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Elton John Appreciation Thread
« on: October 13, 2010, 06:08:54 PM »
Appreciate him. I've been listening to a lot of him lately and he's almost every bit as talented as Billy Joel. I would love to see him live.

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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2010, 06:12:15 PM »
yellow brick road is a classic...so much of his music is great!
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2010, 06:16:07 PM »
haha my buddy just played a tribute show with Elton John's band.  :metal
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2010, 06:16:37 PM »
I also didn't realize how extensive his discography was until I really delved into it. WOW
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2010, 06:38:45 PM »
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2010, 08:37:12 PM »
I love the dude. He is amazing live. I've seen him once. One time was amazing and the other time was just good do to a wishy washy audience.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2010, 08:42:17 PM »
This past spring I picked up his greatest hits collection and I love it to pieces.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2010, 12:36:51 AM »
A great artist, although I haven't listened to that much besides the most well known stuff. My little sister listened alot to him when we were younger, so I picked up some more lesser known stuff too from that. Appreciated.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2010, 02:45:27 AM »
I'm only really familiar with the usual stuff (ie. the singles), but I did listen to Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding after hearing DT's absolutely brilliant cover on the ACOS EP. At the moment, I still prefer DT's version.

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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2010, 04:58:26 AM »
Amazing artist, though i'm not THAT familiar with his discography.
Rocket Man is my favorite song, but the Lion King-soundtrack is classic as well.
Brings back a lot of thoughts from my childhood.  :P
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2010, 05:50:26 AM »
His early stuff (everything up to Madman Across the Water) is almost uniformly brilliant. After that, not so much. if you like Elton's early stuff, I'd also recommend you check out Bob Welch-era Fleetwood Mac, it has a very similar vibe to Elton's stuff of the era.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2010, 06:13:04 AM »
I love Candle in the Wind.

Also, I have a Billy Joel/Elton John concert on CD that is absolutely mind blowing. I think it was from 2000 or 2001.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2010, 07:01:50 AM »
I've been a big fan since High School. I finally got to see him right next to the stage a few years ago and if you get an opportunity to see him live, do it. It was an amazing show.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2010, 07:51:06 AM »
Quote from: antigoon on October 13, 2010, 06:38:45 PM
Wait til ZBomber sees this.

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My third favorite band/artist of all time, behind Queen and Rush. I have all 30 of his studio albums, legally.  :biggrin:

For people looking for a good starting point, I would recommend "Madman Across The Water" (great early record), "Captain Fantastic" (Fan favorite, Elton's last great record at his prime), and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (His biggest album, but a little inconsistent imo).
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2010, 09:51:16 AM »
pretty much everythin he wrrote from 1970 to 1978 is amazing. i really like blue moves and caribou too. also tumbleweed connection.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2010, 10:42:08 AM »
Really like his music, but never got the love for Bernie Taupin.  Seems like half the songs you here make absolutely no sense whatsoever. 
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2010, 11:28:32 AM »
I can't agree with that.  I love Bernie's lyrics.  And I think it's amazing that Elton could take those words and, without changing a word, write incredible songs from them.  Those early albums (all the way up to Captain Fantastic for me) are all pure gold.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2010, 11:43:53 AM »
And I agree with Orbert. His work with Elton is amazing as well
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2010, 02:07:35 PM »
Quote from: El Barto on October 14, 2010, 10:42:08 AM
Really like his music, but never got the love for Bernie Taupin.  Seems like half the songs you here make absolutely no sense whatsoever. 

Bernie Taupin is my favorite lyricist of all time. Some of his lyrics are gibberish, but the majority of them are really awesome.

"Tonight" and "One More Arrow" are personal favorites for me.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2010, 04:27:50 PM »
One of my favs growing up. I loved listening to "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues", "Sad Songs", "I'm Still Standing", and that live version of "Candle In The Wind" when I was a kid. Loved his earlier stuff even better. I'll argue that Tumbleweed Connection is his best album ever
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2010, 09:24:34 PM »
Madman Across the Water is the best them
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #21 on: December 18, 2022, 09:12:54 PM »
Super Old Bump.

To get in the Chanukkah spirit: Elton Johnukah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Z4WE-kt64

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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #22 on: December 19, 2022, 03:11:34 PM »
'70's Elton = Musical GENIUS that only the Beatles could compare with imo.

I'm obviously a HUGE fan and have been since 1972
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #23 on: December 19, 2022, 07:26:17 PM »
He was one of the first artists that I got into.  McDonalds had this compilation series they were offering, and I was obsessed with his.  "Levon" was probably my favorite song at that time.  I don't listen to him nearly as much anymore, but his catalog is loaded with classics. 
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2022, 07:38:54 AM »
Quote from: LithoJazzoSphere on December 19, 2022, 07:26:17 PM
He was one of the first artists that I got into.  McDonalds had this compilation series they were offering, and I was obsessed with his.  "Levon" was probably my favorite song at that time.  I don't listen to him nearly as much anymore, but his catalog is loaded with classics.

HAHAHA, I'm pretty sure I have that compilation too!

I love Elton; I've seen him three times and it was epic all three times (even if one of them was right in the middle of his vocal troubles).  My ex-wife just gave me two bins of CDs that her and her husband didn't want to move to Florida, and there were about 10 Elton John CDs that I didn't have in there; I just got them this past weekend and I'm actually in the middle of the EJ binge. 

High Flying Bird.  What a criminally underrated song.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2022, 10:44:44 AM »
Quote from: Stadler on December 20, 2022, 07:38:54 AM

High Flying Bird.  What a criminally underrated song.

 :tup Definitely a top 15 ALLTIME EJ song for me! :hefdaddy
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2022, 11:16:51 AM »
*appreciates*

I'm not a huge fan, but I enjoy the music I've heard.  Saw him in 2019 at the Staples Center in LA.  Likely my only time.  Good show.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #27 on: June 02, 2023, 06:29:57 AM »
Spun Blue Moves last weekend and the songs from side one are still resonating. On any given day I could clain that the first 3 songs rival any album in any genre, as the strongest openers. The intro to One Horse Town is probably my all-time favorite and Tonight is just...so moving.

There are lots of age ranges here on the forum so maybe some people have never heard this album. If not, do yourself a favor and listen to it.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #28 on: June 02, 2023, 06:32:44 AM »
Coincidentally, I'm in the process of reading his autobiography; I'm about 350 pages in (of about 400).  As one might expect, classy from start to finish.   Honest about his role in things, not afraid to point fingers where finger pointing is warranted, but not vindictive.   I'm not sure I learned anything new (I've read the Philip Norman biography twice) but it's still a very interesting book to read.
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Re: Elton John Appreciation Thread
« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2023, 06:38:46 AM »
I read his book a couple of years ago, and also ran through his stuff from 1970-1975 at the same time. Somehow I stopped after Captain Fantastic so I've never listened to Blue Moves. I really should check it out. And yeah, the book is great. Thinking about re-reading it when my vacation starts in two weeks.
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