Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (Official HD Music Video)
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- Опубліковано 29 жов 2020
- Official restored HD video of Nothing Rhymed by Gilbert O'Sullivan to celebrate its 50th Anniversary.
Official Website: www.gilbertosullivan.co.uk
Instagram: / gilbertosull_
Facebook: / gilbertosull
Lyrics:
If I give up the seat I've been saving
To some elderly lady or man
Am I being a good boy?
Am I your pride and joy?
Mother please, if you please, say I am
And if while in the course of my duty
I perform an unfortunate take
Would you punish me so
Unbelievably so
Never again will I make that mistake
This feeling inside me could never deny me
The right to be wrong if I choose
And this pleasure I get
From say winning a bet
Is to lose
When I'm drinking my Bonaparte Shandy
Eating more than enough apple pies
Will I glance at my screen
And see real human beings
Starve to death right in front of my eyes
Nothing old, nothing new, nothing ventured
Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost
Nothing further than proof, nothing wilder than youth
Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine
Nothing physically, recklessly, hopelessly blind
Nothing I couldn't say
Nothing why 'cause today
Nothing rhymed
This feeling inside me could never deny me
The right to be wrong if I choose
And this pleasure I get
From say winning a bet
Is to lose
Nothing good, nothing bad, nothing ventured
Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost
Nothing further than proof, nothing wilder than youth
Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine
Nothing physically, recklessly, hopelessly blind
Nothing I couldn't say
Nothing why 'cause today
Nothing rhymed
#GilbertOSullivan #NothingRhymed #HDVideo
I'll never understand why this genius never got the recognition he so deserves. This song is just perfect. Musically, lyrically, and to top it off his great voice. 🎼🎙️
The strongs section glue me to this song ...
It was a bit over orchestrated. The strings section was a bit too loud and overpowering and it would have been nice to hear more of him and the piano. He was quite big here in the UK when I was a teenager but yes it was a brilliantly written song.
i think cause he was not a pretty boy
He did. He got a lot of recognition. All artists come and then go.
...exactly thats strange ..i dont know how many time i have listening to this genius musican songs..
This man has never got the recognition he deserves for original, startling and intelligent song writing.
He has chez nous…
I agree. He should have "made it". I don't know why he didn't.
@@jacquismith3277 he did “make it” … where were you ?
Alone again naturally was a huge hit
@@siliconesal I was around. He didn't seem to stay at the top for very long. I suppose I'm comparing him unfairly with the likes of Wings, Rod Stewart. He just seemed to disappear. Didn't mean to cause offence.
I am from Waterford City in Ireland where Gilbert was born. He has been awarded the freedom of the city in recognition of his contribution to music. At last he is getting the awards that he justly deserves. It's never too late to appreciate greatness.
It took a very long time for Waterford to recognise him.
Awe lovely Congratulation’s to Gilbert O’Sullivan. Love him 🥰🥰🥰
Well said. He's some singer / songwriter . A proper gent of an Irish man ✌️
Legend i'm only up the road from you in Clonmel Co.Tipp
@@cmb5489 My good wife drags me up there shopping from time to time. Lovely little town.
South Wales 1972, I'm 12 and nothing on this earth has ever affected me quite like this song; it's stayed will me since the day I bought the vinyl in the town of Neath. Amen
I know the feeling. A few people have recorded this but failed to match Gilbert's original
@marklemon9446 you are the same age as me, and you have the same great appreciation for amazing , emotional, beautiful music as i have.
Amen to your beautiful comment. Sending 💚
The lyrics ! Amazing how expressive he's lyrics are
Memorys
I am Dutch... but gosh, if you do not see that this man has been touched by the gods of melody an poetry, you have to be deaf and blind...
damn...I understand what you are saying but could have articulated your point without the expense of berating deaf and blind people.
Ik ook😊
@@bamboo___
I absolutely agree
Wat wil hij dan zeggen met dit mooie liedje?
@@gevegt7721especially in CLAIR ...
