#EltonJohn is a master songwriter, and this #album brings together some of his most iconic tunes. From #TinyDancer to #RocketMan and #YourSong, Elton’s legacy is huge!
0:00 SMB Intro 0:03 1: Tiny Dancer 6:19 2: Candle in the Wind 10:31 3: Bennie and the Jets 15:03 4: Crocodile Rock 18:52 5: Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting 23:31 6: I’m Still Standing 26:30 7: Rocket Man 31:11 8: Honky Cat 36:28 9: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 40:44 10: Your Song 44:46 11: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Piano Hits of Elton John by Elton John Arranged by Andrew Wrangell Edited by Samuel Dickenson Rendered with Embers 🔥 https://embers.app Produced by Andrew Wrangell & Samuel Dickenson https://sheetmusicboss.com
Learn how to play Rocket Man by Elton John on piano with this Synthesia piano tutorial! Please enjoy!
#EltonJohn wrote #RocketMan in 1972 for his album Honky Château. Enjoy this hard piano version of Rocket Man!
This piano arrangement of Rocket Man is fantastic to play! You can learn it with our #SheetMusicBoss Synthesia #PianoTutorial or from our official Sheet Music Boss sheet music at the top of the description!
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Rocket Man is the classic song performed by Elton John. The song is about the Rocket Man leaving for Mars and missing his family. According to the author of “The Musical Journey of Elton John”, Rocket Man was inspired by Bernie Taupin (the co-writer) seeing a distant shooting star and this lead to the opening lyrics of the song, “She packed my bags last night, pre-flight. Zero hour: 9 a.m. And I’m gonna be high as a kite by then.” Rocket Man is one of the most beloved songs in music history.
Fun fact! Elton John played “Rocket Man” at the 1998 Space Shuttle Discover launch site. Rocket Man has been covered extensively by artists including William Shatner as spoken word (this performance being parodied by The Simpsons, Family Guy, Animaniacs, and Futurama), The Nixons, Matthew Morrison of Glee, and Iron Horse among many others. The song has also appeared in cinema, including the 1997 comedy film RocketMan. It’s also appeared in TV The Big Bang Theory. There is also an NPC in World of Warcraft where an NPC called “Experimental Pilot” converses with another character in dialogue based on Rocket Man’s lyrics.
This arrangement by Andrew Wrangell is approximately grade 3 level. It’s a great song and sure to be a fantastic repertoire choice at a concert given how popular it is!
About the arranger:
Andrew Wrangell is a composer and arranger from Brisbane, Australia. He began adapting music for piano as soon as he began learning at the age of 5, playing his favourite TV show themes on piano. He has been arranging music for all sorts of instrument combinations ever since, and has over 100 piano arrangements to his name and counting! https://www.facebook.com/composer1992/ https://www.youtube.com/composer1992/ https://twitter.com/andrewwrangell/
About the editor:
Samuel is a composer and engraver from Brisbane, Australia. He regularly edits music for professional composers and ensembles. Clients include The Camerata of St. John’s, Greg Andrew (Elton John Experience), Sydney based Fluteworthy and various community and youth orchestras. https://www.samueldickenson.com/
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Lyrics:
She packed my bags last night, pre-flight
Zero hour, nine AM
And I’m gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife
It’s lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight
And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time
Till touch down brings me ’round again to find
I’m not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no, I’m a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact, it’s cold as Hell
And there’s no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don’t understand
It’s just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man