Elton is just great but nobody could deliver this song like Roy Baker in the 70's ! You could kick the dust off them boots while listening to that heartfelt vocal of Roy's and be transported deep in time !
Scotty Mcqueery's version of this song wasnt very good i laughed hard. Elton and Bernie try their hand at Country Rock British style and they did it very well. Tumbleweed Connection was a great album and this tune is my favorite from the album. Elton's 1970-1975 period was incredible he and Bernie wrote and recorded the best music of their careers in that time frame. Madman Across The Water is my favorite Elton album.
@TheBeaugraham I think Juice Newton actually did the best version of this. But this is def. Elton's best album. Its his first and only Country Rock album. Im a Country music fan, and I like this.
the first time I heard this album I couldn't stop listening to it then learned how to play guitar to it, it just felt like a part of me that I didn't have before, like so many other albums from that time that are still a part of me, I have not heard any music that has done that to me in a very long time
I remember the first time I heard this ... absolutely loved it then and still do ... my favorite Elton John song ever, though Your Song is a close second. Piano and steel guitar make an unlikely couple but it's awesome in this song ... thanks so much for posting this ...
beautiful song-writing, & performing. I don't like country music, but this song & one other taught me to love it in an instant.....well, some of it. My favorite country music has been done by The pointer sisters, & this Brit right here.
I'm so glad my father played this music for me :) I am a 17 year old girl, but I listen to Elton John, and my friends laugh at me... They listen to Justin Bieber, so I know deep inside that I'm the one that should laugh :p Tumbleweed Connection, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Madman Across the Water, Caribou, Rock of the Westies, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, Blue Moves and Captain Fantastic. I know all the songs by heart<3
@TheVildee im a 19 year old guy and my dad played elton and the beatles for me as a kid. it really sucks that everyone else listens to such crap. but now i write my own music and i know theres other people who appreciate writing songs for the love of music, instead of greed.
@added23 yeah, it sucks that it's not really about the music anymore for many people. It's about having the coolest music video and style, and the music is crap, but they make LOADS of money. The Beatles and Elton John made amazing music, and that's the music thats going to play for years from now on, but the crap that's made today will be forgotten in a few years, luckily :)
@TheVildee yea youre right. all the marketed products that they call music will be forgotten. but all the great music from our generation that never gets heard will become popular and go down in history.
I know i am older than dirt, but dang this music sound just as fresh now as it was 41 years ago. Nuthin like a little Elton and Bernie Taupin collaboration. Bernie done wrote this song btw.
to mention scot mcreery's name in the same sentence as elton john's is not only sacrilegeous, but downright laughable. do you people know anything about music?
I never liked to complain about bad music but the past few years, its been total crap of epic proportions. Every mall or store you go to is blasting the most annoying, banal, non musical crapola of every possible variety. Did somebody put something in the water? People need to get back to real music like this timeless and amazing piece of Elton John!
I am 29, I remember listening to Elton with my mother! Great music. He turned me on to rock music. There are still good bands out today! Just have to open your ears and find it Radio sure wont play them.
For anyone who came here 'cause of Scotty, stick around and listen to the other T'weed Connection songs. Amoreena...Come down in time... Burn Down The Mission... great stuff!
For the record, contrary to what was implied in last week's American idol, EJ has a bunch of songs with a Southern vibe, not just this one. "Honky Cat" comes to mind and another nice tune from that same album called "Salvation"; a great little, relatively unknown gem from Caribou called "Dixie Lilly"; "High Flying Bird" and "Blues for Baby and Me" both from the Don't Shoot Me album could also pass for country flavored tunes. Actually, lots of EJ's songs are prob. just a step from that genre.
scotty did a great version, This whole tumbleweed connection album is the Elton I love and remember as a teen. Its so great to see it come back in some way.. I also wished that the bearded Idol would have done honky cat... Get back honky cat..
Yep, I'm an avid Elton John and own this album (yes album with pictures and such) but I really loved Scotty's version, especially his grandmom shout out.
Scotty could put this song out on his record and turn it into a hit a possibly a #1 hit. Scotty definitely made this song so much better. his voice just fit it much better. great song for the right voice like Scotty.
In the early seventies there was a movement towards a country rock sound. The Stones did it, CSNY did it . Gram Pasons did it, the Byrds went there and of course the Eagles. i think it started in America, but the English guys probably done a better job. i really love this album It is called, ":Tumbleweed Connection". Really super words, and Elton wrote great music.
i thought i had heard all Elton John song's but when i heard this last night from Scotty,I had to find it Scotty did pretty good ,but Elton does so much better.I have got to get this song..I love it...
me too..and i know quite a bit of Eltons stuff but Scotty from American Idols version got me wondering if i had heard Elton b4 and turns out not. i have to admit..I'm not a die hard country fan but i so like scotty and his authentic style. he needs to go straight to Nashville and get his album out now
@MrRayBnz with all due respect, his version was friggin terrible!! i mean seriously!!! wow!!! he seems like a good kid, and i root for people to do good, and i wish the kid no harm, but that was so bad i couldnt stop laughing!! his over blown and over dramatic southern drawl not only sounded bad but was annoying as hell!!! i couldnt figure out if that was him singing or a god dam horse at the mic!!! the worst part was when he says, IN A TRUCK!! the shit people consider good now a days is crazy!!