In my 7th decade I now appreciate the likes of Gilbert O'Sullivan and Peter Skellern, whose maturity was well in advance of their age - and their times.
Peter Skellern was great.
Me too
agree though wonder if it's there origin doesn't sit well with criminals being canonised
@@larrylegs6012 Please explain - not sure I understand your comment..
Well said Dave . . Totally agree!
To hear this song again after at least 40 years made me cry. It’s still a beautiful song and my parents loved it. They’re both gone now but with my eyes closed, I was in our living room with my parents, as a child, watching Gilbert O’ Sullivan singing this song …………such beautiful memories…….Thank you mister O’Sullivan ❤️🇳🇱
Thank you for sharing your memories, and I share your sentiments about this beautiful song and long lost relatives and loved ones. Both my parents long gone, who enjoyed listening to Gilbert, and quite by chance I heard this song on the radio recently. It took me back to a much happier and carefree time in my life so I just had to come on to UA-cam and listen again...
🥱
Beautiful comment.
I was 18 in the Irish Army and his songs were top of the list. My mother loved him too. Brilliant.
Sorely underrated. A brilliant lyricist. Some superb love songs.
The world does not appreciate it yet, but this is one of the greatest lyrics ever written by this most talented Irishman,a fellow countryman of me.
Wiser words have seldom been written! I was born in 1980 and discovered Gilbert OSullivan as a 15 year old in 1995. I'm from Norway and Gilbert was HUGE here in the early to mid 70s.
It’s the subtle wordplay for me.. ❤️
@@PDeRop His melodic touch aint too shabby either!
Brilliant lyrics,superb arrangement.
and a Waterford man , even better!
I am from the far east. This song and Alone Again Naturally means so much to me. The lyrics written by Gilbert O’Sullivan represent what we all go through. I thank you Gilbert O’Sullivan to help me express the sadness and pain in my heart. GOD BLESS YOU.
hit the nail on the head
He hasn’t written a bad song. All of his music is inspirational.
I was born in 62 ....... this man has never received the credit owed to him. This is up there with Elinor Rigby
He did, come on. He's not rightfully celebrated anymore, that's true. But he was immensely popular in the seventies (and early eighties).
A profound work of art. Gilbert is the most underated of all artistes, a genius songwriter who doesn't get the respect he deserves. Dylan would have been proud of writing this.
IMHO - his manager made him change his style of writing from meaningful songs like this to sappy love songs. Listen to the songs form "Himself" or some of his earlier songs like "I Wish I Could Cry" and "Mister Moody's Garden".
It's amazing to think that I once hated this man's music. He had the last laugh. He got me in the end.
He really was a genius in his field - remember those magical days when we heard it on our radios without a care in the world, but now.......
Well said my friend...agree 100 % ... one of the all-time greatest...
@@timwright4263 Funny you say that, when I was a younger man (now 63) I had little time for The Beatles, now I am a huge fan. Maturity perhaps? I have always liked Gilbert's works though.
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written...
itz like sometimes people come with a message just to disappeare again
Yeah...It's a fantastic song..!! 👍😊
One of the best singer songwriters of my 70s era
@@paulwright2093 the flat cap
Fuck yea hun
What can you say about this musical genius ? his songs are just superb and timeless, I see him sometimes at Church in Jersey where we both live, he is a very quite and shy man , but put him in front of a Piano and an Orchestra and something magic happens. Gilbert ( Ray ) O Sullivan is a Superstar.
I am 53 years old. We had this song in a cassette 50 years ago. I didn't know the name of the singer or song but I memorized the rhyme in my mind. I was searching for this almost 50 years and now I found it. ❤❤❤
Ja też znalazłam dziś ,w moje urodziny ,też nie słyszałam 50 lat ,miałam 15 ,popłakałam się ,pozdrawiam
I'm 63 and still know every word means something to everyone glad you found it
@@joannanangle4876. Thanks a lot 💕
Brilliant songwriter and beautiful singer. Have loved him from the start. We don't hear enough of him. Great to see this footage. I was a devoted teenage fan even then 🥰
This beautiful man deserves the recognition that the rest of the so called stars get. He is deep and beautiful. Thank you for your incredible songs that hit your heartstrings. Thank you.
