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Originally Posted by Zeke
That hit me about the way Elton John's "Rocket Man" did. Stupid as he!!
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And yet....both of those songs live on in the public consciousness 50 years later. So I guess you could say Bowie and Taupin tapped into something that the species needed or wanted at the time...
Neither of 'em hit me as stupid at all; it was thought provoking as hell. It strengthened my realization that it was OK to see life as grey areas, I didn't have to choose black or white.