ME BY ELTON JOHN

 ME- ELTON JOHN

03/02/20


I've never really been a fan of Elton John. That's not to say I don't like him; there's a couple of his songs I love, I've always found his dress sense very eccentric and I knew he was an advocate for the LGBT and for AIDS. But I didn't know quite the extent of his charity work or how his life began as a session musician and all of that. I have seen "Rocketman" but there's nothing quite like reading it straight from the person telling the story. If you enjoyed that film, you definitely have to read this autobiography.

When he was Reg Dwight, he would collect records but he also would write out charts of the current singles that were out and put them in order and stuff and that sounds like something I would do if I am obsessed with something. So it's a comforting feeling to know that you can have obsessions with things and it's totally normal. That being said, don't get obsessed with drugs kids, that doesn't go well.

Another thing I didn't know though. Obviously I knew that Elton used to drink and do a lot of drugs (like I've said, I've seen the movie) and is now sober. I did not know that he helped a lot of people including some very famous ones, to get sober too. He's done so much to help people over the years.

I don't want to give away anything else about the book so I shall leave it with my favourite quote from the whole thing.

He said his house had "decoration in favour of a style known among interior designer specialists as mid 70s pop star on drugs goes berserk". Which I feel was probably pretty accurate.

Happy reading!
Lotte :) xxx

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