Elton John, fresh faced, all glasses and glitter. Saturday Nights (Alright for Fighting)
This was an immediate choice both for its piano riff mixed with guitar and the memories of good times it invokes. Then I thought a bit. There are 20 young people dead in London from street violence this year already. Not to mention elsewhere in the UK and older people. Do I want to condone violence? No.
But this (1973) was a different era. We didn’t want to fight; as the opening line says “Its 7 o’clock and I want to rock”.
This is good time boogie music. It isn’t going to make anyone kill.
