Would Dennis have been a good frontman?

[retrokid67]

It's all subjective, but I like the MIC live version over any other. It has the blues arrangement of the In Concert version (which I prefer over the pop version, which is still great in it's own right), and I simply much prefer Dennis's vocals on this over Al's.

Gotcha, but you still shouldn't call it "definitive", that's what I had issue with. It's a fact that Al's version skyrocketed the charts & it's the song that people identify him with, his "curse" if you will. Having differing taste is fine, but give the guy credit where it's due, without blindly going for Dennis.

That's because it was given to Al first. And in the early 70's they let both Carl and Dennis sing lead. I just think Dennis did the best out of them (Though I haven't heard the Carl version). It's no disrespect to Al, though he has plenty of other signature songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfuO--8hto
Carl and Elton John

Thanks, will check it out soon!

no problem 

[Sound of Free]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfuO--8hto
Carl and Elton John

Instead of playing the keyboard, Elton should have played the drums and before the song said, "Dennis Wilson, eat your heart out!" 

[retrokid67]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfuO--8hto
Carl and Elton John

Instead of playing the keyboard, Elton should have played the drums and before the song said, "Dennis Wilson, eat your heart out!"  

  that would've been interesting. I always wondered why Dennis said that

[Cabinessenceking]

nah, Dennis presence at the front was epic, but Mike was the only one who was not bashful and could front the group properly. He was a complete clown sometimes however and as the years passed he perfected his clownery.

[metal flake paint]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfuO--8hto
Carl and Elton John

Instead of playing the keyboard, Elton should have played the drums and before the song said, "Dennis Wilson, eat your heart out!"  

  that would've been interesting. I always wondered why Dennis said that

A reference to the '75 Wembley gig, perhaps?

[retrokid67]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfuO--8hto
Carl and Elton John

Instead of playing the keyboard, Elton should have played the drums and before the song said, "Dennis Wilson, eat your heart out!"  

  that would've been interesting. I always wondered why Dennis said that

A reference to the '75 Wembley gig, perhaps?

I was talking about the Melbourne show in 1978 and then again at knebworth.

[metal flake paint]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfuO--8hto
Carl and Elton John

Instead of playing the keyboard, Elton should have played the drums and before the song said, "Dennis Wilson, eat your heart out!"  

  that would've been interesting. I always wondered why Dennis said that

A reference to the '75 Wembley gig, perhaps?

I was talking about the Melbourne show in 1978 and then again at knebworth.

I know I was referring to the '75 Wembley gig at which The Beach Boys reportedly blew Elton John off the stage. Perhaps the memory of that gig remained with Dennis for a few years and he refereed to it prior to the band performing "...Rhonda."

[retrokid67]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfuO--8hto
Carl and Elton John

Instead of playing the keyboard, Elton should have played the drums and before the song said, "Dennis Wilson, eat your heart out!"  

  that would've been interesting. I always wondered why Dennis said that

A reference to the '75 Wembley gig, perhaps?

I was talking about the Melbourne show in 1978 and then again at knebworth.

I know I was referring to the '75 Wembley gig at which The Beach Boys reportedly blew Elton John off the stage. Perhaps the memory of that gig remained with Dennis for a few years and he refereed to it prior to the band performing "...Rhonda."

that completely slipped my mind    do they have tapes of that show in the vaults somewhere?

[metal flake paint]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfuO--8hto
Carl and Elton John

Instead of playing the keyboard, Elton should have played the drums and before the song said, "Dennis Wilson, eat your heart out!"  

  that would've been interesting. I always wondered why Dennis said that

A reference to the '75 Wembley gig, perhaps?

I was talking about the Melbourne show in 1978 and then again at knebworth.

I know I was referring to the '75 Wembley gig at which The Beach Boys reportedly blew Elton John off the stage. Perhaps the memory of that gig remained with Dennis for a few years and he refereed to it prior to the band performing "...Rhonda."

that completely slipped my mind    do they have tapes of that show in the vaults somewhere?

Seems as though there's only a lo-fi audience recording (unless something else has been discovered since 2006).

There was discussion about the show here:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,2629.0.html

[retrokid67]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfuO--8hto
Carl and Elton John

Instead of playing the keyboard, Elton should have played the drums and before the song said, "Dennis Wilson, eat your heart out!"  

  that would've been interesting. I always wondered why Dennis said that

A reference to the '75 Wembley gig, perhaps?

I was talking about the Melbourne show in 1978 and then again at knebworth.

I know I was referring to the '75 Wembley gig at which The Beach Boys reportedly blew Elton John off the stage. Perhaps the memory of that gig remained with Dennis for a few years and he refereed to it prior to the band performing "...Rhonda."

that completely slipped my mind    do they have tapes of that show in the vaults somewhere?

Seems as though there's only a lo-fi audience recording (unless something else has been discovered since 2006).

There was discussion about the show here:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,2629.0.html

o ok thanks  .  I hope one day we'll get to hear clear audio from it, and their other performances from that time