John was raised in the Pinner suburb of London and learned to play piano at an early age, forming the blues band Bluesology in 1962. After leaving Bluesology in 1967 to embark on a solo career, John met Taupin after they both answered an advert for songwriters. For two years, they wrote songs for other artists, and John worked as a session musician for artists. John released his debut album Empty Sky in 1969, and a year later formed the Elton John Band and released his first hit single, "Your Song".
John's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s when he released a streak of chart-topping albums in the US and UK, which began with Honky Château (1972) and culminated with Rock of the Westies (1975). John continued his success in the 1980s and 1990s, having several hit singles and albums in both decades, and has continued to record new music since then. He has also had success in musical films and theatre, composing music for The Lion King, Aida, and Billy Elliot the Musical. In 2018, John began his ongoing farewell tour Farewell Yellow Brick Road, which is scheduled to conclude in 2023. The 2019 biopic Rocketman dramatized his life and career.
Outside of music, John is an HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser and has been involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s. He established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, which has raised over £300 million since its inception, and a year later he began hosting his annual Foundation Academy Awards Party, which has since become one of the biggest high-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. John was the chairman and director of Watford F.C, from 1976 to 1987, and again from 1997 to 2002, and is an honorary life president of the club. From the late 1970s to the late 1980s, John developed a severe addiction problem to drugs and alcohol but has been sober since 1990. He entered into a civil partnership with Canadian filmmaker David Furnish in 2005; they married after same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales in 2014.
John has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100, including nine number-ones in the UK and US, as well as seven consecutive number-one albums in the US. His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", a rewritten version of his 1974 single in dedication to Princess Diana, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling chart single of all time. In 2021, John became the first solo artist with UK Top 10 singles across six decades.
John has received numerous awards, including five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards; including for Outstanding Contribution to Music; two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, a Disney Legend Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and is a fellow of The Ivors Academy. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music and charitable services in 1998 and was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) in 2020.
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Solo studio albums
Empty Sky (1969)
Elton John (1970)
Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Madman Across the Water (1971)
Honky Château (1972)
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Caribou (1974)
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Rock of the Westies (1975)
Blue Moves (1976)
A Single Man (1978)
Victim of Love (1979)
21 at 33 (1980)
The Fox (1981)
Jump Up! (1982)
Too Low for Zero (1983)
Breaking Hearts (1984)
Ice on Fire (1985)
Leather Jackets (1986)
Reg Strikes Back (1988)
Sleeping with the Past (1989)
The One (1992)
Made in England (1995)
The Big Picture (1997)
Songs from the West Coast (2001)
Peachtree Road (2004)
The Captain & the Kid (2006)
The Diving Board (2013)
Wonderful Crazy Night (2016)
Regimental Sgt. Zippo (2021)
Reminds me of you
Elton John Lyrics
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Let the rain fall, I don't care if the flowers die
The night lights can forget me
The stars will never glow
The days just seem so worthless
The hours, they come and go
Reminds me of you
The things we used to say
The things we used to do
All these happy hours are now just empty days
And I can't bear the strain to pass the time away
Reminds me of you
I see couples walking down the street
I watch them here
With tear filled eyes there's nothing left for me
For I just think about the times
That you and I were two
And still these things remind me of you
Oh they do
The lyrics of Elton John's song "Reminds Me of You" describe the feeling of sadness and emptiness that comes with a break-up. The opening lines “Take every ray of sunshine from the sky, let the rain fall, I don't care if the flowers die” suggest that the singer is so overcome with grief that they are almost numb to their surroundings. They are unable to appreciate the beauty of the natural world because everything reminds them of their lost love. The following lines “The night lights can forget me, the stars will never glow, the days just seem so worthless, the hours, they come and go” emphasize the feelings of loneliness and isolation the singer is experiencing. They feel forgotten and insignificant, unable to find meaning or purpose in the passing of time.
The chorus of the song “Reminds me of you, The things we used to say, The things we used to do, All these happy hours are now just empty days, And I can't bear the strain to pass the time away, Reminds me of you” repeats the idea that everything the singer encounters reminds them of their former love. The things they used to share bring back memories of happier times and now that they are gone, the hours and days seem meaningless. The singer is unable to find joy in anything and the thought of spending time without their love is unbearable.
The verse “I see couples walking down the street, I watch them here, With tear filled eyes there's nothing left for me, For I just think about the times that you and I were two, And still these things remind me of you, Oh they do” adds another layer to the emotion expressed in the song. The singer is watching other happy couples but is unable to share in their joy. Instead, their thoughts are consumed by memories of their own past relationship. The song ends on the same note of sadness and longing.
Line by Line Meaning
Take every ray of sunshine from the sky
Even if all the good things in the world are taken away, it does not matter anymore.
Let the rain fall, I don't care if the flowers die
The negative things happening around are now insignificant, enough to even let something beautiful like flowers wilt.
The night lights can forget me
Despite the beauty around, feeling insignificant as if the lights do not cast upon them.
The stars will never glow
Feeling the emptiness and seeing no purpose in beautiful things.
The days just seem so worthless
Life feels empty and meaningless without the one they loved.
The hours, they come and go
Time passes, but it does not make it easier to forget the past.
Reminds me of you
Everything around seems to have a connection with the one they loved, making it difficult to move on.
The things we used to say
The memories of their past conversations with the loved one remain.
The things we used to do
The memories of their past experiences and activities with the loved one remain.
All these happy hours are now just empty days
What used to be happy memories now just remind them of their loss and feel empty.
And I can't bear the strain to pass the time away
The pain of missing their loved one is too much to just pass time and try to ignore it.
I see couples walking down the street
Seeing other couples makes them long for what they have lost.
I watch them here
Continuing to observe the couples and long for their own love again.
With tear filled eyes there's nothing left for me
Being so emotional and affected by the memories that they feel hopeless.
For I just think about the times
The memories of their past love continue to consume their thoughts.
That you and I were two
Remembering the simple times when they had each other.
And still these things remind me of you
Even though time has passed, everything still seems to remind them of their loved one.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BERNARD J.P. TAUPIN, ELTON JOHN
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Peter Harthen
on Sacrifice
not like todays crap
Peter Harthen
on Sacrifice
Even at 56 years old, this music still sounds so good to me, how music should sound.....