Elton John AIDS Benefit - Oct. 3

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johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:15 pm

http://www.style.com/peopleparties/part ... 100606JOHN
http://celebrity.blogdig.net/archives/a ... nefit.html

I don't know how much more of this I can take.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:27 pm

He just can't keep his hands off it, can he? Would be cool to see Diana wallop his hand with her purse.

thepopeofpop · Post by **thepopeofpop** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:45 am

Diana's getting very big now, even for twins.

Given that I'm hitting my progeny predictions out of the park so far, I'm betting that she pops early. Sometime in November.

I know a little about birthin' babies. Twins, at any rate

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:18 am

sweetest punch wrote:Elvis kisses .......Elton?!

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source ... 9263&cdi=0

According to the text Elvis is getting a hug

Post by **DrSpooky** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:41 am

Do you think Elvis is getting tips from Elton about what to purchase from the new Elton John Collection at Bath & Body Works?

http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/sm-elto ... 26954.html

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:35 pm

Snoggging!

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:35 pm

Snogging!

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:57 am

http://www.observer.com/20061016/200610 ... onsays.asp

This column ran on page 8 in the 10/16/2006 edition of The New York Observer.

Simon Doonan

( extract)

Elvis Costello? ZZZZZZ!

Last Tuesday night, during the Elton John AIDS Foundation dinner at the Waldorf, I found myself praying that Elvis Costello would stop singing. Though clearly a really nice bloke and undeniably talented, Mr. Costello and his oeuvreâ€”all those hetero songs with girlsâ€™ names like Allison, Veronica, whatever!â€”have zero appeal for we members of the GLBT (gravy, lettuce, bacon and tomato) community.

Given the predominance of Judy Garland fans in the audience, Mr. Costello was an odd choice. (I guess Melissa Manchester was busy that night.) Ditto Neil Young, who followed Mr. Costello and sang and sang and sang. But guess what? Neil Young is so bizarre and talented and such a wacky poet that he was able to reel in the gays. The entire audience became transfixed by the painful melancholy of that whining voice. Nobody talked. You could have heard a David Yurman earring drop. By the time he did â€œHarvest Moon,â€

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:42 am

If EC had considered for a nanosecond where Elton's mouth has probably been, he mightn't've have pashed him...

Neil. · Post by **Neil.** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:42 am

Gotta disagree with that fella in the Observer about Elvis not appealing to Friends Of Dorothy.

As a gay Elvis nut myself, I find tons of his songs have a dramatic, passionate impact which is totally suited to the drama queen in us all. Town Cryer, God Give Me Strength, Motel Matches, Still Have That Other Girl... and his version of Patsy Cline's Sweet Dreams is the swooniest thing ever. Still Too Soon Too Know. The lyric of the Orbison version of The Comedians is like a scene out of Douglas Sirk; This Is Hell is full of camp imagery, and London's Brilliant Parade for some reason makes me thinks it should've been sung by late-60s Cilla Black. How camp is Moods For Moderns and the wah-wah pedal version of 'Town Cryer'?

Gah - the Observer guy just doesn't know his stuff: prob'ly just likes Steps, Kylie and Boyzone.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:20 am

bambooneedle wrote:If EC had considered for a nanosecond where Elton's mouth has probably been, he mightn't've have pashed him...

As far as the Observer guy is concerned - is he saying along the lines that gay people can't like music by straight artists? And vice versa?

And No Coffee Table · Post by **And No Coffee Table** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:04 pm

I emailed the Observer writer last week and asked if he remembered which songs Elvis did.

I got this response today: "Elvis did two numbers - one was called Veronica - I think."

(In fairness, it was already clear that he wasn't a fan!)