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Seeing Elton John live: what's it like?

Posted on 12/3/22 at 8:52 am
Posted by Falco
Member since Dec 2018
2216 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 8:52 am
Visiting London soon and Sir Elton John is playing at an arena 3 miles from my hotel. The wife wants to go and see it but I'm not a big Elton John fan, however, I do feel it would be unique experience.
For anyone who has seen him recently does he put on a decent show?
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
Member since Mar 2004
33527 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 8:56 am to
I'm not a fan either, but he put on an excellent live show and you'd probably enjoy it. I didn't realize how many of his songs I recognized.

We saw him in baton rouge a few years ago.
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
4192 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 8:57 am to
Sir Elton...ha! Gay knight.
Posted by Treacherous Cretin
Columbus, OH
Member since Jan 2016
1503 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 9:17 am to
He has a few songs you might recognize.

How is this even a question? Of course you should go. He’s a legend.
Posted by Mizooag94
Hillbillyville, MO
Member since Sep 2018
1641 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 12:19 pm to
quote:

The wife wants to go


Then go. Saw him at the Hartford Civic Center in 87 or 88. It was pretty good.
Posted by Mizooag94
Hillbillyville, MO
Member since Sep 2018
1641 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 12:21 pm to
ETA

She sits through Dead and Co for me and I smashing pumpkins. Make it fun and it will be.
Posted by midlothianlsu
Midlothian, Texas
Member since Oct 2009
1777 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 12:28 pm to
Saw him this year. The legend factor is in play and he played almost all of his hits. Although Crocodile Rock was missing. His voice is not what it once was due to age and the surgery he had a couple of years ago.
If the wife wants to go by all means go.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
175877 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 12:59 pm to
Elton John puts on a hell of a show. He's lost a step at 75 but he's still worth seeing. He has a great band.
Posted by Arthur Bach
Member since Jul 2016
2938 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 2:16 pm to
I openly shed a tear. True story.
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
18728 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 3:09 pm to
He just sits at the piano in a few diff outfits and plays the hits. Saw him last year he’s still got it….
This post was edited on 12/3/22 at 3:59 pm
Posted by JW
Los Angeles
Member since Jul 2004
5173 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 4:42 pm to
Went to his last North American show “ever” a few weeks ago …. It was pretty great. Don’t overthink going to one of his last shows in his home country
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
Member since Jan 2016
10018 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 6:02 pm to
Saw him in BR at the River Center and it was a great show with his performance and his band.
Posted by Bayou
Boudin, LA
Member since Feb 2005
41605 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 7:41 pm to
I saw him in '84. Great performance.
Took a chick, ate dinner, skinny dipped at a golf course pond and banged on a green
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
22900 posts
Posted on 12/3/22 at 9:09 pm to
quote:

I'm not a fan either, but he put on an excellent live show and you'd probably enjoy it. I didn't realize how many of his songs I recognized.



That was my experience. Friends took me to his last Houston show. Never thought about how many songs of his I knew, until seeing him knock them out one after another.

In spite of his age and limited mobility, he still seemed to love performing and kept thanking the audience, along with telling some stories about some of the songs and how he wrote them. Great experience.
Posted by Stan Switek
Member since Apr 2017
473 posts
Posted on 12/4/22 at 8:30 am to
Saw him recently (just after a bout with Covid) and it was a fantastic show. His band was a lot of the guys he played with in the early to mid 70s and the setlist was mostly from that time period, which to me is by far his best stuff.

You won't regret it, I'd definitely go again.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
32111 posts
Posted on 12/4/22 at 8:49 am to
quote:

We saw him in baton rouge a few years ago.


Me too. He was terrific.

I imagine this concert will be expensive like all the others, but he's worth every penny watching live. He puts on a great show.
Posted by VABuckeye
NOVA
Member since Dec 2007
38283 posts
Posted on 12/4/22 at 10:05 am to
I'd absolutely go. One of the ones I never saw that I wish I had.

I'm a little shocked by those here that don't seemt o realize the depth of his catalogue and how many hits he had. One of the best ever.
Posted by Shingo
Dallas, TX, USA
Member since Sep 2010
4328 posts
Posted on 12/4/22 at 11:28 am to
I saw his Red piano? Show in Vegas in the mid 2000’s and it was on the last night of a long run. I thought he kinda went through the motions. I’m glad I can say I saw him though. By the way I’ve been disappointed by legends Willie and Stevie Wonder in the same way. I guess everyone has blah days/nights when they’re not totally into it
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
58575 posts
Posted on 12/4/22 at 3:14 pm to
Saw him in Baton Rouge at the river center about 5 or 6 years ago.

He was great.
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
37261 posts
Posted on 12/4/22 at 7:12 pm to
Saw him in Memphis in 2003 and that was a memorable show

He crushed it for almost 3 hours

Not sure if they still do it but they have a camera that focuses solely on the keys and it was mesmerizing watching him tickle the ivory
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