public school boy
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My Selwyn and I watched the Sir Elton gig on the red button last night. Did anyone else from NSC also tune in? The voice has gone but the music remains as good as ever.
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lawros left foot
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Saw him a couple of times in the seventies, and his voice was never great, the la la las in Crocodile Rock were painful, but the man could certainly tickle the ivories
Phew. Thought Thatcher had risen from the grave.
Icy Gull
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I was a massive Elton John fan in the early seventies, especially the Tumbleweed Connection album. Hated his music when he tried to go rocker and big stage rock. He wrote some great songs in his early days though, Your Song, Burn Down the Mission and the slightly later Tiny Dancer.
fat old seagull
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Might be good, perhaps she could suffer some of the misery she caused others in her last existence.
Icy Gull
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Agreed, I seem to remember he had throat nodules removed quite a few years ago and his voice has never been the same since.
Norman Potting
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Fond memories of seeing him live at the Centre in the early '80's with the original Ollson, Murray and Johnstone band. They rocked, and their rendition of "Rocket Man" on the night is possibly the greatest live performance of a song I have seen/heard. Heard some of the tracks on R2 today from last night's show - his voice has aged but
he can still sing better than me!
he can still sing better than me!
Bland,boring, overated,drivel
Didn't Bernie Taupin write most of his songs?
Icy Gull
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Yes, I think he wrote pretty well all of them I think! Elton put the music to the lyrics, bad slip up there
spring hall convert
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Saw him at Bestival Sunday night and despite my misgivings, it turned out to be brilliant. He's got one of the best back catalogues out there.
Have to disagree there, Bowie takes that particular accolade. Having said that Rocket Man comfortably sits in my top 100 songs
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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Jam The Man
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Elton on ITV now.
The voice has indeed sadly gone as mentioned - that said he COULD sing incredibly well back in the day but I believe he had a serious op on his throat and vocal chords in the late 80s... Which would explain the deterioration I guess.
The voice has indeed sadly gone as mentioned - that said he COULD sing incredibly well back in the day but I believe he had a serious op on his throat and vocal chords in the late 80s... Which would explain the deterioration I guess.
Ninja Elephant
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That is sensational artwork.
Doesn't beat this though, in what I think is the same place;
