint)

Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Amun (Ancient Egypt)

Galation (Christian; Saint)

Guido Maria Conforti (Christian; Saint)

Herne’s Day I: Prey (Pagan)

Jan Zrzavý (Artology)

Louise the Chicken (Muppetism)

Magnus (Christian; Saint)

Marie de Molina (Positivist; Saint)

Nones of November (Ancient Rome)

Oral Sex Day (Pastafarian)

Philips Koninck (Artology)

Wuwuchim Fire Ceremonies begin (Hopi) [16-Day Festival]

Zachary, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 21 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [21 of 24]

Fatal Day (Pagan) [22 of 24]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [45 of 53]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [50 of 60]

Premieres

The Beach Party (Disney Cartoon; 1931)

Best of My Love, by The Eagles (Song; 1974)

The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson (Novel; 1954)

Bryan Adams, by Bryan Adams (Album; 1980)

Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1998) [Discworld #23]

Chess Story (a.k.a. The Royal Game), by Stefan Zweig (Novel; 1942)

Death Has Deep Roots, by Michael Gilbert (Novel; 1951)

The Eternals (Film; 2021)

Finch (Film; 2021)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, by Elton John (Album; 1973)

Hello, I Must Be Going!, by Phil Collins (Album; 1982)

Immigrant Song, by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1970)

The Incredibles (Animated Pixar Film; 2004)

Interstellar (Film; 2014)

Into the Woods (Broadway Musical; 1987)

The Iron Man, by Ted Hughes (Novel; 1968)

Justified, by Justin Timberlake (Album; 2002)

Madman Across the Water, by Elton John (Album; 1971)

The Man from Snowy River (Film; 1982)

Manon of the Spring (Film; 1987)

The Matrix Revolutions (Film; 2003)

Megamind (Animated Film; 2010)

Morning Edition (Radio Series; 1979)

My Generation, by The Who (US Song; 1965)

The Old Mill (Disney Cartoon; 1937)

127 Hours (Film; 2010)

One Mississippi (TV Series; 2015)

Past Tense, 23rd Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2018)

Porky in Egypt (WB LT Cartoon; 1938)

The Remains of the Day (Film; 1993)

Savage Night, by Jim Thompson (Novel; 1953)

Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel; 1959)

Sugar and Spies (WB LT Cartoon; 1966)

Three for Breakfast (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

True Grit, by Charles Portis (Novel; 1968)

Two Weeks to Live (TV Mini-Series; 2020)

Unchained, by Johnny Cash (Album; 1996)

You’re An Education (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Today’s Name Days

Emmerich (Austria)

Elizabeta, Emerik, Fibicije, Imbro, Mirko, Modesta, Zakarija (Croatia)

Miriam (Czech Republic)

Malachias (Denmark)

Vaho, Vahto, Vahur (Estonia)

Reima (Finland)

Sylvie, Zacharie (France)

Emmerich, Hardy, Zacharias (Germany)

Epistimi, Galaktion, Linos, Silvanos (Greece)

Imre (Hungary)

Cesareo, Zaccaria (Italy)

Late, Lote, Šarlote (Latvia)

Audangas, Elžbieta, Elzė, Florijonas, Gedvydė (Lithuania)

Egil, Egon (Norway)

Blandyn, Blandyna, Dalemir, Elżbieta, Florian, Modesta, Sławomir, Zachariasz (Poland)

Imrich (Slovakia)

Ángela, Isabel, Zacarías (Spain)

Eugen, Eugenia (Sweden)

Perdita, Tiara, Tiera, Tierra, Swain, Swana (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 309 of 2024; 56 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 44 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 6 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Ten-Xu), Day 22 (Ding-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 21 Heshvan 5784

Islamic: 21 Rabi II 1445

J Cal: 9 Mir; Twosday [9 of 30]

Julian: 23 October 2023

Moon: 50%: 3rd Quarter

Positivist: 1 Frederic (12th Month) [Marie de Molina]

Runic Half Month: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 43 of 89)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 13 of 29)

Calendar Changes

Frederic (Modern Policy) [Month 12 of 13; Positivist]

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 11.5

Holidays

American Football Day

Bank Transfer Day

Bonfire Night

Book Editors Day

Britney Day (Las Vegas)

