It is long, it is dramatic-and it defines Sunday mornings for us. We played Grand Prix for hours listening to this song. Tonight: My sister and I received Atari one year for our big Chanukah present. When I hear “Greatest Discovery” I think of the love I have for my sisters and the love between my two children … and I cry.ģ. It’s easily the most poetic and epic of Elton’s work, and the lyrics speaks for themselves. Greatest Discovery: This song perfectly captures the moment when a little child meets his brand new brother for the first time. That concert was a moment of catharsis and it elevated this song to the top of my list. I was living in lower Manhattan, and it was a nightmarish time. Elton sang this song at the Concert for New York City after the 9.11 attacks in 2001. The lyrics are all over the place but they evoke poignancy. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters: I haven’t a clue what this song is about, and I challenge you to figure it out. But it also makes me all the more qualified to bring to you my list of Elton John’s 25 best songs …ġ. I would venture to guess this probably rates me as a super fan. In my 43 years, I have listened to Elton’s songs for hours and hours and hours. If you were to ask me to choose who I would be stuck with on a stranded island (and I couldn’t pick family), I’d go with Elton. The answers to all of life’s questions are contained in that book. I read Elton John and Bernie Taupin: The Complete Lyrics like it was the Holy Grail. If you haven’t taken the time to read (not listen) to some of the words, you are missing out. He and Bernie Taupin, his long-time writing partner, created some of music’s most beautiful lyrics. I love Elton John’s songs because they are poetry. Who doesn’t love a guy singing and playing the piano wearing a giant duck suit? He wore enormous glasses and a colossal duck suit. He wore crazy costumes covered in sparkles and feathers. Throughout most of the 1970s Elton was flamboyant. He pounds them with his stubby fingers and makes the piano move. They blasted his records on giant speakers at home, and we all sang to the tapes in the car. I love him because his songs chronicled my childhood. One can follow Catherine on Twitter here, and visit her website here (Please, in the name of my marriage, do both). Which is why I’ve been bugging her forever and ever to compile a ranking of Elton’s 25 best songs. I’m a big fan of lists, and my wife, Catherine Pearlman, is a big fan of Elton John.

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