He was shy...on the Phil Donahue interview from 1980 he talks a bit about that and says he got contact lenses to force himself to make eye contact with people.
Like many performers, he was exceedingly shy about being "just himself". And there was a lot he was concealing from the general public in those early days of fame - things he was concealing from himself, too.
Ha! I love the song he played at the end! So refreshing to see something like that...with the audience and Michael Caine singing along. Well- I think it was requested by Michael. 👍🏻
Love the old fashioned sing along at the end. I guess it was an ode to how Elton earned a few bob as a teenager at the local pub. As an Aussie I've always admired the British tradition of the sing along. But I wonder if a modern audience would still be able to do this so spontaneously. Is the tradition still alive? I hope so.
We do for certain songs! If audience participation is encouraged at a gig and it’s a well-known song all the oldies will join in and it gets everyone going. Other tunes that will always start a sing-along include: Mr Brightside (The Killers), Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond), Don’t Look Back in Anger (Oasis), Living on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Don’t Stop Believing (Journey) :)
God you can tell he has heard these questions a million Times the way it's rehearsed and everything. He didnt blink once before answering any of the questions. I mean it was good for his brand and the show got a bag from this.
no they didn't here's a good example i'm reading his book & i think it was 1972 or 1973 he was doing a concert and he said That Tony King used to come on stage dressed in a dress & said i bet you get all the boys. and in the book he goes how with that being said nobody batted an eye. so my point is he was pretty open about it and they didn't give a damn at all for a long time i don't think. than he does that interview a few years that he's bi and go figure and if i recall that did hurt him
@@kaitluvs i haven't picked up the book in awhile but where i left off i think it was right around the time he started using Coke, it's hard to believe the guy was a virgin when he started out
I´m not really sure how it works today...but back in the time, he allready was an ARTIST!!! I really think, some people are born to be artists....So does he!!! That´s All...The end!!!
The shows were recorded in shepherds bush and this show was the mid 70s,? nearly everyone in that audience sang 'maybe its because i'm a londoner' mainly because they all were? wouldn't happen now?
George Michael, Elton John Freddie Mercury and Luther Vandross. All gay, and all my fav singers lol the talent back then was unparalleled now talent is thin on the ground I mean apart from the Weeknd music sucks today!
"I hopefully got two or three years left where I can have a good time." All these years later and he's still kicking it all the same.
Yea little did he know he would still be making music 44 years later
Yeah, but I had two to three years left before his drug habit took its toll on having a real good time. So, he was quite right about it.
What a shy superstar : every time he makes eyes contact he closes his eyes!
I thought the same :)
He’s high af
Its called being drugged up.
He is higher than a hippie that’s why!
Beautiful eyes & eyelashes. Mmmmmmmmm!
Elton is the true meaning of swag and daperness
And pure oozing raw talent
Will cooper, Sartorial Elegance as well as Sartorial Eloquence! My main man since 1973!
He didn’t even realize how great he was. So humble, such a nice man, makes you want to hug him and be his friend...
I totally agree
Elton John is certainly a nice man. Humble? Not so much. Elton knew he was talented and wasn’t shy about it.
He was quite handsome back in the day.
Agree...such a cutie.
Still is!
Read my mind!
He still is handsome.
THANK YOU *drools*
Them all singing together at the end breaks my heart. I want that country back
So true. So nostalgic . So in touch with life back then.
Everytime he goes to make eye contact he closes them haha. If the glasses were not see through it would be like he is actually making the eye contact.
he said he wore glasses a lot because he just couldn’t make eye contact with people as a sort of barrier
He was shy...on the Phil Donahue interview from 1980 he talks a bit about that and says he got contact lenses to force himself to make eye contact with people.
Like many performers, he was exceedingly shy about being "just himself". And there was a lot he was concealing from the general public in those early days of fame - things he was concealing from himself, too.
But also I've heard him say that cocaine made him suddenly able to look people in the eyes and converse more easily which is one reason he got hooked.
@@PositivelyPam yes he said that and damn is he right lol.
So cute omg
Ha! I love the song he played at the end! So refreshing to see something like that...with the audience and Michael Caine singing along. Well- I think it was requested by Michael. 👍🏻
Sue DeSimone I wanna
1:52 you can't put that there, it'll get knocked off.
Then he sings Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting.
ITS GETTING LATE!!!
@@casplovesyou HAVE YOU SEEN MY MATES
@@Literally_majima MA' TELL ME WHEN THE BOYS GET HERE
@@juanherasme5693 ITS 7 O CLOCK AND I WANNA ROCK
Love the old fashioned sing along at the end. I guess it was an ode to how Elton earned a few bob as a teenager at the local pub. As an Aussie I've always admired the British tradition of the sing along. But I wonder if a modern audience would still be able to do this so spontaneously. Is the tradition still alive? I hope so.
Doubt this would happen in the modern age.
We do for certain songs!
If audience participation is encouraged at a gig and it’s a well-known song all the oldies will join in and it gets everyone going.
Other tunes that will always start a sing-along include: Mr Brightside (The Killers), Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond), Don’t Look Back in Anger (Oasis), Living on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Don’t Stop Believing (Journey) :)
Maybe it's because I am a Londoner
@@EmilyRolloRocks it's a little bit like karaoke then
They did the same thing at the end of his appearance on Parkinson in Australia in 1982.
hes so wholesome, i love hes teeth haha and he always makes me smilee
that bit of him playing "I'm a Londoner" at the end was brilliant.
