Elton John - I'm Still Standing - Remastered - 4K

#EltonJohn #ImStillStanding #Remastered #4K #2160p #UHD Elton John with "I'm Still standing" from the Album "Too Low for Zero" (1983). Remastered and A.I. Upscaled in 4K. Lossless Sound from remastered Audio-CD.

"I'm Still Standing" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, from John's 1983 album Too Low for Zero. It was the second single released from the album in the UK, and the first single released in the United States.[citation needed]

Helped by a video promoting the song on MTV, "I'm Still Standing" became a big hit for John on both sides of the Atlantic, peaking at No. 1 in Canada and Switzerland, No. 4 in the UK and No. 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

The music video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was shot in Cannes and Nice on the Côte d'Azur in France. It also features the colours of the Flag of France. Arlene Phillips, who choreographed the video, said her work on the video is one of the proudest moments in her entire career (via the Channel 5 pop-documentary, Britain's Favourite 80s Songs, on 25 December 2021).

Bruno Tonioli, later a judge on hit shows Strictly Come Dancing for BBC (UK) and Dancing with the Stars for ABC (US), appears as one of the dancers in the video.

It was due to be shot over the course of two days, but a camera full of the first day's film was ruined, when Mulcahy accidentally fell into the sea with it. Therefore, it had to be filmed again on another day. During the shoot for the video, John came across Duran Duran. He complained he was exhausted at having been up since 4 o'clock in the morning. Simon Le Bon decided John should have a martini. "So I did," John later recalled, "I had six."

In his book, Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran, Andy Taylor writes of the experience:

There were lots of celebrities around in Cannes and one day we discovered that Elton John was in town, filming the video for his song "I'm Still Standing". This was before Elton became teetotal, so he was still a steaming party animal. We went up to see him at his hotel and spent the afternoon getting blasted on martinis. We decided it would be a laugh to get him drunk and we were slinging the drinks down him. "Ooh, you are lovely boys," he screeched, loving every minute of it. We got him so drunk that eventually he went upstairs and threw a wobbler in his suite. It caused all sorts of chaos, but it was a great party.

The next morning, John awoke with a hangover and wandered into his personal assistant's room – which was "leveled" – and asked him "What happened?" His assistant laughed: "You happened!"

In 2019, the original 16mm film negatives were re-scanned and the computer graphics were recreated, forming a newer remastered version of the promotional video. This version of the video serves as the ending to the 2019 biopic Rocketman, with Taron Egerton (portraying John) rotoscoped in to recreate memorable scenes from the original music video. It was also re-released standalone on John's YouTube channel.

(Wikipedia)

[Aramanth]

Wonderful job! Great color and clarity! Classic. 🎖

[Bigbaymonstermare]

This was filmed the year I was born (1983) in Nice and Cannes. At the time, Elton John was in the midst of his addiction to cocaine specifically, and from what I’ve read, he wasn’t afraid to try new drugs and he was drinking daily to excess.

If you want to hear some of the stories, go and google “how Duran Duran almost ruined the filming of the music video of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’”. There are some interesting stories including how the camera and film the music video had been recorded on, fell into the sea, and a lot of painstaking work went into salvaging the footage so not all the filming was lost!

[i.t.]

wonderfulll work. big hugs and thanks from hungary prison island