“It’s the closest we ever got”: The song Elton John wanted to sound like The Drifters
A contemporary ode to soul.
Bernie Taupin
“Morbidly obsessed”: the devastating story behind Elton John’s ‘Song for Guy’
“Imagining myself dying.”
The one song Elton John never gets tired of: “Something magical about it”
The humble beginnings of the piano legend.
“That enjoyment has never changed”: Why doesn’t Elton John write his own lyrics?
“I’m quite happy not to.”
The horrific recording Bernie Taupin thought fuelled ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’: “It was preordained”
Turning near-tragic to triumph.
The “disposable pop” song that Elton John and Bernie Taupin wanted to disown
“There’s a certain element of our music that is disposable” – Bernie Taupin.
Elton John’s brief jealous feud with Bernie Taupin: “We were doing a lot of drugs”
“It would be the end of our relationship.”
‘Crocodile Rock’: The classic track Elton John wrote in “less than a half hour”
Making a classic out of a goofy romp.
What does “If I was a sculptor, but then again, no” mean?
“The most naïve and childish lyrics in the entire repertoire of music.”
