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Reginald Dwight.

Pulled out the best of 2 CD thing to give to my daughter who has chosen to follow the correct path into Rock and Roll.

Unlike her brother.

Biopic was pretty good too, warts and all.

What say ye, PRF?

Massive catalog to choose from. Not getting out of here without waffles.

The first 8-10 albums or so are great, particularly the first few with the band consisting of Davey Johnstone, Nigel Olsson, etc. Honky Chateau is a favorite of mine.

It gets less great after that, but still occasional good stuff. “The One” has a pretty darned good hook, though song itself is soft rock hell and production is badly dated.

Soundtrack stuff is pretty icky, albeit appropriate for those films. Many of the soundtrack hits sound like they borrow heavily from “The One”. He did co-write “Hakuna Matata”, though.

Going to an Elton John show would be a bit risky. He could play 3 hours of great stuff or 3 hours of eww.

Has done a helluva lot of good charity work. Seems like he’d be fun to party with.

Gonna go with NC, WF: 3

Elton John's care and stewardship of Watford Football Club means he will never be crap. His music can fuck off.

NC.

Seems like a good man. Maybe 3 or 4 songs that aren't total Crap.

Great charity work, but I really can’t stand the guy’s music. “Saturday Night’s All Right for Fighting” is all right, I suppose (for fighting).

Not for me.

Piano rock generally doesn't do it for me, but he seems like a good dude. That live collaboration with Eminem was god awful.

Never considered myself a fan but I like hearing his songs on the radio.

Tiny Dancer is great.
Guitar solo in I'm Still Standing is awesome.
Crocodile Rock is a crime against music.

Also, this:


Not Crap overall

NOT CRAP NO WAFFLES well, actually, slight waffles because he gives off a rich gay white person vibe that I don't dig but his songs are soooooo good. Fuck. I've been stuck on "The One" for the past couple of years. Such a beautiful song.

Not crap. Great songwriter. Haven't listened to any of his albums front-to-back, but his singles were always all over the radio growing up - one of the first 45s I ever bought was 'I Don't Want to Go On With You Like That'.

Saw him with my folks in 2007. Great performer, mostly the hits. It was 2 hours and 40 minutes, and he could've played another 30 minutes of songs that charted in his career (no Lion King songs).

Personal faves: Philadelphia Freedom, Sad Songs (Say So Much), Healing Hands, Club at the End of the Street (blame nostalgia for that one)

Not a fan. I associate his music with headaches, which goes back to childhood. I can’t seem to shake this association.

Seems like an ok dude, but….no.