You Wanted It (I Think), So Here It Is ... Elton John's "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2"

But it's nonsensical. He liked living easy without family ties UNTIL he had a dramatic encounter with the concept freedom?

Then again, not the first illogical Taupin lyric.

i think he's saying he liked living free and easy until he was zapped between the eyes by the downsides of that lifestyle. whippoorwill = loneliness.

Philadelphia Freedom for the bassline alone. Also, it makes me cry (with happiness).

whippoorwill = loudmouth who won't shut the fuck up at three in the morning.

(in my book, at least.)

I read in one of those Billboard #1 Hits! books that "Philadelphia Freedom" was written for Billie Jean King and that bass drum beat is supposed to be the sound of a tennis ball hitting the court.

loudmouth who won't shut the fuck up at three in the morning.

yet another downside to the free-and-easy lifestyle!

the philadelphia freedoms were the tennis team that billie jean king coached.

Once again, fcc living up to his username.

What's the Federal Communications Commission got to do with it?

Srsly, tho, that's interesting about those two missing songs - always thought they were kinda conspicuously absent. I never owned the original.

"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" for me, but another tough choice. Can't wait for Vol. 3.

wasn't a volume three released in the eighties and replaced with a new one in the nineties?

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one more time, cos i like the photo and the likeness:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/242/445423237_80aaadad2f.jpg

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Tiny Dancer is not even on this album.

That is factually incorrect.

Okay, well the version I had did not include this song.. And it had "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word."

Yeah, as fact checking cuz noted above, "Tiny Dancer" wasn't on the original 1977 pressing, but was added to the 1992. That song is kind of a revisionist hit -- missed the top 40 in the U.S. at the time and didn't even chart in the U.K., became popular later on largely because of Almost Famous. Now suddenly you hear it on classic rock radio as often as "Rocket Man" or anything else he did in that era.

Oh, my mistake. I should have continued reading the entire thread.

As a child in the late 80s, I always assumed "Tiny Dancer" was a decently well-known song since I heard it on my parents' adult contemporary stations a LOT. 10 years later, I was quite upset to see SPIN placing it in their "singles of the year," since everyone should have been appreciating it all along.

became popular later on largely because of WKRP in Cincinnati

hey I said "largely" not "solely"

It was at least well-known-enough that Friends used the "Tony Danza" joke...

"Hold my order, terrible dresser"

Suprising!

coincidentally, "breaking my heart" and "sorry seems" are also two of the clearest, most straightforward lyrics bernie taupin ever wrote.

― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 04:53 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Whoa, fact checking cuz.. I just saw the 7" in a charity shop (one big crack through the vinyl), Taupin's name isn't on the a-side!