![]() I just thought there were times-wearing a Donald Duck suit in Central Park-where it sort of went over the top.” “There’s no secret that the reason he became that outlandish character is simply because it was rebelling against a childhood and a very domineering father who wouldn’t let him even wear Hush Puppies. Taupin recalled one major dispute during this fraught era: “He knew that there were certain elements of his stage persona that I didn’t think were necessary,” he said. Because we were hammered and falling into garbage cans.”Īs the movie progresses, Taupin and John grow increasingly distant, with John plunging into a Dionysian rockstar lifestyle and Taupin retreating out of the public eye. “When I watched that, that was reliving it, totally. ![]() You’re ruining two lives here: your own and the person you’re going to get married to,’” Taupin recalled. “ basically said to Elton that evening when we went out, ‘You have to understand: you’re gay. One of those depicts John coming to terms with his sexuality following a heart-to-heart with Taupin and John’s bandmate Long John Baldry he then goes to break up with his girlfriend in a drunken haze in the middle of the night. “If we’d stretched it out it would have taken too much time-and you can’t always write songs that last 15 minutes.”Īnd while many details may be semi-factual, Taupin says that several scenes captured his life with a startling vividness. “Songs like ‘Tiny Dancer’ are not about just one person-it’s taking elements of different people and molding them into one character,” he said. (“I’m not a guy that swears,” he says.) But he came to appreciate how the film’s fantastical nature strengthened its narrative thrust-and compared its bending of truths to his own songwriting tendencies. It was a one-level apartment, and very small, too.”ĭuring the scriptwriting and filming process, Taupin says he suggested tweaks to factual details and personality traits, including his character’s use of profanity or certain turns of phrase. “I did write the lyric to ‘Your Song’ over the breakfast table-and I remember there was a coffee mug stain on the lyric.” Taupin does point out a couple small discrepancies, including the fact that John’s mother and grandmother weren’t actually there, as well as the size of the apartment: “There wasn’t an upstairs. ![]() “It’s pretty much how it happened,” Taupin said of the scene. By the time he has rinsed and returned, John has formed the indelible melody of “Your Song,” which would be the pair’s first breakout hit in the United States. A scene from Rocketman shows Taupin handing John (played by Taron Egerton) some lyrics and then going upstairs to brush his teeth. I will miss you guys so much, but I’ll see you much sooner than you think.Many soon-to-be classics were written in that space. I want to thank the band, the crew, everybody. I want to appreciate my family, my sons, my husband, everything. John continued, “I will never be touring again, but I may do something in the future - a one-off thing - but that’s miles away. It’s been my lifeblood to play for you guys. You bought the singles, the CDs, the albums, the cassettes, but more importantly, you bought the tickets to the shows. How lucky am I to play music? But you know, I wouldn’t be sitting here and talking to you if it wasn’t for you. “Fifty-two years of pure joy playing music. “I’ve had the most wonderful career, beyond belief,” he told the audience. Prior to launching into “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” the final song of Saturday’s show in Sweden, John took a moment to look back on his spectacular body of work. Last month, John received an award from Billboard for having the top-grossing tour of all time. As of dates reported to Boxscore through June 18, the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour had now grossed $910.4 million, making it the first tour to ever break the $900 million barrier. ![]() In January, it became the highest grossing tour in Billboard Boxscore history, passing Ed Sheeran’s The Divide Tour. John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour launched in September 2018 in North America and went on to play 330 concerts around the globe. We love you so much, happy retirement, and we’re going to miss you so much.” Everything you’ve done for music, everything Bernie has done for lyrics, everything your band has done over the thousands of shows you’ve done. Everything you’ve done for sexiness, and love and dressing gowns. Everything you’ve done for fashion and eyewear. He continued, “For everything you’ve done for LGBTQ. Thank you for everything, Sir Elton □ □ □ /OOeqQhh3x8- Coldplay July 9, 2023
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