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Loading... Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin [soundrecording]by Elton John (Composer), Bernie Taupin (Composer)
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  carptrash | Apr 27, 2022 |   1 Border Song, featuring Eric Clapton, 4:18 2 Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time), featuring Kate Bush, 4:58 3 Come Down in Time, featuring Sting, 3:43 4 Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, featuring The Who, 4:32 5 Crocodile Rock, featuring The Beach Boys, 4:22 6 Daniel, featuring Wilson Phillips, 4:01 7 Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, featuring Joe Cocker, 3:57 8 Levon, featuring Jon Bon Jovi, 5:05 9 The Bitch Is Back, featuring Tina Turner, 3:37 10 Philadelphia Freedom, featuring Daryl Hall & John Oates, 5:11 11 Your Song, featuring Rod Stewart, 4:48 12 Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, featuring Oleta Adams, 5:53 13 Madman Across the Water, featuring Bruce Hornsby, 6:10 14 Sacrifice, featuring Sinéad O'Connor, 5:08 15 Burn Down the Mission, featuring Phil Collins, 6:09 16 Tonight, featuring George Michael, 7:02 Lemeritus | Feb 11, 2014 |
Two Rooms is a wildly uneven star-studded tribute to a wildly uneven superstar songwriting team. Though Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote many of the best pop songs of the '70s and '80s, they have written more than their fair share of clunkers as well. Some of them were chosen for this collection. Tina Turner, for example, tackles the ludicrously juvenile "The Bitch Is Back" and somehow manages to make it even worse. Daryl Hall and John Oates don't fare any better with the embarrassingly outdated disco anthem "Philadelphia Freedom." But most of the songs on Two Rooms are drawn from Elton and Bernie's A-list and some of them really illustrate the depth of their songwriting abilities. Sinéad O'Connor finds the tortured soul of the 1989 divorce song "Sacrifice" in a way that the original recording never did. George Michael's radiant tenor lights a fire under "Tonight," another song about a disintegrating relationship. Sting gives the album's most memorable performance, bringing haunted melancholy to the seldom heard "Come Down in Time." Unfortunately, many of the artists are not that sensitive to their chosen songs. Wilson Phillips makes a chipper dentist's office ballad out of the heart-rending elegy "Daniel," while Jon Bon Jovi brings unwanted screech rock bluster to "Levon" and Rod Stewart turns the gentle, charming sap of "Your Song" into noxious, gooey sap. The record succeeds in conveying the enormous influence and productivity of the collaboration between John and Taupin. But it sometimes makes you think they've been just a bit too prolific and that their influence might not always be a good one.
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Alto Saxophone – George Young (2)
Arranged By [Horns] – Rob Mounsey
Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
Bass – Daryl Jones*
Choir – Reverend Timothy Wright Washington Temple Concert Choir*
Coordinator [Production Co-ordinator] – Jill Dell'Abate
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Engineer – Dave O'Donnell
Guitar, Vocals – Eric Clapton
Piano – Greg Phillinganes
Producer – Eric Clapton,
Synthesizer [Additional] – Alan Clark, Robbie Kondor
Synthesizer [Synth Horns] – Jeff Bova
Tambourine – Carol Steele
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
Trombone – Dave Bargeron
Trumpet – Alan Rubin
A2 Kate Bush– Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
Bagpipes [Uilleann] – Davey Spillane*
Concertina – Alistair Anderson
Drums – Charlie Morgan
Engineer, Bass – Del Palmer
Guitar – Alan Murphy
Producer, Keyboards, Vocals – Kate Bush
A3 Sting– Come Down In Time
Engineer – Richard Arnold
Piano – Nancy Treadlight
Recorded By, Mixed By – Hugh Padgham
Vocals, Bass – Sting
A4 The Who– Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Backing Vocals – Ian Wilson
Engineer – Andy MacPherson
Piano – John 'Rabbit' Bundrick*
Producer, Backing Vocals – Billy Nicholls
Producer, Programmed By [Programming] – Jon Astley
B1 The Beach Boys– Crocodile Rock
