Captain Fantastic

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

Tom Doyle

• Publisher: Polygon
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781846973741
• eBook ISBN:
  9780857909244
• Topic: Mezzi di comunicazione e arti performative
• Subtopic: Musica

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.

Table of contents

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