Elton John Top 3

Harmony
Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters
Madman Across The Water

"Harmony" takes everything awful, redeems it, and transforms it into something...harmonious

 

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Rocket Man
One Horse Town

 

Actually, I should’ve put rocket man instead of goodbye yellow brick road. This is a tough question!

 

Chameleon
Levon
Philadelphia Freedom

 

I grew up with 'em. Don't care for 'em one bit. Pretty hard for me to find any EJ I really like.

 

We All Fall In Love Sometimes/Curtains
Harmony
60 Years On

 

Candle in the wind
Burn down the mission
Someone saved my life tonight

 

Nice thread crap.

 

Love Song
High Flying Bird
Harmony

alternate universe:
Susie (Dramas)
Mellow
Amoreena

 

Very difficult to do, but I am going to try:

We All Fall In Love Sometimes/Curtains*
Believe
Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding*

*Yes, I am kind of cheating, but these songs need to be heard together for full effect.

 

Not at all. On my first post on this thread, I did list my three favorite EJ songs and said nothing else.

There was then a response to my post that suggested I go back and get a run of EJ albums as though I was unfamiliar with them and would like them if I heard them. Although I appreciated the passion and positivity, my response to that suggestion needed to make the point that I was fully familiar with the catalog and and knew quite thoroughly that I wasn't ever going to take a liking beyond the few songs I'd already posted.

You need thicker skin.

 

Tiny Dancer
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Sweet Painted Ladies

 

Roy Rogers
Madman Across the Water
Come Down in Time

 

Lighten up Francis.

 

Your Song
Tiny Dancer

Where To Now, St. Peter

 

Bennie and the Jets
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That

 

Rocket Man
Amoreena
Ballad of a Well Known Gun

 

dans aucun ordre particulier

Ticking
Rocket Man
Grey Seal ❨ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road vers. ❩


finalistes immédiats ..

Levon
Bad Side of the Moon ❨ 17-11-70 vers., UK mix ❩
Indian Sunset

 

Tiny Dancer
Where To Now St Peter
Rocket Man

 

Levon
Indian Sunset
Ticking

 

Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

 

My God, the songs John/Taupin have gifted us with over the past 50+ years

 

Rocket Man
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
I'm Still Standing

 

I’d probably have to go with:

Your Song
Border Song
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

A special mention for Candle in the Wind, which manages the remarkable feat of simultaneously being both one of his best and (thanks to the 1997 remake) one of his worst songs.

 

Just curious -> what is it that for you makes the 1997 remake to one of his worst songs? The performance? The singing? The arrangement? The lyric? The Diana aspect?

Personally I like it for what it is - the original version was played in salute to Diana and there was a demand for an adapted version, which Elton and Bernie delivered. The stripped down George Martin arrangement is good and fits the purpose well, I must say. Also, all royalty from the sales went to charity.