I had to to look up whether the actor was doing his own singing. He is.
I watched the trailer without being sure. I thought it was different from EJ, but also that it was too good....
It's a little bit cliché and sentimental, but even as I thought that, I was getting chills, and I was trying to fight it.
February 21, 2019
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Saw him live sometime in the late 70s, and it was the best live rock performance I had seen, at least until I went to a Fleetwood Mac concert later that decade.
I'd see this movie just for the music.
Looking forward to this, and I'm not even a big Elton fan.
We saw the trailer a few weeks ago and were impressed. I’m not a big EJ fan either.
When I saw the trailer I thought Oscar nom.
I loved pretty much every thing he did from 1970 until the mid 80s. Elton John is truly a great entertainer.
I thought that while he definitely isn't a great actor, John deserves a "good sport" mention for playing himself as they wrote him in "Kingsman".
Saw him in about 1974 at the Chicago Stadium on the tour supporting the Yellow Brick Road album when he was in full "plumage." Masterful from beginning to end.
Gay fru fru heavy style people.
Of course you got chills.
You are too easy, Ms. Althouse.
Avoid YouTube and the Kitten Videos.
I saw the trailer...while waiting to see Bohemian Rhapsody (one of my three movie forays this year, I think).
All I was thinking is 'Elton heard Freddy was getting a movie and he got jealous'. At least Freddy's was a biopic. A 'musical fantasy'...
Eh. I saw Tommy et al. I could be a sucker for Rock Operas, though not to the degree of Ms. Althouse. Matinee and not on the first weekend. And probably alcohol to make it better.
Hollywood has been a cultural dick for decades. They don't need my money.
"Eh. I saw Tommy et al. I could be a sucker for Rock Operas, though not to the degree of Ms. Althouse."
No, you've got me wrong.
I was a huge fan of the early Who -- a member of their fan club before their first album came out in the U.S. -- but I thought "Tommy" was going off in the wrong direction. I'm for the Who of "I Can't Explain" and "Substitute."
Don't fight the chills. It's not harmful to enjoy aural emotional stimulation.
There must be a fair amount of cocaine use in the film. Also, who was Bernie Taupin in the trailer? The younger guy?
My two favorite Elton songs...Benny and The Jets and Tiny Dancer. I'll go to the movie just to see these 2 songs performed.
Similar to the Queen movie, I suspect that this'll be more of an homage rather than a something that's a more or less factually accurate account. Not that I have a problem with that.
Seems like there's a new trend of these (semi) biographical rock star movies. There's a Motley Crue movie in the works too.
EJ was awed and a tad jealous about Queen's Live Aid historic gig. "As Freddie immediately leaving the stage ripped off his sweat soaked clothes and with adrenaline still overflowing, knocked back a large vodka to calm himself they stepped out of the trailer and encountered a grinning Elton John. "You bastards... you stole the show! he said to Freddie""
Im feeling old now that they are making movies about people who were pop culture icons when I was growing up as though they are historical figures.
If Hollywood keeps going at this pace, they'll run out of popular gay musician movies sometime before 2022.
Although the film BR may not be "more or less factually accurate" Queen fans world wide and knowledgeable about Queen facts have demonstrated it is close enough to the actual Queen story to create a $854 million gross and counting. Production budget was $52 million.
Not bad for a "homage".
Wouldn't it be better for him to have lip synced? You're paying premium prices for a cover band. Well, Joaquin Phoenix got away with it and Johnny Cash had a far more distinctive voice.........This wouldn't hold true for a Dylan biopic. The cover version of Dylan is more times than not better than the original, but the unevenness of his voice is who he is,
Taron Egerton Dazzles as Elton John (and Does His Own Singing).
Everyone knows that the DEFINITIVE version of Rocketman was by William Shatner.
Had a high school friend turn me on to EJ in early seventies, but never got to seem him live until his Vegas act some years ago. Was still the consummate showman.
