Maybe someday someone will adequately explain to me what’s going on in the video. It has that unidentifiable ’80s quality that really places it in a certain place and time, but it’s still a great song. The only good thing to come out of that decade was me.Īnyway, “Sad Songs” isn’t a terrible second choice. 12! How is that not a Top 10 song?! Screw you, the entire decade of the ’80s. What makes me mad at the ’80s is that my favorite Elton John song from this decade is “I’m Still Standing,” which never made it above No. We’ll get to that in a second.Įlton’s top 10 hits from the ’80s are “Little Jeannie,” “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues,” “Sad Songs (Say So Much),” “That’s What Friends Are For,” “Nikita,” “Candle in the Wind” and “I Don’t Wanna Go on with You Like That.” Not as strong as the ’70s list, but not bad! There are a lot of classics on there. Oh, and it’s a beautiful, heartfelt song. I could watch that punch a million times. If you look at astronauts as regular people with a cool job you find out about cool stuff like Leland Melvin’s dogs, Chris Hadfield’s mystery novel, or American hero Buzz Aldrin straight-up punching a conspiracy theorist in the face. I’m a sucker for ’70s songs about astronauts (I’m looking at you, “Space Oddity”) and this is one of the few works in any medium to really humanize the profession. That said, “Rocket Man” is one of my all-time favorites. It’s a legitimately amazing run for just 10 years. Seriously, look at that list! If anyone had released even one of those songs they’d still be making a living from the county fair circuit. Especially since the choices were: “Your Song,” “Rocket Man,” “Honky Cat,” “Crocodile Rock,” “Daniel,” “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” “Bennie and the Jets,” “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me,” “The Bitch is Back,” “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” “Philadelphia Freedom,” “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” “Island Girl,” “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” “Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word” and “Mama Can’t Buy You Love.” The ’70s were by far the most prolific decade for Elton in the Top 10, which meant this should have been the hardest call.
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