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is elton john overrated??

The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
edited November 2006 in Other Music
do you think elton john is overrated??
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    His first few albums up to "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" are excellent. After that, forget it.
  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    no. Though his last piece of greatness IMO was Empty Garden.
  • blacknapkinsblacknapkins Posts: 2,176
    JWBusher wrote:
    His first few albums up to "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" are excellent. After that, forget it.

    I agree. The last "new" Elton John album I bought was Blue Moves in 1976. I'm not kidding. I'd really loved the previous records, but I kind of hated that it was so overwhelmingly depressing, and that was it for me.
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  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    do you think elton john is overrated??
    Absolutely not. He's a music icon.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    He's not my taste, but for those who like that sort of thing, no he's not overrated. The Rolling Stones, however...
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  • hendrix78hendrix78 Posts: 507
    I've never been a huge fan, but I love most of his classic hits (Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, etc.). I don't own any of his albums, but I don't like anything I've heard from him post 70's.

    Slightly off topic - Anyone ever heard John Frusciante cover Tiny Dancer live at RHCP shows? He used to do it pretty regularly. It's pretty cool.
  • BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    I'm not a huge fan either but he's definitely good.

    The scene in Almost Famous when they're listening to/singing Tiny Dancer on the bus is one of my all time favorite movie moments
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    do you think elton john is overrated??

    He's annoying.
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  • Sonja_SSonja_S Posts: 444
    I like the stuff from the 70s, but I can't stand most of the stuff he did after. If I never have to hear 'Can you feel the love tonight' again, I'll be a very happy person.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    hendrix78 wrote:
    I've never been a huge fan, but I love most of his classic hits (Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, etc.). I don't own any of his albums, but I don't like anything I've heard from him post 70's.

    Slightly off topic - Anyone ever heard John Frusciante cover Tiny Dancer live at RHCP shows? He used to do it pretty regularly. It's pretty cool.
    I love frusciante's cover!!! :D when he does playful covers like that it makes me happy inside :)
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  • endlessparadeendlessparade Posts: 99
    a few years ago i saw him perform a solo piano show that lasted over 2hours...and yes, it was all by himself!

    i don't think he's over rated in the least but i also wouldn't pay what he's asking for on his latest tour
  • off_the_recordoff_the_record Posts: 843
    i'm also not a huge fan, but he's not overrated. some of the stuff he released in the early 70's is pure gold.
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    hendrix78 wrote:

    Slightly off topic - Anyone ever heard John Frusciante cover Tiny Dancer live at RHCP shows? He used to do it pretty regularly. It's pretty cool.

    Yes I have - I love his covers - his choices are so unpredictable.

    And on topic, no I don't think Elton John is overrated. He has had a long career of songwriting, and seems very talented. I had all his early albums and especially liked Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I've moved on, quite a lot from that style of music, but I wouldn't call someone overrated just because I've moved on or don't listen to them anymore. My kids used to play that Lion King soundtrack EVERY day, but it bought me some extra morning sleep when they were dancing in the living room to it, so I guess I owe Elton some thanks.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I love frusciante's cover!!! :D when he does playful covers like that it makes me happy inside :)

    The best is 'How Deep Is Your Love'!
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  • concretepillowconcretepillow Posts: 264
    Slightly.
    Go see The Avett Brothers!!
  • adam42381adam42381 Posts: 2,505
    I'm going to say no. He has made so much good music that I'd say he's hardly overrated.
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  • A Surprise LeftA Surprise Left Posts: 743
    What I know of him I don't really like him but he has made some fantastic music over the years. Ben Folds does a terrific job of covering "Tiny Dancer."
    The wind is blowing cold
    Have we lost our way tonight?
    Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

    Feels like were all alone
    Running further from what’s right
    And there are no more heroes to follow

    So what are we becoming?
    Where did we go wrong?
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    elton john rocks.

    always has.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,543
    BlackCorduroy wrote:
    I'm not a huge fan either but he's definitely good.

    The scene in Almost Famous when they're listening to/singing Tiny Dancer on the bus is one of my all time favorite movie moments

    i love that scene! i have to go watch it now! anyone who says they haven't had a group singalong to Tiny Dancer (drunk or otherwise) is lying!

    i don't think he's overrated, just past his best
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    goldrush wrote:
    i love that scene! i have to go watch it now! anyone who says they haven't had a group singalong to Tiny Dancer (drunk or otherwise) is lying!

    i don't think he's overrated, just past his best

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  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,543
    reeferchief wrote:
    You need to add Soundgarden to that sig.:)

    bugger! there i was, trying to be clever/funny in another thread and i missed out one of my favourite bands. i hang my head in shame!
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    You only need to see his influence on songwriting, from PJ's Black, to a lot of contemporary pop, to realise he deserves to be rated highly as a pioneer of a particular kind of songwriting approach. His work with Taupin is pretty exemplary.

    A lot of his stuff since the early eighties is too middle of the road for me, personally, but hey, Elton can do what he wants now. Plus, it's very difficult to write a good pop song, and Elton does it, so fair play to him.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Plus, don't forget this masterpiece:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMTRmnc54Y

    :D
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    no way is elton john overrated. guess you had to be around in the 70's to really appreciate his work? I don't know, that title of this thread kinda shocked me, even more than a previous thread asking the same question about stairway to heaven!
  • DCGARDENDCGARDEN Posts: 515
    He's not over-rated because that guy can play a piano with anyone, but his music these days just plain sucks. I hate his voice now also. That being said, his seventies stuff and to a certain extent his 80's stuff ( empty garden ) is fantastic and his voice is not so "heavy" -

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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    DCGARDEN wrote:
    I hate his voice now also.

    Yep, some time around 1982, his balls dropped, or something. He had a nice voice, before then.
  • Sonja_SSonja_S Posts: 444
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Yep, some time around 1982, his balls dropped, or something. He had a nice voice, before then.

    He had surgery on his vocal chords in the 80s that changed his voice.
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  • deadmosquitodeadmosquito Posts: 729
    i don't think elton is overrated at all. and i just may be the only person in this thread who really likes his newest record. i sorta see him as having a comeback right now. the last few releases have been good.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Sonja_S wrote:
    He had surgery on his vocal cords in the 80s that changed his voice.


    That's right, I remember now.
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    yep. he is.
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