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Stoneage
Typical Elton tantrum?
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steverogan
I was on stage for "Saturday Night's Alright".He let the first 2 or 3 rows up for that song each show. Second to last song. That was well over a year ago. Second time an incident occurred in the past month. The night I was onstage people were well behaved and had a great time.It was incredible to be up there playing air guitar with Davey Johnstone. He handed me his pick at the end of the song.Too bad a couple of douche bags have ruined it for future shows.
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keefriff99
Common sense says you don't touch a guy WHILE HE'S PERFORMING.
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keefriff99
Common sense says you don't touch a guy WHILE HE'S PERFORMING.
My wife strummed Buddy Guy's guitar about 10 years ago at the Ventura Theater when he came out in to the audience, and he then gave me his pick.
My friend strummed Chuck Berry's guitar while Chuck was playing it back in the early '80's at the Santa Monica Civic when a bunch of fans were invited on stage during the encore.
Evidently Elton's a bit sensitive and doesn't like it, but when a bunch of people are invited on stage how are they to know this?
Seems he could have been a bit more cool about it rather than using the F-bomb and storming off.
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keefriff99That's cool. I'd have to imagine that Buddy gave off a more friendly, down-to-earth vibe.Quote
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keefriff99
Common sense says you don't touch a guy WHILE HE'S PERFORMING.
My wife strummed Buddy Guy's guitar about 10 years ago at the Ventura Theater when he came out in to the audience, and he then gave me his pick.
My friend strummed Chuck Berry's guitar while Chuck was playing it back in the early '80's at the Santa Monica Civic when a bunch of fans were invited on stage during the encore.
Evidently Elton's a bit sensitive and doesn't like it, but when a bunch of people are invited on stage how are they to know this?
Seems he could have been a bit more cool about it rather than using the F-bomb and storming off.
I'd think most fans would know something about Elton's personality. He's a prissy, high-maintenance diva with a somewhat prickly personality...again, common sense, at least to me, would indicate that you don't grope him, especially while he's playing.
Of course, you throw in Vegas, lots of booze and lowered inhibitions, and all bets are off.
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stonehearted
The guy onstage was abusing the privilege of being there.
You could see him cradling the bottom of the mic set-up like a... well, rocket man.
The way he was gesturing, flicking his fingers about, it must have been distracting -- not to mention a bit insulting in its suggestive nature.
Kind of amusing that this happened just before Elton sings the line about "get a little aggravation". You could see Elton mouth "F@#k off!" to the guy.
Unlike other commenters in this thread, I'll side with the performer.
Just because he invites people onstage, it isn't a license to deliberately interfere with the performance by being a jerk.
One idiot ruins it for all, that's how I see it.
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Leonioid
Actually the thread is titled perfectly. "Elton Learns"...
But I would bet if someone had hypothetically presented this situation to 10 regular people beforehand, 8/10 people could have "called it" exactly as it happened, right down to elton's hissy fit and storming off.
And in the end it is not even that big of deal, nothing really happened.
Heck, a couple of weeks ago, when someone threw beads and hit him in the mouth, was a bigger deal than this non-event.
Thinking about it, this whole thing actually comes off as PR... like "Mick needs snipped"... "poor kids"... anything to get some press. The old saying still applies- "I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name correctly... and make sure to mention I am on tour... and everyone should buy some tickets... and a CD or download(or two)... and maybe a shirt too.