Unheralded Elton john songs

The whole album 'Madman Across the Water', excepting "Tiny Dancer", is largely unheralded,imo.
As mentioned in the OP, "Indian Summer"
is a great one. In the 80's, which were basically the last of my FM radio listening days, "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues", "Little Jeannie", and "I'm Still Standing" all got heavy rotation and the only older numbers that were still getting attention were songs like " Bennie and the Jets", "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", " Rocket Man", " Someone Saved My Life Tonight", " Philadelphia Freedom", " Candle in the Wind", " Empty Garden", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road",
" Your Song", "Daniel", and "Harmony". Deep cuts from the albums 'Honky Château', 'Madman Across the Water', 'Caribou', ' and ' Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' largely fell by the wayside. By the 1980s FM radio programming had changed radically since the 1970s so it really came as no surprise that many great album cuts of his went ignored. Tbh, I haven't listened to Elton John at all in the last decade since having been separated from the only CDs of his I ever owned, "Madman .." and "Goodbye ..".

 

Not exactly unheralded: covered by Judy Collins and Sting. A firm favourite of mine.

Ticking would definitely be my pick. Probably the most harrowing Taupin/John song.

 

The King Must Die
Madman Across The Water
All The Girls Love Alice

I'm sure there are many, many more. But these are my personal favorites at least

 

The greatest song the Left Banke never recorded:

 

I’ve Seen The Saucers
Song For Guy
Sweet Painted Lady

 

Are you thinking of the cover by April Wine?

 

Tony Danza

 

Skyline Pigeon (B-side of "Daniel") - 1972
Chameleon - 1976
Someone's Final Song - 1976
Tonight - 1976
Song For Guy - 1978
Mama Can't Buy You Love - 1979
Little Jeannie - 1980
Sartorial Eloquence - 1980
Dear God - 1980
Never Gonna Fall In Love Again - 1980
Elton's Song - 1981
Carla/Etude - Fanfare - Chloe - 1981
Nobody Wins - 1981
Blue Eyes - 1982
Princess - 1982

 

someone else already mentioned "Between Seventeen and Twenty," but i'd like to add, i think that was a hit single that never was. irresistible song.

and another vote for "i've seen the saucers."

 

Song For Guy

 

Gorgeous melody, this...



This was back when Elton was just as much an organist as a pianist... If only he had continued using the instrument.

 

Not "Gulliver's Gone", just "Gulliver"
Also it's "First Episode at Hienton" (in my top two Elton John songs).

I'm not correcting your post to be a smartarse, only to make it easier for anyone searching for these titles.

 

Yes, it's not at all similar to the first.

 

I could nominate lots, and probably repeat many that others have posted, so I'll just limit myself to one at most per album

Lady What's Tomorrow
Sixty Years On
Come Down In Time
Blues For Baby and Me
This Song Has No Title
Dixie Lily
Better Off Dead
Idol
Madness
Elton's Song
Osscar Wilde Gets Out

 

Here's a few and a possiblesetlist for the flying pig of a concert where he plays some lesser known songs (...yes Elton we're still waiting for Street Kids on your farewell tour, per your own words):

Honey Roll
Can I Put You On
Street Kids (haha)
Friends
Lady Samantha
Razor Face
Amy
The Cage
Cage The Songbird
Burning Buildings
Michelle's Song
Shine On Through
Hoop Of Fire
Out Of The Blue
Sick City

 

A great track, but hardly unheralded - it was a hit single.

 

Some great songs on the Friends soundtrack, but I could do without the long Paul Buckmaster instrumental sections. "Michelle's Song" is the highlight.

Also, another favourite of mine is "Lonnie and Josie", recorded by Kiki Dee, as far as I know never recorded by Elton himself.

 

It was? Where?
According to Wikipedia it topped out at #110. A full year after the LP was released. Not anywhere near "hit "territory, IMHO.

 

Song for Guy was a sizeable hit in Europe, though. Also appears on the double-disk set The Very Best of Elton John which was a top seller here. Fairly certain it also made a dent down under, judging by audience reaction:



Then again Australia & New Zealand were always fantastic towards Elton... Even things like Leather Jackets made the top 10 etc.

 

So many. Seems like every album has 2 or 3 at least.
Early UK singles...both sides:
Lady Samantha/All Across the Havens
It's Me that You Need/Just Like Strange Rain
Rock and Roll Madonna/Grey Seal

Album cuts that come to mind:
The King Must Die
Where To Now St. Peter
Madman Across The Water - Mick Ronson guitar version

 

I've always been partial to "Blue Eyes"

 

"Restless"? A probably ridiculous stab at Stones-y terrain with "social aware" lyrics but I somehow always liked it: "There's talk on the street and the nation is worried /But you can't talk back when you're dead/ When you're dead and buried!"

 

According to the Kent Music Report, Song For Guy spent 20 weeks in the Australian Top 100 and peaked at number 14.

 

I think the entire "The Fox" album is really good, I like it a lot.