By now, if you've been keeping up with what I've written on the subject, you know that the Blue Moves album was an album full of songs dealing with a significant amount of angst and bad feelings, recorded at a tumultuous time in the lives of both Elton and Bernie Taupin.
Often, the lead track on an album is designed to set the tone for the songs to follow. In this case, however, nothing could be further from the truth.
"Your Starter For..." is a sprightly, bouncy little one minute twenty three second instrumental ditty, dominated by the synths of James Newton Howard and written by guitarist Caleb Quaye. It couldn't be farther in tone from the downbeat vibe of the majority of the album's tracks.
I suppose it was felt that some lightening of mood was needed, considering the next, and first full-length cut, was the morose "Tonight"- which will be covered soon.
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I always really liked this track.
Nice counterpoint.
We need to hear more from Mr. Quaye, don't you think?
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