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    Posted: May 01 2021 at 11:11
It's another Empty Sky above Nottingham today with barely any passenger planes flying over the city since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak. I'm listening to Elton John right now and I'm reminded that there's a Tumbleweed Connection with our empty cities, which have been like virtual ghost towns during lockdown. It conjures up images of tumbleweed blowing down empty streets with shuttered shops and closed  pubs and restaurants where we used to dine out with Friends in happier times gone by. Covid-19 has given rise to all sorts of batty conspiracy theories from the likes of David Icke and Alex Jones - the arch-conspiracy theorist  and Madman Across the Water in America. Anyway, it's best just to get on with living our lives as normally as possible, as we can't all live in isolation in some Honky Chateau in the heart of France. By the way,  I wonder how many people know that Elton John was a good friend of Groucho Marx... At a party attended by the pair, Groucho held up a thumb and forefinger in the shape of a pretend gun, and Elton held up his hands and said "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Player Player". True story! After that preamble, it's time for another Top 7 albums poll, where Elton's classic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road must be the hot favourite to win, with the dismal follow-up album Caribou unlikely to pick up any votes at all. Gus Dudgeon disparagingly called the album "a piece of crap"  - and he was the producer! And so, it's on with the show, with a man whose stage outfits are as outrageously over-the-top as Captain Fantastic himself. Smile



Simply list your Top 7 Elton John albums in order of preference and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings as shown below:-
 
1st album - 12 points
2nd album - 8 points
3rd album - 6 points
4th album - 4 points
5th album - 3 points
6th album - 2 points
7th album - 1 point
 
Here's my Top 7 to get the poll underway:-

1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (12 points)
2. Duets (8 points)
3. The One (6 points)
4. Blue Moves (4 points)
5. Empty Sky (3 points)
6. Madman Across the Water (2 points)
7. Friends (soundtrack) (1 point)
 
Elton John's Complete Discography

4 stars 1973: Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbu7miowXDud3ChhQcETn3h
4 stars 1975: Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYU-_5Cqwv6Sc9wGB9Ho7VP
5 stars 1986: Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbxd6Gs_V8Simb544FauSMZ
4 stars 1994: The Lion King (soundtrack with Hans Zimmer) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYhzpZN28WhlVVTDzIKaA6q
4 stars 1994: Live at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZeG9JyIHVR7vTG65KHOeQt
5 stars 2000: One Night Only - Live at Madison Square Garden - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZv0-Z2N4F6-Nxk7kRqmskK
5 stars 2001: Live at the Great Amphitheatre of Ephesus, Turkey - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEa9_AUc5N5BgOtZuN4XQ-ho
5 stars 2002: Live at the Royal Opera House, London - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZE4vvULmzHVBKdqKHylrcF
4 stars 2004: Peachtree Road - Live at the Tabernacle, Atlanta, Georgia - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaY_bzb0kozXkrodurIhoD6
3 stars 2010: Live at Beacon Theatre, New York (with Leon Russell) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbyOrY8DnW1VwqzkWLZHSCa
2 stars 2012: Good Morning to the Night (with Pnau) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYTFSatR63vuI6COkRLwIB0
5 stars 2012: The Million Dollar Piano - Live in Las Vegas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYFFwIpFX4hSc4DF0tx6j6L


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1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
2. Elton John (S/T)
3. Honky Chateau
4. Madman Across the Water
5. Tumbleweed Connection
6. Friends (Soundtrack)
7. Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
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1. Madman Across the Water
2. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
4. Don't Shoot Me Im the Piano Player
5. Tumbleweed Connection
6. Elton John
7. A Single Man

I reccomend to listen to the Diving Board, it have some beutifull and deep (and complex) songs, very classicaly inclined. Some of hes best piano-playing is featured.
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Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:



I reccomend to listen to the Diving Board, it have some beautiful and deep (and complex) songs, very classically inclined. Some of hes best piano-playing is featured.

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll dive in and give the album a listen tomorrow. Thumbs Up
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1. Madman Across the Water
2. Blue Moves
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
4. A Single Man
5. Sleeping with the Past
6. Honky Chateau
7. Jump Up!

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1. Madman Across the Water
2. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
3. Honky Chateau
4. Blue Moves
5. Don't Shoot
6. Tumbleweed
7. A Single Man

thankfully, I revisited some of these albums aftyer the previous EJ thread.


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A pattern is already emerging. Although there are a few albums that are not shared by (m)any, there are some definite contenders for the top seven. Even if you were not to weight them, I think it’s still reasonably obvious what they will be.

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Here are my 7:

1) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
2) Honky  Chateau
3) Don't Shoot Me I'm Only A Piano Player
4) Madman Across the Water
5) Tumbleweed Connection
6) Captain Fantastic
7) Elton John

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This is how the Top 7 is shaping up so far after the first six rounds of voting:-

1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (56 points)
2. Madman Across the Water (46 points)
3. Honky Chateau (22 points)
4. Blue Moves (16 points)
5. Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (14 points)
6. Tumbleweed Connection (11 points)
6. Elton John (11 points)
 



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Tumbleweed, Tumbleweed, Tumbleweed!

- Tumbleweed
- Madman
- Elton John
- GYBR
- Chateau
- Don't Shoot
- Empty Sky

I should mention that albums like Caribou, Westies and Blue Moves get a lot more time on the turntable than any of these albums simply 'cause I've worn copies of each flat during the formative years.  
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Tumbleweed Connection is perhaps the best americana styled album made by a non-american, alongside Gary Rafferty/Steelers Wheeler releases

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Top 7 update with Intruder's votes added:-

1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (60 points)
2. Madman Across the Water (54 points)
3. Honky Chateau (25 points)
4. Tumbleweed Connection (23 points)
5. Elton John (17 points)
6. Blue Moves (16 points)
6. Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (16 points)

 
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It's good to see the final Top 7 includes most of Elton John's classic albums from the early 1970's era. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

It's good to see the final Top 7 includes most of Elton John's classic albums from the early 1970's era. Thumbs Up




of course ! Just before he turned syrup and disco

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Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

It's good to see the final Top 7 includes most of Elton John's classic albums from the early 1970's era. Thumbs Up




of course ! Just before he turned syrup and disco

I thought the syrup was what Elton wore on his head, as in "syrup of figs" - Wig. Tongue
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