Elton John Blog and Journals

wow. so I just finished watching this movie called Tommy and I feel like I should have taken some LSD before I watched it or something because I did not understand much haha

 

I cant really describe it, it's like those kinds of movies that you have to watch to believe haha it reminded me a lot of a clockwork orange and fear and loathing in las vegas....but it was not half as good as both of those.

 

it did however have vivid images that really stuck out and made me go. woahhhh

 

haha this part of the movie was the funniest because the little kid just randomly picks his nose haha

there were also many guest stars like tina turner, elton john, and jack nicholson

 

one of the main characters was also the famous ann margret

 

Even Elton John was in it

There was also this scene that made me go...whatdahell? it was like a church and jesus was marilyn monore haha i was like huh? it was crazy!

At first i felt sorry for tommy and all the things that his family made him go through but as the movie progessed i started hating tommy he did obscene things by the end of them movie

I wouldn't necessarily tell people to watch this movie but if are bored outta your mind and wanna be cofused or like pinball or THE WHO or  any of these actors haha watch it :)

other then that...dont haha

 

 

Stephen Gately, from Boyzone, died with 33 years old on the 10th of October, in the spanish island of Mallorca

London, 11th October (EFE).- Stephen Gately, member of the irish boyband Boyzone, who made success in the 90's, died last Saturday in the spanish island of Mallorca, where he was spending his holiday with his colleague, Andrew Cowles.

The website of the band, which splited in 2000 and got back eight years later, said that Gately, with 33 years old, "died in a tragic way" in the night of yesterday.

The announcement of the singer's dead caused comotion on the UK and Ireland. The other band members said that today they've gone to Spain to inquire themselves about what happened.

So far, the circunstamces of Gately's dead haven't been cleared. But according to Andratx Police's sources (Mallorca) said to the Efe agency that the artist died in his apartment in the touristic part of disseram Cala Llamp.

The editor of espectacles of the journal "News Of The World", Dan Wootton, said to to "BBC" that Gately got out with his husband on the Saturdya night and, after getting back and go to bed, he didn't woke up anymore.

Louis Walsh, band's manager, said he was shocked with the news, but he didn't had any details of what happened.

He said he was in shock and he had been with him a ceremony of awards and said they don't know too much about what happened, said Walsh, saying that Gately "was a great man".

Boyzone made a lot of success in Europe in the 90's, when they've sold more singles than Take That.

In June, 1999, one year before the group ends, Gately said he was homosexual and that he was dating Andrew Cowles, which he got married with in 2006, in a ceremony at London.

After the end of Boyzone, Gately got solo, getting three singles in the list of the 20 most sold singles. He also have been part of several success musicals in the brittish capital.

Singer Elton John talked about his colleague's dead, which he reffered as a "lovely and sweet" person. He said he and his husband, David Furnish, were lost with this tragedy and said they're sending their love and happiness to his friend Andy and to all his friends in the whole world.

Did any of you knew this band? If so, please, tell me.

Found so many new songs that i'm in love with.

My current favourites are:

You Stood me up by Benji Hughes

Bulletproof by La Roux

Heads will roll by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Steriods by Mr. Oizo

Nothing better by The Postal Service

1901 by Phoenix

And that's just some of them!

 

I'm in desperate need of a shopping trip and maybe a vacation to NY. I miss that place so much. I've only been there once but it feels like home to me. Kind of hard to explain, but you get the idea.

Love this picure so much! It's just fabulous.

Got my hair done on wednesday finally! I got it cut differently and added some baby pink around my fringe and the side of my face. I love it so much! It's nice to have a change from the typical blonde. I want to add some more colours to my hair but i have a feeling that my agent would kill me! haha oh well, we'll see.

I forgot how much i love Elton John. such good music.

I love rediscovering things that i haven't been into in a while.

I need to find these boots. so fabulous!

 

I've been doing a lot of soul searching lately and finally found a drastic change that i was looking for. I'm not going to say what it is because its not what it seems and you might get the wrong idea. But it's sort of like group therapy. Not really targeted towards me, but it's helping me realize a lot of things. I'm going tonight! So excited! I feel like that guy from fight club. I always forget his name even though i've read the book & seen the movie countless times. But after going to these meetings i feel like i can finally forgive and forget some people who have effected me negatively in my life and i can finally sleep.

