He’s grateful that his past has given him the life he has now. “But when I do, get reminded of what I’ve done. “I don’t really look back very much,” he said. Still, he says he’s happy to be reminded of some of his antics. Though John is happy to recount stories of his past, he said he doesn’t often reflect on his early years. Those were the days.” Elton John doesn’t reflect much on his escapades in the 1970s Sure it was.’ It was one of my mad things. “At the end, they said, ‘Oh, by the way, that was Elton John in the gorilla suit.’ Everyone said, ‘Oh, yeah. I thought it would be great, but it kind of backfired,” John said. “It was the stinkiest gorilla’s outfit you could have possibly have. Still, Pop managed to fight off John in the gorilla suit and continue the show. I thought it was a real gorilla.”Įlton John: What He Wanted From His Dua Lipa Collaboration ‘Cold Heart’ Suddenly this gorilla walks out from backstage and holds me up in the air while I’m still singing. “I was seeing triple and had to hold on to the microphone stand to support myself. “A doctor had to shoot me full of methedrine just so I could talk,” Pop said in Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop by Joe Ambrose, per Far Out Magazine. At the time, he wasn’t aware that Pop was very high, and had been since the night before. In the middle of the show, John jumped on stage with the band in full costume and grabbed Pop. I’ll dress as a gorilla!’ I jumped onstage - and he freaked out.” He was so great I wanted to go back the second night. “I dressed as a gorilla and went onstage with Iggy Pop, yes,” John told Yahoo. John attended the show one night and, after some encouragement from the staff of Creem Magazine, decided to appear on stage in a gorilla costume the next day. In 1973, Pop and his band The Stooges played several shows in Atlanta. “I’ve never, ever been a minimalist or a beige kind of guy.” He scared Iggy Pop onstage “In the past few years, I haven’t tended to dress as flamboyantly as I used to, but I’m now inspired by the creativity, quirkiness, and color in the Gucci aesthetic,” he said. Though John said his style has changed over the years, he turned back to his original style after partnering with Gucci for his farewell tour. A tailor on Savile Row is displaying Sir Elton John's clothes in honor of the "Rocketman" film.
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