This Nonchalant Entry From Elton John's Old Diary Is Going Viral For Just How Legendary It Actually Is
May 30 | 2019
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Sir Elton John is an extraordinary force in the music industry and his legacy is being honored with his own biopic, Rocketman.
In the 1970s, John chronicled his grandiose life as his career was reaching for the stratosphere in a diary.
Based on the snippets mentioned in The Observer, his crazy rock star lifestyle is something that needs to be depicted on screen.
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<strong>Looking back, the 72-year-old five-time-Grammy winner said he and his lyricist Bernie Taupin were unaware of the impact his music was making early in his career.</strong>
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<em> "Understandably, Bernie and I had no idea what the hell was going on – you know, I hadn't even wanted to be a rock star in the first place, I just wanted to be a successful songwriter – but it just got bigger and bigger over the next few years." </em>
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</p><div id="5da95" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="SE6PL31559228750"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1132693184642002946" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Good read. “I kept a diary...I wrote everything down in this matter-of-fact way, which ends up making it seem even… https://t.co/4IIolEEZlk</div> — Stephen Moran (@Stephen Moran)<a href="https://twitter.com/stephen_j_moran/statuses/1132693184642002946">1558890074.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<strong>He introduced an entry from his journal in which he unintentionally came off as "hilarious" and "even more preposterous." </strong><br>
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<em>"I kept a diary the whole time, and it's inadvertently hilarious. I wrote everything down in this matter-of-fact way, which ends up making it seem even more preposterous."</em>
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<strong>On one particular day, his list of accomplishments was the stuff of viral sensations by today's standards.</strong><br>
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"Woke up, watched <em>Grandstand</em>. Wrote Candle in the Wind.<br>
Went to London, bought Rolls-Royce. Ringo Starr came for dinner."
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“Woke up, watched Grandstand… https://t.co/kgl0bGNN8w</div> — Stig Abell (@Stig Abell)<a href="https://twitter.com/StigAbell/statuses/1132675984749191169">1558885973.0</a></blockquote></div>
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The retrospective of his days activities did indeed go viral when Stig Abell, an editor for the <a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/" target="_blank"><em>Times Literary Supplement</em></a><em></em>, shared the quote on Twitter, racking up over 36k likes.
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<strong>What did Ringo have to say? And did he bring wine?</strong>
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</p><div id="6671b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="UQB9AT1559228751"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1132725635376398345" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@StigAbell I would like to read Ringo's entry on his diary for that same day</div> — Lucia Cervera G.C. (@Lucia Cervera G.C.)<a href="https://twitter.com/lucyheisinger/statuses/1132725635376398345">1558897811.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<strong>Twitter had some ideas.</strong>
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</p><div id="09c41" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="FO49ME1559228751"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1132731462598500352" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@lucyheisinger @StigAbell Went to Elton’s for tea. For some reason he only gave me the cheap plonk and had padlocked the cocktail cabinet.</div> — Beanybear (@Beanybear)<a href="https://twitter.com/amotorhomme/statuses/1132731462598500352">1558899200.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="85b7a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="GZLWYW1559228751"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1132794028997664768" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@lucyheisinger @StigAbell Yellow Submarine. Octopus’s Garden. Why did those gets give me all the aquatic stuff to s… https://t.co/EFrQ6MnRNV</div> — Between the Lines (@Between the Lines)<a href="https://twitter.com/i_am_sam82/statuses/1132794028997664768">1558914117.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="f7245" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="IR19FA1559228751"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1132765291300229121" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@lucyheisinger @StigAbell Got up, played drums, went to Elton's for tea, went home. Peace & Love.</div> — Peter Cubbin (@Peter Cubbin)<a href="https://twitter.com/Peter_Cubbin/statuses/1132765291300229121">1558907265.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<strong>Others began comparing their summaries from days past that included everything from banal activities, extravagant happenings, and everything in between.<br>
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</p><div id="c3756" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0UWJPS1559228751"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1132676590972887041" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@StigAbell Second best. https://t.co/bhWZTt4qsC</div> — John Self (@John Self)<a href="https://twitter.com/john_self/statuses/1132676590972887041">1558886118.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="faa91" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="AUHODS1559228751"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1132697345496367112" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@john_self @StigAbell May I humbly present an entry from the diary of my late Nanna, Sept 2001? https://t.co/Wd5FFk2bBR</div> — Emma Wright (@Emma Wright)<a href="https://twitter.com/editorialgirl/statuses/1132697345496367112">1558891066.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="a7d2b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0SMQKT1559228752"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1132697902697070593" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@StigAbell Fabulous. I recently read a 1925 diary entry by a Franciscan monk at the Santa Barbara mission - "Had j… https://t.co/tzzmCYMZDb</div> — Jane Gerson (@Jane Gerson)<a href="https://twitter.com/JaneGerson/statuses/1132697902697070593">1558891199.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<strong>One entry went back almost two centuries.</strong>
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<strong>Sometimes, the most mundane things in life stay with you forever.</strong>
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<strong>For John, watching his life unfold on screen was a "disconcerting one, like having an incredibly vivid dream." </strong>
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<em>"And the story of how I ended up in a cinema, crying my eyes out at the sight of my family 60 years ago, is a long and convoluted one. And it begins, naturally enough, with a naked transgender woman with sparks flying out of her vagina."</em>
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Now that sounds like an appropriate beginning to the legendary singer's ostentatious and wondrous life.
