Have Mercy On The Criminal - Elton John (Don't Shoot Me 5 of 10)

[djs61909]

thanks for posting this album...my fav is High Flying Bird!

[jules031056]

'Borrowed' this album long term off a friend at the time and carried it everywhere as a badge, only to learn, 40 years later, our school bus passed by Bernie's birthplace twice a day - and we didn't know it! Marvellous stuff.

[blackandtanful]

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[Herbuliss]

Powerful Stuff... I feel blessed tot have been alive to here there stuff !

[Violenceinmind40]

Props to Bernie, worth so much more

[brakoma]

One his best rockin' tunes...brilliant!!!!

[SteveSparx]

sheer brilliance entire album

[meridilynn]

This is #6 of 10

[chrisjewett63]

my juvinile arrest(breaking into my jr high school)gave me a musical influence of EJ ,for my mother made me listen to this repeatedly when she took me home from jail.........I am now an Architect....and SANE, so they say.....

[jaypark97]

the intro reminds me of layla

[nimgitman]

My favourite album of all time........... every track is a classic, such talent !!!!!

[illusiondoptik]

Listen "The King must die"! and enyoys his

[illusiondoptik]

Title unknown to the general public, yet a huge song!

[gregsonpetty]

Awesome talent

[mjoines62]

One of the Best Elton and Bernie songs. Wore this song out in the day. Don't Shoot Me is A Classic.

[italianfl]

Sweet Jesus WOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[VvAnarchangelvV]

May I recommend to you that have listened to this song and feel you have a little excess energy, to go to 'Federal Sweep Nets 1300 Gang Members' or similar YT vids & say a few things there. Please keep it civil & coherent. Or if it is all too much and you find yourself doubting humanity, come back here & listen to Elton again with a renewed understanding of the song :)

[peacefulblonde39]

Elton is the KING or Queen whatever works!

[tsardooka]

paul buckmaestro is my hero

[littlepigeon926]

OMG, this is classic Elton John, the best in my opinion, I love this stuff! Southern Blues by an Englishman! Nothing compares...

[4rainbowed]

Bernie Taupin really captured the feeling--  if you've ever been arrested and held, -- there's no feeling like realizing nobody is going to let you go, no matter how small the infraction, that no one will free you and the fear of the unknown. Excellent job from both Taupin and Elton.

[seriphone]

what a creative genius .... I am gonna watch the fantastic TO RUSSIA WITH ELTON again tonight! Such incredible music and images

[lhasangel]

awesome song! dont think elton ever did a bad song--anyone trying to do a remake of any of his songs just cant compare to the real thing!!Elton is the best !!

[lapurplefroggy]

Don't be ignorant, this is important music

[Rohboats]

this song takes me back to the 70's when I used 2 sit on my Dad's lap and we would listen to this song and he would explain the meaning as was only 10 yrs old. It is still my favorite song today!!

[348Silva]

this song perhaps needs a new cloth, for ours

times, adapted if such can be done.

[tsardooka]

i suppose joshua needs a new coat as well. Or the red white and blue needs updating. Or the blues are just the wrong shade of................... ot the cistine chapel could you use a little graffitti...

[jmdpgh81]

@348Silva

Gov't Mule did it. Check out their version.

[goauld88]

What musical genre would you say this is? Blues?

[montypython11111]

thats the thing with elton john

most of his songs (apart from ones like funeral for a friend and love lies bleeding of course) are pop-based.

but he always adds a bit of his own touch to it...

like this song is pop-based, but elton is singing it like the blues...

so basically say this should belong to elton =]

[zbaby82]

@goauld88 Yeah blues mostly. Blues rock. Elton had some great guitar players in his band.

[statman99]

This song has the makings of a good movie!!!!!!!!!!!

[ivoryman996]

Dude, id forgotten this song o.o This is totally great!

[lahonorable]

banda sonora informe semanal tve desde youtube..la honorable sociedad

[TheMinnas]

he is the best piano player in the world

[mararules]

Dont Shoot Me Im only the Piano player is one of the greatest albums ever written!

[weottertalk]

Elton at his best!

[arfurlife]

just sensational. Wish people could write songs like this still. drama on steroids....marvellous sruff Bernie and Elton !

[mjoines62]

@arfurlife People Don't write songs like These any more because they can't. Thank God for the 60's and 70's!

[candelise]

So much drama in this song! Elton gives it everything. It could work perfectly for the stage.

[sbcruiser]

Monsterous!!!!!!

Don't get a flu shot!

Don't take Tamiflu!

[jwixy1714]

what the fuck is with you and that shit, i hope you get aids fuckbag

[sbcruiser]

Google...

Donald Rumsfeld + Tamiflu + Media censoring lethal side effects

You'll thank me ...punk!

[jwixy1714]

i was talking about the tamiflu asshole, eltons awesome wasnt bashing him

[IrisMG]

I heart Davey Johnstone and the great Dee Murray!

[dennismp]

Dee Murray is the best unknown bass player in recorded history.

Just listen to the album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".

[IrisMG]

I did that way back when it was still on LP. You don't have to tell me about him - I believe he could have easily been one of the Funk Brothers!

Listen to "Grow some Funk of Your Own" from "Rock of the Westies".

[torturedej]

I don't think Dee Murray played on Rock of the Westies dude ;).

[IrisMG]

Are you wasting my time, or do you know for sure, DUDE, because I can go home and check my album cover once I get off work. If you are for sure, please don't use the word, "think".

[torturedej]

hehe dude. Dee Muray DOESN'T play on ROTW. I didn't make that statement just for fun you see...hehe this is quite funny actually...

[IrisMG]

Well then should I just thank you then? Doesn't change my opinion of Dee Murray, if that's what you're going for.

[torturedej]

No, no, you're mistaken. Dee Murray was excellent. I wish you all good.

[IrisMG]

OK then. Sorry I gave credit to another guy. Makes me look like it's been 30 years since I played that album! I'll look at that when I get home.

[torturedej]

I'm right though - Elton wanted a different and more rock-oriented sound after the masterpiece CFATBDC.

[IrisMG]

Interesting..thanks for the trivia. I'm glad that Sir Elton brought him back eventually. He certainly found someone who SOUNDED like Dee, though, didn't he?

[torturedej]

Actually, Elton dedicated ROTW to Nigel and Dee. As you probably know by now, if you checked the album sleeve, Kenny Passarelli played bass on that album.

[IrisMG]

Yes, I've gone home since my last post and found that out. And I also see that Nigel is not on the album as well. So sorry, I meant no disrespect to Kenny Passarelli, didn't mean to say that he was Dee Murray - although if he's smart he'd take that as a compliment!

[Miniermotte]

That intro makes me speachless!

And the whole song is great. Great music, great lyrics!

Elton is so timeless!

[starbabe58]

good song

[ellonysman]

Use to be my stoner album out in my 70's chevy II Canso wagon, my sweet "Windjammer" car. (noisy windy sounding muffler when I booted it) joke, ah ya, good times! :)

[ezramead]

Nalencer, you are a dude.

[TinyDancer500]

Did ya bust your speakers like I nearly did? Sweet Jesus it's good to crank this one up again.

[MyKindOfBlueEyes]

The guitars on this song are awesome, very mcuh inspired "Layla." The strings blend in well. The talent of EJ, Taupin, Buckmaster and Johnstone combine beautifully.

[muzicluver214]

this is such a cool song its soo unique rock on elton john!!!!

[Psychscrumble]

Yet another amazing tune.