Trading the cinematic aspirations of Tumbleweed Connection for a tentative stab at prog rock, Elton John and Bernie Taupin delivered another excellent collection of songs with Madman Across the Water. Like its two predecessors, Madman Across the Water is driven by the sweeping string arrangements of Paul Buckmaster, who gives the songs here a richly dark and haunting edge. And these are songs that benefit from grandiose treatments. With most songs clocking in around five minutes, the record feels like a major work, and in many ways it is. While it's not as adventurous as Tumbleweed Connection, the overall quality of the record is very high, particularly on character sketches "Levon" and "Razor Face," as well as the melodramatic "Tiny Dancer" and the paranoid title track. Madman Across the Water begins to fall apart toward the end, but the record remains an ambitious and rewarding work, and John never attained its darkly introspective atmosphere again.
most of my life, even when i was a kid, my dad would talk about the sixties, i always used to wish i could have been born earlier!.... ah i feel lke i missed the greatest years america ever saw in terms of freedom and music... instead i find myself clining to movies like Almost Famous, Woodstock footage and my ever favorate style of music, Classic rock...an for the record i think Tiny Dancer is...
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ok gonna take it down a notchi gots pretty tore up last night :)so we are going easy on my swoled up head this ami am seeing lotso new and beautiful faces in the sphere this moringmog is a beautiful thing........peace&love peeps
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I have no idea who took this picture, But it gives me wood. LOL
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Here is my all time favorite!! With "ours goes to 11" from 'This Is Spinal Tap' a close 2nd!!Yours?
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ok gonna take it down a notchi gots pretty tore up last night :)so we are going easy on my swoled up head this ami am seeing lotso new and beautiful faces in the sphere this moringmog is a beautiful thing........peace&love peeps
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I'd swear that this is Ben Folds in glasses and a wig. The likeness is eerie. It's more convincing with the sound off, but why would you turn the sound off on such an excellent performance?
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most of my life, even when i was a kid, my dad would talk about the sixties, i always used to wish i could have been born earlier!.... ah i feel lke i missed the greatest years america ever saw in terms of freedom and music... instead i find myself clining to movies like Almost Famous, Woodstock footage and my ever favorate style of music, Classic rock...an for the record i think Tiny Dancer is...
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So yesterday my good friend Erin awoke me via text message yesterday with this:"Oh Roofie, Elton John always reminds me of you. In a totally non-gay way."To which I respond:"Huh? It's the duck costume, isn't it?"She later explains "Tiny Dancer" came on the radio and she just started laughing, thinking of all the times we've forced people into the Almost Famous situation of singing along with th...
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I've been thinking a lot about music and film, lately, a recurring topic in Cranium City, but haven't had the time or the words to get it down in digital. In the meantime, this is one of the scenes I've been thinking about, both because it relates to the topic and because it's comforting. Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" is one of the most perfect movies ever made.
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Tiny Dancer |
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| 2 Levon |
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| 3 Razor Face |
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| 4 Madman Across the Water |
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| 5 Indian Sunset |
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| 6 Holiday Inn |
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| 7 Rotten Peaches |
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| 8 All the Nasties |
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| 9 Goodbye |
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