Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

Infobox Song
Name = Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Type = Song
Artist = Elton John
Album = Goodbye Yellow Brick Road


track_no = 1
Released = October 5, 1973
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, Pop
Length = 11:09
Label = DJM (UK/world)
Uni (US/Canada)
Writer = Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer = Gus Dudgeon
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side One
#"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
#"Candle in the Wind"
#"Bennie and the Jets";Side Two
#"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
#"This Song Has No Title"
#"Grey Seal"
#"Jamaica Jerk-Off"
#"I've Seen That Movie Too" ;Side Three
#"Sweet Painted Lady"
#"The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1903-34)"
#"Dirty Little Girl"
#"All the Girls Love Alice" ;Side Four
#"Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n' Roll)"
#"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
#"Roy Rogers"
#"Social Disease"
#"Harmony"

"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" is the opening song on the two-part album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John. The first part, "Funeral for a Friend", is an instrumental created by John while thinking of what kind of music he would like at his funeral.cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3675|title=Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding|publisher=Songfacts|language=en|accessdate=2008-07-20] This first half segues into "Love Lies Bleeding".

"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" was too long for a single release, but got plenty of airplay on FM stations that were predisposed toward rock epics.cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:jcfyxxu0ldde|title=Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding|publisher=AMG|language=en|accessdate=2008-07-20] The whole piece together is just over eleven minutes long.

Covers

*The song was covered by Dream Theater, and appears on the EP "A Change of Seasons".cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3675|title=Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding|publisher=Songfacts|language=en|accessdate=2008-07-20]
*"Love Lies Bleeding" was covered by the Clearwater, Florida based band Très bien! on "The Next Great American Band".

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