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Title: Elton John?
Post by: ThunderPower on 17 Oct 2005, 17:49

Does anyone like Elton John? I'm a fanatic. If so, what's you're favorite song by him? And DON'T start a flamewar by saying "OMG I HAT ELTN JON!! OMFG!!!!!!!!11111"

Title: Elton John?
Post by: Se7en on 17 Oct 2005, 17:51

I think i realised i hated radio when they started playing candle in the wind twice an hour.

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Post by: soak on 17 Oct 2005, 17:53

Tiny Dancer kicks ass!

Title: Elton John?
Post by: ThunderPower on 17 Oct 2005, 17:53

Quote from: Se7en

I think i realised i hated radio when they started playing candle in the wind twice an hour.

I know, they should start playing less hits! it would be nice to hear something like Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds once in a while. =/

Title: Elton John?
Post by: Gryff on 17 Oct 2005, 18:24

Tiny Dancer, yes. Most everything else, either meh or aargh.

Tiny Dancer is made even better if you replace the words with "Tony Danza". Comedy!

Title: Elton John?
Post by: RUMBLEMOOSE on 17 Oct 2005, 18:29

I use songs from the Lion King soundtrack to publicly embarrass my friends. It's not my fault they fall perfectly into my shouting range.

Elton John is one of those people from the 70s who I'm sure had great album-oriented output, but all I ever hear are the singles and it totally kills it because I hear them all the time. I also used to listen to his Greatest Hits album when I was aged 3-7,

Title: Elton John?
Post by: sjbrot on 17 Oct 2005, 19:44

Quote from: Gryff

Tiny Dancer is made even better if you replace the words with "Tony Danza". Comedy!

"Hold me closer, Tony Daaaaaaaaaaaanza."

YES.

Title: Elton John?
Post by: Maui on 17 Oct 2005, 20:22

haha, yea, the scene from Almost Famous when they all sing Tiny Dancer is classic. Really, theres something wrong with you if you dont like that song in the least bit eh.

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Post by: Signum_Tenebrae on 17 Oct 2005, 20:23

I'd like Elton John if he wasn't a dirty faggot.

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Post by: Micolithe on 17 Oct 2005, 20:31

Quote from: Signum_Tenebrae

I'd like Elton John if he wasn't a dirty faggot.

That's almost EXACTLY what the Gay kid I graduated with said.
He's the most stereotypical person ever, and he called Elton John a "Talentless Fag"

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Post by: noise_wave on 17 Oct 2005, 21:33

Tiny Dancer is always a gooder. The Way You Look Tonight is pretty good too. And I agree, Candle In The Wind is way too overplayed, much as I used to love it.

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Post by: Inlander on 17 Oct 2005, 21:58

Did Elton John actually write a song called "The Way You Look Tonight"?  Or did he just record a version of the famous Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields song of that name?  'Cause yes, that's one of the loveliest songs ever written, but you should know that it was first recorded by Fred Astaire in the 1930s.

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Post by: noise_wave on 17 Oct 2005, 23:50

I did not know that it wasn't an original Elton John song. I will now go and lick my wounds at the betrayal of this.

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Post by: öde on 18 Oct 2005, 07:35

Apart from his dress sense, most of his music, yes.

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Post by: Thrillho on 18 Oct 2005, 09:05

Elton John is brilliant. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is an amazing album.

I love Bennie And The Jets and Bitch Is Back. He was one of the best parts of Live 8 until Pete Doherty fucked it up..

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Post by: ThunderPower on 23 Oct 2005, 08:16

Umm..It's not The Way You Look Tonight, it's Something About The Way You Look Tonight.

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Post by: feather97 on 23 Oct 2005, 17:54

I must say your song is his greatest song, But tini dancer is way up there. The version from moulin rouge is classis. I also like any of his disney songs, cuz who doesn't like classis disney songs?

Title: Elton John?
Post by: sjbrot on 23 Oct 2005, 21:51

^^^
Me.

Some may be kinda catchy. But then there are the rest.

And then there's the fact that they have employed Phil Collins, which is unforgivable.

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Post by: La Creme on 23 Oct 2005, 21:51

What the fuck is wrong with this thread?

Have none of you heard "Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding"? Have none of you heard his version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"? "All The Girls Love Alice"? "Grey Seal"? "Take Me To The Pilot"? "Madman Across The Water"??

Seriously, the man is pretty fucking rad. Well, he was anyways. Now he is short and fat and kind of bitter and a flaming homosexual in the worst possible ways.

Title: Elton John?
Post by: Storm Rider on 23 Oct 2005, 21:52

Quote from: La Creme

What the fuck is wrong with this thread?

Have none of you heard "Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding"? Have none of you heard his version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"? "All The Girls Love Alice"? "Grey Seal"? "Take Me To The Pilot"? "Madman Across The Water"??

Seriously, the man is pretty fucking rad. Well, he was anyways. Now he is short and fat and kind of bitter and a flaming homosexual in the worst possible ways.

Hell, I like his cover of 'Pinball Wizard' better than the original. Which is saying something.

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Post by: kidgotham on 24 Oct 2005, 11:13

While I dont agree that his version of "Pinball Wizard" is better then the orriginal, i have to admit, his music is really growing on me. He is a great musician and a brilliant showman.
I do think i will stab myself if i hear "Candle in the Wind" again.

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Post by: Thrillho on 24 Oct 2005, 14:35

Quote from: feather97

I must say your song is his greatest song, But tini dancer is way up there. The version from moulin rouge is classis. I also like any of his disney songs, cuz who doesn't like classis disney songs?

Me.

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Post by: decklin on 24 Oct 2005, 15:48

I think the end of _Breaking the Waves_ where the music comes in for chapter 12 (or whatever it is) and you're like... wait... IS THIS?? YES!? YES IT IS!? IT'S GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD!! is just one of the most wonderful moments of anything ever.

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Post by: ThunderPower on 26 Oct 2005, 19:38

I'm have to say his best album his Madman Acorss The Water, and his best song is Indian Sunset.