I'm Gonna Be A Teenage Idol - Elton John (Don't Shoot Me 7 of 10)

[citygirlsguy]

Love the Bobby Orr analogy....hit the nail on the head.

[17865329]

How's this for an analogy, this album is Bobby Orr playing for Boston in his prime, some of EJ's 80's stuff is Orr limping around on one leg with the Chicago Blackhawks.

[gorillazgirlie]

I. Love. This. SONG! :D :D

[rootsdawta]

@txeire, you are absolutely right, EJ was at his best mid-60's-mid-70's. his voice was pristine until his surgery.

[goocharoo58]

Been an EJ'er since '71 & have seen him hundreds of times. INCREDIBLE! This was my Anthem in H.S.! WHOO!

[sweetlowrayne]

Elton... my Teenage Idol since I was 17 years old, in 1971 .No one else comes close. Just saw him again last night, in Saratoga New York. The man is amazing, still.. <3

[musicwritersince1980]

Why didn't anyone ever sing this on American Idol? Well, or at least try to sing it!

[1caninelover]

He was sure my teen-aged idol and I was a teenager when this song came out!

[tomot126]

wish i wouldn't have played song exchange now :(

[barnacleguy]

Definitely the gem of this album... the 2 well-known hitsare only a small step below

[Rohboats]

@barnacleguy a gem to you for good reasons I'm sure but on this album Have mercy on a criminal is the one and yes before u say it it mean something to me!!

[illusiondoptik]

1973 was an incredible year for Elton! At all points of view! A voice, energy, songs sublime! I want a live concert of his 73 'such as "Sundown Theater" or another good quality that made the tour 73'. Find her, it would be bliss!

[mjoines62]

It's the truth about Elton and bernie'searly songs. They were all just the BEE's Knee's.Every album upto Rock of the Westies. That was piss poor. Thanks for all the great tunes Guys.

[JFJB]

"Well life is short and the world is rough and if you're gonna boogie boy you gotta be tough".....Now, that's how TALENT-Bernie Taupin- would write his lyrics...And listen to Elton banging on the piano at 2:16....awesome.

[JFJB]

"Well life is short and the world is rough and if you're gonna boogie boy you gotta be tough".....Now, that's how TALENT-Bernie Taupin- would write his lyrics...

[Joeyland]

fall of 72 for this

[Reslar]

Tana 2000...

[stp88661]

Great Song! Great Album (CD)! Great Legendary Artist & Songwriter - Elton John & Bernie Taupin.

[GailMacFarlane]

GOD I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tsardooka]

sittin on the edge of me bed, plugged into to the HMV pounding my knees with two hand chord progressions, eyes closed and mom yelling " turn that noise down"

It took some time invest in some ear phones.................luv this stuff

[JerBearMaine]

One of Elton and Bernie's most brilliant numbers. The two of them made magic in the early to mid seventies. A show of pure brilliance.

[oatbuck]

only 10,000 hits ? Jes Loren has way more ?

[Mattybaconburnett]

Lem me get electric, put a silk suit on!

[maghetto901]

Great Album!!!!!

[statman99]

Love this entire album!!

[bambamanofir]

Well, life is short and the world is rough, and if you're gonna boogie - boy, you got to be tough!

Loving this album and song so much. He's coming to Israel this summer, yay =]

[lahonorable]

de las mejores canciones con nigell orson, dee murray, y davey jonstone desde youtube...la honorable sociedad

[Tammerajean]

Cool song, he wrote for his friend Marc Bolan of T-Rex

[headstock48]

@Tammerajean No way. Really? Electric Warrior, baby.

[minns2008]

Wow this song is uba-ly, epic-ly awesome

[GoodbyeYellowBrickRd]

I LOVE this song. :D

[17865329]

When Taupin was interviewed for the

retrospective dvd on GBYellow Brick Road, he says it's the album they're best know for, but maybe not their best. I think

even though he doesn't say it, that he thinks either this one or Tumbleweed C. is. Madman Across the Water is very

good too. If you`re an Elton fan, those are absolute must have`s. You can then

with some exceptions skip from Captain

Fantastic right fast forward to songs

from the West Coast, and not really

miss tons in between,

[torturedej]

I probably couldn't disagree with you more strongly. I love Elton in the 80's (well, not all of it, but lots).

[Miniermotte]

Too Low For Zero and Ice On Fire are great!

[txeire]

for me nothing in EJ's career comes close to his earlier work like Tumbleweed, Madman, and Honky Chateau. The 80's stuff though decent isnt in the same league. Just my opinion

[17865329]

And a very sound one.

[rakdawgel]

Don't forget "Too Low For Zero" and "Made In England". True artistic masterpieces!

[mararules]

@rakdawgel I love too low for zeero..someone put it on here

[luigidesigns]

I have all Elton albums, but my fav is still and will always be the homonym "Elton John" (1970) .. just the orchestra behind most of the songs in that album, it gives me goose bumps. Border song, Sixty years on, I need you to turn to, and the well known Your song.

[JustJess416]

I lOVE thIS SONG! its indubably AWESOMe!!

[leonardoboy2]

"Teenage Idol" = great song, fuck "Daniel".

[LordGandor3]

I don`t know if Elton & Bernie ever put out anything worth while after the 70`s but their 70`s were golden

[Miniermotte]

listen to "The Captain & The Kid" from 2006. It's a masterpiece!!!

[torturedej]

I don't think it's anywhere near the (unintentional )prequel; Capt. Fantastic is a hell of a lot better. Now that's a classic, in the best sense of the word really.

[Miniermotte]

I did not say that "The Captain & The Kid" is better than Captain Fantastic. NO album is better than Captain Fantastic! But for me it's the best album he made in the past 20, if not 30, years.

[17865329]

It's good, but I think Songs from the

West Coast is EJ's best effort, since

the mid 70's, respectably close to

some of the 70's work, far superior

to the 80's sludge.

[TinyDancer500]

"Every kid alive gonna know my name" - check.

"I'm gonna grab myself a place in history" - check.

"A motivated supersonic king of the scene" - Amen to that, brother!

Alas, another line also grew to be prophetic ("drink myself to sleep"), but that's thankfully behind him now (bless AA and David Furnish), everything else certainly came true in spades. Another one to be cranked, love it!

[SweetLayla1]

I didn't know until recently that Bernie and Elton wrote this for Marc Bolan. I've always loved this song; love it even more now!!

[shazamkid]

this song kinda fits me, in a way.

[greeniem]

The horns are badass.

[rockitmanjohn]

One of the best on this LP, thanks!

[Grendelmonster8u]

Thanks for this! An excellent album I loved when I was 8 years old.

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

Thank you so much for the post! I love Elton so much!