@MrRayBnz Man, Tumbleweed connection...Probably one of the most underrated albums, but probably one of my favorite...wait no, this IS my favorite album. Tumbleweed Connection is my favorite album.
I came here from AI as well. Listening to this song by Elton is great...even though I grew up in that era I didn't remember this song. I think what is exciting is someone like Scotty can give this song a new life which hearing in now it deserves. This song actually fit him like a glove.
I must say, I have never heard this from Elton, but I love it! I heard it on IDOL, and have to say that Scotty is good, but Elton and his rendition is soo much better!
Anyone else sorely miss Elton's pre-throught-surgery? I love his old voice so much, it makes me sad to think I'll never hear it again in his new music...
Learned how to play guitar on this stuff, wish I had a buck for every time we played this song, instead I have a lifetime of precious memories, gosh my heart aches for our young people today and the angry junk that gets pawned off as music
the 2 people who hit the dislike button have absolutley no soul!!! what a great song!!! put this on and have a JIM BEAM on the rocks and just chill!!! bring ya some piece of mind!! music for the soul!!!
His and Bernie's best...still remember the band, they made this "perfect" and not many of us (myself included) know of their names. Did they Play the gig and move on? please post if ya can share some names of these guys that help make a masterpiece.
@steele917 Steele: a lot of musicians played on this album, including drummer Nigel Olson and bassist Dee Murray, who would stay on with Elton for several years. Caleb Quaye was the main guitarist, though some other guys added acoustic guitar here and there. There were several background singers, but one of them was Dusty Springfield
Being a born and bred country boy, you can well imagine what this song does for me! Although I am a HUGE Rod Stewart fan, his version of this SUCKS in comparison, "Tumbleweed Connection" deserves serious consideration for All Time Greatest Long Player! Thanks to: Nalencer, You Tube and Elton and Bernie for the upload, the electricity and space and being just too good!
@redsfanstu This is obviously a a great, classic song, and a great performance, but I dont see how anyone can hear Stewart's and say it "sucks." Stewart was making great music back then
@MusicWriter1965 With all due repect to both you and Rodney,( Of whom I have always been a fan i.e. see my comment!) but his vocal phrasing is completely out of sync, as a result it is a" butchered" version in comparison to Elton's, in fact, Elton"s competely blows it out of the water! But, again it is a matter of subjectivity, you have your opinion( and believe me you're welcome to it) and I most certainly have mine!
@Stellamust After consulting both wikipedia and google, I humbly concede that his Christian name is indeed Roderick! BUT, regardless of moniker, and again, this is meant with all due respect, in comparison to Elton's, Rod "The Mod"'s version of this wonderful tune borders on unlistenable! That said God Save both of them!
There's a gritty soul to a lot of the old Elton songs that just goes all through me. The first time I experienced it was the opening credits of the movie "Dog Day Afternoon." But every song on this album does it. I'm late as hell finding this album, too. Better late than never, though.
it was illegal to make bad music in the early 70,S!!!!!!!!!!!!! this song brings back fond memories of my youth, my oldest sister sat me down at age 5 and played me this and i loved it!!!!!!!! thank god for real music like this!!!!!! feel bad for kids today who are spoon fed absolute crap!!!!! this is great music written by talented people!!!! PEACE!!!!!!!!
@ozzyhead73 im 20 now and have lived through some of the crapest main stream music, i wish i was like back when your talking about. The thing that really gets me is the talent is still out there but its not the crap we hear and see on tv. the xfactor generation has ruined music... but i will try my best to carry on my own music just for the love of it and in the knowlege that there are other people out there with a true love for music.
@randomblahjoeypie i hear ya brother, its sad that talented musicians out there are looked over for the crap thats being put out there nowa days! but as long as you have an appreciation for great music whether its 40 yrs old or brand new its great to know that at least some people your age are smart enough to know whats good and whats not!! check out BURN DOWN THE MISSION, or MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS by elton, more great tunes!! PEACE and keep listening to the good stuff!!!
climbinquickl Thank you . Good old Album . Like your website, by the way. I'm an old B-3 player from the 60's. They say , "if you can remember the 60's; You didn't experience em". Nothin but good memories!! Ozark Mountains in Arkansas, Home grown, (Music, girls, and smoke)!! Gotta get back there some day? Again, Thank you,
I love Country Comfort!!! This is such an amazing song. The entire Tumblewood Connection album is a masterpiece and in my humble opinion is one of the 10 best albums ever recorded.
