Re: Elton John vs. The Moody Blues

On Apr 17, 5:52=EF=BF=BDam, JohnB <johnbo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 17 Apr, 09:50, "KajaGooGoo" <Kajagoogo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Back in the 1970s, there was a time that Elton John was putting out
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> > very complex music which featured a lot of organs and orchestral
> > arrangements. Around the same time and a bit earlier, The Moody Blues
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re
> > in full blast with their greatest hits coming out between the end of
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> > 1960s and the early 1970s.
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> > How did you compare The Moody Blues anthems to Elton John's greatest
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lads
> > and anthems? Did you ever think that these were some of the greatest
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> > in rock history? Do they still move you? Was there an element of
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> > rock to the late 1960s/early 1970s era of Elton John?
>
> Elton John is an artist that some love to mock thesse days but I think
> in the fullness of time, his music will be recognised as amongst the
> finest crafted pop there has been. =EF=BF=BDElton's melodies and his
> showman****p added to Bernie Taupin's at times brilliant lyric writing
> produced a string of great hit singles and some highly regarded
> albums. =EF=BF=BDHowever, how much of his output is genuine "ROCK" and
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> much is simply high-quality "POP" is up for debate. =EF=BF=BDNot that I
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> Sir Elton will be bothered.
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> The Moodies I believe were a creative band who played around with
> orchestral elements or textures (the mellotron) and crafted some great
> melodies but lacked the lyrical depth of Bernie's work. =EF=BF=BDThat's
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t to
> say that they were lyrically poor but just that that wasn't their
> forte.
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> One connection: they've both given their talents to movies.

Elton is a moody blow, I've heard.