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Podcast: Pop Pantheon
Episode: ELTON JOHN: PART 2 (with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield)
Description: Rolling Stoneโs Rob Sheffield returns to Pop Pantheon for the second and final part in our Elton John series. Rob and Louie pick up on Eltonโs career after his initial run of hits in the 1970s at the tail end of his imperial phase. They then discuss his prolific career from 1975โs autobiographical Captain Fantastic to his poorly received disco record in 79, Victim of Love, and his comeback via 1983's Too Low for Zero. Next, they tackle later era Elton, from his Disney hits to his work on Broadway, 1997's re-recording of "Candle in the Wind" and his co...