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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Kennedy

INSANE: Bernie taupin elton john s lyricist would like to have a word | Rare Historical Photos

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If you're thinking of checking out the new memoir by Elton John's lyricist to learn more about the Rocket Man, you're out of luck. This is Bernie Taupin's song to sing.

“Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton & Me” is a fascinating read for the pictures it paints of the music scene of the 1970s, ’80s and ‘90s but if John is what you seek, he writes, the singer-pianist is "in absentia for much of this narrative.”

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