I had this album when it came out,where is it now? This in my opinion is Elton's and Bernie's best work ever! Probably second to this album would be Rock of the Westies! Third,Goodbye Yellow Brick Road! Candle In The Wind-Sweet Diana.Rest in Peace my Princess.
I'd wish there were albums like this nowadays, but unfortunately we are now stuck with half-educated morons "singing" about their cars, guns and bitches. Anyway...
@myscreechy I talked to him yesterday...He said he was going to visit you first...top of some list...something like that...He and Judas are going to go visit a few folks and straighten them out on some history...or so He said. oh, btw...He also said He never answered to that name in his life...and also,he said he'd appreciate it if you referred to him as 'Yeshua' or Mr. benDavid, or, 'Dude Supreme' ...as he assumes all calls to Jesus are for one of the few million souls that had been Latins ...
I was 15 when this album came out...it remains one of my favorites, musically and lyrically both. Classic Elton John and boy, does it make me long for the days when music was this beautifully crafted.
this was my first 8 track and I was drawn to it because of the song someone saved my life tonight, but quickly realized that the entire production was a masterpiece !
I love this sound. Love the way the mix the acoustic guitar, the mandolin and the electric guitars and I love Elton's voice. I just wish he hadn't felt the need to mess up an otherwise classic by mocking Jesus' return. ". . .And all this talk of Jesus. coming back to see us. mmm, mmmm you couldn't fool us."
There is something called the "normalcy bias" which says that if something has never happened that it won't EVER happen." I'm afraid Elton fell into that trap concerning Jesus' return.
Totally agree. that line bothered me when the album first came out.I gave him a pass though, as Bernie mentioned Lord and God so many times in other songs ie Daniel.
@mreaganismyhero re. mocking JC's return > the line "... couldn't fool us" > it sounds like he's looking back at his own naive, ego ridden youth. I wouldn't sweat it. Artists, really great ones, know their creative juice is a gift.
Goosebumps! This is his greatest album and you never hear any of these songs on the radio. You never see him perform this song in his concerts. And people don't ask for it either. Strange fucking world.
@TheAmelia75 : 1975 was the year Captain Fantastic came out. This album (and the follow up, Rock Of The Westies) both debuted on the Billboard Album Charts at #1. Something unheard of at the time. 1974/1975 belonged to Elton John.
Geez..I just discovered this song today. This is one of his more abstract ones, for me anyway, and I read the lyrics and cried. They are strange yet make so much sense. Elton John was/is a great writer/performer.
Was 14 when this came out. Totally wore it out. Spent many an hr. with my headphones on listening to this album, and learning every word to every song.
Great album, completely forgot about this one. I was 12 when this came out and I played it until I wore out the grooves (remember vinyl?). I might be somewhat of a metal head now, but this still sounds great and I will be getting this cd again.
Elton has earned his title of "Sir" through his fantastic creations of music that the WORLD has been able to relate to...An ICON...Thank You "Sir John".
You won't find this on the greatest hits CDs. Elton fans know where to find the true gems, and this is one of them. From the end of the world to your town.
Such a nostalgic song for me. My Dad's funeral's next week and we're playing this for him, was one of his favourite songs. Well, that is, right after we play Summer Holiday by Cliff Richards 'cos he thought that'd be hilarious. RIP Dad, and long live Elton John!
Great, great song, almost prog like in its changes of direction and the way it builds to two or three climaxes. The band are absolutely smoking on this too.
This is a fantastic song. Overlooked and underrated song from the great Sir Elton John. A magnificent title tune from a magnificent album. Superior quality. Sounds fantastic on a record, still good elsewhere, but really meant to be heard on a turntable. It's much more powerful that way, for any song. This is music.
wow. reminds me of this February. i had to write a five page paper on anyone i wanted. i chose elton john. people made fun of me for choosing someone gay. i didnt care cuz i knew what an extraordinary guy he is. the looks on their faces when i showed them all the albums he has was priceless. they now know what a true musician and good person is. thank you ej for giving us this example.(:
I bought this album in 1975 when i was 10 years old,but philadelphia freedom was the first song that got me hooked to elton,since then i have followed his whole career bought every album all the way up to The Union with leon russell and have been playing piano and writing my own songs since i was 13 years old and i'm now 46 years old and i still think about Elton and Bernie everyday of my life being simply blown away at what they have created together for over 40 years.
This is Elton at his very best vocally, and Bernie at their very best lyrically. If I was stranded on an island and could only listen to one album for the rest of my life, this would be it. A close second would be GYBR, but the autobiographical lyrics of Capt. Fantastic are second to none. My favorite song and my favorite album of all time. Marty Mitchell b. 1963.
This whole albumwas, basically, an autoboigraphy...Someone saved my life tonight was about John Baldry talking to him out of suicide...fantastic album..fantastic musician..
i came up with a theory that involves the book of genesis (fig leaves) buddha (sitting under the bodhi fig tree) jesus (many sayings about figs) ross horne's book (new health revolution) and science (figs are the most important source of food for fruit eating rainforest animals). i then experimented on the figs by eating mainly dried figs (same brand) for 6 years now and found cycles which i related to the numbers in psgs 11/12 of the book of revelations. this theory has gone around the world.