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<em>Rocketman</em> will premiere in theaters on May 31. <br>
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Taron Egerton Singing 'Tiny Dancer' With Elton John Is A Total Swoonfest
February 27 | 2019
Taron Egerton by himself is already a swoonfest.
The star of both Kingsman films is a career dreamboat and he knows it, 100%.
<p>For example, take a look at him in this Giorgio Armani CUSTOM MADE tuxedo:</p><div id="3f312" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="HL77PU1551315455"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Taron Egerton on Instagram: “Feeling very lucky. Before now I had only worn bespoke tailoring on the set of Kingsman. Thank you so much #RobertaArmani and…”</a></p>
</div></blockquote></div><p><strong>And look at him just casually hanging out at the piano like a little lounge lizard:</strong></p><p><br></p><div id="ce103" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QBL1Y81551315455"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Taron Egerton on Instagram: “Warming up E’s piano stool for him. What can I say? He’d be lost without me. @eltonjohn #farewellyellowbrickroad #fresno #rocketman”</a></p>
</div></blockquote></div><p><strong>And being adorable with his little sister:</strong></p><p><br></p><div id="3a372" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="86YEIJ1551315455"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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</div></blockquote></div><p>There aren't enough heart eyes emojis in the world.</p><p>Thankfully, Egerton in all his tuxedoed glory swept in with Sir Elton John at the keys to close out the viewing party at the Elton John AIDS Foundation of the 91st Academy Awards after the <a href="https://mashable.com/article/2019-oscars-best-worst/" target="_blank">weirdest acceptance speech ever from the team of worst Best Picture winner <em>Green Book</em>.</a></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p>UGH. HOLD ME CLOSER TARON EGERTON.</p><p>-Ahem- Excuse us, we mean, "Hold me closer Tiny Dancer."</p><p>Egerton's voice soars with each carefully crafted note, and the addition of Sir Elton John on the keys made this moment magical.</p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
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Elton John & Taron Egerton - ‘Tiny Dancer’ (E… https://t.co/DcDyHgvxEq</div> — Maggie Morris-Cal (@Maggie Morris-Cal)<a href="https://twitter.com/morningcloak7/statuses/1100548028912553985">1551226071.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="0c857" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1EVGZV1551315456"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1100515802569195522" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Elton and Taron teamed up for this surprise performance of 'Tiny Dancer' at the 27th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundat… https://t.co/dWDi08GW2y</div> — JUSTIN ANDERSON (@JUSTIN ANDERSON)<a href="https://twitter.com/AndersonMIX97/statuses/1100515802569195522">1551218388.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="ccb13" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ZCY93N1551315456"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1100038147289825280" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">taron egerton didn’t stop smiling once while performing with elton john last night he was so happy and they sound s… https://t.co/5XGcA0addX</div> — mari 58 (@mari 58)<a href="https://twitter.com/hemsmaddn/statuses/1100038147289825280">1551104506.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Egerton is actually slated to play Elton John in the upcoming Elton John not-quite-biopic-but-not-quite-not-biopic <em><a href="https://www.wmagazine.com/story/taron-egerton-sexuality-gay-rumors" target="_blank">Rocketman</a>, </em>which the actor says will be an interesting take on John's "formative years."</p><blockquote><em>"It's a fantasy musical so it's actually his songs used to express important beats in his life at emotional moments. He's not the only character that sings. It's going to be fun."</em></blockquote><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
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@ taron.egerton: Last night I performed with @ eltonjohn . I’d like to think of something w… https://t.co/QL74Atu3S0</div> — Rocketman In Theatres May 31st (@Rocketman In Theatres May 31st)<a href="https://twitter.com/egertonarchive/statuses/1100185650417094657">1551139674.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="5133e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="BZ5SP51551315456"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1100203364971831296" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">taron egerton is getting everything he deserves. he performed an elton john song in front of elton john and he's go… https://t.co/V2nkKsDwAd</div> — kyle 🚀 (@kyle 🚀)<a href="https://twitter.com/spideviant/statuses/1100203364971831296">1551143897.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="c0c8e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="DQAW2U1551315457"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1100032982176415744" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Elton John and taron egerton, tiny dancer , wow https://t.co/ZZtDvBQlYg</div> — warlock 🦋 (@warlock 🦋)<a href="https://twitter.com/lokinbuck/statuses/1100032982176415744">1551103275.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="04ef7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QEW6E41551315457"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1098588592954195968" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Taron Egerton sings one line from "Your Song" in #Rocketman trailer.
