Best obscure/lesser-known Elton John song?

[Character Assassin]

Compiling a Kazaa Lite-sourced collection of his work, and have a ton of his stuff, but I'm always open to suggestions.

Thus far, I've found:

"I Feel Like a Bullet (in the Gun of Robert Ford)"
"Ticking"
"Amoreena"
"Susie (Dramas)"
"Grow Some Funk of Your Own"
"Mona Lisa and the Mad Hatters"

Any suggestions?

[zulchzulu]

1. Amoreena is a cool tune

I'm in a band and we do a punk-country cover version of it...nice changes.

[Character Assassin]

3. Oopsie, I forgot this one: "Ballad of a Well-Known Gun".

[Character Assassin]

13. Oopsie x2: I forgot "Country Comfort"

[GregorStocks]

2. Does Skyline Pigeon count?

I really don't know anything about the popularity of his songs except from the liner notes.

Others that might be popular or might not:
Grey Seal
Durban Deep
(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

[Character Assassin]

7. Skyline Pigeon was a critical milestone in his and Taupin's songwriting

From Allmusic:

In the liner notes to the Rare Masters (1992) compilation, Taupin fondly recalls “Skyline Pigeon” as “a landmark as far as our writing was concerned.” The strong melodic and lyrical nature of the tune foreshadows similar tones on tracks such as “The King Must Die”, “Border Song” and the haunting “Funeral For A Friend” instrumental prelude to “Love Lies Bleeding”

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040312241211141030&sql=X2558694

[onehandle]

4. "Amoreena" is my favorite lesser known, too.

No sexual imagery in that song. nosireebob.

Tumbleweed Connection is my favorite country album.

[Jokerman]

5. All The Girls Love Alice

Killer guitar riff and interesting lyrics. I don't know but gays may find some of the lyrics offensive.

[Character Assassin]

8. I don't know what he was thinking with that one

He could have subtitled it "Young Lesbian Street Whore Found Dead"

[ixion]

6. Take Me To The Pilot

I think that's one of his lesser known songs... one of my favs... I have to admit that my Elton John knowledge is limited though.

[RandomKoolzip]

9. "Love Lies Bleeding."

My band does a cover of this tune in a punk style.

Also:

"All the Young Girls Love Alice"
"Razor Face"
"My Father's Gun"
"Amy"


I love EJ. Early EJ. (pre-comeback, mid-seventies...)

[Character Assassin]

11. That was indeed his absolute best period

Tumbleweed Connection, Don't Shoot Me...., Honky Chateau, Caribou, Rock of the Westies, Yellowbrick Road and the incredible Captain Fantastic were simply, IMO, his best work. Ever.

That, and his band freakin' smoked.

"My Father's Gun"? I'll have to search for that one.

[RandomKoolzip]

15. It's on Tumbleweed Connection...

Yep, Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson: great band.

I think Blue Moves is my cut-off point with Elton, and even Rock of the Westies is marginal.

[Intelsucks]

17. Bingo. I didn't care about any of it after that either.

n/t

[RandomKoolzip]

18. He put out like two or three albums a year up to that point, then suddenly

The cocaine psychosis set in and then "poof......" All gone.

[Character Assassin]

21. Yeah, do you know anyone who likes of has copies of....

Blue Moves
A Single Man
Victim of Love
21 at 33
Jump Up!
Too Low for Zero
Breaking Hearts
Ice on Fire
Leather Jackets
Reg Strikes Back
Living with the Past

Ugh. How the mighty have fallen.

[Character Assassin]

19. True. Rock of the Westies had two great songs, and then imploded

"I Feel Like a Bullet (in the Gun of Robert Ford)" and " Grow Some Funk of Your Own" are two of his best works, but the rest of the album is pretty much a smoke signal to anyone listening that said "Hey, I'm going to do a LOT of coke for the next 15 years and make some really suckass music. You don't mind, do you?"

[RandomKoolzip]

24. Just say no, Elton. Really.

Cocaine: the drug responsible for making Black Sabbath, the Allman Brothers, Elton John, and thousands of others think that their excrement was genius.

[Character Assassin]

26. And it made Greg Allman marry.......Cher.

I heard that they actually tried performing together.

Shudder.

[MaineDem]

23. And "Funeral for a Friend"

I know this is going to sound weird but a friend and I had just left another friend's wake and this came on the radio. It was freaky!

I find these two songs very moving. I adore the whole "Yellow Brick Road" album. I should get it on CD.

[jenm]

10. Empty Sky

Don't know if it's little known, but it's timely

[Susang]

12. It's not so obscure

But "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" has always been my favorite song of his.

[Intelsucks]

14. Rotten Peaches

Blues for baby and me

Holiday Inn

[supernova]

16. Elderberry Wine

is also one of my faves. It's just cute and classy without being cloying.

[Elidor]

20. I always liked Indian Sunset

Gotta second Take me to the Pilot & Grayseal

Madman Across the Water rarely gets any airplay.
Guilty Pleasure: Island Girl

[Intelsucks]

22. Madman is my favorite. I don't think I can ever get tired of it.

n/t

[Bolo Boffin]

25. The Greatest Discovery

[coloradodem2005]

27. Definitely "Love Lies Bleeding"

Also my favorite song of his period.

[RUexperienced]

28. Funeral For a Friend, Madman

Maybe not obscure enough???

[CanuckAmok]

29. I like "Ego"

Particularly as he allegedly flew into a rage and fired a bunch of people because "Ego" failed to chart. Got irony?

[Norbert]

30. The Entire Tumbleweed Connection Album

Especially:

Where to Now St. Peter?
Country Comfort
Burn Down the Mission

[gator_in_Ontario]

31. Tiny Dancer

From a long proud line of yellow dog Democrats

[jfxgillis]

32. Pretty anything that wasn't a single off "Elton John"

Ooops. Wrong album (on edit)
"The King Must Die"

and

"Sixty Years On"

in particular

[BOSSHOG]

33. INDIAN SUNSET

is an awesome EJ song off of the Madman album. I appreciate all the songs listed on this thread but I can't consider any of them obscure.

[XanaDUer]

34. "Harmony"

eom.

[Red State Rebel]

35. Madman Across The Waters, Levon, Tiny Dancer

[RadioFlyer]

38. I agree

Madman, Levon, and Tiny Dancer are my favorites from the Madman album, too. Excellent.

[RadioFlyer]

36. Come Down in Time

It is beautiful...

[jimbo fett]

37. "Smoke on the Water." Or was it "Crazy Train."

;-)

[Doc_Technical]

39. "There is no accounting for taste"

Texas Love Song.

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