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Brackish Heart
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Australia
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 Posted - 04/14/2004 : 06:47:32
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I was always partial to Billy with such masterpieces as Captain Jack, Scenes, Piano, Saigon, Pressure, My Life, Downeaster Alexa...etc
but recently ive got into elton with his classics like,...Daniel, bennie, yellow, standing, rocket, etc...
So whats the verdict? I cant really decide... |
Edited by - Brackish Heart on 04/14/2004 06:48:57 |
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andyn
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United Kingdom
169 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 07:31:03
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Elton for me, although his continual "I'm gay, I am" schtick has become a bit tiresome, and the fact that he's spent the last decade re-releasing his back catalogue in a variety of formats.
I haven't heard all that much Billy - I think things like "My Life" and "All for Leyna" are good songs, but I'm not that partial to his singing. And those "Innocent Man" era videos sucked. |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 07:48:47
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I think they are both pretty beat these days. With Elton and his whole Disney shtick and Billy doing that crappy Broadway show. FEH on both of them. I think Elton wins though - b/c his old stuff is just better and more edgy when put up against Billys'. It is hard for me to get on board with either of them now though, Elton looks like my gramma and Billy is 58 and marrying a 22 year old. Ew.
I think they are both past their prime, big time. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 08:43:22
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| I just like Its Still Rock n' Roll to Me, yeah! |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 08:51:26
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Think I'm going to wait till I'm 58 before I decide how icky the prospect of getting hitched to a 22-year-old is.
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1734 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 08:53:43
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| Vote for Elton, I liked him playing pinball in Tommy, and he had some good songs. Billy Joel is almost unknown in France compared to E.J. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 08:57:02
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The first album I ever bought with my own cash was Elton John's Greatest Hits in 1975. Some great songs on that. I still dig his more rocking tunes from that era.
While "Old Bug Eyes" is a good songwriter, I still think of him as the Piano Man lounge singer. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 09:01:39
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You had to be a bigshot didja, hehe.
Um ya my dad listened to way too much Billy Joel... |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 09:09:37
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Oh I forgot to vote. Elton. Joel just doesn't touch any of my nerve-endings is all I can say.
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Fallopian twinkled. "They accuse us of being paranoids."
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 09:48:08
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Joel for me. And what the hell is wrong with him wanting to be with a 22 year old? She's the sick one.
 "I joined the Cult of Popeye / The CoF required my good eye" |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 10:01:14
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"You one of those right-wing nut outfits?" inquired the diplomatic Metzger.
Fallopian twinkled. "They accuse us of being paranoids."
"They?" inquired Metzger, twinkling also.
"Us?" asked Oedipa.
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GHutt
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Posted - 04/14/2004 : 11:33:40
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I know every word on Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Vol. I & II... they've stuck in my head for the past 8 or 9 years. Billy Joel is definately a better songwriter, I think.
Plus, he gets bonus points for being married to Christie Brinkley. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 11:58:10
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haha, I just thought of something funny.
When I was really little, I used to think Billy Joel and Sylvestor Stallone were the same person. ;) |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 13:06:33
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I think that there is a law that states that if you are from long island, you have to like Billy. Oh, and if you're a bar owner, you must keep your jukebox stocked with at least two Billy records at all times. This may have been inspired by a similar law in Jersey that mandates that you have to like bruce, especially if you live down the shore.
p.s. I really hate that scene in almost famous where they do the elton john group sing along on the bus. blah! The only things worse then a sing-a-long in a movie are hidden camera television shows and scenes in movies where people dance in their underwear to demonstrate that they're having a good time(e.g. Eternal sunshine on the spotless mind)
I want to be a singer like Lou Reed |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 04/14/2004 : 14:36:14
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I'd go for Elton John on the strength of one song: Tiny Dancer. That is such a fantastic track, and he's never come close to matching it. It fits in very nicely if you're in a Gram Parsons/Burrito Bros/Neil Young/West Coast country rock sort of vibe. Very evocative of California in the sixties, to my mind at least.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 23:14:15
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I'd probably say Elton John, thanks largely to my girlfriend's influence. I like quite a few Billy Joel songs as well, though.
