re: Least favorite Elton John song??

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Most of his 80's stuff is pretty bad, though I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues is one of my favorites of his.

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This ^^^

The box set that was put out in 1990 (...To Be Continued) is really the only recording of Elton John anyone needs. To me everything after it sucks. A lot of the 80's on it is pretty bad, but there are some gems such as, 'Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)' which is a song written after John Lennon was murdered.

Discs 1-2 should be required listening for any true music fan.

Disc one
"Come Back Baby" (Reg Dwight) – 2:45 (with Bluesology)
"Lady Samantha" – 3:03
"It's Me That You Need" – 4:04
"Your Song" (Demo) – 3:33
"Rock and Roll Madonna" – 4:17
"Bad Side of the Moon" – 3:15
"Your Song" – 4:00
"Take Me to the Pilot" – 3:46
"Border Song" – 3:22
"Sixty Years On" (Extended intro) – 4:57
"Country Comfort" – 5:07
"Grey Seal" (Original version) – 3:36
"Friends" – 2:20
"Levon" – 5:21
"Tiny Dancer" – 6:15
"Madman Across the Water" – 5:58
"Honky Cat" – 5:13
"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" – 4:59
Disc two
"Rocket Man" – 4:43
"Daniel" – 3:53
"Crocodile Rock" – 3:54
"Bennie and the Jets" – 5:20
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" – 3:15
"All the Girls Love Alice" – 5:10
"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" – 11:08
"Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)" – 2:53
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" – 4:53
"Jack Rabbit" – 1:51
"Harmony" – 2:46
"Screw You (Young Man's Blues)" – 4:43
"Step into Christmas" – 4:30
"The Bitch Is Back" – 3:44
"Pinball Wizard" (Pete Townshend) – 5:15
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" – 6:45
Disc three
"Philadelphia Freedom" – 5:39
"One Day (At a Time)" (John Lennon) – 3:48
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:16
"I Saw Her Standing There" (Live) (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:43 (with John Lennon)
"Island Girl" – 3:44
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" – 3:47
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – 4:31 (with Kiki Dee)
"I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (Live) – 3:35
"Ego" – 3:59
"Song for Guy" (John) – 6:40
"Mama Can't Buy You Love" (LeRoy Bell, Casey James) – 4:03
"Cartier" (Dinah Card, Carte Blanche) – 0:54
"Little Jeannie" (John, Gary Osborne) – 5:12
"Donner Pour Donner" (Michel Berger, Taupin) – 4:26 (Duet with France Gall)
"Fanfare/Chloe" (John, Osborne, James Newton-Howard) – 6:20
"The Retreat" – 4:45
"Blue Eyes" (John, Osborne) – 3:26
Disc four
"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" – 5:12
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (John, Taupin, Davey Johnstone) – 4:43
"I'm Still Standing" – 3:02
"Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (Single version) – 4:10
"Act of War" (Single remix) – 4:44 (Duet with Millie Jackson)
"Nikita" – 5:44
"Candle in the Wind" (Live) – 3:58
"Carla/Etude" (Live) (John) – 4:46
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (Live) – 5:39
"I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (Shep Pettibone remix) – 7:18
"Give Peace a Chance" (Lennon) – 3:47
"Sacrifice" – 5:08
"Made for Me" – 4:22
"You Gotta Love Someone" – 4:59 (US only)
"I Swear I Heard the Night Talkin'" – 4:30 (US only)
"Easier to Walk Away" – 4:22
"Suit of Wolves" – 5:46 (UK only)
"Understanding Women" – 5:03 (UK only)

Surprised so many votes for Benny!!

Crocodile rock.

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

I listed my least favorites earlier in the thread but my favorite of all time is :

Amoreena

Another vote for Bennie

Anyone mention Bad Blood with Sedaka?

i really don't care for much of his stuff after Too Low For Zero.

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Surprised so many votes for Benny!!

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Bennie And The Jets is probably my favorite Elton John song. Those piano chords and the modulation of his voice have always killed me.

I agree that Island Girl and Philadelphia Freedom just plain suck.

Someone Saved My Life Tonight is a little bit overwrought to put it mildly.

Daniel is just so treacly.

The Bitch Is Back is like an icepick through the ear.