Elton John - Solar Prestige a Gammon (1974) With Lyrics!

From Elton John’s 1974 album “Caribou.“ This nonsensical song was especially written to frustrate listeners who over analyzed Elton’s and lyricist Bernie Taupin’s songs. Elton commented, “We have so many people dissecting our songs in so many ways, thinking that we’re anti-religious, anti-Semitic and all this rubbish! So when we got to Caribou we were so fed up with it that I said, ’Bernie, go write any old meaningless rubbish.’ So he wrote ’Solar Prestige a Gammon,’ but little did I know, the swine, five fishes were mentioned in it, so then we had all these other religious maniacs saying, ’But there are five fishes’...“ Elton sang a bit of the song during “An Audience with Elton John“ on UK television as a response to Sir George Martin’s question, “Is there a song you wish you hadn’t written?“ Elton John: Piano & Vocals Dee Murray: Bass Nigel Olsson: Drums Davey Johnstone: Guitars Ray Cooper: Vibes Lenny Pickett: Clarinets & Soprano Sax Dave Hentschel: . Synthesizer Words & Music by Elton John & Bernie Taupin ©1974 Big Pig Music Limited