1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/honkychateau.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''But, I quit those days and my redneck ways''\ |
3 | ''And, oh, change is gonna do me good'']] |
4 | |
5 | ->''Ooh I got a busted wing and a hornet sting''\ |
6 | ''Like an out of tune guitar''\ |
7 | ''Ooh she got Hercules on her side''\ |
8 | ''And Diana in her eyes''\ |
9 | \ |
10 | ''Some men like the Chinese life''\ |
11 | ''Some men kneel and pray''\ |
12 | ''Ooh well I like women and I like wine''\ |
13 | ''And I've always liked it that way''\ |
14 | ''Always liked it that way'' |
15 | -->--"Hercules" |
16 | |
17 | ''Honky Château'' is the fifth studio album recorded by English musician Music/EltonJohn. It was released through DJM Records in the United Kingdom, and Uni Records in the United States, on 19 May 1972. |
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19 | Elton retreated to the Château d'Hérouville in France to record this album. The location would inspire the name of the title, which in turn would inspire a song, "Honky Cat". |
20 | |
21 | Another song, "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself", was a happy-sounding song--in a similar tonal vein as the ''de facto'' TitleTrack--with a heaping helping of LyricalDissonance. |
22 | |
23 | But a different song, "Rocket Man", a soft ballad co-inspired by Music/DavidBowie's "Music/SpaceOddity" and a sci-fi novel by Creator/RayBradbury, would become one of Elton's most beloved songs. |
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25 | In the United States, ''Honky Château'' would kick off a string of seven straight studio albums which would reach #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Oddly enough, it wouldn't go Platinum in the U.S. until 1995. The album was supported by two singles: "Rocket Man", and "Honky Cat". Both were Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Rocket Man" going triple-Platinum in the United States. "Rocket Man" also hit #2 in the United Kingdom, his highest-charting single in his home country for five years, and went Platinum there as well. |
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27 | !!Tracklist |
28 | [[AC:Side one]] |
29 | #"Honky Cat" (5:13) |
30 | #"Mellow" (5:33) |
31 | #"I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself" (3:35) |
32 | #"Susie (Dramas)" (3:25) |
33 | #"Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)" (4:42) |
34 | |
35 | [[AC:Side two]] |
36 | #"Salvation" (3:59) |
37 | #"Slave" (4:22) |
38 | #"Amy" (4:03) |
39 | #"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (5:01) |
40 | #"Hercules" (5:21) |
41 | |
42 | ---- |
43 | !!Rocket man, burning out his tropes up here alone: |
44 | * TheBigRottenApple: "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters". Rose trees never grow there. |
45 | * CountryMouse: "Honky Cat". Bernie Taupin himself was one, which is reflected in many of his lyrics, as he faced a lot of opposition from his family to try to make it big in the city as a songwriter. |
46 | * FaceOnTheCover: A sepia-toned photograph of a bearded John wearing sunglasses and a tank top. |
47 | * InTheStyleOf: "Honky Cat" was in the style of New Orleans blues musicians such as Dr. John and Music/AllenToussaint. |
48 | * LyricalDissonance: "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself", a lighthearted song about, [[DrivenToSuicide well]]... |
49 | * {{Mondegreen}}: The line "burning up his fuse out here alone" from "Rocket Man" is among the most misunderstood lines in popular music. Volkswagen even made a commercial around it as a MondegreenGag. |
50 | * RefugeInAudacity: "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself", complete with a mid-song tapdance. |
51 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: "Rocket Man" reduces what had been, for the previous decade, the wondrous feats of space exploration, into something akin to a tedious nine-to-five job. |
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