Madmen Across The Water: Benjamin Rous

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I’ve always thought that Sir Elton Hercules John was an old guy with the crazy glasses, who raised incredible amounts of money for AIDS, and supported the rights of the LGBT community years before it was the “right” thing to do. Elton John was a man who had at least one song a year on the Billboard Top 100 list for over 30 consecutive years. His music is solid gold, classic rock. Saturday, November 5, at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk I attended the concert performed by The Virginia Symphony Orchestra with Jean L. Miller of Jeans ‘n Classics. The musical was called “Madmen Across the Water: The Music of Elton John”, and the conductor was Benjamin Rous. My favorite part of the musical was when they played Funeral for a Friend. I enjoyed hearing …show more content…

During this song, I remember getting up and enjoying the great music that I was hearing. I also enjoyed hearing the drummer Paul Delong play the drums in many of the songs such as Saturday Night’s All right and Love Lies Bleeding. The part of the musical that I feel could have been better was the crowd’s interaction. I felt like it was very dull pertaining the crowd, there were only a few people that were interacting with Jean Meilleur. Jean made an announcement and told the crowd that this isn’t a formal event and that they can enjoy the music, rock out or even clap whatever they felt like doing. But, the crowd didn’t respond. I think that if others would have interacted better in the audience to the music I would have enjoyed it better. Something that I learned is that the title of the concert is inspired by Elton John’s 1971 album “Madman Across the Water.” It featured the song “Tiny Dancer,” which Elton John wrote with his long-time lyricist, Bernie Taupin. I also felt like Jean Meillieur was conveying his feelings through the music, for me that made it even more personal to me. It opened an avenue of music that I wouldn’t listen to at

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