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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (4240)	8/11/2012 12:09:20 AM
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It's hard to imagine Country Music not owing Elton John & Bernie Taupin a huge debt of gratitude for helping them to think outside that very square box and by a gay english piano player at that ! Tumble Weed connection was an absolute tour de force musically & lyrically so early in 1970 , still have both Yellow Brick Roads & TC albums in mint condition . Bernie Taupin has always been one of my songwriting Heros en.wikipedia.org "When Taupin and Elton decided to write an autobiographical album in 1975, Taupin dubbed himself "The Brown Dirt Cowboy", in contrast to Elton's "Captain Fantastic." Taupin's mother had studied French Literature and his maternal grandfather "Poppy" was a classics teacher and graduate of the University of Cambridge. [4] They taught him an appreciation for nature and for literature and narrative poetry, both of which influenced his early lyrics. [4] [5] Taupin's upbringing also influenced his lyrics - in songs such as "Lady, What's Tomorrow?", " Your Song" and "Country Comfort". Taupin's unique blend of influences gave his early lyrics a nostalgic romanticism that fit perfectly with the hippie sensibilities of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Taupin sometimes wrote about specific places in Lincolnshire. For example, " Grimsby" on Caribou was a tongue-in-cheek tribute to a nearby port town often visited by Taupin and his friends. More famously, " Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" was inspired by Taupin's experiences in the dance halls and pubs of his youth. More often he wrote in more general autobiographical terms, as in his reference to hitching rides home in "Country Comfort." These autobiographical references to his rural upbringing continued after his departure for London and a life in show business, with songs such as " Honky Cat" and " Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", in which he thinks about "going back to my plough." Taupin's most important influence was his interest in America's Old West, imbuing Tumbleweed Connection and recent songs such as " This Train Don't Stop There Anymore". When Taupin and Elton decided to write an autobiographical album in 1975, Taupin dubbed himself "The Brown Dirt Cowboy", in contrast to Elton's "Captain Fantastic."