Elton John's 'Island Girl': A Bold Experiment

0:00On April 27th, Elton John's 1975 track island girl hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three straight weeks, topping, charts from his 10th album, Rock of the Westies. A crack number 14 in the UK, too, snagging gold certification that year and platinum by 1995. That reggae-tinged pop rock vibe stood out, with marimba's and Caribbean guitar riffs pushing boundaries from his usual sound, all pinned by his. Long time lyric partner Bernie Taupin. Fast forward, and the lyrics about a tall Jamaican woman turning tricks in New York, chased by a guy wanting to whisk her home, aged real bad. Taupin called his straight-up sexist and misogynistic in a recent interview, saying it's totally inappropriate and erased from their catalog. No greatest hits inclusion, and Elton dropped it from live shows after 1990, with the last gig at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland during. His sleeping with the past tour. Still, island girl marks that bold mid-70s experimental edge in his work, a snapshot of rock evolving even if it don't get spun no more.

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