Burning of the Tar Barrels (Ottery St. Mary, Devon, UK)

Cinco de Noviembre (Negros Island, Philippines)

Colón Day (Panama)

Commercial TV Broadcast Day

Elvis Has Left the Building Day

Feast of No Return

Firewood Day

Flux Capacitor Day

Genghis Khan Day (a.k.a. Chinggis Khaan Day)

Gunpowder Day

Guy Fawkes Day (a.k.a. Guy Fawkes Night; UK)

International Day of Fairyy Tale Characters

International Day of the Clown

International Prosthetics & Orthotics Day

International Romani Language Day

International Volunteer Managers Day

Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India)

National Cash Back Day

National Concrete Appreciaion Day

National Erik Day

National Flora and Fauna Day (Indonesia)

National Love Your Red Hair Day (Ireland)

National Luke Day

National Medical Cannabis Day

National Men’s Hair Color Confidence Day

National Pride Day (Mongolia)

National Redhead Day

National Sneaker Day

Ottery St. Mary Tar Barrels (Devon, UK)

Parkin Day

Personal Record Day

Pope’s Day (a..k.a. Pope Night)

Tori No Ichi (Rooster Day #1; Japan)

Turkey Day (French Republic)

Turning the Devil’s Stone (Devon, UK)

World Day of Caregivers

World Interact Day

World Tsunami Awareness Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Chinese Take-Out Day

National Doughnut Appreciation Day

National Hot Sauce Day [also 1.22]

Wiggle Jiggle Jell-O Day

1st Sunday in November

All Saints' Day (Denmark) [1st Sunday]

Festival of Incompetence [1st Sunday]

Grandparents’ Day (Australia) [1st Sunday]

International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church [1st Sunday]

National Day of Remembrance for Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens [1st Sunday]

National Sleep-In Day [1st Sunday]

TransParent Day [1st Sunday]

Zero-Tasking Day [1st Sunday]

Independence Days

Day of the First Shout For Independence (El Salvador)

Istoria (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Kocistan (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Albert Camus Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

All Jesuit Saints and Blesseds (Christian)

Bertille, Abbess of Chelles (Christian; Saint)

Domninus (Christian; Saint)

Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Amun (Ancient Egypt)

Galation (Christian; Saint)

Guido Maria Conforti (Christian; Saint)

Herne’s Day I: Prey (Pagan)

Jan Zrzavý (Artology)

Louise the Chicken (Muppetism)

Magnus (Christian; Saint)

Marie de Molina (Positivist; Saint)

Nones of November (Ancient Rome)

Oral Sex Day (Pastafarian)

Philips Koninck (Artology)

Wuwuchim Fire Ceremonies begin (Hopi) [16-Day Festival]

Zachary, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 21 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [21 of 24]

Fatal Day (Pagan) [22 of 24]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [45 of 53]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [50 of 60]

Premieres

The Beach Party (Disney Cartoon; 1931)

Best of My Love, by The Eagles (Song; 1974)

The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson (Novel; 1954)

Bryan Adams, by Bryan Adams (Album; 1980)

Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1998) [Discworld #23]

Chess Story (a.k.a. The Royal Game), by Stefan Zweig (Novel; 1942)

Death Has Deep Roots, by Michael Gilbert (Novel; 1951)

The Eternals (Film; 2021)

Finch (Film; 2021)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, by Elton John (Album; 1973)

Hello, I Must Be Going!, by Phil Collins (Album; 1982)

Immigrant Song, by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1970)

The Incredibles (Animated Pixar Film; 2004)

Interstellar (Film; 2014)

Into the Woods (Broadway Musical; 1987)

The Iron Man, by Ted Hughes (Novel; 1968)

Justified, by Justin Timberlake (Album; 2002)

Madman Across the Water, by Elton John (Album; 1971)

The Man from Snowy River (Film; 1982)

Manon of the Spring (Film; 1987)

The Matrix Revolutions (Film; 2003)

Megamind (Animated Film; 2010)

Morning Edition (Radio Series; 1979)

My Generation, by The Who (US Song; 1965)

The Old Mill (Disney Cartoon; 1937)

