The Maxine Connundrum

 

 

This is Maxine Taupin, She Is Who Bernie Taupin Wrote Tiny Dancer About.

 

Maxine was married to Bernie Taupin for 6 years. She cheated on him with Eltons new Guitarist Kenny Passarelli. Bernie wrote these words during the break up

I wonder who's sleeping in your sheets tonight
Whose head rests upon the bed
Could it be a close friend I knew so well
Who seems to be so close to you instead
Close to you instead

I'm blue tonight, I'm red when I'm mad
I'm green when I'm jealous, yellow when I'm sad
I guess I cannot have everything
So much has flown between the years
When I was twenty and you were seventeen

So out of choice I chose rock and roll
But it pushed me to the limit everyday
It turned me into a gypsy, kept me away from home
From there on, there seemed no use for you
For you to stay

And if I shower around 3 a.m.
It's just to wash away
The trace of a love unwanted
Oh in the times I went astray
The times I went astray

So much has flown between the years
When I was twenty and you were seventeen

 

Maxine was the impetus for several of EJ/BTs most loved songs

"Tiny Dancer"
"I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)"
"Between Seventeen and Twenty"
"The Bitch Is Back"
"Mellow"
Blue Moves album
"Lovesick"
"I Cry at Night"

 

He now shuns Maxine... 

Look, Im not happy about what happened either BUT she is part of Eltons and Bernies History. Just as John Reid is, and Sheila and Stanley

We wouldnt have the massive success of the 1970s without John Reid, and we wouldnt have Tiny Dancer, The Bitch Is Back, Mellow, I feel Like A Bullet, Between Seventeen and Twenty or Blue Moves without her. Eltons songs are like children, how do you vote to get rid of Maxine without LOSING those songs?

Mellow is just all about a lazy weekend staying in bed having sex... Its one of my favorite EJ/BT songs 

Anyway, look, Maxine used to stand on the side of the stage and dance "aka Tiny Dancer".

If any of you are watching any pre 1975 concert footage and you spot a tiny blonde girl dancing on the side of the stage post it.

I do admit wanting to hear her voice. What did she sound like, what were her mannerisms? Elton John is the greatest piano player in history, so hes an historical figure and we must preserve these things for the future.