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Elton John — Where To Now St. Peter
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Grammarcop
(A mitten surrounded by ice)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 04:47
 
I knew I should have turned left at Albuquerque.

 

stevendejong
Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 08:10
 
Let's follow this one with Death Cab for Cutie's "St. Peter's Cathedral"!

Stephenater
(Marin County, CA)
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 17:03
 
My older brother had this album.  I played it quite often in my youth.

Great album, even better memories...

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 17:00
 
 Cynaera wrote:
This song was the beginning of an odyssey for me.  I learned it on guitar, I had a friend who played it on piano, and we had a guy in common who now sings tenor in major operas here and overseas... We hung out together, and Elton John was our common bond. This song has been my mantra. "Where to now, St. Peter?"  Love it.
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this song...
 

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 08:08
 
 kingart wrote:
Elton's not a great (or even a particularly good) piano player, not a great singer — but his early work is, somehow, fabulous. It's in the addictive melodies. 
 
The first album I ever bought was Captain Fantastic.  I think he is extremely underrated as a piano player, which is partly due to his own outrageous behavior that defined him in the 70s'.  I saw him in Chicago in 76, Orange County in the early 90's, and San Diego a few years ago.  The Orange County show was sub par for him, but he blew my mind in San Diego - just burned the house down.  I don't know how his hands weren't bloody stumps when he was finished.  No opening act, almost 3 hours of non stop energy.  He connects with a live audience the way few artists can.

He will always be one of my favorites and I hope he is around for a long long time.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 08:04
 
 Antigone wrote:
Knew it was EJ just by the first few piano notes.
  It's funny how an artist can have such a distinctive sound, especially on a relatively 'neutral' instrument like piano. Sure, SRV, Clapton, Jimi, Eddie, George Benson, etc. etc. etc. make their sounds completely unique. Stevie Wonder's harmonica is another example. Practically all horn players. But the piano?

As others have mentioned though, his 'attack' is anything but subtle, maybe that's it. Regardless, it's funny how a handful of notes immediately identify him.



cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 10:36
 
 kaybee wrote:

No..he's talking about the afterlife, the canoe alludes to the River Styx (which I guess doesn't really fit with St. Peter as it's Greek Myth,) but anyway, the song is about a soldier dying and realizing his life was wasted in a meaningless war.

 
I just wish the message was outdated, y'know? But this song is always timely, sadly. Damn.

But yeah, Bernie didn't usually write very linearly. More like a collage than a portrait.

tulfan
(Still in SE MI)
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 10:36
 
 Jeffrey wrote:


As did I. . .
 


Me too

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 12:46
 

All of us of a certain age know the great consistent albums of the classic period through the mid 70s - I consider Captain Fantastic and Rock of the Westies as great and really strong respectively.  In the many years since, he has put out some very very good songs, when he works with Bernie for the most part. 

As for the more recent albums, I really like Peachtree Road and Songs from the West Coast have some great tunes.



kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 09:52
 
Elton's not a great (or even a particularly good) piano player, not a great singer — but his early work is, somehow, fabulous. It's in the addictive melodies. 

dkwalika
(Upper Midwest)
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 09:51
 
This guy has had a monstrous career falling off. I love this early stuff, even up to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. (And I wrote this without reading the previous postings!)

Jeffrey
(D.C.)
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 07:08
 
 Rooney wrote:


 I stopped listening, as a fan, after Yellowbrick Road.
 

As did I. . .

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 07:06
 
 agkagk wrote:
The best Elton John album (perhaps tied with Madman).
 
No argument here. Two fantastic albums (sadly not indicative of future work).

linzie
Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 16:43
 
The only problem with hearing these is it's a sad reminder of where he's gone to now...St. Elton...

miss it....

Dr_Steele
(Tempe, AZ)
Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 16:42
 
never get tired of this one - maybe my fave EJ song... takes me back - good memories... crank it

mmoyer
(Silicon Valley)
Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 16:40
 
I sure love his early work.

