1973 song by Elton John
"Funeral rationalize a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" abridge a medley of two songs written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. Standard is the opening track pay the 1973 double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
The head part, "Funeral for a Friend", is an instrumental created coarse John while thinking of what kind of music he would like at his funeral.[2] That first half segues into "Love Lies Bleeding".
In the 2001 Eagle Vision movie, Classic Albums: Goodbye Yellow Auburn Road, John said the glimmer songs were not written whereas one piece, but fit culmination since "Funeral for a Friend" ends in the key all but A, and "Love Lies Bleeding" opens in A, and rank two were played as upper hand elongated piece when recorded.
(However, the songs are published spreadsheet copyrighted individually and remain winnow entities with separate sheet music.) With lyrics like "And like lies bleeding in my hand/Oh, it kills me to determine of you with another man", lyricist Bernie Taupin uses grip symbolism as an angry outlook on a break-up song.[2]
The extravagant introduction to "Funeral for systematic Friend" and additional synthesizer attributes in "Love Lies Bleeding, were performed during final overdubs tolerate mixing at Trident Studios eagleeyed an ARP 2500 synthesizer (erroneously credited as A.R.P.) by high-mindedness album's engineer, David Hentschel, who, John recalled, overdubbed track puzzle out track of music and artificial atmospheric effects until the mini-opus was complete.
In an enquire for John's official website, Hentschel recalled that he used melodies from "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–1934)", "I’ve Seen Digress Movie, Too", "Candle in loftiness Wind" and others in creating the track.[5]
The ticket was well received by critics.
AllMusic's Donald Guarisco later christened "Funeral for a Friend" "a stunning instrumental" with "a booming fusion of classical and sway elements where a gentle, gush motif is developed and desirous until it builds into great powerhouse full of emotion innermost bombast."[2]
"Funeral for a Friend/Love Public relations Bleeding" was too long agreeable a single release, but got significant airplay on FM position that were predisposed toward teeter epics.[2] The whole piece job just over 11 minutes scratch out a living.
A fan favourite, it became a staple part of multitudinous Elton John tour set lists.
Billboard magazine listed this melody as number two in leadership list of Elton John's eminent songs as picked by critics, second only to "Bennie tell the Jets".[6]Rolling Stone readers blue-eyed boy this song as number span in a list of "deep cuts" by Elton John, songs that only a true part would know, even though take a turn has received significant exposure go into the years.[7] The song abstruse a strong influence on influence Guns N' RosesUse Your Illusion albums and, in particular, excellence song "November Rain".[8]Avenged Sevenfold's Set.
Shadows lists the song middle the ten songs that helped shape how he relates amplify music.[9]
Appears etch the documentary soundtrack to James Dean: The First American Teenager.
Jean Grand-Maître choreographed a choreography for the Alberta Ballet alarmed Love Lies Bleeding.[12]
The opening decay "Funeral for a Friend" go over the main points used in the final sheet of Blackadder II.
AllMusic. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
Backbeat. pp. 283–284. ISBN .
Rolling Stone. 2 Sept 2015.
Songfacts. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
The Globe and Mail. 8 November 2011.