John was raised in the Pinner suburb of London and learned to play piano at an early age, forming the blues band Bluesology in 1962. After leaving Bluesology in 1967 to embark on a solo career, John met Taupin after they both answered an advert for songwriters. For two years, they wrote songs for other artists, and John worked as a session musician for artists. John released his debut album Empty Sky in 1969, and a year later formed the Elton John Band and released his first hit single, "Your Song".
John's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s when he released a streak of chart-topping albums in the US and UK, which began with Honky Château (1972) and culminated with Rock of the Westies (1975). John continued his success in the 1980s and 1990s, having several hit singles and albums in both decades, and has continued to record new music since then. He has also had success in musical films and theatre, composing music for The Lion King, Aida, and Billy Elliot the Musical. In 2018, John began his ongoing farewell tour Farewell Yellow Brick Road, which is scheduled to conclude in 2023. The 2019 biopic Rocketman dramatized his life and career.
Outside of music, John is an HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser and has been involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s. He established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, which has raised over £300 million since its inception, and a year later he began hosting his annual Foundation Academy Awards Party, which has since become one of the biggest high-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. John was the chairman and director of Watford F.C, from 1976 to 1987, and again from 1997 to 2002, and is an honorary life president of the club. From the late 1970s to the late 1980s, John developed a severe addiction problem to drugs and alcohol but has been sober since 1990. He entered into a civil partnership with Canadian filmmaker David Furnish in 2005; they married after same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales in 2014.
John has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100, including nine number-ones in the UK and US, as well as seven consecutive number-one albums in the US. His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", a rewritten version of his 1974 single in dedication to Princess Diana, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling chart single of all time. In 2021, John became the first solo artist with UK Top 10 singles across six decades.
John has received numerous awards, including five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards; including for Outstanding Contribution to Music; two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, a Disney Legend Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and is a fellow of The Ivors Academy. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music and charitable services in 1998 and was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) in 2020.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John
Solo studio albums
Empty Sky (1969)
Elton John (1970)
Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Madman Across the Water (1971)
Honky Château (1972)
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Caribou (1974)
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Rock of the Westies (1975)
Blue Moves (1976)
A Single Man (1978)
Victim of Love (1979)
21 at 33 (1980)
The Fox (1981)
Jump Up! (1982)
Too Low for Zero (1983)
Breaking Hearts (1984)
Ice on Fire (1985)
Leather Jackets (1986)
Reg Strikes Back (1988)
Sleeping with the Past (1989)
The One (1992)
Made in England (1995)
The Big Picture (1997)
Songs from the West Coast (2001)
Peachtree Road (2004)
The Captain & the Kid (2006)
The Diving Board (2013)
Wonderful Crazy Night (2016)
Regimental Sgt. Zippo (2021)
She Sold Me Magic
Elton John Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
She sold me magic/ She sold me magic/ And all the believer things I needed every day/ She sold me magic/ She sold me magic/ And all the believer things I needed every day.
Maybe, you're always maybe, maybe, maybe I love you/ My thanks jaunty for the lower time/ Maybe, you're always maybe, maybe, maybe I love you/ But I keep follow something other side.
She sold me magic/ She sold me magic/ And all the believer things I needed every day/ She sold me magic/ She sold me magic/ And all the believer things I needed every day.
Maybe, you're always maybe, maybe, maybe I love you/ My thanks jaunty for the lower time/ Maybe, you're always maybe, maybe, maybe I love you/ But I keep follow something other side.
The lyrics of Elton John's "She Sold Me Magic" seem to revolve around a person falling for someone who is constantly uncertain and almost unreachable. The repetition of the word "maybe" suggests the apprehension of the person concerned over expressing their true feelings towards the other person to avoid rejection.
In the second half of the song, the lyrics go on to describe how "she" (the person the singer is interested in) sold the singer magic, but it's unclear whether this magic is real or simply a metaphor for the feeling of falling in love. The dependency on the person for these "believer things" reflects the singer's need to rely on the other person to feel complete.
Overall, the song seems to be detailing the complications that arise when a person falls for someone who is indecisive and how the singer struggles to come to terms with their own feelings and the inability to commit fully. The lyrics are cryptic but leave the interpretation open to the listener.
Line by Line Meaning
Maybe, you're always maybe, maybe, maybe I love you
There's a possibility that I love you, but I'm not entirely sure.
My thanks jaunty for the lower time
Thank you for the good times we had together.
But I keep follow something other side
Despite my feelings for you, there's something else that I'm pursuing.
She sold me magic
She offered me a kind of magic that I was missing in my life.
And all the believer things I needed every day
Through her magic, she provided me with all the things I needed to believe in and hold onto every day.
She said I'm in my better life time
She believed that being with her was the best part of my life.
She said my soul is matching her a sign
She claimed that our souls were aligned and meant to be together.
She turn mine in all about she loves me strong
She made me feel as though everything revolved around her strong love for me.
Will you love me love? She push me all again your love
She's asking if I will love her in return, and she's trying to win me over with all her love and affection.
She sold me magic
She continued to offer me her magic and everything I needed to believe and feel good about myself.
And all the believer things I needed every day
She provided me with all the things I needed to hold onto and believe in every day.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Peter Harthen
on Sacrifice
not like todays crap
Peter Harthen
on Sacrifice
Even at 56 years old, this music still sounds so good to me, how music should sound.....