In 1997, at “An Audience with Elton John,” actor Richard E. Grant hilariously put Elton John on the spot…
I’ve heard that you write your songs very, very quickly. And I’ve brought some words along and hoped that you could put some music to them. Would you do that?
After a quick facepalm, Elton asks him what the lyrics are. To which Grant replies…
Um, well, it’s from… It’s the… It’s the instructions from my oven.
The crowd erupts in laughter and Elton agrees to give it a go. After starting slowly, he finds his stride — as if the music were already latent in the dry prose of the manual — and by the end the improvised song is a virtual masterpiece…
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