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Riff: Elton John – “Crocodile Rock”

Nov 19, 2015

But the years went by and the rock just died/Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy/Long nights crying by the record machine/Dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeans

from Crocodile Rock lyrics by Elton John

Cheesy by today’s standards, sure. And maybe the “foreign guy” is vaguely xenophobic, if we’re picking it apart. But it’s the best distillation of nostalgia, puppy-love and innocence lost, and rock fetishism perhaps of all time. That and the falsetto “La, lalalala la” part is equal parts silly and super catchy; [LISTEN].

Riff by Karl Ernest

Karl is a Seattle-based musician and writer at SONGLYRICS; a veteran of both east and west-coast scenes, he has performed with the likes of The Ying Yang Twins, David Arquette, Wynton Marsalis, among others. But he's no stranger to seedy dives or house shows, either.

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