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ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-19-2004, 04:40 PM
Why don't we talk about some of their songs?

dr frasier crane
01-19-2004, 05:41 PM
I love both of them. I have one CD of Elton and three of Billy Joel.
Billy would be my favorite.

Favorite Elton John Song: "Bennie and the Jets"
Favorite Billy Joel Song: "Piano Man"

David
01-19-2004, 06:00 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
Why don't we talk about some of their songs?

Fave song from each:

Elton John- Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Me [he did sing that, right?]
Billy Joel- New York State of Mind

Ewan's My Man
01-19-2004, 07:07 PM
I always get those two confused. Like...I know who they are, but they both remind me of each other. I guess b/c they were big in pretty much the same time period or something. I like both of them but Billy Joel's got Elton John beat on my favorites list.

TJL
01-19-2004, 08:10 PM
Two phenominal artists. I am a big fan of both.
I have just about all of Joels albums and have seen him in concert a few times.

If you ever get a chance to see them when they do a concert together, you will not be disappointed.

IownTheDivision69
01-19-2004, 08:56 PM
elton john is annoying XP

"lullaby" by billy joel makes me cry, the select chorus sang it at last year's spring concert... i was frikken crying my eyes out. yeeeah. im aloser.

thats all i really have to say. i like billy joel better =)

AKA
01-19-2004, 09:41 PM
I have all of Billy's albums (including the ill-fated Cold Spring Harbor from 1971) and quite a few of Elton's 1970s output. Any album collection without The Stranger, 52nd Street, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Madman Across the water is not an album collection.

Originally posted by IownTheDivision69
i like billy joel better

Word. Me, too. He's been consistently better, and he bowed out of rock music at the right time. Elton, on the other hand, has been plagued by weak output throughout most of the '80s and '90s. He recently bounced back, though, with the stellar Songs From The West Coast album.

AKA
01-19-2004, 09:42 PM
Delete.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-19-2004, 11:07 PM
In my opinion, if you're a Billy Joel fan, you really only need 3 things: The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 2000 Millenium Concert, and The Essential Billy Joel Video Collection. I do have a few other CD's of his like Cold Spring Harbor and Kontsert. As for Elton John, I have 1 concert on tape of his from 1980 that he had in England it re-aired on GPTV. I have The Elton John One Night Only Concert on DVD and I have many of his albums: Elton John Greatest Hits Volumes 1,2, 1976-1986, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is one of his best albums. I also like his live CD's: Here and There, Live In Australia, and One Night Only. My favorite song's from Billy Joel include: The Longest Time, We Didn't Start The Fire, and The River of Dreams, plus many many more. My favorite songs from Elton John include: Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting, The Bitch Is Back, Philadelphia Freedom, and many many more.

AKA
01-20-2004, 01:04 AM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
In my opinion, if you're a Billy Joel fan, you really only need 3 things: The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 2000 Millenium Concert, and The Essential Billy Joel Video Collection..

That statement couldn't be any more incorrect.

If those are the only Billy Joel albums one owns, one is missing many "essential" tracks, including:

Everybody Loves You Now
The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
Streetlife Serenader
Los Angelenos
Summer, Highland Falls
Prelude/Angry Young Man
The Stranger
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant(!)
Vienna
Big Shot
Zanzibar
Stiletto
Rosalinda's Eyes
C'etait Toi (You Were The One)
Close To The Borderline
Laura
Pressure
Keeping The Faith
You're Only Human (Second Wind)
The Night Is Still Young
This Is The Time
Big Man On Mulberry Street
Code Of Silence
Shameless
Storm Front
State Of Grace
When In Rome
No Man's Land
Blonde Over Blue
Shades Of Grey
Famous Last Words
To Make You Feel My Love
Light As The Breeze

I know many of those songs are represented on the 2000 Years live album, but quite frankly, the renditions there are half-hearted at best. It's neat to listen to what was taking place at the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2000, but for the most part, the entire thing is uninspired.

