# Elton John & Bernie Taupin's "Levon"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-bernie-taupins-levon/588966>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 14, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-bernie-taupins-levon/588966 "2011-07-14T03:03:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![JJBrannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@JJBrannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JJBrannon)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-bernie-taupins-levon/588966/1 "2011-07-14T03:03:51Z")

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Referring to this SD entry:

> **[In the Elton John song “Levon,” who is Alvin Tostig?](https://www.straightdope.com/21342895/in-the-elton-john-song-levon-who-is-alvin-tostig)**
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> A STAFF REPORT FROM THE STRAIGHT DOPE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD

Respecting poetic license, Alvin Tostig must have had a son **conceived** around Easter [1966] when the New York Times asked whether God were Dead.

Therefore, the song takes place in some more remote future. :\>)

–JJB