{"id":2445708,"date":"2019-06-25T11:35:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T17:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=852075"},"modified":"2019-06-25T11:35:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T17:35:39","slug":"after-a-dive-in-the-atlantic-elton-johns-im-still-standing-video-is-finally-restored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/after-a-dive-in-the-atlantic-elton-johns-im-still-standing-video-is-finally-restored\/","title":{"rendered":"After a Dive in the Atlantic, Elton John\u2019s \u2018I\u2019m Still Standing\u2019 Video Is Finally Restored"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elton John<\/a> has released digitally-restored footage of the \u201cI\u2019m Still Standing\u201d music video, which was shot at Carlton Beach in Cannes, France 36 years ago. Directed by Russell Mulcahy in 1983, the original film suffered when Mulcahy and his camera fell off the beach\u2019s pier and into the ocean.<\/p>\n

After being rescanned from the original negative, the footage was reconstructed from scratch \u2014 dirt was removed and color was restored \u2014 to create a remarkable high-definition video. John\u2019s white suit and cane are in stark contrast to the crowd on the beach, which triumphantly dance around him as he plays his gleaming piano.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe energy you see in the video is the energy on the set\u2026\u2019I\u2019m Still Standing\u2019 is really high up,\u201d Mulcahy said in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s just a fantastic song. It surfaced just at the right time in his career\u2026It sends such a clear message that everyone can have a fall but you can get back up, and that\u2019s the anthem. I really forged a friendship with Elton. We became the best of mates and carried on making videos. He\u2019s just the most extraordinarily generous person.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shoot for \u201cI\u2019m Still Standing\u201d is also famous for a chance meeting between John and Duran Duran. \u201cThis 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,\u201d recalled John Taylor.<\/a> \u201cWe got him so drunk that eventually he went upstairs and threw a wobbler in his suite.\u201d<\/p>\n

John also released a live performance of the song, captured last month at the afterparty for the Cannes International Film Festival. The singer was there for the premiere of the smash biopic Rocketman<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

The live clip features John performing his 1983 hit to a sea of cellphones, thunderously playing the piano while his single earring dangles alongside his rose heart-shaped glasses. \u201cDon\u2019t you know I\u2019m still standing better than I ever did\/Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid,\u201d he belts.<\/p>\n

John is currently on his farewell tour. He\u2019s scheduled to perform in Europe throughout the summer, wrapping up in Lucca, Italy on July 7th. He\u2019ll kick off a fall leg in Salt Lake City on September 4th, playing throughout December 2020.<\/p>\n