Probably the most underrated songwriter of his time this is Genius
@Fred Forbes Ha Ha Na just recognizing a Great talent
He's very good at what he does, but genius, no.
@Fred Forbes There is no unnatural way to love anyone. Is there?
nic evans the man only had two hits in the US and then silence.
@@ozziequinones584 Yea that doesn't mean anything , what i would say is lyrically musically this song is Brilliant , I think he represented and observed in his music a very English narrative which is rare , even is image northern English working class , an original
Siamo nel 2024, ho 65 anni e non mi stancherò mai, finché avrò vita, di ascoltare questo capolavoro.
An Irish bard ,blessed with poetic genius . Never to be replicated 🇮🇪🇬🇧🥰
Who knows Irishman ✨🎇🎆😉😉😉😉😉😉😊❤✨🎇🎆
Is it really 50 years? Sounds as good now as it did then, the mark of a great song
Is it really 50 years ago. I'm 75 now, so I must have been 25 when I loved this song. I have Wonderful Memories of those times. 😅😅😅
A better period in Britain
@@robertedwards5184 Più di 50 anni! In Italia la cantava Renato dei Profeti circa 55 anni fa.
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70. XX-century:)
one of the most underrated musicians ever . what a wonderful song .
Except he was greatly sucessful throughout the seventies and early eighties. Do your five minute research, kiddo.
I was 13 when this came out I loved it ,my dad bought it and he never liked anyone hardly or much songs but he immediately recognised this as a special original unique song and it’s still timeless today
His finest moment, his finest composition.
Agreed 💯
The joy of being a boomer and remembering these songs when they were released! What a glorious time to be born.
I'd Love to be a boomer
@Phil UK Net: I'm from 58, so a bit younger. But I'll never forget the day of it's first showing on Dutch tv. Life no less. Guilbert in his Irish Povery togs behind the piano. It was so contradictive of anything we were used to when it came to pop music. And the lyrics! Let me say this it's endearing and aware making at the same time. A short while after came Matrimony and then it got silent up into the eighties. And then a reborn, modern Guilbert O'Sullivan came back on the stage. But nowhere as powerful and beguiling as that poverty boy.
Gen Xers also loves this!
Am I a boomer if I don't have a clue about what a boomer is...?? 😃👍
Im proud to be a boomer😁👍🏻‼️
Clever song writing, still relevant today.
This bloke was underrated great song writer good singer and entertainer loved all is music
Aah this song, was 13 years old, had posters of gilbert all over my bedroom wall, grew up forgot about him until i heard this song again, memories came flooding back, ah wish i was back there again
Yes Christina we all do. It would be great
i haven't listened to this song for a long long time. I can remember when this was released i was a teenager , it's still as powerful now some 50 years later ....... I'm just so proud I loved this guy's music, perhaps i was a good person after all........... i pray this is true
Irish talent at it’s best. A brilliant composer and lyricist. Underrated as so many in history where things did not rhyme.
John Lennon described this as the best song ever written..
@@bertiebloggs Any source of that citation?
...EIREANN GO BRAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😀
@@bertiebloggsPraise indeed
@@bertiebloggsPraise indeed
Gilbert wrote this classic over 50 years ago, and I guarantee, people will still be listening to this brilliant song a hundred years from now
In a 100 years everything rhymes,
because they tell you it does.
Just a query, how can you guarantee this?
I'll come back in a hundred or so and see, i hope so.
Make that a thousand years from now, and then some...
@@edmundpower1250 The song is that good, I just know it will still be played somewhere around the world. I plan on living a very long time and hope u do too so I can come back on here and tell you.