You're much better off dipping your toe in the water with the more complete compilations Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000DCHI/qid=1074583298/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/002-2238167-1480810) and Greatest Hits Volume III (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002BBP/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/002-2238167-1480810?v=glance&s=music&st=*), and then deciding from there if you want to buy the albums.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤
01-20-2004, 01:54 AM
I love Elton John. My favorite male artist. My fav. songs:

Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Me
I Guess Thats Why They Call It The Blues
The One
Circle Of Life
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Philadelphia Freedom
Step Into Christmas

isiahthomas
01-20-2004, 12:22 PM
I like Billy Joel better too. Only Elton John song i like is Your Song. That's a very nice song. My favorite Billy Joel album is An Innocent Man. I love that album. My favorite songs on that album are The Longest Time, Tell Her About It, Uptown Girl, Leave A Tender Moment Alone, Keeping The Faith. I forgot he sang You're Only Human. What album is that song on? I also like his Modern Woman song from the Ruthless People soundtrack & i like Just The Way U Are song.

AKA
01-20-2004, 12:26 PM
Originally posted by isiahthomas
I forgot he sang You're Only Human. What album is that song on? I also like his Modern Woman song from the Ruthless People soundtrack & i like Just The Way U Are song.

"You're Only Human (Second Wind)" is one of two "new" songs recorded specifically for the Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II compilation (1985), so that's the only place you'll find it. "Modern Woman" is also on The Bridge (1986) and "Just The Way You Are" is from The Stranger (1977).

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-20-2004, 05:40 PM
You're Only Human, Sometimes A Fantasy, All For Leyna, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Summer Highland Falls, Big Shot, The Ballad Of Billy The Kid, Prelude/Angry Young Man, Los Angelenos, Pressure, The Night Is Still Young, Keeping The Faith, Big Man On Mulburry Street, and Everybody Loves You Now are not included in The Essential Billy Joel but are included in The Essential Billy Joel Video Collection or The 2000 Millenium and the songs sound very good live on the CD.

Liza
01-20-2004, 07:10 PM
Elton John's great, but I LOVE Billy Joel. My parents used to play his music all the time when I was little - I knew all of the lyrics from the "Innocent Man" album before I was seven. I think my favorite songs of his are "My Life" and "Uptown Girl," but I love them all. Oh, and he just got engaged to be married, so congrats, Billy!

Brian
01-20-2004, 07:19 PM
These are two of the best artists around. My favorite Elton John songs are "Crocodile Rock", "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", "Bennie and the Jets", "Rocket Man", and his duet with a woman whose name I forget called "Don't Go Breaking My Heart." My favorite Billy Joel songs are "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", "We Didn't Start the Fire", Only the Good Die Young", "Tell Her About It", and "Big Shot." I didn't get into Billy Joel until a radio station changed its format to 80s music. Since then I have become and 80s music fanatic.

AKA
01-20-2004, 08:33 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
You're Only Human, Sometimes A Fantasy, All For Leyna, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Summer Highland Falls, Big Shot, The Ballad Of Billy The Kid, Prelude/Angry Young Man, Los Angelenos, Pressure, The Night Is Still Young, Keeping The Faith, Big Man On Mulburry Street, and Everybody Loves You Now are not included in The Essential Billy Joel but are included in The Essential Billy Joel Video Collection or The 2000 Millenium and the songs sound very good live on the CD.

Whatever floats your boat. But the studio versions of the songs are far superior.

david&maddie4ever
01-20-2004, 11:32 PM
I have grown up a Billy Joel fan...I love all of his songs. Some of my favorites:

Italian Restaurant (#1 :rock: )
New York State of Mind
Only the Good Die Young
She's Always a Woman
Movin' Out
You May be Right

I'm getting to be a huge Elton John fan. Ever since my sister bought my dad "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," I've been hooked. So far, my favorite from there is Sweet Painted Lady.

