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02 August 2006
Elton John Sick of American Bands' Style -- "Attention, rock 'n' rollers. Elton John is sick of your tattoos and piercings.... he'd like American bands to adopt the cutting-edge, glam-rock style made popular by his peers."
Elton Jone? You mean the idiot who'd dress up like a duck or wear incredibly stupid looking sunglasses just for kicks is complaining about other musician's style?
What a friggin' jackass. I hate him even more than I did before reading this.
PS Please stop wearing tracksuits out in public unless you're going running, you moron.
No hatin' on Elton, please. When one of those kids who looks like an escapee from a meth lab creates a Goodbye Yellow Brick Road or a Madman Across The Water, then he'll have to STFU.
someone had to tell those snotty kids! Elton John just had the balls to do it first. he may be an old fart in the wind, but he calls bullshit when he sees it and I respect that in a --err, em, musician.
Dammit, I can never make up my mind about Elton. First there are those '70s albums, which, while not really my cup of tea, are nonetheless really good. But he also did a bunch of songs that are little more then mawkish, treacly crap. Then there's the what-looks-to-me-like claiming to be bisexual while actually being gay. And the refusing to age gracefully. And the Disney soundtracks, and the Tim Rice collaborations, and the freaking Diana song (and, not for the first time, what-looks-to-me-like taking credit for Bernie Taupin's work). But he appeared on The Simpsons, and did that Grammy performance with Eminem. And now this thing, which I don't really have strong feelings about one way or the other. (Wow, I know a lot more about Elton John than I thought.)