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Who sang Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy?
Release date: 1975
Duration: 05:46

Elton John released the song Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy. Date of release: 1975.

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The meaning of the song 'Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ', based on the lyrics
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🎶 Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy song analysis
The lyrics of the song seem to be about two different types of people. The first person is described as "Captain Fantastic," who is raised and regimented, not really a hero, just someone his mother might know. The second person is described as a "Dirt Cowboy" who gets brown in the saddle from hard work. The song's chorus seems to ask if there is room in the world for both types of people, or if one type is better than the other.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.
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The two types of people described in the song are the “Captain Fantastic” and the “Dirt Cowboy”.
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Elton John - Short Biography


- Elton John was born in 1947 in London, England

- He is a rock and pop singer and pianist

- He began his musical career in 1966, and then had a great success with his album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" in 1973

- He has sold over 300 million albums worldwide

- In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

- In 2000, he was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

- In 2004, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

- In 2008, he received a Grammy Legend Award

- In 2018, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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- Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth studio album by British musician Elton John.

- The album is an autobiographical account of the early musical career of Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin.
- It was released in May 1975 by MCA Records in the United States and DJM in the United Kingdom and was an immediate commercial success.

- The album was certified gold before its release and reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 in its first week of release, the first album to achieve both honors.

- It sold 1.4 million copies within four days of its release, and stayed at the top of the chart for seven weeks.
- "Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy" is the album's title track

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