Elton John seems to be stepping into the third act of his astonishingly accomplished career with a dedicated determination to spiral out and break into new territories.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the 66 year old living legend – who tops this year’s incredible Bonnaroo lineup – has shared a desire to work with Kanye West or Pharrell Williams.
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When asked about incorporating hip-hop into his music, the king of queens replied, “I’d love to. I just don’t know how to do it. I do love electronica. So, for me, I’d have to work with someone who knows about it, like a Pharrell or a Kanye, who I respect tremendously. I’d love to do that. It’s just a matter of when and where and, should I do it, the mood that I’m in.”
Kanye sampled Elton’s “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” on his 2007 song “Good Morning,” and three years later the duo reconvened at his Hawaii studio to play piano and sing on “All of the Lights,” a featured track on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
He went on to give Kanye some serious lip-service, saying, “In the studio with Kanye, when I was doing that in Honolulu, he was just on fire. It was amazing to watch. You knew you were in the presence of greatness. I knew once I heard four or five tracks from that in the studio, I knew it was going to be a motherfucker of a record.”
Will we see an onstage collaboration between the two Bonnaroo headliners at the fields in Manchester, Tennessee this June? If so, you can bet we’ll be there for the occasion.