Backing Vocals – Adrian Baker, Bruce Johnson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love
Engineer, Vocals – Jeff Peters
Guitar – Jerry Stevenson
Lead Vocals – Alan Jardine
Producer, Remix – Gus Dudgeon
Programmed By [Programming], Keyboards, Engineer – Ian Lynne*
Remix – Tufty
B2 Wilson Phillips– Daniel
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Jerry Hey
Arranged By [Vocal Arrangement] – Wilson Phillips
Bass – Neil Stubenhaus
Coordinator [Production Co-ordinator] – Jolie Levine
Cymbal – John Robinson (2)
Engineer [Assistant] – Charlie Paakkari, Chris Fogel, Mark Hagen, Randy Long
Guitar – Michael Landau
Other [Charts Prepared By] – Orion Crawford
Piano [Acoustic] – Randy Kerber
Producer, Arranged By [Vocal Arrangement, Rhythm Arrangement], Electric Piano, Synthesizer – Glen Ballard
Programmed By [Synthesizer Programming] – Michael Boddicker
Recorded By, Mixed By – Francis Buckley
Saxophone – Daniel Higgins*
B3 Joe Cocker– Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Bass – T.M. Stevens
Drums – Steve Holley (2)
Engineer [Assistant] – Dan Gellent, Gary Langan
Guitar – Phil Grande
Keyboards – Chris Stainton
Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – David Tickle
Saxophone – Deric Dyer
Synthesizer – John Miles
B4 Jon Bon Jovi– Levon
Bass – Tim Harrington (3)
Drums – Tico Torres
Engineer [Additional] – Phil Nicolo
Guitar – Phil X
Keyboards – Dave Bryan*, Howie Bertolo
Producer, Guitar – Aldo Nova
Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Obie O'Brien
Producer, Vocals – Jon Bon Jovi
C1 Tina Turner– The Bitch Is Back
Arranged By [Horns], Horns [Horn Section], Soloist [Sax], Organ, Tambourine, Backing Vocals – Timmy Cappello*
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Bob Feit
Drums – Jack Bruno
Engineer [Mixing Assistant] – Talley Sherwood
Engineer [Recording Assistant] – Brian Scheuble, Michael Douglass*
Guitar, Backing Vocals – James Ralston
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Ollie Marland
Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals – Gene Black
Piano, Backing Vocals – Kenny Moore
Producer – Roger Davies
Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Tina Turner
Producer, Mixed By, Engineer – Chris Lord-Alge
C2 Daryl Hall & John Oates– Philadelphia Freedom
Bass Guitar – Kasim Sulton
Drums – Michael Braun*
Electric Guitar – Elliot Easton
Engineer – Peter Moshay
Engineer [Mix] – Curt Frasca
Keyboards – Bob Mayo
Keyboards [Additional] – T-Bone Wolk, Terry Burros*
Mixed By, Producer [Post-production] – Shep Pettibone
Other [Guitar Technician & Crew] – Tom Perme
Percussion – Sammy Figueroa
Producer – Tom "T-Bone" Wolk*
Producer, Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar – John Oates
Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards – Daryl Hall
C3 Rod Stewart– Your Song
Bass – Carmine Rojas
Drums – Dave Palmer*
Guitar – Chrissy Shefts, Jeff Golub
Keyboards – Kevin Savigar
Mandolin – Carmine Rojas
Mixed By – Brian Malouf
Producer – Trevor Horn
Violin – Richard Green*
C4 Oleta Adams– Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Backing Vocals – Carol Kenyon, Tessa Niles
Bass – Pino Palladino
Drums – John Cushon
Engineer – Steve Chase*
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Roland Orzabal
Organ [Hammond] – Simon Clark
Piano, Vocals – Oleta Adams
Producer – Roland Orzabel*
D1 Bruce Hornsby– Madman Across The Water
Bass – Joe Puerta
Drums – John Molo
Engineer – Larry Millas
Engineer [Assistant] – Ken Wishner, Scott Ahaus
Engineer [Mixing] – Tuffy*
Guitar – George Marinelli Jr.*
Keyboards – John "J.T." Thomas*
Producer, Lead Vocals, Piano – Bruce Hornsby
Producer, Mixed By – Gus Dudgeon
D2 Sinéad O'Connor– Sacrifice
Engineer – John Reynolds
Engineer [Assistant] – Paul Golding
Keyboards – Lyndon Connah
Producer – Sinéad O'Connor
D3 Phil Collins & The Serious Band– Burn Down The Mission
Bass – Lee Sklar*
Brass [Section] – Phenix Horns*
Guitar – Daryl Stuermer
Organ – Steve Winwood
Producer – Hugh Padgham
Producer, Vocals, Drums, Piano – Phil Collins
D4 George Michael– Tonight
Engineer, Recorded By [Live Recording By] – Chris Porter
Oboe – Danny Jacobs
Piano, Strings – Chris Cameron
Producer – George Michael
Strings – Dave Clayton
Woodwind, French Horn – Andy Hamilton (7)