I was listening to the Beatles "Let It Be...Naked" earlier today, and it struck me that this would be a great idea for an Elton John release. Just Elton and a few other instruments, rather than the big flourishes and fills; all the original recordings, just stripped way down. I think it would be especially cool on his 1970s stuff.

What other artists would you like to hear....naked?

depeche mode

He's done several tours of just him on piano and Ray Cooper on percussion. I've seen two. One in the late 70's and one in the 90's. Both were amazing. I'm sure you could grab some bootlegs of these.

There's an awesome demo of Madman Across The Water with Mick Ronson on guitar that was a bonus track on one of the remasters. I'd love to hear a whole album like that.

I have some CDs just filled with Elton vocals/piano only (mainly vocals only), they're pretty cool.

Also, I have a picture of Elton John ... naked. From probably '74.

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