During a concert in Colorado, the Rolling Stones invited Elton John to join them on stage, a decision they quickly regretted. The fun-loving John has long overstayed his welcome with the band. He later explained that because he was on cocaine, he thought the band was happy to have him. Eventually, however, a look from Keith Richards broke through his haze and sent him rushing offstage.
Elton John and Keith Richards have feuded over the years
John and Richards have never been best friends. Richards publicly disparaged the other musician in a 1988 interview. Richards had no problem with him as a person, but he did not like his music or his public persona.
“Lovely guy, but posing,” he told Rolling Stone.
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Years later, Richards slammed John for performing “Candle in the Wind” at Princess Diana’s funeral. John originally wrote the song about Marilyn Monroe.
“Yeah, it kind of shook,” Richards told Entertainment Weekly. “Songs for dead blondes. But he was a personal friend, after all. I would have a hard time riding on the back of something like that myself, but Reg is showbiz.
Keith Richards once gave Elton John a withered look on stage
Years before Richards shot John in interviews, the Rolling Stones invited him on stage with them. They wanted him to join them for a song, but John had other plans.
“If anything, cocaine gave me too much confidence for my own good,” John wrote in his book, Me, according to the Daily Mail. “If I hadn’t been coked when the Rolling Stones came to Colorado and asked me to go on stage with them, I might have played ‘Honky Tonk Women’, waved at the crowd and waved. my exit.”
Instead, he was enjoying himself so much that he stayed with the band on stage.
“Instead, I decided it was going so well that I would stay and play with the rest of their set, without first taking the precaution of asking the Stones if they wanted a back-up keyboardist,” he said. -he writes. “For a moment I thought Keith Richards kept staring at me because he was amazed by the brilliance of my improvised contributions to their work. After a few songs, I finally realized that the expression on his face didn’t really evoke a deep musical appreciation.
Once John realized that the look on Richards’ face was murderous, not joyful, he left the stage as quickly as he could.
“I quickly ran away, noting that Keith was still staring at me in a way that suggested we’d discuss it later, and decided it might be best if I didn’t hang around for the night after. -spectacle. “
It wasn’t the only time the ‘Rocket Man’ singer upset another musician during their gig.
Several years before, John caused a much more chaotic scene when he took the stage while Iggy Pop was performing. This time, his appearance was not planned and he disguised himself as a gorilla.
“I dressed up as a gorilla and went on stage with Iggy Pop, yeah,” John told Yahoo. “Richard’s Club, Atlanta. I saw him the first night. He was so tall; I wanted to go back the second night. I thought, ‘I know what. I’m going to dress up as a gorilla! I jumped on stage – and he freaked out.
John was unaware that Pop had been stoned since the night before. He assumed a real gorilla was attacking him.
During a concert in Colorado, the Rolling Stones invited Elton John to join them on stage, a decision they quickly regretted. The fun-loving John has long overstayed his welcome with the band. He later explained that because he was on cocaine, he thought the band was happy to have him. Eventually, however, a look from Keith Richards broke through his haze and sent him rushing offstage.
Elton John and Keith Richards have feuded over the years
John and Richards have never been best friends. Richards publicly disparaged the other musician in a 1988 interview. Richards had no problem with him as a person, but he did not like his music or his public persona.
“Lovely guy, but posing,” he told Rolling Stone.
RELATED: Elton John once threw oranges at Bob Dylan out of irritation: ‘I’m very competitive’
Years later, Richards slammed John for performing “Candle in the Wind” at Princess Diana’s funeral. John originally wrote the song about Marilyn Monroe.
“Yeah, it kind of shook,” Richards told Entertainment Weekly. “Songs for dead blondes. But he was a personal friend, after all. I would have a hard time riding on the back of something like that myself, but Reg is showbiz.
Keith Richards once gave Elton John a withered look on stage
Years before Richards shot John in interviews, the Rolling Stones invited him on stage with them. They wanted him to join them for a song, but John had other plans.
“If anything, cocaine gave me too much confidence for my own good,” John wrote in his book, Me, according to the Daily Mail. “If I hadn’t been coked when the Rolling Stones came to Colorado and asked me to go on stage with them, I might have played ‘Honky Tonk Women’, waved at the crowd and waved. my exit.”
Instead, he was enjoying himself so much that he stayed with the band on stage.
“Instead, I decided it was going so well that I would stay and play with the rest of their set, without first taking the precaution of asking the Stones if they wanted a back-up keyboardist,” he said. -he writes. “For a moment I thought Keith Richards kept staring at me because he was amazed by the brilliance of my improvised contributions to their work. After a few songs, I finally realized that the expression on his face didn’t really evoke a deep musical appreciation.
Once John realized that the look on Richards’ face was murderous, not joyful, he left the stage as quickly as he could.
“I quickly ran away, noting that Keith was still staring at me in a way that suggested we’d discuss it later, and decided it might be best if I didn’t hang around for the night after. -spectacle. “
It wasn’t the only time the ‘Rocket Man’ singer upset another musician during their gig.
Several years before, John caused a much more chaotic scene when he took the stage while Iggy Pop was performing. This time, his appearance was not planned and he disguised himself as a gorilla.
“I dressed up as a gorilla and went on stage with Iggy Pop, yeah,” John told Yahoo. “Richard’s Club, Atlanta. I saw him the first night. He was so tall; I wanted to go back the second night. I thought, ‘I know what. I’m going to dress up as a gorilla! I jumped on stage – and he freaked out.
John was unaware that Pop had been stoned since the night before. He assumed a real gorilla was attacking him.