![]() ![]() In the Russell Mulcahy episode of the series Music Video Exposed, Mulcahy says of the making of this video, “If you sit down with Elton, it’s more of an event.” Indeed. ![]() Thank you, Duran Duran.” He goes on to say, perhaps unnecessarily, “I can’t really remember the rest of the video.” I had destroyed one of the rooms and completely blacked out. All the time he was demanding that the camera continued to run on-and it was all Simon’s fault.”Īnd here’s Elton’s version of events: “I woke up the next morning and I had all these cuts and bruises all over me. A still from the music video for Elton John: Im Still Standing (UMG/YouTube) The director said: ‘Let’s get them body painted’, and everything was choreographed on the spot. … The next time I saw Russell he said, ‘What the fuck did you do to Elton?’ Apparently Elton had come back from the bar and then proceeded to do these elaborate stripteases in front of the camera, rolling around on the floor naked, then running off, changing into the most outlandish costumes, coming back and doing another extraordinary striptease. “When we got there, Simon (Le Bon) went off with Elton for a chat and got him absolutely pissed-this was when Elton was a complete fiend. Per Marcelo Anciano, Mulcahy’s assistant director (who would also later direct Arcadia’s excellent “Goodbye is Forever” video), here’s what went down: Hey, speaking of the Durans: David Buckley’s Elton: The Biography recounts how Elton met up with Duran Duran in Cannes in the middle of filming this video. And I may or may not* be sipping champagne to get in the proper spirit of things. ![]() Phil Collins Dont Lose My Number parodies the video. In honor of Elton, I’m wearing my own tiara while writing this. Im Still Standing was shot at Promenade des Anglais, in front of the Carlton Hotel, in Nice. I would expect no less from the man who famously packs two tiaras whenever he travels: one formal, one casual. The song was on a album called 'Too Low for Zero'. Throughout the course of this video, he’ll undergo multiple wardrobe changes and don a gazillion different pairs of sunglasses. The song we chose is called 'Im still standing' by Elton John. Sir Elton drives along the French Riviera in his flashy convertible, singing up a storm and looking like a million bucks. And, like, “Rio,” it doesn’t have much of a plot. “I’m Still Standing” was directed by Russell Mulcahy, and stylistically, it’s very similar to the work Mulcahy did on Duran Duran’s “Rio,” what with all the body paint and brightly-colored pop-art imagery. I speak, of course, of Elton John’s 1983 video for “I’m Still Standing.” Last month John hosted the “iHeart Living Room Concert for America,” another star-studded concert that brought in $10 million for Feeding America and First Responders Children’s Foundation, according to iHeart Radio.Let’s shake things up a bit here and move slightly away from Duran Duran for a second to examine one of the most cheerful, colorful, glorious videos of the 1980s. The proceeds will be given to the WHO’s Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund and local responders. The 8-hour show raised nearly $128 million for the World Health Organization, according to Global Citizen, the group that organized the event. ![]() Global concert raises more than $127M for WHO emergency response fund (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP/AFP via Getty Images A star-studded digital show got underway with celebrities performing from their homes in support of health workers, ahead of an all-star event to feature Taylor Swift and The Rolling Stones. Neighbors sit around a fire-pit to watch Eddie Vedder perform during the "One World: Together at Home" concert in a backyard on April 18, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. ![]()
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