:D

~Lauren

:sheep

AKA
01-20-2004, 11:39 PM
Originally posted by david&maddie4ever
Italian Restaurant (#1 :rock: )
Only the Good Die Young
She's Always a Woman
Movin' Out

Stanger fan, are we? :thumbsup:

david&maddie4ever
01-20-2004, 11:44 PM
Woah...I don't even have that album! :eek: I have "Innocent Man," and I believe one of the Greatest Hits albums...the one with two CDs (my personal favorite). :D Love it. :biglove:

~Lauren

:sheep

AKA
01-20-2004, 11:47 PM
Originally posted by david&maddie4ever
Woah...I don't even have that album! :eek: I have "Innocent Man," and I believe one of the Greatest Hits albums...the one with two CDs. :D Love it. :biglove:

~Lauren

:sheep

I'm a Billy Joel freak. I have all of his albums, even the compilations I don't need. I haven't been listening to them much lately, but the appearance of two Billy Joel threads almost simultaneously has put me on a Billy Joel kick.

AKA
01-21-2004, 12:23 AM
Here's a rundown of his catalog. I've compiled this for anyone interested in checking out anything other than his Greatest Hits albums.

Cold Spring Harbor (released 1971, remixed 1983)
Originally released in 1971, there was an issue with the mastering speed that caused Billy's voice to sound "like a chipmunk" on the record. This wasn't corrected until Columbia reissued the album in 1983. Besides correcting the speed, they also removed most non-piano instruments and edited some track times. This is the version that's currently in-print. High points: "Everybody Loves You Now," "Tomorrow Is Today"

Piano Man (1973)
Billy's debut with Columbia Records. High points: "Piano Man," "The Ballad Of Billy The Kid"

Streetlife Serenade (1974)
Very synth-heavy, but still a strong album. High points: "Streetlife Serenader," "The Entertainer")

Turnstiles (1976)
A few dated tracks, but that doesn't take away from the album. High points: "Summer, Highland Falls," "Prelude/Angry Young Man"

The Stranger (1977)
Billy's best-selling album. Seven of the nine tracks on this album are well-known by the general public (not necessarily released as singles, mind you). High points: "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant," "Vienna"

52nd Street (1978)
How do you follow The Stranger? With this! Very jazz inspired and great to hear in 5.1 surround on SACD, if I do say so myself! High points: "My Life," "Stiletto"

Glass Houses (1980)
A harder-edged sound than anything else he'd done at that point. The pianos have been scaled back a little, while synthesizers and guitars are brought forward. High points: "Don't Ask Me Why," "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me"

Songs In The Attic (1981)
This first-ever digitally-recorded live album is a collection of recordings from Billy's 1980 tour, in which he performed lesser-known tracks from the first five years of his solo career (before he broke through with The Stranger). High points: "Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)", "Los Angelenos"

The Nylon Curtain (1982)
My favorite Billy Joel album. Released two years after John Lennon's death, it's a tribute to the late Beatle. And you can hear John's influence throughout the album. High points: "Goodnight Saigon," "Scandinavian Skies"

An Innocent Man (1983)
My least favorite Billy Joel album, but what do I know? The thing sold a zillion copies. Too much nostalgia for the '50s and '60s and not enough substance. High points: "An Innocent Man," "Leave A Tender Moment Alone"

Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (1985)
Two-disc compilation of tracks spanning from 1973-1985. Contains two new songs - "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" and "The Night Is Still Young"

The Bridge (1986)
Billy bounces back creatively. High points: "Running On Ice," "Code Of Silence"

Kohuept (1987)
Recorded live in the Moscow four years before The Soviet Union collapsed. From his experience there, Billy would go on to write the song "Leningrad," which appeared on 1989's Storm Front. Highlights: "Back In The U.S.S.R.," "The Times They Are A Changing."

Storm Front (1989)
Overproduced, but still a great album. High points: "Storm Front," "And So It Goes." Honorable Mention: "We Didn't Start The Fire."

