Before my dad passed away, he asked me (his daughter) to make sure this gets played at his funeral, and I made sure it was delivered. because it was his favorite song by Elton John and by God when he passed, he was right, he is a rocket man, flying away. I miss him everyday. April 21st will mark two years since I said good bye to my rocket man
I feel this song on a deep level, it’s like he’s talking about me, space is like a place in your mind you go when you’re lonely, and no one else understands like Elton John does
Years ago I pulled up beside a motorcycle in myrtle beach and the guy had this song playing on the bike. I was heading out to return home, the weather was perfect and that guy looked so free and enjoying his ride by the ocean. One of my goals is to do the exact same, one of the most peaceful situations I've seen. Every time I hear this song I relive that moment.
Queen yes,Elton John yes. Fuck billy Joel. He is a piece of shit personally and musically. His song are in space. Elton john and queen are in a while different galaxy.
I feel like this song is about being different, feeling special but lonely at the same time, just like a rocket flying in space, travelling through new planet and places, but feeling the loneliness of this adventure.
It's about someone struggling with drug addiction,. Or some one that can't find the courage to come out the closet and say "hey I'm gay, or hey I'm a lesbian, and live happy,
This song is so good for any mood. It's a good crying song, a great smiling song, a good angry song, heck, a good sleeping song. Just the best kind of song.
In my room I had a little radio and I had one of those older tape player/recorder....I'd often record my fav songs and this was one Awww those were the days....of my childhood. Life so much more simpler back then 😊❤
I FOLLOWED Elton John from the beginning of his career..I am a big fan..I saw him three times in concert..He put on a great show.....Today I saw Rocket Man...I loved it...He went through a lot..I am so happy he is sober and drug free..Plus he married the love of his life..They have two children together..He is blessed to be alive at 71...Thank you Elton for all the wonder memories and good times..listening and dancing to your music...
I never cry when listening to music and I mean *never* but this song and tiny dancer just makes me start crying. Dunno why I guess it’s the beautiful melody or Something
I lost my wife and children to cocain addiction. I wasn't strong enough to fight for them. I lost everything i ever loved because of ptsd and was too weak to fight, to blind to see & too deaf go listen. Im free of the demon now but ive never felt so alone, so without purpose, so utterly hopeless. This song has always rang true. I love you mrs b, William & ollie .
PTSD is no joke. There is only so much a human being can withstand. Know you did the best you could while fighting what was going on in your head. Sorry for your loss and glad you made it through
My dad passed away a year ago and this was one of his favorite songs; when it came on in the car, we always sang to it. I hope that my dad is a rocket man flying high up there and i hope that he isn't all alone.
So ecstatic that they finally made a movie about you! Now a whole new generation will also get the pleasure of knowing, listening and understanding your music! Way To Go! I was watching when you and Bernie accepted your awards! So happy you finally get what you have deserved for many, many years!
@@emilyfaulkner6468 lot of people out there never heard it, you got to be in to Elton John, or old enough. If you were a teenager in the 70s you would definitely know who Elton John is.
Dear Karen. That's how it starts. I've been thinking about us. That's us with a capital "U". The story of us. How the fuck do I sum it up? Has it been perfect? Hardly. Any story with me at the center of it will never be anything less than a big, smiling mess. But here's what I know for sure. Our time in the sun has been a thing of absolute fucking beauty. The nightmares, the hangovers, the fucking and the punching, the gorgeous, shimmering insanity of this city of ours, where for years I woke up, fucked up, said I was sorry, passed out, and did it all over again. As a writer, I'm a sucker for happy endings. The guy gets the girl. She saves him from himself... fade to fucking black. As a guy who loves a girl, I realize there's no such thing. There's no sunset. There's just now, and there's just the two of us, which can be scary fucking ugly sometimes. But if you close your eyes and listen for the whisper of your heart, if you simply keep trying and never, ever give up, no matter how many times you get it wrong, until the beginning and end blur into something called 'until we meet again'. And that's... that's it. I... I didn't know how to finish it... Because it's not over. It'll never be over as long as there's you, there's me, and there's hope... and grace. #GoodbyeHank #Californication
I prefer older music ranging from rock/heavy metal and I'm 13, mostly cause I grew up on it because of my dad, he's 51 and the best dad I could have, all of you have a great day if you're reading this!
I find this song about a man who has been keeping himself away from reality busy in the depths of his imagination after suffering from depression or something bad like a divorce so he wouldn’t think about what had happened in the past. This leads to people seeing him as a different person. It would take a long time for him to recover from what had happened.