GOD DANG...I forgot how WONDERFUL this song was!!!!! Love EJ since I was 15...am 51 now...THANKS FOR ALL THE FANTASTIC MUSIC EJ!!! wish I could meet you and have lunch. It would be the thrill of my life!!
@chrisseals1 Then you remember how significant this album cover was for the intrinsic arts' me too' 51 and growing strong' its was the best of times with the world all there for its conquering'
@DrFruedienslip ... Yes, the cover art is awesome. I sure do miss the album covers. I miss going to the music store and looking at the albums. (later ..the CD's and getting a chance to listen to some of them. Buying music has really lost a lot of fun experiences.
@chrisseals1 Nowadays its Cd's but vynl was so much more real because the age of electronics has taken something away from us' do you still have a record player' I have one an the quality is so much finer'
remember being disappointed when this album came out....but after a couple of plays, specially this song, it fast became one of my favorites....all his songs give me the chills!!!
I purchased this albulm for myself, I wrapped it, and put it under the Christmas tree when I was 10 years old. I played it hundreds of times. It is so great to hear it again. What memories it brings back. Thank you Elton.
"Fantastic" song and album. His talent in writing, playing and singing is amazing. Unfortunately, he is in for a surprise on the day Jesus does return.
" . . . and all this talk of Jesus coming back to see us. mmmm, hm. You couldn't fool us. . . . "
The absolute best Elton John lp! A true concept album...unbelievable melodies hovering over incredible lyrics. No one makes records like this anymore.
This came out when I was about 7 years old, and I remember the album being on display in WH Smiths (in my hometown of Brighton). I remember the cover freaking me out; if you look at it closely, you can see how the artwork would freak out a young kid (it's pretty weird!!!!)
Being a guitar player it is really nice to here an EJ song that is constructed around strings rather than keys. His voice is great and this song reminds me of my childhood, my brothers were older and turned me on to him when I was young. I hope he does know that Jesus' return will not fool us. He has gone to prepare a place for those that accept him, and he will return to claim us. Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that he is Lord.
@ivegotamagicstix The song draws on childhood memories of things like playing cowboy and eating chocolate (cookies), as they say it in England. Sorry, I'm a know-it-all!
This was the 4th and best of Eltons run of great albums and it is an absolute masterpiece, including this brilliant opening song. The whole album simply oozes craftmanship and class. What an inspiration.
@Sbrownlee I know it was nt his 4th album. i meant it was the 4th of his 4 greatest albums which all ran consecutively. Also, I m not belittling his superb earlier works like Tumbleweed and Elton John/ Honky Chat etc. Its just my own opinion that "dont shoot me "to Capt F " was Elton at his very peak. Thanks anyway..would have hated to not know about the former albums. 'Come down in time' is one of my absolute all time faves.
This is the very fist album I ever bought when I was 12 years old. Saw this album on the rack at the store. Fell in love with the cover had to have it............. What a amazing album this was. The best $4.95 I ever spent........I am 45 now and still listen to it. This album was the soundtrack to my life back then.........
When this album came out I was 6 years old and living in Brighton, UK; I remember the album being in shop windows, and thinking that the cover was quite creepy and scary ( you have to look at the cover close to see how it might freak out a young kid!). My favourite Elton track, though.....
this is a great song, but could someone please explain to me what the fuck the lyrics mean? i know its supposed to be about their careers and there might be some gay overtones, but what i dont get is how sweet chocolate biscuits have anything to do with anything.
@pleeppleep Some times art doesn't need any explanation. It just is. BTW I don't know. All I know is the words just fit. Good question though. I wish I did know.
@pleeppleep one thing to remember is that, in England, biscuits mean cookies. In that verse he's (Bernie Taupin) talking about sitting in his mom's house, eating cookies and apples, asking her if he has what it takes to be in the music biz. The whole album is written about the time after they got together but before they were successful, back when they were only writing songs for other people to record, Elton John being Captain Fantastic and Taupin being the Brown Dirt Cowboy.
Aside from loving this album, I can remember spending many hours studying the cover art. Elton has never duplicated the greatness of his '70's albums, but that's OK...this is enough greatness for any artist.
It's one of my top favorites. Just a total work of art, from vinyl to cover. It also had an awesome full color lyric book included. Many people don't know that it was the first album ever to enter the charts at Number 1.
Those interested in learning more about amazing Bernie "The one who writes the words" Taupin should check out his website, or his Americana (cowboy roots) music show on Sirius.
It's one of my top favorites. Just a total work of art, from vinyl to cover. It also had an awesome full color lyric book included. Many people don't know that it was the first album ever to enter the charts at Number 1.
Those interested in learning more about amazing Bernie "The one who writes the words" Taupin should check out his website, or his Americana (cowboy roots) music show on Sirius.