I really want to plan a bonfire party or just some sort of party! But i really just want to eat all the smores.

hahaha

What are some of your favourite things to do during the summer??

 

xoxoxo

-J

 

ps. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Audrey Kitching!

 

While it's completely necessary for me to give nods to some amazing bands/artists that have names starting with the letter E (Empires, Envy On The Coast, Elton John, Earl Greyhound, Electric Six, Eve 6, and my friends in Every Avenue)... my top pick for the letter E absolutely has to be Every Time I Die.

Seeing them live last year on Warped Tour cemented my love for them, and meeting Keith when they played Grand Rapids a while back was quite an experience as well. They're one of my favorite bands with that harder sound.

Every Time I Die - We're Wolf

Enjoy and discuss!

SATURDAY!

Well it all starts when my sister wakes me up with McDonald's breakfast. Yum.

I went to hang out with the 'rents for a couple hours. Chillin' in the living room, living. Oh and my goldfish died. But 3 are still alive! I got a text from my best friend, Matt. We talked about everything from ugly girls to squeezing goldfish and then seeing them flying in the air. After that, I went to JCPenny to get my hair done. I texted everyone there. Matt, Alyssa, my mom, Melissa, Chiquita...yeah. Then I went to a restaurant where I saw my orchestra teacher, her husband, her brother-in-law, and her son. After that, WAL-MART! My sister took like 8 hours looking for ONE toy. I shopped there for about and hour and guess who I saw?? My teacher AGAIN! ANNNNNNNND! Matt and some guy he knows. We were like, "Sup?!?" And we joked about how cereal is racist. Then while I was going home with my mom and sister, we blasted Bennie and the Jets by Elton John. Oh yeah. Heehee, my day was boring but eventful.

How was yours??

Lily Allen co-hosted the GQ Men of the Year Awards with Sir Elton John and they had some feisty chemistry. What happened was this...

So since it was reported that Fall Out Boy has collaborated with T.I. on a song that may or may not appear on his next album Paper Trail, I've seen numerous out cries of "OMG!  WHY ARE THEY DOING RAP MUSIC?!  THEY'RE NOT A RAP GROUP!  I HATE RAP!"


And it hurts my soul, folks.  Well, not really, but some of my research has shown that using that particular phrase may aid in getting people to stop saying things you don't want to hear.

It is upsetting though because rap and rock and roll have a decent history of mixing with each other.  From samples to full out collaborations, the two genres borrow from each other on a regular basis.  Don't believe me?  Here's some of the highlights.

Run DMC ft. Aerosmith "Walk This Way"

When Run DMC, one of the most influential rap groups in history, remixed Aerosmith's classic hit "Walk This Way" they got the band involved.  Steven Tyler and Joe Perry even appear prominently in the classic and iconic video for the song, where the wall between rap and rock was symbolically knocked down.

The classic collab was revisted at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1999, when Aerosmith and Run DMC joined Kid Rock (a genre crossing artist in and of himself with his mix of rap, funk and southern rock) to perform an update of the song.

Eminem's "Stan"

Controversial artist Eminem sampled a then-largely-unknown-in-the-US artist by the name of Dido for his single about an obsessed fan.  Dido also appeared in the video for the song as the pregnant girlfriend of the song's title character (played by Devon Sawa).

But perhaps the more shocking collaboration on the song was when Eminem (who was under fire for supposedly homophobic lyrics) performed the song at the 2001 Grammy awards with Sir Elton John, who is not only openly gay but a gay rights activist and icon.

Eminem also sampled Aerosmith's "Dream On" for his song "Sing for the Moment."

Public Enemy and Anthrax "Bring the Noise"

Public Enemy's music is often political in nature and they are known for their social commentary and involvement.

Anthrax is one of the best known thrash metal bands in the world.

Both bands have been together and putting out music since the early 1980's and have influenced a great number of artists both within their genre and within others.

So of course they collaborated on a song.

The Offspring ft. Redman "Original Prankster"

Like them or hate them, you can't deny The Offspring's influence on punk music, especially modern pop-punk.  From classic hits like "Self Esteem" and "Come out and Play" to their concept album Americana which spawned hits like "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" it seemed like they had covered all their bases.

However, for their 2003 album Splinter, the group teamed up with rapper Redman for a song entitled "Original Prankster" which became their first single from the album.

