In your opinion better than Paul McCartney and John Lennon?

Way much better.

Yes better

@@taowaycamino4891 wayyy better

Absolutely.

Hall was not liked by Elton and Bernie. Wow did you see EJ face when they went for a commercial break

@@maureenhorrigan7151 silly

Elton could act irritable in interviews I know from ones I’ve seen. I always wondered if he hated doing them. ​@@maureenhorrigan7151

What? The man's a legend. He's in the songwriters hall of fame, and he's very wealthy. He's received all the recognition he needs, as he's a very private person.

Best recognition is people listening and liking your work. The rest is just an ego trip.

Elton always gives Bernie credit.

Half the money and Elton does all the work. He’s had a great life.

How do you figure?

I can't listen to it; not since my cat passed away from a horrible cancer in 2008

CF is my favorite LP of all time. Isn’t it magical? Nothing else like it.

Me too. I met him in the '80s. He can also be a HUGE dick, as he was on this show.

Screw you.

William Attridge Boy did you call it. Aresenio STINKS at interviewing. Wow. I totally agree, Elton and Bernie put up with his juvenile antics in a very magnanymous way.

AMEN!

John Carter Are you actually Arsenio Hall?

@@msginca I could never watch him. I found him very shallow. It's actually because he doesn't know these artists. So he's interviewing people and not having the deep background with them.

Are you kidding he was fun. Kiss Jeff Healey Bon Jovi Elton and all the hip hop stuff. Not just all Country music or grunge he was diverse

See, I don’t find Elton’s demeanor all that negative. People keep saying he’s bored or resentful of the attention Bernie’s getting; I think he’s just listening.

@@patriciagrandjean8205 I agree. He acted the same on Leno with Billy Joel. He’s just a smart ass that likes to joke. I didn’t see this as negative at all

28+ now. :(

I was going to say that, but you said it for me, Beth! Wonderful Title my friend! ☮️

He had 7 others to mess it up for him.

I won't. LOL But he had to make a living, considering that EJ took all the money.

Ima SuperPerson Bernie has half the money from every song they’ve ever written. He’s a multi millionaire.

Lol. Hey. Paycheck. Not a favorite of mine by any standard

Talking about Built this city. Starship . They sold out

Ya elton seemed so upset and im not sure why honestly haha bernie saved him from the awkwardness

Song For Guy was a good one. Got to no4 in the UK top 40 in 1979.

​@@jaggasstrue , but song for guy had no lyrics !

Their career

+Ben TEN TEN That's interesting...my wife and I were eating our Valentine's day dinner and we heard Parton's "I Will Always Love You"...and I said to my wife, "That's Dolly, right?" and she said "yea, I like her version", and I said, "yea but it was Whitney that put it on the map because of her voice", and she said, "that's right"....I said, "That song, which is beautiful in its own right, would still be just a pretty song had it not been for Houston", and she agreed....cool we were just talking about that today and I just read your post above......

You people always miss the point,you just never get things right,I guess that’s what ya call dumb people “you”trying to sound intelligent.

They’re both special. Without Elton’s music, Taupin’s lyrics wouldn’t have touched us as hard. Without Taupin’s lyrics, Elton’s music wouldn’t have touched as hard

FUNBAG FACT! Keanu Reeves wore Dolly Parton's "Playboy Bunny" Outfit, on All Hallows Eve 1978. (Keanu Reeve's Mother made/Sewed the Outfit, according to i just made it up.)

@@ish9506 Well said.

there was never a 1992

K

Malgorzata Piotrowska, I can tell that you're a true Elton fan like me(48yrs.& counting). Some people comment on every Elton interview & say they're a true Elton Fan Girl; then in a few years they move on to someone else or another GROUP! I can't stand people like that! In my opinion, they are looking for attention & not real Elton Fans. They even record themselves at Elton concerts & scream their heads off so much so that the people near them can't hear the music! Also, some people paste their room with photos of Elton for about 10 yrs. & then change them later & put up photos of another GROUP or singer! I'm sorry if I come off as being judgemental; but, when it comes to Elton, I'm very serious & dedicated to Elton! I like other singers & groups; but, I'm totally enamoured with Elton's talent & Bernie's talent! They truly are brothers, which Elton never had! It's in his auto-biography "ME". Thanks for hearing me out You're an honest Elton fan! ☮️

@@standingelton6375 You are wellcome

@@magorzatapiotrowska9739 Thank you for reading my long winded post!

It's an odd thing to say "this man" when referring to someone sitting right next to you... feels like "the interviewer" was creating distance from his guest...

Three Dog Night did record "Your Song" in 1970. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdegqLl2zcWyimQ.html

@@aisu825 Wow. I will have to check that out. I heard their version of "Lady Samantha" and thought Elton was more like they normally are than they were on that record!

