Keith Reid, Lyricist, RIP

      I have to confess some jealousy here of Keith Reid and also of Bernie Taupin. Their lyrics have made them millionaires. Not usual for poets, by any means. Taupin stays in the background; we did not see him last year when we saw Elton John. Reid traveled with Procul Harum and felt part of the group.

     What impresses me is that Reid wrote the lyrics first. He considered them to be poems, which someone else put to music. While some of Taupin's could stand on their own, all of Reid's could, and do so.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/arts/music/keith-reid-dead.html

     I am going to speak about only one, Broken Barricades, the title track to the fifth album, from 1971. It is a short, almost minimalist poem, but one that fits in so well with the music. Give it a listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76BO4FIkhu4

Links to my books:

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