Elton John: the Brit is back!http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/21/elton-john-the-brit-is-back/
by Hawes Spencer
 Elton John as seen from upper deck.PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye, reserved some of his strongest opprobrium for a pianist who added extra flourishes. But when the piano man is Elton John and the songs are America’s soundtrack, sometimes less isn’t more.
The haunting “Levon,” the song about about a boy-man born a pauper to a pawn, got an interesting bit of reverb about halfway through, as John R&Bed the end of it Friday night at John Paul Jones Arena. And consider what he did to “Rocket Man.”
Seen upon its 1972 release as a mere response to David Bowie’s haunting “Space Oddity,” John’s song about a Mars traveller was originally four minutes, forty-one seconds of quiet loneliness counterposed against synthesized, overdubbed harmonies.
But inside Virginia’s biggest concert venue, “Rocket Man” grew into something closer to a rock opera. As colorful, almost Yellow Submarine, images danced behind him, the 61-year-old pianist showed how even a classic can get a new interpretation.
“I want to get up and dance,” said the attractive blonde fan in the next seat, as celestial scenes (and archival images of Captain Fantastic himself) moved behind the band during the extended “Rocket Man.” By the time the 10-minute opus ended, the crowd was indeed on its feet in a standing ovation.
Speaking of standing, there was one fan– a wild whirling-pogo-man-boy in the front row– unable to restrain his glee. The performer, likewise, hopped up from his piano bench to wave, point, and thank the crowd after nearly every song.
At one point, he burst from his seat to lead the crowd in la-la-laing his “Crocodile Rock.” While obviously not as athletic as countryman Mick Jagger, who cavorted across another local stage three years ago, John gave a physically impressive performance that included a solo and even (unless he thought it was New Year’s Eve) a brief nod to UVA by playing the hook of the “Good Old Song.”
“Hope you win the game tomorrow,” he told the packed-to-the-rafters crowd who paid $57-111 to be there and whose average age appeared to start with a five.
Although John’s voice no longer finds the highest notes and even though his Manhattan phone book-thick hit catalogue offers myriad opportunities to thrill, he still found a way to create a fervor with his now falsetto-free version of that perpetual radio staple “Tiny Dancer.”
As the main event ended, John chose not to leave the stage but instead signed tickets and t-shirts while five minutes of screaming and clapping led the band– which includes original drummer Nigel Olsson and original guitarist Davey Johnstone– to join the the orange-haired frontman for an encore.
John has ditched the ostrich feathers and giant sunglasses that defined his 1970s flamboyance, but what he’s given up in props, he seems to be taking back in intensity. As the concert wrapped after about two hours and 45 minutes of non-stop energetic singing and playing, the conclusion would be obvious, even to Holden Caulfield.
Sometimes more is more.
–last updated 11:32am, October 21 Elton John Revisits Yellow Brick Road With Rufus Wainwright, Jake Shears, Ben Folds Last night Elton John returned to Broadway to perform his classic 1973 double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road start to finish. The event benefited a number of AIDS charitable organizations (tickets ranged from $250 to $2,500) and featured an all-star group of Sir Elton's friends: Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Jake Shears, John Cameron Mitchell, Jane Krakowski, Simba... That sounds awesome. From the New Amsterdam theater, here's Elton with a "very important part of [his] life" Jake Shears, of Scissor Sisters/Queef Latina, animatedly tackling Bernie Taupin's booze-soaked narrative "Social Disease."
Rufus did the title track, btw. Next time I wanna see Kevin Barnes doing "Take Me To The Pilot."
Sir Elton John & Jake Shears - Social Disease - New Amsterdam Theater - 10/20/08 - New York City
Eric Clapton (with Mark Knopfler and Elton John!) Tokyo 1988 (Soundboard) FLAC
Title: On the Crossroads
The Dome, Tokyo on November 2, 1988 Type: Soundboard Eric Clapton : Guitar, Vocals
Mark Knopfler : Guitar Elton John : Piano, Vocals Nathan East : Bass Steve Ferrone : Drums Alan Clark : Keyboards Ray Cooper : Percussion Katie Kissoon : Backing Vocals Tessa Niles : Backing Vocals 01. Crossroads
02. White Room 03. I Shot The Sheriff 04. Lay Down Sally 05. Wonderful Tonight 06. Tearing Us Apart 07. Candle In The Wind* 08. I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues* 09. Daniel* 10. Cocaine 11. Layla *Elton John on vocals download links:
Downloaded .flac files, what's that ?
supposed to be music and by the size maybe .cda or .mp3 with very high bitrate...
renamed these .flac without success so far... Flac To Mp3 Freeware - Free Software Download -
One of the featuers of 4Musics FLAC to MP3 Converter is that it works from the right click menu on a file. Simply right click on the FLAC, select "Convert ...
