TS: Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom" vs Heaven 17, "Temptation"

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The horn charts on both songs are eerily similar. "Temptation" is much more camp than the Elton song, which is one of his very best.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 13 October 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)

Casting my vote for "Temptation," though the forced diva vocals are too much. The horn chart is pretty much the stereotypical Motown brass, though, innit? I'm sure I've heard it on an Otis Redding song, though I'll be damned if I know which one.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Thursday, 13 October 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Not my favorite of either, but "Temptation" owns (coming from Philadelphia isn't helping my opinion of the Elton any)

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 13 October 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)

Elton's is more fun

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Thursday, 13 October 2005 16:31 (twenty years ago)

Andrew, you can't TASTE the freedom in Philly?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

I've seen the Liberty Bell...once? We took a field trip.

Anyways, the top Elton song on the clasic rock radio station around Philly is usually "Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding". A much better choice.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

Andrew, you can't TASTE the freedom in Philly?
he cant, but i can. and right now freedom in philadelphia tastes like a salad from au bon pain.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

I am so hungry right now.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

For some temptation?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

temp-tay-shun!

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

this song makes me upset that they never actually say the word "temptation" in the New Order song.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)

It was too easy to make this a TS b/w Heaven 17 and New Order.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

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