In 1970 this was the best album I had ever heard. Listening to it again, it still is the best album I've ever heard. Elton and Bernie were geniuses. Too bad Elton had to take to wearing Donald Duck outfits.
@BlindMellowChitlin Elton has been regaining quite a bit of his integrity and reputation, 5 stars for new album The Union in Rolling Stone (which Tumbleweed deserved of course)
Gone to Shiloh is a superb song from from the new album The Union that reminded me of this great album (admittedly the voice has changed). Tumbleweed Connection is a real grower, to know it is to love it.
Great song for a great era, no cell phones, no laptops, no AIDS, some bad things like Vietnam, prejudice, but all in all one of the greatest times in this countries history............................. and the music was great
for all of you tthat just want to dis on Sir Elton, please don't reply as you won't even know this. I have been looking all over the web for a song about a particular berry the Elton had on a CD that I cannot find now! Does anyone have a clue?
It's called "Elderbery Wine" on the Don't shoot me I'm only the piano Player" album I believe. Or possibly "Caribou" but I think it is the former rather than the latter
2 " blokes" from the UK come to the States, and together they create the greatest American country music you can get. The most American pie music your money can buy. Go figure!
Whoa, GregERobertson, quite a "comment." Your racism is so blatant and ridiculous that it's just laughable. What I really object to is your referring to President Obama as President "Hussein." It's such an insult, not to Obama, but to the intelligence of any person reading it. As if we are all stupid enough to think, "Yuk yuk yuk. His name is Hussein, like Saddam Hussein. That must mean he's evil. Yuk yuk yuk." YOU are stupid enough to think that, but don't assume the rest of us are.
@foppa123 yeah elton did kick ass...that's because he and bernie were one hell of a collaboration team when it came to writing music and lyrics together. this ones for my dad may you rest in peace dad and may there always be some country comfort for you and elton on the reel to reel tape player thanks for giving me the love of good music, i miss you
@scottslovegun Elton and Bernie said that this record was inspired by, and an homge to, "The Band" album by the Band -- both musically and in terms of the subject matter and settings
@scottslovegun Elton and Bernie said that this record was inspired by, and an homage to, "The Band" album by the Band -- both musically and in terms of the subject matter and settings
Elton and Bernie tore up the 1970's with GREAT music....Tumbleweed connection, Madman across the water, Honky Chateau, Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player .......and much more
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did elton have a negro in his band when they recorded this? because I swear to god I can hear some nigger in the background fucking up the tempo. Nigger is as nigger does.
Of course, if a white person had written your comment, it would have read, "You piece of shit, cock juggling racist--go and fuck your dog, you inbred southern piece of shit piglet." I can understand your obvious disdain for basic spell checking, however, as all niggers disdain spell check, water, soap, and condoms.
wow . . I thought since Pres. Hussien got 'elected' that using the 'n' word was a capitol offense . .lol but they sure could use grammar lessons . .chk this. at bus station other day overheard following 'tween two 'coloreds' "Yo, I got dis Math down, dawg, can't roll wit dat English class, do, homey" i lmao at that ..tried to keep a straight face in a bus station fullo negroes who can;t talk . . wow
Another fact, the photo of the LP seelve was taken at Sheffield Park Station in Sussex, England, on the Bluebell Railway, where Sheena Easton later filmed a music video.
@ZIPPTPH77 you are wrong, Gerry Garcia never played on any of Elton's albums...plus that is a pedal steel guitar, not a person playing slide on a regular guitar.....look it up on wikipedia
. .us hippies and our memory . . lol Gerry Garcia played on Deja Vu, also an album in sepia tone cover with old west tones . .darn that thc . .lol . .
btw .. he no genuis .. any monkey can look in wikipedia. . .it takes a STRONG mind to try to remember stuf . . lol
The cooking of the Hedgehog was accomplished by packing the animal in clay and making a improvised oven of bricks on the spot. The old fat goose flying across the sticks is a reference to goose on the spit or sticks for country folks. I grew up in the country around these folks and these references bring a lump to my throat every time I hear them. Bernie really knew what he was about when he wrote this. Simply brilliant!
The hedgehog reference refers to the cooking of a hedgehog ( a medium sized, not so pleasant herbivore found all over the U.S. and some parts of Europe) among country folks, this was considered a delicacy. The same with the goose flying across the sticks....
HBsongwriter!,and "madman across the water ""too ;don't forget !the best two albums of this time =madman...and tumblewed !I'm with you guy!
santillanaelpuma 1 day ago
Country Comfort era mi canción favorita en 1972!!!
mallen628 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
This is sweetest sound my ears have ever known
HBsongwriter 3 weeks ago
Elton is just great but nobody could deliver this song like Roy Baker in the 70's ! You could kick the dust off them boots while listening to that heartfelt vocal of Roy's and be transported deep in time !
bobgreenfield 1 month ago
Scotty Mcqueery's version of this song wasnt very good i laughed hard. Elton and Bernie try their hand at Country Rock British style and they did it very well. Tumbleweed Connection was a great album and this tune is my favorite from the album. Elton's 1970-1975 period was incredible he and Bernie wrote and recorded the best music of their careers in that time frame. Madman Across The Water is my favorite Elton album.
