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Topic History of: Elton's lisp
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Pru	JK2006 wrote: I wonder if his recent very serious health problems have something to do with it. A minor stroke perhaps? I don't think so. You can hear it very clearly on certain songs, alas, on his otherwise very nice Live in Australia album from the mid-1980s. I've often wondered where on earth it came from, because it certainly wasn't there during his pomp.
JK2006	I wonder if his recent very serious health problems have something to do with it. A minor stroke perhaps?
Angel	Anyone else noticed the American twang he's adopted? Where did that come from?
Gilly Winstanley	I watched that. He doesn't seem to bother to form his words properly, as if he's tired. Very strange.
Reg Right	When did that start? Watching him thinging tonight on BBC4. I like him but it's getting worse and worse. McCartney gets absolutely savaged for a voice that is only really shattered by touring these days non-stop, but Elton's goes from pub bass to croaky alto these days, and he's acquired a weird lisp that was certainly never there during his pomp. Unless they painstakingly removed it from every recording he did. It's an emperor's new clothes scenario, I guess. They must all say, 'Crystal clear, Elton, brilliant!'