Re: My Ideal Greatest Hits

Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 18:16:34 +1300
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> Listen to "The One" or "Reg Strikes Back" all the way through. You'll
> appreciate SWTP much more.
>
> Greg
Durban Deep: Boring and too much echo. Verse and Chorus don't mesh well.
Healing Hands: Perfect in just about every way.
Whispers: Drags on far too long.
Club At The End Of The Street: My personal favourite, nice little rocker.
Sleeping With The Past: Nothing special. Average Elton.
Stone's Throw From Hurtin': URGH
Sacrifice: Repetitive and unchanging, and still manages to be one of my
favourite Elton songs.
I Never Knew Her Name: One of the album highlights.
Amazes Me: Nice change of genre for Elton, but still could have been a lot
better.
Blue Avenue: Is it over yet?
Reg Strikes Back:
Town Of Plenty: Great tune, stupid lyric, and annoyingly sung.
A Word In Spanish: Love it. Takes a few listens, though.
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Part 2: Love it.
I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That: Classic.
Japanese Hands: Beautiful.
Goodbye Marlon Brando: Rather strange, but still great.
The Camera Never Lies: Unmemorable.
Heavy Traffic: Great harmonies.
Poor Cow: My favourite.
Since God Invented Girls: Another favourite.
The One (album): loses emotion in the echo.
Simple Life: Uninteresting on first listen, but grows on you.
The One: Rightful classic.
Sweat It Out: Great song. Lovely jazzy piano at the end.
Runaway Train: Love it.
Whitewash County: Love it.
The North: Love it.
When A Woman Doesn't Want You: Love it.
Emily: Chorus needs work, but still great.
On Dark Street: Meh.
Understanding Women: Love it.
The Last Song: Beautiful and touching. I have never cried over a song but
this one certainly makes you think.
After reading your post yesterday, Greg, I put Sleeping With The Past in the
stereo and my opinion has not changed. It was posts on the newsgroup that
made me get SWTP and not Ice On Fire. I wished I had gone with my instict.
However I do plan on getting Made In England and Elton John before Ice On
Fire. I have some Elton collecting to do...
Isaac
"Screw you."