Elton John's Levon is a great song from the outstanding Madman Across the Water album.
After years of listening to the song, one of the lines suddenly interested me:
He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas dayWhen the New York Times said God is dead And the war's begun
Alvin Tostig has a son today.
The song was written, what, in 1971? The reputation of the New York Times as the most important paper in the land remained in tact. 40 years later, with all that has happened since (innnnnnterrrrrrnet!) if the Times would proclain 'God is dead' would it matter? Would people care?
Who was Alvin Tostig by the way?
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