Me: https://t.co/O94T76KTjF</div> — Paige Catton (@Paige Catton)<a href="https://twitter.com/PaigeCatton/statuses/1098588592954195968">1550758906.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The two also took the cutest Instagram photo ever to bring the night home:</strong></p><p><br></p><div id="9a2c7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="B0HX8H1551315457"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Taron Egerton on Instagram: “Rocketmen ❤️ @eltonjohn @gettyentertainment @mkovac @ejaf #EJAFOscars”</a></p>
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</p><div id="72d70" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="OLDRTR1551315457"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1100110238454149120" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">So this happened 😍 #ProudOfMyBoys #Rocketman @rocketmanmovie @TaronEgerton @eltonofficial https://t.co/5KYuhRURLn</div> — Bryce Dallas Howard (@Bryce Dallas Howard)<a href="https://twitter.com/BryceDHoward/statuses/1100110238454149120">1551121694.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="f07d2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2B3UY31551315457"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1100519626541277186" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">“Oh, how it feels so real.” 🎶
If you missed it, check out Elton and @TaronEgerton performing 'Tiny Dancer' togethe… https://t.co/Fpxk7dQPWH</div> — Elton John (@Elton John)<a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/statuses/1100519626541277186">1551219300.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="6349f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="PUZKEH1551315457"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1100065887510499329" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">As if Taron Egerton was already sexy enough, boy can SING😍😍 https://t.co/ASkVGJk40S</div> — emma (@emma)<a href="https://twitter.com/emma_gilby/statuses/1100065887510499329">1551111120.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><em>Rocketman </em>is slated for release on <a href="https://deadline.com/2018/08/rocketman-elton-john-biopic-movie-release-transformers-7-undated-1202396997/" target="_blank">May 31st, 2019. </a> <br></p><p>The cast is slated to <a href="https://deadline.com/2018/10/elton-john-rocketman-movie-taron-egerton-sings-trailer-1202473994/" target="_blank">also include Jamie Bell as Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as John Reid, Bryce Dallas Howard as Elton John's mother Sheila Eileen, as well as Charlie Rowe, Gemma Jones, Kit Connor, Kamil Lemieszewski, and Steven Mackintosh in as of yet unnamed roles.</a> </p><p>Is it May yet? If this video is even a small bit of what we can expect, <em>Rocketman </em>will blow us away.</p>
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Holiday commercials tend to be tear-jerkers.
Every year we think we're ready for them, and for the most part we're okay... but there are always one or two that hit us right in the feels and leave us blinking back tears.
<p>This year, John Lewis & Partners—a UK company—came out swinging. Their first holiday commercial of the season features Sir Elton John taking a look back at his life. </p><p>The commercial opens with Elton sitting at a piano and then flashes back through his life as a rock star, a struggling musician, a kid at talent shows and jamming out at home and finally a young boy receiving his first piano as a gift. The commercial then returns to present-day Elton and you realize the piano he is sitting at is the one his mother gave him as a young boy. </p><p>We'd love to say "cue the waterworks" but if we're honest we started crying the first time the commercial showed Elton's mom looking at him and beaming with pride, love and encouragement. </p><p><strong>We did a this thing: </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p><br></p><p>The commercial ends with a simple but profound thought: </p><p><strong>Sometimes gifts are more than just a gift. </strong></p><p>Where would Elton John be without that piano from his mom? Would he have eventually found this path? </p><p>Or would he have stayed the restrained Reginald and gone into accounting or something? Elton John has inspired musicians, the LGBTQ+ community, activists and more. </p><p>Without him, where would they be? Would the world really be a measurably different place had that first piano not been a gift? </p><p>John Lewis & Partners really knows how to frame the importance of a gift. No pressure. Jeez. </p><p><strong>Now that we're done sobbing and we texted our mom to say thanks, we wanted to share the commercial so you could see for yourselves. </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Twitter hasn't stopped sobbing.</strong> </p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="c121c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="OQHS081555968182"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063453405736329216" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I’ve watched the Elton John commercial like 12 times today and I’m still not okay</div> — syd (@syd)<a href="https://twitter.com/sydney_schertz/statuses/1063453405736329216">1542382024.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="d51b3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="WGYPT71555968183"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063549834584621059" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">If the upcoming Elton John biopic #RocketMan ends up being 10% as effective as this commercial, then it’ll be Best… https://t.co/XjjXYxs0Ze</div> — Unfiltered Lens (@Unfiltered Lens)<a href="https://twitter.com/unfilteredlens1/statuses/1063549834584621059">1542405015.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="63a8f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0MH5NC1555968183"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063991530157993984" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Everybody in my house is bawling at this Elton John commercial and that includes me and I’m also watching football</div> — Jason Isbell (@Jason Isbell)<a href="https://twitter.com/JasonIsbell/statuses/1063991530157993984">1542510323.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b5104" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="CC7SMZ1555968183"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063094965532876800" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">"Hurt" by Johnny Cash is the best video I've ever seen as far as encapsulating an artist's life and legacy. But thi… https://t.co/nazHUcPmny</div> — Jeff Cobb (@Jeff Cobb)<a href="https://twitter.com/Jeffery_Cobb/statuses/1063094965532876800">1542296565.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="9146b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3PPNB51555968183"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063563116288577537" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">At a stop light?
