Captain Fantastic
eBook - ePub

Captain Fantastic

Elton John's Stellar Trip Through the '70s - subject of the major new movie 'Rocketman'

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Captain Fantastic

Elton John's Stellar Trip Through the '70s - subject of the major new movie 'Rocketman'

About this book

In August 1970 Elton John achieved overnight fame after a rousing performance at the Troubadour in Los Angeles; over the next five years he was unstoppable, scoring seven consecutive number 1 albums and sixteen Top 10 singles in America. But behind his outre image and comedy glasses lay a desperately shy individual, conflicted about his success, his sexuality, and his narcotic indulgences. In 1975, at the apex of his fame, John attempted suicide twice yet, after announcing his retirement in 1977 at the age of thirty as well as coming out as a gay man, he gradually found his way back to music.Captain Fantastic is an intimate look at the rise, fall and rise again of John's fame-and-drug fuelled decade, with a final section bringing his life up to the present.

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Information

Publisher
Polygon
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781846973741

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Prologue
  8. 1 A Long, Long Time
  9. 2 Elton John Has Arrived
  10. 3 Reborn on the West Coast
  11. 4 A Well-Known Gun
  12. 5 Hope You Don’t Mind
  13. 6 Hercules
  14. 7 No Superman Gonna Ruin My Plans
  15. 8 All Aboard the Starship
  16. 9 High in the Snowy Mountains
  17. 10 From the End of the World to Your Town
  18. 11 Drift of the Fantastic Voyage
  19. 12 Burning out His Fuse
  20. 13 An Audience with the King
  21. 14 Floating into Space
  22. 15 Super Czar
  23. 16 Quack!
  24. Epilogue
  25. Acknowledgements
  26. Discography
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index
  29. About the Author
  30. About the Type