Elton John Greatest Hits Vol. 1

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

No "Levon", no credibility.

In lieu of that one, can't decide between "Rocket Man" and "Your Song"...Your Song will probably win out for me, though. I can make it through Rocket Man without getting misted up.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. always loved that one (and the album).

I have been trying to get into that album lately, as well as some of his others, but the non-hits just don't really do anything for me.

really? I really liked the non-singles on that album...towards the middle it loses a LIIIIIIIIITTLE steam, but I think it holds up.

course NOTHING beats Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

Yeah, I mean, I'll give it some further attention, but so far, nawp. Funeral for a Friend sounds like a Jim Steinman abortion, which is actually sort of a compliment, I guess...but, I dunno, probably I just have not been in the right mood or something.

It's FAR from the best song, but the 5 year old sure me loved Crocodile Rock.

Easy for me, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Nothing against the others, but it seems GYBR has become one of my favorite songs over the years!

What Billy Pilgrim said.

i'm having a hard time choosing b/w "goodbye yellow brick road" and "daniel," both of which are the prototypical elton john songs AFAIC. even decades of overplay hasn't ruined either one for me.

WINNAR

oh yeah, "bennie & the jets" deserves some love too -- as one of the better results from elton's & bernie's brief obsession w/ ziggy-era bowie.

"Honky Cat"

Vol. 2 >>>>> this claptrap.

yea Take me to the pilot is teh win

Naw, it's all about "Tiny Dancer".

was that playing on that fateful day in the commode?

Best thing Elton's ever done

"Border Song" b/c I haven't heard it in a while. What a brilliant record. "Candle in the Wind" was not on the original U.S. issue of this which made it even better.

"Bennie and the Jets"

Aretha's cover of "Border Song" is marvelous.

Voted for "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting."

"Bennie" just over "Rocket Man." (Although "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" really is the best song the Stones didn't cut between Exile and Some Girls.)

Toss up between "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Bennie & the Jest" --- and yes, I'm aware that these choices are hackneyed cliches, but c'est la guerre.

Jets

"Border Song."

When I just think about "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," I can practically feel the sand in my flip-flops. (I associate a lot of those 70s Elton John songs--and a lot of 70s hits in general, for that matter--with being down the shore.)

He was so great then. It's a shame I don't own anything by him (well, except for some vinyl in my closet).

yeah the 4 year old me sure loved me some CROCODILE ROCK.
but GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD all the way here.

that '...volume two' poll (with the album where he's dressed up as a cricketer) should prove interesting.

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"Goodbye" over "Rocket Man," but just barely.

Electric boots, mohair suit, etc.

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", but I hope "Crocodile Rock" and "Daniel" get some love.

"yellow brick road" and "rocket man" are a close match for best, but props to "Border Song" for sounding the most like the stuff on Tumbleweed Connection - easily my favorite Elton record.

b&tj = pretty awesome, too.

BATJ, hands down

would have voted for Crocodile Rock

After ages of thinking that I hated "Crocodile Rock," I'm sort of warming up to it. The falsetto part still grates a bit but actually paying attention to the lyrics makes me realize it's less a straight up Showaddywaddy kind of good-old-days thing, and closer to a "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" thing where those days are gone and never coming back. Not the deepest concept either but it appeals to me and makes the angry edge to the rock-y bits make more sense.