TheBeaugraham 1 month ago
@TheBeaugraham I think Juice Newton actually did the best version of this. But this is def. Elton's best album. Its his first and only Country Rock album. Im a Country music fan, and I like this.
VASINGER 1 month ago
the first time I heard this album I couldn't stop listening to it then learned how to play guitar to it, it just felt like a part of me that I didn't have before, like so many other albums from that time that are still a part of me, I have not heard any music that has done that to me in a very long time
bluestreakbuck 1 month ago
Just love that steel guitar...hauntingly beautiful...
Ramona6 2 months ago
Upeaa...... kaunista
hillamaria1 2 months ago
This is one of his best! I've always LOVED this tune. Oh it's SO good.....
ladybluluv 2 months ago
I remember the first time I heard this ... absolutely loved it then and still do ... my favorite Elton John song ever, though Your Song is a close second. Piano and steel guitar make an unlikely couple but it's awesome in this song ... thanks so much for posting this ...
curtdeath 3 months ago
R.I.P Eva Trager owner of country comfort the store ill always remember 153 main st northampton MA
MrMartin377 4 months ago
beautiful song-writing, & performing. I don't like country music, but this song & one other taught me to love it in an instant.....well, some of it. My favorite country music has been done by The pointer sisters, & this Brit right here.
wardeleven1 4 months ago
@wardeleven1 I love Country music! But he does not perform it as well as Marty Robbins or Patsy Cline would have.
VASINGER 1 month ago
@wardeleven1 The pointer sisters cant hole a candle to Patsy Cline.
VASINGER 1 month ago
@Lonesomeswan probably just an age thing... many vocalists loose their range. Plus, considering all the damage done by the sucking... oops, nevermind
prober45 4 months ago
@Lonesomeswan :)
TheVildee 4 months ago
@Lonesomeswan It just isn't magical anymore.
Ainocorrida81 4 months ago
Liking Elton John's music brought me here ;)
PECCEP88 4 months ago
Cry when I hear this!
mark1952able 4 months ago in playlist Elton John
My fav Elton album
findingnino 5 months ago
And it's good old country comfort in my bones
Just the sweetest sound my ears have ever known
Thank you Nalencer!
raider51support 5 months ago
I believe Elton plagiarized himself a year later with Rotten Peaches.
inboilsgang 5 months ago
There's nothing else like early Elton! Thanks for sharing!
jlb4 5 months ago in playlist Elton John
"Tumbleweed Connection" is one of my favourire Elton John albums - so many hidden treasures - and "Country Comfort" is one of the outstanding gems.
MyFootballFacts 5 months ago 2
I'm so glad my father played this music for me :) I am a 17 year old girl, but I listen to Elton John, and my friends laugh at me... They listen to Justin Bieber, so I know deep inside that I'm the one that should laugh :p Tumbleweed Connection, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Madman Across the Water, Caribou, Rock of the Westies, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, Blue Moves and Captain Fantastic. I know all the songs by heart<3
TheVildee 5 months ago 21
@TheVildee im a 19 year old guy and my dad played elton and the beatles for me as a kid. it really sucks that everyone else listens to such crap. but now i write my own music and i know theres other people who appreciate writing songs for the love of music, instead of greed.
added23 5 months ago
@added23 yeah, it sucks that it's not really about the music anymore for many people. It's about having the coolest music video and style, and the music is crap, but they make LOADS of money. The Beatles and Elton John made amazing music, and that's the music thats going to play for years from now on, but the crap that's made today will be forgotten in a few years, luckily :)
TheVildee 5 months ago
@TheVildee yea youre right. all the marketed products that they call music will be forgotten. but all the great music from our generation that never gets heard will become popular and go down in history.
added23 5 months ago
God his voice was amazing back then
Ainocorrida81 5 months ago in playlist Elton John 2
Scotty Mccreery who???? this song is the real deal British Country Rock at its best.
TheBeaugraham 5 months ago
I know i am older than dirt, but dang this music sound just as fresh now as it was 41 years ago. Nuthin like a little Elton and Bernie Taupin collaboration. Bernie done wrote this song btw.
squawkbox1955 6 months ago 3
@squawkbox1955 Bernie wrote the lyrics. Elton wrote the music. Kudos to both.
greenwta 5 months ago
down at the well they got a new machine......an i Machine???
