#elton john: never too late

[krispyweiss]

New Elton John Original Song to Feature in “Never too Late”

- Doc premieres at Toronto International Film Festival before streaming from Dec. 13

“Elton John: Never too Late” will feature a new, original song from the titular subject, Deadline magazine reports.

The film, directed by R.J. Cutler and John’s husband, David Furnish, premieres Sept. 6 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It moves to the BFI London Film Festival Oct. 10; begins a limited run in U.S. and U.K. theaters Nov. 15; and streams on Disney+ from Dec. 13.

Based on fresh interviews combined with previously unseen footage and photographs, “Never too Late” follows John from his childhood through to his recently completed farewell tour.

“This is where you start to think about mortality, and it proves to be a powerful motivator to take stock,” John, 77, says.

9/1/24

[bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews]

Elton John: Never Too Late ('12A'): Sanitised, But Ultimately Moving Documentary.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Elton John: Never Too Late". A surprisingly well-made and vibrant documentary of the great man. 4/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Elton John: Never Too Late” (2024) (From the 2024 London Film Festival). I must admit that if there had been anything else that I really wanted to watch in this press review slot at the LFF then I would have probably chosen that. I *like* Elton John’s music… doesn’t nearly everyone? … but I wouldn’t define myself as a ‘fan’. But I have to say that I was really very…

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Elton John: Never Too Late Trailer

Today, Disney+ debuted the official trailer for the upcoming original documentary “Elton John: Never Too Late.” With iconic concert footage from his career, the trailer features Elton John as he reflects on his extraordinary rise to success, the personal challenges he faced, and how his family has changed him. The original documentary will premiere December 13 on Disney+. The documentary follows…

[girlonfilms]

LFF to host European premiere of Elton John: Never Too Late

Elton John will walk the red carpet at the European premiere of a new documentary about the singer, as part of the BFI London Film Festival 2024. Continue reading LFF to host European premiere of Elton John: Never Too Late

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Note: I’m not including “Lavender’s Blue” from Cinderella (2015) because it was not written for the movie. It’s a 17th century English folk song.

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New Projector Short! Elton John looks back on his life and career on the eve of his farewell Dodgers Stadium performance in the Disney+ documentary Never Too Late, which I saw as part of LFF, but it says little that Rocketman didn't already.

[danieljreboot]

Friday Night Movie ... 'Elton John: Never Too Late'

Elton John: Never Too Late is a 2024 documentary film, directed by R. J. Cutler and David Furnish. A co-production of Walt Disney Pictures and Rocket Entertainment, the film profiles Elton John on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert tour, also integrating historic performance footage, excerpts from his private journals, and personal footage of his family life behind the scenes.

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ELTON JOHN ‘NEVER TOO LATE’ DOCUMENTARY ON DISNEY+

Captain Fantastic takes a stand and rocks down the Yellow Brick Road of His Past

The documentary on ICON/LEGEND Elton John, “NEVER TOO LATE,” debuts on Disney+ December 13th, 2024, to a record number of subscribers. Unlike the biopic ‘Rocketman,’ the doc is Elton in his own words as it chronicles his turbulent childhood to his self-described “five years of fun” 1970-1975, climaxing with his performance at Dodger Stadium in front of 100,000 fans. The full circle moment is Elton’s retirement from the road; the Farewell Tour in 2022, the final American date, Dodger Stadium. The movie co-directed by John’s husband, David Furnish and R.J. Cutler gives a more personal sense rather than some odd director who has no context with the subject.

Within those initial five years, Elton John with lyricist partner, Bernie Taupin, released a staggering thirteen albums. Many number one hits including their biggest songs to date: YOUR SONG, BENNIE & THE JEST, CANDLE IN THE WIND, CROCODILE ROCK, GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, etc. You get the idea. Their 1975, “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy,” made the record books by being the first release to enter the charts at #1. It is a feat they would later repeat with ‘Rock of the Westies,’ a year later. The archival footage of those early days in this documentary is a music historian’s dream, most has never been released or seen. For a fan like me, it was glorious to relive the most magical and successful time in his career. Seeing how he composes songs (TINY DANCER, for this segment – the footage was actually first seen in ‘Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye to Norma Jean and Other Things’ documentary in 1973), and the inner working of the band and studio recordings. The sequences jump back and forward again from the 70’s period to a countdown of the Dodger show in 2022. But don’t be fooled. Red roses and accolades are not all that is portrayed in this film. The rollercoaster and sometime abusive relationship with his manager and first love, John Reid. His introduction and deep dive into drug and alcohol addiction, his loneliness, longing for love, and final acceptance. I felt a great sense of empathy watching some of the later footage and hearing his own narrative. The most surprising and telling was the audio of the infamous interview with Rolling Stone magazine, where in 1976, Elton came out as bisexual.

