Episode 27 - Breaking Down 'Passengers'

This is the story of Elton's personal redemption, through the prism of the song 'Passengers', the UK top 5 hit single with the unique songwriting credit - Elton, Bernie, Davey and South African musician Phineas Mkhize. This episode follows Elton from the lows of being placed on the UN's cultural blacklist in 1983, for playing at Sun City, to the highs of being recognised as Harvard's 'Man of the Year' for his charity work, particularly in Africa, in 2017. At the heart of the episode is an email interview with Phineas' son Bennett. His story helps us to connect Elton - the megastar who wanted to make a statement about apartheid - with Phineas - the maskandi musician who hated politics.

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Episode 27 - Breaking Down 'Passengers' is an episode from I Guess That's Why They Call It The Elton John Podcast by Neil Barrett.

This episode is 48:11 long.

This episode was published on Feb 4, 2019.

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