Saturday Night's Alright

Elton John’s 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is?the?pivotal album in Elton John’s career. The band recorded the masterpiece in Chateau D’Herouville just outside Paris. Lyricist Bernie Taupin says?Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting is intended to be an American style rocker, that takes place in Britain.??It was inspired by his fistfight filled nights as a teenager in his local pub, the Freeman Arms in Grimsby.

During the two-week recording session for the album, breakfast would be served in the morning, a grand piano sitting in the corner of the room.?Elton would begin playing and writing immediately and one-by-one the band would walk over and join in. They would have rehearsed and recorded two tracks before lunch.?

So, if you’re ever in Grimsby, put on your boots, get on your motorbike and don’t forget the handful of grease in your hair.?