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Elton John discussion

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I've been listening to a lot of Elton lately. Mostly because I just saw Rocket Man (Loved it. Go see it). I've always been an Elton John fan. Such an amazing talent that's written a shit ton of good music.

So what are your favorite Elton John songs. I'll start.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Amazing melody with amazing lyrics.

Rocket Man: Again, wonderful melody. What I like about this song though is the lyrics that Bernie Taupin wrote. I'm pretty sure this song is about Elton's homosexuality which he felt the need to hide from his fans for so long. "I'm not the man they think I am at home." Obviously hiding something about his true self. "Mars ain't the kind place to raise your kids." Mars being the symbol for male.

Crocodile Rock: I mean....this is just the jam right here. How can you not be in a good mood when you hear this song.
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Rocket Man
Tiny Dancer
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Bennie and the Jets
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Like, don't love.
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Beef Supreme wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:12 pm Like, don't love.
As a metal fan, I get teased a lot about my love for Elton John. I just really like melodic music.
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Honky Cat, Grey Seal, Roy Rogers, All The Girls Love Alice

His early 70's stuff is really good. Very theatrical.
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Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is the magnum opus any artist wishes they could have. Really, the first four tracks in Goodbye Yellow Brick Road are just about perfect.
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Benny And The Jets

Crocodile Rock

I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That (Awesome piano in this)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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My Father's Gun
Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatters
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Levon
Lampin'
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Elton John has lots of great early songs that I like, many of them mentioned here. I like some of these later songs too.

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Bull wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:45 pm
Crocodile Rock: I mean....this is just the jam right here. How can you not be in a good mood when you hear this song.
his first number one hit i think. i remember hearing it when it came out as a kid-and it still might be my favorite. saturday night's alright for fighting is pretty good too.
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Anyone ever hear Maynard James Keenan’s (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer) cover of “Rocket Man?”

It’s pretty good.

https://youtu.be/l6Re0cXJkb0
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Crocodile Rock one of my favs since I was about 12 years old!
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Current Top 5 off the top of my head -

Benny and the Jets
Rocket Man
Honky Cat
Tiny Dancer
I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues.
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Night Train wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:14 am
I'm still standing
I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old who both love the movie "Sing" so obviously we've seen it about 500 times.

Never heard this song prior to seeing the movie, but it's one of my favorite EJ songs now. It's the only thing that lets me put the movie on for them.
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laX wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:29 pmgay
Yes he is.
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Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatters
I Guess That’s why the Call it the Blues
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Funeral For a Friend.
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