Elton John Has Got It Going On.
There are a handful of Elton John songs I've always really liked - 'Your Song', 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 'I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues' - but I didn't know much about the man himself and I didn't have any particular plans to see Rocketman. The sum total of my previous knowledge about Elton John:
- he has red hair and likes tinted glasses
- he's good at music
- he's gay, and my mum remembers exactly where she was when she received this earth-shattering news
I'm glad
th_esaurus persuaded me to see the film with her yesterday, because I enjoyed it a lot! Some notes:
- No kid has ever had more fun than the child actor who got to perform 'The Bitch Is Back'.
- 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' has never caught my attention before, but the scene in the film was great fun; it really kicked things off after the opening. So much energy!
- RD claims that the 'Honky Cat' sequence is basically 'I Want It All' from High School Musical 3. My objection to this: Elton John already has everything Sharpay wants! Fame, fortune, sparkly outfits, cute boys. Elton John is living Sharpay's dream.
- I assumed Elton John's speed at songwriting was exaggerated in the film, but apparently not; here's the man himself setting an oven manual to music on the spot.
- I really liked the film's depiction of Elton's first kiss with a man. This fleeting, unexpected, powerful moment that left him going '????? oh no'.
- The 'Your Song' scene was painful and lovely. I really felt Bernie's agonising position of 'I really care about this person and I know they're in love with me and I don't love them back'.
- (The text message
th_esaurus sent me while ironing out an Elton/Bernie fic idea is one of my favourites I've ever received: and it would be second person POV so i don't have to write "said elton john" at any point.)
- Last weekend, when I visited my parents (who had recently seen Rocketman), my dad said, 'There's a certain amount of gay sex in this film, and actually I thought it was quite erotic.' This was all I could think about during the sex scene. I was very unhappy.
- he has red hair and likes tinted glasses
- he's good at music
- he's gay, and my mum remembers exactly where she was when she received this earth-shattering news
I'm glad
th_esaurus persuaded me to see the film with her yesterday, because I enjoyed it a lot! Some notes:
- No kid has ever had more fun than the child actor who got to perform 'The Bitch Is Back'.
- 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' has never caught my attention before, but the scene in the film was great fun; it really kicked things off after the opening. So much energy!
- RD claims that the 'Honky Cat' sequence is basically 'I Want It All' from High School Musical 3. My objection to this: Elton John already has everything Sharpay wants! Fame, fortune, sparkly outfits, cute boys. Elton John is living Sharpay's dream.
- I assumed Elton John's speed at songwriting was exaggerated in the film, but apparently not; here's the man himself setting an oven manual to music on the spot.
- I really liked the film's depiction of Elton's first kiss with a man. This fleeting, unexpected, powerful moment that left him going '????? oh no'.
- The 'Your Song' scene was painful and lovely. I really felt Bernie's agonising position of 'I really care about this person and I know they're in love with me and I don't love them back'.
- (The text message
th_esaurus sent me while ironing out an Elton/Bernie fic idea is one of my favourites I've ever received: and it would be second person POV so i don't have to write "said elton john" at any point.)
- Last weekend, when I visited my parents (who had recently seen Rocketman), my dad said, 'There's a certain amount of gay sex in this film, and actually I thought it was quite erotic.' This was all I could think about during the sex scene. I was very unhappy.