In the day I was as rabid an EJ fan as you would EVER find. If it had his (or Bernie's) name, face, or voice on it, I owned it. Trust me - there was never any mystery "subtext" about this autobio. album. Everyone knew Bernie was the Brown Dirt Cowboy - the quiet country boy always in denim shirts and cowboy boots - and EJ was Captain Fantastic, the glammy, mercurial rock star. BTW, Bernie wrote Tiny Dancer for Maxine, whose photo appears inside of GYBR, and who then became his wife.
It's amazing how good this album was, and how much pretty much everything later sucked ass. I loved everything Elton did up to and to include this album, and hate almost everything after....
I think this song along with Someone Saved My Life and Curtains are some of Eltons greatest songs. At the same time, this is not one of my favorite of his albums. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is my favorite because from beginning to end it is high quality. Captain Fantastic has some fantastic songs but also some so so songs.
@Jupitersgoose i didn't know that. i always thought 'brown dirt cowboy' refered to bernie taupin (who i believe is str8) and 'captain fantastic' refered to elton
@pudljumper Good point. I'm not sure if the euphemism existed before the album or became a euphemism after the album was released. Anyways, I'm not homophobic and its a bloody good album. There are other references in the album but they are veiled and subjective, eg. I like the warm blue flame, the hazy heat it brings, loosens up the muscles and forces you to sing. Again it's meant to allude to poppers ( a stimulant that relaxes the anal sphincter). It could mean something else.
@Jupitersgoose lol. i was thinking exactly that! my GUESS is that because elton came out the year after this album was released, some people (thinking they were funny) started using 'brown dirt cowboy' as a euphemism for homosexual. and i guess it stuck (elton was very popular in the first half of the 70s). anyways, in regards to poppers or any other gay references, my understanding is that the album is the autobiographical story of elton and bernie's CAREER from the point that they met .....
@Jupitersgoose ....(cont) up until they released their first album (empty sky). and keep in mind the lyrics were written by bernie, so i'm not sure why he would feel the need to include veiled homosexual references. i guess lyrics r subjective and u can read what u want into it. personally, i don't care either way. like u said, it's an amazing album!
Bernie Taupin wrote these lyrics. He is straight, and he is the Brown Dirt Cowboy, because he was always the simple country-living guy who eschewed the fame spotlight and loved the romance of the American West (hello, Tumbleweed Connection & Honky Cat). Elton is Captain Fantastic. And there is no "flame" involved ininhaling poppers. It's most likely a reference to smoking something, like hash or opium.
@SabbeleuDesigns Poppers can be inhaled directly or they can be used on an aromatherapy oil burner to release slowly into the air over a long period of time. It works well in a confined space such as a bedroom. That would be the warm blue flame reference. Not that it really matters in the end, its a good album.
It's one of my top favorites. Just a total work of art, from vinyl to cover. It also had an awesome full color lyric book included. Many people don't know that it was the first album ever to enter the charts at Number 1.
Those interested in learning more aboutamazing Bernie "The one who writes the words" Taupin should check out his website, or his Americana (cowboy roots) music show on Sirius.
It's one of my top favorites. Just a total work of art, from vinyl to cover. It also had an awesome full color lyric book included. Many people don't know that it was the first album ever to enter the charts at Number 1.
Those interested in learning more aboutamazing Bernie "The one who writes the words" Taupin should check out his website, or his Americana (cowboy roots) music show on Sirius.
It's one of my top favorites. Just a total work of art, from vinyl to cover. It also had an awesome full color lyric book included. Many people don't know that it was the first album ever to enter the charts at Number 1.
Those interested in learning more about amazing Bernie "The one who writes the words" Taupin should check out his website, or his Americana (cowboy roots) music show on Sirius.
my first record I ever bought,I was 11
excelerater 3 days ago
I had this album when it came out,where is it now? This in my opinion is Elton's and Bernie's best work ever! Probably second to this album would be Rock of the Westies! Third,Goodbye Yellow Brick Road! Candle In The Wind-Sweet Diana.Rest in Peace my Princess.
thecoolestdad 4 days ago in playlist Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
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tahoevic 5 days ago
Elton at his very best!
mmcki55632 6 days ago
Que saudades!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tempo bom!!!!!!!!
telminhalr 6 days ago
Nice :)
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OttoLund 1 week ago
Slow build and at 2:31 guitar chords hit...Elton John Magic...NICE!!!
wcc128 1 week ago
I always saw this song as the story of Elton and Bernie Taupin. Elton is Captain Fantastic and Bernie is the Brown Dirt Cowboy.
shi62loh 1 week ago
Great Album!
I'd wish there were albums like this nowadays, but unfortunately we are now stuck with half-educated morons "singing" about their cars, guns and bitches. Anyway...
Long live Elton and Bernie!
jbs197906 2 weeks ago in playlist Captain Fantastic Album
So, So PROUD Of All the People Who Love This Like I Do :) You All Give Me Hope.....
There Still May Be Enough Of Us To Know What GREATNESS Is....Thank You All :)
I Was Dancing In My Room in '75 With This One Too...Singing Really Loud...lol....
Love this Album Cover, Still Have It In the Milk Crate, that Heavy Thing....rotfl....
