History Music / EltonJohn

* DrivenToSuicide: During Elton John Week in 1975, at the height of his fame, Elton took 40 pills and dove into a hotel swimming pool in front of friends and family.
** Before that, he had a suicide attempt after being pressured by false accusations into a ShotgunWedding to a pickle heiress in TheSixties. This was the basis for "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". This attempt was [[BungledSuicide bungled by John]], because he planned on killing himself by leaving the gas on in his apartment...but left all the windows open.
*** "I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself" [[PlayedForLaughs plays this trope and attempts them for laughs]]. [[BlackComedy Complete with a tap-dance solo in the middle eight]].

** Due to their good friendship, and because during that 1974 MSG performance, John reunited with his at-the-time estranged wife YokoOno, Elton [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming got to be the godfather of John & Yoko's son Sean Lennon a year later]].

* NobodyOver50IsGay: While coming out ''long before'' he was fifty, he nonetheless makes this trope his bitch and then dances on its grave. [[HotDad Raising a kid]] [[CoolOldGuy in his sixties]] with his husband doesn't hurt either.

** Due to their good friendship, and because during that 1974 MSG performance, John reunited with his at-the-time estranged wife YokoOno, Elton [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming got to be the godfather of John & Yoko's son]] SeanLennon.

*** "I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself" [[PlayedForLaughs plays this trope, and attempts them for laughs]]. [[BlackComedy Complete with a tap-dance solo in the middle eight]].

*** "I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself" [[PlayedForLaughs plays this trope, and the attempts themselves for laughs]]. [[BlackComedy Complete with a tap-dance solo in the middle eight]].
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Would you buy an album buy Reginald Dwight?

* IndecipherableLyrics

* HazelEyes

->"Captain Fantastic, raised and regimented\\

Just someone his mother might know."\\

!!!'''This musician contains examples of:'''

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: In one notorious, drug-fueled episode, he asked the manager or a hotel in stayed in to ''do something about the wind outside''.

* BiTheWay

*** GoKartingWithBowser: Elton, at least by WordOfGod, seems to believe (his occasional beef with celebrities aside) in trying to mend fences rather than fuel rivalries, and often forms unlikely friendships with celebrities accused of (or guilty of) homophobia (Limbaugh, Eminem, Axl Rose, etc.) to demostrate this. Often it does lead to backdraft from gay rights advocates.

* GratuitousPanning: The chorus of the "Crocodile Rock" (the "la, la, la, la, la" parts) are panned to where the vocals are on the left channel and the Farfisa organ is on the right channel. The rest of the song has quite a lot of panning as well, but the chorus is the most blatant part.

* GratuitousPanning: The chorus of the "Crocodile Rock" (the "la, la, la, la, la" parts) are panned to where the vocals are on the left channel and the synths are on the right channel. The rest of the song has quite a lot of panning as well, but the chorus is the most blatant part.

Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947 in Pinner, England, classically-trained Elton began his career in various blues bands and as a session musician, before answering a newspaper ad by Liberty Records for aspiring songwriters. He was given his first set of lyrics by Bernie Taupin, a struggling lyricist, to set them to music. Taupin liked what he heard, and the two formed a platonic and professional bond. Changing his name by deed poll to "Elton Hercules John" in 1970 (''Elton'' for saxophonist Elton Dean, ''John'' for a singer Reg's old band Bluesology backed up, Long John Baldry, and ''Hercules'', well [[NonIndicativeName from a racehorse in BritCom "Steptoe And Son"]]), Elton with Bernie's lyrics in tow) would gain a reputation as a singer-songwriter-pianist par excellence. By 1972, he had begun to wear [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes increasingly flamboyant]] costumes, clothes and [[MakingASpectacleOfYourself eyeglasses]], which became a trademark for him until the mid-1980's. He became an unexpected superstar, with a string of highly successful albums such as ''Tumbleweed Connection'', ''Madman Across The Water'', ''Honky Chateau'', ''Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player'', ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' (a double), and ''Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy''. His success tapered by the late-1970's, especially after [[AmbiguouslyGay outing himself]] in 1976. In the meantime, he appeared in the film ''Born To Boogie'' as himself, and in ''Tommy'' singing "Pinball Wizard".

* GratuitousPanning: The chorus of the "Crocodile Rock" (the yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah parts) are panned to where the vocals are on the left channel and the synths are on the right channel, the rest of the song has quite a lot of panning as well but the chorus is the most blatant part

* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Elton had cocaine, marijuana and alcohol habits from the mid-Seventies to 1990. [[IGotBetter He got better]].