more like Babylon & On-era outtakes, to be fair
one more song to go?
― col, Monday, 7 April 2014 13:22 (ten years ago) link
Two, if you can find the live "Medley" that was on some editions of the 12" of A Word In Spanish. Includes Elton covering a bit of Leon Russell's A Song For You ("an American classic" per EJ). Then goes into a couple of classics we've already featured itt. Would be nice to finish on an upbeat note... if that's in the spirit of the thread?
― Jeff W, Monday, 7 April 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
I want to review the Aretha collab "Through The Storm."
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 April 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
"Rope Around a Fool"
http://youtu.be/kzD6hHzKkBQ
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 13:10 (ten years ago) link
Elton listen to "Dixie Chicken" before cutting this one? Chorus is a bit ungainly but this is better than at least half of Reg
― col, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 13:22 (ten years ago) link
well, couldn't find the medley Jeff was talking about, so here's The End, a last duet w/Aretha:
"Through the Storm"
http://youtu.be/M44suQXkucQ
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/Through_the_Storm.jpg/220px-Through_the_Storm.jpg
― col, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
an apt title summation
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
alright, Pearls From Elton's Lost Years (a guide to people who don't want to slog through this whole thread):
Part Time LoveIt Ain't Gonna Be EasyMama Can't Buy You LoveChasing the CrownBreaking Down BarriersBlue EyesDear JohnBall and ChainI Guess That's Why They Call It the BluesI'm Still StandingToo Low For ZeroReligionBreaking HeartsNikitaLord of the Flies (hey it stuck in my head)
what else?
― col, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
This was illuminating -- like the Eagles thread it confirmed what I knew. The surprises: the so-called late seventies minor singles like "Part Time Love"; learning that Jump Up! has almost as many good to great songs as TLFZ.
My list, longer than yours (and hey -- where's "I Don't Wanna..." on yours?)
EgoPart Time LoveIt Ain't Gonna Be EasyChasing the CrownBreaking Down BarriersElton's SongWhite Lady White PowderBall and ChainDear JohnI Guess That's Why They Call It the BluesI'm Still StandingToo Low For ZeroReligionBreaking HeartsNikitaI Don't Wanna Go On With You Like ThatGoodbye Marlon Brando
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 April 2014 01:04 (ten years ago) link
i would add:
shooting starcold as christmas
and maybe:
passengers
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 10 April 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
oh right! "Cold as Christmas" def
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 April 2014 01:31 (ten years ago) link
my list got lopped off: meant to include "Marlon Brando" and "Don't Wanna Go On."
― col, Thursday, 10 April 2014 12:38 (ten years ago) link
spotif'ied playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/judgeparker/playlist/5KzQRGivsutcFZYnr8FFIG
― col, Thursday, 10 April 2014 14:08 (ten years ago) link
Missing you already. Thanks for doing this.
I'm down with A,LS's list, but would also add fcc's picks + most of the Thom Bell sessions + "Nobody Wins" + "Belgium".
― Jeff W, Friday, 11 April 2014 13:01 (ten years ago) link
Elton in the wild: "Nikita" at Office Max.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 November 2014 00:54 (nine years ago) link
Cold War epilogue
― col, Monday, 10 November 2014 01:00 (nine years ago) link
i think i would do a paul mccartney one of these if you guys did one! i couldn't do elton. ugh. it just occurred to me that i've probably only heard like 2 or 3 mccartney albums all the way through. i don't know why he had to put out so many records though.
― scott seward, Friday, 5 June 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
PLEASE DO
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
Pretty sure col would be. Turrican, Tim Ellison, Doctor Casino for sure.
Might be best to circumscribe a time period though.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
i don't want to be in charge of it. i would listen and chime in though...
― scott seward, Friday, 5 June 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
I've done EJ and Don 'n' Glenn. I'm done.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
macca yes!!!!! he's perfect for one of these.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 5 June 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
'Venus and Mars' thru 'Press to Play' would work (11-12 years' worth)
― Jeff W, Friday, 5 June 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
no pressure or anything. i just saw this yesterday and i was like man i don't even remember some of these coming out:
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-mccartney-albums-ranked/
― scott seward, Friday, 5 June 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
now see that's the kind of eccentricity I can get with: Back to the Egg and Flaming Pie in the top ten!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
jesus, he's made some bad album covers hasn't he?
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 5 June 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
you'd think someone in his position would be more....careful? like, if his discography were 6 or 7 really great records of the best tunes he could come up with spaced out over a period of decades...he could be scott walker.
― scott seward, Friday, 5 June 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
i dunno, i guess he can't help himself. and he can do whatever the hell he wants and that can be a problem sometimes.
― scott seward, Friday, 5 June 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
He likes to work. Says he takes the tube to his office every morning.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
i respect quantity. artists should be ... making art!
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 5 June 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
plus, i take that back about scott. he's made like 15 albums.
― scott seward, Friday, 5 June 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
i don't know if i respect quantity. you can be making stuff and not presenting it all to the public. but i guess if you're happy with it, why not? just seems like he's made a lot of records that aren't remembered by a lot of people beyond hardcore beatle/paul people.
― scott seward, Friday, 5 June 2015 18:01 (eight years ago) link
i've always believed that the very act of making music and actually releasing it, which is to say forcing yourself not only to make it but to complete it, tends to make your music better. i'm sure there are plenty of exceptions, but in general i've found that the artists i like the most tend to do their best work when they're working fastest.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 5 June 2015 18:41 (eight years ago) link
I ranked top forty hits from a dark time.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 April 2019 05:31 (five years ago) link
Has anyone dipped into the Jewel Box yet?
And a related question: does anyone know what the hell is going on with the ever-changing digital track list for the jewel box? If he was just adding tracks to it, fair enough. But it seems like things get added then lost again (unless you’ve liked/saved the previous version on Spotify) and other tracks are just released as one-offs (like the jazz version of “Come Down In Time”) and not put in the box at all. I’d say “Classic Neil” but wrong thread obv.
― Jeff W, Monday, 11 January 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
AND REACH OUTFOR HER HEALLLLLLIIING HANDSSSS
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 23:25 (two years ago) link
^^^ otm
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 June 2023 00:41 (ten months ago) link