07-18-2023, 10:01 AM
"1967 - the year I was born, the best year!"
Damn youngsters! 1957 for me!
And then, you had to go post Elton John!
Funny Elton John story.
Back in 2003, Harley Davidson had its 100th anniversary celebration in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - where they are headquartered.
They had this weekend long celebration, with Harley bikers coming in from all over the world and weeks before the actual event, Harley Davidson and the promoters started this big top secret media blitz of this headlining superstar to end the event on Sunday Night.
Everyone was in a tizzy as to who it could be. (Even speculations the Beatles (just Paul and Ringo by that time) were reuniting!
Well, it turned out to be Elton John!
Now don't get me wrong, to me Elton is in the same book of great musicians just as the Beatles and yes, Tom even Pink Floyd. (Dark Side of the Moon was the one for me!)
But apparently, to beer drinking Harley bikers, it did not go over to well!
Quoted from the Milwaukee Journal at the time:
"But then came John, and "monster hit after monster hit" — including "Bennie and the Jets," "Rocket Man" and "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" — "was met with scattered applause and a smattering of boos."
"At the end the crowd had thinned out so much up front that the concert staff let down the barriers and let everybody filter into the VIP area," Tianen wrote. "It wasn't so much an outright disaster as an unmitigated flop."
I guess knowing your audience is important. Being fair, Elton returned to Milwaukee numerous times to sold out crowds and performed there during his last tour that just ended.
Damn youngsters! 1957 for me!
And then, you had to go post Elton John!
Funny Elton John story.
Back in 2003, Harley Davidson had its 100th anniversary celebration in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - where they are headquartered.
They had this weekend long celebration, with Harley bikers coming in from all over the world and weeks before the actual event, Harley Davidson and the promoters started this big top secret media blitz of this headlining superstar to end the event on Sunday Night.
Everyone was in a tizzy as to who it could be. (Even speculations the Beatles (just Paul and Ringo by that time) were reuniting!
Well, it turned out to be Elton John!
Now don't get me wrong, to me Elton is in the same book of great musicians just as the Beatles and yes, Tom even Pink Floyd. (Dark Side of the Moon was the one for me!)
But apparently, to beer drinking Harley bikers, it did not go over to well!
Quoted from the Milwaukee Journal at the time:
"But then came John, and "monster hit after monster hit" — including "Bennie and the Jets," "Rocket Man" and "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" — "was met with scattered applause and a smattering of boos."
"At the end the crowd had thinned out so much up front that the concert staff let down the barriers and let everybody filter into the VIP area," Tianen wrote. "It wasn't so much an outright disaster as an unmitigated flop."
I guess knowing your audience is important. Being fair, Elton returned to Milwaukee numerous times to sold out crowds and performed there during his last tour that just ended.