| RETROLOVE 29.08.2006 02:03 |
I busted out laughing when I read this, but it could work, he did have the duet with Slim Shady back in 01. link |
| All_Too_Late 29.08.2006 05:06 |
wow...that´s interesting :D:D |
| The Fairy King 29.08.2006 05:16 |
<font color=Blue>Retro<font color=1>Love wrote: I busted out laughing when I read this, but it could work, he did have the duet with Slim Shady back in 01. linkHope he won't rap. xD |
| RETROLOVE 29.08.2006 05:49 |
Mary J. Blige actually did sample Benny and the Jets for one of her songs back in 2000? |
| The Fairy King 29.08.2006 05:50 |
<font color=Blue>Retro<font color=1>Love wrote: Mary J. Blige actually did sample Benny and the Jets for one of her songs back in 2000?Mary J is a c*nt. She raped U2's "One". I will never forgive her for that. -.-' And the band for playing along... |
| eenaweena 29.08.2006 06:02 |
i'm sorry, but elton john and rap don't go together. he's too good for that. :) i'm not saying rap is low class or anything. it's just not very... elton-y. :) |
| thomasquinn 32989 29.08.2006 06:12 |
It'll be...different. And I mean 'different' in the least positive sense imaginable. Elton John, from Soft-Pop to Hip-Hop in one easy step? Dear god, this is going to lose him some fans... |
| RETROLOVE 29.08.2006 06:17 |
<b><font color="green">The Fairy King wrote:Please dont refer to someone as a cunt, that is disgusting!!!<font color=Blue>Retro<font color=1>Love wrote: Mary J. Blige actually did sample Benny and the Jets for one of her songs back in 2000?Mary J is a c*nt. She raped U2's "One". I will never forgive her for that. -.-' And the band for playing along... You need your mouth washed out with soap!!!! You've got issues Fairy King! LOL |
| RETROLOVE 29.08.2006 06:20 |
<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: It'll be...different. And I mean 'different' in the least positive sense imaginable. Elton John, from Soft-Pop to Hip-Hop in one easy step? Dear god, this is going to lose him some fans...Yeah it will be. I remember seeing on TV where disco was the big craze back in the 70's...and everyone was doing a disco album, this is what that kinda reminds me of...I really hope he doesnt do the rap thing, I just cant picture him chilling with 50 cent, rapping with him...lol |
| rocks. 29.08.2006 06:22 |
Ewwww..im not an Elton John fan anyway, and this just brings him down sooo much lower on my list of artists... |
| john bodega 29.08.2006 07:26 |
<font color=Blue>Retro<font color=1>Love wrote:I don't see the cause for umbrage with the word itself. A vagina is truly a beautiful thing.<b><font color="green">The Fairy King wrote:Please dont refer to someone as a cunt, that is disgusting!!! You need your mouth washed out with soap!!!! You've got issues Fairy King! LOL<font color=Blue>Retro<font color=1>Love wrote: Mary J. Blige actually did sample Benny and the Jets for one of her songs back in 2000?Mary J is a c*nt. She raped U2's "One". I will never forgive her for that. -.-' And the band for playing along... I think Fairy King needs their head read for seeing 'cunt' as an insult, to be honest. |
| The Fairy King 29.08.2006 07:46 |
Zebonka12 wrote:Not really.<font color=Blue>Retro<font color=1>Love wrote:I don't see the cause for umbrage with the word itself. A vagina is truly a beautiful thing. I think Fairy King needs their head read for seeing 'cunt' as an insult, to be honest.<b><font color="green">The Fairy King wrote:Please dont refer to someone as a cunt, that is disgusting!!! You need your mouth washed out with soap!!!! You've got issues Fairy King! LOL<font color=Blue>Retro<font color=1>Love wrote: Mary J. Blige actually did sample Benny and the Jets for one of her songs back in 2000?Mary J is a c*nt. She raped U2's "One". I will never forgive her for that. -.-' And the band for playing along... |
| Mr.Jingles 29.08.2006 09:17 |
C'mon Burak Mary J Bligue covering 'One' wasn't that bad. It just made the song sound more soulful, that's all. At least it wasn't nearly as bad as U2 turning into a techno and electronica band in the 90s. I'd rather listen to Mary J Bligue singing 'One' a million times than listening 'Numb' again. |
| john bodega 29.08.2006 09:45 |
<b><font color="green">The Fairy King wrote:Yeah really.Zebonka12 wrote:Not really.<font color=Blue>Retro<font color=1>Love wrote:I don't see the cause for umbrage with the word itself. A vagina is truly a beautiful thing. I think Fairy King needs their head read for seeing 'cunt' as an insult, to be honest.&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;green&quot;&gt;The Fairy King wrote:Please dont refer to someone as a cunt, that is disgusting!!! You need your mouth washed out with soap!!!! You've got issues Fairy King! LOL&lt;font color=Blue&gt;Retro&lt;font color=1&gt;Love wrote: Mary J. Blige actually did sample Benny and the Jets for one of her songs back in 2000?Mary J is a c*nt. She raped U2's &quot;One&quot;. I will never forgive her for that. -.-' And the band for playing along... |
| Poo, again 29.08.2006 10:05 |
<font color=Blue>Retro<font color=1>Love wrote: I busted out laughing when I read this, but it could work, he did have the duet with Slim Shady back in 01. linkOh, God, no! :O |
| AspiringPhilosophe 29.08.2006 11:19 |
I happen to really like Elton John, but I absolutely hate rap and hip hop!! I won't even dignify them with the title of "music", because they aren't. As interesting as this could be, I'm really don't understand why he's doing this. Why is he selling out? He's better than that! |
| user name 29.08.2006 15:19 |
It's not really selling out when you're as wealthy as Elton John is. Elton just seems like a really open and inquisitive sort of fellow, and it seems like he has a genuine interest in doing it. That is by no means "selling out," which is a term that is very abused and incorrectly attributed nowadays. However, I will agree that I truly abhor hip hop. |
| Carol! the Musical 29.08.2006 16:58 |
I want to hear that! xD |
| RETROLOVE 30.08.2006 00:41 |
I don't see the cause for umbrage with the word itself. A vagina is truly a beautiful thing.
