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One of my favorite Elton John songs.... (Original Post) opiate69 Aug 2013 OP
This is mine... AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #1
A great choice, indeed... opiate69 Aug 2013 #14
"Hold me closer, Tony Danza" KamaAina Aug 2013 #20
LOL! AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #21
Not exactly subtle BainsBane Aug 2013 #2
? opiate69 Aug 2013 #5
Uh ha BainsBane Aug 2013 #8
If we're pretending this is about music BainsBane Aug 2013 #3
That would have been my choice except the local station I listen to overplays it like mad... opiate69 Aug 2013 #4
Same here. RiffRandell Aug 2013 #7
We got a 3 month trial when we bought our Juke.. couldn't afford to renew it though... opiate69 Aug 2013 #12
You could have gone with BainsBane Aug 2013 #10
Well, given a 40 or so year career to choose from of course there's other choices... opiate69 Aug 2013 #13
One of pipi_k Aug 2013 #6
Unfortunately my phone's being a piece of shit today, so I can't see what those videos are... opiate69 Aug 2013 #17
This one is touching ... In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #9
That's one of my favorites too. HappyMe Aug 2013 #11
I like Love Lies Bleeding BainsBane Aug 2013 #16
My favorite, also. graywarrior Aug 2013 #19
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #15
nice.. nothing like a real orchestra opiate69 Aug 2013 #18
 

opiate69

(10,129 posts)
14. A great choice, indeed...
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 11:49 AM
Aug 2013

But, we have 3 "classic rock" stations in Seattle, and that - along with "Daniel", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" "Levon" and a host of others just get played waaaay too much for me... hell, I'm even at the point where Jackson Browne's "The Load Out/Stay" - which was hands-down my favorite song about the music industry - is now on my list of "never need to hear it again" songs...

 

opiate69

(10,129 posts)
4. That would have been my choice except the local station I listen to overplays it like mad...
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 08:40 AM
Aug 2013

I hate terrestrial radio.

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
7. Same here.
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 08:54 AM
Aug 2013

We've been Sirius subscribers for years and I could not imagine having to go back to listening to commercial radio.

 

opiate69

(10,129 posts)
12. We got a 3 month trial when we bought our Juke.. couldn't afford to renew it though...
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 11:07 AM
Aug 2013

But now that things are settling back down, I'm seriously thinking about it.

BainsBane

(53,031 posts)
10. You could have gone with
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 09:43 AM
Aug 2013


or



or even this



Or at least thirty others that are better, if the post had really been about music.

By hey, you got that pedophile Jimmy Saville in the clip, so there's that.


 

opiate69

(10,129 posts)
13. Well, given a 40 or so year career to choose from of course there's other choices...
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 11:10 AM
Aug 2013

But most are either horrifically overplayed, or they're entirely too schmaltzy (I.e. "the Disney era crapola, or the Kiki Dee duet...)

 

opiate69

(10,129 posts)
17. Unfortunately my phone's being a piece of shit today, so I can't see what those videos are...
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 04:42 PM
Aug 2013

But, if one of them is "Candle in the Wind", I'd say that song has two strikes against it for me... first, the Princess Diana remake got overplayed to absolute death.. but more importantly, my old singer passed away back in 2009 from diabetes.. we had been friends and bandmates for 18 years.. whenever we were on the road, we'd always find some little karaoke joint, and that was "his" song.. he always nailed it, and it was always fun to watch people being blown away by a scary-looking, professional metal singer doing such an iconic "mellow rock" song, and doing it better than even the original.. of course, it was played at his memorial.. still kinda hard to hear 4 years later.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
11. That's one of my favorites too.
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 10:40 AM
Aug 2013

Along with this one.




I damn near wore out my Good Bye Yellow Brick Road album.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
15. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 12:12 PM
Aug 2013

Top notch recording here from the Royal Opera House with full orchestra and choir.

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