Conclusion

So here ends my story with Elton John.
After letting go the 2018 / 2019 unfortunate twists and turns and their withered flowers, I wish to say that during these past fifty years including to this day, every time that I have slipped one of the thirty one studio albums of this unrivaled composer, pianist and singer into my CD player, immediately his smile, his eyes, his sensitivity, his talent and his unique voice were there, clear, lively and totally moving, as back to this day of 1971 when I put on my record-player the first disc of Elton John that I ever owned, the Madman Across the Water album.

Today I look back and I contemplate the wake of the Madman, these fierce storms that blew like hell and finally the calmer waters that I sometimes fortunately cruised. The trip was gorgeous, and it does not matter that the boat took on water at some point. I was able to bail, and the boat did not sink.

And as Elton John sings in the beautiful and moving Someone's Final Song (from the Blue Moves album, with lyrics by the great Bernie Taupin, Elton John’s lyricist since their shared career’s very beginning, and a painter and visual artist as well) :

But if I had my life again
I wouldn't change a thing
I'd let nobody, I'd let nobody
Stand inside my shoes