Elton John - The Very Best Of...

 

“He was Elton John once you know?”   Do you use that expression?  It’s become part of my vernacular.  It was coined in the 90s when EJ’s stock was at an all-time low.  You have to remember two things.  In the 90s EJ’s best years were behind him and I was also a young man with a terribly snobby attitude to music.  You would hear one of his songs on the radio and think … “you know, he actually had quite a few decent songs”.  So, it was a grudging acknowledgement that he had been a “pretty decent” artist “back in the day”. 

 

This collection does what it says on the tin.  It collects the very best of Elton John.  And that is a very fine thing indeed.