British department store featured EJ in its traditional Christmas ad, which gave me chills, though some criticized it as basically a teaserfor his biopic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DShEAPKV0EU
I've been a big fan of Elton since the 1970's. I have always seen him as a modern day Little Richard. It was never cool to be a fan of his, but everyone, everyone has a favorite Elton song. Even if it is only Tiny Dancer.
EJ was awed and a tad jealous about Queen's Live Aid historic gig
Everybody who was there was. Part of the shock was that it was so unexpected. By the time of Live Aid everyone thought that Queen's time had passed. A Big key to there success (especially that night) was their interaction with the crowd. That and the fact that everyone knew their songs and wanted to sing along.
Saw him at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Nov 15, 1970.
Initially, I was disappointed. The whole flashy, extravagant persona wasn't who we thought he was at the time. It distracted us from his musical talent, and that talent was why we were there. Our mistake.
Never went to see him again, never had the desire. Still continued to buy, and love his albums, though.
Of course, in 1970, he was just getting started.
Tiny Dancer, was the highlight of Almost Famous...well that and Penny Lane
I first saw him live in 1986, shortly before the vocal cord surgery. I just saw him again last year- still amazing fun.
Hold me closer, Tony Danza.
It’s surprising that “Tiny Dancer” became his most memorable song. Well, that’s debatable I guess, but the song didn’t seem destined to what it became when it first showed up on the, what album was it?
I’m still waiting for a Bee Gees movie. Recently discovered “Blue Island,” a truly beautiful song they did post-disco.
He has an enormous talent. His life is a train wreck. The two are probably linked.
The only performance of his that I saw was in Tommy as 'Pinball Wizard' since music and I are like 4th cousins: we touch base irregularly at best.
That being said, his music still brings smiles. So if he wants to do a Big Gay Musical Fantasy, it isn't anywhere near the first.
He still reminds me of Paul Williams a lot though. That little bastard has an OSCAR and wrote massive amounts of hits. But somehow Elton John is a front man and Paul Williams is not.
Eh.
“Tiny Dancer”... what album was it?
Madman Across The Water, his second best album.
The finest is the criminally underrated Tumbleweed Connection.
When the New York Times said God is dead
Gay melodrama aside; I hope we're not going to be burdened with a rash of 70's rock-star biopics. I like Elton and Queen, but outside of their music they were pretty boring. I guess we can hope that they'll eventually do a CSN&Y movie, so we can see the scene where the bag of blow gets spilled and they snort it out of the carpet.
Two of my favorite albums are Yellow Brick Road and Captain Fantastic. I can still sing most of the songs on them. I have to confess I hadn't followed him much since, and when I picked up the Peachtree Road cd I was disappointed.
I didn't see the Queen movie (even though I loved their music), but I'll probably see this one in the theatres.
It’s surprising that “Tiny Dancer” became his most memorable song
In the U.S. In the U.K. it's the Princess Diana re-write of Candle in the Wind.
When the New York Times said God is dead
"Levon"....another from Madman Across The Water
But he’s not dead yet!
Pretty music with non-sensical lyrics.
Why won't they make a Bernie Taupin bio-pic?
When I was in high school, I got a chance to go to a concert in NY with my then-girlfriend, whose father was a radio station executive. It was on November 17, 1970, and became the 11/17/70 EJ album. I still have a mono cassette recording of the entire concert, which was almost two hours long (at the time a duration nearly unheard of). Of course, EJ was also unheard of at the time, and was willing to have his performance broadcast live on what is now WPLJ in NYC. Bernie Taupin was there, Dee Sanders, the whole "original" crew.
And EJ introduced some songs that later became big-time classics, like "Border Song". He apparently wanted to make sure that his material was going to appeal to US audiences. Some of the "side chatter" with the audience (it was only about 200-250 people) was more entertaining, since we knuckleheads got a chance to see how the sausage was made, with fiddling with the volume in the "cans" (headphones), and moving the drum kit away from the piano to allow EJ's playing to be more the emphasis.
It was an enjoyable night.
Egerton showed that he had the voice to pull this off when he did a really good version of “I’m Still Standing” in the movie Sing a couple years ago, though he wasn’t doing an impersonation: https://youtu.be/pHZneOidj9A
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