::EJ4Eva::
best11228 3 weeks ago 2
me it take me back I ALSO BOUGHT THIS ALBUM IN 1975 STILL GOT IT STORED IN A GOOD PLACE.
connie7549 3 weeks ago
"Hand in hand, went music and the rhyme..."
Thank God it did work out that way. I thank God for people like you and Bernie.
davidhwalton 1 month ago
@davidhwalton Indeed. If this were the only song they ever wrote it would be incredible enough.
sj49770 3 weeks ago
Greatest song Elton ever recorded, in my opinion. I never tire of this song or album.
davidhwalton 1 month ago
Jesus is coming back, but when only he knows....and he will be pissed at alot of people.
myscreechy 1 month ago
@myscreechy I talked to him yesterday...He said he was going to visit you first...top of some list...something like that...He and Judas are going to go visit a few folks and straighten them out on some history...or so He said. oh, btw...He also said He never answered to that name in his life...and also,he said he'd appreciate it if you referred to him as 'Yeshua' or Mr. benDavid, or, 'Dude Supreme' ...as he assumes all calls to Jesus are for one of the few million souls that had been Latins ...
nakidsoul 2 weeks ago
I was 15 when this album came out...it remains one of my favorites, musically and lyrically both. Classic Elton John and boy, does it make me long for the days when music was this beautifully crafted.
gairid 1 month ago 5
this used to be my fave elton album. so many great tunes and song writings tells of experimentation with he and bernie. read between the linesl.
murraymae 1 month ago
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Sorry, I meant the song We All Fall In Love Sometimes.
murraymae 1 month ago
i played this song in houston,tx for years in the 70'z relearnin this ld stuff and make a comeback
onemanband75to82 1 month ago
this was my first 8 track and I was drawn to it because of the song someone saved my life tonight, but quickly realized that the entire production was a masterpiece !
webb972 1 month ago
Elton John & The Brown Dirt Cowboy - From the Edge of the World to your town! Complements of YouTube!
BaddBrad61 1 month ago
I love this sound. Love the way the mix the acoustic guitar, the mandolin and the electric guitars and I love Elton's voice. I just wish he hadn't felt the need to mess up an otherwise classic by mocking Jesus' return. ". . .And all this talk of Jesus. coming back to see us. mmm, mmmm you couldn't fool us."
There is something called the "normalcy bias" which says that if something has never happened that it won't EVER happen." I'm afraid Elton fell into that trap concerning Jesus' return.
mreaganismyhero 1 month ago
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Totally agree. that line bothered me when the album first came out.I gave him a pass though, as Bernie mentioned Lord and God so many times in other songs ie Daniel.
murraymae 1 month ago
@mreaganismyhero re. mocking JC's return > the line "... couldn't fool us" > it sounds like he's looking back at his own naive, ego ridden youth. I wouldn't sweat it. Artists, really great ones, know their creative juice is a gift.
ammusi 1 month ago
Wow, really amazing.
OrisLover 1 month ago
Goosebumps! This is his greatest album and you never hear any of these songs on the radio. You never see him perform this song in his concerts. And people don't ask for it either. Strange fucking world.
jemimakahn 1 month ago
lol, brown dirt cowboy....uhmm yeah..he can make it all beautiful
fuzzypige222 2 months ago
i cant believe, but some peoples after listening this divine song, keep calling the justin bieber work "music" .
BudokanHacks 2 months ago
This brings back so many wonderful memories.
kclay61 2 months ago
I'm with everyone on this. Elton John is one of my favorite Artits.......he can sing I shit all day and I'd love it ! lmao. A true Legend
MegaRobin143 2 months ago
I've always LOVED this song. What a masterpiece. Sad you never hear this one on the radio anymore.
ladybluluv 2 months ago
@ladybluluv So true. Maybe we should start requesting it
kclay61 2 months ago
Just heard this for the first time on Dave 92.9 Atl. What year was this? Love it!
TheAmelia75 2 months ago
@TheAmelia75 : 1975 was the year Captain Fantastic came out. This album (and the follow up, Rock Of The Westies) both debuted on the Billboard Album Charts at #1. Something unheard of at the time. 1974/1975 belonged to Elton John.
wabbitstu 1 month ago
Who else thinks Captain Fantastic should join The Justice League??
beatleman98 2 months ago 13
@beatleman98 You people suc, was the most inspiring work he ever did!
monkeyblar2 2 weeks ago
@beatleman98 I think he should join the ambiguously gay duo =]
GhostsInMyAttic 1 week ago
Geez..I just discovered this song today. This is one of his more abstract ones, for me anyway, and I read the lyrics and cried. They are strange yet make so much sense. Elton John was/is a great writer/performer.
rrbrown813 3 months ago
Was 14 when this came out. Totally wore it out. Spent many an hr. with my headphones on listening to this album, and learning every word to every song.
Groovemaster911 3 months ago
I remember reading somewhere that the album cover was Bernie's idea.
bettyfelon1 3 months ago
@bettyfelon1 yeah Bernie rocks
EltonJohnRocketMan 3 months ago
after hearing every song of elton john i feel happy. his music is the bestttt!!!!!!
naimittta 3 months ago 2
My favourite Elton John album - the soul of my adolescence!
laurataten 3 months ago 3
@laurataten XO same here
monkeyblar2 2 weeks ago
Great album, completely forgot about this one. I was 12 when this came out and I played it until I wore out the grooves (remember vinyl?). I might be somewhat of a metal head now, but this still sounds great and I will be getting this cd again.