Not12Complain 6 months ago
I listened to Scottys version all summer, helped me get through things
PRchica101 6 months ago
check out rod stewart and faces doing it.
tlynch1218 7 months ago
If it cost money to listen to good music no one would ever be able to afford to listen to this album.
jason13204 7 months ago 2
to mention scot mcreery's name in the same sentence as elton john's is not only sacrilegeous, but downright laughable. do you people know anything about music?
skontch1 7 months ago
I never liked to complain about bad music but the past few years, its been total crap of epic proportions. Every mall or store you go to is blasting the most annoying, banal, non musical crapola of every possible variety. Did somebody put something in the water? People need to get back to real music like this timeless and amazing piece of Elton John!
heavnnnsent 7 months ago
I am 29, I remember listening to Elton with my mother! Great music. He turned me on to rock music. There are still good bands out today! Just have to open your ears and find it Radio sure wont play them.
TheWhodey5150 9 months ago
Tumbleweed Connection is the second best country album recorded, behind only Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs.
TheUncleToad 9 months ago
Elton John: My Paradox!
tembuck2 9 months ago
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY !!!!!!
ti22guy 9 months ago
i love elten and all but scotty did this song JUSTICE!!
peacesparklesswim 9 months ago 2
god i love this song
scottleeper 9 months ago
For anyone who came here 'cause of Scotty, stick around and listen to the other T'weed Connection songs. Amoreena...Come down in time... Burn Down The Mission... great stuff!
binzbok 9 months ago 2
For the record, contrary to what was implied in last week's American idol, EJ has a bunch of songs with a Southern vibe, not just this one. "Honky Cat" comes to mind and another nice tune from that same album called "Salvation"; a great little, relatively unknown gem from Caribou called "Dixie Lilly"; "High Flying Bird" and "Blues for Baby and Me" both from the Don't Shoot Me album could also pass for country flavored tunes. Actually, lots of EJ's songs are prob. just a step from that genre.
sjplwc 10 months ago
@sjplwc ....and let's not forget Roy Rogers from goodbye yellow brick Road--one of my alltime EJ favorites
Liam7272 10 months ago
scotty did a great version, This whole tumbleweed connection album is the Elton I love and remember as a teen. Its so great to see it come back in some way.. I also wished that the bearded Idol would have done honky cat... Get back honky cat..
JenandMark33 10 months ago
Yep, I'm an avid Elton John and own this album (yes album with pictures and such) but I really loved Scotty's version, especially his grandmom shout out.
ConvivialCreator 10 months ago
Scotty could put this song out on his record and turn it into a hit a possibly a #1 hit. Scotty definitely made this song so much better. his voice just fit it much better. great song for the right voice like Scotty.
buckeye377 10 months ago
In the early seventies there was a movement towards a country rock sound. The Stones did it, CSNY did it . Gram Pasons did it, the Byrds went there and of course the Eagles. i think it started in America, but the English guys probably done a better job. i really love this album It is called, ":Tumbleweed Connection". Really super words, and Elton wrote great music.
majicray2112 10 months ago
Scotty brought me here too...love Elton's style too...can't wait to buy Scotty's record!
wildflowerdreams 10 months ago
Scottie Brought Me Here. The New Face of Country Music, His Nuts. Love Ya Scottie..Very Good Song EJ
moivld 10 months ago 2
i thought i had heard all Elton John song's but when i heard this last night from Scotty,I had to find it Scotty did pretty good ,but Elton does so much better.I have got to get this song..I love it...
davislena1 10 months ago
me too..and i know quite a bit of Eltons stuff but Scotty from American Idols version got me wondering if i had heard Elton b4 and turns out not. i have to admit..I'm not a die hard country fan but i so like scotty and his authentic style. he needs to go straight to Nashville and get his album out now
faithbringshope 10 months ago
I didn't even know this was an Elton John song till last night. I had only ever heard the Keith Urban version!
RaphGirl 10 months ago
Yeah scott brought me here. Love both version partial to Elton's though.
daniellenadia 10 months ago 3
Me too, Scotty McCrery on Idol video brought me here. I love Elton, but I don't remember about this song.
Scott's country version of this song is totally awesome as well.
MrRayBnz 10 months ago 26
@MrRayBnz look up keith urban foo
Franker17 10 months ago
it brought me here too I cant wait to hopefully see this on his album (Scott McCreery) Amazing singer :)
6guard 9 months ago
@MrRayBnz with all due respect, his version was friggin terrible!! i mean seriously!!! wow!!! he seems like a good kid, and i root for people to do good, and i wish the kid no harm, but that was so bad i couldnt stop laughing!! his over blown and over dramatic southern drawl not only sounded bad but was annoying as hell!!! i couldnt figure out if that was him singing or a god dam horse at the mic!!! the worst part was when he says, IN A TRUCK!! the shit people consider good now a days is crazy!!
ozzyhead73 9 months ago
@MrRayBnz I'm gonna second that bro
hypernorton 9 months ago
@MrRayBnz Man, Tumbleweed connection...Probably one of the most underrated albums, but probably one of my favorite...wait no, this IS my favorite album. Tumbleweed Connection is my favorite album.
