- Flinstone Boy
Infobox Song
Name = Flinstone Boy
Type =Song
Artist =Elton John
Album =A Single Man (1998 reissue)
track_no = 13
Recorded = January-September 1978
Genre = Pop, Rock
Length = 4:13
Label = MCA (US/Canada)
Rocket Records
Writer =Elton John
Producer = Clive Franks, Elton John
prev = "Ego"
prev_no = 12
next = "I Cry at Night "
next_no = 14Flinstone Boy is a song by
Elton John . For an exchange, John also wrote the lyrics to this song. It came out as the b-side to his 1978 single, "Ego", and appeared as a bonus track on the reissue of his 1978 album, "A Single Man ".Musical structure
The song starts with all instruments. During the song, double-tracked vocals enter the picture, as do gnawing synthesizers sounding like the Australian
didgeridoo . An acoustic guitar is present instead of the electrics mostly used during the sessions for the album. The song ends with a fading synthesizer.Lyrical meaning
This is one of the few songs released which John himself wrote the lyrics to. They tell the story of a gangster whose girlfriend's been cheating on him, but that's not the main story. Overall, the song is mainly nonsense put together, and is a classic example of a
b-side with no certain interest.The actual title is "Flinstone Boy" without the t. Many see this as a spelling mistake and correct it, but it is in fact the proper spelling.
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