Elton tried to convince British boyband Blue to ditch their pop image.

He teamed up with the All Rise hitmaker to record single "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Words" in 2002 and was so impressed with their talent, he tried to steer them away from their boyband style.

Elton says, "I really liked the first two Blue albums. I think they're great singers. And I tried to tell them that for their next tour and album they should do some more soulful stuff. I wanted them to ditch all that boyband s**t. But their managers obviously had other ideas."

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