{"id":659473,"date":"2026-10-28T10:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/659473\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:22:09","slug":"for-the-first-time-in-40-years-elton-john-lyricist-bernie-taupin-is-taking-the-mic-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/659473\/","title":{"rendered":"For the first time in 40 years, Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin is taking the mic &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxPVzR2S2stT09aR3VLOWlrbHhtZlJGUklIcGZDbVpSNjFuanNNMnJuY0RudWZPOEpwSlg2TUdMTUNoRjFtdXZYbXljU2pxWFlLQmhZSEU2VEdzWUpVSXU1b1RRUzlRYXFWSk5FdEk5WGVHY1RFX0NOb2xIUFBtb1Q5YnhEenltcFNfTVo0QmgxZThzUmpqcDVjV25EQkw1WlpVOURsdXpjUEM3U3BRQU9sVjJuZWlka3BFNTFDbFB5RE5hX1p4ZlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">For the first time in 40 years, Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin is taking the mic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOcW52d3pUUFRmN3hraC1nbXlxOF85OGxsdkhQUGRkMjlSQ0d0UXM1RVdFQnlBUnlvNFhkcmxacWdxM3F6NXE1QWlSV21YWGxWT0JvTWtsRkRzWkpPeWMzSGVxRkYzdFpKODgzRTRyLWZZZ2xHRHpMNnF3OU5vYzRnRmoyWVMyRFNGMndEeUV5dUdpaEdXbTUycWxQUEdTTjYtUXQ4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elton John\u2019s Songwriting Partner Says Singer Was \u2018Horrible and Difficult\u2019 on Tour Over the Years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxOY2YzeHdhSllwVUNXRDk2ZWNXM216SUwwVDd1N1pSMGtfa2M0SHF3R0xPcHBZMks2NVdFTTNvZzdMZi1YUHdtYlBHZGY5Vkt5WXVjUTFkRFAtMVhScl8taDUzcjdTVFZBckhsM2wydWZXWkZfd0M2c3V3Zk9ROGEzb0d4OTM2MTh0TVpFM0lxR04?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bernie Taupin Thought It Was Time to Make \u2018a Bernie Taupin Record\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxPLUhMMW91ZmQ0N3hxNGtUNG93dkpsQWFLU0Fod0JOQ0hRMXZNRTUxcDVoU2twZ3VPS0RWM045cUU3TWltMUY5NTh1NWxveTZsYnE0OHhWTXVnUTg3d0JnMmdRRDBHTE90UE5UQW16a1JZdzBaWFRGaDJ1NlNFYUhIcmlOcWM2WGgtZkFaNjFQRmNZaXRTRUMwdW95V05PLVB5WnRjekVpYjRkNkFQMlBjY2NmcXI1YzVr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">He wrote the words for Elton John\u2019s biggest hits. Now he\u2019s going country.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxQTU1lYVJ1eEZLSnc3WlF4emJvbHI5ZGVhRWREOW9BaHZjVUxCZTdvbXRXQlQzMHpsVEJHNGh5QjRXUnpNdWJrR21hRFBvRGZmTkJEWjU4U28yOUJYeW5tTERXbzdabUJQZW8xZ1dwc1dDTVppQjJJcklDVzUyRVlDU3pDenlzVWVIZ2NyNFhQb1F4d3JfZ1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bernie Taupin: \u2018Elton John could be difficult \u2014 I would just roll my eyes\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time in 40 years, Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin is taking the mic&nbsp;&nbsp;NPRElton John\u2019s Songwriting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46],"class_list":["post-659473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}