I told you so
Ohhh my god. I just heard this song for the first time ever (29 Apr 2022). My goosebumps have goosebumps.
I cannot find the words to adequately convey the range of emotions I'm currently feeling whilst listening to this master piece. Absolutely stunning voice, lyrics and a masterful delivery. Hats off to you sir.
One great song just something about this song so much-needed in today's world. Love the memories an amazing song that he wrote.
After listening Gilbert's original, I'm coming away with a darker mood and certainly the lyrics are haunting. Burton Cummings covered this on his 1976 solo album because he loved the lyrics and melody, but for some reason didn't sing all of Gilbert's lyrics. Give it a listen. They both are excellent and worthy of listening to.
It’s a gem
@@drcarter1229 I listened to that version and I don't like the lyric changes and he doesn't have the vulnerability in his voice like Gilbert has and I think is needed.
A decent version but doesn't get the message across like Gilbert does.
This has always been my favourite of his songs. I first heard it when I was 5 years old (in 1974) and I’ve loved it for nearly 50 years ♥️
Irish talent!......unequalled!
Italian talent is the best.
@@DracoPadilla I inform that an Italian band i profeti made a cover of this song. I wonder how many irish artists felt the need to cover italian songs. Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
What wonderful words, makes me sad.. I'm 65 now and I seem to live my life on memories gone by
É confirmando o que vc disse,Freud criou a Psicanálise.Afinal,somos uma usina de afetos.
Janio
valeu rj
I was thinking yesterday how we're stuck in a moment. I started to write a song in my head about it , didn't get far lol. :
We're all stuck
Stuck in a moment,
Like sticks in mud
If only I could travel in time
To a place more sublime
But no , I'm so stuck
In this moment with you
That's a beautiful quote and so very true. Thank you for a reminder.
@@JontheBerean Actually, i've heard worse!! Keep at it!!😉👍👍👍💖💕💓
I am 74, the artist is two years older and l have just discovered this song. Wonderful!
j ai decouvert G O Sullivan début des années 70 chez une copine j avais 14 ans a l époque.... la couverture de l album m avait fait rire il était complétement a contre courant de la mode vestimentaire et.... capillaire, mais malgré mon jeune age j ai tout de suite apprécier ses chansons et je suis fan depuis ce temps la ...merci d exister Gilbert et merci...... youtube
Some singers and there music songs never ever age and Gilbert o Sullivan is one music is as relevant in 2023
As was in 1973 yeah its timeless 🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰🕰
If he'd just written this one, it would be enough. But a proven 70s classic songwriter back when it mattered. Deserves much more respect.
Yes, he does.
Sir Gilbert O'Sullivan is pure genius!!!
The simplicity of this song has made it stand the test of time, don't you think?
One of the best songs ever written
John Lennon said he was one of the greatest poets of that period
Next to "Alone Again Naturally" this is one of Gilbert's most beautiful songs....the music, combined with his voice and lyrics are perfection....LOVE THIS always ~
Hello ,how are you doing?
Under-appreciated songwriter. Great melody and lyrics. I'm 68 and to this day your song Alone Again Naturally still chokes me up.
Love this song, takes me back to junior school in 1970
Yep, 1970 is when it was published 🙂
Me too… but ‘Clare’ was a bit dodgy
@@franceleeparis37 Don't be silly
Oh my god I really love ❤ Gilbert o Sullivan his lyrics and his voice is so marvellous and he sings so beautiful I can't stop looking at him when he is on that piano I just sit and close my eyes he is the most genius song writer ever ❤❤❤❤
still writing , still singing , still performing.. so proud of this irish genuis. may he go on forever
The more I hear this song, the more beautiful it gets❤ A real masterpiece, one of the best songs in the world if you ask me.
Poignant, poetic, and such a beautiful melody, always loved this song. For some reason, he never got the recognition he deserved.
Only now (at 65) do I realise what an superb songwriter he is. Such wonderful melodies.
You are not alone. I am 60 and have just realised it too...
