艾尔顿·约翰于1947年3月25日出生于英国伦敦市郊,自幼学习钢琴课程。被誉为“英国乐坛常青树”。
1947年3月25日出生于英国的Elton John/埃尔顿·约翰,本名为Reginald Kenneth Dwight。
1947年3月25日,战后的英国伦敦远郊,一个叫Pinner的小镇,埃尔顿·约翰诞生,那时他的名字叫雷金纳德·肯尼思·德怀特,后来他成了外号“乐坛大姑妈”的驰骋世界乐坛40年的超级常青树。
甚至于,在传说中,他作为一位乐坛接班人,却让老掌门、披头士的首座约翰·列侬去机场接机时,竟然在看到他的时候跪了下来,口中念念有词:“哦天哪!是他!是他!是埃尔顿!”——虽然这个说法不能精确考证,但也不算空穴来风:列侬听过他的第一首畅销单曲《你的歌》之后,就认定他一定会大红大紫。
列侬没有错,约翰是史上最成功最流行的艺人之一,与之比肩的是迈克尔·杰克逊、麦当娜、披头士、猫王。这个名声,需要无数个“第一”来堆积才能得到。他不但从1970年开始每年都有歌曲进入美国排行榜前40名,在他的40年演艺生涯中,他卖出了超过2.5亿张唱片,他的单曲《风中之烛1997版》卖出了超过3700万张,是史上最卖座的单曲。他有超过50张排行前40的歌曲,包括美国排行榜第一的七连冠专辑,56个TOP 40单曲,16个前十名,4个第二名精选辑,9个第一名精选辑。他赢得了5次格莱美奖,一个奥斯卡奖,一个金球奖,一个托尼奖,他是流行音乐中“流行”的最好注解,他还是把钢琴推上第一乐器宝座的乐手。2004年,滚石杂志把他列入史上最伟大的100名艺术家,排名49,他的音乐才能和作品,总是有着强烈的个人烙印:为词作搭档伯尼·陶平快速配曲、早期的丰富的高音(现在是中音),古典而又深受福音音乐影响的钢琴,编排微妙的弦乐伴奏、还有花样百出的服装和舞台技巧,尤其是上世纪70年代时期。约翰于1994年被列入摇滚名人堂,反过来说,这应该是摇滚名人堂的荣耀。
sorry seems to be the hardest word
What I got to do to make you love me?
What I got to do to make you care?
What do I do when lightning strikes me?
And I wake to find that you're not there?
What I got to do to make you want me?
What I got to do to be heard?
What do I say when it's all over?
Sorry seems to be the hardest word.
It's sad, so sad
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And it's getting more and more absurd.
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word.
What do I do to make you want me?
What I got to do to be heard?
What do I say when it's all over?
Sorry seems to be the hardest word.
It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation.
And it's getting more and more absurd.
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word.
What I got to do to make you love me?
What I got to do to be heard?
What do I do when lightning strikes me?
What have I got to do?
What have I got to do?
When sorry seems to be the hardest word.