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These days, the Liberace of rock is on a roll. Made in England, his new album of songs with longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin, is a strong set from an enlightened survivor: pungent, coherent, brimming with good tunes. This month John resumes his smash series of concerts with Billy Joel. Twelve of his old albums are about to be issued in remastered editions, with previously unreleased songs. He and Rice will soon begin writing the score for a new version of Aida, which Disney is planning to bring to Broadway. And he's working on an animated film version of Belfast...
Best of all, the pop soap opera that has been John's public life looks to have a happy third act. At 47, the star has emerged from his rehabs fit and creatively recharged. "For a decade or more," says Taupin, "people have tended to view Elton John only as a commercial figure. You wouldn't even know he made records. He was just this character from the tabloids. But now he's totally alive. His rehab was more than fixing what was broken. It was an exorcism. He's become stronger, and he wants to prove himself again...
...listen to the lyrics--"You had a scent for scandal/ Well here's my middle finger/ I had 40 years of pain/ and nothing to cling to"--do you hear John raging at his homeland and his fickle fans. "It's sort of a 'screw you' song," says Taupin. "I put myself in his shoes and heard him saying, 'This is me, accept me for what...
...ROOMS: TRIBUTE TO ELTON JOHN & BERNIE TAUPIN (ABC, Dec. 21, 9 p.m. EST). Rocket Man, Bennie and the Jets, Crocodile Rock and lots more John-Taupin hits are performed by Tina Turner, Sting, the Who, Elton himself and a galaxy of other rock stars in this salute to the two-decade career of the hugely successful songwriting team...
...client William Milligan [Oct. 23] informs me that it was Adelena, not Tommy, who wrote down the quoted poem, and that it was not an original. The lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin for an Elton John album Madman Across the Water. At no time did my client claim originality for the quote. Your reporter and, I must admit, I assumed that it was original, rather than a reflection of a song in a very disturbed young man's mind...