{"id":79544,"date":"2023-09-17T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/elton-johns-lyricist-bernie-taupin-recalls-stars-struggles-with-addiction-drugs-are-the-big-lie-79544"},"modified":"2023-09-17T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T10:00:54","slug":"elton-johns-lyricist-bernie-taupin-recalls-stars-struggles-with-addiction-drugs-are-the-big-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/elton-johns-lyricist-bernie-taupin-recalls-stars-struggles-with-addiction-drugs-are-the-big-lie-79544","title":{"rendered":"Elton John&#8217;s lyricist Bernie Taupin recalls star&#8217;s struggles with addiction: &#8216;Drugs are the big lie&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t always easy working alongside Elton John as he struggled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/mental-health\/addiction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">addiction<\/a> \u2014 but for Bernie Taupin, it was the mutual love of one thing that kept them together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Music,&#8221; the celebrated lyricist told Fox News Digital. &#8220;Music was the Band-Aid \u2014 it always was. No matter how deep you get into a hole and how dark things become, music can always bring you out. And music was always our saving grace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 73-year-old, known for his songwriting partnership with John, has written a new memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Scattershot-Life-Music-Elton-Me\/dp\/0306828677\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PL71O0O3OXZD&amp;keywords=scattershot+bernie+taupin&amp;qid=1694809643&amp;sprefix=scattersho%2Caps%2C149&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton &amp; Me.&#8221;<\/a> It details his friendship with the star, 76; how their lives forever changed as they skyrocketed to fame; and his encounters with recognizable figures including John Lennon and Princess Margaret.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/pat-boone-reveals-elton-john-confrontation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PAT BOONE REVEALS ELTON JOHN CONFRONTATION: \u2018I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SUE ME\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the book, Taupin was candid about how the pair relied on each other for support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as the &#8220;Rocket Man&#8221; singer-songwriter<\/a> found himself &#8220;deep in the stranglehold of addiction.&#8221; As John became increasingly dependent on drugs and alcohol, their hitmaking collaborations were often tested.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, drugs had not yet become a cross to bear,&#8221; Taupin wrote. &#8220;I could dabble, yet do without, and this made for an unbalanced work schedule. Simply put, Elton slept most of the day and worked late into the night, or until the cocaine got the best of him\u2026 to see your very best friend so disconnected and raw to the bone was heartbreaking. This man who was talented beyond belief and one of the finest musicians and melodists in the musical firmament in the thrall of crash and burn was positively crippling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taupin recalled being faced with John\u2019s &#8220;ever-changing mood swings,&#8221; an erratic behavior that &#8220;manifested itself in many different forms.&#8221; As the pressures of fame grew, so did John&#8217;s anger and unhappiness, along with the amount of drugs and alcohol he consumed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taupin also dealt with problems concerning addictions. Still, they &#8220;soldiered on&#8221; and remained dedicated to their friendship \u2014 and music.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we probably felt after bouts of addiction, could we retain our throne?&#8221; Taupin reflected. &#8220;And it might\u2019ve been difficult, and it might\u2019ve been awkward, and we may have tripped over ourselves and not written material. That was when we were both in \u2018the clutch of addiction\u2019 or whatever you want to call it. We probably didn\u2019t write some of our best material\u2026 Drugs are the big lie, especially cocaine. You do things that you think are magnificent when they\u2019re absolute s&#8211;t. So, once we realized that and dispensed of those narcotic elements, then\u2026 we came back with a vengeance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had a few hiccups,&#8221; Taupin shared. &#8220;We separated at one point because we didn\u2019t know where to go. We were confused. We were geographically devoid of each other, but that only lasted a short time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: Elton John\u2019s lyricist shares inspirations for their biggest hits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2020, John celebrated 30 years of sobriety. Taupin has also found peace and is living his American dream on a ranch in California. As someone who grew up with a love of cowboys in the U.K., he wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am pretty set in my ways, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I have a great family life<\/a>,&#8221; he boasted. &#8220;I\u2019m enjoying my autumn years, as they say. But at the same time, just because Elton\u2019s retired from the road and won\u2019t be touring anymore, it doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re not going to do anything. We\u2019re not just going to crawl into a hole and die\u2026 People can expect something from us at any given time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his book, Taupin shares plenty of tales about how some of their iconic hits came to life. While many fans have considered &#8220;I\u2019m Still Standing&#8221; an anthem for John and his battles, it was actually written as a &#8220;kiss-off&#8221; to Taupin\u2019s &#8220;former lover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like the fact that our songs can be reinterpreted,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019m not going to correct people if they\u2019re wrong. And sometimes, their