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Abe Sargent
12-22-2016, 05:08 PM
What are teh Mount Rushmore 4 songs of Elton John?
Warhammer
12-22-2016, 05:14 PM
What are teh Mount Rushmore 4 songs of Elton John?
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Rocket Man
Candle in the Wind
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Abe Sargent
12-22-2016, 06:01 PM
I think one might even be inclined towards a pre-throught surgery Elton John Rushmore and a post-surgery one
Radii
12-22-2016, 06:45 PM
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Rocket Man
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Tiny Dancer
This is basically impossible. There are about 6 more deserving as well. The first two are no brainers for me, the rest are pretty much all tossups.
BYU 14
12-22-2016, 06:52 PM
Candle in the Wind
Someone Saved my Life Tonight
Don't let the Sun go down on me
Rocket Man
Edit:
And it's hard to leave out others like
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Tiny Dancer
Daniel
Bennie and the Jets
Can you feel the Love Tonight?
Crocodile Rock
I Guess that's why They Call it the Blues
Philadelphia Freedom
Damn the list goes on and on!
korme
12-22-2016, 07:11 PM
1. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
2. TBC
bhlloy
12-22-2016, 07:23 PM
Tough to come up with 4 but
Your Song
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Tiny Dancer
I Guess Why They Call It The Blues
Scarecrow
12-22-2016, 09:48 PM
I like depressed Elton as opposed to gimmicky Elton...
Levon
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
SplitPersonality1
12-22-2016, 10:12 PM
Only four?
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Philadelphia Freedom
Your Song
Bennie and the Jets
Ask me tomorrow and you might get a completely different list.
Chief Rum
12-22-2016, 11:10 PM
The three that stand out to me are Tiny Dancers, Candle in the Wind and I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues.
I haven't decided what the fourth would be.
Chief Rum
12-22-2016, 11:26 PM
I decided it would be either Rocket Man or Your Song, depending on how I am feeling on any given day.
I slightly lean toward Rocket Man of those two.
Carman Bulldog
12-22-2016, 11:33 PM
Your Song
Tiny Dancer
Bennie and the Jets
Rocket Man
Vince, Pt. II
12-23-2016, 08:07 AM
Your Song
Tiny Dancer
Candle in the Wind
Funeral For a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding (personal selection, probably not worthy of Rushmore)
I feel like Tiny Dancer and Candle in the Wind are going to find traction on more lists than most, and the other two slots could easily be any number of songs - Levon, Bennie and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Rocket Man, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, etc.
Kodos
12-23-2016, 01:36 PM
No "I'm Still Standing"? Bah!
Buccaneer
12-23-2016, 03:21 PM
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Tiny Dancer
Circle of Life
Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Chief Rum
12-23-2016, 03:48 PM
No "I'm Still Standing"? Bah!
I decided to YouTube that one as I couldn't remember it off of the top of my head. That got me to the video. Of course I remember the song now. And that video is so ridiculously 80s, it's crazy.
thealmighty
12-23-2016, 06:34 PM
Tiny Dancer
Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Levon
Your Sister Can't Twist (but she can rock'n'roll) This one is no doubt just me
Vince, Pt. II
12-23-2016, 09:00 PM
The first two lists after mine including Funeral For a Friend certainly makes me feel less homer-ish with that one :)
Glengoyne
12-25-2016, 02:08 AM
Tiny Dancer
Don't let the sun go down on me
Indian Sunset
Candle in the wind
indian sunset is really a personal favorite that I wouldn't expect to see on anyone else's list.
I wonder how many lists Candle in the Wind would have been on without the resurgence after princess Di's funeral. I was so happy that such a great song had been re-discovered after so long. I say re-discovered because I felt like it had gone unappreciated for years. But I've never really been sure that it was actually obscure or if that was just my misconception.
Warhammer
12-25-2016, 12:43 PM
Tiny Dancer
Don't let the sun go down on me
Indian Sunset
Candle in the wind
indian sunset is really a personal favorite that I wouldn't expect to see on anyone else's list.
I wonder how many lists Candle in the Wind would have been on without the resurgence after princess Di's funeral. I was so happy that such a great song had been re-discovered after so long. I say re-discovered because I felt like it had gone unappreciated for years. But I've never really been sure that it was actually obscure or if that was just my misconception.
I enjoyed it prior to Princess Di. It Is easily my favorite song of his from the time I was unaware of him in the early 80's.
CrimsonFox
12-25-2016, 02:10 PM
Your Song
Rocket Man
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Grey Seal
QuikSand
12-25-2016, 04:13 PM
Your Song
Rocket Man
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Crocodile Rock
brutal leave-off list
CrimsonFox
12-25-2016, 05:03 PM
Your Song
Rocket Man
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Crocodile Rock
brutal leave-off list
crocrock woulda got my 4th spot...but I lovelovelove the piano of grey seal
Vince, Pt. II
12-25-2016, 05:40 PM
Grey Seal's piano is amazing.
sabotai
12-25-2016, 06:23 PM
Levon
Rocket Man
Your Song
Tiny Dancer
CrimsonFox
12-25-2016, 08:08 PM
i guess the piano man won't be touring with the rocket man at mt rushmore...
QuikSand
01-13-2017, 07:31 AM
Last night, I was with a group at a karaoke bar, and a friend did "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues," and it basically brought down the house. Setup was perfect (crowd wasn't too young, it wasn't a heavy-dance crowd) and he killed it. Fun stuff. Hats off to Bernie Taupin.
Buccaneer
03-17-2017, 01:25 PM
Elton John played our local arena last night and I read that he opened up with Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.
cartman
03-17-2017, 01:41 PM
When he played the concert a couple of years ago in Austin after Formula 1, he kicked it off with "The Bitch is Back".
cartman
03-17-2017, 01:48 PM
Dola, my rushmore would be:
Daniel
Your Song
Levon
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
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