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Elton John said today in an interview he and Billy Joel will begin touring together again next year beginning in March off and on for the next two years.

Jana wrote:Elton John said today in an interview he and Billy Joel will begin touring together again next year beginning in March off and on for the next two years.

its Sir Elton John. lol,They did it in the 90 s ,good tour,although im kinda burned out on Sir Elton John

They should bring Journey onboard and call it the geriatric tour


John from Boston

i would love to see these two!

Elton John has become a cranky old woman in recent years. Total friggin idiot.

Enigma869 wrote:They should bring Journey onboard and call it the geriatric tour


John from Boston

Yeh Sir Elton.and Friga would get along REAL good {if ya know what I mean}

brywool wrote:Elton John has become a cranky old woman in recent years. Total friggin idiot.

thats what happens when you ve been taking in the ass all them years

One of the best concerts I've ever seen from a purely vocal standpoint was Elton John, but that was in the '90s. I saw a Billy Joel/Elton John concert once, but it was outside and I was disappointed because the sound at the venue wasn't very good. Everybody else thought it was great but me.

Jana wrote:One of the best concerts I've ever seen from a purely vocal standpoint was Elton John, but that was in the '90s. I saw a Billy Joel/Elton John concert once, but it was outside and I was disappointed because the sound at the venue wasn't very good. Everybody else thought it was great but me.

Best live Vocal performance I saw was George Michael in 1988, Japan ( yes, even better than Perry). Say what you want, the dude could flat out bring it when performing live.

This is not a stab at George Michael i have yet to find an incredible vocal performance from him. Im not saying that there aren't any its just I don't know what are good songs of his that are incredible, are there any good clips on youtube?

I missed this tour before and would love to go, but both artists are waaaaaaaay past their primes and I won't pay more than 75 bucks to see them now

4everkop wrote:This is not a stab at George Michael i have yet to find an incredible vocal performance from him. Im not saying that there aren't any its just I don't know what are good songs of his that are incredible, are there any good clips on youtube?

Neither of these songs are his but the vocals are very good, it's hard to find live appearances of his for some reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfd7a1hEJf0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c7x2JD_j-0

Huh? You mean Elton John and Billy Joel are two separate artists? I always considered Billy Joel an Elton John clone. They both sound the same and play the piano in the same style.

yawn. can they get any LESS CREATIVE than that tour again.

lights1961 wrote:yawn. can they get any LESS CREATIVE than that tour again.

just the EJ part was uninspired. BJ was on fire and stole the show.

Gunbot wrote:

4everkop wrote:This is not a stab at George Michael i have yet to find an incredible vocal performance from him. Im not saying that there aren't any its just I don't know what are good songs of his that are incredible, are there any good clips on youtube?

Neither of these songs are his but the vocals are very good, it's hard to find live appearances of his for some reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfd7a1hEJf0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c7x2JD_j-0

This one is great too. I love George Michael!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT28Leox ... re=related

Mmmm.
I like Elton John a ton especially from The One on back, but I own a grand total of one (1) Billy Joel record (GH VIII) and haven't spun it in at LEAST 4 years.

Red13JoePa wrote:Mmmm.
I like Elton John a ton especially from The One on back, but I own a grand total of one (1) Billy Joel record (GH VIII) and haven't spun it in at LEAST 4 years.

With ya on that. Saw Elton John a couple years ago and it was a great show! He may not go for as many highs as he used to, but he puts on a great show and can still bring it vocally on most of those great oldies. Crocodile Rock had the whole place up dancin'! Never really had the desire to see Billy Joel.

Even if they are past their primes vocally, I still wanna see this. I really like both of them. Hope EJ is playing Funeral for a Friend this tour

Voyager wrote:Huh? You mean Elton John and Billy Joel are two separate artists?

I always thought Elton John was FAR more talented than Billy Joel. I consider Elton John to be a musical legend and don't put Joel on the same level. I also think Elton has more timeless music. Too much of Joel's stuff is cheesy 80's pop music. "Uptown Girl" is one of the absolute gayest songs I've ever heard in my life! It's worse than "Open Arms", and that's really saying something!


John from Boston

Ehwmatt wrote:Even if they are past their primes vocally, I still wanna see this. I really like both of them. Hope EJ is playing Funeral for a Friend this tour

Actually I think they are playing a lot of funerals on this tour.....

Ehwmatt wrote:Even if they are past their primes vocally, I still wanna see this. I really like both of them. Hope EJ is playing Funeral for a Friend this tour

Dude.
What a tune.

Check the live version on Here And There from Madison Sq Garden from Thanksgiving night '75.

Red13JoePa wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Even if they are past their primes vocally, I still wanna see this. I really like both of them. Hope EJ is playing Funeral for a Friend this tour

Dude.
What a tune.

Check the live version on Here And There from Madison Sq Garden from Thanksgiving night '75.

Great version... I remember the first time I heard that song. Some parts of the instrumental literally gave me chills. It's one of the best instrumentals I can think of that's just flat-out musical without going balls-to-the-wall with technical playing.

Enigma869 wrote:

Voyager wrote:Huh? You mean Elton John and Billy Joel are two separate artists?

I always thought Elton John was FAR more talented than Billy Joel. I consider Elton John to be a musical legend and don't put Joel on the same level. I also think Elton has more timeless music. Too much of Joel's stuff is cheesy 80's pop music. "Uptown Girl" is one of the absolute gayest songs I've ever heard in my life! It's worse than "Open Arms", and that's really saying something!


John from Boston

Agreed. I love a lot of Elton John's music, but I never could stand Billy Joel. There is not one song of his that I ever liked. He sounds like an Elton John wanne-be.

