1983 Songs: I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues

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As promised, I’m at the car dealership, and the car is getting an oil change. Great news: I had an extra oil change left on my maintenance program package, so this is free! To celebrate, I’ll hopefully bring this monthlong look at songs that are now 40 years old back to earth. Here’s today’s song. I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues - Elton John And you’re thinking, hey, wasn’t Elton on the 1973 list, too? Why, yes, he was, thanks for noticing! He’d also be on the 1993 list if I were doing one (I won’t: my favorite album that year was John Hiatt’s Perfectly Good Guitar, so that will tell you where that countdown would be ). If you’re thinking, “Wow, this is 40? Elton’s been around a long time!” just remember that his first album was released fifteen years before this one!!!! And, as I like to say about Elton, for a man who has the recorded output that he has, there’s far more hits than misses in his discography. That shows why he’s one of the true legends in music history. PS: your trivia: the harmonica is played by Stevie Wonder. I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues Written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin, and Davey Johnstone Recorded by Elton John From Too Low for Zero, 1983 Live for each second: