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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
See, this was my point......how the genre has gotten so fragmented over time. John is no harder hitting than Phill Collins, Stevie Wonder or Bruce Hornsby, yet nobody considers them Rock and Roll. All of them great artists though.....
Like i mentioned earlier, if Elton John released the same songs today, no way would modern rock radio even touch it.
Its just strange to me.....
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Elton John's early stuff seemed to have a lot of rock in it, I think. I suspect that he's mellowed over age. I think he was viewed as one of many flamboyant rock acts in that era, a la David Bowie.