eltons catalog shits on prince's catalog hands down. elton has written more likable songs then prince. more successful than prince and has a better stage show then prince. elton does not per form meledys in his stageshows.

jackson35 said:

1) eltons catalog shits on prince's catalog hands down. 2) elton has written more likable songs then prince. 3) more successful than prince and 4) has a better stage show then prince. 5) elton does not per form meledys in his stageshows.

^

are you a Jackson fan.... who is joking, are you making fun.... Haha......

or is this your actual opinion....

Impressive what Elton has achieved, but..... 1 to 4, I wouldn't take it that far....

eltons catalog shits on prince's catalog hands down. elton has written more likable songs then prince. more successful than prince and has a better stage show then prince. elton does not per form meledys in his stageshows.

iam a fan of all good music.

jackson35 said:

eltons catalog shits on prince's catalog hands down. elton has written more likable songs then prince. more successful than prince and has a better stage show then prince. elton does not per form meledys in his stageshows.

Ur joking right? Please tell me you meant this as an insult

aardvark15 said:

jackson35 said:

eltons catalog shits on prince's catalog hands down. elton has written more likable songs then prince. more successful than prince and has a better stage show then prince. elton does not per form meledys in his stageshows.

Ur joking right? Please tell me you meant this as an insult

dude, coming up in the 70s.. elton john was a must have in your collection. in the 80's he was a runaway monsters. prince can't fuck with the dragon. elton told prince this to his face and he couldn't say shit.

Oh dear, Honesttly! What do you mean 'I'm afraid Elton wins'. If you can't work out that Prince is way more prolific, you might as well give up now.

Darshy said:

What do you mean 'I'm afraid Elton wins'. If you can't work out that Prince is way more prolific, you might as well give up now.

^

Both are fantastic artists, what they have achieved is amazing.

Elton John had a string of 30 years from 1970 to 1999 with a hit every year on the US/ UK Top 40.

Prince had a string of 18 years from 1982 to (the year) 1999.

imo both are very prolific. Elton was in his peak in the 70s and Prince in the 80s.

speaking about their chart succes, their impact, importance, their ability to write a hit song, maybe "prolific" is the wrong word...

or is it?

thedance said:

Darshy said:

What do you mean 'I'm afraid Elton wins'. If you can't work out that Prince is way more prolific, you might as well give up now.

^

Both are fantastic artists, what they have achieved is amazing.

Elton John had a string of 30 years from 1970 to 1999 with a hit every year on the US/ UK Top 40.

Prince had a string of 18 years from 1982 to (the year) 1999.

imo both are very prolific. Elton was in his peak in the 70s and Prince in the 80s.

speaking about their chart succes, their impact, importance, their ability to write a hit song, maybe "prolific" is the wrong word...

or is it?

Elton never did that. He's written songs but all of his big hits aren't by him.

jackson35 said:

aardvark15 said:

Ur joking right? Please tell me you meant this as an insult

dude, coming up in the 70s.. elton john was a must have in your collection. in the 80's he was a runaway monsters. prince can't fuck with the dragon. elton told prince this to his face and he couldn't say shit.

1. Sources?

2. If you think Elton John is better than someone who created multiracial, multigenre, controversial, critically acclaimed, commercially successful music than just go to Elton John fan sites. As he isn't anywhere Prince is

Elton tried to take a shit on Prince once and Prince caught him before he could put his drawers back on.

nursev said:

Thought we settled this shit a week ago

Apparently not lol

Timmy84 said:

nursev said:

Timmy84 said:

Apparently not lol

These stand-offs always crack me up...

[Edited 1/21/12 15:02pm]

purplethunder3121 said:

nursev said:

Timmy84 said:

These stand-offs always crack me up...

[Edited 1/21/12 15:02pm]

Dog= Prince

Cats= Elton John And Madonna

aardvark15 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

These stand-offs always crack me up...

[Edited 1/21/12 15:02pm]

Dog= Prince

Cats= Elton John And Madonna

thedance said:

Elton John may be the true "King of pop", sorry if ther's any MJ fans in the house...

Elton's performed plenty of medleys, and he's been just as influenced by R&B as much as Prince was influenced by rock. Let's not forget Elton played Soul Train because he had a crossover hit with his tribute to TSOP.