You've got that right lovely one :) None of us would be here if it wasnt for it!! |
| AspiringPhilosophe 30.08.2006 06:10 |
<b><font color=666600>Music Man wrote: It's not really selling out when you're as wealthy as Elton John is. Elton just seems like a really open and inquisitive sort of fellow, and it seems like he has a genuine interest in doing it. That is by no means "selling out," which is a term that is very abused and incorrectly attributed nowadays. However, I will agree that I truly abhor hip hop.If he has a geniune interest, more power to him. I just can't see any good coming from this. An upper middle aged, white British gay guy is not going to succeed doing hip hop....it's hard enough for white guys of our age bracket to do it. While spreading out into different genres is good, you should understand your limits. It's like the french language rap I heard while I was in France....that language is just not meant for rap. Ever. It sounds very silly, to say the least. I just hope he doesn't take too big of a hit, fan base wise, for this. |
| RETROLOVE 30.08.2006 07:03 |
CMU HistoryGirl wrote:Funny that you say the french thing:<b><font color=666600>Music Man wrote: It's not really selling out when you're as wealthy as Elton John is. Elton just seems like a really open and inquisitive sort of fellow, and it seems like he has a genuine interest in doing it. That is by no means "selling out," which is a term that is very abused and incorrectly attributed nowadays. However, I will agree that I truly abhor hip hop.If he has a geniune interest, more power to him. I just can't see any good coming from this. An upper middle aged, white British gay guy is not going to succeed doing hip hop....it's hard enough for white guys of our age bracket to do it. While spreading out into different genres is good, you should understand your limits. It's like the french language rap I heard while I was in France....that language is just not meant for rap. Ever. It sounds very silly, to say the least. I just hope he doesn't take too big of a hit, fan base wise, for this. My brother speaks German, and he says that their are jewish-german rappers over their???? I'm like whaaaat??? Hard for me to imagine people rapping in german...lol |
| Mr.Jingles 30.08.2006 09:10 |
Wasn't there already a song sampling both 2Pac and Elton John. I forgot which Elton John song was that. |
| deleted user 30.08.2006 10:39 |
whatever he wants to do, hope it comes out ok. |
| pma 30.08.2006 10:46 |
Mr.Jingles wrote: Wasn't there already a song sampling both 2Pac and Elton John. I forgot which Elton John song was that.Elton's brilliant "Indian Sunset" was sampled (rather poorly in my view) on the "new" Tupac song (geez, now I hear that song "i wrote this song in 94" from the Chappelle skit in my head) "Ghetto Ghospel", which was produced by Eminem. I think a lot of people get the wrong idea, Elton doesn't want to RAP himself, but merely collaborate with hot hip-hop producers/artists to create something new and maybe utilize his already existing back-catalogue (that's what I think he ment) He mentioned on the BBC news article that he wanted to do something similar to Blackstreet's "No Diggity" which was produced by Dr. Dre, that song isn't "rapping"... |
| Mr.Jingles 30.08.2006 12:09 |
pma wrote:Well, that explains things better.Mr.Jingles wrote: Wasn't there already a song sampling both 2Pac and Elton John. I forgot which Elton John song was that.Elton's brilliant "Indian Sunset" was sampled (rather poorly in my view) on the "new" Tupac song (geez, now I hear that song "i wrote this song in 94" from the Chappelle skit in my head) "Ghetto Ghospel", which was produced by Eminem. I think a lot of people get the wrong idea, Elton doesn't want to RAP himself, but merely collaborate with hot hip-hop producers/artists to create something new and maybe utilize his already existing back-catalogue (that's what I think he ment) He mentioned on the BBC news article that he wanted to do something similar to Blackstreet's "No Diggity" which was produced by Dr. Dre, that song isn't "rapping"... If Elton John wants to make songs with a more R&B edge that's cool with me. He has collaborated with with Mary J Bligue already. |
| user name 30.08.2006 13:37 |
CMU HistoryGirl wrote:Wouldn't what you're describing - that is, performing for the sole purpose of success, a large fanbase, and monetary gain - be a more apt description of "selling-out," though? To me, art is doing whatever it is you want to do, no matter what it is, with little regard to what anybody says about it or how well it will sell.<b><font color=666600>Music Man wrote: It's not really selling out when you're as wealthy as Elton John is. Elton just seems like a really open and inquisitive sort of fellow, and it seems like he has a genuine interest in doing it. That is by no means "selling out," which is a term that is very abused and incorrectly attributed nowadays. However, I will agree that I truly abhor hip hop.If he has a geniune interest, more power to him. I just can't see any good coming from this. An upper middle aged, white British gay guy is not going to succeed doing hip hop....it's hard enough for white guys of our age bracket to do it. While spreading out into different genres is good, you should understand your limits. It's like the french language rap I heard while I was in France....that language is just not meant for rap. Ever. It sounds very silly, to say the least. I just hope he doesn't take too big of a hit, fan base wise, for this. |
