Released 50 Years Ago, October 5, 1973

[brian64]

One of the greatest rock/pop albums of all time.

A musical kaleidoscope...from beautiful pop melodies to driving hard rock and everything in between and sideways.

A mosaic of characters, stories and poetry. And just a plain fun album to listen to. Never gets old.

And one of the most magnificent opening tracks on any classic rock album.

 

[bullet08]

Sir Elton's okay. I still think Billy Joel can kick his ass musically, and physically.

 

[PaulRVA]

One of the greatest rock/pop albums of all time.

A musical kaleidoscope...from beautiful pop melodies to driving hard rock and everything in between and sideways.

A mosaic of characters, stories and poetry. And just a plain fun album to listen to. Never gets old.

And one of the most magnificent opening tracks on any classic rock album.

That’s extremely weird. I pulled the same album out on vinyl 2 nights ago to play that song. Haven’t heard it in a long time. I was writing the eulogy for a childhood friend that was more like a brother who passed away Wednesday night in his sleep.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Sir Elton's okay. I still think Billy Joel can kick his ass musically, and physically.

My wife lords it over me she saw one of their joint concerts years ago - we saw Sir Elton not too long ago.

 

[PaulRVA]

Sir Elton's okay. I still think Billy Joel can kick his ass musically, and physically.

That depends on how much weight Is in Elton’s purse when he starts swinging it .

 

[jguss]

…- we saw Sir Elton not too long ago.

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We saw that one too but splurged for the seats where you got to see him in color

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

We saw that one too but splurged for the seats where you got to see him in color

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LOL! Plenty colorful!

 

[ashdigger]

My son was a lighting engineer on Elton’s last tour. Said everything about it was first class.

It’s not my style of music but that’s good enough for me.

 

[RookieGuy80]

My wife lords it over me she saw one of their joint concerts years ago - we saw Sir Elton not too long ago.

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I saw one of those concerts. She's not lording it over you, just still thrilled to have seen it.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

I saw one of those concerts. She's not lording it over you, just still thrilled to have seen it.

Haha, both!

 

[mawnansmiff]

The only album I have of EJ is his 1972 effort Honky Château. I had it on tape as a teen but soon wore it out, I now have it on CD.

I much prefer his 70's material to his later music.

Jay.

 

[brian64]

The only album I have of EJ is his 1972 effort Honky Château. I had it on tape as a teen but soon wore it out, I now have it on CD.

I much prefer his 70's material to his later music.

Jay.

Yeah, I have had little interest in his post-'70s stuff. His sound changed quite a bit and he also was no longer working exclusively with Bernie.

In fact, I'm not even interested in anything he released after '76. But the string of albums he and Bernie made in just 6 years from '70 to '76 are all great imo.

I'm highlighting the 50th anniversary of GYBR because it's widely considered their high water mark, being a double album of so many great songs. But personally I consider Madman Across the Water to be their greatest album.