Best Elton John Song

[Taverner]

Poll question: Best Elton John Song

[bigwillq]

1. I was never a huge Elton John fan

and I dislike him even more after his Madonna comments.

[Taverner]

2. saucy tart, he is

But I judge the music, not the man.

[bigwillq]

6. I liked "Crocodile Rock"

If I had to choose

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

45. I like that one too. n/t

[LSdemocrat]

48. I also like Crocodile Rock

[PurityOfEssence]

17. Yeah, but ya gotta love him after his Keith Richards exchange

Richards called him an old queer who writes love songs to dead blondes.

Elton called him a monkey with arthritis.

[Atlas Mugged]

42. Richards never called him an "old queer"

Furthermore, he was refering to the song 'Candle in the Wind' specifically, and not John's talents as a songwriter. To wit: "It's just a song for dead blondes, now", as opposed to being a song about Marilyn Monroe. John said he "looks like an arthritic monkey onstage", a good deal different than saying, "You are a monkey with arthritis".

In Richards defense, his sister-in-law was dying of cancer when that interview was done.

Beside, I just watched two Elton John specials on television - and he looks like Uncle Fester with a bad wig. I still like him, however. As for Madonna, she needs a good kick in the ass.

[Groggy]

50. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

My first album I ever bought I was like 13. My absolute favorite EJ song. I love it. ;)

[motely36]

3. I voted for burn down the mission

cause you don't have my favorite, Border Song

[Miami Liberal]

4. How about "Your Song"

that's my favorite.

[mcscajun]

7. Another vote for "Your Song"

:)

Another Great One Missing: Take Me To The Pilot

[pintobean]

18. About 10 minutes before I read this,

my daughter was looking through my CDs. She was looking for "Your Song", but didn't know the title. She doesn't listen to Elton John. It must be her favorite too.

[shanti]

21. i know, what's up with leaving "your song" out??

that is his classic hit and mine too!

[Seabiscuit]

43. "Your Song" it is!

[Boswells_Johnson]

5. I voted for "Saturday Night", but my favorite is "Crocodile Rock"

[ronzo]

8. "Burn Down the Mission" on this list.

Too many great classic tunes... there are just too many.

[Rowdyboy]

9. "Hold Me Closer Tony Danza!" It gets to me every time...

[skjpm]

10. This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore

I Heard this on his greatest hits and loved it.

[Miami Liberal]

34. LOL, it does sound like he's saying Tony Danza

[NightTrain]

11. How about "The Bitch Is Back" or "Philadelphia Freedom?"

I'm not a big Elton John fan, but I've always liked those two. And "Crocodile Rock."

[RebelOne]

40. Yes, Philadelphia Freedom

I'm surprised that was left out. That's always been a favorite of mine. Maybe because I was born in Philly.

[fluffernutter]

12. Levon, Harmony, Funeral for a Friend.

[acmavm]

13. Mona Lisas and Mat Hatter, Take Me to the Pilot, Harmony, I Feel Like

a Bullet in the Gun of Robert Ford, Ticking, The Bitch is Back.

edit: To add Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)

[6000eliot]

29. I like all of these too.

But my favorite is "Jackrabbit."

[ProdigalJunkMail]

35. Dixie Lily

always got my feet tapping, but the ones you mention, particularly Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters are great loves as well...

theProdigal

[donheld]

14. "Someone saved my life tonight" it tops with me

These are also some of my favorites

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Little Jeannie
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
The One
Sacrifice
Blessed
Original Sin
Whispers
Club at the End of the Street

[fairfaxvadem]

20. Absolutely, and "Levon" is a close second.

But I like everyone else's choices too! You can't be a kid of the 70s and not have some fond memories of Elton's music.

[HughBeaumont]

46. Someone Saved My Life Tonight . . . to me

is one of the best pop songs ever written. Definitely Elton's best.

[supernova]

15. Grey Seal

I always like that one. Others:

Mad Man Across the Water
Bitch is Back
Funeral for a Friend
Elderberry Wine
Burn down the Mission
Sorry seems to be the hardest word. (Great 3AM bar song.)


Heh. Billy Joel sang The Bitch the other night at the Kennedy Center Honors. :D

[MrSlayer]

16. Someone Saved My Life Tonight.

[PurityOfEssence]

19. Madman Across the Water

The song, not the album.

It just transports me to a very necessary place: one where loneliness and despair are lessened by being shared. Few songs manage the spirit of that song, and it just shows what he and Bernie Taupin were capable of.

To even try to put such a grey-area kind of song into the pop idiom takes balls, and it'll hold you throughout the years.

[ronzo]

32. The bonus track on the Tumbleweed Connection CD...

That version of Madman is just incredibly sick.
:wow:

[flamingyouth]

47. That was one of my favorite songs as a little kid

And in fact, it was the first album I bought, when I was 4.

[qnr]

22. I always liked "Friends" n/t

[shanti]

25. i loved the video

have you seen it?

[qnr]

26. never saw it :/ n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

23. I'm a contrarian: Pinball Wizard, Roy Rogers.

Edit: also Skyline Pigeon, I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues. From the ones offered, Rocket Man.

[njdemocrat106]

24. Rocket Man (I Think It's Gonna Be a Long, Long Time...)

I like Little Jeannie, Simple Life, I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That, Ticking, and Island Girl as well.

[jonnyblitz]

27. rocket man. yup. n/t

[terrya]

28. "The Bitch is Back" and for perversity's sake "Don't Go Breakin My Heart"

Golly, Sir Elton and Kiki Dee made such GREAT music together. :-)

[Miami Liberal]

33. Ooooh, I love "The Bitch is Back"

fits Elton perfectly.

[hfojvt]

30. Don't let the sun go down on me

Sorry seems to be the hardest word

[Robeson]

31. Razor Face

[Deja Q]

36. 'The One'

Personally, I think he's a bit overrated - but he's got his moments.

[pinniped]

37. Circle of Life from The Lion King.

.

[Tony_Illinois]

38. I don't like him--but I did play blackjack with him in LV in October

[ProdigalJunkMail]

39. was he betting five bucks a hand???

I have played with a couple of loaded people and they were VERY conservative with the betting...but somehow Sir Elton doesn't strike me as conservative...

theProdigal

[Tony_Illinois]

41. Since you asked . . .

He sat down at an empty seat with no fanfare and played for about 15 minutes with $25 chips. There was another guy and a woman who were with him and just stood behind him while he played. No one at the table acknowledged him or spoke to him. I am not sure they even recognized him--he was not stage made up. My position at the table gave me a direct view of him and I was not absolutely certain it was him until he left and I mentioned to the dealer what I thought. She said it was him and that he often stopped by her table between his shows. This was at the MGM Grand. He did leave a $25 tip when he left. End of my brush with celebrity...lol

[saltpoint]

44. I wish you'd put 'Other' in your poll.

I like a lot of those tunes in your poll, but my favorite Elton John-Bernie Taupin song is "Where to Now, St. Peter" -- I think on the TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION album.

That song knocks me out.

[newsguyatl]

49. yellowbrick road is my personal favorite

[madrchsod]

51. the whole 11-17-70 album

saw his first usa tour in dekalb,il.

[Jade Fox]

52. "Sacrafice" Somewhat obscure, but that's my choice.