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Re: BBF Single "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" available 4/19/2011 (preview)
Bumblefoot
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" available next Tuesday... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mbfkHVskFk
Uploaded by Bumblefoot on Apr 12, 2011
Cover of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - available April 19th, 2011 at www.bumblefoot.com
Re: BBF Single "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" available 4/19/2011 (preview)
Really sucks.
Maybe i'm too much of an Elton fan.
Before Bumble was kind of doing these covers tongue-in-cheek and parodying the originals... here he kind of sounds like he's taking himself seriously and he's not talented enough vocally or instrumentally to pull it off.
Granted it's only a 1 minute clip, but the guitars have that cringe-worthiness of his Catcher In The Rye work.
I know he's a fan, I get it, but he just can't pull off Beatles/Queen/Elton-type tracks.
Re: BBF Single "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" available 4/19/2011 (preview)
ronsbeard Ron's beard
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD available now!!! http://tinyurl.com/BumbleYellow http://fb.me/W8Xftru4
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Bumblefoot
bumblefoot Bumblefoot
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD available now!!! http://tinyurl.com/BumbleYellow
http://www.bumblefoot.com/press/2011041 … ckRoad.htm
Goodybe Yellow Brick Road
Performed by Bumblefoot
Written by Elton John, Bernard Taupin
©1973 Published by Songs Of PolyGram International Inc. (BMI)
Cover art by Dan Verkys, photo by Jason Obrotka
For this song I wanted a closeness, an intimacy in the performance. I was going to record this on acoustic guitar but went instead with a clean sound off the Engl Invader head. Listening back I can hear the Hendrix inspiration in the phrasing, and a punch to the notes inspired by Ron Wood on Rod Stewart's "Maggie May". Always loved the fat punchy dynamic sound of that solo... Tracks were laid end of January to early February, Dennis Leeflang [drums] gave the song a great groove and energy.
I've wanted to cover this song for years. After coming back from a year of touring with GNR, enjoying Axl's Elton-inspired piano solo before November Rain each night, I was looking forward to getting into the studio and laying this song. Hope you enjoy it, thanks!
