With the crazy outfits, barmy glasses and wheelbarrows of cocaine of the 70s far behind him, the post-throat op Elton uses his deeper range and older manвЂ™s gravitas to maximum effect. This is a beautiful song about a fading love.

When Love Is Dying (with Leon Russell) (2010)Д®ltonвЂ™s first ever US performance was supporting the late Leon Russell, who shared vocal tips and decades later, joined Elton for the album The Union. Please (1995)ДЄ touching song from Made in England, which finds Elton in the role of elder statesman with nothing to prove except his capacity for love, and pleading вЂњlet me grow old with youвЂќ. The Ballad of Blind Tom (2013)ДЇrom late period, minimalist gem The Diving Board, EJ evokes the poetry and spiralling piano runs of his early years with this lovely insight into the mind of a blind Deep South bluesman. A fine early career effort from his youthful rhythm and blues outfit. Recorded when Sir Elton Hercules John was still Pinner, Middlesex teenager Reg Dwight, a classically trained pub pianist and occasional session musician. Overshadowed by Honky ChateauвЂ™s bigger hit, Rocket Man, this brassier single finds Elton in playful mood: вЂњTime to drink whisky!вЂќ 47. New lyricist Gary Osbourne doesnвЂ™t yet conjure the same magic. One of EltonвЂ™s most joyous tunes, but the toe-curling lyrics (вЂњIsland girl, what you wanting with the white manвЂ™s world?вЂќ) are presumably why he retired this single from live shows in 1990.Д®lton starts a six-year break from otherwise career-long songwriting partner Bernie Taupin.

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