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stonesstein
Among the greatest pop records ever by anyone, IMHO.
There are few artists who had such an amazing run of record after record of incredible work like Elton did from his debut through Captain Fantastic. WOW!
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peoplewitheyes
Of course I knew the great hits - Benny, Candle, Saturday Night, the titular track - but somehow I'd never heard the whole album.
What a Sunday afternoon treat!
The trio of Ballad of Danny Bailey, Dirty Little Girl, and All the Young Girls Love Alice is pretty amazing.
I have to say that I hadn't realized The Who's influence on him - the opening 'Funeral...' owes a great debt to Baba O Riley. (I suppose I should look up which was released first, Quadrophenia or GYBR)
Who of you are down with this elegant epic?
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Toru A
Elton made back to back shows at Budokan in Feb 1974.
Elton was in a bad temper for the 1st show and made a shortcut show because his bird feathers costume was late for that day.
Next day, he became a good mood in a feather costume.
Fortunately, I saw that show.
He played a lot of Yellow Brick Road songs for 20 songs set.
It was just great.
I remember one of roadies played an electric piano on Crocodile Rock.
I guess Step Into Christmas and Ray Cooper made a major debut at that night.
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Toru A
Elton made back to back shows at Budokan in Feb 1974.
Elton was in a bad temper for the 1st show and made a shortcut show because his bird feathers costume was late for that day.
Next day, he became a good mood in a feather costume.
Fortunately, I saw that show.
He played a lot of Yellow Brick Road songs for 20 songs set.
It was just great.
I remember one of roadies played an electric piano on Crocodile Rock.
I guess Step Into Christmas and Ray Cooper made a major debut at that night.
Thanks Toru, because that explains a question I had on Tube. This thread made me watch some EJ clips on YouTube, and there is a very good show from < I think, '74. I spotted someone playing piano in the semi dark behind Elton, and wondered who that was.
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stonesstein
Among the greatest pop records ever by anyone, IMHO.
There are few artists who had such an amazing run of record after record of incredible work like Elton did from his debut through Captain Fantastic. WOW!
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Toru A
Elton played with great musicians like Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson, Davey Johnstone and Ray Cooper at that era.
Especially, Johnstone played a fantastic role on stage.
He sometimes performed a double role like Mick Taylor and Keith Richards.
From Johnstone's interview:
I was a huge Beatles and Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin fan long before I joined Elton.
I mean, Keith Richards influenced me so much.
If you listen to The Bitch Is Back, that is an open G tuning that is similar to what Keith uses on Brown Sugar and other tracks.
Anyway, it just took me a couple of years to really feel comfortable with the electric guitar.
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Toru A
Elton played with great musicians like Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson, Davey Johnstone and Ray Cooper at that era.
Especially, Johnstone played a fantastic role on stage.
He sometimes performed a double role like Mick Taylor and Keith Richards.
From Johnstone's interview:
I was a huge Beatles and Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin fan long before I joined Elton.
I mean, Keith Richards influenced me so much.
If you listen to The Bitch Is Back, that is an open G tuning that is similar to what Keith uses on Brown Sugar and other tracks.
Anyway, it just took me a couple of years to really feel comfortable with the electric guitar.
Davey is hughly underrated.