Comments on: Reading Between the Lines

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:18:00 +0000

Of his early albums, Tumbleweed Connection is wonderful. It's more simple balladeer in style and perhaps his least mannered sounding album. Madman Across the Water is also very good.

For his "high period" Captain Fantastic is a great album. I like Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, too, but I find it spotty (with four sides it's hard not to be) with more throwaway stuff than the other albums.

Everything up to 1975 is really pretty good if you like him, and then everything after that is atrocious.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:08:00 +0000

I don’t really like Elton John all that much, but I might pick Madman Across the Water.

By: Ramon Medina - LP4

Ramon Medina - LP4 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:53:00 +0000

You may want to try Goodbye Yellow Brick Road which is pretty much as good as EJ gets. If you don’t like that one, he’s just not for you. Granted it has “Candle in the Wind” (YUCK) but that’s countered by the title track and “Bennie & the Jets” which are my two favorite EJ songs.

I actually like John’s voice and for a while there he was on a roll with his songwriting. So eh…youlove his stuff or you hate it. It’s all good.

By: The Unspeakable

The Unspeakable — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:19:00 +0000

I have been meaning to seek out some of Elton John’s older music, ever since I heard it in an Anchorage hotel under the gaze of several large dead animals. I hate his voice though. Where should I start to listen? Suggestions?

By: Wednesday

Wednesday — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:26:00 +0000

Thank you for clearing that one up.

Now what is Queen's Bicycle Race all about?

By: Carlos Anaconda

Carlos Anaconda — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:40:00 +0000

hilarious.