| Lester Burnham 30.08.2006 14:02 |
I don't think it's selling out if he really wants to do it. It's not like he really needs the money nor does he need the notoriety - I get the feeling that he really enjoys the music and wants to try his hand at it. His comments about what R&B artists he's listening to don't seem all that insincere, and it's not like R&B is the latest flash-in-the-pan trend that he's jumping on to create a #1 album. Of course, I haven't really followed Elton's career (though I do have the essentials, and I'm interested in his new album), but if Bowie can reinvent himself every few years and be hailed as a musical genius, then I'm sure Elton can do something equally as interesting. He acknowledges anyway that it could either be good or it could be a disaster, but as long as he's trying it... edit: of course, Music Man had pretty much summed up what I said - I had misread his comment, so... yeah. Besides, pma mentioned that Elton's not going to rap, he just wants to work with producers to create something new. |
| Sherwood Forest 30.08.2006 14:06 |
it sounds like he just wants too remix his songs or something |
| queenrocks! 10902 30.08.2006 14:46 |
Elton will definitely lose his title as Captain Fantastic by going ahead with this. It will be a complete disaster but he said himself you don't know until you try so good luck to him but in time he will regret doing this |
| Lester Burnham 30.08.2006 16:16 |
Queenrocks! wrote: Elton will definitely lose his title as Captain Fantastic by going ahead with this. It will be a complete disaster but he said himself you don't know until you try so good luck to him but in time he will regret doing thisEhh... I bet Brian still stands by 'We Will Rock You' with 5ive... |
| AspiringPhilosophe 30.08.2006 16:56 |
<b><font color=666600>Music Man wrote:I never said that he should stick to that area for monetary gain or success....god knows he doesn't need either. If he wants to do this, then that's great. I just hope that he doesn't alienate a lot of his fanbase. Not because of money or success; but his true fans will stick with him on this, if he does it. I'm just curious as to what this will turn out to be. Art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Make whatever makes you happy, art wise. But let's face reality....he's used to getting critical acclaim and financial gain from his stuff. If he does this and it bombs, he may not be strong enough to handle the criticism that comes from it. I hope he is, but I don't want this to ruin him psychologically. He's got a lot left to give to us, I think. I just don't want to see him do this, have it go badly and then give up on everything because of it. We would be missing out on many things if that were to happen. It may not...and I hope it does not.CMU HistoryGirl wrote:Wouldn't what you're describing - that is, performing for the sole purpose of success, a large fanbase, and monetary gain - be a more apt description of "selling-out," though? To me, art is doing whatever it is you want to do, no matter what it is, with little regard to what anybody says about it or how well it will sell.<b><font color=666600>Music Man wrote: It's not really selling out when you're as wealthy as Elton John is. Elton just seems like a really open and inquisitive sort of fellow, and it seems like he has a genuine interest in doing it. That is by no means "selling out," which is a term that is very abused and incorrectly attributed nowadays. However, I will agree that I truly abhor hip hop.If he has a geniune interest, more power to him. I just can't see any good coming from this. An upper middle aged, white British gay guy is not going to succeed doing hip hop....it's hard enough for white guys of our age bracket to do it. While spreading out into different genres is good, you should understand your limits. It's like the french language rap I heard while I was in France....that language is just not meant for rap. Ever. It sounds very silly, to say the least. I just hope he doesn't take too big of a hit, fan base wise, for this. |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 30.08.2006 23:39 |
Personally, I don't care what he does. I'm not a fan of him. Doesn't bother me if he turned goth, punk or gangster. |
| RETROLOVE 31.08.2006 03:00 |
Elton already has got his gear on for tha album, now all he needs is his grills, and he'll be ready to go: link |
| deleted user 01.09.2006 05:26 |
OH MY GOD!! Elton John smells like pea soup. |
| deleted user 02.09.2006 01:20 |
<font color=Blue>Retro<font color=1>Love wrote: Elton already has got his gear on for tha album, now all he needs is his grills, and he'll be ready to go: linkHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Well this whole hip-hop thign should be very interesting....yes very interesting indeed... |
