I love love LOVE that this movie frames Elton checking himself into rehab as a triumphant moment. It is! Deciding you need help to overcome your addictions is hard as hell, and the movie is rightly proud of Elton John for doing it.
How in the world Taron didn’t even get an Academy Award nomination for “Best Actor” will always be a mystery… I also think this is the best “biopic” movie based on a singer, I like how surprisingly mature it is. And I still think this in 2024 :)
@@ellelard3992 I honestly really liked Bohemian Rhapsody, and it featured a fantastic performance by Malek. But Rocketman is an A or A+ movie, an honor Bohemian Rhapsody or Elvis don’t have. Nevertheless, I promise if Bohemian Rhapsody wasn’t such a success, then this or Elvis wouldn’t exist
I mean he got to meet the man and be friends with him instead, if I was in that position, awards be damned, I'd rather be friends with Elton, can't buy this with any money :)
The meaning of Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road. Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road is a symbol of wealth and fame, because Elton John wants to take back control of his life. He does not want the fame and fortune to define him, and prefers to be back to his farming roots where he can live a more peaceful life.
Actually it's written by Bernie, and he wrote it about himself (for once), and yes it's about turning his back on a life of fame and excess and wanting to go back home
Actually, even tho writers or singers like to put their own personal experiences into songs they also like for other people to identify with it at some level too, so it's just about anything in your life you're moving beyond as S Raut wrote.
It's Bernie telling Elton he's had enough. Bernie wrote the lyrics, the sentiment comes from him. Elton is a wealth loving fabulous gay, he's never been to the woods, where would he put his diamond encrusted tiara?
Congratulations! Hope you're doing better now. I did something similar once. Back in the 90s I quit and walked out of a job that I absolutely detested. I had the soundtrack to The Shawshank Redemption in my cassette player at the time and when I was walking out of the building I listened to the theme to the scene where Andy escapes. It felt great!! Peace.
I love the obvious symbolism in this scene, Elton finally deciding he's going to get help no matter what the cost, but I also love the underlying force in in this moment where we see how having Bernie there really means a lot to Elton, regardless of anything he says or what's he's going through.
Something I noticed - Bernie's verse is very minimal with the music, and it's only on Elton's verse that the full instrumental breaks in. Think it's meant to reflect their song writing method? Bernie comes up with the lyrics, and then Elton puts them to music.
The best part was the ending when he left the venue and went straight to rehab. Not only did he change the course of his life, but he gave that fucker John Reid a big-ass middle finger.
Yeah, but Reid remained his manager until the late 1990s, so while their personal relationship was over by this time, his business relationship with him remained strained.
I’ve grown up with Elton’s music since I was kid and I’ve watched this movie so many times and it’s amazing how they used his songs in context to Elton’s life in the movie. “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” works so well because Elton was at his lowest at this point but he fought to get himself better and go to therapy and break away from his drug addiction. Elton John is someone who’s been through hell and back and he’s still here. We’re all lucky to have him. 💖 EDIT: I know the songs themselves are not in order as they were actually written. I'm meaning that the songs themselves worked in context to Elton's life story in the movie. Even if they were out of order chronologically, it's meant to work like a musical version of his life.
My original comment was before the edit... I haven't watched it because I know I wouldn't be able to tolerate all the inaccuracies. To me it isn't amazing to use songs out of order and relate them to his life. That makes it easy. It would be harder to do it in order... Having to admit that he wrote "I'm still standing" while he was still doing drugs. Then again he doesn't write the lyrics
I love it how he just puts on his glasses and you would think yourself if he is really saying to himself I'm tired I've thrown so many good people out of my life and I almost died but I need to get myself better and I need to stop being this way. So he got up with his glasses on got himself into a cab and willing to rehab and if you fast forward 30 years actually a little bit more than 30 years he has been sober he does not miss it one second he's about to be done with his tour he's going to retire that he's going to spend more time raising his sons and even more so he found love the right way he's not David furnish and they've had a solid relationship ever since and their relationship is far greater than anything that John Reed could ever have in the longest run Sir Elton Hercules John has definitely repented he's turned away from drinking drugs the advanced lifestyle as I like to put it and he's also turned away from a lovely life and he's also learned to forgive his parents and he got his best friend/brother back and he has been more happier than we've ever been in his life and I wish him all the best of luck into retires I hope that before the end of the year I'd like to mail a fan letters stating that he has changed my life ever since I was a child and I'm hoping that he will become a judge on The Voice because I would love to see Goodbye Yellow Brick Road if he is there.
