It’s nice to see that some of these people aren’t complete imbeciles.
I’ve always thought that Elton John, no matter or weird or wacky his persona has never lost the “common touch”. And he is very fair minded. I saw him interviewed after he sang that song at Princess Diana’s funeral. You’ll remember it was “Candle in the Wind” with new lyrics. And the interviewer said to him: so, you re-wrote the song for this...and Elton John said: well, actually Bernie Taupin re-wrote the song. My guess is a lot of people would have said, oh yes, I did. Or maybe “we did”, but he gave all the credit to the other guy.
And I’ve always thought Mick Jagger is smart. A little nuts, maybe, but not in any way dumb.
Elton played at Rush’s wedding for one million dollars. Guess he likes a buck as much as anyone.
Jagger was attending and getting high grades at the London School of Economics when the Rolling Stones were formed; he is no slouch intellectually.
I echo your sentiments on all counts. For your reference, Elton John played for Rush Limbaugh’s most recent wedding reception. And, of course, he was roundly criticized for it, not surprisingly, by the very same tolerant gay mafia crowd who would destroy a baker for refusing services to a same-sex wedding.
And Elton obviously knew playing at Rush Limbaugh’s wedding would upset many in the gay community....so I do give him some kudos for that.
Mick Jagger went to the London School of Economics... he is not stupid.