Billy Joel vs. Elton John?

DannyRodeck · 04-05-2015, 06:13 PM

Billy Joel's Vienna is too magical to go for Elton John. Both are great though

gsrox · 04-07-2015, 08:01 PM

From the '80s on there hasn't been a decade in which Elton John didn't factor into my life on some profound level. I got caught up on his '70s classics later on. The man's a genius. Very few musicians of any stripe warrant that label. His catalog of hits puts essentially everyone else to shame.

ZRFTS · 05-07-2015, 03:03 AM

I was recently driven away from a forum because of my mention of Billy Joel and my opinion that he's a good artist because of Phil Ramone. Now I haven't listened to much of Elton John but I believe they both make good music...

Here's where I diverge, anything after "Turnstiles" sees a slow decline for Joel as he would go from Piano Rock with a loose story to pop-star megalomaniac who thinks he can play guitar... It's only after I left that forum and started to browse that I realized that well, the only Billy Joel albums I liked were the ones that were produced with Phil Ramone; I haven't listened to anything after "Turnstiles" but eventually I'll have to because I'm a completionist.

I'm already shuddering at post Turnstiles Billy Joel. He makes Elton John and his vast discography/continuing career look good.

Franco Pepe Kalle · 07-27-2016, 09:36 PM

Why we have a thing about Billy Joel vs Elton John as rivals. I think they are friends.

JGuy Grungeman · 07-28-2016, 11:22 AM

Elton.

Terrapin_Station · 07-28-2016, 12:31 PM

I'm a fan of both, but I prefer Elton overall.

Chula Vista · 07-28-2016, 02:32 PM

I miss Pet Sounds.

Zhanteimi · 07-29-2016, 12:37 AM

Donald Duck Elton > Billy Joel

~~Dude111~~ · 07-29-2016, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Elton John by a long shot.

Yes Elton John!!

Terrapin_Station · 08-11-2016, 06:47 AM

Joel has worked with some fine musicians, but something that Elton had that Joel didn't was Caleb Quaye, Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Kenny Passarelli, Nigel Olsson, Ray Cooper, Roger Pope, plus adjuncts like Jean-Luc Ponty, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Michael Brecker, Rick Wakeman, etc. I like all of those folks better than the musicians in Joel's bands.

View Poll Results: Bily Joel or Elton John?
Billy Joel	17	29.82%
Elton John	32	56.14%
Can't decide	8	14.04%
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07-28-2016, 11:22 AM	#45 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	Elton. __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

07-28-2016, 02:32 PM	#47 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	I miss Pet Sounds. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

07-29-2016, 12:37 AM	#48 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Donald Duck Elton > Billy Joel __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

04-05-2015, 06:13 PM	#41 (permalink)
DannyRodeck Groupie Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7	Billy Joel's Vienna is too magical to go for Elton John. Both are great though

04-07-2015, 08:01 PM	#42 (permalink)
gsrox Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 65	From the '80s on there hasn't been a decade in which Elton John didn't factor into my life on some profound level. I got caught up on his '70s classics later on. The man's a genius. Very few musicians of any stripe warrant that label. His catalog of hits puts essentially everyone else to shame.

05-07-2015, 03:03 AM	#43 (permalink)
ZRFTS Groupie Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 39	I was recently driven away from a forum because of my mention of Billy Joel and my opinion that he's a good artist because of Phil Ramone. Now I haven't listened to much of Elton John but I believe they both make good music... Here's where I diverge, anything after "Turnstiles" sees a slow decline for Joel as he would go from Piano Rock with a loose story to pop-star megalomaniac who thinks he can play guitar... It's only after I left that forum and started to browse that I realized that well, the only Billy Joel albums I liked were the ones that were produced with Phil Ramone; I haven't listened to anything after "Turnstiles" but eventually I'll have to because I'm a completionist. I'm already shuddering at post Turnstiles Billy Joel. He makes Elton John and his vast discography/continuing career look good.

07-28-2016, 12:31 PM	#46 (permalink)
Terrapin_Station Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: NYC Man Posts: 877	I'm a fan of both, but I prefer Elton overall.

08-11-2016, 06:47 AM	#50 (permalink)
Terrapin_Station Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: NYC Man Posts: 877	Joel has worked with some fine musicians, but something that Elton had that Joel didn't was Caleb Quaye, Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Kenny Passarelli, Nigel Olsson, Ray Cooper, Roger Pope, plus adjuncts like Jean-Luc Ponty, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Michael Brecker, Rick Wakeman, etc. I like all of those folks better than the musicians in Joel's bands.