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I am fairly familer with Elton Johns body of work. Mostly via Classic Rock radio stations though.

Kinda like my Cream exposure!

I had his Greatest Hits Album (CD for those of you in OLDAGEVILLE) but I gave it to a girl in my younger years (she was a fan and it had Candle In The Wind, her fav song)

"Mostly via Classic Rock radio stations though."

They play some stuff, but as with so much else they don't play the best.

I've gone nuts trying to find "Diana & Hercules" or maybe the title is "A cat named Hercules" from (I think) Honky Chateau, it was kind of trumped by the slightly similar "Mona Lisa & Mad Hatters" which is also a great song, maybe even a better one, but you know, one is not the other. I never could find it on the DLs.

I'll tell you a nice story about Elton singing the revised "Candle in the Wind" at Princess Diana's funeral. Think what you like of the whole affair, but I did hear him asked about it later on MTV (or just TV, don't remember) and the interviewer said "so you re-worked the song" and Elton was quick to correct him "Actually Bernie (Taupin) did". For a lyrics loving music fan like me I thought that was a very cool thing to say, since it flew over the head of the interviewer without further question or comment. But he gave credit when due, and it was nice to know Taupin still has a hand in things.