Elton John

Pride and Headdresses: The Disney tale is a favorite, but it's the wardrobe that dazzles most in The Lion King

Queenormous, Dogs of Society at Off Broadway, 8/21/12: Highlights

Queenormous, with Dogs of Society Off Broadway Aug. 21, 2012 When considering music icons Queen, the Bee Gees and Elton John, most people think of riveting performance combined with over-the-top theatrics and costumes. I know I certainly do. But last night's "Tribute Trifecta" at Off Broadway didn' ... More >>

Hakuna Matata

The Six Most Self-Aware Songs

Interesting things happen when a song realizes it is a song. Forms collapse, listeners become part of the writing process, and a track's guts become its skin. Here are the six most self-aware songs. Let us know what your favorites are, because we all know self-awareness is a common trait among those ... More >>

Van Dyke Parks on His Invisible Career, Surviving the '60s and the Role of the Beta Male

Van Dyke Parks doesn't give interviews; he speaks in pull-quotes and aphorisms. If Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker had spent their formative years among rock & roll royalty, as Parks did as an arranger, songwriter and singer, they might have viewed that world with the same big-hearted verbosity that P ... More >>

Dancing With Himself

Dancing With Himself

Happy Birthday Jim Henson! Our Favorite Musical Muppet Moments

Happy Birthday Jim Henson!​ Tomorrow would be Jim Henson's 75th birthday. We baked him this: And then we watched this, and we fucking cried like little crybabies who left their teddy bears at the supermarket and then had an "acc-i-denn" in the carseat. Watch this you soulless automatons! If 5 ... More >>

The Ten Most Cringe-Worthy Celebrity Vocal Duets

The soon to be collaborating Voices. Courtesy of NBC​Oh great. The judges/coaches from NBC's hit karaoke tournament vocal competition "The Voice" are going to collaborate. Specifically, Maroon 5, led by slightly soulful popster Adam Levine will be joined by Christina Aguilera to perform their ... More >>

Pinnacle Chocolate Whipped Shot, Erney's 32 Degrees

Image via​One of our crew is leaving us to spend the summer doing volunteer work in India. We celebrated her imminent voyage by exposing her to a different kind of exotic cultural experience, namely the gay bars on Manchester Avenue on a Saturday night. Her inaugural drink came from the shirtl ... More >>

Tower of Power

7 and 9 p.m., Saturday May 14, at the Lumière Theatre in the Lumière Place Casino & Hotel.999 North Second Street.

Pianist Envy

Someone in St. Louis Bought Elton John's Record Collection. Who Was It?

​Elton John is on the cover of the latest Rolling Stone. Haven't had a chance to read the whole article yet, but so far it reads great -- the performing legend talks about playing piano at Rush Limbaugh's wedding, about encouraging Billy Joel to write music again and of course, fatherhood. On ... More >>

Comment of the Day: Clydesdales and Elton John Don't Mix

Today's comment comes from a post reviewing last night's Super Bowl ads with ties to St. Louis. One reader was not impressed with Anheuser-Busch's advertisement featuring its famous Clydesdales, a western gunslinger and Elton John's "Tiny Dancer." KittyLitterKing writes: "Tiny Dancer" is just as bad ... More >>

KEZK Wants You to (Oh-So-Softly) Rock This Holiday Season

A still from the "Last Christmas" video.​As of 5 p.m. Friday, November 12, KEZK (102.5 FM) has started programming Christmas/holiday music 24-7 on the terrestrial airwaves and online at KEZK.com. According to a press release, the station "will feature traditional songs from top artists like Bi ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of October 18-24

* = coming to town, = local ​Vintage Vinyl 1. LIL WAYNE---I Am Not A Human Being 2. ELTON JOHN & LEON RUSSELL---Union 3. SUFJAN STEVENS---Age Of Adz 4. BELLE & SEBASTIAN---Write About Love 5. KINGS OF LEON---Come Around Sundown 6. JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS---Wake Up! 7. AVETT BROTHERS---Vol. 3 ... More >>

New Release Highlights for October 19: Bob Dylan Releases The Witmark Demos and The Original Mono Recordings

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Bob Dylan's The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964​*Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 Guardian said of the Witmark Demos: "The latest Christm ... More >>

Diane Birch

9 p.m. Tuesday, August 11. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard.

