Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Elton John. The bumblebee of pop



Based on its design, the experts that know about these things, say a bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly. But it does.
I was thinking about this while I watched Elton John perform live at The Emerities Palace last night. As a rule I don’t go to see performances by people who have a first name as a surname but the ticket was free, so what ya gonna do?
They had a camera set up on the edge of the piano giving the audience a wicked close up shot across the piano keys and the thing that really stood out was just how chubby and short Elton’s fingers were. It was like looking at a close up shot of a hobbits hand. How could those little fingers master a keyboard so well? The scientists and I don’t have a clue but they did.
Elton is getting on now, and so is his audience, which may have explained the lack of energy in the crowd, but it was a good show. Elton’s drummer looks a lot like Oliver Stone and Elton is looking more and more like Dame Edna without the wig every year. Dame Edna without the wig is Barry Humphries I guess, so I could say Elton looks like Barry wearing silly glasses.
By the way, in case you were thinking about it, Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids. Not only because it is as cold as hell, but apparently the school fees are astronomical.

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