![]() ![]() Led Zeppelin is a band that trades on their aura almost as much as their music. Trivia: The crowd sounds heard throughout are lifted from two concerts, one of Elton John’s own, and another from Jimi Hendrix. Not bad for a song that long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin claimed was inspired by Orwellian science fiction and watching ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ while on drugs. Its commercial popularity is backed up by industry-wide respect, from Axl Rose name-checking it as a key inspiration, to everyone from Lady Gaga and P!nk to Biz Markie and A Tribe Called Quest covering or sampling it. It would probably sound more than a bit silly if anyone else tried it, but there’s absolutely nothing silly about this. ‘Bennie and the Jets’ is a big glittery slab of glam-rock as translated through the inimitable prism of Elton John. The bona fides of ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ are not in question. So although you could make a convincing argument for him having better or more noteworthy singles, we’ve gone with this, his second Billboard Hot 100 No.1, as our pick.Ī Grammy Hall of Fame inductee since 2003, and including singles such as ‘Candle in the Wind’ and ‘Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)’ as well as some incredible album tracks, do yourself a favor and check this out. ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ is, without a doubt, Elton John’s biggest and best album, with over 31 million units sold. Trivia: The song also has an oddly prominent standing in the world of television sit-coms, appearing in both F.R.I.E.N.D.S and The Office (US). The band is in widescreen mode, filling your eardrums, whatever room you happen to be in and probably the horizon with that deceptively simple staccato style. ![]() It’s U2 in distilled form, with Bono switching between his distinctive croon and his equally distinctive wail at will, all the while delivering a particularly compelling lyric about, what else, a complicated love story. landed tomorrow with an unquenchable thirst to understand Earth’s culture, you could probably use this song as the blueprint for stadium rock. The song itself, which became the band’s first US number one, is big. Simply put, albums don’t come much bigger. The album itself is a stone-cold, certified classic, selling an eye-watering 25 million copies worldwide, storming charts all over the place, being named by the BBC as the defining album of the eighties and confirming the Irish band as global superstars. ![]() After all, what is there to say when the lead single of U2’s 1987 monster album, ‘The Joshua Tree’, is at the bottom of the list? We did warn you we weren’t messing about with this one. ![]()
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