{"id":4309,"date":"2023-02-06T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=4309"},"modified":"2023-09-11T15:56:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:56:06","slug":"arachnophonia-elton-john-rocket-man-goodbye-yellow-brick-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2023\/02\/arachnophonia-elton-john-rocket-man-goodbye-yellow-brick-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia: Elton John – “Rocket Man”\/”Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> Arachnophonia<\/a> (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n

All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for<\/a> the item(s) in question<\/a> or to additional relevant<\/a> information from<\/a> around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s installment of Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student manager Kiran (class of 2024) and features a biography of<\/a> and albums by Elton John<\/a>. Thanks, Kiran!<\/em><\/p>\n

Elton John
\nRocket Man: The Life of Elton John<\/em> by Mark Bego<\/a>
\nGoodbye Yellow Brick Road<\/em> by Elton John<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Rocket<\/p>\n

Farwell Yellow Brick Road \u2013 The Closing Chapter on Elton John\u2019s Magical Journey <\/strong><\/p>\n

For people in my generation, Elton John was the singer we grew up listening to when our parents were tired of listening to 2010s pop and Disney Channel stars. He (and songwriting partner Bernie Taupin<\/a>) were the masterminds behind the
\nmusic & lyrics we somehow all knew even if we didn\u2019t recognize the name. Needless to say, Elton John has been an influential artist on multiple generations and continues to be one of the biggest names in the music industry. <\/p>\n

\"Elton<\/p>\n

This year, he took to the stage one last time and began his very last world tour. John, now 75, has played over 3,500 concerts since his career took off in 1969<\/a>. The \u201cFarwell Yellow Brick Road<\/a>\u201d tour began in 2018 and was halted due to COVID-19. In early November of 2022, John completed the North America leg at Dodgers Stadium, as a nod to one of his earliest shows in which he performed in a bedazzled Dodgers uniform<\/a>. He will continue touring in Europe this summer with about 60 shows left before he takes his final bow. <\/p>\n

John has taken on numerous projects during his career, from creating the hit \u201cCan You Feel The Love Tonight<\/a>\u201d to an entire soundtrack for Gnomeo and Juliet<\/a><\/em>. You can read more about him<\/a> at Parsons Music Library or listen to one of his many<\/a> famous<\/a> albums<\/a> in our CD section! <\/p>\n

\"Promotional

Promotional poster for Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: Arachnophonia (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library\u2018s collection. All links included in these … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61217,15223],"tags":[61217,230861,206839,227132,227133,227129,227130,37985,15282,15334,227134,37972,8477],"class_list":["post-4309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arachnophonia","category-collection","tag-arachnophonia","tag-arachnophonia-22-23","tag-elton-john","tag-farewell-yellow-brick-road-tour","tag-goodbye-yellow-brick-road","tag-krian","tag-mark-bego","tag-pop-music","tag-poprock","tag-popular-music","tag-reginald-dwight","tag-rock","tag-tour"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgMV3E-17v","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4309"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4317,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309\/revisions\/4317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}