That's a very nice suit he's wearing
...a middle-aged ex-rockstar... Elton's face 1:43 How times change
mikron it’s like 1:44 but yeah lol
he was young. young people always think being old is the literal worst thing in the world. once he aged, he knew better lol
I am 35 and hate being referred as middle aged! Elt was a mere baby here!!
@@desertrose1226 he was about 30 in this
@@desertrose1226 he looked a lot older though, 40 he looked
Elton is a genius but to humble to make it obvious. A very rare mind, personality, and talent. I would love to have been friends with him.
My favorite singer Andrzej Zaucha
And even better the three of them are still all alive!
Down to two now.
Such an Amazing Person
God you can tell he has heard these questions a million Times the way it's rehearsed and everything. He didnt blink once before answering any of the questions.
I mean it was good for his brand and the show got a bag from this.
Sweet Elton! Young and cute- I ❤️ Elton John!!
What a little baby boy
Seriously, people didn't realise he was gay?
He was pretty cool back in his hay day
Taco pup and he still is
no they didn't here's a good example i'm reading his book & i think it was 1972 or 1973 he was doing a concert and he said That Tony King used to come on stage dressed in a dress & said i bet you get all the boys. and in the book he goes how with that being said nobody batted an eye. so my point is he was pretty open about it and they didn't give a damn at all for a long time i don't think. than he does that interview a few years that he's bi and go figure and if i recall that did hurt him
@@rolandofgilead43 I remember that part in the book
@@kaitluvs i haven't picked up the book in awhile but where i left off i think it was right around the time he started using Coke, it's hard to believe the guy was a virgin when he started out
Accent has changed considerably since then. Eltons gone posh.
Not so much posh as speaking with a mid atlantic accent. Back then he spoke with a southern england one
That singalong at the end is hilariously random 😂
Honestly, kind of in love with him. I seem to have an issue with picking the gay ones. I suppose I’ve kind of chosen a lonely life. 😂😂😭
Jillian Jacques we have the same issue 😂
Daniela De Los Santos MY CONDOLENCES 😂
I thought I was one of the few!
Then thank god I’m Pan. I got a chanceeeee
Aww! I’d love to have a gay male friend I’ve never even known any gay men all my life tbh and Yes Elton is very sweet I love him.
it’s so weird to hear him saying ‘ Northwood hill hotel’ LIKE I LIVE ON THE SAME ROAD AS HIM SKSNJSSN
Love the Tommy Nutter suit. Elton before the drugs took hold. at that point he was the best selling artist in the world.
Gorgeous!
My god that suit is so 70s bad it's insanely good! 🥴
Hey, aren’t those the glasses that Taron wears in Rocketman which substitutes the white sunglasses that Elton actually wore at the Dodgers Stadium?
They are the same ones !!!
Cool!
Like a most improbable dream.
One of the most British things I’ve seen
I´m not really sure how it works today...but back in the time, he allready was an ARTIST!!!
I really think, some people are born to be artists....So does he!!! That´s All...The end!!!
Sir Michael Caine??!
2:00 holy cow is that Michael Caine? Sounds like him
Yes that is Michael Caine haha
An upscaled and sharpened image doesn’t make it hd
Lol bruh what to do you want
For some reason in this interview he kinda looks like david cross lol
What's the song when he enters?
Ladies & Gentlemen Elton John
The shows were recorded in shepherds bush and this show was the mid 70s,? nearly everyone in that audience sang 'maybe its because i'm a londoner' mainly because they all were? wouldn't happen now?
The ending was so english lol
Patrick Stewart in the audience at 2:08?
Is that Michael Keaton?
shape of you
I have faith that Elton John is Hot and Gorgeous
How is Parkinson still alive? He looks like 55+ (not like Kravitz but still)
How is Elton still alive with his life style in the 70s and 80s?
Jesus Christ died for you so live for him and live
It’s disgraceful what they’ve done to London these days.
It’s so sad how Elton’s parents treated him. What a horrible and wretched thing for his father to write to him.
Elton John is very good singer but my favourite singers are Freddie Mercury and Andrzej Zaucha
Andrzej Zaucha had gypsy/black voice/vocal
Freddie is my favorite, but Elton is a close second.
George Michael, Elton John Freddie Mercury and Luther Vandross. All gay, and all my fav singers lol the talent back then was unparalleled now talent is thin on the ground I mean apart from the Weeknd music sucks today!
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Not looking in the eyes can be a sign of austism...I mean his not looking is quite profound...Apart from the father question.
he was high!
Karyn Brown I very much doubt he was high.
It’s a sign of shyness.
@@claresherman2278 He had a cocaine habit and a drinking problem by 1974. There's a very good chance he was high here.
@@karyn4896 No doubt he was high!
Disrespectful to Elton to have him play that crap
Get wrecked he's a Londoner himself and the good people of the capital helped make his fortune
@Chris 1990 they are trying to reduce him
@@sniffableandirresistble shut up, your just an overreacting douche.
Middle aged washed up superstar not even close
Doesn't seem washed up to me. You're delusional.
This guy has appalling hair