GOOD Elton John songs that were NEVER on the radio
#26
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Originally Posted by rw2516
All The Girls Love Alice
I like most of the songs on that album (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road). Those that weren't hits sound like they should have been.
#28
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Wow, where to start...
"My Father's Gun" from Tumbleweed Connection. I just love the way the chorus keeps going on and on with all the background singers (I believe Dusty Springfield's in there somewhere). But really, I don't think anything on that album was on the radio much at all, despite being (IMO) his best one.
"Honey Roll" from the 1970 Friends soundtrack. Just a catchy little tune that could've been a hit single for anybody else I think.
"Bitter Fingers" from Captain Fantastic. Not much to say, just a great obscure song.
Also, anyone interested in lesser-known Elton John should dig up his "Rare Masters" collection. It's loaded with great material.
"My Father's Gun" from Tumbleweed Connection. I just love the way the chorus keeps going on and on with all the background singers (I believe Dusty Springfield's in there somewhere). But really, I don't think anything on that album was on the radio much at all, despite being (IMO) his best one.
"Honey Roll" from the 1970 Friends soundtrack. Just a catchy little tune that could've been a hit single for anybody else I think.
"Bitter Fingers" from Captain Fantastic. Not much to say, just a great obscure song.
Also, anyone interested in lesser-known Elton John should dig up his "Rare Masters" collection. It's loaded with great material.
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Originally Posted by Andalusia
Wow, where to start...
"My Father's Gun" from Tumbleweed Connection. I just love the way the chorus keeps going on and on with all the background singers (I believe Dusty Springfield's in there somewhere). But really, I don't think anything on that album was on the radio much at all, despite being (IMO) his best one.
"My Father's Gun" from Tumbleweed Connection. I just love the way the chorus keeps going on and on with all the background singers (I believe Dusty Springfield's in there somewhere). But really, I don't think anything on that album was on the radio much at all, despite being (IMO) his best one.
You can include Country Comfort from Tumbleweed Connection as well. That wasn't a hit for him, but was for Juice Newton, I think
The night after my wife delivered my son, I took my daughter home and played "The Greatest Discovery" for her. I teared up at that song; she couldn't understand why.
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Isn't it ironic that there are so many great album tracks from Elton's early career and they never got airplay but some of his hit singles like Crocodile Rock, Philadelphia Freedom and Honky Cat are just shit by comparison?
#32
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Originally Posted by Decker
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The night after my wife delivered my son, I took my daughter home and played "The Greatest Discovery" for her. I teared up at that song; she couldn't understand why.
The night after my wife delivered my son, I took my daughter home and played "The Greatest Discovery" for her. I teared up at that song; she couldn't understand why.
#33
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Originally Posted by Buttmunker
She probably couldn't understand why because she was just a newborn baby.
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Originally Posted by Andalusia
No, he said his wife had a newborn son. His daughter's age wasn't mentioned. Am I right, Decker?
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One of my favorites is I feel like a bullet (in the gun of Robert Ford)
And I feel like a bullet in the gun of Robert Ford
I'm low as a paid assassin is
You know I'm cold as a hired sword
I'm so ashamed can't we patch it up
You know I can't think straight no more
You make me feel like a bullet honey in the gun of Robert Ford
And I feel like a bullet in the gun of Robert Ford
I'm low as a paid assassin is
You know I'm cold as a hired sword
I'm so ashamed can't we patch it up
You know I can't think straight no more
You make me feel like a bullet honey in the gun of Robert Ford
#38
Originally Posted by brisco32
One of my favorites is I feel like a bullet (in the gun of Robert Ford)
And I feel like a bullet in the gun of Robert Ford
I'm low as a paid assassin is
You know I'm cold as a hired sword
I'm so ashamed can't we patch it up
You know I can't think straight no more
You make me feel like a bullet honey in the gun of Robert Ford
And I feel like a bullet in the gun of Robert Ford
I'm low as a paid assassin is
You know I'm cold as a hired sword
I'm so ashamed can't we patch it up
You know I can't think straight no more
You make me feel like a bullet honey in the gun of Robert Ford
These lyrics always struck me as what annoys me sometimes about Bernie Taupin. They make absolutely no sense. What about breaking up with someone would make you feel like a gunman's bullet? I could see if he compared himself to Robert Ford himself, but a bullet? The bullet that shot Jesse James?
Huh?
#39
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All of TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION...IMHO, Elton John's best & most consistent album (maybe because the songs tied together thematically). Ironically, no singles released from this superb album. The remaster just makes an already gorgeous-sounding record even better, and (as someone already pointed out) the bonus version of "Madman" is outstanding.
Honestly, you can't go wrong with any of Sir Reg's first five or six albums. Like the Beatles, his strongest albums had too many A-quality gems to be released as singles. In fact, I liked most of the early non-single tracks better than the better-known (and over-exposed) singles.
Honestly, you can't go wrong with any of Sir Reg's first five or six albums. Like the Beatles, his strongest albums had too many A-quality gems to be released as singles. In fact, I liked most of the early non-single tracks better than the better-known (and over-exposed) singles.
#43
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Originally Posted by jgorow
skyline pidgeon is one of my favorite Elton songs, and you never hear it on the radio
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Originally Posted by chaz k
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)...my favorite Elton John song.
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My Shortlist of None HIT Singles from Sir Elton:
First Episode At Hienton
Ticking
Tonight
Roy Rogers
The Greatest Discovery
60 Years On
The King Must Die
Indian Sunset
Blues For Baby and Me
I Feel Like A Bullet In The Gun Of Robert Ford
Chameleon
Come Down In Time
Japanese Hands
Cage The Songbird
Have Mercy On The Criminal
Holiday Inn
Where To Now St. Peter
Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters
Madman Across The Water
All the Girls Love Alice
First Episode At Hienton
Ticking
Tonight
Roy Rogers
The Greatest Discovery
60 Years On
The King Must Die
Indian Sunset
Blues For Baby and Me
I Feel Like A Bullet In The Gun Of Robert Ford
Chameleon
Come Down In Time
Japanese Hands
Cage The Songbird
Have Mercy On The Criminal
Holiday Inn
Where To Now St. Peter
Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters
Madman Across The Water
All the Girls Love Alice
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#47
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Originally Posted by Dubya
"Curtains" off of Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy
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Re: GOOD Elton John songs that were NEVER on the radio
Felt like bumping this thread because I'm sitting here listening to Tumbleweed Connection for the first time in several years and am just blown away. It's fantastic, just such a brilliant album. His non-single stuff can be so great, it feels almost like it's from a completely different artist.
#49
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Re: GOOD Elton John songs that were NEVER on the radio
Medley: Yell Help, Wednesday Night, Ugly
All the Girls Love Alice
Robert Ford
Harmony
We All Fall in Love Sometimes
This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore
I Want Love
Grow Some Funk of Your Own
All the Girls Love Alice
Robert Ford
Harmony
We All Fall in Love Sometimes
This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore
I Want Love
Grow Some Funk of Your Own
#50
Re: GOOD Elton John songs that were NEVER on the radio
Felt like bumping this thread because I'm sitting here listening to Tumbleweed Connection for the first time in several years and am just blown away. It's fantastic, just such a brilliant album. His non-single stuff can be so great, it feels almost like it's from a completely different artist.