Elton John opens on singing about his death


Elton John recalled the experience of singing about his own death

Sir Elton John has opened an incredibly emotional moment when he had to sing about his death.

Elton recalled that his very time collaborator Bernie Taupin gave him a new song lyrics and began to sing, but realized after a while the song was about his death. The creator of successes of the cold heart “lost it” after that.

During his appearance in the Graham Norton program, Elton said: “Bernie Taupin gave me a lyrics for a song called:” When all this world ends with me “, and I am writing the verse (music) quite quickly, and I believe that this It is a really lovely verse. “

“And then I arrive at the choir, and I find that it is my death, my disappearance,” he shared.

“And as a 76 -year -old man, who was at that time, and have children and have a husband, mortality, and think, ‘How long do I have? How long? I hope to have, much longer than you may have, “he continued.

“And so, when I arrived at the choir and suddenly I realized that I began to sing it (and) I lost it for 45 minutes,” he revealed. “It was a very, very heavy moment for me.”

“After 45 minutes of being comforted, I was fine, but I recorded the next day … when you are singing about being dragged into the sea and the end of your life, it took me by surprise,” he said.

“It’s a really lovely song. I did everything in one shot the next day. I just entered and made his voice and piano at the same time. And I put a brass band at the end, because I have always loved brass bands, mine bands, because their music is quite sad, the sound of it, “he added.

Elton John’s new album that believes in Los Angeles? It will be launched on April 4.



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