# What are your favorite Elton John deep cuts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868 "2015-09-04T00:23:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/21 "2015-09-04T14:20:33Z")
Well, for 12 year old me, “Funeral For a Friend” was almost an intro to art-rock. Oh, Elton himself wasn’t part of the art-rock scene, but for a kid who liked that song, Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson were a logical next step. (In an odd way, Billy Preston was ALSO an intro to art-rock. After all, he was the guy who put Moog synthesizers in the Top 40 with “Outta Space” and “Space Race.”) Other Elton songs I like that don’t get much radio airplay any more: “Ticking” “Country Comfort” (though I like Rod Stewart’s version a lot better) “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” “Elderberry Wine” “Harmony” “Grow Some Funk of Your Own” ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/22 "2015-09-04T19:14:45Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Tumbleweed Connection’s: > > **Where To Now St. Peter?** and **Love Song**. > > _Do you know what I mean? > Have your eyes really seen?_ “Love Song” is gorgeous, and it’s also interesting because it’s one of the few songs Elton has done that he did not co-write (it was written by Lesley Duncan). ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/23 "2015-09-04T19:16:14Z")
Oh Yeah! Anyone ever heard “Sick City”? I used to love that. It was B side only in the day. I guess it’s more known now by being a bonus track. Anyway that’s my fave. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/24 "2015-09-04T19:23:37Z")
Ticking was the first one I thought of. Grimsby is a cool tune also. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/25 "2015-09-04T21:45:35Z")
Wow. Just read the article. I never would have imagined! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/26 "2015-09-04T21:50:19Z")
“Solar Prestige” is stupidly entettaing and not well known. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/27 "2015-09-04T23:06:31Z")
**Sixty Years On**. Love the guitar. I don’t know if **The Border Song** qualifies as a deep cut. It was all over the radio in the early 70s, but you hardly ever hear it now. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/28 "2015-09-04T23:42:22Z")
I’ll endorse “Grey Seal”, “Take Me to the Pilot” and “Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding”. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/29 "2015-09-05T15:28:57Z")
Don’t know if they qualify as a “Deep Cut” but: [Chamelion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu9J9Lo0oc8) and [Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3nScN89Klo) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/30 "2015-09-05T15:54:17Z")
Ticking Grey Seal Burn down the mission Take me to the pilot Dixie Lily ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/31 "2015-09-05T17:40:04Z")
Elton does psych: Empty Sky. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/32 "2015-09-05T18:47:20Z")
High Flying Bird. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/33 "2015-09-05T19:28:58Z")
Amoreena is a good one, heard in Dog Day Afternoon ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/34 "2015-09-05T21:05:15Z")
Have to go with “Amoreena,” with second choice “Where to Now, St. Peter?”. Off to read the article. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/35 "2015-09-05T22:01:40Z")
“Hercules” is my favorite Elton deep cut. If I ever get a cat, I’m going to name him Hercules. Back in college in the seventies, we always included two “Elton John Doubles” on all our Party Tapes to get the crowd dancing. One was “Your Sister Can’t Twist But She Can Rock And Roll” followed immediately by “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” (just like they are on the album) and later in the night we’d include “Teacher I Need You” followed immediately by “Elderberry Wine” (just like they are on the album). Both pairs always got the crowd going crazy, as they are perfectly timed to amp up the funk. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/36 "2015-09-06T00:08:10Z")
Roy Rogers - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road But I’m the right age for it. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/37 "2015-09-06T02:10:47Z")
How would you classify [Friends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EG0b6zbmOc) from 1971? it was the title track to the movie but I haven’t heard it on a classic rock station in 30 years or more. It’s the song where I first fell in love with EJ’s music. I’m also fond of Take Me to the Pilot and Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/38 "2015-09-06T03:57:52Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Other Elton songs I like that don’t get much radio airplay any more: > > “Ticking” … > [@Gatopescado](#): > > Ticking was the first one I thought of… I’ll third “Ticking,” and add another vote to “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters.” My contribution: “Skyline Pigeon.” ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/39 "2015-09-06T04:20:50Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > ‘Indian Sunset’, ‘Goodbye’ and the title track from **Madman Across the Water**. > > Actually that entire album, really. This. ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868/40 "2015-09-06T04:37:28Z")
“All the Young Girls Love Alice.” From Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. “Mona Lisas and Madhatters.” “Where to Now St. Peter.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-elton-john-deep-cuts/729868.md?page=3)