I recently finally started to get help with the long term effects of my porn addiction and coming back to this scene now gives me chills watching Elton sing and get in the cab to rehab
Elton checking himself into rehab is like me standing up to my father last year. I’ll admit I was scared to stand up to my dad; when I did, it was so liberating. After I did that, I started to be myself again
Taron was FABULOUS IN THIS MOVIE. I don’t say those things lightly either. I hope he does more musicals too. He should have won an academy award. He put YEARS into this part.❤
When are you gonna come down? When are you going to land? I should have stayed on the farm I should have listened to my old man You know you can't hold me forever I didn't sign up with you I'm not a present for your friends to open This boy's too young to be singing The blues, ah, ah So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can't plant me in your penthouse I'm going back to my plough Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh, I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road
I was pleasantly surprised by how good Jamie Bell's voice is as well. And was it just me, or did Jamie Bell actually sounded more like a young Elton John when he sang then Taron Egerton did?
Magnifique film 🥰.❤ Super bien réalisé merci j arrête pas de le regarder c est une véritable drogue tellement qu'il est beau merci sir Elton pour ces magnifiques morceaux ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@acaperic9070 Yup. Elton helped and supported Eminem when he was in rehab. The two share similar backgrounds and both have struggled with addiction and depression.
I've already posted this comment, but since it was deleted, here's why I love this scene: I love how they change the order of the lyrics to fit who's singing at the moment. For Bernie, it's about him seeing Elton spiral out of control, his regret about going into show business, and him telling Elton he can always find another person like him if he decides to leave. For Elton, it's about him realizing he's spiraling out of control, how he didn’t want anyone to control him or his life, and how he's not going to let anyone treat him with disrespect anymore. Also, every time I watch the part where Elton walks out and the guy says, "Hey! Where are you going?" I say, "He's going to get help." That culminates with Elton getting into the cab and seeing the scene that opened the film, with Elton walking into the rehab center, showing how's gone full circle from walking in, showing us what happened to him that made him need rehab, to showing that scene again from a different perspective, as we can see all the addictions that Elton has dealt with in his life.
At the start of the cocaine, brandy & his ego getting to him Elton was on a tour of the States. He'd flown his family out there to see him including his much loved Nan who was from very tough, no nonsense old London Working class stock. Elton had threatened to take a handful of pills & to throw himself in the hotel pool to which he's old Nan said - *_"F*_**_#k_**_ it! We might as well go home then!"_* 😆 To this day Elton will seek out the company of proper old Londoners!
@@moonchild2118 It's a reference to Quantumania when Ant-Man was mistaken by someone as Spider-Man because they're both insect themed Marvel superheroes
I recommend for any age. There's definitely some substance abuse, but it shows the repercussions of addiction and doesn't paint it in a positive light. I feel like it's perfect for everyone
Settembre 1983 atterrare nell' aeroporto di luton..london..senza conoscere una parola di lingua inglese e sognare di incontrare elton jhonn....grazie lo stesso..un mito.
Visions of REALITY or so far removed. Being in the past where reality blooms. If I had to stay here, my heart would fail me, your NOW is an illusion, and its a reality of another. Do not believe them for they have hate and plunder. Come back to me where love WAS love. I am the past
I write what is BURNED in my heart. PLEASE listen as these things of truth of LOVE are gone. No longer is right, RIGHT and WRONG. We can treat fellow man with such despise. We as man do not know the heart. Others may be hurting and we STIKE them at heart. Compassion is not of THIS common world. SEEK the right and leave the wrong.
There is way more to the title "Yellow Brick Road" which is also a well-known name for child trafficking... Rich people pay for these kids to do things to them, keep them, and share them with others. That's also what this song is about. Do some digging if you don't believe me. That has all since come out in all kinds of alternative media.
