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Post by chiyankee on Feb 25, 2019 9:39:12 GMT -5
Not to be too picky, inger, but Country Comforts is not on Every Picture Tells a Story. It's on a previous album, Gasoline Alley, I believe. It's an Elton John cover in the unlikely event you didn't know. You're right, the original version of Country Comfort is on Elton's Tumbleweed Connection LP, which is my favorite album of his. |
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2019 10:58:07 GMT -5
Not to be too picky, inger, but Country Comforts is not on Every Picture Tells a Story. It's on a previous album, Gasoline Alley, I believe. It's an Elton John cover in the unlikely event you didn't know. Thanks for the catch... Did not know the British lads had written and performed CC...One of the things I really liked about the recording was Jack Reynolds harmony... Hey, I should have known to check in with you on anything to do with "Faces", right?... (: |
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2019 10:59:15 GMT -5
Not to be too picky, inger, but Country Comforts is not on Every Picture Tells a Story. It's on a previous album, Gasoline Alley, I believe. It's an Elton John cover in the unlikely event you didn't know. Being right is never wrong... (: |
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Post by Renfield on Feb 25, 2019 11:12:08 GMT -5
Ha ha, inger. The reason (to believe) the Every Picture reference struck me is that it is the first or second album I ever owned (not counting my parents' Fred Waring orchestra collection). I ate up the liner notes and played it to death. Detached the "poster" on it and hung it in my room. It remains today, in my opinion, one of the best albums ever made. And yes, you should consult me with all your Faces questions.
And chi, I also like the original version of "Country Comforts" on Tumbleweed Connection. My favorite on that album is "Burn Down the Mission."
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 25, 2019 11:38:05 GMT -5
Ha ha, inger. The reason (to believe) the Every Picture reference struck me is that it is the first or second album I ever owned (not counting my parents' Fred Waring orchestra collection). I ate up the liner notes and played it to death. Detached the "poster" on it and hung it in my room. It remains today, in my opinion, one of the best albums ever made. And yes, you should consult me with all your Faces questions.
And chi, I also like the original version of "Country Comforts" on Tumbleweed Connection. My favorite on that album is "Burn Down the Mission."That's a great album closer for sure. It's funny, none of Elton's big hits are on Tumbleweed Connection but the album is still great, maybe part of the reason for that is it hasn't been overplayed throughout the years. Did you ever hear the remastered version of Tumbleweed that has some bonus tracks? There's a killer alternate version of Madman Across the Water on it. |
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Post by Renfield on Feb 25, 2019 11:51:56 GMT -5
Yes. I never bought the original until many years after it came out. So, I do in fact have the re-mastered version on CD. It's sitting somewhere in my car console. That is an interesting version of Madman. Probably the first EJ album I bought was Honky Chateau. On vinyl, of course.
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 25, 2019 12:09:45 GMT -5
Yes. I never bought the original until many years after it came out. So, I do in fact have the re-mastered version on CD. It's sitting somewhere in my car console. That is an interesting version of Madman. Probably the first EJ album I bought was Honky Chateau. On vinyl, of course. Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters is a great tune. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tRgYfQ48A0 |
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2019 12:48:57 GMT -5
The only full John albums I’ve ever listened to are Mad Man and his Live from Australia with Melbourne Symphony Orch., which were both quite good... Burn Down The Mission is good, and I enjoy Indian Sunset...Sixty Years On is a nice tune if you want a “downer”...Especially once you get past sixty...
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Post by Renfield on Feb 25, 2019 14:45:06 GMT -5
Yes. I never bought the original until many years after it came out. So, I do in fact have the re-mastered version on CD. It's sitting somewhere in my car console. That is an interesting version of Madman. Probably the first EJ album I bought was Honky Chateau. On vinyl, of course. Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters is a great tune. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tRgYfQ48A0Yes. That is a great tune. I also like "Salvation" off that album along with, of course, "Rocket Man." For a laugh, if you haven't heard William Shatner's version of "Rocket Man" you need to do so. It's so incredibly, umm, bad that's it's good in the way that Plan 9 from Outer Space is a "good" movie. |
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 25, 2019 15:38:33 GMT -5
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 25, 2019 15:40:54 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2019 23:32:28 GMT -5
That is horrendous stuff, Bill...
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Post by Renfield on Feb 26, 2019 9:40:48 GMT -5
Dammit, Jim, you're an actor, not a singer.
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Post by inger on Feb 26, 2019 11:22:45 GMT -5
Until this thread, I have never listened any of Shatner’s “musical works”. Are they all talkies, or does he actually sing? I only listened to a few seconds of this one, so I don’t even know if he sang part of Rocket Man. I lost interested pretty quickly...
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Post by Renfield on Feb 26, 2019 14:15:47 GMT -5
No singing. Don't know if he did any other "songs." Stewie's version is better. Parody of what I hope was a parody.
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