127 Hours (Film; 2010)

One Mississippi (TV Series; 2015)

Past Tense, 23rd Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2018)

Porky in Egypt (WB LT Cartoon; 1938)

The Remains of the Day (Film; 1993)

Savage Night, by Jim Thompson (Novel; 1953)

Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel; 1959)

Sugar and Spies (WB LT Cartoon; 1966)

Three for Breakfast (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

True Grit, by Charles Portis (Novel; 1968)

Two Weeks to Live (TV Mini-Series; 2020)

Unchained, by Johnny Cash (Album; 1996)

You’re An Education (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Today’s Name Days

Emmerich (Austria)

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hoje, essa jóia sonora completa 50 anos. meu favorito.

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10/5/23: It was 50 years ago today, October 5th, 1973, Elton John released his seventh album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. So I wrote already a paragraph about this record, but it got lost when my computer just decided to start screaming... not sure what happened, but I'm sure it's related to my refusal to upgrade to Windows II. Anywho, starting over, this record, a double-album, is certainly a top five best album of 1973... even most of the deep cuts are from at worst listenable to at best near classics. We'll start with the four U.S. Top 40 songs first, as I won't cover them by the time this blog is over... let's start with the #1 song 'Bennie and the Jets'... wow... I think at one point in my 1990s days of hating everything un-ironic, I did not like this song... but it drew me back in like Michael Corleone. Such a unique tune too, as it's pretty simple and kind of empty throughout... easy thumpy beat, random crowd noises, Elton on piano and organ... then he hits that falsetto 'BENNIE!"... I mean c'mon! Oh yeah, I was going to say that this album has aged very well... like there's nothing really embarrassing here (except maybe the title of a certain ska song we'll get to). After 'Bennie', the title track was huge too... kind of a ballad, but such a memorable tune... it would reach #2. Then we have the controversial pick... what I mean is, do we like the original 'Candle In the Wind' which kind of rocks a little, or, do we go with the in-concert 1988 version that became an MTV hit, OR, do we recognize the elephant in the room and go with the 1997 version that replaces MM with Princess Diana. Fuck all that, sorry. The original destroys the other ones, and fuck you if you think otherwise... that newer shit is sentimental garbage, and in a way taking advantage of an accidental death. Yes, I feel passionate about this, because 'Candle' fit MM just so well, and it was done so tastefully. My opinion, fine, but I'm mad that it's even an issue. The song would originally reach #6... you can look up the 'reboots'. Okay! And then the 'rockin' song on the record is 'Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting'... I can remember being a kid and getting EJ's first greatest hits on cassette and this song was probably, along with 'Rocket Man', the main reason I got it. I wore that cassette out... and at the same time, wore out my enthusiasm for 'Saturday', but it's making a comeback in my mind. It's totally a fun song, straight up. Now let's talk about the other bangers... opening up Sir Elton's magnum opus is the 11-minute short suite 'Funeral For a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding'... honestly it really doesn't get going until about five minutes in, although for those first five minutes it's like Elton invited EL&P over to play a ballad... still great! And the rest of the song just fucking rocks... I rarely heard this on KSHE but I did... that's the only way I could have possibly known it before hearing the record. Now there are songs on this album that I did not know prior to exploring... some early deep cuts are the very-1973 sounding 'Grey Seal'... not only is this my favorite track on both records, it is a second or third runner-up to my favorite EJ song... I mean it's like he kicked out EL&P and brought in Steely Dan. That's the only way I can describe it... it's polished, but still raw somehow. Same goes for 'All the Young Girls Love Alice'... a much darker-in-theme rocker, but no less powerful. Okay the only kinda dumb thing about this record is the terrible title 'Jamaica Jerk-Off'... really, Elton (or should I say really Bernie T.)...? It makes me further annoyed because the song is kinda cool! It's not some Zeppelin attempt at faux-reggae, it's actually just plain ol' ska... it's very cool! Okay, since this is a double-album let's run down the rest: 'The Ballad of Danny Bailey' and the last track 'Harmony' are both very good semi-ballads... the rest of the tracks scattered area all just fine, but are only slightly above filler. Overall, though, holy dogshit this is an outstanding record. LISTEN NOW!!