Much can be learned and taken to heart about John. For one, he is one of the most resilient people in the music industry, the world, today. At age 77, he keeps moving forward, never looking back. Which is why, “NEVER TOO LATE,” is so important. Given his history, which at times, is sorrowful to watch, he never gave up. He kept touring, recording, giving all to his first true love, music. But at what cost? As his health issues began to mount, he finally asked for help and became clean and sober in 1990. Which is not depicted here. Maybe in part 2? It is clear what has become the most important thing to John is his home and family life. He and Furnish have two young sons and that’s where he wants to be. By his own admission, he’s pretty old to have become a father, and told the press he was retiring from the road to spend as much time with them and Furnish as he can in the years he has left. “This is where you start to think about mortality,” he says, adding that his sons “think about my mortality…because they know how old I am. I want to see them get married and have children, but I don’t think I’m gonna be around for that.”

“NEVER TOO LATE,” is not a perfect documentary. But it’s awfully good. All I can do as a fan is keep believing and hope there���s a Part 2 somewhere down the yellow brick road.

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Elton John & Brandi Carlile – “Never Too Late”

Το “Never Too Late” από τον Elton John και την Brandi Carlile είναι μια εμπνευσμένη και συναισθηματική μπαλάντα που συνδυάζει την κλασική μουσική ευαισθησία του Elton John με τη ζεστασιά και τη δυναμική φωνή της Brandi Carlile. Το τραγούδι μεταφέρει ένα ισχυρό μήνυμα ελπίδας και αναγέννησης, υπογραμμίζοντας ότι ποτέ δεν είναι αργά να ξεκινήσεις κάτι νέο ή να ακολουθήσεις τα όνειρά σου. Το “Never…

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Never Too Late (2024)

Hello, dear friends. I went and saw Elton John's 'Never Too Late' in the cinema last night! I loved it so incredibly much. I couldn't sit still! If I had the means to, I'd watch it every single day. But, alas, I must wait until December. Bummer. I need the entire Madison Square Garden segment on YouTube! I loved that part. It felt like you were actually there with the surround sound of the cinema. There's also a photograph in it that I can't seem to find anywhere! I love the photo. Maybe I could snag a photo once it's on streaming. I hope there's a DVD release. I'd recommend watching it. As much as I am passionate for Elton and his music, I may be a tad biased. But goodness it's wonderful.

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Elton John & Brandi Carlile - “Never too Late”

It’s never too late - or too early - for clichés. And Elton John and Brandi Carlile squeezed a ton of them into “Never too Late,” which is such a cliché, it’s John’s second song under the title.

Writing with Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt, John and Carlile allow themselves to sing of shooting the moon, dancing in graveyards, dwelling in the past, runaway brides, first dates, iron men and more, then set the sappy words to a sappy piano, synth strings and rhythm section arrangement.

Somewhere, Diane Warren is turning green.

The song serves as the theme from “Elton John: Never too Late,” which streams on Disney+ beginning Dec. 13.

Grade card: Elton John & Brandi Carlile - “Never too Late” - D-

11/15/24

[fangirl-corey]

Another new song I can only hear with you in my head. Probably never with you by my side. But it's a great one ❤️

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‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ To Premiere December 13, 2024 On Disney+

“Elton John: Never Too Late” will premiere Friday, December 13, 2024 on Disney+. Directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, the documentary follows Elton John as he looks back on his life and the astonishing early days of his 50-year career in this emotionally charged, intimate and uplifting full-circle journey. As he prepares for his final concert in North America at Dodger Stadium, Elton takes…

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how wonderful life is while you're in this world

Reader/Francis Mosses (she/her used for reader, reader is described as having female genitalia)

Posted on my AO3 as well

Title from Elton John's Your Song

TW: None that I can think of! I think this might be my first vanilla fic?