River Of Dreams (1993)
Billy's final rock album (although he wouldn't announce his "retirement" from the genre for another four years). Serves as a great swan song. High points: "No Man's Land," "The River Of Dreams."

Greatest Hits Volume III (1997)
Compilation of tracks from 1983-1997. Contains three new songs, all covers - "To Make You Feel My Love" (Dylan), the very skippable "Hey Girl" (Goffin/King), and "Light As The Breeze" (Leonard Cohen).

2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (2000)
Recorded live the evening of December 31, 1999 (though some recordings from previous dates were flown in). Very underwhelming run-throughs from Billy. Highlights: "New York State Of Mind," "Honky Tonk Women."

Fantasies & Delusions: Music For Solo Piano (2001)
Billy's first classical album. The music is written by the man himself, but performed by piano virtuoso Richard Joo. This album went on to become the best-selling classical album of all time. Highlights: "Soliloquy (On A Separation)," "Fantasy (Film Noir)."

The Essential Billy Joel (2001)
If you have all the albums mentioned above, there is nothing new here. This was mostly released to promote the Fantasies & Delusions album. If you have no Billy Joel in your collection, though, this is a great place to start.

TJL
01-21-2004, 06:30 AM
Nice rundown AKA. I'm not a big "live" album fan, but I have everything else in his catalog.

DetectiveGriffin
01-21-2004, 08:15 AM
Favorite Elton song : Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Favorite Billy Song: just the way you are

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-21-2004, 01:39 PM
Kiki Dee did the duet of Don't Go Breakin' My Heart with Elton John.

AKA
01-21-2004, 01:47 PM
Originally posted by TJL
Nice rundown AKA. I'm not a big "live" album fan, but I have everything else in his catalog.

Thanks. :) Yeah, Kohuept and 2000 Years are definitely worth skipping, but check out Songs In The Attic if you ever get a chance. It's very good.

Dean Winchester
01-21-2004, 05:04 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
In my opinion, if you're a Billy Joel fan, you really only need 3 things: The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 2000 Millenium Concert, and The Essential Billy Joel Video Collection.

I have to agree to disagree. I don;t think any of Billy's Greatest Hits collections serve full justice to him. He has WAY too many hits and important album cuts that are skipped on GH collections. IMO, buy everything between Turnstiles and An Innocent Man, and you have all the Billy Joel you'll ever need to own unless you're a diehard, and maybe for extra measure, but Greatest Hits Vol. 3 because it covers the post-Innocent Man period that was okay, but not great IMO

Dean Winchester
01-21-2004, 05:05 PM
Originally posted by AKA
I have all of Billy's albums (including the ill-fated Cold Spring Harbor from 1971) and quite a few of Elton's 1970s output. Any album collection without The Stranger, 52nd Street, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Madman Across the water is not an album collection.



Word. Me, too. He's been consistently better, and he bowed out of rock music at the right time. Elton, on the other hand, has been plagued by weak output throughout most of the '80s and '90s. He recently bounced back, though, with the stellar Songs From The West Coast album.

I agree. Elton;s been better in the past few years (I love the club version of Are You Ready For Love that recently topped the Dance charts) than he's been since the 1980's. Definately not the 70's again, but I think we can now forgive him for some of the AC garbage he did in the 1990's

Dean Winchester
01-21-2004, 05:06 PM
Originally posted by AKA
That statement couldn't be any more incorrect.

If those are the only Billy Joel albums one owns, one is missing many "essential" tracks, including:

Everybody Loves You Now
The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
Streetlife Serenader
Los Angelenos
Summer, Highland Falls
Prelude/Angry Young Man
The Stranger
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant(!)
Vienna
Big Shot
Zanzibar
Stiletto
Rosalinda's Eyes
C'etait Toi (You Were The One)
Close To The Borderline
Laura
Pressure
Keeping The Faith
You're Only Human (Second Wind)
The Night Is Still Young
This Is The Time
Big Man On Mulberry Street
Code Of Silence
Shameless
Storm Front
State Of Grace
When In Rome
No Man's Land
Blonde Over Blue
Shades Of Grey
Famous Last Words
To Make You Feel My Love
Light As The Breeze

I know many of those songs are represented on the 2000 Years live album, but quite frankly, the renditions there are half-hearted at best. It's neat to listen to what was taking place at the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2000, but for the most part, the entire thing is uninspired.

