Sir Elton John was left stunned after discovering the true inspiration behind his 1972 hit track, ‘Rocket Man’.
The legendary singer-songwriter sat down with the observe’s co-writer, Bernie Taupin, in a brand new interview – the place the 2 uncovered that Sir Elton by no means knew the story behind his personal hit track.
Sir Elton and Taupin met in 1967 after they each stated sure to an commercial for songwriting. Skip ahead 5 years, and the duo launched their first hit observe – ‘Rocket Man’.
“‘Rocket Man’ was our first-ever Quantity One document I believe – and it was on the ‘Honky Chateau’ document,” Sir Elton stated. “It was a fairly simple track to jot down a melody to as a result of it’s a track about area so it’s fairly a spacious track.”
It was right here that Taupin defined his unique supply of inspiration when writing the observe, and uncovered that Sir Elton had been unaware of this actual that means up till then.
“It was really a track impressed by Ray Bradbury from his guide of science-fiction brief tales known as The Illustrated Man,” he defined. “In that guide, there was a narrative known as The Rocket Man, which was about how astronauts sooner or later would grow to be form of an on a regular basis job… so I kinda took that concept and ran with it.”
To this, Sir Elton responded: “Are you aware, I by no means knew that…”
Since its launch, ‘Rocket Man’ has gone on to be licensed double platinum, and listed in Rolling Stone’s biggest 500 songs of all time checklist.
At the moment, Sir Elton is underway together with his ongoing Farewell Yellow Brick Street tour. Kicking off in North America in 2018, the stint has already earned the title of the highest-grossing tour of all time – drawing in over £664.4million.
Tour dates are presently out there right here, and embody 10 upcoming exhibits on the O2 Enviornment in London and a headline efficiency at Glastonburyperformance marking his final ever UK present.
In the meantime, final week noticed Rina Sawayama reflecte on her time working with the ‘Bennie And The Jets’ songwriter, explaining that he’s “at all times hungry” to find new artists.
“I’m stunned how charitable he lives his life as a result of he’s actually probably the most well-known musician in the entire world,” she stated. “He needs to be so in contact with what’s occurring on the earth, whether or not it’s new artists – he’s at all times so hungry and that’s at all times been inspiring.”