I loved listening to this in the wee hours from my little transistor radio . I was on my way to being a cool teenager , allowed finally to go skating on Friday & Sat.nights. Sir Elton Always ALWAYS avid lover of musical gift. Oh & how Now the good nusic is featured in todays new Movies.
aw listening to this song makes me happy but reading all the positive comments makes me happier , how lovely is it that we are all embracing the same love for this song !
What does Rocket Man actually mean? Lyricist Bernie Taupin, who collaborated with Elton on all his major hits explained in 2016: “People identify it, unfortunately, with David Bowie’s Space Oddity. It actually wasn’t inspired by that at all; it was actually inspired by a story by Ray Bradbury, from his book of science fiction short stories called The Illustrated Man. “In that book, there was a story called The Rocket Man, which was about how astronauts in the future would become sort of an everyday job. So I kind of took that idea and ran with that.” Elton himself, added: “Do you know, I never knew that?”
Actually I'm all for the "death of the author" and songs having different meanings. Sure, the short story inspired Taupin but since Elton did not know this, he already gave it his own interpretation. I don't know what was Elton's interpretation, so I'm making my own as I go along. It would be so boring if each singer gave us the one "correct" understanding of their song.
This song played at my grandfathers funeral, i'm literally in tears right now. I miss you so much grandad, i hope wherever you are your happy right now. RIP
I’ve come here to pay tribute to a recent victim of the coronavirus, Rick May, voice actor of the Team Fortress 2’s Soldier and Starfox 64’s Peppy Hare. May this Rocket Man do a barrel roll in the sky!
Whenever I close my eyes while listening to this in my bed at 3 in the morning, I imagine myself as an astronaut who jumped out the rocket to go home, falling peacefully and slowly with this song in the background.
"I'm not the man they think I am at home" those lyrics probably sum up my relationship with my family completely. I live over one hundred miles away, not a great deal in the grand scheme I know, and they'd be shocked if they learnt about the lifestyle I live. But hey, I'm a rocket man.
Look at this boomer, taking a piss on modern music. Yes, some people make music for the profit, but some people don’t. And saying it “Doesn’t have a soul” is far from the truth.
The First verses Is the best ever written, the perfect metaphor for the distance between a lonely and melanconic star and ordinary people as to be a spaceman... and the piano of Elton Is perfect... wonderful Song!
I couldn't stand Elton John when I was a kid, the first song I heard was candle in the wind, which I fucking hated, I thought all his songs were the same so I didn't bother listening. Wasn't till I was older that I heard his other songs, he is genuinely one of the greatest of all time
LYRICS She packed my bags last night pre-flight Zero hour 9:00 a.m. And I'm gonna be high As a kite by then I miss the Earth so much I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids In fact it's cold as hell And there's no one there to raise them If you did And all this science I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A rocket man A rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a-
My condolences to you and yours. Sorry to hear about your dad. He must have been a great dad. Thank you for your comment andIcan appreciate your experience too. I used to sing this song to my highschool Sweet heart back in the 70's. Never would I thought we would last 45yrs together in marriage. And those two lyrics would turn out to be true for me. They are, I'm not the man they think I am and I miss my wife. It's been 3yrs in her passing and I still shed my tears when I think of her or this song. For I am the rocket man and it's truly lonely 🥺. Thanks for sharing your beautiful testimony of yot dad. Keep on trucking and don't look back for we will see them in front of us sooner or later.
It truly is about substances. I just learned about it in a recovery group about music i attend. The song is looselybased on a ray bradbury novel about a man who loves being in space but it is always a choice between that and being w his family. Its also dangerous out in space so every trip could be his last one. In fact he does decide to take one more space trip and it kills him.Sound like something else ?? Elton john has been completely honest about his addiction and recovery. It correlates an addict who loves the feel of their doc. But they also love their family and friends and cant have both. And the common saying of it was that one last time that killed them. Its great song and how it describes addiction. I also strongly believe too that we can intrepret music to mean whatever we want it too. Thats the beauty of it
Is it? Because I always thought it was about a closeted drug addict and then I saw a thing saying Elton said it was literally just about space travel haha. Which is so not as cool
You are in a very small category with only a few others who have made a statement of pure & perfect truth. ...and your statement is true both with & without his name in it.
Being a recovering addict and knowing Elton john wrote this after his OD. It just makes me cry no matter what. Even if I'm in a good mood. The lyrics are just so short and sweet. No huge meanings with word play. Just lyrics that everyone can relate too. Addict or not. Depressed or not. Humans of all kinds have been lost, and hide themselves for some time in there life. Simply pure song, reminds me of pete Townshend song to be honest. There both are juggernauts
Today my couple departed to foreign for a job. Her mission will last 7 months and I can imagine now she will feel herself like a rocket woman. I'll miss her while I'm on earth.
