Elton John’s immense and enduring popularity stems from a powerful combination of musical genius, flamboyant showmanship, songwriting prowess, and humanitarian efforts that have captivated audiences for over five decades.
Global hits such as ‘Rocket Man’, ‘Nikita’, ‘Your Song’ and ’ Crocodile Rock’ has seen the Pinner born singer and musician sell more than 300 million albums worldwide in a glittering career.
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In the recent “David Frost Vs Elton John,” interview, the famed singer details the background on what he classifies as one of his saddest songs.
“There are two very emotional songs,” claims John, who was 27 at the time adding, ”They are also two very autobiographical songs. One’s called ‘Someone Saved My Life Tonight.’ “
@queerty In its thought-provoking new docuseries David Frost Vs., MSNBC explores “a century of cultural change through the eyes of the one man who had a front-row seat to it all”: acclaimed journalist Sir David Frost. Each episode centers on a different headline-making interview from his career, from Jane Fonda to Richard Nixon, and this weekend’s highly anticipated edition revisits his conversation with Sir Elton John at a turning point in the “Rocket Man” musician’s life, as he grappled with his queer identity amid worldwide fame, substance use, and his friendship with the late Princess Diana. In this Queerty exclusive preview clip, John gets vulnerable and faces the music, which you can watch below. Tune into the newest episode “David Frost Vs. Elton John this Sunday at 9:00 pm ET on MSNBC. Follow the link in bio to read more.
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The Pinner native continues: “Well, I was living with a lady for about six months who didn’t really like my music,” John says. And she was always saying, ‘You’d be better off being a bank manager or something like that.’ And I was due to marry her. I got the cake and everything and the flat and the furniture.”
Around the same time, John met up at a nightclub with the legendary English musician Long John Baldry, with whom he was working at the time and who inadvertently saved his life.
He said, ‘You’re mad to get married, because she doesn’t appreciate your music,’ “ John recalls. “And he knew I was totally wrapped up in music. So I went home and said, ‘That’s it. It’s off.’ And that more or less saved my life because if I’d have got married at that particular point in time, I think it would have been goodbye, Elton John”.
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