I don’t know what or who the Honky Cat is, but I’ll ride with him anywhere. To that I say: “What have I gotta do to make you love me?” Of course, this ranking is subjective, though I know you will likely disagree with it. To pay tribute to a half-century since Sir Elton Hercules John’s greatest year in music, there’s no better time than now to look at his 25 greatest tunes and put them in order for everyone to debate about. Often more myth than legend, Elton has transcended categorization. In a six-decade career, Elton, along with his partner-in-crime and songwriter extraordinaire Bernie Taupin, has become one of the greatest rock stars the world has ever known-and that alone is worth celebrating.Īnd that seven album run of his- Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water, Honky Château, Don’t Shoot Me I’m Just the Piano Player, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Caribou and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy-in the mid-1970s remains rivaled only by Stevie Wonder and God, probably. The two LPs quickly became the best in his catalog at the time, and the latter endures-usually-as his greatest album. Truly, though, what brings me to this hotbed of opinions is that, 50 years ago, Elton put out both Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road within a few months of each other. But, for my own cyber safety, I’ve elected to make it the number-one song in my heart forever and always and leave it at that. In another world, it’s there, nestled right in-between some half-century-old classics. ![]() In the deepest part of my soul, I wanted so very badly to put Elton’s “Cold Heart” duet with Dua Lipa on this list. And, as a man with many cruxes-one being that I am always game to make people angry with me online over putting things in order-I knew I was up to the task to alienate myself from the coterie of Elton-Heads who are much older than I am and likely have much louder beliefs about his music. After nearly three full decades of his music cradling me in warmth, it is time I return the favor. His work has always been there, enveloping me like a silk robe with a butter voice. ![]() I have called myself an Elton John fan for as long as I can remember, and there’s a certain bliss to not knowing when, exactly, I found him. But, I noticed that no one here at Paste has ever dared to dabble in the stressful, discourse-provoking wonders of ranking Elton’s best songs. Almost! I have avoided considering what his best work is for a long, long time. Deducing what the greatest Elton John songs are is an almost impossible task.
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