When producer Andrew Watt first met Britney Spears to record her parts for “Hold Me Closer” — a club-ready duet with Elton John and her first new song in six years — he asked her who her favorite artists are. “She’s like, ‘Honestly, Elton John,'” he recalls. “She said, ‘”Tiny Dancer’s” literally one of my favorite songs, which is why I wanted to do it.”
Her passion for the song shines through on the three-minute reworking of the hit, which adds a springy disco beat, a touch of cavernous echo,...
Her passion for the song shines through on the three-minute reworking of the hit, which adds a springy disco beat, a touch of cavernous echo,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The pandemic forced Elton John to radically alter nearly all of his 2020 plans, including his sold-out Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour that’s now on hold until at least next summer. But for Bernie Taupin, his songwriting partner of the past 53 years, it’s basically been business as usual.
“Everything is good,” he says on the phone from his home in California. “Where I live is basically Covid-free. And what I do, I do in a solitary situation. I’ve got my family. Everyone is doing well. I have no complaints.
“Everything is good,” he says on the phone from his home in California. “Where I live is basically Covid-free. And what I do, I do in a solitary situation. I’ve got my family. Everyone is doing well. I have no complaints.
- 11/2/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Elton John has more hits than just about any other artist in the history of the recording industry. Enduring favorites like “Your Song,” “I’m Still Standing,” and “Tiny Dancer” have been in heavy rotation on rock radio for decades, and they’ve also served as the backbone of his live show and provided a soundtrack to his 2019 biopic Rocketman.
But they represent just a tiny fraction of the songs that John has written with lyricist Bernie Taupin since they met in 1967, and the new eight-disc collection Elton: Jewel Box...
But they represent just a tiny fraction of the songs that John has written with lyricist Bernie Taupin since they met in 1967, and the new eight-disc collection Elton: Jewel Box...
- 10/30/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
As part of the 50th-anniversary celebration for his album Tumbleweed Connection, Elton John has released a previously unheard jazz version of “Come Down in Time.”
Recorded on March 20th, 1970, at Trident Studios in London, “Come Down in Time (Jazz Version)” more than doubles the length of the final version of the song, which was re-recorded three months later with different musicians for Tumbleweed Connection. The original jazz-influenced instrumental features piano and guitar interplay between John and Caleb Quaye, supported by David Glover on bass and Roger Pope on drums. At one point,...
Recorded on March 20th, 1970, at Trident Studios in London, “Come Down in Time (Jazz Version)” more than doubles the length of the final version of the song, which was re-recorded three months later with different musicians for Tumbleweed Connection. The original jazz-influenced instrumental features piano and guitar interplay between John and Caleb Quaye, supported by David Glover on bass and Roger Pope on drums. At one point,...
- 10/30/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Davey Johnstone was watching Top of the Pops with his father one night in 1970 when a young singer-songwriter named Elton John came onto the screen. Johnstone was a folkie guitarist into artists like Bert Jansch and John Martyn, but he was still extremely intrigued by this eccentric young piano player. “I remember thinking, ‘Holy shit,'” he says. “‘I love this. This is really cool. We need more of this around!'”
In his wildest dreams, he couldn’t have imagined that mere months later he’d not only play...
In his wildest dreams, he couldn’t have imagined that mere months later he’d not only play...
- 9/7/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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