Monday, July 29, 2019

Edward Woodward covers an Elton John song that SHOULD have been in ROCKETMAN - Dick James' son is PISSED OFF


It's ONLY a movie. Why should it be factual? 

In the movie, young Elton John auditions songs for British big shot Dick James. The year is 1967. Elton plays "Daniel" (actually written in 1972) and “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues” (actually written in 1983). Dick James, being a complete asshole jerk fuck-up executive-prick tin-eared piece of shit, passes on BOTH gems, which he didn't even hear. Well, that's the movies.

The fact is that Elton wrote and SANG a lot of demos for Dick James, and these are easy to find in bootleg form. One of them, the peculiar "Tide will Turn for Rebecca," was actually recorded in 1970 by Edward Woodward. Here's some of the typical WTF lyrics from Bernie Taupin: 

"Can you hear the floorboards crying in a room on the second floor, that used to be owned by someone who's no one, but he don't live there anymore
"Only Rebecca clasping her head on her knees, trying to work out what is about
And why someone had to leave.
"But dry up your tears, stop counting the years. Don't worry what's coming. Forget all your fears. And the tide will turn for Rebecca. Her life will change, her hopes rearrange into something that might really matter
"She's all alone in a world of her own with a key that fits her lonely world. You won't need a crowd to shout out aloud what she says deserves to be heard."

Here's the song, which you can stream or, using any Youtube-to-mp3 website, download for your very own:


Not a bad song, really. But would it have worked on viewers if Elton had sat down in front of Dick James, sung 10 seconds of this, and had him say, "Hey, I'm signing you to a demo contract, and maybe I can get a TV actor to cover that song..." Nah. Better to have Elton play a hit song and have Dick James sneer that it wasn't any good. Bad, bad music executive! 

When somebody is dead (Dick James) he makes the perfect villain to puncture the oh-so-gay world of a darling, darling dearest, whether it's Elton John or Freddie Mercury (both movies were directed by the same fellatio. Er, fellow.) 

Well, dicking with Dick has gotten some dour words from Stephen James. Unlike the sons of Elton John and David Gurnish, Dick James actually put his dick in a twat and created a true offspring. This son of a Dick is coming to the defense of his Dad: 

"He's basically a coward," James said in an interview with the Express. You can read it here:

DAILY EXPRESS interview with STEPHEN JAMES

But if you want just a few highlights:

On Elton John: "He's never been able to really express his emotions properly, certainly not to me. I don't understand why he seems to feel the need to try to destroy everybody who helped him. We only ever tried to do the best for him and to promote his career. I really am very upset that he has turned on people in this way."

On his Dad and the Film: ""It's rather upset me because my father was a nice guy... my father treated Elton very much as if he was a son. He gave him advice. He was always helping him. My father would always be there. (Scenes in the film) basically depict my father opposite to the way he was in real life. They have turned him into this stereotype with a big fat cigar, swearing every other word. He just wasn't like that. He never got aggressive. He never lost his temper. He never swore. But that's how they have made him in the film."

And so the tide turns for Dick James! Thanks, Stephen for setting the record (pardon the expression) STRAIGHT.  

PS, the Edward Woodward album "This Man Alone" was on the DJM label. That's...DICK JAMES MUSIC.

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