348. Colin Lane on Elton John 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' (1973)

<p>Australian comedy legend <strong>Colin Lane</strong> (Lano and Woodley) is a self-proclaimed sceptic when it comes to people’s deep emotional connection to pop stars, but he proves a game guest on this week’s podcast, as he and I mark <strong>Elton John</strong>’s first appearance on the show by talking about ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’. We get into the ins and outs of Elton’s partnership with <strong>Bernie Taupin</strong>, how much the songs reflect Bernie’s point of view over Elton’s, Colin’s own insights on how to keep a creative partnership together over multiple decades, the beautiful ‘naffness’ of Elton’s music, whether it’s becoming more acceptable to sing explicitly about same sex relationships in pop music and a great rollicking chat about the Elton biopic <em data-stringify-type="italic">Rocket Man </em>and why we feel like it was far superior than Queen biopic <em data-stringify-type="italic">Bohemian Rhapsody</em>.</p>