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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 09:02 PM
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Ya know, early-70's Elton John was pretty fucking good
I have no idea why his music became so craptastic around the late-70's...
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 09:03 PM
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1. DIsco ruined the world
:hide:
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 09:15 PM
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2. Because Great Artists Only Have So Much In Them
A great artist only has so much great creativity within them.
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blockhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 09:27 PM
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3. I'm guessing
Bernie Taupin wrote all his good stuff.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 10:33 PM
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5. Ding, ding, ding.....
...we have a winner!
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 10:26 PM
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4. I'm guessing it had something to do with that awful rug
that made its appearance right around then.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 10:47 PM
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6. Border Song was way underappreciated
Man I love that song and his voice was probably at its peak.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 11:06 PM
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7. True.
I like most of his stuff from the Madman and Tumbleweed era. From 75 on or so, I have liked some of his songs, but not as much as from the early 70's. I was just an infant when his best stuff was out. Luckily, I discovered it as an adult. That music was pretty progressive.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 11:07 PM
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8. How many songs have you written and performed? It is NOT easy to do that well,
and sustain it over the course of 20 years.

Trust me one this.

Redstone
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 09:57 AM
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9. Ahhh but no one pays me for this
Ask me to set up a multi-node SAN that can stretch across continents and provides redundancy of data and I'll give you a Rocket Man moment, thank you very much/
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 10:05 AM
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11. i dont have to be a president to know George W Bush sucks at being one.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 10:20 AM
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12. true dat
fer reals . . .
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 10:35 AM
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14. amen sista!!
thanks for the lol :hug: :hi:

Happy New Year to you and Rockit :toast:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 11:11 AM
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15. happy new year to you!
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 10:01 AM
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10. sure was!
he lost me in the mid-80s... that "I'm Still Standing" crap.
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GenDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 10:32 AM
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13. I loved the album Madman Across the Water.
I also liked Yellow Brick Rd. After that -- not so much.
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