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In a 1964 article, [5] educator and historian Henry Littlefield outlined an allegory in the book of the late-19th-century debate regarding monetary policy.According to this view, for instance, the Yellow Brick Road represents the gold standard, and the Silver Shoes (Ruby slippers in the 1939 film version) represent the Silverites' wish to maintain convertibility under a sixteen to one ratio ...
Here, Dorothy gains entry to the Emerald City (Washington, D.C.) wearing the witch's silver slippers (the silver standard) and taking the Yellow Brick Road (the gold standard). There, she met the Wizard (President William McKinley), whose power was eventually revealed to be an illusion. [13]
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is a ballad written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It is the title track on John's album of the same name . The titular road is a reference to L. Frank Baum 's The Wizard of Oz film and book series.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is widely regarded as one of John's best albums, and is one of his most popular; [7] it is his best-selling studio album. In the US it was certified gold on 12 October 1973 (just days after release), 5× platinum in March 1993, and eventually 8× platinum in February 2014 by the RIAA.
Elton’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour itself has been a long journey, indeed: John announced his retirement from touring almost five years ago, back in January 2018. And he’s hardly kept a ...
Velde, Francois R. "Following the Yellow Brick Road: How the United States Adopted the Gold Standard" Economic Perspectives. Volume: 26. Issue: 2. 2002. also online here; Ziaukas, Tim. "100 Years of Oz: Baum's 'Wizard of Oz' as Gilded Age Public Relations" in Public Relations Quarterly, Fall 1998
The yellow brick road is a central element in the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by American author L. Frank Baum. The road also appears in the several sequel Oz books such as The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) and The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913).
Before the album's release, the first song, “The Yellow Brick Road Song”, was featured in an episode of the new hit HBO series How To Make It in America. [2] " The Yellow Brick Road Song" is being used as the theme song for the series " Fairly Legal " that premiered January 20, 2011, on USA Network .