Favorite old Elton John song

[nytemare]

For some reason, I just recently discovered that Elton's older stuff, like around the time I was born, is REALLY GOOD! Most of his newer stuff I don't like as much, but that early 70's music by him is hard to beat. I like most of his songs on "Madman across the Water", and others around that time frame. Tiny Dancer, Holiday Inn, Levon, and Rocketman are my favorites.

How about you folks?

[flamingyouth]

1. That's the only album of his that I like

And the title track was my favorite song for a while when I was in pre-school. I was a weird kid, what can I say? :D

[nytemare]

5. He had really good music!

I like his more progressive sounding music. Alas, he, as Phil Collins have become a tad sappy as they have gotten older.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

28. The entire Tumbleweed Connection album is my fave

Talking Old Soldiers and Where to Now St Peter are incredible tunes

[theorist]

2. "Amoreena" off of Tumbleweed Connection

It's also the song played during the opening credits of film Dog Day Afternoon.

[nytemare]

6. Yes I like that one too! n/t

[Beaverhausen]

3. Come Down in Time

a really beautiful song. I think it's also on Tumbleweed Connection.

[nytemare]

8. I might have to get that one

I have a couple of songs downloaded from it, but maybe I should go ahead and get the album.

[Beaverhausen]

11. Old Elton John stuff is great

I was an obsessed fan in the 70s. I have never replaced my vinyl with CDs though. Guess I should.

[nytemare]

18. They may be digitally remastered

I am not sure, but the sound quality on the remasters is great. :)

[LiviaOlivia]

20. Oh yes! I haven't listened to that song in a long time.

Thanks for reminding me. I have Sting's version on that somewhere also.

[Beaverhausen]

29. OH MY GOD!!! I forgot my husband, Sting, recorded it

what was it from? a tribute?
good god...just the thought of him singing those words...

In the quiet silent seconds
I turned off the light switch
and I came down to meet you
in the half light the moon left...

[LiviaOlivia]

31. CD is "Two Rooms" 1991

Polydor label.

[Beaverhausen]

32. Merci!

:hi:

[havocmom]

4. Crocodile Rock rocks

And Your Song always puts a lump in my throat.

[Lenape85]

19. Agreed

[saltpoint]

7. Really like --

-- "Where to Now, St. Peter?" from TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION.

[jonnyblitz]

9. Rocketman. nt.

[Paul Hood]

10. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters. eom

[nytemare]

15. That's a good one !

So many of his songs from that era were great!

[smbolisnch]

12. I have to go with Tiny Dancer!

Great song! :D

[nytemare]

16. Good driving song n/t

[Beaverhausen]

30. That scene on the bus in "Almost Famous" when they all sing it

is a great scene.

[smbolisnch]

35. Yep. I was thinking of that when I first replied to this thread :)

Great movie, that was. :D

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

13. Someone Saved My Life Tonight.

[supernova]

14. Gray Seal, Burn Down the Mission

sometimes, nothing will do but "The Bitch is Back" :-)

[artv28]

17. Tumbleweed

and Madman are my two favorite albums

[donheld]

21. This entire album is my favorite

[ET Awful]

22. Goodbye Yellowbrick Road

Mona Lisas and Madhatters
Tiny Dancer





The list goes on :)

[HeyManThatsCool]

42. Definately

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

I adore that song

[NightTrain]

23. "Crocodile Rock," "The Bitch is Back," "Philadlephia Freedom."

I'm not big Elton John fan, but I do like those three.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

24. I like the "Madman" album, even if Elton said once that...

...he hated the vocals and wanted to re-record them. I think it remains his best overall album. I specifically like "Tiny Dancer," "Levon," and the title track. Elton was good friends with John Lennon, and the song "Madman Across The Water" is probably as close as he'll ever come to "Plastic Ono Elton"...it's perfect, what can I say.

He did a ten minute version of "Rocket Man" on a cable special once. There was an extended slide guitar solo, and he was yelling out things like "I miss my kids, I miss my wife, I wanna wanna wanna wanna go HOME..."

It was one of those performances that made the hair stand up on the back of yer arms...more John Lennon-style anguish. Of course, he pulled out "Empty Garden"...his tribute to John Lennon, after his assasination...at a time when I thought his talent had long left him in the dust. That "I've been calling, but no one answers" refrain still chokes me up.

Elton, if anything, is full of surprises. There are many, many, MANY instances in his career in which he has sailed by on "autopilot"...a shame, because he has recorded some timeless stuff among the dreck.

:evilgrin:

I think "Harmony" from "Yellow Brick Road" is one of his best songs PERIOD. He said that it was Princess Diana's favorite song...

I can't stomach his songs like "The Bitch Is Back"...for me, that was the beginning of the end. Although I know someone will probably step up and say that it's THEIR favorite...c'est la vie.

:toast:

[nytemare]

27. I have found what I missed as a kid

At least I liked the Beatles. I suppose growing up liking them led me to good taste in music. Most of Elton John's music in his early career was just such high quality. It is strange, his vocals do seem better on his later albums, but the rawness of his falsettos catch my ear more than the elegance of his current style.

[Paladin]

25. "Tiny Dancer"

Brings back memories of Friday afternoons at college, drinking pitchers of cheap beer at some joint, and listening to "TD" over and over again on the juke. Very, very nice......

[intheflow]

26. Honky Cat and/or Tiny Dancer

Actually liked Elton John a lot back then. Not a big fan now.

[havocmom]

33. Not from the 70s, but I'm Still Standing holds a place in my heart

Singing that one along with the radio got me through a really bad time in my life.

[nytemare]

34. Yes, from the 80's I like that and "I guess that's why they call

it the blues". The video for "I'm still standing" was pretty cool too!

[havocmom]

36. Glad you have a taste for some of the old stuff, youngster.

Do you read any rock history? My daughter is a sort of rock historian and the stuff she ferrets out and tells me makes the old songs even more precious.

And read Lennon's stuff. The man sure could play with words.

[nytemare]

38. I like a bit of all kinds of music, and I love rock

Imagine is one of my favorite songs ever, so simply, clearly stated. I love Peter Gabriel's music for the same reason I liked Lennon. There is a great depth and intensity in the vocals (words and the performance). I like how Gabriel uses the language.

[ET Awful]

44. I also like "Sad Songs" from the 80's n/t

[AlCzervik]

37. Don't let the sun go down on me and Daniel

[Burma Jones]

40. Same Here................n/t

[B Calm]

39. Pinball Wizard

[DawgHouse]

41. Bernie Taupin's lyrics were the best!

Rock of the Westies was one of my favorite albums. I think my favorite song on that album was I Feel Like a Bullet (in the gun of Robert Ford). And I liked Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, favorite song on that album was Writing. Oh, those were the days.

[Left Is Write]

43. I like Tiny Dancer.

I also like Little Jeannie.

I guess Elton songs have to have a diminutive first word in order for me to like them.