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Elton John V. George Micheal
In terms of talent, songwriting ability, vocals and performance who is better? When you think about it it is a tough one to call. They are both amazing and very talented and are all rounders.
They can do it all. Discuss. |
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Originally Posted by Bextor
They can do it all. Discuss.
Elton John writes music, he doesn't write lyrics. I'm not a particular fan of either, but Elton John's output in the 70's was amazing, listen to some of his LP's from then, such as Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy or Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - these records are in a different league to the crap he makes now. |
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I think Elton John by a long way, he's got a hit list as long as your arm, George Micheal's amount to a lot less.
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Elton John. I'm biased though as I'm not a huge fan of Mr Michael.
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Elton John's career was in the doldrums in the late 70s / early 80s.
The third-rate song that was adopted by Sky for its football coverage, "Are You Ready for Love?", and was subsequently a hit a few years ago was originally released in 1979 and is just one example of how Elton couldn't give his records away back then. However, in 1984, he heard of this young singer called George Michael who originated from near the same area as him and was a huge fan of his. George had started to make it really big at the time so a little while later Elton asked George to provide the backing vocals on 'Nikita' - purely to support the new, young artist and not at all in the hope of plugging into the Wham! and George fan base in order to revive his flagging career ............ no sirree!!! Unfortunately, Elton's career took off again, he built a new image for himself from that point and he became bigger than he had been even in the 70s. Personally, I think the day George agreed to do the backing vocals and set in motion the chain of events that resurrected the career of this self-obsessed, publicity-seeking individual of no outstanding vocal talent, no outstanding musical talent and non-existent lyrical talent was a sad day for the music industry. |
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I think most of Elton's 70's stuff is absolutely brilliant.
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Elton John's career was in the doldrums in the late 70s / early 80s.
George had started to make it really big at the time so a little while later Elton asked George to provide the backing vocals on 'Nikita' - purely to support the new, young artist and not at all in the hope of plugging into the Wham! and George fan base in order to revive his flagging career ............ no sirree!!! Unfortunately, Elton's career took off again, he built a new image for himself from that point and he became bigger than he had been even in the 70s. |
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Umm.... They can do it all ?
Elton John writes music, he doesn't write lyrics. |
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Well I dont particularly see the point in comparing them; I like them both.
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George Michael by far and away. Elton John has always been too overrated.
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Well I dont particularly see the point in comparing them; I like them both.
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The accolade of hits using Reginald Dwight as front man remains firmly with Bernie Taupin.
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Elton John by far. Saw him last night at the Riverside in Chester-le-Street and he was fantastic.
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This is Wrong, in the 80's before Nikita was released (and it's a dreadful song) Reg had been in a slump, but then around late '82 made a comeback with Blue Eyes, I guess Why They Call It The Blues, I'm Still Standing, Kiss The Bride, Sad Songs and Act Of War - these were all succesful worldwide BEFORE Nikita was released. You could argue that after that monstosity of a song was released Reg's career went south again until Sacrafice in '89.
Yes, those songs were successful to an extent (moderately by comparison) but there can be little doubt that the involvement of George Michael was a thinly veiled cynical ploy to appeal to another fanbase. |
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Elton John is slightly the more talented IMO.
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Yes, those songs were successful to an extent (moderately by comparison) but there can be little doubt that the involvement of George Michael was a thinly veiled cynical ploy to appeal to another fanbase.
Nearly anytime an artist duets with a younger artist, it tends to be a ploy to appeal to another fanbase. It's happened for many decades now. |
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Elton is the better songwriter. George is the best singer.
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Elton IMO has certainly improved his vocal technique considerably since his early days. I much prefer him singing his early works now than the recordings made at then.
This was highlighted for me recently again when BBC4 did a run of short live concerts from the 70's, one of which featured Elton (the best was certainly Cat Stevens who wiped the floor with the others although Neil Diamomnd put in a good performance as well). Comparing the songs on there with the same ones done at the "Live in Australia" album just shows up how weak his vocals were back in the early days. |
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