The Brit wowed audiences and kicked off his latest wave of U.S. shows on a farewell world tour
I think it will be a long, long time before we see another songwriter like Elton John.
Ending a career spanning more than 50 years with a farewell tour, the British pianist and singer has created some of the most memorable and enduring songs in pop-rock history, songs that have entered the collective DNA of humanity.
They can be quite simple, like the basic four-chord glory of Crocodile rockor as incredibly complex as the large and complex 11-minute work Funeral for a friend / love bloody lies.
But now that it’s almost over, I hope you don’t mind if I put into words how wonderful it has been to have Elton John in our radios and in our ears since the late 1960s.
The artist, born 75 years ago as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, kicked off the final leg of his farewell tour of North America on Friday night at Citizens Bank Park, home to the Philadelphia Philies baseball team. And yes, he felt love that night.
“America has made me famous and I can’t thank this country enough,” he told the audience. “Thank you for the loyalty, the love, the kindness you have shown me.” He has sold over 300 million copies worldwide, played in over 4,000 shows in 80 countries and recorded one of the best-selling singles of all time, his re-recording of Candle in the wind 1997 in honor of Princess Diana, which sold 33 million copies.
Sir Elton (he was named with the title in 1998) has reached more than 70 times in the top 40, including nine times at number one, and has released seven albums that topped the number, second only to the Beatles.
It has five Grammy Awards, plus a Tony Award for Aida. Your interpretation of Can you feel the love tonightt in the film The Lion King has been heard by millions of children and will entertain future generations of little ones.
His shocking costumes and giant glasses that he was known for in his heyday in the early 1970s have now disappeared (he’s dressed as Donald Duck, Pac-Man, the Statue of Liberty, Minnie Mouse, and a baseball player from Los Angeles Dodgers). other). And while the man hasn’t found a feather or sequin he doesn’t adore, his wardrobe is (by Elton’s standards) a little tame these days.
He took to the stage in a white tuxedo with black cuffs and glittering purple glasses, walking a little hesitantly towards his shiny black piano to play the first instantly recognizable chord of Bennie and the Jets.
Then it was Philadelphia Freedom, which he dedicated to the house crowd as “one of the greatest cities I’ve ever played in”. It was her 52nd concert in the city of brotherly love.
Over the course of the night, John unleashed an incredible string of hits spanning multiple genres and styles of music. The texts and gospel cadence that influenced his early works were evident Border song And Take me to the pilotand even the real radio hit Levo it had an accelerated ending.
He showed the prototype power ballad Don’t let the sun go down on me with your close cousin, Someone saved my life tonight.
And when his longtime partner, guitarist Davey Johnstone, sported an inverted V guitar, it was time for rocker power, including Elton’s heaviest song, Okay Saturday night to fightand the fiery, fierce hymn The whore is back‘Elton to the bone’.
Elton avoided his famous falsetto; he still has 100 shows ahead of the farewell world tour which is expected to run until next year and has learned over the years how to preserve his voice without sacrificing his style and authenticity.
Never mind: the crowd cheerfully sang the falsetto parts for him, including a mass chant of the refrain “la-la-la” in Crocodile rock. He just went back to a deep song, Have mercy on the criminalincluding Johnstone’s blues guitar skills.
In search of a joyful and celebratory mood, he avoided “crying” songs like Sorry seems to be the hardest word and the distressing The last song on the separation between a father and his son who dies of AIDS.
All girls love Aliceone of the first mainstream rockers to focus on a lesbian relationship in the early 1970s, he was prominent on the show, as well as Your songthat goes straight to the heart.
Before the closing number, Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton looked beyond the finish line on his latest tour.
“I’m looking forward to spending the rest of my life with my children and my husband,” she said. “Be kind. Love each other.”
Showman to the end, Elton concluded the song and was lifted into the sky in a hydraulic elevator when a hole opened above the stage, engulfing and closing again.
Even though Elton John will leave the stage soon, thank God his music will always live on. / TRANSLATION ANDRÉ ZORZI.
Source: Terra
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