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Elton John Shows Chicago and Milwaukee

Postby froy » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:49 am

Well I have come down from a great weekend and want to post some thoughts on 2 great Elton John concerts

Here is the setlist right from the stage list

The Weight of The World
Porch Swing In Tupelo
Answer In The Sky
Turn The Lights Out When You Leave
My Elusive Drug
They Call Her The Cat
Freaks In Love
All That Im Allowed
Bennie And The Jets
Daniel
Take Me To The Pilot
I Guess Thats Why They Call It The Blues
Tiny Dancer
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (EJ Solo)
Funeral For a Friend / Love Lies
Philly Freedom
Sad Songs
Levon
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Im Still Standing
Bitch Is Back
Saturday
Your Song

It was great hearing the Peachtree Road songs for the very first time live.
All the songs from Peachtree Road were fantastic except My Elusive Drug.
It just did not do anything for me but the others were solid Elton/ Taupin songs.
If you do not have this cd and you are going to see Elton (which everyone should) do not buy it until after the show,
Its great to hear a new song for the first time live.
The highlite of these new songs were the chior of great singers he brought with him on tour.
They added a full harmony of sound that was fantastic.

The best part of these 2 days is that I caught a ticket release both times on the same day of the show,
Friday I picked up 2nd row dead center and Saturday first side section 4 rows up,
The sound quality of this show is top notch.
Elton's vocals are way up in the mix as is his piano.
That piano is crystal clear and you really can see how great of a piano player this guy is he really played hard both nights.

Of the 2 shows the second show Chicago was the better of the 2 and that is because of the greatest concert crowd in the US,
I have been to shows in many cities and the Chicago crowd is the best and Elton loved it and played much harder on Saturday,
Nothing against Milwaukee but the crowd was dead compared to Chicago,
There were people in the first row center sitting down during the times when they should have been rockin,
That did not stop me thats for sure,

Out of the Classics Funeral For A Friend and Don't Let The Sun Go Down On me Blew me away- total uplift .
The only disappointment Burn Down The Mission was not in the set,
That song needs to be added.
This is a must see show don't miss it. :) :D 8)
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Postby SuiteMadameBlue » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:58 am

According to the site, it is Monday (in Australia) LOL :wink:

I'm looking forward to your reviews :D
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Postby Adam » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:33 am

Call me crazy, but I think information about Elton John is inappropriate on a Styx board. I understand Froy may be passionate about Elton, but shall we ALL begin posting info about our personal faves HERE?

Shall I go into a long dissertation on Sly Stone or would it be better to save that for another board?
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Postby froy » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:38 am

Adam wrote:Call me crazy,


Ok your crazy
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Postby Zan » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:05 am

Adam wrote:Call me crazy, but I think information about Elton John is inappropriate on a Styx board. I understand Froy may be passionate about Elton, but shall we ALL begin posting info about our personal faves HERE?

Shall I go into a long dissertation on Sly Stone or would it be better to save that for another board?



I don't see anything wrong with it. The thread was labelled, and Elton isn't exactly offensive material to be covering, even if he is a whiny diva. ;-)
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Postby Adam » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:10 am

I've got my William Hung tickets. First row!!!
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Postby froy » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:36 am

Adam wrote:I've got my William Hung tickets. First row!!!


Thats perfect enjoy
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Postby yogi » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:41 am

Elton John wrecked my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Postby SuiteMadameBlue » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:49 am

Adam says:

Call me crazy

Froy says:

Ok your crazy

Adam, you walked into that one - ROTFL :lol:

Zan's right, Froy did title this thread. I was looking forward to the review. Thank you Froy, I'm glad you enjoyed the concerts!! I enjoy reading everyone's reviews of other bands too, well, except for the William Hung one - LOL

I ordered my tickets for Cheap Trick and we'll probably see the "hair bands" too. :)
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Postby bugsymalone » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:38 am

I've got my William Hung tickets. First row!!!


Gosh Adam, maybe you can get him to sign your CD! (Or does he have TWO CD's out??).

Be sure to score a T-shirt, too.

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Postby froy » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:38 am

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:Adam says:

Call me crazy

Froy says:

Ok your crazy

Adam, you walked into that one - ROTFL :lol:

Zan's right, Froy did title this thread. I was looking forward to the review. Thank you Froy, I'm glad you enjoyed the concerts!! I enjoy reading everyone's reviews of other bands too, well, except for the William Hung one - LOL

I ordered my tickets for Cheap Trick and we'll probably see the "hair bands" too. :)


Are you going to Paul in Milwaukee Suite ?
I can probably get you a 19 row center seat for face but just a single
If you are interested,
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Postby SuiteMadameBlue » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:40 am

Thanks, but I would need 2 tickets next to each other. I'm going to wait until the summer and see what happens. My husband isn't too crazy to go see him and one of my friends really, really, really wants to go. Maybe I can interview Sir Paul on my little local access cable show - LOL!!!!

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Postby classicstyxfan » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:59 am

I can see it now :shock:

ADAM: Mr Hung, could you please sign my t-shirt ???

WH Writes............To Adam, YOU BANG !!!! YOU BANG !!!!!!
-William Hung

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

And Suite,

I can imagine your interview with Sir Paul

SMB: um, Remember that time, um, when you were with the Beatles ????????? THAT REALLY SUCKED !!!!! :wink:
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Postby SuiteMadameBlue » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:05 am

Classic,

LOL :)

I think I'd just talk about his solo career and bypass the Beatles music and what he's up to today. Actually I could call one of my friends a few minutes before the taping and quick prep me about the Beatles :wink:
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Postby froy » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:10 am

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:Classic,

LOL :)

I think I'd just talk about his solo career and bypass the Beatles music and what he's up to today. Actually I could call one of my friends a few minutes before the taping and quick prep me about the Beatles :wink:


Um excuse me but Im your man for anything Beatles
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Postby classicstyxfan » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:53 pm

does anyone remember the Saturday night live skit where Chris Farley "interviews" Paul McCartney ? I was trying to play off of that with
Suites interview..........I'm not a big Farley fan overall ( even though he's from my hometown ) but that skit was a Classic !!!

that and his audition for chipanddales with Patrick Swayze were his 2 best skits.
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