Elton John's incredibly successful career began in America in the early 1970s, where the Brit was hired as a talented and honest singer / songwriter. Later in that decade, he increasingly indulged in frenzied dress-up parties and excessive drug use. In 2007, little remains of John's once solid reputation, although he is still loved by a large audience. This DVD is a good way to fine-tune that skewed
… imaging. Not only is the strikingly cheerful-looking, sixty-year-old artist in fine form at his anniversary concert, the many old clips ('live, rare and never seen before') also provide a good picture of Sir Elton in his prime. That the man continues to influence the current pop scene, as evidenced by the laudatory liner notes written by Jake Shears, foreman of Scissor Sisters. This limited edition in the form of a videotape box contains a bonus CD with some audio tracks from the live DVD, plus an extensive booklet. (MS)more