You're much better off dipping your toe in the water with the more complete compilations Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000DCHI/qid=1074583298/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/002-2238167-1480810) and Greatest Hits Volume III (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002BBP/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/002-2238167-1480810?v=glance&s=music&st=*), and then deciding from there if you want to buy the albums.

AKA, you took the words right out of my mouth

Dean Winchester
01-21-2004, 05:08 PM
I think all in all, I prefer Elton. But I do think Billy has been more consistant. I'm not too wild about post-83 Billy except for a few choice singles, but he NEVER recorded anything as awful as Ice On Fire and Victim Of Love.

Dean Winchester
01-21-2004, 05:13 PM
Originally posted by AKA
An Innocent Man (1983)
My least favorite Billy Joel album, but what do I know? The thing sold a zillion copies. Too much nostalgia for the '50s and '60s and not enough substance. High points: "An Innocent Man," "Leave A Tender Moment Alone"[/B]

I dunno if you're a David Bowie fan, but I happen to think think that An Innocent Man was to Billy Joel what Let's Dance (which also came out in 1983) was to Bowie. A huge commercial success that included some of his biggest hits, but for the fan who is more than a Greatest Hits type person, one of the weakest and most inconsequential albums of the catalogue, basically recorded so it would have some success. I don't think AIM compares to Turnstiles, The Stranger, 52nd Street or Glass Houses in the very least, but it did have some of the best pure "radio" songs of Joel's career IMO.

AKA
01-21-2004, 06:40 PM
I agree with you, BuffySlayer, and I understand what Billy was trying to do, but some of the songs from An Innocent Man just plain make me cringe, especially "Careless Talk" and the uber-popular single "Uptown Girl." I still listen to the album, though, and skip through the weak tracks. I just feel that Billy could have done much better.

TJL
01-21-2004, 07:07 PM
Originally posted by AKA
Thanks. :) Yeah, Kohuept and 2000 Years are definitely worth skipping, but check out Songs In The Attic if you ever get a chance. It's very good.

Now that I think about it, i do have "Songs In The Attic" somewhere.

I have to check my casette collection.

This year I vow to upgrade my Billy Jole collection to all CDs.

AKA
01-21-2004, 07:13 PM
Originally posted by TJL
This year I vow to upgrade my Billy Jole collection to all CDs.

Cool! The remastered 1998 CDs all sound very good. If you have a Super Audio CD player (or if you ever get one), The Stranger and 52nd Street are available on SACD in 5.1. They both sound amazing in surround.

AKA
01-22-2004, 02:06 PM
Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
Greatest Hits Vol. 3 because it covers the post-Innocent Man period that was okay, but not great IMO

I think the three studio albums he recorded after An Innocent Man are all very strong.

Dean Winchester
01-22-2004, 05:01 PM
Originally posted by AKA
I think the three studio albums he recorded after An Innocent Man are all very strong.

it's not bad... just not really my type. I am the same way with Elton's latter output (save Songs From The West Coast) compared to his 70's, and even some of his 80's stuff. Not saying songs like Believe and The One are bad... but I really don't like it the same way I like stuff like Tiny Dancer or Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny). To the point where just a GH that covers the latter era is sufficient enough for me.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-22-2004, 06:54 PM
Do you guys have any Billy Joel or Elton John performances on tape or DVD?

AKA
01-22-2004, 07:08 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
Do you guys have any Billy Joel or Elton John performances on tape or DVD?

I have Billy Joel's 1990 "Live At Yankee Stadium" performance on DVD.

