YOU'RE A JERK IS WHAT I'M SAYING
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link
Levon/Time cover/Alfred being dead 2 u
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
hmph
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
06. "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (1973) [478 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_xAToFzck
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
high five to my fellow voter of Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters at number 1!
― piscesx, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
I still want Shakey to review "Heartache All Over the World."
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:05 (ten years ago) link
love love love
I even like the Funeral For a Friend intro when I'm in the right mood, though admittedly sometimes I skip to the song
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:05 (ten years ago) link
I can do without the instrumental bit but I like this quite a bit.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:06 (ten years ago) link
Is this one particularly famous for anything? I didn't know it before this poll, but I've definitely heard the title in some context.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
I first heard about it in the 'songs that make you cry' thread from like 5 years back or more, quite a few ppl repped for that and it made me seek it out
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
05. "Recover Your Soul" (1998) [481 points, 20 votes, 3 first place votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_xkMf75-uQ
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
(xp) it was elton's "stairway to heaven"/"carry on my wayward son"/"november rain"!
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
no more fakes, plz
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
can you tell I need a drink?
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
voted for "love lies bleeding" only, ad "funeral" has not aged well. i assume those kind of votes were included here?
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
ad = as
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Yeah this was the FM radio epic he had to deliver at some point.
― sup (billstevejim), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Votes for both and for either were included in the total points.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
The fanfare is like WHOA LOOK OUT ELTON AND SYNTHESIZERS
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
weeee I'm flying
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
it reminds me of the Jim Steinman keyboard freakout intro to Bat Out Of Hell
I still like it as a whole. I recall hearing it for the first time while my parents were listening and I asked "is he ever gonna sing?" about 3 seconds before the singing part begins.
― sup (billstevejim), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
xp to Ismael =
http://www.redhotvelvet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/68f7043833.jpg
― piscesx, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
for the record if anyone shows up to my funeral wearing a polo shirt over a longsleeve shirt I will come back to haunt them
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
but the kiss tie is totally welcome.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
05. "Bennie And The Jets" (1973) [486 points, 18 votes, 4 first place votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vLlpJc9mW0
This was my early guess for the poll winner, but until the final couple days of voting, it hadn't even secured a place in the top 10. I do ILM wrong, I guess.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
blech
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
love the bridge in this song
― Lee626, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
xp NO!
It is divine!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
Frank is a fan! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_K2eg7Gx8
― piscesx, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
biz markie version http://vimeo.com/5125762
― sup (billstevejim), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
Gosh, thought this was a sure winner. It's the one instance of Elton going right out there that really works imo.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
xp so is Mary J. Blige
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
I guess I've gotten used to "Bennie" by now, but its a song--unavoidable due to classic rock radio, GYBR and the otherwise fantastic first Greatest Hits volume--that has been annoying me most of my life.
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
The original an R&B #1 iirc
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
r&b #15 actually. his highest r&b charter except for his part of r&b #1 that's what friends are fo"
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Piano on Bennie is my favorite thing
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:23 (ten years ago) link
I love the little squelchy synthy things the increase as the song goes along. But yeah, the piano is key!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
he had five r&b chart hits, by the way. david bowie had two. so there.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
Bennie.. is a classic case ofclassic albums with (oddly enough) one live track on them.
― piscesx, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
that's not actually live, though.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:26 (ten years ago) link
dead?
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
Except it's just "live", but not really live.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
for a song that's all hooks it's just rilly boring
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
The story goes that Elton and the band and Gus Dudgeon didn't know what to do with Bennie, and then someone started slapping some reverb and audience sounds on it and everyone liked it. I'd love to get a listen to the non-"live" version.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:28 (ten years ago) link
took me some time to figure out why spotify's full of live versions, but I couldn't find an original
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:29 (ten years ago) link
mm we had this same live/ not-really-live debate on that actual thread about this and many other 'live' tracks.
― piscesx, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:29 (ten years ago) link
After recording the song in the studio, John and the band worried that it was too plain and unoriginal. According to guitarist Davey Johnstone, "'Bennie and the Jets' was one of the oddest songs we ever recorded. We just sat back and said, 'This is really odd.'" While mixing the album, Dudgeon came up with the idea of creating a "live from Playhouse Theatre" sound for the track. He added reverb effects, applause and other audience sounds from John's previous concerts and a loop from the Jimi Hendrix live album Isle of Wight, plus whistles, giving it the "live concert recording" feel that has since become a sort of trademark.(from wiki)
― piscesx, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:30 (ten years ago) link
04. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) [531 points, 21 votes, 2 first place votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3Bb4UsXhU
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
lol ilm
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link