"Flinstone Boy" is a song by Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

. For a change, John also wrote the lyrics to this song. It came out as the B-side to his 1978 single, "Ego

Ego (Elton John song)

"Ego" is a song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It was released as a single in early 1978, and did not appear on the album that came out that year, A Single Man. The song was however included along with all other non-album material from the time on the album's 1998 remaster.The single...

", and appeared as a bonus track on the reissue of his 1978 album, A Single Man.

Musical structure

The song starts with all instruments. During the song, double-tracked vocals enter the picture, as do gnawing synthesizers sounding like the Australian didgeridoo

Didgeridoo

The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe"...

. An acoustic guitar is present instead of the electrics mostly used during the sessions for the album. The song ends with a fading synthesizer.

Lyrical meaning

This is one of the few songs released which John himself wrote the lyrics to. They tell the story of a gangster whose girlfriend's been cheating on him, but that's not the main story. Overall, the song is mainly nonsense put together, and is a classic example of a b-side with no certain interest.

The actual title is "Flinstone Boy" without the t. Many see this as a spelling mistake and correct it, but it is in fact the proper spelling.