Funny enough I loved GOS because of this very song, I was 20 at that time, but he was seen by young people as a bit of an oddball, but I saw through that image and just loved his music, and now at the tender age of 71 myself I still enjoy listening to his music, this one is my all-time favourite though, the music is amazing with brilliant lyrics, which was a little out of step during that glam rock period !
A genius.. nothing less!!
This is for me his best song by far... overlooked artist
My sister and I loved him. I haven't seen her for years ( family problems ) but I love her so much so Jen if you're watching please contact me So much to tell you xx
How wonderful to hear this incredible song again
I was a teenager in the early 80s, thought Jerry Dammers, Paul Weller and David Byrne were musical geniuses. But I also thought the same about Gilbert, saddened how he went out of fashion, there’s a simple love in the way he crafted his music.
Masterpiece!! One of the most junderated songwriters ever.
This was his best song. A fine single and debut UK hit.
This song has been with me for 52 years its got that beautiful timeless quality but born of its time
The first lp is excellent by a lovely hugely talented man
Thanks Gilbert ✌️🗽🕊❣️
This song never gets old. Never ceases to make me wanna cry. Love Gilbert/Ray ❤
never gets old great great song
Goosebumps. Tears. Beauty has a home.
I’m a Chinese fisherman I velly much love this song
Same ne too! I ruv this song!
Shame that the music industry can't go back to this music. Innocent beautiful. Feel sorry for the kids of today. They are not allowed anymore to have this level of gift.
MASTERPIECE .THANK YOU GILBERT O SULLIVAN.
Truly an amazing artists,who sounded like nobody else, you're right he deserves more credit,, thanks 👍👍👍👍 Gilbert o Sullivans
If I give up the seat I've been saving
To some elderly lady or man
Am I being a good boy?
Am I your pride and joy?
Mother please if you think say I am
And if while in the course of my duty
I perform an unfortunate take
Would you punish me so
Unbelievably so
Never again will I make that mistake
This feeling inside me could never deny me
The right to be wrong if I choose
And this pleasure I get
From say winning a bet
Is to lose
When I'm drinking my Bonaparte Shandy
Eating more than enough apple pies
Will I glance at my screen
And see real human beings
Starve to death right in front of my eyes
Nothing old, nothing new, nothing ventured
Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost
Nothing further than proof, nothing wilder than youth
Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine
Nothing physically recklessly, hopelessly blind
Nothing I couldn't say
Nothing why 'cos today
Nothing rhymed
This feeling inside me could never deny me
The right to be wrong if I choose
And this pleasure I get
From say winning a bet
Is to lose
Nothing good, nothing bad, nothing ventured
Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost
Nothing further than proof, nothing wilder than youth
Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine
Nothing physically recklessly, hopelessly blind
Nothing I couldn't say
Nothing why 'cos today
Nothing rhymed
Thanks👌
wonderful ! Thanks.
@@craiglewis6145
You're welcome!!😁😁👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you, this and all the others songs of Gilbert are so real, intens and so beautiful!
Thank you for the lyrics.
Absolutely brilliant, wonderful song, singer songwriter & performer!*!! 🥰🎼🎶🎤🎹❤️💖🌻🌈💕
A lyrical masterpiece. This, along with Alone Again(Naturally), were his best songs, from a talented singer/songwriter.
This bloke was/is the greatest song writer of his day. He still is in my eyes..........xx
He has written some exceptional melodies but there's nobody on earth who can compare to his lyric writing. Just amazing!
this guy writes such great lyrics
Agreed, one of the greatest lyricists of our generation.
Genius doesn’t even come close.
👏👏👏👏👏👏
Gil is 25 years old there, so young and youthful, where does the time go.
A true genius.
He wrote so beautifully !!! Alone again is one of the most beautiful songs ever written !!!
I didn't quite get him at the time..but as the years have gone by I realise what a talent the man had, with his Poetry.
As for his dress sense.?
There is still the remnants of a little boy inside every man.
