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“Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” is the opening track on the double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John. The first part, “Funeral for a Friend”, is an instrumental created by John while thinking of what kind of music he would like at his funeral.[2] This first half segues into “Love Lies Bleeding”.
1973 . . . January 5- Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen’s debut album “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. January 27 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. January 27 – US military draft ends. February 11 – Vietnam War: The first American prisoners of war are released from Vietnam.
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March 1 – Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of the Moon is released. March 29 – The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam. May 30- George Harrison releases his fourth studio album “Living in the Material World” in the US. Oct 5- “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” 7th studio album by Elton John is released. And a whole lot of other stuff that a Web search will reveal.
And now, free of charge and available by clicking on the graphic below you can groove on the awesome musicianship of Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.
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