Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word...
Elton John, 1976.
Elton John, 1976.
A Serenade of Seventies songs, from the soundtrack of my life, is my theme for the A-Z challenge this year.
This song is from another album in our well worn lyric sheet collection.
I really did not have any ideas for what Sir Elton should have said when sorry seemed to be the hardest word, other than sorry. I still felt badly for him though, as the sadness turned to absurdity.
It's sad, so sad
It's a sad sad situation
And it's getting
More and more absurd
What have I got to do
When sorry seems to be the hardest word?
I find it interesting to consider that the words to many of Elton John's songs (including this one) were not his, but Bernie Taupin's. Granted, John may well have concurred with the sentiment, but when he sang this song, he was, in fact, singing someone else's words. That must have been tough for Taupin, since he wasn't even a member of the band. John would get the credit for these songs, and these emotions would be ascribed to him, but that would be like you getting credit for the beautiful words you were singing with those headphones on. :)
ReplyDeleteI learned something I didn't know. That John! And was Taupin ever acknowledge?
DeleteI am not as familiar with this one as I am many of his other ones. Found myself singing along to I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues in a store the other day. ;)
ReplyDeleteOf course you did! ;)
DeleteElton may not have written the words, but he did write the music to support the song and give it that emotional edge that got you feeling sorry for him. My very first album not selected by my parents was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and I have been a fan ever since. Even though he looks better in a feather boa than me.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! His giant glasses looked better than mine too!
DeleteOh my poor mother suffered from the headphone singing daughter too. Funny! Love Elton - he is a classic car sing-along fav of mine.
ReplyDeleteMy kids won't let me sing. At all. I sing when I'm alone in the car. Very loudly. Love this song. Apologizing is something we all need to do more of!
ReplyDeleteTina @ Life is Good
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I believe it was Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume 2 that tipped the scales & made my parents get me my own stereo. I got the album for my bday which is the end of Nov. I listened to it in the livingroom on the HiFi (remember those?) over and over, and sang along too. I got the stereo for Christmas 3 weeks later.
ReplyDeleteThat is the album I have sitting here that goes with those lyric sheets in the pic...lol
DeleteI guess it all depends if your voice is good or not; let's just say I wasn't allowed to wear headphones. :)
ReplyDeleteLOL!!!!! I wonder if my mom had secret earplugs.
DeleteI'm always moved to being teary when I hear Candle in the Wind. That was my favorite one of Elton's.
ReplyDeleteLol! Loved the visual of you in the earphones singing at the top of your lungs in the apartment! :)
ReplyDeleteOh Elton! How can you not love him?
ReplyDeleteI love the headphones illustration. :P I also love EJ. I love him so much I would marry him. Except I'm already married and he doesn't go that way anyway.
ReplyDeleteOh well. Love EJ.
-andi
My daughter loves Elton!! She has my (and your) good taste! :) Love Elton John!
ReplyDeleteI had the 45 of that song. Jr. High in a small town in northern Minnesota. The only radio station that came in most of the time only played country except for Saturday mornings when they would air the top 40 countdown. I'm going to have to go back and read the rest of yours when I finish writing about my trip to DC.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to that bit with the headphones. That is something I would have done as a kid!!!
ReplyDeleteI am always amazed by the piano work Elton does on every song. This one is no exception. Great choice!!!
I used to do that with Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, singing the bass part in the 4th movement, sans headphones, but with the turntable turned up loud, in about 1968. My mom was standing in the door of our den with all of this going on; violins sawing away and the basses climbing down into the lower registers, all at fortississimo. She kept looking around, and then asked "What is that buzzing sound?" All she could really hear was my little tiny larynx struggling to keep up, as the notes got lower and deeper. I still do it; she would probably have preferred I sing the violin part.
ReplyDeleteLove me some Sr. Elton!
ReplyDeleteStill mad at Elton for talking smack about my Billy Joel.
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