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I have a question about an Elton John song?

In the booklet for Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, there are the lyrics for each of the songs on the album. However there are also lyrics for a song that never shows up on the album. It’s called Dogs In the Kitchen. Now for years I’ve tried to find this song with no luck, but then again I’m not all too computer saavy. Does anyone know how and where to find this song?

There is a reason for that.

Bernie Taupin’s lyrics were written, but not set to music on the album. It was actually a veiled attack on their record company, MCA.

See:

http://eltonjohnallsongslist.blogspot.com/2007/11/story-behind-dogs-in-kitchen.html

Also:

“Question: Has the song “Dogs in the Kitchen”, the lyrics of which appear in the booklet of the Captain Fantastic album, ever been recorded?

Answer: No, the lyrics never became a song. The song “Dogs in the Kitchen” was meant as a direct attack upon the people at MCA. Knowing that the record executives would see it on the lyric book was enough for Elton and Bernie. This was the point in time when Elton’s contract was almost up with MCA and he was suing them for the publishing rights to their music which MCA had since signing Elton and Bernie. Elton felt that they had been taken advantage of as young artists and sued MCA. This is when Dick James died, and his son believed it was from the stress of the trial. Needless to say, Elton and Bernie won.”

From:

http://www.eltonlinks.com/faq.html#qa3

Of course, some people other than Elton have tried to write the music for it : )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjywmkrKbVQ

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