TJL
01-22-2004, 07:21 PM
Originally posted by AKA
I have Billy Joel's 1990 "Live At Yankee Stadium" performance on DVD.

Great show. Saw it live. I don't remember which night, I had a drinking problem back then.

;)

AKA
01-22-2004, 07:37 PM
Originally posted by TJL
Great show. Saw it live. I don't remember which night, I had a drinking problem back then.

;)

I'll put on the DVD and look for you in the crowd. You'll be the guy with the Hawkeye avatar, right. ;)

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-24-2004, 12:21 PM
I think the live version of Movin' Out sounds 1000 times better than the recorded version on the 2000 millenium concert CD. Many songs sound much better live on the CD, like: Only The Good Die Young, My Life, You May Be Right, The River Of Dreams, We Didn't Start The Fire, and others.

AKA
01-24-2004, 01:01 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
I think the live version of Movin' Out sounds 1000 times better than the recorded version on the 2000 millenium concert CD. Many songs sound much better live on the CD, like: Only The Good Die Young, My Life, You May Be Right, The River Of Dreams, We Didn't Start The Fire, and others.

Wow.

Not to me. I think the reason you like the versions from the 2000 Years album is probably because you're more used to them. The performances on the disc, though, are flawed to me.

But to each their own.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-25-2004, 12:46 PM
Well I've never heard the recorded version of Scenes From An Italian Restaurant so I really can't compare it to the live version.

Dean Winchester
01-25-2004, 02:29 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
Well I've never heard the recorded version of Scenes From An Italian Restaurant so I really can't compare it to the live version.

wow, run not walk to your nearest record store and get The Stranger :)

AKA
01-25-2004, 07:00 PM
Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
wow, run not walk to your nearest record store and get The Stranger :)

Yep!

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-25-2004, 07:19 PM
I just now reserved the CD at the library through the internet. When it comes in I'll see how good it is.

AKA
01-25-2004, 07:52 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
I just now reserved the CD at the library through the internet. When it comes in I'll see how good it is.

Cool. Let us know how much better you think it is than 2000 Years. ;)

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-25-2004, 10:32 PM
Elton John's live performances sound much better than the recorded ones. The "There" part of the Here and There 2CD set includes much better versions of The Bitch is Back, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Grey Seal, Take Me To The Pilot, and Bennie and The Jets.

AKA
01-26-2004, 07:15 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
Elton John's live performances sound much better than the recorded ones. The "There" part of the Here and There 2CD set includes much better versions of The Bitch is Back, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Grey Seal, Take Me To The Pilot, and Bennie and The Jets.

Again, I'm going to have to disagree with you.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-26-2004, 07:22 PM
Well here's something I'm sure everyone will agree with. The live versions of Candle In The Wind, Your Song, Take Me To The Pilot, and Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word at the 1986 Live In Australia concert sound much better than the recorded versions.

AKA
01-26-2004, 07:27 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
Well here's something I'm sure everyone will agree with. The live versions of Candle In The Wind, Your Song, Take Me To The Pilot, and Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word at the 1986 Live In Australia concert sound much better than the recorded versions.

I like those versions, but they don't match the studio versions in my mind.

If you have SoulSeek, by the way, you're more than welcome to download my Billy Joel and Elton John CD rips.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-26-2004, 10:26 PM
How would I go about doing that?

AKA
01-26-2004, 10:45 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
How would I go about doing that?

First, go to http://www.slsknet.org/ and read about SoulSeek. Decide if the service is right for you.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-27-2004, 08:28 PM
oh okay

I was wondering, if you compare the live version of Movin' Out to the recorded version, which one would you choose.

AKA
01-27-2004, 08:47 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
oh okay

I was wondering, if you compare the live version of Movin' Out to the recorded version, which one would you choose.

The studio version.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-28-2004, 12:19 PM
really? I thought the live version sounded 1000 times better with the way the music was played.

