my new favorite music CD: ELTON JOHN rocket man . number ones

[Teresa]

this complilation album of number ones and favorites was released last year in celebration of Elton's 60th bday. awesome, especially after just seeing his concert.

Hard to believe, but there's never been a good single-disc overview of Elton John's biggest hits available in America until 2007's 17-track Rocket Man: Number Ones. He's had plenty of collections, including a good single-disc European set that circulated in the late '90s, but Rocket Man is the first to really offer a solid career-spanning overview as a single-disc set. Of course, even though this pulls number ones from various charts in the U.S. and U.K. there are big hits missing -- whether it's classics like "Honky Cat," which never reached the pole position in the U.S., or latter-day number ones like "I Don't Want to Go on You Like That," which did top the adult contemporary chart -- but it's hard to argue with what's here (with the possible exception of "Sacrifice," which does represent his late-'80s/early-'90s adult contemporary work but isn't one of his best hits). All the big songs -- "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Bennie and the Jets," "Daniel," "Crocodile Rock," "Philadelphia Freedom," "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?," "Your Song," "Candle in the Wind" -- are here, which will satisfy the casual fan for whom this is designed. Anybody who laments the absence of "Levon," "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," "Mama Can't Buy You Love," "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues," or "I'm Still Standing" should turn to another compilation: this is not the set for them. But for the fan who wants a good sampling of Elton throughout the years, this is ideal. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

if anyone else has a new fave, let us hear about it!!!

 

[Mermaid]

How does it sound? Are they new recordings of his greatest hits or the originals put on CD? I've had mixed luck with the latter. I bought Neil Young's classic album, Harvest, and honestly, it should have remained available only on vinyl. It didn't translate well into CD. I've bought other oldies from my teen years and sometimes the sound quality is perfectly acceptable, and other times not. Of course if the original singer of the original song is dead, you have to take what is offered and make do.

I hadn't thought of Elton John in a long time but reading your post made me think of one of my favorite EJ and all I could remember were a few snatches of lyrics. So I googled and googled and eventually found it so I owe you a great big hug, Toots!!!!! The song is from the Tumbleweed album which also has another favorite of mine, Madman Across the Water. "My" song is Come Down in Time. It's an unbearably poignant, wonderful song. Thanks for finding it for me.

 

[Teresa]

the sounds is great. it also includes a DVD of concert footage.

Mermy - poignant is the right word when listening to the music of our lives. I had not realized how much Elton's music defines me and my life. amazing.

 

[sunkist]

I do have a new fave too!!! The Counting Crows new album...Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings is really good!!

 

[Lady D]

I love his classic hits. I might have to get that cd.

 

[DD]

I do have a new fave too!!! The Counting Crows new album...Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings is really good!!

Is it the Counting Crows I like, or the Black Crows? I can never remember!

 

[Miss Kitty]

This thread reminded me of something when talking about our music from the past. Is there a song that you hear that always makes you tear up? Mine is The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell.

 

[DD]

This thread reminded me of something when talking about our music from the past. Is there a song that you hear that always makes you tear up? Mine is The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell.

Same Auld Lang Syne...Dan Fogelberg