Ehwmatt wrote:

Red13JoePa wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Even if they are past their primes vocally, I still wanna see this. I really like both of them. Hope EJ is playing Funeral for a Friend this tour

Dude.
What a tune.

Check the live version on Here And There from Madison Sq Garden from Thanksgiving night '75.

Some parts of the instrumental literally gave me chills.

Yea, the church bells with the wind sound right at the beginning.
Crowd dead silent, at the risk of sounding gay, you really kinda feel like you're in a snow-covered English graveyard on a hill.

Red13JoePa wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

Red13JoePa wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Even if they are past their primes vocally, I still wanna see this. I really like both of them. Hope EJ is playing Funeral for a Friend this tour

Dude.
What a tune.

Check the live version on Here And There from Madison Sq Garden from Thanksgiving night '75.

Some parts of the instrumental literally gave me chills.

Yea, the church bells with the wind sound right at the beginning.
Crowd dead silent, at the risk of sounding gay, you really kinda feel like you're in a snow-covered English graveyard on a hill.

That's the one EJ opened his show with here a couple of years ago.......Beautiful!

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/J/Joh ... 24434.html

Voyager wrote:

Enigma869 wrote:

Voyager wrote:Huh? You mean Elton John and Billy Joel are two separate artists?

I always thought Elton John was FAR more talented than Billy Joel. I consider Elton John to be a musical legend and don't put Joel on the same level. I also think Elton has more timeless music. Too much of Joel's stuff is cheesy 80's pop music. "Uptown Girl" is one of the absolute gayest songs I've ever heard in my life! It's worse than "Open Arms", and that's really saying something!


John from Boston

Agreed. I love a lot of Elton John's music, but I never could stand Billy Joel. There is not one song of his that I ever liked. He sounds like an Elton John wanne-be.

I think their styles are not the same at all.B J wrote a song for his daughter called Lullabye it was a beutifully written, well thought out song.plus he used to plug Christy Brinkley, that says something there

stevew2 wrote:

Voyager wrote:

Enigma869 wrote:

Voyager wrote:Huh? You mean Elton John and Billy Joel are two separate artists?

I always thought Elton John was FAR more talented than Billy Joel. I consider Elton John to be a musical legend and don't put Joel on the same level. I also think Elton has more timeless music. Too much of Joel's stuff is cheesy 80's pop music. "Uptown Girl" is one of the absolute gayest songs I've ever heard in my life! It's worse than "Open Arms", and that's really saying something!


John from Boston

Agreed. I love a lot of Elton John's music, but I never could stand Billy Joel. There is not one song of his that I ever liked. He sounds like an Elton John wanne-be.

I think their styles are not the same at all.B J wrote a song for his daughter called Lullabye it was a beutifully written, well thought out song.plus he used to plug Christy Brinkley, that says something there

I agree, Steve. Other than that they both play what can loosely be called "piano-rock," I don't think there's much comparison overall. Songs like "I Go To Extremes," "Matter of Trust," "Allentown," and "We Didn't Start The Fire" really don't much resemble EJ at all, for instance.

Ehwmatt wrote:

stevew2 wrote:

Voyager wrote:

Enigma869 wrote:

Voyager wrote:Huh? You mean Elton John and Billy Joel are two separate artists?

I always thought Elton John was FAR more talented than Billy Joel. I consider Elton John to be a musical legend and don't put Joel on the same level. I also think Elton has more timeless music. Too much of Joel's stuff is cheesy 80's pop music. "Uptown Girl" is one of the absolute gayest songs I've ever heard in my life! It's worse than "Open Arms", and that's really saying something!


John from Boston

Agreed. I love a lot of Elton John's music, but I never could stand Billy Joel. There is not one song of his that I ever liked. He sounds like an Elton John wanne-be.

I think their styles are not the same at all.B J wrote a song for his daughter called Lullabye it was a beutifully written, well thought out song.plus he used to plug Christy Brinkley, that says something there

I agree, Steve. Other than that they both play what can loosely be called "piano-rock," I don't think there's much comparison overall. Songs like "I Go To Extremes," "Matter of Trust," "Allentown," and "We Didn't Start The Fire" really don't much resemble EJ at all, for instance.

plus sir elton,likes brown eye, while BJ slams the premium stuff, how different can you get?

stevew2 wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

stevew2 wrote:

Voyager wrote:

Enigma869 wrote:

Voyager wrote:Huh? You mean Elton John and Billy Joel are two separate artists?

I always thought Elton John was FAR more talented than Billy Joel. I consider Elton John to be a musical legend and don't put Joel on the same level. I also think Elton has more timeless music. Too much of Joel's stuff is cheesy 80's pop music. "Uptown Girl" is one of the absolute gayest songs I've ever heard in my life! It's worse than "Open Arms", and that's really saying something!


John from Boston

Agreed. I love a lot of Elton John's music, but I never could stand Billy Joel. There is not one song of his that I ever liked. He sounds like an Elton John wanne-be.

I think their styles are not the same at all.B J wrote a song for his daughter called Lullabye it was a beutifully written, well thought out song.plus he used to plug Christy Brinkley, that says something there

I agree, Steve. Other than that they both play what can loosely be called "piano-rock," I don't think there's much comparison overall. Songs like "I Go To Extremes," "Matter of Trust," "Allentown," and "We Didn't Start The Fire" really don't much resemble EJ at all, for instance.

plus sir elton,likes brown eye, while BJ slams the premium stuff, how different can you get?

I think that's the only reason he still tours with Joel. Joel hasn't given it up yet. As soon as he does, it's all over.