@@lemurianchick Quite a few big stars were interested in Elton and Bernie's early catalog. I think once Elton became a superstar, the futility of trying to top the original was clear and we didn't see it much after 1971. Here's Aretha Franklin covering Border Song right around the time it was released. The title is listed incorrectly as "Border Song (Holy Moses)." kzfaq.info/get/bejne/heCJZ5iev7SteIk.html

Lennon and McCartney? 🤡 🤦‍♀️

Agreed. Arsenio Hall seems so impressed with himself here, which is strange given how big of a star Elton John is.

Well spoken my friend...you know Arsenio is not even remotely an Elton John fan, and that's fine. But he wasn't even listening to Elton. Twice he told Arsenio that Bernie writes the words first, and then Elton writes the music to those lyrics. So then he proceeds to ask Bernie how their writing works...who writes what first. Brutal You're exactly correct. Arse Hall(LOL!!!) is a horrible interviewer.

tsh85 unfortunately this was Arsenio‘s issue with the majority of his guest. He really didn’t pay a lot of attention to what they were saying so he could reply correctly and he didn’t know whole lot about the persons so he could give us more information about the artist that he has on the show. Someone said earlier that Elton John was pouty because his partner was getting all the questions, I don’t think that was the case, I think it was because he was bored; it really was a boring interview

Could not agree more. This looks like the time when AH started taking himself too seriously, becoming political ('X' cap), not paying attention, uttering zingers to his guests and trying to chuckle it away when nobody found it funny but him. This was a really cringe-worthy interview. In fact, I'd say, if it weren't for Taupin being the regular guy, the straight man (not sexually, though that is true, but not a character like AH and Elton), to help the interview flow, this would have been even more a disaster. AH was really thrown by Elton tossing out gay stuff here and there. Such a novice, man. He was good for about a year, then not.

Arsenio flat out sucked during this interview and so many others.

YOU'RE!!!!!!!!!! 😬

YOU'RE!!!!!! 😬

Some folks are just simply cut out for it, and others aren't. He did give it a try, though!

I think Elton was insinuating a lot of things that Arsenio was nervous about “coming out”

He's insufferable.

@@michaelparker858 right, elton didnt make it easy thats for sure. Could of been worse

He kind of was trying to dodge eltons "odd" humor if im being honest

Yea, he aged horribly the last decade!

@@paulmor2023 yeah now he looks like an east end gangster! Don't know why he shaved his head when he still has a full head of hair

I'm sure Elton can't dance or beat box like Michael. He also can't write lyrics like Michael. I love them both, they are both geniuses. I love Bernie too. He's a genius with words

There's a reason he didn't last!

Elton John gets pissy if you ask him how he's doing. That is first-hand experience. He's a genius, but he is a dick.

Elton’s attitudes are quite well known. who do you think The Bitch is Back is about?

@@tpowell453 Can you elaborate on your experiance?

+ConservativeAnthem - You know someone's a shit interviewer when they ask a "What's your favourite?" question.

LMAO! Maybe Arsenic-o overslept...

is that a Malcolm X hat on Arsenio ?

yes....that's when it was big...in style anyway

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH If not Arsenio then what's your favorite interviewer?

yessssss

Fuck you. Not everyone knows that. He is asking for "John Q Public", dumbass. Just because you know the back story doesn't mean everyone else does. Now go and fuck yourself and sin no more.

Ima SuperPerson Well shit someone’s upset 😂

Bit of an overreaction there! And the question had already been answered.

Ima SuperPerson butthurt much??

Yeah, and his lawn guy dies and he could give a shit less. Don't be a moron. This is TV.

The MOST successful!! And yes, you are right. He needs Bernie much like Michael needed Scottie.

Nobody has ever said the contrary so your remark is totally useless.

I doubt that.

Lino Vassallo Elton had said it! Now your remark is totally useless!!!

Little jeannie was not written by Taupin and was a hit as well as Blue Eyes etc . But credit must go to Taupin he is great

+Quinn Miller I think has was a genuine fan of these guys

I've never heard of you.

And who are you exactly? I'm sorry

brettwurst I agree. You make good points.

Yeah, those might be tough interviews, totally dependent upon the guest and how well they jived with Letterman or Leno or whomever that wasn't into Hip Hop. Still, I think Leno would at least have some good questions and is smart and quick enough to roll with whatever came up.

Really...?? I thought Arsenio sucked.... we Americans; are so juvenile and crass about money. to be fair; I think the crowd was not too much into Elton or Bernie, either.

Bernie Taupin.

Your comment is an embarrassment. Produce and promote your own talk show and see if you can outperform Arsenio. It’s almost like you don’t know Elton is gay and was flirting with Arsenio.

@@MyOneFiftiethOfADollar I have always loved Arsenio but Linda’s right. What a terrible interview. I understand the black community, especially back then, was very uncomfortable with gay shit. He’s not interviewing gay dudes though, he’s interviewing legends and doing an absolute shit job. Fuck you.

No. I use to think the same thing but Bernie has always been straight

No. That is just stupid.

No Bernie is straight