‘Friends’ by Elton John – Classic Hit or Miss

Here's one you may have forgotten!

Friends is a 1971 film directed by Lewis Gilbert and written by Gilbert, Vernon Harris and Jack Russell. The soundtrack by Elton John and Bernie Taupin was released as the Friends album. The film was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film at the 1972 Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture at the 1972 Grammy Awards.

A young neglected English boy (Sean Bury) runs away and becomes friends with a French girl (Anicée Alvina) on the same flight. Together, they go to an idyllic marsh location in France (the Camargue), become lovers, set up housekeeping, have a baby, and play at being responsible adults, discovering along the way many of the troubles involved, before ultimately becoming separated by police responding to a missing persons report.

Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote the score to the movie, an amazing feat for the very young songwriting team.

The Title track hit #34 in 1971... How about today?