Posted on 06/18/2010 6:12:07 PM PDT by Starman417
In the world of self-righteous celebrity know-nothings and Hollywood learjet liberals who have never met a leftwing cause they didn't collectively embrace with the group-herd instinct, Elton John is a refreshing voice of independent thinking.
Is he liberal? I'm sure he is. But he's not your typical Hollywood elitist:
Fresh off a gig as Rush Limbaugh's wedding singer, the British icon performed Thursday in Tel Aviv, despite pressure from pro-Palestinian activists and fellow artists to boycott Israel following the flotilla debacle off the coast of Gaza."Shalom, we are so happy to be back here! Ain't nothing gonna stop us from coming, baby," John said with a fist in the air.
The piano man then took a swipe at those artists, including Elvis Costello, Santana, the Pixies and Devendra Banhart, who have bailed on concerts in recent weeks.
"Musicians spread love and peace, and bring people together. That's what we do," he said. "We don't cherry-pick our conscience."
Good for him! Am I saying that because politically I don't stand opposed to Israel and the Flotilla ambush? Probably...
...and yet...
If the shoe were on the other foot and a known Hollywood conservative sang at Al Gore's next wedding, as far as I'd be concerned, that would be his perogative. If he wanted to sing for the Palestinian people, that's his business.
John recently caused a stir when he played a secret show at Limbaugh's June 5 wedding. The gay icon caught some flack for the performance, which netted him a reported $1 million paycheck from the radio commentator, who strongly opposes gay marriage and has a history of negative comments about homosexuality.
Read more at floppingaces.net...
Never bought an Elton John record ...Bought loads of Elvis Costello back in the 70’s/80’s ...and regret it . Over-rated but I got caught up in the new wave hype .
I rather appreciate Elton John’s recent gestures, it shows that he’s not in lock-step with anybody else’s agenda. Good for him- and good for truly independent thinking.
Have been listening to Rush for a l o n g time; but sould like to hear Rush's 'history' of negative Gay comments that I apparently missed. He shares similar perspective of Obama and Elton, himself, for that matter. Sorry Lefties. . .there may be differences; but not 'huge' ones.
(Why is it; those groups who demand equality; really do not WANT it. They want to be superior to their peers; and demand judgments to make it so. . .where others can be fairly critized; do not go there with the 'Agenda driven' and truly special interest groups. )
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