Chazar
(Orlando, FL)
Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 16:08
 
 agkagk wrote:
The best Elton John album (perhaps tied with Madman).
 
Indeed....  Cool

reindeer
(Pandora)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 21:53
 
It just doesn't get much better than this.  Thank you Bill and Rebecca!

rushed
(Edwardsville, IL)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 07:35
 
{#Music} Hell yeah!

 cc_rider wrote:
Cranked up in the 'phones. Work is just gonna have to wait.

edit: and when I get home tonight I'm cranking this album up in the workshop.

 



mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 07:35
 
One of the coolest songs ever written.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 07:34
 
Cranked up in the 'phones. Work is just gonna have to wait.

edit: and when I get home tonight I'm cranking this album up in the workshop.


agkagk
(Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 16:37
 
The best Elton John album (perhaps tied with Madman).

Andy_B
(aboard MV "Horizon," east coast Fla)
Posted: Aug 14, 2011 - 07:34
 
The album was too different at the time it was released and didn't get a lot of airplay at the north Florida stations I worked (DJ and Music Director) but I kept it in my personal collection until it got stolen.  It was a harbringer of things to come from this talented young artist.

rahkinrah
Posted: Aug 14, 2011 - 07:31
 
You WILL be receiving my support! Thanks much for ALL the GREAT music! Robby in Paonia, CO

katiediddler
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 06:56
 
I was too young to have appreciated his less commercial stuff, as it didnt get the airplay or I wasnt listening in the right places. I bought this album after hearing a couple of tracks here and now I understand all of the praise. What an amazing artist.  


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 06:55
 
 trissi wrote:
It's songs like this that really make me wonder where did Elton John go. How could the same musician who did this song, do Candle In The Wind {#Puke} and other, more recent stuff? It's not possible.
 
"Candle In The Wind" was from 1973 - but I guess you're referring to the new versions with the Princess Diana tributes.


linzie
Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 22:39
 
I wanna go backkkkkkkkkkkkk...all this stuff was friggin' sublime!

IndyDoug
(Indianapolis)
Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 06:40
 
One of my favorite EJ songs.

trissi
(allupinya)
Posted: May 11, 2011 - 16:00
 
It's songs like this that really make me wonder where did Elton John go. How could the same musician who did this song, do Candle In The Wind {#Puke} and other, more recent stuff? It's not possible.

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 14:34
 
 EssexTex wrote:
"I took myself a small blue canoe"...I assume he means pill.....boy he really was off his tit's back then.

Love the song.

 
No..he's talking about the afterlife, the canoe alludes to the River Styx (which I guess doesn't really fit with St. Peter as it's Greek Myth,) but anyway, the song is about a soldier dying and realizing his life was wasted in a meaningless war.


Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 08:11
 
 unclehud wrote:
Arguably, Honky Chateau was his best ... but who's arguing?  His early LPs were the product of sing-along music, insightful lyrics, and talented musicians.  Deadly combination.

Sir Elton's work spans several decades, and it's interesting to see how it has morphed.  Don't go saying he "sold out," because there are scores of other hard rockers who have mellowed over the years and received more commercial success as they mellowed.  And I'd "sell out" in a New York minute if it brought me tens of millions of pounds Sterling.
 

Don't agree.  IMO, his first and this album, Tumbleweed, were among his least "commercial" sounding albums.  After "Bennie and the Jets", he lost me.  I stopped listening, as a fan, after Yellowbrick Road.

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 07:42
 
Arguably, Honky Chateau was his best ... but who's arguing?  His early LPs were the product of sing-along music, insightful lyrics, and talented musicians.  Deadly combination.

Sir Elton's work spans several decades, and it's interesting to see how it has morphed.  Don't go saying he "sold out," because there are scores of other hard rockers who have mellowed over the years and received more commercial success as they mellowed.  And I'd "sell out" in a New York minute if it brought me tens of millions of pounds Sterling.



