That's good. I'll have to remember that one.
no-talent . . . His fame was fired solely by the glamor of Evil.
I have to disagree. Elton John is a fine craftsman on the piano and was gifted with a good singing range. He was also lucky enough to hook up with Bernie Taupin. His fame was built upon a ton of well-produced pop songs bought by fans who had no idea at the time what a disgusting freak he was.
“I have to disagree. Elton John is a fine craftsman on the piano”
A craftsman? Okay, but that’s an insult in some quarters.
I live in a town of around 200,000 population, and there are at least four pianists here who would kick his diseased butt in a “battle of the bands.”
“and was gifted with a good singing range.”
If green pus had a sound, his voice would be that sound.
I know, I know, millions of people have disagreed. Time will tell, but it behooves us to remember that Eddie Cantor and Rudy Vallee were once thought to have fine voices as well.
“His fame was built upon a ton of well-produced pop songs bought by fans who had no idea at the time what a disgusting freak he was.”
Anyone who cared to know could have had that information in the early seventies, at the latest. I had a friend in college who shared your opinion, but I always found him offensive, grating, and annoying.
I guess I’m the kind of music snob who holds that well-produced crap is still crap.