Elton John - Crocodile Rock (50-Year Anniversary of hitting Number One)

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[SamAdams76]

[Jim W N]

I don't think so.

[dfwgator]

Elton John’s backing band was probably the best band going at the time.

[ClearCase_guy]

Elton John is not in this picture.

[dfwgator]

If it weren’t for Bernie Taupin, Reginald would still be playing Happy Hours at the Ramada Inn.

[Jim W N]

Hard for me to get past this guy’s goofyness to see the backup band...

[dfwgator]

Davey Johnstone – Guitar
Dee Murray – Bass
Nigel Olsson – Drums

[Jeff Chandler]

A friend of mine rocks an Elton John tribute band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om61IhIi5JM

[Michael.SF.]

Stupid song. His stuff after Goodbye Yellow Brick road was a big drop off from his early stuff.

[dfwgator]

Agree, “Madman Across The Water” was his peak IMHO.

[Puppage]

They’ve been together from the beginning.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

He was part of the vanguard for normalizing homos. Nothing against him personally. Lifestyle is amoral.

[thegagline]

I’m sure Elton John is a wonderful person. However, I don’t like any of his songs. Same goes for Foreigner. Dreck.

[ansel12]

It is hard to believe he became so flamboyant, as a kid he dressed conservatively and normally.

[SamAdams76]

Foreigner never made the R&R Hall of Fame. However, many less worthy artists did.

I did like "Waiting For A Girl Like You" - nice power ballad by them. Unknown by many, Thomas Dolby played keyboards on that one. Before he became famous for "Blinded Me With Science."

[GSWarrior]

In high school band we were bugging the band teacher (my Dad, actually) to bring in some modern stuff to play. So he purchased “Crocodile Rock” and “I’ll Be There”. We were really bad and Crocodile Rock doesn’t have an easy melody to latch on to. It was cringe.

At least I’ll Be There was recognizable when we attempted it.

[Laslo Fripp]

I did not know that Elvis Presley changed his birth name!

[Clutch Martin]

Whenever an Elton song comes on the radio, I change the station.

[SamAdams76]

Nope. Elvis Presley was actually named Elvis as birth.

Elvis Aaron Presley.

His parents Vernon and Gladys decided enough with the lame names. We are going to name our child Elvis.

[Magic Fingers]

“If it weren’t for Bernie Taupin, Reginald would still be playing Happy Hours at the Ramada Inn.”

No doubt - and if it weren’t for Elton John, Bernie would still be writing poems for himself.