Song Showcase - Citizen Jane by Bernie Taupin

Again with the lack of updates... I apologize for that. I've been focusing more on my Youtube channel lately. If you're interested in the music writing I've done, there's none of that on the channel at the moment. It's all video game related stuff, but if you're interested, check that out.

Of course, at this point, I'm pretty sure a good amount of my readers are bots from Russian spam sites trying to get me to click the link in their referral so they can send me porn and try to get money out of me or something, but there's probably some real people reading this, right?

Anyway, enough of my complaining about that. I'm going to change the format of this a bit so I can get back in the swing of it. Showcasing songs I like - most of which are obscure.

Today's entry is Citizen Jane by Bernie Taupin, Elton John's lyricist. Bernie's only ever put out a few of his own albums, which isn't surprising. The guy's been focused on providing lyrics for one of the biggest musical performers in the world for over forty years. It's made him very wealthy, and fulfilled him as an artist. He isn't required to put his own voice on record, as long as his words make it there.

Besides, Bernie's not much of a singer. He does fine here, but his voice is quite weak and thin. It suits this particular song, though, and Elton John's background vocals help out a lot. But I think Taupin's voice is what makes this song work. It's a very mellow and restrained voice. He doesn't have much of a voice, but he knows how to use it well.