Your boyfriend is typically too tired for sex, but tonight he wants to remind you how special you are to him

Francis’ girlfriend was used to him not initiating sex, after all he was her sleepy baby.  She couldn’t even properly figure out the last time they had sex, it had to have been a month or so ago.  She didn’t mind, her fingers were expert enough at making her cum and they had other ways to show love for one another.  A love note here or there, tired cuddles that make him almost late in the morning, remembering small details about each other that people would typically overlook -- so many ways they had grown to show love. When her boyfriend finally stumbles through the door he lets out a hefty sigh, getting her attention from the small television sat in front of the couch.  His eyes find hers, they always do regardless of the room they’re in.  A small twinkle appears in his eyes, a small twitch of his lips, a visible weight is removed from his shoulders as he walks over to her.  He flops onto the couch, an arm finding its way over her.

“Long day, hun?” She asks, leaning against him.

“Always is.”  His answer is short, indicating just how tired he is.  He leans down, nestling his nose into her hair.  He inhales his home, his other arm going around her waist and enveloping her into a sort of hug.  

“Hate to hear that.” She reciprocates the hug, resting her head against his shoulder, her nose resting against his neck.  Her thumbs rub small circles on his waist, pressing small kisses on the skin his white button up exposes.

Francis hums, removing his hat before placing his arm back over her as they cuddle up on the couch.  It’s not the most comfortable, he would be fine going to bed but he has a plan in mind for tonight.  He’s wanted to do this for a while, but he’s always been too exhausted. “It’s quite alright, I do get to come home to you, after all.”  He presses a kiss to the top of her head, his lips lingering for a moment.

“Always the charmer, huh?” She quips, though the way her cheeks flush show just how charmed she is just by the simple sentence.  She has always found solace in his loving words, no matter how cheesy they were.

He laughs, the tired sound like music to her ears.  “Mm, I have something more in mind to charm you; something to show you just how special you are to me.”  His voice is a warm murmur as he pulls away from her, kissing her neck before sinking to his knees in front of her.  The grin plastered on his face is more than enough to send a bolt of arousal through her body.  Her eyes never waver from his as she shifts on the couch.  He delicately takes her legs,his hands trail down the exposed flesh until they reach the waistband of her shorts and gives the fabric a slight tug.  It’s just enough to give her the hint -- that she needs to lift her ass so he can remove them.  She gets it immediately, allowing him to remove the soft fabric.  He places them beside him and licks his lips.  The soft pink of her panties inviting him and teasing him.  “So pretty…”  He takes her legs and places them over his shoulders, leaning in and kissing the pretty pink covering her pussy.  A gasp leaves her instantly, a hand going up to her mouth.  She’s always been sensitive, something that Francis adores.  He inhales the sweet scent just barely covered by the fabric, his eyes fluttering closed.

“C’mon…” She whispers, one of her hands going to his hair.  The locks of brown are so soft through her fingers.  She doesn’t mean to be impatient, she really doesnt- it’s just been so long that it’s so tempting to get straight to the main event.

“Can’t be patient for me, can you, darlin’?” He asks, pulling away and looking up at her.  A crooked grin on his lips.  His eyes still look so tired, but so attractive.  He doesn’t mind, this is for her after all.  He rubs his thumb over her sensitive nub through the fabric. “Sorry, my love, how long has it been since you came?”

His blunt question catches her off guard, causing her breath to hitch.  “I-I don’t know.” She stammers out. “A week?  Maybe?”

“Far too long since your last session then, huh?”

“I couldn’t find the time.”

“I’ll make up for lost moments then, my baby.”  He whispers, tugging the underwear to the side and exposing her glistening her cunt.  

She swallows and nods, letting out a breath of air and tugging his face close to her bare pussy.  “Please…  Please, Francis.”