SinisterDexter
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 06:17
 
Arguably, the best album of his career - but there are a number of them to choose from.

Antigone
(A house, in a valley, Virginia)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 06:16
 
Knew it was EJ just by the first few piano notes.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 15:14
 
 michaelc wrote:

Because many don't understand.
  If your paid $1,000,000.00 for crap or $1,000.00 for art what will you create ?

 
Both. Art to get their attention. Crap to make the money to create more art. Ideal? No. Practical? Yes.


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 15:07
 
 Carl_LaFong wrote:


Don't know if it's him on this cut, but Caleb Quaye was the primary guitarist on Tumbleweed...
 
Quaye is the only electric guitarist credited in the liner notes.


michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA)
Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 15:05
 
 bindi wrote:

agreed - yet he was paid more and more.  This is a continuing conversation I have with some friends - why do artist lose their "art" when they become a success? 

 
Because many don't understand.
  If your paid $1,000,000.00 for crap or $1,000.00 for art what will you create ?


bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 14:16
 
 SpamNRice wrote:
So easy to forget how amazing Elton was... ...and how far he slipped... 
 
agreed - yet he was paid more and more.  This is a continuing conversation I have with some friends - why do artist lose their "art" when they become a success? 


lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 21:20
 
 SpamNRice wrote:
So easy to forget how amazing Elton was... ...
 
No, never...


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 20:52
 
This song was the beginning of an odyssey for me.  I learned it on guitar, I had a friend who played it on piano, and we had a guy in common who now sings tenor in major operas here and overseas... We hung out together, and Elton John was our common bond. This song has been my mantra. "Where to now, St. Peter?"  Love it.

TerryS
(The other SW)
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 20:50
 
Fat, talented little bloke in those days.

Quixmundi
(on the banks of Eagle Creek - Zionsville, Indiana)
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 20:49
 
Great, great song from a marvelous album. Elton at his best with Bernie and the rest of the band.

FrankMc
Posted: May 28, 2010 - 07:11
 
 At least Elton has eschewed radical plastic surgery to this point. When he was in that hot pants and boots phase it got a bit grotesque, however.

mpatnode wrote:
Can't believe he dis'd EJ like that.    It's not like he's playing the Santa Cruz Boardwalk.    He still sells out a stadium.    I think Michael Jackson fell a little further...
 



SinisterDexter
Posted: May 17, 2010 - 06:19
 
 papaman wrote:
This has somewhat of a Jethro Tull feel to it.  Maybe it's just me.

 

I agree. A bit like Benefit, but still distinctly Elton John  They were both released in 1970.

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 17, 2010 - 06:18
 
Just a great musician,
imagine he were good looking!

SanFranGayMan
(San Francisco)
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 23:27
 
A remarkable song, a remarkable album, particularly given that Elton and Bernie are English, in the early 70s and to evoke such a haunting, deeply western USA mood, with serious mystical-like references throughout the album—such a stunning, on-point stretch and achievement. That was a fantastic teaming of talent that was teeming of talent for several albums during their collaboration. Lucky all us.

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 23:23
 
My fave EJ song. Still sounds great after all these years.
Who, at some point in their life, couldn't relate to the line ". . . show me which road I'm on"?



EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 09:39
 
 komainu wrote:
I'm supposed to go to lunch but this playlist is keeping me glued to my chair. A great day for productivity {#Angel}
I'd love to see Elton return to his roots...
 
..Reg from Watford?



komainu
(Iowa City, IA)
Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 09:38
 
I'm supposed to go to lunch but this playlist is keeping me glued to my chair. A great day for productivity {#Angel}
I'd love to see Elton return to his roots...

papaman
(Downstate New Mexico)
Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 09:37
 
This has somewhat of a Jethro Tull feel to it.  Maybe it's just me.