Watch the Elton John commercial. Cry.
Heating up food in the microwave?
Watch the Elton John co… https://t.co/C11NOoRv8U</div> — Jenna Lou (@Jenna Lou)<a href="https://twitter.com/TheREALJNu/statuses/1063563116288577537">1542408181.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="9e1d2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2DW67V1555968183"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063433129027866624" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Yo give an academy award to whoever made that Elton John commercial. Amazing</div> — DWN613 (@DWN613)<a href="https://twitter.com/DWN613/statuses/1063433129027866624">1542377190.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="6d8ec" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2OLIBU1555968183"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1064166803721650176" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">The Elton John commercial emotionally ruined me.</div> — Caitlin Tremblay (@Caitlin Tremblay)<a href="https://twitter.com/ctrembz/statuses/1064166803721650176">1542552111.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="52f47" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6YWTW11555968183"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063425130678968321" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@eltonofficial @jlandpartners As the proud mama of a very talented singer/actress I loved the scene of his mom watc… https://t.co/G8U6kJOYEI</div> — Mamma Rose (@Mamma Rose)<a href="https://twitter.com/Jennysmum/statuses/1063425130678968321">1542375283.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="4ad06" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4VXFF31555968183"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063439813943222272" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@AlexHolleyFOX29 OMG! Getting ready for work and the Elton John commercial has me ugly crying. Thanks guys!</div> — Karen (@Karen)<a href="https://twitter.com/fairymom321/statuses/1063439813943222272">1542378784.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><em><strong>(see, it wasn't just us who had this reaction!)</strong></em></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
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</p><div id="75a13" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QFN5AN1555968184"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063087257584754694" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Full disclosure, I’ve watched the Elton John commercial five times already this morning and I am flaming hot mess o… https://t.co/QgM0WnJLGc</div> — Ryan Moynes (@Ryan Moynes)<a href="https://twitter.com/RMoynes51/statuses/1063087257584754694">1542294728.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="f59a9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5BDFPA1555968184"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063652133281644544" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@allicatFL @ananavarro @eltonofficial I know, right?!😭</div> — Miss Cindy (@Miss Cindy)<a href="https://twitter.com/trafficgal1/statuses/1063652133281644544">1542429404.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="74844" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="PYDYTN1555968184"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063552296989151232" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@jaguar06_rick @JKCorden Thank god and Elton for showing us that boys play the piano and for god, for not letting you GO anwhere💕</div> — Corinne May (@Corinne May)<a href="https://twitter.com/corinne_717/statuses/1063552296989151232">1542405602.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="3693e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="EAD1ED1555968184"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1063430544636223489" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Thinking about the way Elton John’s mom looks when she gives him the piano in the commercial. https://t.co/dwzQzRh45f</div> — MaddingMadMadMadWorld (@MaddingMadMadMadWorld)<a href="https://twitter.com/Madmaddingcrowd/statuses/1063430544636223489">1542376574.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><br></p><p><strong>But we think James Corden may have summed it up best with his simple tweet.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="ff309" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="PWMV901555968184"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1062974814548160515" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Holy shit. This commercial. https://t.co/aXewAG5C3i</div> — James Corden (@James Corden)<a href="https://twitter.com/JKCorden/statuses/1062974814548160515">1542267919.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Holy sh*t indeed, James.</strong> </p><p><br></p><p>H/T: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNbSgMEZ_Tw" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=elton%20john%20commercial&src=tyah" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.good.is/articles/elton-john-holiday-commercial?utm_source=thedailygood&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood" target="_blank">Good</a></p>
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