Join the Culf of Buttoms / Correctly spelled cults are so passé. |
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gracie
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
573 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2004 : 11:02:04
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2004 : 13:06:21
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In light of the last three elton votes, I just want to bring up the master piece that is 'Only the Good Die Young.' The irony of a girl named virginia giving it up. Only con about this song that can be found is personal-my anut ginny revealing that it was here unoffical anthem in catholic H.S. Didn't really need to know that myself. Her offical anthem was tommy roe's sweet peas, if anyone cares. which they don't
I want to be a singer like Lou Reed |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2004 : 13:06:51
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double post. sorry. here's a joke from last night's Angel instead: Two men walk into a bar. The first man orders a scotch and soda. The second man remembers something he'd forgotten, and doubles over in pain. He falls through the floor and into the earth. He looks up at the first man, but he doesn't call for help. They aren't that close
see, its funny cause the wording implies they they weren't close, emotionally, yet in the reality of the joke, they're literally physically far. Or the other way around. |
Edited by - soundofataris on 04/15/2004 13:10:22 |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2004 : 19:45:19
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Definitely Elton for me, but I don't know much Billy Joel.
ˇViva los Católicos! |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 04/15/2004 : 20:06:24
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Billy Joel. There's only a couple of Elton John songs that I like at all.
Take me, break me, tell me a good one and maybe I'll cry
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
876 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2004 : 21:42:19
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I'd have to go with Elton John- although they both have some really shitty songs that are still played all the time on the radio. That song "Big Shot" is so fucking gay, and Billy Joel can be too dramatic a lot of the time.
Elton's best: "Your Song" "I Guess That's Why They call It The Blues"
Billy's best: "Still Rock & Roll" "A Matter of Trust"
I was so pissed when he married Christy Brinkly- I used to kiss and hug my pillow and pretend it was her when I was seven.
I said, "You have no hard-on till that aching fills your chest"/ Good-bye Lorraine |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2004 : 10:42:59
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Elton John because of Rocket Man and That's Why They Call It The Blues. He should never have done Nikita or the Lady Di funeral thing though. Shame on him.
Billy Joel did the Piano Man but at some party a few years ago a bunch of drunken idiots ruined the song for me by singing along tearfuly, hugging one another. When I hear this song I see a bunch of bloated winos.
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Don Eduardo
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
403 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2004 : 01:37:42
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Best Elton = Someone saved my life tonight, honky cat, yellow brick road, song for gay
Billy = Only Human, Allentown, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, downeaster alexa
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 04/18/2004 : 09:47:43
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I like both these guys.
Elton, you can admit to liking in most circles without too many people giggling because he has at least a few albums that clued-in classic rockers know is good (Tumbleweed Connection, in particular).
Billy, on the other hand, is total poison for your Cool Status in almost any circle. But he's got some good stuff.
My favorite Billy Joel song: "Laura" off The Nylon Curtain. If you like songs that sound like The Beatles, download that sucker. It's extremely pretty and not as wimpy as a lot of his other stuff.
The only two Billy Joel albums that are good all the way through: Glass Houses and The Nylon Curtain. |
Edited by - Jason on 04/18/2004 09:53:19 |
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2004 : 10:05:40
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I don't know much about Billy Joel, but I do know that "Captain Jack" is quite a good tune. I have heard Elton's Ice on Fire album, and it is the most hilariously bad album that has ever been exposed to one of my eardrums.
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jujube
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Kiribati
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Posted - 04/19/2004 : 09:42:12
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| Once, I saw Billy Joel's house in the Hamptons. So I vote for Joel. And I love that "In the Middle of The night" song so much. But Sir Elton John enjoys having sexual intercourse with men, and so do I, so I also vote for Elton. Oh my God! I can't choose! This is so hard! I love them both too much! |
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jujube
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Kiribati
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Posted - 04/19/2004 : 09:42:56
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| Once, I saw Billy Joel's house in the Hamptons. So I vote for Joel. And I love that "In the Middle of The night" song so much. But Sir Elton John enjoys having sexual intercourses with men, and so do I, so I also vote for Elton. Oh my God! I can't choose! This is so hard! I love them both too much! |
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Elton John or Billy Joel...The Best?
