There is not only the barrier of the common language between us, the Britons, and our American cousins...
There is often also a gap in our mutual pop-cultural references.

All my fellow-countrymen have surely immediately identified my “mysterious” friend from the hints I have given, while my kind American visitors are in doubt and think of the late Elvis...

Elton is a Pop-rock icon and I must say his tastes are not exactly the most sober. Just to use a euphemism, he loves all that is redundantly glittering and baroque, even though recently his style has become just a bit less...uhm., flashy.

As you can see, his home also is not a model of traditional sobriety, but he remains one of the most important pop-rock singers and composers of all times.