Elton and Bernie Taupin were literally thrown together by a music producer.
In the beginning they lived some couple of hundred miles from each other.
Bernie would write the lyrics and snail-mail same to Elton.
Elton would (most times) read the lyrics and compose a hit song within an hour of sitting at the piano. Dozens of their earliest hits happened just that way.
Some would call that Genius... Me? Pretty close.
Elton and Bernie Taupin were literally thrown together by a music producer.
In the beginning they lived some couple of hundred miles from each other.
Bernie would write the lyrics and snail-mail same to Elton.
Elton would (most times) read the lyrics and compose a hit song within an hour of sitting at the piano. Dozens of their earliest hits happened just that way.
Some would call that Genius... Me? Pretty close.
clouded his judgment - causing him much pain in his personal life. Greatest album he created was Blue Moves... and when asked if he would ever write anything serious, he cited that album. I agree with his assessment obviously.
Much of the popular music today is not have as musically profound - it is just a lot of angry screaming.