It was a one-level apartment, and very small, too. And while many details may be semi-factual, Taupin says that several scenes captured his life with a startling vividness. Because we were hammered and falling into garbage cans.
As the movie progresses, Taupin and John grow increasingly distant, with John plunging into a Dionysian rockstar lifestyle and Taupin retreating out of the public eye. I could definitely sympathize with that. I just thought there were times—wearing a Donald Duck suit in Central Park —where it sort of went over the top. For now, the pair are reveling in this tribute, which has been well-received and premiered at Cannes to a prolonged standing ovation. He would marry three more times: Toni Lynn Russo , Stephanie Haymes and in to his present wife, Heather Kidd, with whom he has two daughters.
Though they took time apart and worked with others, both John and Taupin say the split was not acrimonious. The pair were working together again, albeit on a part-time basis, within two years.
Avoiding resentment of the other person in the duo is easy, says Taupin. We are two separate people. Following negative reviews, the show closed after 39 performances. Turning his obsession with the American West into a reality, Taupin spent much of the early s living the life of his alter ego, The Brown Dirt Cowboy, by competing in weekend horse shows and as part owner of a three-time bucking champion bull, Little Yellow Jacket.
He also began hosting an annual cutting competition for cowboys at his Santa Barbara ranch, all the while continuing to write for John, as well as writing, recording and touring with his Americana band, Farm Dogs. It was during the same period he turned his attention to another of his passions, creating visual art including abstract and contemporary mixed-media pieces.
Today, Taupin considers art his full-time career. Even in the early seventies, there was a creative understanding between them, says Doyle. Similarly, Bernie is looking at Elton and knowing the things that he is going through.
He would never make the lyrics gender-specific. Elton was still in the closet at the time. But obviously, they are completely in tune and on the same wavelength which allows for a certain intimacy to come through in the songs which people related to in a big way.
That understanding extends to the work itself, that the song, above all else, is the most important thing. We became those characters. Indeed, in addition to starting Farm Dogs, Taupin's actually been his own farm dog for over 25 years. Taupin called it a "acre slice of paradise," noting that the ranch "has just been unbelievably inspirational for me, especially in my writing and my artwork.
The songs I've written here have all been inspired by this place and the comfort it gives me. Speaking of his artwork, according to his own art website, Taupin began painting in the early 90s , moving to sculptural constructions only recently, from onward.
But with Rocketman coming out, Taupin's been reflecting a great deal on his past.
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