Elton - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - WTF????

[Taverner]

Didn't he know he was supposed to space out all of his masterpieces among other substandard tunes? That way to sell more records - what was he thinking putting them all on one album???

[alphafemale]

1. "I'm not a present for your friends to open."

That's one of my favorite all time "angry/bitter break-up" song lines.

[Taverner]

5. Yes I thought so too

Works on so many levels

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. I got that album for Christmas that year. Good Times.

:thumbsup:

[Taverner]

7. Every freakin song on its a winner, isn't it?

I can't think of a bad song on that album

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. Every freaking song is a winner. Huge Elton Fan here.

Huge. My last cat was Levon after the song.

[Taverner]

12. For me, Elton and Stevie Wonder have parallel careers

They both jump the shark at the same time, even

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. Disco ruined it for everyone --

:hide: :yoiks:

[Taverner]

14. Ruined it for Wonder, Elton and KISS, but helped it for the Bee Gees, Tramps and Funkadelic

Everything is a two edged sword ya know

[cwydro]

3. I remember bringing that album home.

I still love it.

"All the Young Girls Love Alice" totally got my interest.

[MrScorpio]

4. It's a universally loved album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iFYJYwtjpc

We even love it in the hood

[Taverner]

9. 70+ minutes of perfect songwriting

What's not to like?

[Taverner]

10. BTW....do you think that it has anything to do with gospel themes Elton uses on that album?

There are a lot of gospel elements to that album - and not done in a dismissive way either...

[MrScorpio]

15. No, it's the soul clapping

Makes it very R&Bish

[Taverner]

16. Thing is I think Oh Happy Day had a big influence on him

You can see a lot of that song in different, completely artistically different iterations.

And I do think that song has Soul Clapping.

[6000eliot]

21. Elton John performed that song on Soul Train back in the day.

[cwydro]

6. I loved that little song.

Harmony.

[Taverner]

8. I love the segue between FFAF and LLB

[no name no slogan]

17. He was too busy trying to be a gay band

:hide:

[underpants]

18. Taupin and Elton were on an incredible roll

and the New York Times said God is dead and the war's begun

[6000eliot]

19. The songs on side three are about as misogynistic as rock music gets.

"All the Girls Love Alice" is homophobic too. Still, this was one of the first three albums I bought with my own money back in 1974! It will always be among my favorites.

[Taverner]

20. Please explain

Are you reading perhaps too much into that?

Remember, Elton displayed that incredible talent known as "irony" that no one had yet heard of yet...

[6000eliot]

22. "Dirty Little Girl:"

"Someone grab that bitch by the ears
Rub her down,
Scrub her back,
Turn her inside out,
'Cause I bet she hasn't had a bath in years."

[tigereye]

23. I've always loved that album - played it incessantly as a teen