![]() “Thank you to Bernie, who has been the constant thing in my life. After winning the Golden Globe last month, the two went into Sunday as favorites for the Oscar-as they pointed out during their acceptance speech, they had somehow never won an award together even after decades of collaboration.īoth winners thanked John’s husband, David Furnish, who was in the audience, and John thanked his friend and collaborator. John, won for in 1994 for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” and his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin were nominated for their new song composed for the John biopic Rocketman. Rocketman is now available on Amazon and Hulu, buy the soundtrack or DVD here.Though Taron Egerton’s take on the English star in Rocketman didn’t get a nod for the Oscars, the real Elton John took home the trophy for his original contribution to the movie’s soundtrack. “But we’ve never fallen out, despite all the ridiculous crap we’ve been through.” Thus the relationship between the Rocketman and the Brown Dirt Cowboy continues. “We’ve had arguments – you don’t want to get him started on the subject of some of my more outlandish stage costumes,” he reveals. The friends of over 50 years have had arguments, as the superstar wrote in a piece for the Observer newspaper just after the film’s release. “I wanted more than anything to be a good husband,” he said later, “but I denied who I really was, which caused my wife sadness, and caused me huge guilt and regret.” 10: Rocketman shows some heated exchanges between Elton and Bernie, but in real life, they have never fallen outĪ scene in Rocketman has Bernie Taupin performing some of his lyrics from ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’, when, during a heated exchange with an increasingly disconnected Elton, he sings about “going back to my plough”. Their wedding in Australia, in 1984, is part of the film they divorced in 1988, and the artist (who had described himself as bisexual in 1976) came out as gay soon afterwards. These include the non-album tracks ‘Rock And Roll Madonna’, a 1970 single, and 1968’s ‘Thank You For All Your Loving’, which he wrote with former guitarist Caleb Quaye.Ĭlick to load video 9: Elton met his wife, Renate Blauel, in a studio, while finishing an albumīlauel, played in the Rocketman movie by Celinde Schoenmaker, was a sound technician who met Elton while he was on his downward spiral of drugs and drink-fuelled unhappiness. 8: Rocketman features countless Elton anthems, but also little-known early songsĪs reflected by its soundtrack, the Rocketman movie not only features more than a dozen of the very biggest hits of Elton’s career but has room for some of his less-remembered early efforts. The opening performance, on 25 August 1970, was such a sensation that music writer Robert Hilburn, of the LA Times, was moved to write: “He’s going to be one of rock’s biggest and most important stars.” The “levitation” scene in the film was inspired by a real photograph of the gig, in which Elton kicks his legs high into the air in the flamboyant style of one of his great heroes, Jerry Lee Lewis. ![]() Rocketman shows Elton and Bernie’s long-dreamed-of arrival in Los Angeles when the singer was booked to play six shows at the storied Troubadour in West Hollywood. It recaptures the “human domino” scene, as well as Elton standing on the beach in straw boater hat.Ĭlick to load video 7: The “levitating” scene in Rocketman is based on a real photograph Taron Egerton leads a joyful recreation of the exuberant video for Elton’s defiant 1983 hit ‘I’m Still Standing’, which was filmed by director Russell Mulcahy in Cannes and Nice. 6: The film includes a meticulous recreation of the famous video for ‘I’m Still Standing’ Williams is played in the film by Charlie Rowe. As head of A&R at Liberty Records in 1967, he placed the fateful advertisement in New Musical Express that was answered by both Reg Dwight and would-be pop lyricist Bernie Taupin. Rocketman gives deserving attention to the vital role played in Elton’s career by Ray Williams. 5: Industry exec Ray Williams changed Elton’s life ![]() In the film, she is seen taking him to his first appointment at the Royal Academy – and giving him the bus fare home. Ivy was the one person who encouraged the future Elton to persevere with his early love of the piano. Ivy, the mother of Sheila, had a close relationship with her grandson Reggie, all the more so because of the frequent absences of his father, Stanley. ![]() Click to load video 4: Elton’s grandmother Ivy was a loyal supporter ![]()
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