Elton John: Still Standing | A Long and Lonely Climb | 120
Even the Rich
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4.4 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
As Elton’s star rises, the isolation of fame leaves him feeling even more lonely than before. His mother’s words haunt him, and lead him to some very poor romantic decisions. But behind it all, a bigger threat is looming. And it comes in the form of a white powder.
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| 0:00.0 | Wundery Plus subscribers can |
| 0:01.7 | the newest season of Even the Rich before anyone else. |
| 0:04.4 | Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery App or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:07.4 | This episode contains mentions of domestic violence, suicide, |
| 0:11.5 | and scenes of drug use. |
| 0:13.2 | We're also going to swear because it's Elton John in the 70s. |
| 0:16.7 | Please be advised. It's June 1993 in Can France and out in town to shoot a splashy high energy video for his next single I'm still standing. |
| 0:35.9 | At the moment though, he's not standing at all. |
| 0:39.2 | In fact, he's passed out in his luxury hotel suite. Beams of sunlight stream through the blinds and |
| 0:46.0 | streak across his face. It's going to take more than the light of day to get him up. |
| 0:52.2 | Elton wakes to an endless hammering on his hotel room door. |
| 0:56.0 | It's loud and it won't let up. |
| 0:58.0 | Slowly he opens his eyes and remembers where he is and why. Today is day two of the two-day shoot. He must have |
| 1:08.4 | over slept. They're probably waiting for him on set. |
| 1:12.6 | That's okay though, they can wait. |
| 1:14.5 | After all, he's the star. |
| 1:17.8 | Elton moves to get up, but his body aches so badly |
| 1:21.3 | he can barely sit up in bed let alone film a music video and the plan for |
| 1:25.9 | today includes strutting down the promenade with a throng of dancers. The pounding |
| 1:31.4 | on the door continues but it's no match for the pounding inside his head. |
| 1:36.0 | He yells, |
| 1:37.5 | fuck off, fuck all the way off. |
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