Better song, Elton John edition: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Rocket Man or Tiny Dancer?

[True Dough]

Which do you like best of these three hits by Elton John?

39 votes, 4 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
	10 (26%)
	Rocket Man
	10 (26%)
	Tiny Dancer
	19 (49%)
	4 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[LearnedHand]

1. Rocket Man, no contest

His "edgier" stuff was far, far better.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. My Choice Too

I'm not a big EJ fan, but there were some sings I thought were excellent. Rocket Man is one of them.

[OldBaldy1701E]

21. Yep. It is my number one song of my personal lifetime playlist. (n/t)

[Callie1979]

2. But I think "Funeral for a friend" is my favorite

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Awfully Good

David Hentschell played the synth parts. David was a hired gun as a master of the ARP 2600 synthesizer.
That song leads into "Love Lies Bleeding" which I think is Elton's best rocker.

[boonecreek]

16. Mine too.

[Upthevibe]

19. Callie1979...........

"Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding are my favorites. I'm a HUGE E.J. fan. I saw him in concert in the 80's, and it was great!

[Callie1979]

20. I have a good story about how I got 4th row seats & was able to take my mom

I went to wait in line for tickets and I was about 20th (pissed!). Mind you, in the "good ol days" I would lay out at night to be first or close to it. (And you may be aware of all that follows) So Ticketmaster didnt go in order of the line in order to STOP people from doing the overnight thing. You'd draw a number and that was your new position in line. The girl comes out with the bucket of tickets & tells everyone "The way these tickets are numbered, number 300 will actually be number 1" So I do my duty & draw....number 335. UGH. But the couple in front of me; the lady looked at her husband and said "SO this is 302 that means we're 2nd in line?" And I jumped in and said "I'll give you 40 bucks if you'll buy my tickets". The husband said "well I'm going to renew my DL after this so that will pay for my license AND lunch. OK"
I couldn't believe it. And boy was my mom surprised. Never had that luck again.

[Paladin]

3. "Tiny Dancer," by far. (nt)

[The Madcap]

4. My personal top three:

1. Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding - from "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
2. Someone Saved My Life Tonight - from "Captain Fantastic..."
3. Sixty Years On - Live - from "11-17-70"

These all appeal to my Prog Rock side.

[IA8IT]

5. Never gave a thought to his best song but you asked and this video decided Tiny Dancer for me.

[spooky3]

6. My fave is "Come Down in Time." Nt

[RandomNumbers]

7. Burn Down the Mission

is my current fave EJ song.

It seems currently topical. Besides being a phenomenal performance.

[debm55]

8. I like "Where to now, St Peter." off of Tumberweed Connection. I like Elton's early stuff.

[MuseRider]

9. I loved almost everything he did

but being a Kansas girl I have to say Yellow Brick Road (I was in High School gimme a break) and that would be my true answer but every other choice is so very close. When I heard the way they did Rocket Man in concert I almost lost it, so so different and so so good. Still, of these choices I am still with Yellow Brick Road.

[True Dough]

10. Me too!

All 3 are tremendous tunes, but something about Yellow Brick Road hits me right in the nostalgia, more so than the other two.

[Niagara]

11. What, no Bennie and the Jets options???

[Intractable]

12. Saturday Night's Alright, Crocodile Rock

[catbyte]

13. "Your Song." I'm a purist, lol.

[Dulcinea]

17. Tiny Dancer is one of my favorites by him.

Also Bennie & the Jets & Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting. Elton John has so many great songs it's hard to pick.

[True Dough]

18. Tiny Dancer

is clearly the choice among most DUers in this thread!