Elton John surprised to learn the origins of Rocket Man
In a new video shared on social media, Sir Elton John is surprised to learn to origin of his hit song Rocket Man, when lyricist Bernie Taupin reveals all.
Video transcript
ELTON JOHN: "Rocket Man" was our first ever number one record, I think. And it was on the Honky Chateau Record. And it was pretty easy song to write the melody to because it's a song about space. So it's quite a spacious song.
BERNIE TAUPIN: It was actually inspired by a story by Ray Bradbury from his book of science fiction short stories called "The Illustrated Man." And in that book, there was a story called "The Rocket Man," which was about how astronauts in the future would become sort of an everyday job. So I kind of took that idea and ran with it.
ELTON JOHN: You know, I never knew that.
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