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Originally Posted by Sly
...It doesn't change the fact that most guys are not into the more emotional style/type of music that Elton creates.
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A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass
and my personal favourite, Levon:
Levon wears his war wound like a crown
He calls his child Jesus cause he likes the name
And he sends him to the finest school in town
Levon, Levon likes his money
He makes a lot they say
Spend his days counting
In a garage by the motorway
He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day
When the New York Times said God is dead
And the war's begun
Alvin Tostig has a son today
And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man...
I'm no fan of his newer, corporate fluff, but a huge selection of his older work is fucking draw-droppingly brilliant. I remember seeing him in his prime, and there is no new artist that even comes close to the talent that man has.
And he still has one of the greatest voices in rock when he turns it on.