A low moan leaves him, kitten licking at her slit and allowing her sweet arousal to coat his tongue and lips.  His thumb rubs lazy, small circles on her clit.  His brown eyes gaze up into hers, enjoying the look of immediate gratification on his lover’s face.  Her eyes are half-lidded in enjoyment and her hips grind upwards against his tongue.  His tongue enters her cunt just enough so he can feel her tremble around him.  Her thighs tighten around his head, earning a groan of pleasure from him as he knows he’s pleasing his beloved.  He mumbles something indecipherable against her cunt, his eyes closed as he starts to circle her nub with more vigor.  She’s close, he knows she is as her heels dig into his back.

She tugs his hair desperately, gasping and moaning.  Her back arches off the couch, the hand that’s not tugging his hair goes to cover her mouth so the neighbors don’t hear the sounds escaping her.

Francis tuts and pulls away just enough to talk, her love making his lips glimmer wetly.  “I want to hear you, my darlin’, I want to know how you feel.”

“Please don’t stop~!” She moans loudly, whimpering afterwards at the minor embarrassment that comes from knowing the neighbors must hear something.  He doesn’t offer any words back, going back to eating her out like his life depends on it.  “Fuck!”  Francis sighs and moans as her slick coats his tongue deliciously.  He licks her through her orgasm, his nose brushing her clit as she grinds her climax out.

“Good girl, good girl, good girl…”  He praises as he pulls away, her legs slip off his shoulders and remain trembling for a few moments.  He leans up to kiss her, she can taste her own cum on his lips.  She doesn’t mind, of course she doesn’t, as she kisses him back.  When the kiss is over, they’re both slightly out of breath before she chuckles.

“Let’s go to the bedroom, hm?  I’d love to give you something special too.” -- AH it's been too long since I wrote smut so I'm a little rusty, but this man (along with a couple others) has completely stolen my heart and the game has quickly became a comfort to me. I have a plan for a doppelgänger!Francis fic but who knows when it'll be out AND it'll certainly not be vanilla lol

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your song

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y/n thank you London!!! 'twas a good show innit?? 😁😁💕💕💕🫶🫶

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ynxflo girl stop. (I love you im sorry)

ynscurtains well she's def timmys girlfriend !!!

tchalamet 'twas the best concert I've ever been to, luv!

y/n you so get me, luv

tchalamet absolutely beautiful gorgeous amazing spectacular best girl ever

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lifetimeyn timmy is always so down bad ��

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y/n home 💕

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tchalamet i love seeing you on stage more than anything else

y/n I miss you.

rocketyn can't wait for your show next week🙏🏼🙏🏼

loveyn grammy nominations tmrw 😳😳😳

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y/n forever and ever grateful for everything. these nominations mean so much to me. I never thought in a million years I would be graced with a nomination, let alone three! so incredibly happy. i cannot stop crying, thank you thank you thank you.

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tchalamet I'm so proud of you. your reaction was the greatest thing ever.

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oliviarodrigo YOU DESERVE ITTT 💕💕

y/n YOU DO TOO LIV I LOVE YOU FOREVERRR

rachelzegler AHHHH I LOVE YOU MY BEST FRIEND IS SO TALENTED

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florencepugh CONGRATULATIONS MY PRETTYYY

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tchalamet this beautiful girl is nominated for three grammys!!! proud is an understatement. I have seen her stay up late, wake up early and not even sleep to finish a song, video or her album, the most dedicated artist I know. I am so lucky to see your process from beginning to end. the most deserving person there is.

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y/n my muse

timmysgf girl I guess...

karmayn HE'S NOT GOING TO DATE YOU

honeymoonyn crying. i need a bf

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caption- it's moments like these with my favorite people during a time like this that make me so incredibly appreciative 💕

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y/n did a cover of one of my favorite songs of all time. 'your song' by the one and only Sir Elton John cover is now available to view on youtube!

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lovelyyn THE WAY SHE STARTS SINGING AND SHES LOOKONG RIGHT AT TIMMY OMFGGG

laurieslaurence ik they didn't rly show him, but you KNOW timmy was sitting in that room too with the amount of times she looked in that corner LMAOO

kingsyn my fave cover

horroryn you gotta sing this song when you're truly in love. that's why this one sounds so beautiful 😭😭💕

tchalamet so lucky I got to see this in person

eltonjohn wow!

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tchalamet grammys with my one and only.

