GYBR vs Alice
fuuck thats tough
― billstevejim, Saturday, 18 February 2012 04:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've got it down to Love Lies Bleeding, title track, and Grey Seal but I'm going to have to spend all week listening to this record to even start to narrow that down.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 18 February 2012 05:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just listened to this album recently. Probably my second favourite of his after Captain Fantastic.
I went with Harmony, beautiful song.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 18 February 2012 19:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
How did/do Taupin and John work together...does Taupin write a bunch of lyrics and then fit them into John's tunes, or did Taupin write for John's tunes according to the latter's instructions? like, write me a song about marilyn monroe...no idea how that works
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Taupin would often write lyrics apropos of nothing and hand them to John -- a bizarre way to work.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
weird...thanks
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I remember a documentary where Paul Gambaccini gave Elton the "No man is an island" poem, and Elton worked up a melody in about half an hour.
― Mark G, Monday, 20 February 2012 13:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
or James Lipton reciting a page from a cookbook.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 February 2012 14:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
From the Carter Inaugural menu?
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 14:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
It has to be the opening medley, although "Funeral For a Friend" is considerably better than "Love Lies Bleeding". David Hentschel for president! :)
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
I burned a copy of this w/out Candle in the Wind (I can't hear it anymore, too overplayed), Jamaica, Roy Rogers and Social Disease...so much better without them
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
tempted to vote for jamaican jerk-off
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Island Girl is a much better Caribbean track than "Jerk-Off", imho
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
oooh, Elton singles poll would be nice...
Elton John Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Mo' Elton -- Greatest Hits, 1976-1986 (for Greatest Hits, Vol. 3)
You Wanted It (I Think), So Here It Is ... Elton John's "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2"
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thanks...those are polls?
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes, polls, merci
haha i forgot that i did those polls way back when.
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
wouldn't mind a poll that included singles from Elton's wilderness years (which aren't in these threads): stuff like "Ego," "Song For Guy," "Elton's Song," "Nobody Wins," etc.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow, I actually forgot I started this thread! Wonder why I gave it so much time. Can't remember if I voted. Need to listen to the record again.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Off topic, but HOW could EJ play for Rush Limbaugh for a million bucks? Yuk!
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
you answered your own question!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
David Hentschel for president! :)who dis?
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Word, he has a wikipedia... I think most people assume Elton John played all the keyboards on "Funeral For A Friend."
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
man i can't believe "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" won one of those singles polls, that's like his only '70s hit that i straight up hate.
― some dude, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:31 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'd vote for 'Song For Guy' immediately.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Did "Grow some funk" ever get compiled onto any other EJ hits compilation that wasn't "every single" styled? (or "Ego"?)
I'd love to see a poll of the singles from his underrepresented wilderness period (1977-1982).
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:58 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
granted, most of them suck (no one mention "Little Jeannie," please).
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:58 AM Bookmark
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
is that a zing? I know what I think; I wanted to read others defend "Part Time Love."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is a helluva fucking way tos tart the album, so...that
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Haha, no, no, not a zing at all! I'm always catching myself re-stating the exact same point I made like four years ago, it's one of the small joys of ILX for me honestly.
I would enjoy watching such a poll but I don't think I'd know any of the songs on it at all.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought I voted in this already... i selected "all the girls love alice" and it turns out that I hadn't.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ahh hell, voted "Grey Seal," not necessarily because it's better than "Love Lies Bleeding," but just because it really is such an earwormy thing, lot of different little hooks and things that pop up when you least expect them. Plus obviously, less overexposed and still sounds fresh.
Warning, stay away from "Love Lies Bleeding" at karaoke - thankfully they don't put you through the whole "Funeral For a Friend" sequence (although that would be kind of amazing if it was the first song of the night) but the lonnnnnnng solo/breakdown in the midst of LLB, though totally awesome on record, is tough to do much with when you're one man and a microphone.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Seriously, how f--in' rich is Elton John? For a million bucks? Sorry, that don't hold water
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
All the Girls Love Alice was #2 in the GYBR Misoygny poll....
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Actually, my dad claimed that he used to play tennis in Laguna Beach in the 70s with a guy who played piano/keyboards for EJ in the studio--said he was like a grad student in astrophysics at Berkeley at the same time or something...maybe that's the guy
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dr Casino, also stay away from "Song for Guy" at karaoke.