Dean Winchester
01-28-2004, 05:23 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
Elton John's live performances sound much better than the recorded ones. The "There" part of the Here and There 2CD set includes much better versions of The Bitch is Back, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Grey Seal, Take Me To The Pilot, and Bennie and The Jets.

I think the studio version of Elton's Lucy In The Sky was one of his best-sounding (quality-wise) songs of the 1970's. Compare that to the "dated" sound of some of his latter 70's recording.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-28-2004, 11:05 PM
Compare "The Bitch Is Back" in concert to the studio one. Which one sounds better to you?

Dean Winchester
01-28-2004, 11:09 PM
Originally posted by ChristyHeadIsSexy
Compare "The Bitch Is Back" in concert to the studio one. Which one sounds better to you?

I am not a big fan of live albums, Elton and Billy are NOT artists like the Grateful Dead where the live recordings are supposed to be superior to the album versions

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-29-2004, 09:03 AM
Some of their live albums were pretty bad like Elton John's 11-17-70. And Billy Joel's Kontsert.

AKA
01-29-2004, 06:33 PM
Live albums are never really meant to improve on/replace previous studio performances of the featured repertoire. Instead, their existence is to capture the essence of an artist in concert (and, of course, to make a few bucks for the artist and record label).

Jokerette
01-29-2004, 06:41 PM
I really like Elton John, my mum has a load of EJ records and got me into his music.

Don't care for Billy Joel much though, although I do like that song Uptown Girl.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-29-2004, 10:59 PM
I just got The Stranger and I really enjoy listening to Scenes From An Italian Restaurant.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-30-2004, 10:49 PM
I also checked out Elton's first album which originally came out in 1969 called "Empty Sky". The album sucked, all 13 songs, no wonder none of those songs were hits.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-31-2004, 04:10 PM
Billy Joel's first album "Cold Spring Harbor" was much better.

-*Forever*-
01-31-2004, 05:28 PM
Billy Joel rawks my sawks.

Haha.

I have the Greatest Hits album (with the 2 CD's) and my favorite songs are -

Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Big Shot
Uptown Girl
Piano Man
New York State of Mind
Only The Good Die Young

There's so many more. I love Billy Joel.

Elton John is good too. I like Your Song the best.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
01-31-2004, 11:40 PM
All of those are great songs.

My top 3 favorite ones are: The Longest Time, We Didn't Start The Fire, and The River Dreams

Moonlight Lady
02-01-2004, 01:05 AM
Elton John and Billy Joel are awesome.

Favorite Elton John songs:

Tiny Dancer
Mona Lisas and Madhatters
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Little Jeannie
Bennie and The Jets

Billy Joel

It's Just a Fantasy
Allentown
Just The Way You Are
Movin Out (Anthony's Song)
We Didn't Start The Fire
Big Shot
Captain Jack

AKA
02-01-2004, 04:23 AM
Originally posted by Katie Tripper
It's Just a Fantasy

That's "Sometimes A Fantasy"

ChristyHeadIsSexy
02-01-2004, 10:06 AM
I like all of those songs too. Except for Captain Jack.

AKA
02-01-2004, 01:15 PM
Whaaaa? How can one not like "Captain Jack? :)

ChristyHeadIsSexy
02-01-2004, 05:15 PM
Well, I guess I havn't given it much of a chance. I'll listen to it one full time and then decide.

AKA
02-01-2004, 05:18 PM
A lot of people I know don't like that song. It took awhile for it to grow on me, but now I love it. I make it a point to listen to it whenever I'm drinking Jack Daniel's. :lol:

ChristyHeadIsSexy
02-01-2004, 09:37 PM
I listened to it one full time and I really didn't like it. Maybe it will grow on me in the future.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
02-02-2004, 07:16 PM
That's how it was for "You're My Home", "Close To The Borderline", and Movin' Out.

ChristyHeadIsSexy
02-05-2004, 05:37 PM
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting is my favorite song.