da una ricca intervista rilasciata lo scorso mese a Neil McCormick:
He wants to know if he can play me some songs from his new album, which for the first time he has been producing by himself ('After 40 albums, I should know how to make a record'). These are rough mixes, which his record company has not even heard yet, and Elton can barely contain his excitement. As a countryish rhythm comes booming out of the speakers at bone-rattling volume, Elton does a comical little jig of delight. 'It's very soulful, very Southern,' he says, raising his voice to be heard. 'I think it's a step on from the last album. It's uplifting.'
Elton sits, eyes closed, smiling and singing along with himself, lost in his world of music. Arthur, the spaniel, joins him on the sofa, and Elton plays with the dog's ears, crooning a song called Freaks in Love to his canine companion. 'This one is autobiographical,' he says, introducing a song called My Elusive Drug. I am intrigued by the idea that Elton can describe lyrics by his songwriting partner as autobiographical. 'Bernie knows me so well,' Elton says. 'We've worked together for 36 years. It's the partnership that isn't really a partnership because we've never been in the same room when we've written a song. But he's the catalyst for everything. Without the words there would be no song, so in a sense there would be no Elton John.'
The song is an intense love ballad in which the singer describes the one addiction he could never give up. 'It's about me and David,' Elton says sweetly.
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