There’s Gonna Be A Party” featuring the Mustard Seed Soul Band from the album His Story recorded and produced by Ross

I have never attended Glastonbury, but way back I did attend its forerunner -the Bath Festival of Blues at nearby Shepton Mallett ((well 25 mins away!) I remember seeing Led Zepplin, Fleetwood Mac and The Nice (later Emerson. Lake and Palmer) Seeing the huge crowds at Glastonbury brought all those memories flooding back including an impromptu performance by the folk singer Donavan.
The music of Elton John has never really been my thing but his performance at age 76 with a dodgy hip was, I have to say, pretty amazing. One song did, however, remind me of my post referring to Ed Sheeren’s legal case re plagiarism. In “Crocodile Rock” there is a sing- along part which is identical to one of the hits of American 60s singer Pat Boone – “Speedy Gonzales”.
Have a listen to the two and see if you agree.
“Crocodile Rock” (sorry it is not the Glastonbury performance, but it is pretty much the same as that of Glastonbury with Elton enthusing the audience to la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. (found around 3 min 30 secs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrpI7WbJcO8
“Speedy Gonzales” (the la, la’s are found around 2mins 20 secs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajEkzwf7WNY
Apparently, the writers of “Speedy Gonzales” did make the point to Elton, but nothing came of it – Ed Sheeran eat your heart out!

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