Elton John (Official Thread)

[Craig in Indy]

Re: Elton John

I really enjoy such as "Grimsby" and the closing track "Ticking".

For a while there I think he had a real knack for choosing closing tracks. "High Flying Bird," "Burn Down the Mission" and "Harmony" were nearly perfect in that regard.

 

[Craig in Indy]

Re: Elton John

One very often overlooked album of John's that, I think, deserves much more exposure is his very early live 11-17-70. My nephew, who grew up in the post-Caribou era didn't believe me when I told him John had been at heart a real rocker. He changed his mind about him after hearing this stripped-bare rock'n'roll record.

 

[LG]

Re: Elton John

I don't have that one Craig, and I am not sure I even remember hearing it...

 

[Craig in Indy]

Re: Elton John

I don't have that one Craig, and I am not sure I even remember hearing it...

Here's what the folks at the All Music Guide say about it.

 

[LG]

Re: Elton John

Very interesting, no one I knew had this one, but seeing it was before my prime collecting years that's not surprising. I'll see if I can find an MP3, I haven't seen it in FLAC in my travels...

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

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I did something similar to a co-worker back in the '80s when the "minimalist" rock movement was afoot, with groups like the Bodeans, dBs, etc. This guy claimed to hate the Beatles, so I made a minimalist mix tape to listen to in the drafting room and included "Anna" from Please Please Me because a) it fit into the "minimalist" mold well, and b) unless you know the recording, you might not immediately recognize it as the Beatles. He actually liked the song and was mildly embarrassed (and irritated with me) when I told him who it was.

He was also the one who, after one listen to my "Real Gas Music from Jupiter" tape that included the Violent Femmes' "Country Death Song," told me, "don't ever play that here again."

It's a sneaky, yet effective way for people to get egg on their faces.

For a while there I think he had a real knack for choosing closing tracks. "High Flying Bird," "Burn Down the Mission" and "Harmony" were nearly perfect in that regard.

Agreed. All of Elton's closing tracks have a strong sense of finality to them. "Harmony" will always have a special place for me since that song is a small part of where my name came from. Upon first hearing that name through this song I just thought "Hmm....that sounds right...."

 

[Mr. Shadow]

Re: Elton John

It's better quality than any Greatest Hits album.
Enjoy.

Elton John (w/ Ray Cooper): Rainbow Rock 1977 (Soundboard)
Rainbow Theatre - London
May 7, 1977
Bootleg Title: "Rainbow Rock"
Excellent SBD recording

Disc one:
1 Your Song
2 The Greatest Discovery
3 Border Song
4 Daniel
5 Sweet Painted Lady
6 Rocket Man
7 I Heard It Through The Grapewine
8 Candle In The Wind
9 Roy Rogers
10 Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future)
11 Cage The Songbird
12 Where To Now St. Peter
13 Ticking
14 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Disc two:
1 Take Me To The Pilot
2 Funeral For A Friend
3 Tonight
4 Better Off Dead
5 Idol
6 I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)
7 I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself
8 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
9 Crazy Water
10 Bennie And The Jets
11 Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
12 Goodbye

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

Re: Elton John

It's missing a number of my favorite songs....like how can, of all things, there not be "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"?

 

[0000]

Re: Elton John

It's missing a number of my favorite songs....like how can, of all things, there not be "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"?

same, Razor Face and Tiny Dancer aren't on it:

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

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same, Razor Face and Tiny Dancer aren't on it:

There is also no "Madman Across The Water", "Harmony", "The Bitch Is Back", "Levon", "Crocodile Rock", or "Someone Saved My Life Tonight".