One of the most unique songwriting talents ever. With simplistic lyrics that everyone can relate to.
He's a master of poetic form, adhering to rhyme scheme, etc., and finding concise ways to express his thoughts, but, his lyrics are anything but simplistic. They're actually very profound.
I was just thinking the same. His lyrics are hardly ever simplistic but has well thought out, often intricated and always profound. He can master all kinds of themes as well, ranging from sad to upbeat, serious to humourous.
@@thomasmarthinussen8978 To think that his first hits were written in his teens boggles the mind, especially in stark contrast to what's on the charts these days.
It takes a genius to make something simple.
@@johnmoore9862 A genius can make something *look* simple when it's not.
Could listen to this till the cows came home . My favourite song of all time . So evocative of xmas 1970 for me as a 13 year old in walker newcastle .
I love this song but it is a bittersweet experience to listen to it because it evokes a time which can never be relived.
So talented - beautiful song ❤
Gilbert was such a talent, both playing and writing. He was taught to play piano by Rick Davies, founder of Supertramp.
That's some tuff shii
Was ? What happened to him ?
He's still going 2021
Ahhhh....well there you go then....from one extremely talented individual to another!
Thank you from a supertramp fan didn't know that
Amazing melody and lyrics.....Timeless......a true genius
He's very good at producing simple catchy tunes, but genius, no.
@@normanbates569 not so simple to be honest ! But brilliant ..
Norman, could you save us the time and share with us information about your best-selling records ? Your masterpiece(s) must be far superior to what Gilbert O'sullivan has done the last decades
He was absolutely amazing
Beautiful!❤
Poignant, still after all this time. Sublime strings. Beautiful production. Seems about right for 2020.
You have such a profound impact on my carrier that even the biggest thank you text would fall short to express my gratitude. Thanks for your support and the love shown stay safe ❤️❤️❤️
Hello ,how are you doing?
The last 50 years in one song!
Grazie Gilbert ❤ le tue canzoni mi hanno donado i miei migliori anni della vita . La tua voce entra nel profondo del cuore.... egi / Genoa/Italy
This is so beautifull
Timeless song. Just like the rest of his catalogue.
@ I was around 10 when I first heard it, and I'm a lot older than you. And I too still love listening to his songs.
The most underated singers of all time.
He wasn’t underrated, he had hit after hit in the 70s. Infact he was everywhere in the early and mid seventies. Far from underrated.
If his music was out today he would be of the rickter scale.j
@@Eleventhearlofmars if his music was out today he would be of the rickter scale j
@@joeyogrady7953 If Winston Churchill was alive today he'd turn in his grave.
@@davidcopson5800 if winston was alive today he wouldnt have a grave.
i was aged 11 when my father died,and this album took so much grief away
Oh my......x
Likewise David, I was 13 in 74 broke me, old now, good luck sir!
Paul Gambaccini described this as "one of the great songs of all time." I think I agree.
Rick Gordon I agree!!
He sure did but Paul obviously haven't kept up with the Gilbert OSullivan output! He revealed some embarrassing fundamental flaws in a Gilbert OSullivan mini documentary and view Gilbert as the most missing in action artist of his adulthood! Paul, hate to break it to ya but Gilbert has been constantly on the road since 1990 and as a recording artist he's been active from 1967 to the current date!
It's a beautiful song. Breathtakingly simple but extraordinarily sublime.
I agree too. I love this song.
He was the most underrated singer ever.my opinion all these years later, he was brilliant 👍
Of all his songs this and Alone Again are in a class of their own. In any company they are in a class of their own.
Totally agree.
@@123seanaway Me too.
Yes, they are both truly extraordinary songs, and strangely nothing else he wrote came close.
This song is a masterpiece that colours a whole age
10 times the talent of Elton, I wish he were not scammed by his label and had made/published music throughout that period passionately, a great loss. now there is a before and after in the music and enthusiasm. Still a huge contribution to the world of music, I hope my kids' 5 generations from now will enjoy this as much as I do,
I think the very young Elton John was so much better a songwriter than he is now! Living in the US seems to have made his songs overblown and not stripped back sadly!
