Elton John is a true music legend. I was born in 1960 and it was a drag when the Beatles broke up, but then Elton John came on the scene and was a new phenomenon - like the Beatles. Very prolific and great albums where every song on his band's Albums was great - Elton and his band, Bernie Taupin - created music history. When I hear his songs, they are still as fresh as they were during the time they were made!
@teamcougars5 жыл бұрын
He and Bernie are music geniuses. Together they create legendary music!
@liv_eltonj44463 жыл бұрын
I was born in 2006 and love and adore him !
@jamesrogala3 жыл бұрын
No one initially. Elton writes chords down on the lyrics often, with any other notes to himself, to recall the basic chord progression. Then teaches the song to the band (or they learn it as he demos it). Eventually, music transcribers will make transcriptions from the recorded music, which becomes the notation of it. This is what is archived, and what an orchestra would use, or what even ends up in songbooks. Also often times when Elton's composing someone is recording it, so he can hear it later to recall what he wrote. But most of what these guys do is built around chord sequences. But Elton doesn't "write" his music on staff paper. Arrangers like Buckmaster would, though, since they are preparing scores for other musicians to play.
@MJ-oi5wb4 жыл бұрын
My sister and I saw him in MI about the time Lion King came out, and we left while he was singing Your Song to beat the crowd. The concert had been delayed over an hour due to a traffic jam, and EJ refused to start until everyone was seated. He played an awesome 3 hours, and Cooper did a set that was mind boggling. When we left we realized we had actually parked where his bus was, and while we were getting to our car after buying a few things, we heard the crowd thundering, knowing he was done. We raced to the car...only to see EJ and the crew out there racing to the bus. He had a whilte suit and top hat on, and my sister yelled ELTON!! He stopped at tipped his hat at us. Such graciousness in that man.
@laurak82405 жыл бұрын
When I first heard of HIV in the 80s, and it seemed to be striking down many in the gay community, I several times had tears in my eyes thinking we would lose Elton too. As the years passed by I realized finally that he was safe. What a sweet relief. What a beautiful person. Thanks to everything and anything that kept him safe, so that he had his chance to grow up, get sober, and have this good life now.
@hughcorston96455 жыл бұрын
Well put, Laura! Many people will appreciate your thoughts.
@cathycline22904 жыл бұрын
@@hughcorston9645 YESSSSS!!!! I for one is one of those many people!!!!!
@MrCarlRosen3 жыл бұрын
@@cathycline2290 If you want to know just how Elton "stayed safe" read his autobiography. A bit "cringeworthy" but it kept him ALIVE!
@susangoodman16504 жыл бұрын
Sir Elton John, Please don't regret the costumes, ever you were the best, so exciting and interesting. Unlike anyone else. I'll always love you
@michaelbrand20505 жыл бұрын
I watched him in concert in 2011. Elton played for 3 hours while suffering from Bronchitis. That man has more than earned any and all respect he is given.
@tonyao693 жыл бұрын
I agree
@blackjakko5 жыл бұрын
I hope he lives as long as he wants to. Music saved him and he saves others through it; him and Bernie that is.
@sincerelysophiax5 жыл бұрын
Yes !!!!!!
@roxannchambers3124 жыл бұрын
@@kc2gamer571 remarkable he's been dead for 4 months. He looked and performed pretty good for a dead guy on Oct 1st when I saw him. 🤔
@winogirlll5 жыл бұрын
I love what he said about Bernie. Beautiful!
@malgorzatapiotrowska95395 жыл бұрын
It is amazing they are brothers God bless them
@Someonesaidthis5 жыл бұрын
Elton has beautiful eyes
@livb69455 жыл бұрын
So does Taron 😊
@malgorzatapiotrowska95395 жыл бұрын
Yea it is true his eyes are beauty in his eyes we can see his soul
@Someonesaidthis4 жыл бұрын
@@livb6945 I loveeeee Taron!!!!
@MJ-oi5wb4 жыл бұрын
his eyelashes always knock me out
@Anacardiff5 жыл бұрын
He is very handsome in this one
@magorzatapiotrowska97393 жыл бұрын
Też,He is Love him in 90s
@MasonTorrey5 жыл бұрын
The greatest artist of all time.
@valwalker67735 жыл бұрын
Sir Elton was a true Friend to My Hero Freddie Mercury so i will always Love you Elton.
@malgorzatapiotrowska95395 жыл бұрын
Both of them are in my heart becouse they are my heroes ofcourse Queen and sir.Elton
@JuanGonzalez-wy9pb8 жыл бұрын
Ryan's spirit brought me here.
