Celebrating Elton John & Bernie Taupin: Behind the Scenes at the Gershwin Prize Event

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In this episode of Pop Culture Weekly, I am live in Washington, d

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C. For the Library of Congress's
Gershwin Prize that they are giving to Elton

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John and Bernie Taupin. I am
so excited. There's a tribute concert and

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it's so awesome. We're going to
talk to a bunch of the performers,

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including Maren Morris and Annie Lennox,
Metallica, and maybe even Elton and Bernie

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himself. Let's go Welcome to pop
Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon from my Heart

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Radio, your pop culture news,
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culture UKRABE Weekly. Here's Kyle McMahon,

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what's up. Thanks for joining me
here on pop Culture Weekly. I am

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live in Washington, d C.
For Pbes's Library of Congress Gershwin Prize they're

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awarding to Elton John and Bernie Talpin
for excellence in songwriting. It is the

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highest prize that you can get.
So there is a tribute concert with Maren

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Morris, Charlie Pooth, Metallica,
Garth Brooks, Annie Lennox, and maybe

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even Elton and Bernie themselves. So
I'm here on the red carpet, it's

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kind of crazy. Let's see who's
up first. Actually, it looks like

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Maren Morris is up first. Let's
talk with Maren. Hi, thank you

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for speaking with me. What does
this moment mean for you? You know,

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you're here honoring Elton John, You're
performing like that's such an honor for

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you and it's a testament to your
talent as well. What does that mean

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for you? I mean, as
far as songwriting goes, there is no

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more top tier than these two.
So as a songwriter myself having moved to

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Nashville eleven years ago to be a
songwriter, they just were always my template

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on greatness and knowing them personally is
just such icing on the cake. And

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you know, I feel like they've
worked their butts off for so many decades.

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Elton did this massive like they're a
well tour last year that wrapped and

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now they just get to like sit
and enjoy other people honoring them. And

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I think that that's I mean a
huge honor for me to be one of

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them. Next. Thank you,
Love love love her. She's so sweet,

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so talented. It's such a great
songwriter herself. And it looks like

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next up here comes Metallica. What's
James, what's an Elton song you wish?

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And Elton and Bernie song you wish
you wrote? Oh oh the one

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we're playing right? What legends?
I can't wait to see what they're going

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to perform. And up next on
the red carpet, Brandy Carlyle. Let's

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talk with her. Brandy, you
are an incredible songwriter performer yourself. What

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does this mean for you to be
here honoring two of the greatest songwriters in

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history? Honestly, man, it's
really surreal. This is not a situation

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I ever thought that I would find
myself in, especially performing the songs I'm

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performing tonight, which you'll see when
I do. It's it's bringing me back

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to time in my life when I
really needed Elton and Bernie. I needed

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their words and I needed them to
help sculpt my worldview and show me the

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future I could be a part of. And so yeah, it's going to

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be heavy for me tonight. But
I'm so proud of them. The Griswind

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Prize is the highest honor in songwriting, and it's really beautiful to see them

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honored in such a profound way for
their craft. I don't know that there's

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ever been anybody better Elton John and
Bernie top in here. Brandy Carlisle,

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Wow, she's so amazing. I
saw her with Pink on Pink Summer Carnival

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tour last year, as you may
know, and she is such an incredible

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performer, songwriter, Artists, singer
songwriter love her. Annie Lennox is coming

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up next year is an icon.
Let's talk with Annie, Annie. Will

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we ever get a new album from
you? Let's see. I'm not being

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coy about it. I just don't
like to participate, to anticipate. The

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one thing so the one thing that
is difficult for me is touring. So

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that's something I did constantly and at
my age now it's physically it's too demanding.

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But I think there might be other
ways to share my music and to

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share the music that I'm probably going
to be making in the future, so

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that I haven't stopped. I mean, I love doing to be here tonight,

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to be invited, it's just a
thriller, to be honest. Yeah,

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I can't wait till it comes out. Thank you. I just talked

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to any let I am literally what. Annie Lennox is one of my favorites,

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and she gave me an exclusive on
a new album that is so awesome.

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And here comes Elton and Bernie.
Let's see what happens. What's up,

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guys, Elton? What does this
moment mean for you? This way

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guys, right here, Elon,
Elton, right over here, Elton,

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This is there a favorite song that
you've both written together? Many of them?

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Probably Sacrifice is my favorite. Yep, Bernie, It'salpin. This is

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insane. Next and by the way, though I'm here at the taping the

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show. The full show tribute concert
is airing on PBS Monday, April eighth.

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Check your local listings for specific times. But and then I'm sure it'll

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be you know on PBS if you
miss it the first time, but make

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sure you go and watch. This
is incredible, what amazing talent honoring two

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of the greatest songwriters of all time. Elton John was in the presence of

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Elton John. I can't believe it. All right, I'm going into the

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show. I love you guys,
see you next time. We thank you

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