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.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John
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)
There's No Tomorrow
Elton John Lyrics
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No future to see
Inside the next moment
Nothing might be
The answer's not certain
No time to decide
Is this the last curtain
There's no place to hide
[Chorus]
There's no tomorrow
There's no tomorrow
There's no tomorrow
There's only today
We all know the story
We've heard it before
We end up no question
Outside of death's door
There's no easy answer
To the question at hand
So easy to ask
And not understand
[Chorus: x2]
There's only today
In Elton John and Leon Russell's song "There's No Tomorrow," the lyrics express the urgency of living in the present moment and recognizing that the future is uncertain. The song encourages listeners to let go of waiting and instead embrace what is happening right now, as there is no way to know what tomorrow may bring. The repetition of the phrase "there's no tomorrow" reinforces this message and serves to remind us to focus on the present.
The lyrics also touch upon the inevitability of death and the idea that there are no easy answers to life's big questions. Despite this, the song does not come off as pessimistic but rather as a call to live life fully in the here and now. By recognizing that our time here is limited, we can avoid putting off our goals and dreams and instead work to make them a reality.
In essence, "There's No Tomorrow" urges listeners to live in the moment and not take anything for granted. It reminds us that life is short and that we should make the most of every opportunity that comes our way.
Line by Line Meaning
There's no time for waiting
We shouldn't waste time procrastinating
No future to see
There's no certainty about the future
Inside the next moment, nothing might be
We don't know what the future holds, it might be empty
The answer's not certain, no time to decide
We don't have enough time to think about the right decision
Is this the last curtain, there's no place to hide
We can't avoid the final end that's approaching
There's no tomorrow
The future is not guaranteed
We all know the story, we've heard it before
We all know about death, it's a universal truth
We end up no question, outside death's door
We all have to face death at some point and there's no escape from it
There's no easy answer, to the question at hand
We don't know how to answer the question of what happens after death
So easy to ask and not understand
It's easy to ask questions about death but hard to comprehend the answer
There's only today
We should focus on making the most of the present moment since the future is uncertain
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: T-BONE BURNETT, ELTON JOHN, LEON RUSSELL, JAMES SHAW
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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.....