Anche secondo me Michelle's Song è una perla. E Seasons è un'altra. Sono sconosciute a molti, ma un vero vero fan non puo' non conoscerle.
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http://www.eltonjohnitaly.com/friends-film-page.html si legge: "...and they said "You're going to have to write two songs that last for 20 and 30 seconds, and put them on the album." I thought well that's ridiculous. Bernie and I said, "We can't do that," so they said, "We want three songs - the title song". They were going to call the movie The Intimate Game, and Bernie and I said "No, we will not write any songs named for a movie, and we suggested Friends, so we'll settle for Friends." And we had to write another song, which was Michelle's Song. They wanted another song, which was to last a minute and ten. And for film writing, if they want a song that's a minute and ten seconds long, then you're supposed to write a song that's a minute and ten seconds long. You have to time it, and all this rubbish. So we all got together, and we were panicking like mad, and Bernie said write a song that's very short, and we did, and it was a minute and ten seconds long, and I don't know how, by the grace of God, that it was a minute and ten seconds. So that was Seasons."
Due canzoni così dolci, sia nei testi che nella musica, sembra strano che siano state scritte in un clima così… costrittivo.