Elton John Live from Music Hall on November 26, 1970

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For over 30 years, the lyrics of Bernie Taupin and the music of Elton John have been a mainstay of rock. An example of Berne Taupin's lyrics (from Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player):

You wore a little cross of gold around your neck,
I saw it as you flew between my reason,
Like a raven in the night time when you left.
I wear a chain upon my wrist that bears no name,
You touched it and you wore it,
And you kept it in your pillow, all the same,

My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms,
I thought myself her keeper,
She thought I meant her harm,
She thought I was the the archer,
A weather man of words,
But I  could never shoot down.
My high-flying bird

Elton John has had so many hits (and songs that should have been hits but weren't) over the years, it is hard to pick out a list of favorites, but here are a few from the 70's and early 80's:

  • Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatters
  • Rocket Man
  • High Fyling Bird
  • Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny)*
  • In Neon
  • Funeral for a Friend (Love lies bleeding)
  • Candle in the Wind
  • Pinky
  • Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me
  • Ticking
  • I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  • Nikita
  • Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  • All the Girls Love Alice

*EJ's tribute to John Lennon after Lennon was murdered

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