HBsongwriter 3 weeks ago
I came here from AI as well. Listening to this song by Elton is great...even though I grew up in that era I didn't remember this song. I think what is exciting is someone like Scotty can give this song a new life which hearing in now it deserves. This song actually fit him like a glove.
jbeeeb 10 months ago 2
Scotty brought me here. Great song.
bie2414 10 months ago
Scotty McCrery - american idol 2011 - brought me here. I loved his version of this song.
TheLucilveira 10 months ago 3
I must say, I have never heard this from Elton, but I love it! I heard it on IDOL, and have to say that Scotty is good, but Elton and his rendition is soo much better!
Thank you IDOL for opening my eyes!
smharcrow 10 months ago 2
Never heard this before tonight when Scotty McCreery sand it on American Idol, but I'm glad I was introduced to this song. And this side of Elton.
ohheidi 10 months ago 2
Well this isn't Elton's best song, so Scotty McCreery did this best considering.
grapevinelane 10 months ago
@grapevinelane
Scotty McCreery chose this song because it was within his comfort zone. He couldn't credibly cover any of Elton's better known songs.
LookingAtYouFool 7 months ago
Scotty!!!!!!!!!!
washington95 10 months ago
SCOTTY MCCEERY!!!!!
xxghkuuer23 10 months ago 4
insert voice in that first sentence... lol.
TheGuitargabe 10 months ago
Anyone else sorely miss Elton's pre-throught-surgery? I love his old voice so much, it makes me sad to think I'll never hear it again in his new music...
TheGuitargabe 10 months ago
Beautiful pedal steel solo.
adamtzsch 11 months ago
great song
jbborden 11 months ago
Learned how to play guitar on this stuff, wish I had a buck for every time we played this song, instead I have a lifetime of precious memories, gosh my heart aches for our young people today and the angry junk that gets pawned off as music
bluestreakbuck 11 months ago
the 2 people who hit the dislike button have absolutley no soul!!! what a great song!!! put this on and have a JIM BEAM on the rocks and just chill!!! bring ya some piece of mind!! music for the soul!!!
ozzyhead73 1 year ago
A wonderful piece!
gtan42 1 year ago
His and Bernie's best...still remember the band, they made this "perfect" and not many of us (myself included) know of their names. Did they Play the gig and move on? please post if ya can share some names of these guys that help make a masterpiece.
steele917 1 year ago
@steele917 Steele: a lot of musicians played on this album, including drummer Nigel Olson and bassist Dee Murray, who would stay on with Elton for several years. Caleb Quaye was the main guitarist, though some other guys added acoustic guitar here and there. There were several background singers, but one of them was Dusty Springfield
MusicWriter1965 11 months ago
Being a born and bred country boy, you can well imagine what this song does for me! Although I am a HUGE Rod Stewart fan, his version of this SUCKS in comparison, "Tumbleweed Connection" deserves serious consideration for All Time Greatest Long Player! Thanks to: Nalencer, You Tube and Elton and Bernie for the upload, the electricity and space and being just too good!
redsfanstu 1 year ago
@redsfanstu This is obviously a a great, classic song, and a great performance, but I dont see how anyone can hear Stewart's and say it "sucks." Stewart was making great music back then
MusicWriter1965 11 months ago
@MusicWriter1965 With all due repect to both you and Rodney,( Of whom I have always been a fan i.e. see my comment!) but his vocal phrasing is completely out of sync, as a result it is a" butchered" version in comparison to Elton's, in fact, Elton"s competely blows it out of the water! But, again it is a matter of subjectivity, you have your opinion( and believe me you're welcome to it) and I most certainly have mine!
redsfanstu 11 months ago
@redsfanstu It's Roderick, not Rodney.
Stellamust 11 months ago
@Stellamust After consulting both wikipedia and google, I humbly concede that his Christian name is indeed Roderick! BUT, regardless of moniker, and again, this is meant with all due respect, in comparison to Elton's, Rod "The Mod"'s version of this wonderful tune borders on unlistenable! That said God Save both of them!
redsfanstu 11 months ago
There's a gritty soul to a lot of the old Elton songs that just goes all through me. The first time I experienced it was the opening credits of the movie "Dog Day Afternoon." But every song on this album does it. I'm late as hell finding this album, too. Better late than never, though.
Bubdylan524 1 year ago
oh the summers were longer then, sunsets were redder and more beautiful. What great song.
