Elton's superstar status in the early 70's rivaled Elvis in the 50s, Beatles in the 60s, MJ in the 80s, but he is rarely discussed in music forums unlike those others.Why is that? Lived too long?
>>129891832Turning into lame mom ballads will wreck your shit.
His skill speaks for itself. He doesn't get the acclaim from cork sniffers and he doesn't need it.
>>129891832He is a poof and no one wants aids.
Homophobia
>>129891942This
>>129891832I listen to Elton a lot but my friend was driving with me one time and said if a girl knew I listened to him she'd get the "ick"
>>129892370Youre friend is low IQ and a zoomer
>>129892370what are his best songs, i never got into him. I preferred someone like david bowie
>>129892515Yellow Brick Road is probably his best album front to back. He's one of those artists that constantly shat out music which meant lots of hits but also lots of duds.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTYWNG_277M
>>129892515Your Song is a good starting point
>>129892515This >>129892549 Elton John has some great songs, but he's a singles artists, with almost no consistently good albums. Other than Yellow Brick Road (a must listen) : Madman Across The Water, Honky Chateau, Captain Fantastic. After that, just search greatest hits
>>129892614>he's a singles artists with almost no consistently good albums....except these several examplesAlso you forgot his magnum opus
>>129892614This guy knows Elton.
Elton in the '70s was heavily propped up by the PR hype around him and he's been coasting off it since then
>>129892720Highly agree.
>>129892515The live album 17-11-70 is what warmed me to Elton. It’s a fantastic showcase for both his raw showmanship and some of his best early songs.
>>129891832He's just not as charismatic as Elvis, Beatles or MJ.Also, as another said, turning into lame mom ballads didn't help.
>>129891832A lot of boomers still revere this guy. You're right though, he kind of washed up. All I knew about him while growing up was that he was a fag, he did the diana song, and was in south park. Even now rocket man and the diana song are the only ones i am familiar with.
>>129891942>speaks*spokeHe's been washed up for 40+ years.
>>129892720To be honest, even those albums have filler, Madman Across the Water is an infamous example of a frontloaded album, the good songs went on the A side, leaving B with the hot air he came up to fill up space.
He's like the Eagles. Very popular in his day but didn't cross over to other generations and thus isn't talked about.
imo his music didn't have legs, same thing with Elvis, Beatles however did
>>129892515Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters is one of the greatest songs ever written
>>129891832>he is rarely discussed in music forumsyet here he is being discussed in a music forum. go to the hoffman forum and search his name and see how many threads there are about him there.the dude is 80 something years old and hasnt put out music in years. everybody still knows him and he still tours arenas till this very day.
>>129894738When zoomers say music forums they mean rateyourmusic and reddit
>>129894623>the Beatles did. Me and my boyfriend (we're both gay) agree !, One Direction did too, and BTS will as well one day ;-)
Ass
>>129894849is he top or bottom?
>>129891832For a superstar, he keeps a low profile. I don't recall him ever being involved in any major scandal.
>>129897584You don't remember when he lost that pinball championship to a deaf, dumb, and blind kid?
>>129897584remember when he and his butt buddy wanted to adopt a kid from Ukraine but they said no they don't adopt kids to butt buddies?
No sex appeal, not handsome, not much charisma and Bernie Sanders wrote all of his lyrics. Also gay
>>129892515https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfWFZ3iL7NA
>>129897944kek
>>129891832https://youtu.be/SnPPwBIAenw
I like how he owned a football team back in the hooligan times, long before it became fashionable.
>>129892005kekits funny cos it's true
>>129897584Didn't he rag on the chinks and said he wouldn't ever set foot there (dunno if it was hong kong or taiwan)?
doesn't write the lyrics, so it comes off a bit "Rogers and Hammerstein"-ish and inauthentic; not aided by the fact he's gay, which we all identify with the theatre
>>129897584>In 1987 John won a libel case against The Sun newspaper, which published false allegations that he had had sex with rent boys.
>>129904113All gays are pedos btw
>>129904257Speak for yourself
>>129898570that would be reasons why he might not have been popular when he was young.but he was. massively. (boomers really did put music talent over looks for a while there). he dominated the charts for about five years in the 70s as much as Beatles and Elvis did in their halcyon days.but for the most part now, he is rarely mentioned while Beatles have their daily four or five threads and Elvis and MJ seem to have a thread every other day at least.
>>129905097his music is for grown-ups. you only really "get it" wen you're into your thirties and had a few setbacks in life.
He's probably an introverted gay cannibal
>>129893976Hey, I like Indian Sunset. Holiday Inn is a complete travesty only topped by GYBR's Jamaica Jerk-Off though.
>>129904113https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVvIdPS7jGQ
