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Post by grimsby37 on Jan 30, 2023 23:37:02 GMT
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Post by dougs on Jan 31, 2023 13:28:18 GMT
grimsby37:
Thanks for the update on the tour.
Yeah, with the eventual 331 or so concerts since 2018, it has added up to lots of concert-goers and income. It is a pretty spectacular show to watch.
The only drawback may be the static rarely changing setlist.
Doug
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Post by grimsby37 on Feb 1, 2023 2:25:09 GMT
I agree about the setlist. I saw one of the shows at the beginning of the tour. I passed when Elton came back to town again.First seeing a concert in a baseball stadium is not a good experience. Also having seen Elton many times over the years. The setlist is so stale. I get people want the hits but he doesn't even play a lot of them. Hearing something like The one,honky cat or little Jeanie would be nice. It would have been neat to see the show start with Empty Sky to take things back where they started. Sorry for the long post.All of that being said not having Elton touring will be sad.
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Post by dougs on Feb 1, 2023 10:51:44 GMT
grimsby37:
Agreed.
I would have loved to see EJ have the courage to open the FAREWELL set with an extended rocking inspired "Empty Sky." It was his first song on his first album and would have made sense on a "farewell" tour. It rocked on those 1975-76 tours (but with mostly a different band). Yes, there are lots of hits that Elton never or no longer plays such as the ones that you mentioned plus "Pinball Wizard" and "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Nikita" and "Simple Life" and "Blue Eyes" and "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" and "Grow Some Funk of Your Own." We get the same hits tour after tour. I have seen EJ live on every tour since 1979 and the excitement of the ever-changing setlists common in the 80s & 90s have been replaced by a safe and comfortable and sometimes disappointing repeat of mostly the same songs. Three songs that were hugely popular in the UK and across Europe and should be played in the upcoming European leg of the FAREWELL tour are "Are You Ready For Love" and "Song For Guy" and "Sacrifice." Too bad "Believe" and "Indian Sunset" were dropped from the FAREWELL tour setlist. Songs like "Take Me To The Pilot" should be retired.
Doug
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