Remember Elton John's enigmatic greeting to his "friends in Utah" during the Academy Awards ceremony in March? Well, the mystery is solved . . . sort of.

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Radio station KISN's morning team, "Fisher, Todd and Fraser," had a rare telephone interview with the pop music legend Thursday from Paris. The DJs asked John just what he meant when he mentioned the Beehive State while accepting an Oscar for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," his song in "The Lion King."His answer: He simply had some friends who were staying in a hotel in Utah at the time. That was all there was to it.

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