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August 2016
30. August 2016 Elton John: I'd have loved to have a daughter
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Sir Elton John has admitted he wishes he’d had children earlier so he could also have a daughter. The star, 69, and his husband David Furnish are parents to sons Zachary, five, and Elijah, three. He told ITV’s Lorraine: “I can truthfully say, I wish we’d done it earlier – but we didn’t – because I’d love to have a little girl. “But we have two great boys and we’re so grateful for that.” He said: “I came very late in the day with children, but since Zachary and Elijah were born there hasn’t been a day where I’ve regretted it. “It’s just been a bonus all the time. “When you’re going through bad situations, you know it happens to everyone, or you’re tired or things are getting on top of you, you spend one second with those kids and they bring everything back to normal.”
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29. August 2016 Heute vor 27 Jahren - "Sleeping With The Past" erscheint
Heute vor 27 Jahren, am 29. August 1989, kommt "Sleeping With The Past" auf den Markt. Wir möchte mit der Tracklist an dieses tolle Album erinnern:
Bonustracks auf der 1998er Classic Years Version:
27. August 2016 A Special concert at the Roundhouse
Elton John und seine Band eröffnen am 18. September 2016 das 10. Apple Music Festival. Der Eintritt zu den Konzerten ist frei– jedoch können nur britische Staatsbürger an den Gewinnspielen für Tickets teilnehmen. Für Abonnenten von Apple Music überträgt Apple die Auftritte live auf alle gängigen Geräte und dürfte im Anschluss Mitschnitte freigeben. Der hauseigene Radiosender „Beats 1“ begleitet das Apple Music Festival parallel.
Apples jährliches Musik-Event iTunes Festival heißt nun Apple Music Festival. ViaPressemitteilung lässt Apple wissen, dass die Konzertreihe vom 18. bis 30. September 2016 stattfindet und Künstler wie Elton John, OneRepublic, Alicia Keys und Robbie Williams daran teilnehmen. Weitere Stars wie Calvin Harris geben ebenfalls ein Abendkonzert (siehe unten).
Das offizielle Line-Up:
18. September: Elton John
23. August 2016 Arbeiten in der Singlediskografie/Songtexte Ich habe angefangen die Singlediskografie und die Songtexte ein wenig zu überarbeiten! Danke an ralfhelmut aus dem Forum!
20. August 2016 Where Have All The Good Times Gone (Alternate Mix)
Wir haben mal wieder was tolles im Netz gefunden. Eine alternative Version von "Where have All The Good Times Gone" aus dem Jahr 1982. Das Original ist vom Album Jump Up. Zum Mitsingen haben wir hier den Text:
Where Have All The Good Times Gone Musik Elton John/Text Bernie Taupin erschienen auf dem "Jump Up!" Album See the changes here on every
street 1981 Big Pig Music Limited
15. August 2016 Heute vor vier Jahren - Bob Birch nimmt sich das Leben
Heute vor vier Jahren hat Bob Birch, Bassist der Elton John Band, sich das Leben genommen. Rest in Peace Bob! Wir werden dich nie vergessen!
Hier noch mal ein kurzer Überblick über seine musikalische Karriere:
Robert Wayne Birch, 14. Juli 1956 - 15. August 2012
12. August 2016 Elton John im Urlaub in Saint Tropez
Hier noch ein aktuelles Urlaubsfoto. Elton und Family sind mittlerweile in St. Tropez eingetroffen und genießen dort ihren Urlaub!
10. August 2016 Zwei Geburtstage in dieser Woche
Zwei ehemalige Bandmitglieder der Elton John Band hatten in dieser Woche Geburtstag. Billy Trudel hatte am 8. August Geburtstag. Sein Alter wissen wir leider nicht. Charlie Morgan, langjähriger Drummer der Elton John Band feierte gestern am 9. August seinen 61, Geburtstag. Wir möchten im Namen aller User von eltonjohn-fan.de nachträglich zum Geburtstag gratulieren!
Heute vor 40 Jahren - die erste von 10 ausverkauften Konzerten im MSG
Heute vor 40 Jahren, am 10. August 1976, spielte Elton das erste von insgesamt 10 ausverkauften Konuerten im Madison Square Garden in New York im Rahmen der "Louder Than Concorde Tour". Mit den garantierten Einnahmen von 1,25 Millionen US-Dollar hat er den Rekord von den Rolling Stones aus dem Jahr 1976 gebrochen.
