POLL: Billy Joel or Elton John?

[AxlsFavoriteRose]

On 4/28/2017 at 5:51 AM, Zeppelin said:

Billy Joel, and it's not even close. His run of albums from The Stranger to An Innocent Man is spectacular. And even the albums before and after that run are pretty damn good. Plus, he knew when to stop. I don't mind some of Elton's later material. But really, no one is talking about The Diving Board or Wonderful Crazy Night, and no one is going to talk about them over his classic material because those albums just aren't even close to the same quality.

Still, I do love Elton. I've seen them both live, which is something I'll never forget. But Billy Joel is just leagues better in my books.

really? billy joel always reminds me of one of those cheesy lounge singers. 

[Silent Jay]

On 29/04/2017 at 10:09 AM, The Holographic Universe said:

Is this real or part of an act?

Billy Joel went to in Russia, in 1987, his film crew turned bright lights on the audience but Billy thought people in the audience wanted to be in the dark. He also yelled at people in the front rows during the show.

[coolio GNR]

Elton John, hands down. I like Billy Joel, but no competition for me.

[Zeppelin]

17 hours ago, AxlsFavoriteRose said:

really? billy joel always reminds me of one of those cheesy lounge singers. 

They both have their fair share of cheesy songs. But Joel has a lot of attitude in some of his songs, too. So, I can handle some of the cheese.

[dalsh327]

Billy Joel pays the record company not to reissue this one and his Hassles records. 

[dalsh327]

This one's my favorite EJ bootleg 

[bucketfoot]

Looks like Elton has it then, 3 to 1.

[DieselDaisy]

9 minutes ago, bucketfoot said:

Looks like Elton has it then, 3 to 1.

 

[bucketfoot]

7 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

 

 

[Silent Jay]

I guess now everyone is a fan of Billy Joel.

[bucketfoot]

10 hours ago, Silent Jay said:

I guess now everyone is a fan of Billy Joel.

Definitely gone up in my estimation..... still not a patch on Elton.

[Slasxl]

tough one , i will go with Billy Joel. There is just more songs i can crank up and get into

[Fourteenbeers]

I'm not fan of either one them, but Billy seems to have real passion for performing.

 

[YourMother'sDruthers]

Elton John hands down. Think of all the classic albums... tumbleweed connection, madman across the water, captain fantastic and the Brown dirt cowboy, goodbye yellow brick road, to name just a few... You can listen to most of these albums front to back without skipping any tracks. Musical genius, and arguably, best of all time. Amazing performer... John/Taupin < Lennon McCartney.

[DieselDaisy]

It is a bit like being asked whether one prefers testicular cancer of the left ball sack or the right.

 

[Dazey]

7 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

It is a bit like being asked whether one prefers testicular cancer of the left ball sack or the right.

 

You have two ball sacks?