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SuperMegaUberGenius 4 months ago
Damn I forgot what a great album this is...I was kinda in a low place much better now TY Elton and Bernie
gruffy1214 4 months ago
Fantastic!
EltonJohnRocketMan 5 months ago
@EltonJohnRocketMan ...and the Brown Dirt Cowboy!
CrustyClown11 3 months ago
Best Elton John song. He's so good with that cowboy idiom.
Raelspark 5 months ago
I was at college when this came out...funny...makes me recall walking in the sunshine at grade school...timeless
jcantrell7 5 months ago
I remember when this album debuted, it was at #1 then and it still... well... fantastic!
ifruit216 5 months ago
Elton has earned his title of "Sir" through his fantastic creations of music that the WORLD has been able to relate to...An ICON...Thank You "Sir John".
SuperLiftRick 5 months ago
I absolutely love Elton John and while it's hard to pick this has to be my favorite song of all.
theshortglide 5 months ago
You won't find this on the greatest hits CDs. Elton fans know where to find the true gems, and this is one of them. From the end of the world to your town.
Not12Complain 5 months ago
This song is great. I can't believe I've never heard it before today. Some Elton John fan I am.
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SuperMegaUberGenius 5 months ago
hard album to digest
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SuperMegaUberGenius 5 months ago
...worked with the Man on this Tour....Changed everything for me....He's an amazing Showman indeed
boulderbug 5 months ago
Elton's best song !
elmakartany 5 months ago
All you Elton haters out there...we'll blow your planet up
PaintCanJustice 5 months ago 2
Such a nostalgic song for me. My Dad's funeral's next week and we're playing this for him, was one of his favourite songs. Well, that is, right after we play Summer Holiday by Cliff Richards 'cos he thought that'd be hilarious. RIP Dad, and long live Elton John!
WyntersCurse 5 months ago
Great, great song, almost prog like in its changes of direction and the way it builds to two or three climaxes. The band are absolutely smoking on this too.
AK2927 5 months ago
Wow! Used to shut myself up in my room and jam this album all day:) Great song! Part of the soundtrack of my very young 1970'S.
lah6786 6 months ago
@lah6786 LOL, yeah, me too! Excellent album!
laney50w 6 months ago
Wow The memories...can't believe I still remember all the words to this song....Elton is forever the BEST
addicts4christ1 6 months ago
Very nice.
jguterman 6 months ago
@rainernew yes I love all his songs but this is the best one
hevster99 6 months ago
I love the mandolin in this song
Mygrassisblue01 6 months ago
pookie if you read this i hate you marryed that blok reggie come 2 me
MsMeatloaf69 6 months ago
early EJ was the soundtrack of my youth...
geeter68 6 months ago
@geeter68 early EJ... saw him in concert '71... just he, Dee & Nigel... that was Rock & Roll!
ekahiway 6 months ago
This is a fantastic song. Overlooked and underrated song from the great Sir Elton John. A magnificent title tune from a magnificent album. Superior quality. Sounds fantastic on a record, still good elsewhere, but really meant to be heard on a turntable. It's much more powerful that way, for any song. This is music.
Andy1Emcee 6 months ago
oh ok some random country music, ...ok nice lyrics and vocals...hmmm this is getting good... oh s**t!!!!
EyMeng 7 months ago
wow. reminds me of this February. i had to write a five page paper on anyone i wanted. i chose elton john. people made fun of me for choosing someone gay. i didnt care cuz i knew what an extraordinary guy he is. the looks on their faces when i showed them all the albums he has was priceless. they now know what a true musician and good person is. thank you ej for giving us this example.(:
packfan2929 7 months ago 2
This IS music!!
maninblack237 7 months ago
I bought this album in 1975 when i was 10 years old,but philadelphia freedom was the first song that got me hooked to elton,since then i have followed his whole career bought every album all the way up to The Union with leon russell and have been playing piano and writing my own songs since i was 13 years old and i'm now 46 years old and i still think about Elton and Bernie everyday of my life being simply blown away at what they have created together for over 40 years.
mactheartofwarfare 7 months ago 12
@mactheartofwarfare I was 11.
bmgfl 7 months ago
@mactheartofwarfare Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
OrisLover 1 month ago
This is Elton at his very best vocally, and Bernie at their very best lyrically. If I was stranded on an island and could only listen to one album for the rest of my life, this would be it. A close second would be GYBR, but the autobiographical lyrics of Capt. Fantastic are second to none. My favorite song and my favorite album of all time. Marty Mitchell b. 1963.
monicapop13 7 months ago
@monicapop13, I would choose Tumbleweed Connection myself, but this is a good album as well
Mygrassisblue01 6 months ago
The guy is a heck of a singer for a ....well.
pbrick6301 7 months ago
Bought this album 2nd day after it was released in the USA. STILL one of my all time favs.
thumdar 8 months ago
What a song!! Elton and Bernie were something else!! Loved this song since.....damn, I'm gettin old LOL!!
sobfred1 8 months ago 2
Elton John is an amazing person
funnyfam1000 8 months ago 2
This whole albumwas, basically, an autoboigraphy...Someone saved my life tonight was about John Baldry talking to him out of suicide...fantastic album..fantastic musician..