The Dive Bomber: The Office, Breckenridge Hills Branch

Robin Wheeler writes for the blog Poppy Mom. She also has a strange attraction to drinking establishments with jars of pickled -- or possibly fossilized -- eggs. She reports on these dives for Gut Check every Friday.For eight years, I lived in Breckenridge Hills, a wee municipality sandwiched betw ... More >>

Save Yourself! From McG's Terminator, that is. What a drag.

Show Review Setlist: Billy Joel and Elton John at the Scottrade Center, Thursday, May 14

For the third time in 15 years, Billy Joel and Elton John have teamed up with their dueling pianos co-headlining tour. It's a fool-proof idea, really, and therefore no surprise that it drew a near-capacity crowd to the Scottrade Center last night. Both men have racked up dozens of hit songs and sol ... More >>

Billy Joel and Elton John

7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 14. The Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

Second Spin: Elton John, Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Artist: Elton John Album: Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra From: Vintage Vinyl Year: 1987 Label: MCA Records What it sounds like: A big gay rock opera.

Second Spin: Captain & Tennille, Dream

Artist: Captain & Tennille Album: Dream From: Vintage Vinyl Year: 1978 Label: A&M Records What it sounds like: Jimmy Buffett The Beach Boys Barbra Streisand Elton John/Scissor Sisters Diana Ross = Captain & Tennille.

Billy Joel and Elton John at the Scottrade Center, May 14

That's right -- Billy Joel and Elton John will be bringing their dueling piano tour to the Scottrade Center on Thursday, May 14. No ticket prices yet, but I'm sure I'll get 'em today, because tickets go on sale later this week.

Girl Talk at the Pageant, Thursday, January 8: Show Review Photos

Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

Xmas Jam Countdown: "Step Into Christmas" by Elton John and the Wedding Present

MP3: Elton John, "Step Into Christmas" MP3: The Wedding Present, "Step Into Christmas" A 1973 Christmas classic by Elton John (words, of course, by Bernie Taupin). Little-known fact: The B-Side of the single is called "Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who'd Be a Turkey at Christmas)." British purveyors of dour sturm ... More >>

OFFICE

9:45 p.m. Friday, September 19. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Bettye LaVette's an old soul, through and through

Meet us in St. Louis, Mexicans

The Mexican takes a look at the biggest cities in the U.S. with the smallest Mexican communities.

Return of the King of the Jungle

Timbaland

Timbaland Presents Shock Value (Blackground/Interscope)

With A-list fans and loyal listeners around the globe, the Scissor Sisters continue to get its groove on with Ta-Dah.

Who even needs America?

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown, Deanna Jent and Lew Prince suss out local theater

Rockin' Around the Turntable

A cribsheet for the year's holiday-themed releases

ODB

A Son Unique (Def Jam)

Boys Night Out

Trainwreck (Ferret Music)

And the Smooth Shall Become Rough...

Smooth jazz fans want answers. We've got 'em.

Phil Collins

Love Songs (Atlantic)

Letters

Week of September 15, 2004

Letters

Week of September 8, 2004

Go West

A theater field trip to bucolic Arrow Rock is well worth the drive

Honky Tonk Chateau

Friday, August 29; Frederick's Music Lounge

Piano Men

Key-ticklers at the Drake Bar and the Big Bang reinvigorate the old piano-bar concept

How Does "Sir Mick Jagger" Sound to You?

Week of June 26, 2002

The Road to El Dorado

Directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul

FAG/HAG

By Kate Nugent and Joe Salvatore (Alternate Currents/Direct Currents Series)

KIDS SING THE DARNEDEST THINGS!

Young songwriters pour out their psyches on local masterpiece Kids Alive!

Night & Day

June 2 - 9, 1999

Sun Dance

Sound advice on the summer's hottest concerts