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Elton not thrilled by review of his Vancouver show
Thursday, September 18 2014 |
You'd think that pop legend Elton John would be beyond caring what the critics think by now, right?
Well, apparently he still reads the reviews. Even before they get in the paper. Steve Newton wrote a pretty damn glowing online review of the show at Rogers Arena on September 13, 2014, tacking on a complaint about his choice of encores. He didn't care for the way he went all Disney by ending the night with those sappy tunes from The Lion King, "Circle of Life"/"Can You Feel the Love Tonight".
Then the next night, during his second Vancouver show, this message got tweeted by one of his more trustworthy followers, @60Blues: "OMG!!! @earofnewt Elton John just talked about your review!!! He read it!! Didn't like the Lion King diss!! Lol"
Later on Steve got the gist of what apparently went down: "It was right before 'Circle of Life'; Elton was thanking Vancouver for two great nights. He said he read a review of last night in a paper then corrects himself and says on a website. He said it was a beautiful, great review except the guy says he didn't like the two songs at the end. Elton then went on to say he had stopped singing them but now he has two kids who watch that movie so he started singing them again. And he then said he really didn't fucking care if anyone didn't like them because he's never ever been fucking cool anyhow!"
Now, Steve takes total exception to that statement: Elton John is fucking cool. Except for those two Lion King tunes.
You can follow Steve Newton at twitter.com/earofnewt and check out his website about rock 'n' roll and horror here.
Elton John and band performed in Vancouver on September 13, 2014 Monday, September 15 2014 at 07:23:47
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