Flac To Mp3 Freeware - Free http://www.sharewareconnection.com/software.php?list=Flac+To+Mp3+Freeware Software Download - [ Traduzir esta página ]One of the featuers of 4Musics FLAC to MP3 Converter is that it works from the right click menu on a file. Simply right click on the FLAC, select "Convert ...
Como transformar .FLAC direto para .MP3?
Pessoal, peguei uma discografia de uma banda, mas veio tudo em FLAC... a discografia ficou enorme.. ficou mais de 10GB.. agora quero passar para MP3 para caber no máximo em 1 DVD...
Gostaria de um programa q passe de flac para mp3 e ainda guarde as informações da música (aquele alt+3 d winamp...) Alguém sugere algum programa? Dou preferência a freeware... mas se só existir algum pago eu dou um jeito aqui... como é só para essa discografia eu uso um shareware mesmo.. tentei o Blazemeida converter 6 e ele não reconhece os flac... Parece que o dbpower faz a conversão.
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm O Foobar2000 é muito bom para isso, além de ser freeware é um player e converte para outros formatos. Para MP3 ele usa o codec lame, que vc pode baixar direto do site oficial e é free também. Para isso basta jogar o arquivo lame.exe na pasta do foobar e indicar a localização dele assim que for pedido na hora da conversão dos arquivos.
Parece que o codec do DbPower expira depois de um tempo, mas não tenho certeza. Por isso prefiro o Foobar2000 mesmo... Foobar2000: http://www.foobar2000.org/ Codec Lame: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Lame_Encoder.htm O Foobar2000 é muito bom para isso, além de ser freeware é um player e converte para outros formatos. Para MP3 ele usa o codec lame, que vc pode baixar direto do site oficial e é free também. Para isso basta jogar o arquivo lame.exe na pasta do foobar e indicar a localização dele assim que for pedido na hora da conversão dos arquivos.
Parece que o codec do DbPower expira depois de um tempo, mas não tenho certeza. Por isso prefiro o Foobar2000 mesmo... Foobar2000: http://www.foobar2000.org/ Codec Lame: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Lame_Encoder.htm Beleza! funcionou perfeito!
Valeu cara!  Artist: Long John Baldry
Title: It Ain’t Easy Label: WEA International Genre: Blues Released: Sep 27, 2005 Format: Flac Total Time: 01:09:00 Size: 464 MB (incl. 10% Recovery record) It Ain’t Easy features a British blues/rock line-up befitting the man behind the Long John Baldry moniker. This album returns Baldry to a decidedly edgier and hipper audience, with a literal cast of all-stars on some of the more adventurous material he had covered to date. This is no doubt due, at least in part, to the involvement of Rock superstars Rod Stewart and Elton John.
Among their contributions to the project, Rod Stewart and Elton John divided the production tasks — each taking a side of this classic album. The backing band on Rod Stewart’s side include fellow Small Faces and future Rolling Stone, Ron Wood, on electric guitar and acoustic guitarist Sam Mitchell, who appeared on many of Stewart’s early ’70s solo albums. His contributions to this side are numerous, including an especially potent solo on Leadbelly’s Black Girl. This authentic duet featuring Maggie Bell on co-lead vocals is a definite return to the Mississippi Delta for the song which is also known as the Bluegrass standard In the Pines. Other highlights from Stewart’s sector include the humorous and self-biographical lead-off track Conditional Discharge, which is paired with the full-tilt boogie of Don’t Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll. Also the haunting Flying (Buttons and Bows) finishes the Stewart production
perfectly. Highlights from Elton John’s side include Randy Newman’s Let’s Burn Down the Cornfield, and Rock Me When He’s Gone. Added bonus 6 unreleased tracks have been included featuring Robert Johnson’s Love in Vain.- AMG/
Jimmy Horowitz: Exe.Producer
Mike Bobak: engineer Elton John: piano Rod Stewart: vocals Long John Baldry: vocals, 12 string Maggie Bell: vocals Roger Pope: drums Caleb Quaye: guitar Ray Jackson: mandolin Sam Mitchell: guitars Ian Armitt: keyboards Ian Duck: vocals/harp Dave Glover: bass Ron Wood: guitar Al Skidmore: sax Tracklist:
01 - Intro- Conditional Discharge
02 - Don’t Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King Of Rock And Roll 03 - Black Girl 04 - It Ain’t Easy 05 - Morning Morning 06 - I’m Ready 07 - Let’s Burn Down The Cornfield 08 - Mr Rubin 09 - Rock Me When He’s Gone 10 - flying 11 - Going Down Slowly 12 - Blues 13 - Love in vain 14 - Midnight Hour Blues 15 - Black Girl 16 - It’ Ain’t Easy 17 - I’m Ready 18 - Radio Spot Débora Machado & Robson Vianna
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