We surely do believe in angels— it’s Elton John & Brandi Carlile. Teleprompters in therapy, Joni’s living room, and the 250-pound mushroom. No more kissing; it’s an all-new SmartLess. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
Chapter 1: Who are the hosts of SmartLess?
Hi, Sean. No, you're Scotty. Oh. Hi, Scotty. How are you today? I was wondering if you would stick around and listen to SmartList. Welcome to SmartList.
That was very good.
Good morning. Good morning, everybody.
Hi. Hi.
Great.
Sean, you all packed? I was just going to say, I just finished packing. I hate packing.
Wait, Sean, yes. You're going to England?
I'm going to England. Yes, the United Kingdom. Yes.
What else? To work on a fantastic new project. Do you want to talk about it?
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Chapter 2: What is the comedic banter about sanitization and travel?
It is in conjunction with promoting the album. So, yeah, that's why we're talking to you guys. We're promoting and flouting. This is so cool for us, you guys. This is really cool. Thank you. Huge fans. I'd like to say hello to Sean, who I haven't seen for years.
I know. How are you, my friend? I know I haven't seen you in such a long time.
Sean, do you owe him money?
I do owe him a little bit of money and a little bit of a good time.
Yeah, he was a rent boy when I knew him.
He's a lease boy now.
By the way, it's still the same price. Yeah. Wow. Now wait, I have a great, this is so kooky. So Brandy, you know, I'm going to tell this story when I first met you.
Okay.
So this is embarrassing for me. So we were at a fundraiser And we got sat next to each other, me and Scotty and you and your wife. And I sat there and like an idiot, I go, and we were laughing and having a good time. I go, I'm so sorry. I'm an idiot. What do you do? And you... And you said, I'm in the music business. I'm like, oh, okay, cool. And then you introduced your wife, who's also lovely.
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Chapter 3: Who are the special guests on this episode?
I was like, oh yeah, I pictured I would get up on stage and thank Elton John and the Indigo Girls. And I was like maybe 13 years old, like visually. So I've visualized a lot of what has happened, oddly. And I don't understand or profess to know why that is. But yes, I did allow myself to dream really big from that single wide mobile home.
I love that. Yeah, I wonder if the visualization, if you feel, is a really important part of it. And I'd ask you the same, Sir Elton John. Did you allow yourself to dream as big as well? And for our listeners, can you speak about what that kind of... A big word nowadays is manifestation.
I don't know if you guys subscribe to that, but, you know, having those goals and this vision and belief in yourself, what size role did that play, do you think, in both of your successes?
I never imagined myself as a solo artist. When I was in my group Bluesology, big risk of going up to Liberty Records saying, I want to write songs, I'm so fed up with playing in a band that doesn't want to go anywhere, and I can sing too. And so the guy, as you know, because it's an old story, gave me the envelope with Burner's lyrics in it.
And then when we wrote songs, I had to go out and nothing was happening with me. I had to go out and play them live, so I had to form a band. And I really didn't have any visions of being Elton John's superstar. It just happened very, very quickly. And so it was so exciting, because I came to America, and there was Neil Diamond introducing me. There was Brian Wilson. There was Linda Ronstadt.
There was Leon Russell. all those kind of people that were my heroes. And suddenly, I was there. I mean, it took me a couple of years to establish myself all over America. But it was like, I was a kid in a candy store. I never really visualized Elton John being a big star. It all happened by accident, really. It really happened by accident, which was lovely. That's a good question.
I was wondering about that, too.
Thank you.
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