Yep, seen it...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 07:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
speaking of the wilderness era, we did this poll..
― piscesx, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 07:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh and Grow Some Funk is on Greatest Hits 2 if that counts..
― piscesx, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 07:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is hard, there are six or seven I could vote for here. Tempted to go for '...Danny Bailey', I love the way the chorus sounds kind of queasy. 'Harmony' is hard to beat though.
There's a bit of the guitar break in 'Love Lies Bleeding' that's always reminded me of Hüsker Dü for some reason.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 09:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
this album is finally starting to grow on me. Side C is my sweet spot, it turns out. voted for "All The Girls Love Alice."
― some dude, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha -- what Rob Sheffield called the Dirty Girls Trilogy.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I still reckon that "Captain Fantastic" is his pinnacle, and not only because he kept it single. But this is still a pretty strong double album.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Looking at that Greatest Hits poll linked to above, it puzzles me that "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" would clean up.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing - I love the song, but with that kind of competition I'd expect a much more even distribution. Hrm.
I keep reviving Geir's Captain Fantastic thread - "Captain Fantastic" C/D? - so maybe it's someone else's turn. Amazing album.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Was going to vote for "Harmony" but what I kept hearing in my head was that piano intro to "Bennie and the Jets" so I went with that.
― Everything You POLL Is RONG (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Excellent!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
YES
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
AND LOVE LIVES BLEEEEEEEEEEDIN IN MY HANDSOH IT KILLS ME TO THINK OF YOU WITH ANOTHER MANI WAS PLAYIN ROCK 'N ROLL AND YOU WERE JUST A FANBUT MY GUITAR COULDN'T HOLD YOU SO I QUIT THE BAAAAAAAAAAA-AH-AH-UH-AAAAAAAHND
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
And IIRC that album actually has multiple tracklists since CiTW did chart in the UK. Greatest Hits are funky things.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 16 March 2012 23:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just saw "Friends" when I looked at the charts. Wouldn't be able to tell you how that went
― Everything You POLL Is RONG (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 March 2012 23:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't think "Friends" had much longevity chart-wise, but it was on "Freedom Rock."
It was also on this "deep cuts" comp that I used to listen to a lot... It had one of those "Nice Price" stickers on it.
― billstevejim, Friday, 16 March 2012 23:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
The only version of "Candle in the Wind" I can listen to is the one most of us knew growing up: the Live in Australia one that became a top ten hit in late '87 or early '88.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 March 2012 01:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
yep that one.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 17 March 2012 01:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Drunk. Listening to "Funeral For a Friend" on really good speakers for like the first time ever. It may be the best thing ever recorded.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 3 September 2012 23:31 (9 months ago) Permalink
no wait i was wrong, it's "goodbye yellow brick road"
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 3 September 2012 23:40 (9 months ago) Permalink
specifically the drums
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 3 September 2012 23:41 (9 months ago) Permalink
one thing's for sure it's not the fuckin spotify ads, man do i need to get a new needle post-haste
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 3 September 2012 23:43 (9 months ago) Permalink
Man, I miss those speakers.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 19:13 (2 months ago) Permalink
yeah peak period Elton loud on great speakers while drunk.. a pleasure i've had many a time.
was there ever a proper EJ poll? i missed it if so.
― piscesx, Thursday, 4 April 2013 18:25 (2 months ago) Permalink
It's in the cards over at the ballot poll order/timing coordination thread! S'what made me think of this thread actually.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 4 April 2013 18:56 (2 months ago) Permalink
Love Lies POLLing...
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 4 April 2013 19:49 (2 months ago) Permalink
alvin tostig has a poll today.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 4 April 2013 20:20 (2 months ago) Permalink
POLL Me Closer, ILXor
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 4 April 2013 20:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
i have little time for elton john, but i picked up the leon russel collab today in local charity shop .. one listen through - i really enjoyed it.a few more spins required to really feel the old school gospel'd up funk vibe did anyone else listen to it ?
― mark e, Thursday, 4 April 2013 20:56 (2 months ago) Permalink
ahhh ..
A Thread For Elton John-Leon Russell's "The Union"
― mark e, Thursday, 4 April 2013 20:57 (2 months ago) Permalink