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Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics after reading an article in either Time or Newsweek about a Vietnam War veteran who had been wounded, and wanted to get away from the attention he was receiving when he came back home. [6] The last verse in the original draft was cut from the final version, which has led to some speculation on the contents. [7]
Bernie Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer. In his long-term collaboration with Elton John, he has written the lyrics for most of John's songs.Over the years, he has written songs for a variety of other artists, including Alice Cooper, Heart, Melissa Manchester, Starship, Rod Stewart and Richie Sambora.
In 1973, Taupin collected all his lyrics up through the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album into a book, Bernie Taupin: The One Who Writes the Words for Elton John. In addition to the lyrics from the albums, this book contained the lyrics to all the single B-sides, various rarities, and Taupin's 1970 spoken-word album.
Pages in category "Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin" The following 160 pages are in this category, out of 160 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
His lyrics have brought to life dozens of iconic Elton John songs since the 1970s, but Bernie Taupin has always remained far behind the scenes. This fall, the songwriter will finally pull back the ...
Bernie Taupin Peachtree Road: 2004 [15] "All the Girls Love Alice" Elton John Bernie Taupin Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: 1973 [16] "All the Nasties" Elton John Bernie Taupin Madman Across the Water: 1971 [17] "Amazes Me" Elton John Bernie Taupin Sleeping with the Past: 1989 [18] "American Triangle" Elton John Bernie Taupin Songs from the West ...
One widespread story is that Bernie Taupin wrote the song's lyrics after breakfast one morning on the roof of 20 Denmark Street, London, where John worked for a music publishing firm as an office boy, hence the line "I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss." However, Taupin has denied this, pointing out that John had stopped working there by ...
Bernie Taupin has revealed he did not initially intend the original version of Candle In The Wind to be about Marilyn Monroe. The Oscar-winning songwriter, whose long-running collaboration with ...