Joe Biden is yet another day older, but this is the rare day when that’s not the lead story about him. Even the mainstream media had to concede that the guy who delivered the State of the Union speech didn’t look or sound like the guy they’ve been describing for months.
Elton John is five years younger than Joe Biden, but he got an earlier start to his career. Biden was only in his second Senate term (betcha can’t name his Republican opponent in 1978 without looking it up) when the “Too Low for Zero” LP was released in 1983. “I’m Still Standing,” its second single, reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 – John’s 32nd Top 40 hit by that point – and No. 4 in the UK.