@MJ-oi5wb4 жыл бұрын
hoping you are well
@liv_eltonj44463 жыл бұрын
I adore Elton and I was born in 2006 ! 🥰🥰
@darcydunn23637 жыл бұрын
My idol and forever will be❤️
@wendybabendy4 жыл бұрын
Watching him play "Levon" - which is one of my favorite songs of his - took my breath away. I've never seen him in concert and never will, but I suddenly realized that's as close as I will ever get... wow. *speechless* Thank you, Elton, for that moment.
@MJ-oi5wb4 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry you never saw him in concert.
@judys33515 жыл бұрын
I Love Elton's music, he is my all time favourite singer/performer.
@darrendoyle5684 жыл бұрын
JUDY S mine too
@wagnercabrerisso59863 жыл бұрын
Musicians like him come around the world once in a lifetime.
@JuanalaCubananana2224 жыл бұрын
One of the best songwriters of all time.
@JosieReddingtonDeSanta11 жыл бұрын
Such an unusual and beautiful interview. Thank you do uploading it!
@TheNakedWombat9 жыл бұрын
Elton is an inspiration.
@kathleencollins55315 жыл бұрын
You religious freaks are the abomination. You holier than thou pieces of garbage are the ones that will be kicked from heaven.
@Potaville5 жыл бұрын
@cathy smith 100% WOMAN!
@Potaville5 жыл бұрын
@@kathleencollins5531 E.J. is a liar and a LIE! She has been lying to the fanatical for DECADES!
@laika57572 жыл бұрын
Brilliant musician.... beautiful heart. God bless Elton and Taupin. 🎼🎶🎸
@wagnercabrerisso59863 жыл бұрын
Sir Elton John has been the soundtrack of my entire life since 1972.
@tyn833finney95 жыл бұрын
Il love you Elton John forever
@cindyrose19615 жыл бұрын
You did everything right Sir Elton.
@shineonugrzydieman11 жыл бұрын
Another great historic TV doco on Elton - thanks
@malgorzatapiotrowska95395 жыл бұрын
God bless him
@vanchavez10075 жыл бұрын
elton is now 72 and he looks the same
@YEPIMONFISHING5 жыл бұрын
Cathy smith , you'll have to let us know what it looks like when the time comes 🖕
@jordan69884 жыл бұрын
@cathy smith shut the fuck dumb stupid bitch with your imaginary places lmaoo
@MrCarlRosen3 жыл бұрын
@@jordan6988 CATHY SMITH? Canadian CATHY SMITH? She KILLED John Belushi! MURDERER! She shot him up with a "SPEEDBALL"! MURDERER! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
@nonnamadonna3 жыл бұрын
Now 74 & still going strong.
@stony12585 жыл бұрын
Elton Johns a fucking legend!!
@preesi14033 жыл бұрын
OMG the tender moment with David and what he said about Bernie! OMG!
@barbarapronzalino23603 ай бұрын
Fantastico artista,il migliore❤
@kathyacosta45902 жыл бұрын
I love everything about him.
@ethandiffey80005 жыл бұрын
He has a guardian angel with him
@jeanettegault27610 ай бұрын
Always great
@charlottefowler29544 жыл бұрын
God his hair looks so good in this interview it really does and he looks so healthy glad he's sober almond Joy your husband and yourbabies do we tore up a please come out and do a couple more tours
@nonnamadonna3 жыл бұрын
Yes, his hair does look good but it's not his hair. He wears wigs now & they're all great.
@Therealderry4332 жыл бұрын
His hair
@Farrah3002 жыл бұрын
@@nonnamadonna This isn't meant to be rude, but I can't imagine Elton without hair. OH MY GOODNESS. I love him with a passion though.
@jdenino60228 ай бұрын
@@Farrah300 He did lose his hair at a very young age unfortunately. He then started wearing hats during his concerts. Check out his early concerts from the 1970s his voice was unreal back then.
@newsduke5 жыл бұрын
A top 40 hit every year for 30 years, not 29. I know, 1970 plus 29 equals the year 1999. But that leaves out the year 1970 itself, when Elton had his first hit.
@hughcorston96455 жыл бұрын
Top 10 in my books! Well put, Mark!
@MrCarlRosen3 жыл бұрын
That's in Metric years! You're absolutely right...
@letyabarai75565 жыл бұрын
parabens!
@lisataylor71366 жыл бұрын
Elton john and billy Jean king tennis
@hughcorston96455 жыл бұрын
That WAS fun!
@calebproductions59708 жыл бұрын
Omg he's nothing like he was in the 70's .... It's like a different person
@claresherman22785 жыл бұрын
pine Mapping He’s not strung out on coke.
