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StickyStones Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 301 Gender:	Tumbleweed Connection (Elton John) Apr 6^th, 2012 at 10:28am Anyone else love this Elton album? Also, does anyone else think this song off that album is Stonesy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKXDYMrIqTI I've heard it compare to The Band's music, but I can't find any The Band songs that sound like it.
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sirmoonie Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 3,479 Gender:	Re: Tumbleweed Connection (Elton John) Reply #1 - Apr 6^th, 2012 at 11:36pm I love that album. I do. Listened to it many times over years, Country Comfort, Where To Know St. Peter, Burn Down the Mission. Amoreena was in Dog Bag Afternoon. Tumbleweed and Madman Across Water are really good Elton John albums, he had some talent for awhile.
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Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: Tumbleweed Connection (Elton John) Reply #3 - Apr 8^th, 2012 at 9:37am It's a fantastic album. That, and the first one--they are my favorite Elton John projects. And they are both so different from each other.
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Reply #4 - Apr 8^th, 2012 at 10:12am

In the 70's I liked his music, but I never cared for him as a live act, I was (and still am) a big Bowie Fan, & the people I hung around with people always thought the image of a Rock & Roll star is important too, being thin was very important for the image, Rock & Roll people usually were, but Elton just didn't fit that image, of course everything's changed, but I got to say I loved his music.

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Reply #5 - Apr 8^th, 2012 at 10:31am

Heart Of Stone wrote on Apr 8^th, 2012 at 10:12am:

Here was his pudgy image in the 70s.

He needed to be flayed out on a cross, bunny style.

But yeah, his 70s music really was good at times.

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Brainbell Jangler Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,331 Portland, OR Gender:	Re: Tumbleweed Connection (Elton John) Reply #6 - Apr 12^th, 2012 at 1:09am A great album; I would add Honky Chateau to the list of recommended Elton albums. Brainy
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Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: Tumbleweed Connection (Elton John) Reply #7 - Apr 12^th, 2012 at 8:27pm Elton started out really normal. And he was a session musician in the mid 60's in England--when he was still Reginald Dwight. He was all about the music making those early 70's albums. I remember how shocked I was at the over the top clothes and glasses and all that mess later in the decade....
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Brainbell Jangler Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,331 Portland, OR Gender:	Re: Tumbleweed Connection (Elton John) Reply #8 - Apr 12^th, 2012 at 10:59pm Stones content: Paul Buckmaster, who handled the strings on "Moonlight Mile," is credited as arranger on Elton's first three albums: Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection and Madman Across the Water. Brainy
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Reply #9 - Apr 13^th, 2012 at 8:11am

Paul Buckmaster is AMAZING to me...he has a certain "sound" to his orchestrations. He also did the soundtrack to the movie "Friends", which had John/Taupin compositions. Just gorgeous. And, the first time I heard Train's "Drops of Jupiter"....well, that orchestration was a dead giveaway! Yep--it was Paul Buckmaster.

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Brainbell Jangler Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,331 Portland, OR Gender:	Re: Tumbleweed Connection (Elton John) Reply #10 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 12:35pm After Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards, I can't think of a songwriting duo in the rock era with a more impressive body of work than Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Can any of you? Brainy
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mojoman Rocks Off Regular Offline HMERLS Posts: 6,593 joyzee Gender:	Re: Tumbleweed Connection (Elton John) Reply #11 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 2:29pm Brainbell Jangler wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 12:35pm: After Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards, I can't think of a songwriting duo in the rock era with a more impressive body of work than Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Can any of you? Brainy different but impressive GARCIA/HUNTER
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Reply #12 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 2:41pm

mojoman wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 2:29pm:

Brainbell Jangler wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 12:35pm:

After Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards, I can't think of a songwriting duo in the rock era with a more impressive body of work than Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Can any of you?
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different but impressive GARCIA/HUNTER

I had thought of them, but since Robert Hunter wrote lyrics for Bob Weir as well as Jerry, I didn't think of them being as much of a songwriting team as Elton and Bernie. Pretty great stuff, though; some of my best times were at Dead shows (my first show was Veneta 08-27-72).
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