Roger Waters was talking about how great Elton is at coming up with a melody, and wishes he had that knack. The guy from Pink Floyd said this. Elton's had some really bad albums,and he's admitted to those, but some really underrated ones, too. I think Elton's had a pretty good run over the past decade as far as those songs go, kind of went back to his roots in the southern gospel stuff he'd incorporate. He also talked about Laura Nyro being an influence on him at that time, and to me, she is a bigger influence than Joni on that whole confessional genre. I don't know if "Blue" would've happened otherwise, or Carole King's "Tapestry". Laura was a game changer, and that's why she's being inducted. I hear Patti Smith to Tori Amos in Laura's songs. She also made David Geffen his first million with all those songs she wrote and others covered. He's worth how many billions now?

And as far as the whole lyrics go - do you even know what a lot of those songs back in the day were about? Rocket Man was about cocaine and being on the road. But Take Me To The Pilot? There's some really pretentious stuff that makes no sense - Bernie's kind of admitted to it. It's really Elton's melodies and the way he delivers those songs that made them hits. Taking someone's poems and putting them in a song format is hard. I'm sure Prince struggled plenty with putting lyrics to some of his, and I'm sure there's threads about worst lyrics somewhere in this forum. He works at such a rapid pace sometimes, that if the words just sound good enough in the song, it doesn't have to be great. A lot of people in rock bands have talked about writing nonsense lines, but because the words have a rhythm to them, keep them in.

And I'd put SOTT up against Goodbye Yellow Brick Road on a double album debate. I kind of wish Elton had worked with Prince in the mid 80s under a pseudonym... Elton's stuff in the mid 80s was crap with a few good songs in there.

aardvark15 said:

babyjubilation said:

MJ<Prince>Elton John

MJ≤Prince≫Elton John But that's just me

EJ<<MJ≤Prince (< Family Stand btw)

I think some of u need 2 go get urselves a dictionary (Webster's, preferably) and look up the word 'prolific'.

I know, wot wiv my spelling, I need 2 get one too, right?

dalsh327 said:

Elton's performed plenty of medleys, and he's been just as influenced by R&B as much as Prince was influenced by rock. Let's not forget Elton played Soul Train because he had a crossover hit with his tribute to TSOP.

Roger Waters was talking about how great Elton is at coming up with a melody, and wishes he had that knack. The guy from Pink Floyd said this. Elton's had some really bad albums,and he's admitted to those, but some really underrated ones, too. I think Elton's had a pretty good run over the past decade as far as those songs go, kind of went back to his roots in the southern gospel stuff he'd incorporate. He also talked about Laura Nyro being an influence on him at that time, and to me, she is a bigger influence than Joni on that whole confessional genre. I don't know if "Blue" would've happened otherwise, or Carole King's "Tapestry". Laura was a game changer, and that's why she's being inducted. I hear Patti Smith to Tori Amos in Laura's songs. She also made David Geffen his first million with all those songs she wrote and others covered. He's worth how many billions now?

And as far as the whole lyrics go - do you even know what a lot of those songs back in the day were about? Rocket Man was about cocaine and being on the road. But Take Me To The Pilot? There's some really pretentious stuff that makes no sense - Bernie's kind of admitted to it. It's really Elton's melodies and the way he delivers those songs that made them hits. Taking someone's poems and putting them in a song format is hard. I'm sure Prince struggled plenty with putting lyrics to some of his, and I'm sure there's threads about worst lyrics somewhere in this forum. He works at such a rapid pace sometimes, that if the words just sound good enough in the song, it doesn't have to be great. A lot of people in rock bands have talked about writing nonsense lines, but because the words have a rhythm to them, keep them in.

And I'd put SOTT up against Goodbye Yellow Brick Road on a double album debate. I kind of wish Elton had worked with Prince in the mid 80s under a pseudonym... Elton's stuff in the mid 80s was crap with a few good songs in there.

That would be a great debate...but not in this forum

TheDigitalGardener said:

Elton's too busy poncing around ordering flowers, getting wigs fitted and buying art to be as prolific as Prince.

Elton is without a doubt the more prolific shopper, wig adjuster and sniffer of flowers than Prince.