Wir möchten an dieser Stelle mit der Setlist an diese tolle Tour erinnern: Grow
Some Funk of Your Own
Nicht ganz frisch aus dem Rolling Stone - eine Plattenkritik zu Captain Fantastic von 1975
Um das Sommerloch zu überbrücken haben wir uns in den sozialen Netzwerken nach etwas interessantem umgesehen und sind auf diese Kritik aus dem Jahr 1975 gestoßen:
First things first. This is one of Elton John's best albums. He hasn't tried to top past successes, only to continue the good work he's been doing. And he's succeeded, even taking a few chances in the process. The record is devoid of the gimmicky rock numbers from the Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player phase. It isn't weighted down with the overarranging and overproduction that marred so much of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. It sounds freer and more relaxed than Caribou. His voice sounds rough, hoarse, almost weary. But that only helps make him sound more personal and intimate than in the past. It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity have succeeded in maintaining his standards for performance and professionalism. And in his relationship to his audience, Elton not only gives of himself in terms of output and energy but he does it graciously and generously. Unlike his American counterparts (many of them neither as talented nor as popular), he hasn't soured on success. But the question remains — is Elton John something more than a great entertainer? I'm not sure. For one thing, despite his ability to sound profound, he seldom projects a tangible personality. After so many albums and tours, few people have any sense of him at all. And for all his productivity and enthusiasm, he remains a largely passive figure, the creator of music that one can get comfortable with but which is never challenging or threatening. Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks — but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness. More importantly, his music is often devoid of noteworthy emotional content. That problem can't be talked about without bringing up the controversial lyrics of his collaborator, Bernie Taupin. Elton John himself never seems pretentious but Bernie Taupin's lyrics often do — sometimes pretentious in a clever sort of way, but pretentious nonetheless. There is a conflict between Elton's and Bernie's personal styles, no doubt about it. Perhaps that conflict is at the root of what is good as well as what is bad about Elton's work, but it must be dealt with just the same. When Elton simply wants to fool around and put out something that's pure tapioca, Bernie still winds up handing him something labored, for example, "Crocodile Rock." Naturally Taupin's weaknesses come to the fore on this concept album about the song-writing team's scuffling days. But it's a strong commentary on his glibness that on a record that is supposed to evoke two people's personal experiences, there is no sense of particularity. Taupin's lyrics generate more of the album's quality of sameness than John's singing. His clever names and bloated images can't disguise the lack of original thought. But besides being clumsy and overbearing, Taupin has a puritanical streak which appears to be wholly at odds with John's presence. It struck me most when I listened to "Tower of Babel." I thought it was just another melodramatic slow sizzler until I actually looked at the lyrics. I would have never gotten from Elton's intonation and approach that he was singing anything as apocalyptic, self-important and hateful as:
It's party time for the guys
in the tower of Babel. In reality, Taupin has been dabbling in this sort of allegorical, pseudoreligious crap for a while — but it is definitely out of control here. But it is surely wrong to dismiss the lyricist altogether. For one thing, he has at least one piece of excellent ersatz gospel to his credit, "Border Song." And secondly, he has consistently been able to transcend himself on one or two cuts per album — in this case, on "Someone Saved My Life Tonight." On that one, both Elton and Bernie disprove the criticisms made here. There's no illusion of saying something, they are saying something; there's no illusion of a superb performance but a superb performance itself; no imitation of quality but rock of very high caliber. As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on to make a lasting contribution to rock.
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5. August 2016 Elton John Promo Shots 1976 - eine kleine Bildergalerie Um das Sommerloch ein wenig zu überbrücken hahben wir ein wenig im Archiv gesucht und sind auf diese tollen Promo-Shots aus dem Jahr 1976 gestoßen.
2. August 2016 Elton John und Family im Urlaub in Porto Cervo/Italien - zwei tolle Bildergalerien
Bildergalerie 1: Shopping in Porto Cervo/Italien
Bildergalerie 2: Am Strand in Porto Cervo/Italien
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