I'm going to see Elton John

[KRCummings]

I'm actually more excited about this than I thought I would be. I suppose it's too much to ask that he not sing Candle in the Wind.

 

[bronzeage]

I'm actually more excited about this than I thought I would be. I suppose it's too much to ask that he not sing Candle in the Wind.

I think that's part of the VIP package.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Regular concert or one of those "red piano" solo events?

 

[clutch1]

If you're lucky he'll save that one for the encore and you can beat the crowd.

 

[CHNOPS]

Is it one of those combined tours with Billy Joel? If so you have my condolences.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Wow. Sometimes you think you know a person. You've read their posts for years and years and they still manage to shock the ever loving piss out of you. This is one of those times. Fucking Mayans why are so many signs starting to point to the fact that this much crazy shit can't possibly be piling up on itself randomly.

 

[KRCummings]

Regular concert or one of those "red piano" solo events?

One of the solo shows.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I'm actually more excited about this than I thought I would be. I suppose it's too much to ask that he not sing Candle in the Wind.

Is there any chance you might take your sweet ass out to the kitchen and make me a sandwich?

 

[KRCummings]

Is it one of those combined tours with Billy Joel? If so you have my condolences.

Oh, man that would be so awesome. I wish.

 

[KRCummings]

Is there any chance you might take your sweet ass out to the kitchen and make me a sandwich?

The magic 8 Ball says outlook not so good.

 

[CandiCame]

*literally erect and oozing with jealousy*

 

[CHNOPS]

Oh, man that would be so awesome. I wish.

I'm pretty sure Elton John killed those tours when he couldn't take Drunk Billy Joel's antics.

When you're too flamboyent and out-of-control for Elton John, it's time to get some help.

 

[KRCummings]

I'm pretty sure Elton John killed those tours when he couldn't take Drunk Billy Joel's antics.

When you're too flamboyent and out-of-control for Elton John, it's time to get some help.

Did Billy drive a car into Eltons house?

 

[Morcheeba]

Candle In the Wind

Not a bad thing to request him to not perform that song since he first dedicated it to Marilyn Monroe and then re-wrote it for Lady Di in a pinch. Wait, did he even write it in the first place?

Have fun. Wear some big sunglasses and dance your ass off.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I'm pretty sure Elton John killed those tours when he couldn't take Drunk Billy Joel's antics.

When you're too flamboyent and out-of-control for Elton John, it's time to get some help.

I read an interview with Billy Joel where he said he spent those tours trying to get Elton to loosen up. He said Elton John was one of the most regimented musicians in all of rock.

 

[pointless]

35 years this would be fairly awesome. now not so much.

 

[clutch1]

Not a bad thing to request him to not perform that song since he first dedicated it to Marilyn Monroe and then re-wrote it for Lady Di in a pinch. Wait, did he even write it in the first place?

Have fun. Wear some big sunglasses and dance your ass off.

I'm sure some bloke named Bernie wrote them.

 

[Morcheeba]

Did Billy drive a car into Eltons house?

Does Elton have a house in the Hamptons? If so, the answer may be YES.

 

[CHNOPS]

Did Billy drive a car into Eltons house?

No, but he kept slamming his palms and elbows down on the piano and shrieking and being generally douchey. One article I read said that when one of their rougher duos finally came to an end, the writer (maybe Pareles) was able to read Elton's lips saying, "Thank God."

 

[Morcheeba]

I'm sure some bloke named Bernie wrote them.

Yeah, like "Tiny Dancer" (my fave Elton song) was written by him... one of my uncles was OBSESSED with Elton in the 70s when Elton was singing songs about girls the way Ricky Martin did in the 90s.

 

[CHNOPS]

This...

I read an interview with Billy Joel where he said he spent those tours trying to get Elton to loosen up. He said Elton John was one of the most regimented musicians in all of rock.

Is definitely compatible with this:

No, but he kept slamming his palms and elbows down on the piano and shrieking and being generally douchey. One article I read said that when one of their rougher duos finally came to an end, the writer (maybe Pareles) was able to read Elton's lips saying, "Thank God."

...But it also didn't hurt that Joel was an alcoholic through those years.

 

[pointless]

I'm sure some bloke named Bernie wrote them.

they both did. bernie wrote the lyrics, elton the tune. that's pretty much how he's always worked as far as i know. he writes the music and he has someone else write the lyrics.

 

[Morcheeba]

Taking a song once dedicated to Marilyn Monroe and then revamping it a bit in honor of Lady Di's death still rubs me wrong.

The two had nothing in common sans huge popularity and vaginas. Grow a pair and write another song for Lady Di, that's all I'm trying to say.

 

[rimmy]

I've seen him three times. Two were great and one was disappointing.

 

[Drixxx]

One of the solo shows.

I get the feeling you like Elton for all the wrong reasons.