DRpokeme 1 year ago
it was illegal to make bad music in the early 70,S!!!!!!!!!!!!! this song brings back fond memories of my youth, my oldest sister sat me down at age 5 and played me this and i loved it!!!!!!!! thank god for real music like this!!!!!! feel bad for kids today who are spoon fed absolute crap!!!!! this is great music written by talented people!!!! PEACE!!!!!!!!
ozzyhead73 1 year ago 20
@ozzyhead73 im 20 now and have lived through some of the crapest main stream music, i wish i was like back when your talking about. The thing that really gets me is the talent is still out there but its not the crap we hear and see on tv. the xfactor generation has ruined music... but i will try my best to carry on my own music just for the love of it and in the knowlege that there are other people out there with a true love for music.
randomblahjoeypie 1 year ago
@randomblahjoeypie i hear ya brother, its sad that talented musicians out there are looked over for the crap thats being put out there nowa days! but as long as you have an appreciation for great music whether its 40 yrs old or brand new its great to know that at least some people your age are smart enough to know whats good and whats not!! check out BURN DOWN THE MISSION, or MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS by elton, more great tunes!! PEACE and keep listening to the good stuff!!!
ozzyhead73 1 year ago
@ozzyhead73 "it was illegal to make bad music in the early 70,S!!" LOL!! That is one true statement. What a great time for music.
jaja3731 1 year ago 3
@ozzyhead73 totally agree!
cyrus1960 9 months ago
@ozzyhead73 And thats why Christopher Cross waited to make his songs until 1980, he would have been sentenced to death in 79.
BanzaiM50 4 months ago
Only guy who can cover this song with justice is Keith urban.
Shafeone 1 year ago
climbinquickl Thank you . Good old Album . Like your website, by the way. I'm an old B-3 player from the 60's. They say , "if you can remember the 60's; You didn't experience em". Nothin but good memories!! Ozark Mountains in Arkansas, Home grown, (Music, girls, and smoke)!! Gotta get back there some day? Again, Thank you,
Tem
tembuck2 1 year ago
How can this and 'Made in England' come out of the same brain?
fs1epop 1 year ago
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tembuck2 1 year ago 3
@tembuck2 oh my, that's a sad and touching post.
climbinquick 1 year ago
@climbinquick , Tembuck2: Don't climb too quick. Been there done that!
Thanks
Tem
tembuck2 1 year ago
This is what Country Music should sound like. Love that steel guitar
greeniron32 1 year ago 2
GO
As I sit around the campfires of my dreams
I find the truth is harder than it seems
Truth is something you want to know
like when the gun is fired
and everything is go
M.S. Morrison
michaelsmorrison 1 year ago
I love Country Comfort!!! This is such an amazing song. The entire Tumblewood Connection album is a masterpiece and in my humble opinion is one of the 10 best albums ever recorded.
billslater55 1 year ago 5
mizofan is spamming the Elton John threads
thruster37 1 year ago
In 1970 this was the best album I had ever heard. Listening to it again, it still is the best album I've ever heard. Elton and Bernie were geniuses. Too bad Elton had to take to wearing Donald Duck outfits.
BlindMellowChitlin 1 year ago 3
@BlindMellowChitlin Elton has been regaining quite a bit of his integrity and reputation, 5 stars for new album The Union in Rolling Stone (which Tumbleweed deserved of course)
mizofan 1 year ago
Gone to Shiloh is a superb song from from the new album The Union that reminded me of this great album (admittedly the voice has changed). Tumbleweed Connection is a real grower, to know it is to love it.
mizofan 1 year ago
my fave off this album
ncf1 1 year ago
There's a great vibe here - like great movie, or great book, it leaves you with a good aftertaste. The whole album is that way.
mootbain 1 year ago 2
I played this album so much that I could hear side two playing through side one.
twinoak170 1 year ago 4
I got some country comfort this last weekend, thank you classmates!
elhou2 1 year ago
The very best !
TheRedemtion 1 year ago
GREAT GREAT song!!
Greenhornet270 1 year ago
Tumbleweed was Elton & Bernie's attempt to do an album like The Band. Great album.
wolverine84 1 year ago 3
Great song for a great era, no cell phones, no laptops, no AIDS, some bad things like Vietnam, prejudice, but all in all one of the greatest times in this countries history............................. and the music was great
TheRorybreaker 1 year ago 2
Elton and Burnie sure had their shit together when they put out this album
Mygrassisblue01 1 year ago 2
sweetest sound my ears have ever known..!!
fuckoffndie1 1 year ago 3
I didn't know he sang country. Hes great !
ForeverAnalog 1 year ago 2
Elton is the best pop musician around hands down
montypython11111 1 year ago
for all of you tthat just want to dis on Sir Elton, please don't reply as you won't even know this. I have been looking all over the web for a song about a particular berry the Elton had on a CD that I cannot find now! Does anyone have a clue?
holycannoliitsry 1 year ago
It's called "Elderbery Wine" on the Don't shoot me I'm only the piano Player" album I believe. Or possibly "Caribou" but I think it is the former rather than the latter
mrleon2020 1 year ago
Don't shoot me I"m the piano player. Elder berry wine
calbretco95765 1 year ago
@holycannoliitsry elderberry wine?
gittahfiend 1 year ago
@holycannoliitsry
ELDERBERRY WINE!!
bedacket 1 year ago
The Greatest Melody Writer Ever In Popular Music
mactheartofwarfare 1 year ago 2
Bloody hell, I've not heard this for ages.....
shrivel1 1 year ago 2
MASTERPIECE!!!!!! elton is the king of pop,not jacko.Elton is a complete genius of Music
Perfidia4ever 2 years ago 2
2 " blokes" from the UK come to the States, and together they create the greatest American country music you can get. The most American pie music your money can buy. Go figure!
heavnnnsent 2 years ago 3
@heavnnnsent Good point. As a Texan I can say this LP is one of the best ever.