Linkin Park and Jay-Z Collision Course

With more and more people able to access digital mixing software on their home PC's we came into an age of homemade mash-ups.  For example, a mash-up of Kelly Clarkson's "Behind These Hazel Eyes" and the Led Zepplin classic "The Immigrant Song."  No, really.

But when you're Jay-Z, you don't sit around and wait for somebody with Garageband to mash up your music.  You get together with Linkin Park and put out an entire album of mash-ups, including a fantastic mix of "Numb" and "Encore."  Check it out.  Also, a three song mix of "Points of Authority," "99 Problems" and "One Step Closer."

Timbaland ft. Fall Out Boy "One and Only"

For their album Infinity on High, Fall Out Boy worked with hip hop greats Jay-Z and Babyface.  They also had their lead single "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" remixed by THE man in hip hop today, Kanye West.

But they took it one stop further and collaborated on a song with Timbaland entitled "One and Only."  While singer Patrick Stump had worked on songs with hip hop artists in the past (including semi-hip hop, semi-rock, semi-something else label mates Gym Class Heroes) this time the entire band was along for the ride to perform a verse in the song as well as it's catchy hook.

Now we're headed into the future with the Fall Out Boy/T.I. collaboration as well as talk of Panic at the Disco getting ready to work with Snoop Dogg after performing his hit Gin and Juice on stage in Germany as well as on the premier episode of F'N MTV.  So for those of you dreading the idea of Fall Out Boy's image or music being tarnished by working with hip-hop, rap or R&B stars?  Look, they aren't the first to do it.  They sure as hell won't be the last.

And maybe you should think about giving hip-hop or R&B another chance.  Just like every other genre of music there's a ton of variety and you never know, you just might find something you like.  Keep an open mind.  It doesn't hurt.

Much.

A special thanks to everyone who helped me gather links and song suggestions for this post.  You guys all fucking rock.

Jeffree Star, Matthew Lush...



Elton John                                                                      If you don't recognize these men then you aren't gay. (just kidding)

                                                                                                           (Dolce&Gabbana duh)


Who is your favorite gay icon? These are just wow suggestions :D

It's been snowing for three days straight and hasn't reached above 15 degrees. And a plus, our furnace is broken.  It's pretty cold inside despite all the heaters we bought at Pamida.

Moving on, about five minutes ago I found out that Brad Paisley is going to be in Billings on Jan. 18.  I don't know if I can go though because dad's going to be at work and mom doesn't do country concerts.  I hope I can see him again.  I saw him on his 'Time Well Wasted' tour in 2005ish when he was in Bozeman and it was so fun.  He's really good live. But I think the only seats left are really suck-ass ones.  If Missoula wasn't sold out I wold try there...

He's the only one of my favorite artists I've seen. Only AFI and Kenny Chesney left(okay I could add more but if I see those two I can die happy.) Montana doesn't get good concerts.  Man you should have been up here when Elton John came.  Oh my god the whole state went ape shit.  It was sad and amazing.  Some of my aunts and uncles went. To sum it up I can count the number of concerts I've been to on one hand :(  I'm only 15 but I feel like I'm missing out on a lot up here.

I don't know how this fits in but Mom, Casey and I are going to the east coast this summer and if AFI gets their 8th album done then there's hope that they could be touring there....but I know this is impossible because 1) they take their time on albums to make them the incredible work of art they are 2) if they were touring when I was over there it'd probably be in Cali.  because com'on an album in like 6months? Impossible for them.

But I the optimistic part of me won't believe the reasons above.

I was talking to my friend today about how we always mess up the spelling of words on line...that's where the subject title/quote came from...

I listened to a lot of old mix cds I made. I fell in love with them all over again♥

the one I'm listening to right now is called "Totally Wicked Tunes Mix" I think it's from last summer, its pretty much scratched to crap.
1. Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy - Fall Out Boy
2. Neighborhood #3 - The Arcade Fire
3. Matter Of Time - Cartel
4. Ghost Of A Good Thing - Dashboard Confessional
5. Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
6. Wait, Wait, Wait - The Format
7. Beating Hearts Baby - Head Automatica
8. Sunrise Goodbyes - Houston Calls
9. Dark Blue - Jack's Mannequin
10. Drive - Incubus
11. Closing Time - Semisonic
12. Your House - Jimmy Eat World
13. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
14. Crazy = Cute - Zolof The Rock And Roll Destroyer
15. Tonight, Tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins
16. Casey's Song - City And Colour