Did Elton John REALLY Turn Into A Human Rocket?

Watching Rocketman – the brand new Elton John biopic – was an exquisite expertise, and the way might it not be with that catalogue of music at its disposal? But whereas watching, there have been a few moments that actually gnawed at me – you recognize, that feeling the place you suppose to your self, “That just doesn’t seem right.”

And look, I do know that you need to give biopics some leeway to inform a story story, so not all the pieces goes to be 100 p.c factually correct. But we additionally count on not less than considerably a semblance of the reality. So, with a heavy coronary heart, I’m simply going to come back out and say it: I’ve my doubts that, throughout a live performance at Dodger Stadium, Elton John remodeled himself right into a rocket, blasted off into outer area, and exploded right into a firework.

To settle this a technique or one other, I did some analysis. That live performance occurred in October of 1975 and, from most accounts, was one heck of a present. But in all of the write-ups of this present, there’s not one point out of Elton John reworking right into a rocket, blasting off into outer area, and exploding right into a firework. I’m sorry, but when this really occurred, it might have been talked about.

Looking on the setlist, Elton John did carry out “Rocketman” that evening – the track wherein, if we imagine the film, Elton remodeled right into a human rocket – so not less than that half is true. Searching the web, there are quite a few performances from that live performance to observe. For occasion, right here’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.”