@marshmallow99163 жыл бұрын
I didnt quite get the context of that part in the video , so help me out pls he regrets his costumes? Why? I loved his costumes! :/
@nonnamadonna3 жыл бұрын
Same here - LOVED his costumes!! Maybe it's because he's now much older.
@claresherman2278 Жыл бұрын
@@nonnamadonna He’s changed his mind since then.
@wendybabendy4 жыл бұрын
I love hearing that is "oppression" as a child is what brought out his craziness as an adult. That's me NOW - 49 years old with bright -ass purple hair... I LOVE it and who the fuck cares what other people think (although I get TONS of compliments on the color AND short-cut every day!!) I just want to be ME, dammit!!
@bobsmodelrailways3 жыл бұрын
I often wonder who “writes” the music ( and by that I mean, who puts the dots on the manuscript paper, for the musicians to play ?) I know the Dudgeons and Buckmasters of the industry do the arranging so it’s maybe they who write the music.
@nonnamadonna3 жыл бұрын
Don't know but Elton composes superb music to the lyrics Bernie writes & Elton plays the songs & sings them.
@frankcolasanto25192 жыл бұрын
I remember Charlie Rose
@rmlectronicsuk24104 жыл бұрын
A multimillionaire “geek”. Well done.
@billlozier55515 жыл бұрын
Imo, Rocketman was not bad but forgettable. There is a second half to Elton John's story where the first one left off. I would watch Rocketman 2 with anticipation. There is so much drama & storytelling left to tell.
@nonnamadonna3 жыл бұрын
I loved Rocketman. Taron Egerton was SUPERB in his portrayal of Elton. Rocketman 2 - who knows but I doubt that will happen.
@maricenelima58263 жыл бұрын
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@TELEVISIONARCHIVES9 жыл бұрын
Fans never knew about his troubles. In 1975 right before the Dodger Stadium Concert he tried to kill himself. This never made the Newspapers but at that time he was a complete mess using drugs and drinking . And after 1976 it was hard to be a fan of his because he put out some really bad music.
@nonnamadonna3 жыл бұрын
Bad music? Never.
@jamsid334 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Charley Rose put the moves on Elton
@cheetyliciousmeowmeow10856 жыл бұрын
HUSH PUPPYS
@TheDrewish6 жыл бұрын
Get this: A corn-fed harvest mouse, a hooker, a nun, a Flemish peasant woman, whips, chains, whistles yo-yo's, a circus midget. My grandmother riding by on a bicycle give me the finger, and a duck!
@jaggass7 жыл бұрын
Elton looks like a tribute act.
@nonnamadonna3 жыл бұрын
He does not.
@djde4th877 Жыл бұрын
dont like his singing , id rather here kat stevens over his piano playing
@Nikita-ez4ko Жыл бұрын
...then why comment in the first place?
@waynecallister5297 Жыл бұрын
Its cat you, cretin. A dj so can't play anything.
@JimTMcDaniels14 жыл бұрын
Are you Sir Elton going to live long enough to sing songs about love of all of humanity and Earth and the Animals and Inequality and Starvation and Equality? I mean wasn't John Lennon could dream about it, his focus was from a godly state instead of a selfish state? I guess your soul is still trapped in some ego. Take care
@limari954 жыл бұрын
what?
@nonnamadonna3 жыл бұрын
From people who know him really well, they say he's a humble & quite shy man. He may know he's a brilliant musician - how could he not? but he's never boasted about it nor anything else in his life.
@edlynward43593 жыл бұрын
He has some horrible wigs WTF
@tamasfischer24646 жыл бұрын
And tina made a bigger tour than elton did !
@JoeDoe25 жыл бұрын
He and Bernie are illiterate. They both butcher the English language, including Bernie's lyrics. "Disney don't like me saying this...." @ 10:53 of this video is the latest example.
@theravyshow25705 жыл бұрын
and?
@claresherman22785 жыл бұрын
Somewhat ironic that you don’t know the meaning of “illiterate”.
@alyssa81025 жыл бұрын
You clearly misunderstood. He was correct in his usage of "don't" because he was referring to the collective people that make up Disney. In short, "they" , as in Disney, don't. Please don't make comments like this when you do not even know what you are talking about.
@juliro5 жыл бұрын
Yes, Bernie Taupin, one of the greatest lyricists of all time, cannot read and write. LOL. Have you never heard the term "poetic license"?
@hughcorston96455 жыл бұрын
@@alyssa8102 In a similar fashion, the Brits say, "The government are considering...this or that"; "Chelsea are a great football team". (sic)