Play the Jukebox: Club At the End of the Street

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Oh, will you look at who’s showing up on one of my countdowns? Wow, you’d think this guy was my teenybopper idol or something. To absolutely nobody’s surprise, here’s today’s song on the list of songs mentioning jukeboxes. Club At the End of the Street - Elton John It’s funny, isn’t it. In the late 70s, Elton tried to play catch-up with the craze-du-jour in music (at that time, disco), and he failed miserably. In the 80s, he jumped on synthesizer-based music like ugly on ape, and it was great. Of course, he’d been using synthesizers most of his recorded career, so just putting them up front instead of the piano was no big deal. Here EJ celebrates the joy of something I’ve done a lot in my life: going out for a night of music. He offers either live music (“this hot little trio plays”) or the jukebox (“you’ll hear the sound of Otis and the voice of Marvin Gaye”). And, if you ask me (you’re not asking, but I’m going to tell you anyway ), this song inspired Rod Stewart’s hit “The Motown Song” two years later. Either way, you’ve got the celebration of music and the happy effect it has on people. Club At the End of the Street Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin Recorded by Elton John From Sleeping With the Past, 1989 JUKEBOX LYRICS: In this smoky room there’s a jukebox that plays all night