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[oneforthemunny]

A song that reminds you of each of your Eddie's + reader- and GO!

ooh wait this is a fun one. ok i had to think about this one but i think i've found them:

boxer!eddie and reader remind me of somethin' stupid by frank sinatra and nancy sinatra. two little black cats in love, and the chorus "and have a drink or two, and then i go and spoil it all by saying somethin' stupid like, "i love you". i can see it in your eyes that you despise the same old lies you heard the night before. and though it's just a line to you, for me it's true and never seemed so right before."

rockstar!eddie and nepobaby!reader will forever remind me of faithfully by journey. i mean, "and lovin' a music man ain't always what it's supposed to be. oh, girl, you stand by me. circus life under the big-top world. we all need the clowns to make us smile. through space and time, always another show. wonderin' where I am lost without you. i'm forever yours, faithfully."

this one is going to be so fucking corny and idgaf!!! but for modern!eddie and mean girl, idk why true love by p!nk always comes to mind. "at the same time, i wanna hug you, i wanna wrap my hands around your neck. you're the only love i've ever known. but i hate you, i really hate you, so much i think it must be true love. just once try to wrap your little brain around my feelings, just once please try no to be so mean."

cowboy!eddie and sweet girl have always and will forever remind me of love is like a butterfly by the one and mother fucking only dolly parton our lord and savior. "love makes your heart feel strange inside, it flutters like soft wings in flight. love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing. i feel it when you kiss me, it happens when you're with me, that rare and gentle feelin' that i feel inside. everyday is springtime, and i am only happy when you are by my side." tbh i could quote the whole goddam song.

bouncer!eddie and bartender!reader this is another corny as fuck on so hold on, but it's you shook me all night long by acdc lmaooo. sexual chemistry through the roof, so much that it's shocking and appalling?? "she was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean. she was the best damn woman that I ever seen. she's one of a kind, she's just mine, all mine." idk it's silly and slutty and fun just like them!

for janitor!eddie and teacher!reader i've always felt like forever by the beach boys is their song. super sappy and romantic and devoted and that's how they are to each other <3 "if every word i said could make you laugh, i'd talk forever. i asked the sky just what we had, it shone forever. let the love i have for you, live in your heart and be forever. forever, i've been so happy loving you."

older!eddie and reader, this one was hard bc i felt like there was so many to chose from, but ultimately i went with the one song that always takes me back to them and that's chemtrails over the country club by lana. the more i listen, the more it's their song bc "go to the market, the kids' swimming pools. me and my sister just playing it cool, under the chemtrails over the country club. meet you for coffee at the elementary schools. we laugh about nothing as the summer gets cool. it's beautiful how this deep normality settles down over me. i'm not bored or unhappy, i'm still so strange and wild. washing my hair, doing the laundry. late-night tv, i want you only. it's never too late, baby, so don't give up."domestic and sweet.

this is also so silly and sweet and the best thing ever but for hockey!eddie and reader i fucking love the song hello, hello by elton john (yes from gnomeo and juliet lmaoooo). "never gonna find anything to change my mind, famous last lines of a fool. hello, hello. my, my, my, what have we here? sniffing all the flowers, running through an autumn shower, compare it to someone else like me." so fucking silly and so romantic like it's them. happy and silly and in love.

and i know you guys are making fun of me and i don't give one fuck bc i know you're about to do it again with this one bc it's coming completely out of left fucking field for these two!! for mafia!eddie and reader... babe i'm saying it, it's i see the light from tangled yes it fucking is. "all that time never even knowing, just how blind i've been. now i'm here, blinking in the starlight. and it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted. all at once everything looks different, now that i see you. all those years living in a blur. if she's here, it's crystal clear, i'm where i'm meant to go." and listen, i could write a goddam essay on how this is them, both of them. living their lives before, thinking they're content, until they met the other and now they're confused how they were ever without the other. real ride or die shit.

for dom!eddie and sub!reader, i always think of i don't want to miss a thing by aerosmith lol. really bc they're a little chaotic but they really do love each other sm. true soulmate shit. "i could spend my life in this sweet surrender, where a moment with you is a moment i treasure. i don't wanna miss one smile, i don't wanna miss one kiss. i just wanna be with you, right her with you, just like this. and i just wanna hold you close, feel your heart so close to mine, and just stay here in this moment for all the rest of time." overly passionate and lovey and dramatic which is just their style.