Elton John optræder på The Palladium, NYC, 1980

The lighting in that Palladium shot is so dramatic, it feels like you're right there in the crowd during "Bennie and the Jets." I've got it up in my home office and it adds such a cool, historic energy to the room.

Lynn Goldsmith really captured the raw energy of that 1980 Palladium show—you can almost hear the crowd in the way his hands hit the keys. The print quality is sharp and the black-and-white tones feel properly archival, so it looks like a real piece of music history on my wall.

The grain in this print gives Elton’s sequined jacket a shimmer that feels alive, and the way his fingers curl over the mic stand is pure 1980 showmanship. I’ve stared at it for ten minutes and keep noticing new details in the background crowd. It’s the kind of piece that makes you want to look up l