Elton john album cover art caribu3/9/2023 Which raises the question can an album with only two indispensible songs on it be called great? I say yes, and I say Caribou is the proof. I’m not going to lie to you hit-wise, Caribou isn’t the best of John’s 1970s oeuvre. ![]() And while he was at it he called himself a bitch and a stinker and proud of it, another thing self-loathing Lou lacked the balls to do. Fuck Lou Reed-he tried to go glitter, but on Caribou and 1973’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road John put Transformer Lou in his place without even trying. The guy’s a god, and without him 1970s MOR would have been a far less fascinating and flamboyant place. I still love Elton John, think he’s the shit, and if you disagree the completely over-the-top “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” should change your mind, Sugar Bear. And the glasses! I loved this guy when I was a kid small wonder I turned out an effete and impudent fashion plate. Just check out that jacket you’ll have to look hard-I’d start with your female rappers-to find anything that even comes close. ![]() ![]() The man is not just the genius who bequeathed us the likes of “Tiny Dancer” and “Bennie and the Jets” he’s a genuine sartorial marvel. ![]() Yeah, I know you’re digging the outrageous outfit Captain Fantastic is sporting on the cover of 1974’s Caribou just as much as I am.
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