A couple days ago, Elton John was doing a television interview when he was asked about recent surgery to his vocal chords. Elton was asked whether his voice was stronger after the surgery.
Elton’s response was that his voice is stronger now than it has ever been in his life.
Dear Elton:
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no .
I’m sorry, Elton, but I grew up on your albums, committed them to my personal spirit even, from your first album in the late 60’s through Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in the mid-70s. And I’m here to tell you that you are selling out when you make those kind of statements about your voice.
Because anyone who has the capacity to hear sound can listen to Honky Chateau, the album you recorded in one night, probably doped up and hammered, in which your powerful, clear contralto voice rocks like nothing ever before, and then can listen to the Lion King soundtrack, and wonder if it’s even the same person.
Elton, I saw you perform a corporate show for Best Buy last year. I stood 100 feet from the stage when you played for the small room. You sounded good, but it’s not anything like you were 25 years ago.
I call you a “sell out” because you make those types of statements and it’s like you’re still trying to make sure people buy albums and come to Vegas to see your show.
So if you read this blog, don’t go around making foolish statements about your voice like that.
And if you’re smart, you’d start working towards the 25th anniversary of the aforementioned GYBR and get a band together to tour with just songs from that album.
Call me if you need a bass player.
Uhm, Sam
Dude, I don’t know if the best way to get to tour with Elton is to bash his voice. Who knows, he may be more proud of “Circle of Life” than GYBR…current nuptial plans not withstanding, if you wanna tour with him maybe you should send him a pic of you in a speedo and a feather boa. 🙂
And don’t act like you don’t have one. I went to college with you, I have the negatives.
My $.02 Weed
All the young girls love Alice
Well frankly, Elton John hasn’t done anything worth mentioning since about 1978. I think Rock of the Westies was the last album he put out that didn’t entirely suck. He was at the top of his game for about 5 or 6 years, from Honky Chateau to Captain Fantastic to Caribou to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road to Rock of the Westies. After that we actually had to sit through crap like “I’m Still Standing” and “Nikita”. Ugh.
I would trade the last 20 years of Elton John’s records for one piece of inspiration that rivals “Funeral For A Friend”.
I don’t know what’s more depressing – Elton John’s continued fame despite his sell-out songwriting, or Billy Joel’s career slide into alcoholism and pedophilia (although his new child-bride is quite the hottie).
— Ben Schuman Mad, Mad Tenor
I think Elton John can sing h
I think Elton John can sing higher than he makes out, he just isn’t doing it for whatever reasons.