- Amagama abhalwe nguBernie Taupin, iqabane likaElton lokubhala. Ucacise ukukhuthazwa kwiwebhusayithi yakhe: 'Ndilibonile eli nqaku kwi Ixesha kwiTet ekhubekisayo. Kwaye kukho ibha esecaleni kwayo kunye nebali malunga nokuba mangaphi amajoni ayebuya evela 'kwi-Nam ezi ziluhlobo olulula lwabantu belizwe lasekhaya ababedla ngokuba neentloni ngazo zombini, kwaye kuxhomekeke kweliphi ilizwe wavela, ubutshaba abababuliswa ngabo. Ubukhulu becala, bebefuna nje ukubuyela kubomi obuqhelekileyo, kodwa bakufumanisa kunzima, uthini ngazo zonke ii-loos ezibukekayo kunye neenkawu zemfazwe abazithweleyo emqolo.
Ndiyithathe nje apho ndayibhala ngokwembono yomninawa omncinci; yamenza wakhubazeka kwaye wafuna ukubaleka. Ndiyenzile iSpain, ngokusisiseko, kuba izingqisho ezinenqwelomoya. ' - Xa u-Elton wabhala umculo wale ngoma, wayinqumle ivesi yokugqibela kuba wayecinga ukuba le ngoma sele inde kakhulu. Ivesi ecinyiweyo ichaze ukuba 'uDaniel' wayengumgqirha wezilwanyana waseVietnam owabuyela ekhaya efama emva kwemfazwe, akalufumani uxolo, wagqiba kwelokuba ashiye iMelika aye eSpain. Ngombhalo wokugqibela ogqityiweyo, yaba libali elingacacanga labazalwana ababini abahlukana ngeendlela, nangona uBernie Taupin esithi ukuphulukana nale vesi yayingeyonto inkulu.
UTaupin wathi: 'Sinayo yonke loo nto malunga nevesi elahlekileyo ekukho wonke umntu okholelwa ukuba uyayichaza eyona ntsingiselo yengoma. Ndicinga ukuba yinto nje yasezidolophini. Khange ichaze nto. Ngokuqinisekileyo, yacinywa. Kodwa lonto ibisoloko isenzeka lonke ixesha neengoma zethu. Ndihlala ndibhala ngaphezulu, kwaye uElton wabona kufanelekile ukuhlela ngandlela ithile. Kodwa kholwa ndim, khange ithethe nto ingakhange ithethwe yiloo ngoma yonke. ' - Oku kwabhalwa kwaye kwarekhodwa kwangolo suku eChateau d'Herouville eFrance (i-'Honky Chateau '), apho u-Elton kunye neqela lakhe babuyela umva ukwenza i-albhamu. UBernie Taupin wabhala la mazwi ngenye intsasa kwindawo yokurekhoda kwaye wabazisa ezantsi e-Elton, owabeka umculo kuyo wayirekhoda kunye nebhendi ngaloo mini, esenza nje ezintathu.
Ukugxila eFrance yayiyindlela ka-Elton yokungena kwindawo yokuyila ngaphandle kweziphazamiso- kwakungekho bantu babengenayo kwaye kungekho fowuni. IChateau inokugcina iBlack Knight, kuba yayijikelezwe ngumjelo wamanzi.
Isiphumo sasiyinxalenye yexesha elinemveliso kakhulu lokubhala ingoma kuTaupin noJohn, owaqamba iingoma ezili-12 kwisithuba seentsuku ezine, kubandakanya 'uDaniel.' - U-Elton ubize le ngoma 'njengenombolo yohlobo lwecalypso kunye nohlobo lwe-Everley Brothers.'
- Inkampani erekhodayo ayifuni ukukhupha le njengeyodwa kuba babecinga ukuba inde kakhulu kwaye ibuhlungu ukuba ibethwe. U-Elton wayenolunye uluvo, kwaye wanyanzelisa ukuba bayikhulule njengelinye ngaphambi kokuba i-albhamu iphume. Inkampani yokurekhoda iyenzile, kodwa inyuse kakhulu. Kwaba yinto eqhubekayo.
- Ngoku ka U-Elton John: I-Biography eQinisekileyo Nantsi indlela i-albhamu eyasifumana ngayo isihloko sayo: Ngelixa wayeseLos Angeles, uElton waziswa ngeqhula elidumileyo uGroucho Marx. Bayayichitha, kodwa uGroucho wayehlala enika uElton ixesha elinzima ngegama lakhe, enyanzelisa ukuba kufuneka abenalo ngasemva kwaye abe nguJohn Elton ngokwenene. Emva kokuba uGroucho engavumi ukubeka igama lakhe ethekweni, uElton waphosa izandla zakhe wathi ngokuqhula: 'Musa ukundidubula, ndingumdlali wepiyano nje.'
UBernie Taupin uxelele ibali elahlukileyo, ebanga ukuba ufumene eli binzana kwipleyiti kwivenkile ye-junk yaseMelika. - Injineli kwi-albhamu, uKen Scott, udlale i-ARP synthesizer kule ngoma.
- UBernie Taupin ubize le 'njengengoma engacaciswanga kakuhle esakha sayibhala,' esithi uyivile ibizwa ngokuba ngumhobe wesini kunye nengoma malunga nembambano yosapho.
- Le ngoma yavuselela umdla ngo-2018 xa uSam Smith wayirekhoda kwi-albhamu yomrhumo Ukuhlaziya: Ukucinga kwakhona ngeengoma zikaElton John noBernie Taupin , kwaye bayenza ngokukhethekileyo kwi-CBS U-Elton John: Ndisamile kwiGrammy . Phambi komdlalo, uSmith wathi, 'uElton, njengendoda eyimvumi-umbhali wengoma osuka eNgilani osisitabane, ungumzekelo oqaqambileyo ondincedileyo ukuba ndibone ukuba kunokwenzeka ntoni kweli lizwe. Iqabane lakho elikrelekrele lokubhala iingoma uBernie Taupin walibeka ngesihobe kule ngoma imyoli ndiwongekile ukukuculela ngobu busuku. Elton, uyinyani kwaye uyakuhlala uyinkwenkwezi ebusweni besibhakabhaka. '