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melanimadavi 8 months ago
i came up with a theory that involves the book of genesis (fig leaves) buddha (sitting under the bodhi fig tree) jesus (many sayings about figs) ross horne's book (new health revolution) and science (figs are the most important source of food for fruit eating rainforest animals). i then experimented on the figs by eating mainly dried figs (same brand) for 6 years now and found cycles which i related to the numbers in psgs 11/12 of the book of revelations. this theory has gone around the world.
figbat1 8 months ago
This is my best song by Elton John. But don't get me wrong, all of his songs are great . But the 70s were the greatest.
rebeccaarnold8 9 months ago
Nice and Easy album in start, about the life from Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
froggytalkagain 9 months ago
GOD DANG...I forgot how WONDERFUL this song was!!!!! Love EJ since I was 15...am 51 now...THANKS FOR ALL THE FANTASTIC MUSIC EJ!!! wish I could meet you and have lunch. It would be the thrill of my life!!
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recon294 8 months ago
@chrisseals1 for me too
wingodom 8 months ago
@chrisseals1 Then you remember how significant this album cover was for the intrinsic arts' me too' 51 and growing strong' its was the best of times with the world all there for its conquering'
DrFruedienslip 5 months ago
@DrFruedienslip ... Yes, the cover art is awesome. I sure do miss the album covers. I miss going to the music store and looking at the albums. (later ..the CD's and getting a chance to listen to some of them. Buying music has really lost a lot of fun experiences.
chrisseals1 5 months ago
@chrisseals1 Nowadays its Cd's but vynl was so much more real because the age of electronics has taken something away from us' do you still have a record player' I have one an the quality is so much finer'
DrFruedienslip 5 months ago
@chrisseals1 go to bernie taupin.com you might enjoy hear bernie's stories
kassiwassie 4 months ago
@chrisseals1 - Met him twice when I first came to the States. I was 8 y.o.
JackalKC 3 months ago
@chrisseals1 I spent all day on here, wow i am also 51 and that whould be a great day..every song you hear where were you when you first heard it.
Hairymutt51 2 months ago
I have always liked this song as well as the whole album I remember going into my brothers room and playing the album on his good record player.
MarkHPulley 9 months ago
Love the rattle snake percussive .. I always was wondering what that was until I bought one from Guitar Center 20 yrs. ago.
Escondido123 9 months ago
remember being disappointed when this album came out....but after a couple of plays, specially this song, it fast became one of my favorites....all his songs give me the chills!!!
olilymom 9 months ago
@olilymom There have been lots of albums ( not just his) that I wasn't so sure of the first time I heard them and then they became my favorites.
PianoShapedObject 8 months ago
As an early artist I used to stare into the cover art of this album, and would create dreams.
headacherack 9 months ago
Elton the KING...Truly blessed to have him in my lifetime...
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ti22guy 10 months ago
This is my favorite Elton John song and my favorite Elton John album. Love it.
rainiernew 10 months ago 12
@rainiernew Lest not forget that Bernie Taupin was the song writer' a great duo'
DrFruedienslip 5 months ago
@rainiernew this whole album was great i'm 50yrs old and i long for good music like this
vlove43 4 months ago
did fool us
enoch64 10 months ago
I purchased this albulm for myself, I wrapped it, and put it under the Christmas tree when I was 10 years old. I played it hundreds of times. It is so great to hear it again. What memories it brings back. Thank you Elton.
carlmed60 10 months ago 2
i was 8 years old when this album came out. still sounds aewsome,my older brothers christmas present .
ReaperMan67 10 months ago
@piercethevale LOL LMAO !!!
tntcaliente 10 months ago
"Fantastic" song and album. His talent in writing, playing and singing is amazing. Unfortunately, he is in for a surprise on the day Jesus does return.
" . . . and all this talk of Jesus coming back to see us. mmmm, hm. You couldn't fool us. . . . "
mreaganismyhero 10 months ago
The absolute best Elton John lp! A true concept album...unbelievable melodies hovering over incredible lyrics. No one makes records like this anymore.
BlueLizzie59 10 months ago
This came out when I was about 7 years old, and I remember the album being on display in WH Smiths (in my hometown of Brighton). I remember the cover freaking me out; if you look at it closely, you can see how the artwork would freak out a young kid (it's pretty weird!!!!)
magnatron2010 10 months ago
Being a guitar player it is really nice to here an EJ song that is constructed around strings rather than keys. His voice is great and this song reminds me of my childhood, my brothers were older and turned me on to him when I was young. I hope he does know that Jesus' return will not fool us. He has gone to prepare a place for those that accept him, and he will return to claim us. Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that he is Lord.
jrlpc 11 months ago
@jrlpc You're joking right!?
jrotuno 10 months ago
@jrotuno About what?
jrlpc 10 months ago
i have this on a 12 inch album didnt know was elton till bout 10 years ago got all his albums
Mr424all 11 months ago
Damn, this song makes me happy. My sister sent me this cd the summer I broke my leg and I drove my family nuts playing it on CONSTANT repeat.
