Elton is just jealous of Keith....................
Posted on 03/01/2018 10:08:03 AM PST by Rebelbase
(WENN) -Keith Richards won't miss his rock rivalry with Elton John when the veteran singer retires from performing.
The British stars feuded for years, and have often exchanged insults in the press - with Elton, 70, once saying Keith, 74, looked like a "monkey with arthritis".
Although their relationship has thawed somewhat in recent years, The Rolling Stones rocker tells Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper that he won't miss the Rocket Man musician "at all" when he retires from live performances after a final three-year tour. He also thinks that Elton's departure from the live music scene means there's "more room" for his band.
Mocking his rival's dramatic announcement that he will play gigs all over the world before quitting to spend time with his family, Keith says, "After three years on the road with Elton, you would want to retire, too. I'll take his word for it." However, he did say of his longtime rival, "He's a lovable old dear. He's softening with age."
Elton's harshest words towards Keith came in 1997 after Keith criticised him for re-recording his 1973 tribute to Marilyn Monroe, Candle in the Wind, in memory of Princess Diana.
"I'm glad I've given up drugs and alcohol," he told the New York Daily News. "It would be awful to be like Keith Richards. He's pathetic, poor thing. It's like a monkey with arthritis, trying to go onstage and look young. I have great respect for the Stones but they would have been better if they had thrown Keith out 15 years ago...I just think he's an a**hole and I have for a long time."
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I've heard less apt descriptions of Keith Richard.
Is Keith Richards saying that Elton John occupies the same music space as The Rolling Stones?
Seriously?
“Rivalry”, oh please. I don’t consider them in the same league at all.
Kitty has claws.
Keith is the Stones
Elton likes boys
I don’t listen to either one, so Ho-hummmmmm
Reggie is a wanker,a tosser,and a poof!
Elton is just jealous of Keith....................
He’s only 74????
I suppose the Stones will be touring another 20 years at this rate.
“Reggie is a wanker,a tosser,and a poof!”
True, but Kieth is indeed a monkey with arthritis.
Elton was the 2nd best musical performance I have heard, he has also been a very good musician and entertainer for 40. Stones top shelf too but a different act. I miss a lot of artist after they are gone.
A “spat” that gets them both some publicity. A real duel with pistols or swords would be more interesting for the public.
Elton’s a queenish fag who pounds the ebonies and ivories. Keith may be old but can still kick about anyone’s ass on a six string. Or five string if you count the Tele that he removes the sixth string on.
He wrote that in 1973?
One could say honestly that , for both of them, their best work is thirty years in the past.
Keith is probably still ticked off that Elton skipped his funeral. When was that, 2005? I forget.
I saw him 4 times in concert, puts on a great show!
Elton was caught with child porn boarding an airplane in 2007, but was let go. In 1999 one of his concerts featured male strippers dressed as boy scouts. They guy is sick.
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