“Border Song” – Elton John

@Rutterman I think it’s just about different times. I’m a little older than you but I remember getting that 12” vinyl and sitting in my room with headphones or on the speakers with friends and listening to an album start to finish. The singles on the radio were a bridge to the rest of the album. I shunned cassettes for years until I learned it was easier to learn guitar parts by hitting rewind instead of moving the needle.

I was also blessed with an uncle who had the same love of music I did and gifted me many LPs. I had originals like Led Zeppelin 4, the White Album, and others I hung onto for years that were lost in the Harvey flood.

These days with streaming and single song downloads people never hear the “rest” of the album and sadly too many “artists” focus on what will sell as opposed to the whole of the art.

@JesseInTX Nice one. In fact, the album it's from has at least a couple of John's best songs. 👍

@Rutterman How can the kids tell the difference until Democratic Govts all around the world put up strict rules, laws and policies in place for the ones spreading fake news online and offline? I seriously think FBI and Cybercrime squads (etc) should do something bout it and asap.

Fingers crossed, their nightmare is over soon….praying for their safety and peace in Ukraine 🤞🏼

@Vivaci In this day and age, it's very, very difficult to completely shut-off the flow of information from every source. Some people in Russia, particularly younger ones, are able to find out what's really happening in Ukraine through non-government-controlled outlets. It's getting harder to do that, though.

It's so horrible. It's gotta end soon, but I fear it won't. 😞

@Rutterman True! We should have a branch of UN (like the Interpol) that catches these ‘fake news’ criminals ….it’s by far the most damaging and widespread crime there is!

America is blessed coz trumpet isn’t in power these days…or else one can only imagine the games putin would play with his pawn ♟ 😑

It seems putin wants to hold talks with Zelinsky…so all hope isn’t lost.

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@BackyardShaman An awesome song indeed, although I believe it's from his second album.

I think actually yes, Empty Sky I know was recorded earlier but I’m not sure of the release date. If Border Song had been released after Tumbleweed Connection, it likely it would have been in the top ten for a while. Timing, and what’s funny I remember when Honky Chateau was new and I had friends talking about a new Elton John song!! Border song😂no I had had it for years.@Rutterman

@BackyardShaman Haha. New to them, apparently. 😄

@EmilyMom You're welcome. I really like the song.

@chrisCA One of mine too.