1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: Let me tell you a story All the. 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 2: Time clearsy and releases the story behind the song. 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 3: Today's story behind the song song is Tiny Dancer Elton 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 3: John and Bernie Taupin. Was originally released on Elton's late 5 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 3: nineteen seventy one album mad Man Across the Water, and 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 3: then later produced and released as a single in nineteen 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 3: seventy two. 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 4: So what or is it? Who is the inspiration? 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: This's all lyrics here, and you know, I just sit 10 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 2: through them. There's one year that I've sort of done 11 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 2: the other day. Well, Tiny Dancer, which is about Bernie's girlfriend, 12 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 2: just sort of felt like I looked for all there 13 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 2: is and that was the one I fancied writing, mainly 14 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 2: because I knew Bernie would like me to do this 15 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 2: one because it's about his girlfriend. You look at it 16 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 2: the words blue Jean, baby, la lady, seemstress of the bad, 17 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 2: pretty eyed pirate smile, you marry a music man, ballerina. 18 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 2: As soon as you have the word ballerina, you know 19 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 2: it's not going to be fast. It's got to be 20 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: sort of gentle, and it's sort of quite slow. I 21 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: just sort of ran it through and put two verses 22 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 2: together then and midle, then a chorus and then back 23 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,639 Speaker 2: to the verse. Sort of thing is it's it happens 24 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: very quickly, is sort of starts off blue Jean Baby early. 25 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 5: Seamstress for the bab Is it cool to hear a 26 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 5: muse I've deconstructed and recreate. 27 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 6: It like that? 28 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 3: Well, the girlfriend in question was actually Bernie's wife at 29 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 3: the time. Her name was Maxine Feebleman, and just back 30 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 3: in twenty nineteen, Feebleman said, I knew that song was 31 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 3: about me. I had been into ballet as a little 32 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 3: girl and sold patches on Elton's jackets and jeans. 33 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 4: So that's what the seamstress for the band bit. 34 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 6: That's it's about where the reference going from now. 35 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 4: It's not a short song. 36 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 3: Indeed, due to the song's lengthy runtime of six minutes 37 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 3: twelve seconds, A tiny Danswer was initially a bit of 38 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 3: a non starter as a single in the US, especially 39 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 3: reaching only number forty one on their Pop chart, and 40 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 3: wasn't even released as a single in the UK. 41 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 6: Because it's the sixties. 42 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, very well, exactly. She wrapped it up in maybe 43 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 4: ninety seconds. Yeah, it fared better here in Australia. It 44 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 4: peaked at number thirteen. Here. 45 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 3: It was ranked number forty seven on the twenty twenty 46 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 3: one Rolling Stone list of the five hundred Greatest Songs 47 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 3: of All Time, and in twenty twenty was inducted into 48 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 3: the Grammy Hall of Fame. Yeah, well, been a big one, 49 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 3: you know, in sort of various types of media. 50 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 4: Of course, there's a great scene and almost famous whether 51 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 4: or singing out of the bus wasn't friends Phoebe. 52 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 3: Thought that the song was called hold Me Closer, Tony 53 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 3: yn Tony Danzer. 54 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 6: Yeah, it was a big star and Elton and Bernie. 55 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 5: Let's be honest, it's been such a unique partnership to 56 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 5: have someone on one side of the world because Bernie 57 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 5: Tchebman was obsessed with living in the States and pretending 58 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 5: he was a cowboy, writing lyrics and sending them over 59 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 5: to Elton and elt and going in there the tea. 60 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 4: Is this what made it work? It is incredible. 61 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, bit of Elton and then Bernie having your chat 62 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 6: about the song. 63 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 7: For some reason, the magic of our relationship is that 64 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 7: when he gives me that lyric, a movie in my 65 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 7: head and I don't think about it very much and 66 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 7: I just go ahead. And that's never changed. From the 67 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 7: word go, from the first lyric he ever gave me, 68 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 7: Tiny Does. It was just a breeze because you know, 69 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 7: we were both infatuated with it here in Los Angeles, 70 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 7: so it meant a great deal to write a song 71 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 7: about l A. 72 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think, like Elton said, it's a composite of 73 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 1: a lot of different ideas and a lot of different 74 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: people and all the things that we saw on the street. 75 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: It was like coming from black and white to color 76 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: and you know, the people, the people were so free, 77 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: they were much the girls were so much freer than 78 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: you know, what we were used to in England. You know, 79 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: there was there was a light around everything and the 80 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: whole thing was inspiring. 81 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 6: Of the word free. A lot of freer. Yeah, they're like, 82 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 6: excuse me, it's hilarious.