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Originally Posted by Zeke View Post
That hit me about the way Elton John's "Rocket Man" did. Stupid as he!!
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.
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