Thanks for posting em, cos my cd player's busted!
HollyTheHermit 11 months ago
And all this talk of Jesus coming back to see us....mmmmm couldn't fool us.... LOVE IT!
rikiloNsf 11 months ago 2
Farmer workers on the back of a truck at 5am.
Ypipable 11 months ago
They'll get together...
Ypipable 11 months ago
Whats a little dirt cowboy? and wtf is a chocolate biscuit???...No never mind I don't want to know.
ivegotamagicstix 11 months ago
@ivegotamagicstix The song draws on childhood memories of things like playing cowboy and eating chocolate (cookies), as they say it in England. Sorry, I'm a know-it-all!
terrybeaton 11 months ago 2
Elton John was always one of my favorites back in the day. He has great music.
Hustyville 1 year ago
what year was this?
okrabay 1 year ago
@okrabay ...............1975
arturoewallis 11 months ago
timeless music...nothing really more to say, just press PLAY
prober45 1 year ago
Love it.
chapaev36 1 year ago
best album. ever.
ca358721 1 year ago
This was the 4th and best of Eltons run of great albums and it is an absolute masterpiece, including this brilliant opening song. The whole album simply oozes craftmanship and class. What an inspiration.
arfurlife 1 year ago
@arfurlife Captain Fantastic was not Elton's 4th album. It was actually Elton's 9th album.
Sbrownlee 1 year ago
@Sbrownlee I know it was nt his 4th album. i meant it was the 4th of his 4 greatest albums which all ran consecutively. Also, I m not belittling his superb earlier works like Tumbleweed and Elton John/ Honky Chat etc. Its just my own opinion that "dont shoot me "to Capt F " was Elton at his very peak. Thanks anyway..would have hated to not know about the former albums. 'Come down in time' is one of my absolute all time faves.
arfurlife 1 year ago
This is the very fist album I ever bought when I was 12 years old. Saw this album on the rack at the store. Fell in love with the cover had to have it............. What a amazing album this was. The best $4.95 I ever spent........I am 45 now and still listen to it. This album was the soundtrack to my life back then.........
imagine2010mjm 1 year ago
When this album came out I was 6 years old and living in Brighton, UK; I remember the album being in shop windows, and thinking that the cover was quite creepy and scary ( you have to look at the cover close to see how it might freak out a young kid!). My favourite Elton track, though.....
magnatron2010 1 year ago
SWEET CHOCLATE BISCUT???
mararules 1 year ago
Released 3 weeks befor I graduated high school...A good time for me....
PLASMOLE 1 year ago
congrats to elt on the new baby! this is a wonderful song,
uclrichard 1 year ago
Anything after Rock of the Westies.....that when Elton went down hill....but anything before that was classic great music...
tvthemes1 1 year ago
GREAT,GREAT!!!
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ellisblair89 1 year ago
this is a great song, but could someone please explain to me what the fuck the lyrics mean? i know its supposed to be about their careers and there might be some gay overtones, but what i dont get is how sweet chocolate biscuits have anything to do with anything.
pleeppleep 1 year ago
@pleeppleep Some times art doesn't need any explanation. It just is. BTW I don't know. All I know is the words just fit. Good question though. I wish I did know.
JoeD60 1 year ago
@pleeppleep one thing to remember is that, in England, biscuits mean cookies. In that verse he's (Bernie Taupin) talking about sitting in his mom's house, eating cookies and apples, asking her if he has what it takes to be in the music biz. The whole album is written about the time after they got together but before they were successful, back when they were only writing songs for other people to record, Elton John being Captain Fantastic and Taupin being the Brown Dirt Cowboy.
brianheight 1 year ago
@pleeppleep you dont ???
mararules 1 year ago
@pleeppleep just imagine it as a conversation over tea and cookies (biscuits).
becooldaily 1 year ago
Aside from loving this album, I can remember spending many hours studying the cover art. Elton has never duplicated the greatness of his '70's albums, but that's OK...this is enough greatness for any artist.
maximadog 1 year ago 2
Awesome album xx
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@Jupitersgoose
It's one of my top favorites. Just a total work of art, from vinyl to cover. It also had an awesome full color lyric book included. Many people don't know that it was the first album ever to enter the charts at Number 1.
Those interested in learning more about amazing Bernie "The one who writes the words" Taupin should check out his website, or his Americana (cowboy roots) music show on Sirius.
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@Jupitersgoose
It's one of my top favorites. Just a total work of art, from vinyl to cover. It also had an awesome full color lyric book included. Many people don't know that it was the first album ever to enter the charts at Number 1.
Those interested in learning more about amazing Bernie "The one who writes the words" Taupin should check out his website, or his Americana (cowboy roots) music show on Sirius.
