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| linzie | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 21:29 Great live version on 11-17-70 album...!!! |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 03:56 Sasha2001 wrote: This guy just has "it" - the complete pachage. How come music doesn't sound as "groovy" anymore? Digital drugs doesn't do IT !  |
| mirland (Denmark) | Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 03:47 pggriff wrote: noise Do you have any idea at all what noise is? |
| Sasha2001 (Where the last of the union men run free) | Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 12:53 This guy just has "it" - the complete pachage. How come music doesn't sound as "groovy" anymore? |
| voicers (Sausalito, CA) | Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 12:12 Oh, my absolute favorite album of all time! (Well, it was my first favorite, so it's gone a long way!) |
| Walrus_Gumbo | Posted: May 05, 2011 - 22:42 nigelr wrote: He was fanastic! Would that be a fantastic fanatic?  |
| Walrus_Gumbo | Posted: May 05, 2011 - 22:38 GWillacker wrote: I remember hearing this in college on an album called 11-17-70 (I believe). I think it was a live recording from a radio broadcast. Sorry I can't be more precise. It was the seventies.  You nailed it!! And a great album it is!!! |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Mar 03, 2011 - 19:24 pggriff wrote: noise And what a wonderful noise it is. |
| pggriff | Posted: Mar 03, 2011 - 19:17 noise |
| GWillacker (Lansing, MI) | Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 11:43 I remember hearing this in college on an album called 11-17-70 (I believe). I think it was a live recording from a radio broadcast. Sorry I can't be more precise. It was the seventies. |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Nov 29, 2010 - 12:07 I miss this early Elton sound. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 17:07 George_Tirebiter wrote: Eltons best work came out of his collaboration with Bernie Taupin. I always liked this song. It was in a not-so-famous movie called 'Friends' that came out in 1971 or thereabouts.  Oh, I saw that movie in the local drive-in (which has since become a wasteland). "I meant to do my work today, but a brown bird sang in the apple tree... And a butterfly flitted across the field, and all the leaves were calling me..." I darned near lost my virginity to that movie. The whole soundtrack to "Friends" is good. |
| George_Tirebiter (Phoenix) | Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 16:55 Eltons best work came out of his collaboration with Bernie Taupin. I always liked this song. It was in a not-so-famous movie called 'Friends' that came out in 1971 or thereabouts. |
| Eveland (Middle of the Pacific) | Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 16:53 This gets easier to listen to each time it is played. Or I might be going deaf  |
| ezzyme (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Feb 16, 2010 - 12:33 lily34 wrote:  Captain Fantastic was pretty good but he started going to commercial with Caribou. |
| big_gare (Langley, Bee Cee, Canada) | Posted: Feb 16, 2010 - 12:28 E.J. where did you go? So sad that Sir Elton abandoned the great tunes of his early career. :-) |
| jarrudy (Rocky Mountains) | Posted: Feb 16, 2010 - 12:27 Tim_in_N_FL wrote: Nice. Haven't heard this in years. I agree that EJ's best work is in the early 1/3rd of his 30+ year career (thus far). Nice to hear folks appreciate Dee's fantastic bass work. Seems his drummer is / was pretty well respected for his chops as well but I forgot his name. as jack black says: "is it in fact unfair to criticize a formerly great artist for his latter day sins, is it better to burn out or fade away?" |
| linzie | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 16:55 snowcat wrote: His drummer was Nigel Olsson. He and Dee were simply awesome on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. RIP Dee. ...Did not know Dee Murray had died, that is sad. He actually toured with Alice Cooper during parts of Elton's down time. In fact, both he and Davey Johnstone, who still plays guitar for Elton, toured with Alice. THAT was a great show!! |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 16:53 snowcat wrote: His drummer was Nigel Olsson. He and Dee were simply awesome on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. RIP Dee. there are only two Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tracks here on RP. that was one of my adolescent discovery albums, along with Sgt. Pepper. this is great to hear too! |
| cosmiclint (Vancouver BC) | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 16:51 wyoguy wrote: People are funny. How did Elton John ever make any money? He was a popular singer/piano player. Many hits in the 70s and 80s. |
| wyoguy | Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 19:36 People are funny. How did Elton John ever make any money? |
| snowcat (Cold, Frozen Minnesota) | Posted: Jun 09, 2009 - 07:53 Tim_in_N_FL wrote: Nice. Haven't heard this in years. I agree that EJ's best work is in the early 1/3rd of his 30+ year career (thus far). Nice to hear folks appreciate Dee's fantastic bass work. Seems his drummer is / was pretty well respected for his chops as well but I forgot his name. His drummer was Nigel Olsson. He and Dee were simply awesome on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. RIP Dee. |
| FrankMc | Posted: Jun 09, 2009 - 07:51 It just doesn't get anywhere. |
| Tim_in_N_FL (Florida) | Posted: May 08, 2009 - 14:39 Nice. Haven't heard this in years. I agree that EJ's best work is in the early 1/3rd of his 30+ year career (thus far). Nice to hear folks appreciate Dee's fantastic bass work. Seems his drummer is / was pretty well respected for his chops as well but I forgot his name. |