ideas are far more interesting than mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taupin also claimed he wrote &#8220;Don\u2019t Go Breaking My Heart,&#8221; a duet John shared with Kiki Dee, in 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It could have been less than that,&#8221; he chuckled. &#8220;But that\u2019s true\u2026 Elton was in Canada and I was in Barbados. He was just messing around in the studio with a band and had come up with a track that they thought might be a good idea to rework as a sort of Marvin Gaye\/Tammi Terrell kind of call and answer\u2026 He played the track to me on the phone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was pretty well in my cups at the time, so I don\u2019t remember too much about it,&#8221; Taupin admitted. &#8220;All I remember was sticking my head in a bucket of ice and saying, \u2018OK, I\u2019ll take a shot at this,\u2019 and writing something down. And then I called him back with it. And it ended up being that song. It was a kind of interesting way of doing it, but not too unusual in the case of our collaboration. But it ended up working out. It ended up being our first No. 1 record in England.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And there was &#8220;Candle in the Wind,&#8221; which was written about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/marilyn-monroe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marilyn Monroe<\/a>. However, Taupin said he originally had another star from Hollywood\u2019s golden era in mind when he penned the song.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My original idea was Montgomery Clift,&#8221; Taupin explained. &#8220;I\u2019d seen the film \u2018The Misfits,\u2019 and it\u2019s funny because both Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery were in that film. But Clift\u2019s character completely captivated me. I just found him a far more interesting character than Marilyn Monroe. I mean I never, and to this day, have ever been completely enamored with her in the way that so many are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But ultimately in the long run, I just realized that people might not be as familiar with him as they are with her,&#8221; he shared. &#8220;So it just seemed to make sense that on a commercial level, the idea of her as the candle in the wind was probably more palatable than somebody that people weren\u2019t terribly [aware] of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The song was reworked in 1997 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/princess-diana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to eulogize Princess Diana<\/a> following her death that year at age 36. It sold 33 million copies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t think about it at all,&#8221; said Taupin about the somber song. &#8220;The version that I know is the original. The remake served its purpose, but if you put a gun to my head, I wouldn\u2019t be able to remember one line of it\u2026 it\u2019s a moment in time and Elton swore that he would only play it at the funeral and never again, which he hasn\u2019t done\u2026 I\u2019m sure he never will.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his book, Taupin wrote that &#8220;Someone Saved My Life Tonight&#8221; was inspired after John &#8220;opened all the windows, stuck his head in the gas oven, and awaited a dramatic response&#8221; in a &#8220;staged cry for help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/elton-john-delivers-final-performance-farewell-tour-been-my-lifeblood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ELTON JOHN DELIVERS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON HIS FAREWELL TOUR: &#8216;IT&#8217;S BEEN MY LIFEBLOOD&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps due to the unorthodox nature of his attempt, gas on low and an embroidered pillow to rest his head on, sympathy was not forthcoming,&#8221; wrote Taupin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, &#8220;Tiny Dancer&#8221; is &#8220;a song inhabited by fragments of a handful of LA females: a Whiskey a Go Go waitress, a girl who worked in a Beverly Hills shoe store, and a hitchhiker in cutoffs on [the] Pacific Coast Highway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A more unlikely hit for John and Taupin was &#8220;Bennie and the Jets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We fought tooth and nail not to have it released as a single, or I should say Elton did more than me,&#8221; Taupin explained. &#8220;He just didn\u2019t see it as a single. And there was an A&amp;R guy at Universal Records who was adamant that we should put it out because it was getting a lot of play in Detroit on black radio, which was unheard of at the time. We acquiesced to the request in the end, and we were glad that we did because it became a huge, huge hit\u2026 Ultimately Elton ended up being the first white <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artist to perform on \u2018Soul Train,\u2019<\/a> which was unique at the time\u2026 It proved us wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taupin and John\u2019s friendship has endured over the decades, through the highs and lows. And today, Taupin is thankful he lived to tell the tale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elton is only a small fraction of the book,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Elton himself has said he was besotted by the life he never knew I had, which I think sums it all up in a nutshell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/elton-johns-lyricist-bernie-taupin-recalls-stars-struggles-addiction-drugs-big-lie\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/elton-johns-lyricist-bernie-taupin-recalls-stars-struggles-addiction-drugs-big-lie <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn\u2019t always easy working alongside Elton John as he struggled with addiction \u2014 but for Bernie Taupin, it was the mutual love of one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-79544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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