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sillybear969 1 year ago
In the day I was as rabid an EJ fan as you would EVER find. If it had his (or Bernie's) name, face, or voice on it, I owned it. Trust me - there was never any mystery "subtext" about this autobio. album. Everyone knew Bernie was the Brown Dirt Cowboy - the quiet country boy always in denim shirts and cowboy boots - and EJ was Captain Fantastic, the glammy, mercurial rock star. BTW, Bernie wrote Tiny Dancer for Maxine, whose photo appears inside of GYBR, and who then became his wife.
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SabbeleuDesigns 1 year ago
It's amazing how good this album was, and how much pretty much everything later sucked ass. I loved everything Elton did up to and to include this album, and hate almost everything after....
1978R100RS 1 year ago
I think this song along with Someone Saved My Life and Curtains are some of Eltons greatest songs. At the same time, this is not one of my favorite of his albums. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is my favorite because from beginning to end it is high quality. Captain Fantastic has some fantastic songs but also some so so songs.
ls1959 1 year ago
I was a junior in high school, bought this album the day it went on sale. Saw him @ Dodger Stadium a little later. What a show!!!!
opnwhlracer 1 year ago
this is the 1st album I ever bought. every song is a classic to me. great memories, great music
drkeno59 1 year ago
EltonJohn,fez em1980 o melhor dico de sua carreira .e eu simplismente reverencio este ser humano espetacular
MrAparecidaborges 1 year ago
I enjoyed this album in the seventies, totally oblivious of the overt, pro homosexual theme. Still love the music...
Nicap2 1 year ago
@Nicap2 "overt pro homosexual theme"? where???
pudljumper 1 year ago
@pudljumper A brown dirt cowboy was a euphemism for a homosexual. It's still Elton Jonhs best album IMHO.
Jupitersgoose 1 year ago
@Jupitersgoose i didn't know that. i always thought 'brown dirt cowboy' refered to bernie taupin (who i believe is str8) and 'captain fantastic' refered to elton
pudljumper 1 year ago
@pudljumper Good point. I'm not sure if the euphemism existed before the album or became a euphemism after the album was released. Anyways, I'm not homophobic and its a bloody good album. There are other references in the album but they are veiled and subjective, eg. I like the warm blue flame, the hazy heat it brings, loosens up the muscles and forces you to sing. Again it's meant to allude to poppers ( a stimulant that relaxes the anal sphincter). It could mean something else.
Jupitersgoose 1 year ago
@Jupitersgoose lol. i was thinking exactly that! my GUESS is that because elton came out the year after this album was released, some people (thinking they were funny) started using 'brown dirt cowboy' as a euphemism for homosexual. and i guess it stuck (elton was very popular in the first half of the 70s). anyways, in regards to poppers or any other gay references, my understanding is that the album is the autobiographical story of elton and bernie's CAREER from the point that they met .....
pudljumper 1 year ago
@Jupitersgoose ....(cont) up until they released their first album (empty sky). and keep in mind the lyrics were written by bernie, so i'm not sure why he would feel the need to include veiled homosexual references. i guess lyrics r subjective and u can read what u want into it. personally, i don't care either way. like u said, it's an amazing album!
pudljumper 1 year ago
@Jupitersgoose
Bernie Taupin wrote these lyrics. He is straight, and he is the Brown Dirt Cowboy, because he was always the simple country-living guy who eschewed the fame spotlight and loved the romance of the American West (hello, Tumbleweed Connection & Honky Cat). Elton is Captain Fantastic. And there is no "flame" involved ininhaling poppers. It's most likely a reference to smoking something, like hash or opium.
SabbeleuDesigns 1 year ago
@SabbeleuDesigns Poppers can be inhaled directly or they can be used on an aromatherapy oil burner to release slowly into the air over a long period of time. It works well in a confined space such as a bedroom. That would be the warm blue flame reference. Not that it really matters in the end, its a good album.
Jupitersgoose 1 year ago
@Jupitersgoose
It's one of my top favorites. Just a total work of art, from vinyl to cover. It also had an awesome full color lyric book included. Many people don't know that it was the first album ever to enter the charts at Number 1.
Those interested in learning more aboutamazing Bernie "The one who writes the words" Taupin should check out his website, or his Americana (cowboy roots) music show on Sirius.
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I have the vinyl as well, and I'm 26!
Found it at a Second-hand place.
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@Jupitersgoose
It's one of my top favorites. Just a total work of art, from vinyl to cover. It also had an awesome full color lyric book included. Many people don't know that it was the first album ever to enter the charts at Number 1.
Those interested in learning more aboutamazing Bernie "The one who writes the words" Taupin should check out his website, or his Americana (cowboy roots) music show on Sirius.
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@Jupitersgoose
It's one of my top favorites. Just a total work of art, from vinyl to cover. It also had an awesome full color lyric book included. Many people don't know that it was the first album ever to enter the charts at Number 1.
Those interested in learning more about amazing Bernie "The one who writes the words" Taupin should check out his website, or his Americana (cowboy roots) music show on Sirius.
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SabbeleuDesigns 1 year ago
@Jupitersgoose Sorry for double posting.There are other (possible) references. I always thought it had gay undertones but still lov