I agree. I was at Music College in the early 70s when these songs burst onto the scene. Gilbert & Elton were deemed “rubbish” by my tutors as their music (like the Beatles before them) didn’t conform to musical theory. I could have actually written thousands of songs like these, and better, but wasn’t allowed to. Frustrated at this I left College to find my own way but thereby hangs another tale......... anyway these “musicians” were still scorned by the tutors and, in a way, they were right. We had to literally “write” parts, as in 26 instrument scores and voice, four part harmony and piano pieces all of which had to conform to the theory of music whereas Gilbert & Elton went on to make their millions (although Gilbert was ripped off by his manager, and struggled forever thereafter), and Elton triumphed above all the “writers” you can ever imagine. If I had been a “chord merchant” like EJ then I would’ve been thrown out of College. The only true musician on the scene at the time in this genre for the UK was Peter Skellern. But because of the route he chose he never got the exposure he deserved. He died penniless.
@@annasumicz9702 get your facts right, Elton never wrote his songs Berni Taupin did Elton does the arrangement way better than Gilbert also imo
Grenville Bamford - Bernie Taupin does not write / compose music. Elton John does. Up until now I've never heard (or read) anyone say otherwise, or even hint otherwise. Feel free to share links with interviews or posts (reliable sources, obviously). In the good old days he, as Reg (sometimes Reggie) Dwight - his real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight), wrote the music and lyrics to "Come Back Baby" and "Mr. Frantic" when he was with Bluesology
@Grenville Bamford Elton doesn’t do arrangements, nor is he “a writer” He’s a piano player. The musicians were the likes of Paul Buckmaster, Gus Dugeon, etc.
One of the best song writers of his time and still is today in my opinion I think he was under rated when he should of been up there with the best
Have been a fan since his first album 1971.Was a young un the age of 6 and still a fan today.Simply Sublime.
You have such a profound impact on my carrier that even the biggest thank you text would fall short to express my gratitude. Thanks for your support and the love shown stay safe ❤️❤️❤️
Wow! Sounds like a lennon McCartney classic, why has no one highlighted this genius songwriting?
I remember this song when it was first released in the early 70’s , at the time I thought it was slow and boring , but hearing it again now I’m a lot older , I think it’s a masterpiece of songwriting , the words and lyrics are a superb combination along with the actual tune . An excellently written song of that time seen through the eyes of one of the most underrated talents.
I wasn't born in the 70s but got my love of gilbert thru my parents...what a talent he is (timeless) 👍
You have matured as a glass of red wine 😀
@@celiabeverton4514 I think you’re right 😄 , I thought I’d have to age at sometime , great song though .
The arrogance of youth 🙂
I’ve never ever thought of it as slow and boring, I’ve always liked it and I wasn’t born until 9 years later… It was my Mum got the 7” 45 and I always played it together with ‘Clair’ and ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’ (1972)
The seventies equivalent of Mozart, the lyrical genius of a Shakespeare, and the humbleness of a good soul! Thank you for such a gift of a song to humanity
🤣
well said
agreed a genius
Thank you for you beautiful comments...it gave me peace x
Wonderful comment. Gilbert is certainly a genius, i love his music.
The person who dislike this song...well, I feel sorry for him/ her.
I fell in love with Gilbert straight away when I heard him sing not just a brilliant song but a good looking man in a schoolboy uniform and to top that a beautiful voice Gilbert is a genius and Nothing Rhythms was simply a gem of a song I’m proud to say I’ve been a fan from the beginning I should have seen him in March but lock down came but our tickets 🎫 are still valid for this coming March I can’t wait fingers crossed 🤞 for March love ❤️ from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴🏴🏴💖🥰🤞🎫😘
Great simple song. Back to the wonderful 70's music. Those were the days, nothing else.
Indeed and Absolutely.