| dboseman | Posted: May 08, 2009 - 14:35 ThePoose wrote: My fave EJ LP: Tumbleweed Connection I second that! |
| Tony0600 (Hampshire, UK) | Posted: Apr 07, 2009 - 01:20 iritating and repetitive racket |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 12:43 rbigelo wrote: His early work is so fabulous, a person just has to wonder what happened to him after "Madman Across the Water."  |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 12:41 Still around but I doubt much of this stuff live anymore ... too bad. He is coming here with Billy Joel. It's like $250 a ticket. And it is sold out. hmmm imagine that |
| rbigelo (Spanish Town) | Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 17:44 His early work is so fabulous, a person just has to wonder what happened to him after "Madman Across the Water." |
| snowcat (Cold, Frozen Minnesota) | Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 17:40 doc_dave wrote: And just listen to Dee Murray's bass lines. How musical!! Dee was a fantastic bassist. Just listen to 'Love Lies Bleeding', his masterpiece. Died in 1992, RIP. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 17:39 Was great once |
| jagdriver (The aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Oct 31, 2008 - 09:03 Gosh... I actually enjoyed hearing this again, although I was never an Elton fan and usually punched the car radio button as quickly as i could to avoid hearing anything by him. |
| doc_dave (Edinburgh) | Posted: Oct 31, 2008 - 08:55 And just listen to Dee Murray's bass lines. How musical!! |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Oct 31, 2008 - 08:51 ooooh i love this. reminds me of my sweetie. |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Aug 29, 2008 - 03:19 He was fanastic! |
| alvarorb (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 11:28 I had grown to dislike Elton. This song reminds me he's a great artist. I think the problem started when he wanted to make music for the masses. It's very hard to make something that everybody gets. To do so, artists have to go by the least common denominator, that way everybody gets it. In the process, something is lost. Alvaro |
| ThePoose | Posted: May 26, 2008 - 11:44 My fave EJ LP: Tumbleweed Connection |
| sharkartist | Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 23:46 sigh..... there was a time when Elton was really good. This was during that time. |
| cathenley (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 23:32 This was originally off the soundtrack "Friends" - which was one of my favorite albums when I was 16 years old...talk about memories...he was VERY INFLUENTIAL in those days.... |
| riffster (looking for fast transport) | Posted: Mar 24, 2008 - 11:30 I'm hardly the biggest Elton John fan around, but his early work (Tumbleweed, Madman on up to about Yellow Brick Road or so ...) has more than a few good songs. When he and Bernie Taupin were in sync, and Elton was more of a Singer/Songwriter than a Performer, I didn't mind his music. After Yellow Brick (with one or two exceptions) .... he's just another Pop Star to me. He does have talent, real talent, but he hasn't shown much of it for a long time now. - Riff prickelpit96 wrote: 
Not in his early days, not in his midage days, not today, and certainly not in the future. In one word: NEVER! He's nothing but uncredibly boring.  |
| paganpete (east coast-RI) | Posted: Mar 24, 2008 - 11:28 very, very baddd |
| mread (W117°12.138' N32°53.742') | Posted: Feb 21, 2008 - 23:58 ruthless wrote: All the way through Captain Fantastic, except a few on that one started sounding like his later stuff. Actually, it started with Yellow Brick Road, to wit: Bennie & the Jets. |
| Candela (Trondheim, Norway) | Posted: Feb 21, 2008 - 23:53 E.J. Don't like him. Its like his music is made like: ''MUST MUST MUST give something to the crowd..anything, give me fame!'' |
| dwhayslett (Pawleys Island, SC) | Posted: Jan 21, 2008 - 13:36 coolpeople_rule wrote: What is it about British rock?? Pink Floyd, The "Bloody" Beateles, Led Zeplin, Elton John, David Bowie, Genisis, "Peter Frampton Comes Alive"...and so on, and so on???
It is what it is, is what. Unless I've misunderstood your question. |
| coolpeople_rule | Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 22:50 "Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy"...what a song! |
| coolpeople_rule | Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 22:47 What is it about British rock?? Pink Floyd, The "Bloody" Beateles, Led Zeplin, Elton John, David Bowie, Genisis, "Peter Frampton Comes Alive"...and so on, and so on??? |
| ruthless (Midtown Memphis) | Posted: Dec 05, 2007 - 13:40 cc_rider wrote: While not my fav Elton John material, this still takes me away, like Tumbleweed and Chateau. When they were good, they were VERY good.
All the way through Captain Fantastic, except a few on that one started sounding like his later stuff. |
| d00kie (In Cubicle Hell!) | Posted: Dec 05, 2007 - 13:39 prickelpit96 wrote:
Not in his early days, not in his midage days, not today, and certainly not in the future. In one word: NEVER! He's nothing but uncredibly boring. And this coming from someone who gives "tears for queers" a 10 Godlike??? (Oh and "Midage" is not a word) |
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: Dec 05, 2007 - 13:36 felix_the_man wrote: Cool, an early ex ended up with my copy of it. love the song "Friends" and "I meant to do my work today." Agree! |
| d00kie (In Cubicle Hell!) | Posted: Dec 05, 2007 - 13:35 prickelpit96 wrote:
Not in his early days, not in his midage days, not today, and certainly not in the future. In one word: NEVER! He's nothing but uncredibly boring. You Sir, Are an Idiot....  |