Taron Egerton - Rocketman

Taron Egerton - Rocketman - 2019 

from wikipedia

Rocketman is a 2019 biographical musical film based on the life of musician Elton John. Directed by Dexter Fletcher and written by Lee Hall, it stars Taron Egerton as John, with Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, and Bryce Dallas Howard. The film follows John's early days as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music to his musical partnership with Bernie Taupin. The film is titled after John's 1972 song Rocket Man.

The film initially began development in 2001, but languished for nearly two decades as it went through several studios including Walt Disney Studios and Focus Features, directors including Michael Gracey, and actors including Tom Hardy and Justin Timberlake. In April 2018, after creative differences with Focus halted an initial production start in 2014, the film was revived at Paramount Pictures, with Egerton and Fletcher signing on in April 2018. Principal photography began in August 2018 and was completed later that year. John served as executive producer, while husband David Furnish produced the film through Rocket Pictures and Matthew Vaughn's Marv Films.

Rocketman premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2019, and was released in the United Kingdom on 22 May 2019 and in the United States on 31 May 2019. The film has grossed $103 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics, with Egerton's performance, the costumes, and the musical numbers receiving general praise.

01. The Bitch Is Back (introduction) (with Sebastian Rich)
02. I Want Love (with Kit Connor, Gemma Jones, Bryce Dallas Howard and Steven Mackintosh)
03. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (with Kit Connor)
04. Thank You for All Your Loving
05. Border Song
06. Rock and Roll Madonna (interlude)
07. Your Song
08. Amoreena
09. Crocodile Rock
10. Tiny Dancer
11. Take Me to the Pilot
12. Hercules
13. Don't Go Breaking My Heart (interlude) (with Rachel Muldoon)
14. Honky Cat (with Richard Madden)
15. Pinball Wizard (interlude)
16. Rocket Man
17. Bennie and the Jets
18. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (with Celinde Schoenmaker)
19. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
20. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (with Jamie Bell)
21. I'm Still Standing
22. (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again (performed by Elton John and Taron Egerton)

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VA - Two Rooms - Celebrating The Songs of Elton John And Bernie Taupin

VA - Two Rooms - Celebrating The Songs of Elton John And Bernie Taupin - 1991

from AMG

Two Rooms is a wildly uneven star-studded tribute to a wildly uneven superstar songwriting team. Though Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote many of the best pop songs of the '70s and '80s, they have written more than their fair share of clunkers as well. Some of them were chosen for this collection. Tina Turner, for example, tackles the ludicrously juvenile "The Bitch Is Back" and somehow manages to make it even worse. Daryl Hall and John Oates don't fare any better with the embarrassingly outdated disco anthem "Philadelphia Freedom." But most of the songs on Two Rooms are drawn from Elton and Bernie's A-list and some of them really illustrate the depth of their songwriting abilities. Sinéad O'Connor finds the tortured soul of the 1989 divorce song "Sacrifice" in a way that the original recording never did. George Michael's radiant tenor lights a fire under "Tonight," another song about a disintegrating relationship. Sting gives the album's most memorable performance, bringing haunted melancholy to the seldom heard "Come Down in Time." Unfortunately, many of the artists are not that sensitive to their chosen songs. Wilson Phillips makes a chipper dentist's office ballad out of the heart-rending elegy "Daniel," while Jon Bon Jovi brings unwanted screech rock bluster to "Levon" and Rod Stewart turns the gentle, charming sap of "Your Song" into noxious, gooey sap. The record succeeds in conveying the enormous influence and productivity of the collaboration between John and Taupin. But it sometimes makes you think they've been just a bit too prolific and that their influence might not always be a good one.

01. Border Song - Eric Clapton
02. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) - Kate Bush
03. Come Down In Time - Sting
04. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) - The Who
05. Crocodile Rock - Beach Boys
06. Daniel - Wilson Phillips
07. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Joe Cocker
08. Levon - Jon Bon Jovi
09. The Bitch Is Back - Tina Turner
10. Philadelphia Freedom - Daryl Hall And John Oates
11. Your Song - Rod Stewart
12. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Oleta Adams
13. Madman Across The Water - Bruce Hornsby
14. Sacrifice - Sinead O'Connor
15. Burn Down The Mission - Phil Collins
16. Tonight - George Michael





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