Official '69 through the Early '70s, all the way up to 1976 then mid-90's + fuck everything from 1977 to 1988 with a few exceptions Elton John Thread

[ThememanXX]

Listening to a 65 song playlist of my favorite studio songs today. Goddamn his music is so good.

[malachite00]

This thread made me change my playlist for the day - I forgot how great some of his songs are!

I had Crocodile Rock on 45, and played it constantly on my little plastic record player.

[Mitch]

Originally Posted by malachite00 I had Crocodile Rock on 45, and played it constantly on my little plastic record player.

Me too... One of my earliest music memories is playing my Shaun Cassidy "Da Doo Run Run" 45 on my Pluto turntable... the arm of the turntable was a dog bone

[Jack]

Originally Posted by ThememanXX Listening to a 65 song playlist of my favorite studio songs today. Goddamn his music is so good.

Can you screen shot this? I've been listening to him a ton lately but I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of good studio stuff. The fact that he had a song as good as Mona lisas & mad hatters that I didn't even hear until my 20's makes me want to uncover any more gems like that.

[ThememanXX]

Yeah, I'll type it out tomorrow. To start though, just listen to Tumbleweed Connection a few times through.

[drummerkrf]

before the name change... Reg White as a member of 'Bluesology' in 1965.


July '65





November '65

[gweeps]

Originally Posted by Jack The fact that he had a song as good as Mona lisas & mad hatters that I didn't even hear until my 20's makes me want to uncover any more gems like that.

Here's some:

Skyline Pigeon
I Need You to Turn To
Sixty Years On
The King Must Die
Come Down in Time
Country Comfort
Where to Now St. Peter
Talking Old Soldiers
Into the Old Man's Shoes
Razor Face
Blues for Baby and Me
Have Mercy on the Criminal
High Flying Bird
Ticking
We All Fall in Love Sometimes

[ThememanXX]

I could go on and on. I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford), Grey Seal, Amoreena, Come Down In time, etc etc etc

[gweeps]

Seriously though, don't miss 1989's Sleeping with the Past, 1992's The One, 1995's Made in England, 2001's Songs from the West Coast and last year's The Diving Board. Oh, and the collaboration with Leon Russel from 2010, The Union.

I love all the studio albums from after Reg Strikes Back and onward. Except that shite Duets.

Here are some great songs from that era:

Healing Hands
Whispers
Club at the End of the Street
Simple Life
Sweat it Out
Whitewash County
The Last Song
House
Latitude
Lies
If the River Can Bend (from 1997's The Big Picture)
The Panic in Me (from 2000's The Road to El Dorado soundtrack)
The Emperor's New Clothes
American Triangle
Birds
I Want Love
Turn the Lights Out When You Leave (from 2004's Peachtree Road)
Postcards from Richard Nixon (from 2006's The Captain & the Kid)
The Best Part of the Day
5th Avenue (bonus song from latest album)
Oceans Away
Oscar Wilde Gets Out
A Town Called Jubilee (reminds of something from Tumbleweed Connection)
Home Again

[ThememanXX]

Yeah, I'm a big fan of 'Made in England'. Wish I could snag that one on Vinyl to go with the rest of the discography I've gotten.

[ThememanXX]

Originally Posted by Jack Can you screen shot this? I've been listening to him a ton lately but I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of good studio stuff. The fact that he had a song as good as Mona lisas & mad hatters that I didn't even hear until my 20's makes me want to uncover any more gems like that.

I've gotta add more to this, as it was hastily thrown together:

All the Girls Love Alice
Amoreena
Ballad of a Well Known Gun
Believe
Bennie and the Jets
Better Off Dead
The Bitch is Back
Blessed
Blue Eyes
Border Song
Burn Down the Mission
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Candle in the Wind
Candle in the Wind 1997
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Club at the End of the Street
Country Comfort
Crocodile Rock
Daniel
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
Friends
Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Grey Seal
Grimsby
Grow Some Funk of Your Own
Hercules
High Flying Bird
Honky Cat
I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That
I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
I'm Still Standing
Island Girl
Levon
Little Jeannie
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Made in England
Madman Across the Water
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
My Father's Gun
The One
Philadelphia Freedom
Pinball Wizard
Rocket Man (I Think It's Gonna Be a Long Long Time)
Sacrifice
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
Sixty Years On
Skyline Pigeon
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Something About the Way You Look Tonight
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
Take Me to the Pilot
Tiny Dancer
Tower of Babel
You Can Make History (Young Again)
Your Song

[ThememanXX]

but really, download ALL of his albums and listen for yourself (I'm not a fan of 1969's Empty Sky, but hey, to each their own)

[JimBeam41]

Funeral for a Friend, Love Lies Bleeding is such a bad ass way to open a show.

[gweeps]

Originally Posted by ThememanXX I'm not a fan of 1969's Empty Sky

I love the title track. And the earlier version of Skyline Pigeon.

[ThememanXX]

Originally Posted by gweeps I love the title track. And the earlier version of Skyline Pigeon.

Listening to Skyline Pigeon now, actually. And you're right, Empty Sky's a great tune. But for the most part, if I wasn't a completist, I'd probably have smashed the album and thrown it out by now.

[gweeps]

I love Idol from Blue Moves. Hell, that whole album is underrated.

[Garntd]

his book was really good. lots of really great anecdotes, especially ones with John Lennon

[gweeps]

Originally Posted by Garntd his book was really good. lots of really great anecdotes, especially ones with John Lennon

I see the unabridged audio book is read by the guy who played him in the movie (haven't seen it yet) and Elton himself.

[morgadt]

Nashville Skyline by Dylan. Some call it the first “alt country” album.