Jazmckay 1 year ago
what a great album!
still sounds ggreat and energetic...!
one the elton's nest LP....
pontello3 2 years ago 2
Whoa, GregERobertson, quite a "comment." Your racism is so blatant and ridiculous that it's just laughable. What I really object to is your referring to President Obama as President "Hussein." It's such an insult, not to Obama, but to the intelligence of any person reading it. As if we are all stupid enough to think, "Yuk yuk yuk. His name is Hussein, like Saddam Hussein. That must mean he's evil. Yuk yuk yuk." YOU are stupid enough to think that, but don't assume the rest of us are.
nj8ive 2 years ago 2
tumbleweed connection was when elton was playing real music with the help of Bernie Taupins lyrics
tishleanne 2 years ago 2
Very good song . . I'll be puttin' my version (solo acustic guitar) up soon . .
GregERobertson 2 years ago
I love this song. It was on the Deep Tracks last night - perfect
rmholt1 2 years ago
This is my favorite song EJ does.
CSM159 2 years ago 2
Best album for integration of all the songs into a cognizable theme without cross referencing. AND supah songs!
MikeDaMuddah 2 years ago
Elton kicked ass in the 70's.
foppa123 2 years ago 27
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@foppa123 not only 'kicked'
BaschOria 1 year ago
@foppa123 he did much more than kick ass, if you know what i mean
PooJiraiya 11 months ago
@foppa123 yeah elton did kick ass...that's because he and bernie were one hell of a collaboration team when it came to writing music and lyrics together. this ones for my dad may you rest in peace dad and may there always be some country comfort for you and elton on the reel to reel tape player thanks for giving me the love of good music, i miss you
partfordgirl 10 months ago
@foppa123 kicked ass? he still does
onebeefytaco 10 months ago
i dont know how to explain it but this album just has a sound that is perfect for these songs.great album by a great artist.
scottslovegun 2 years ago 16
@scottslovegun Elton and Bernie said that this record was inspired by, and an homge to, "The Band" album by the Band -- both musically and in terms of the subject matter and settings
MusicWriter1965 11 months ago
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@scottslovegun Elton and Bernie said that this record was inspired by, and an homage to, "The Band" album by the Band -- both musically and in terms of the subject matter and settings
MusicWriter1965 11 months ago
Comments from real music lovers, mostly (sarcasm).
Other than Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), this is the best mixed album in history.
blardosplats 2 years ago
Elton and Bernie tore up the 1970's with GREAT music....Tumbleweed connection, Madman across the water, Honky Chateau, Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player .......and much more
Mygrassisblue01 2 years ago 4
racist idiot
connor6787 2 years ago
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did elton have a negro in his band when they recorded this? because I swear to god I can hear some nigger in the background fucking up the tempo. Nigger is as nigger does.
manxcharlie 2 years ago
go fuck yourself
GuitarSwan 2 years ago 2
peice of shit cock jugling racisit
go fuck ur dog u inbread southeren peice of shit piget
jimel1234567890 2 years ago
wow, you really hit the nail on the head dude.
manxcharlie 2 years ago
Of course, if a white person had written your comment, it would have read, "You piece of shit, cock juggling racist--go and fuck your dog, you inbred southern piece of shit piglet." I can understand your obvious disdain for basic spell checking, however, as all niggers disdain spell check, water, soap, and condoms.
manxcharlie 2 years ago
wow . . I thought since Pres. Hussien got 'elected' that using the 'n' word was a capitol offense . .lol but they sure could use grammar lessons . .chk this. at bus station other day overheard following 'tween two 'coloreds' "Yo, I got dis Math down, dawg, can't roll wit dat English class, do, homey" i lmao at that ..tried to keep a straight face in a bus station fullo negroes who can;t talk . . wow
GregERobertson 2 years ago
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If you promise to shoot yourself I'll buy the bullet. Of course I 'll be watching with the appropriate hardware
mullah06 2 years ago
@jimel1234567890 Im proud to be Southern! You idiot Yankee.
VASINGER 1 month ago
Keith Urban re-did this song, too!
diligentsoul11 2 years ago
I remember buying this when it first came out.......Long Time Passing.....
ZIPPTPH77 2 years ago
Rod Stewart did a cover of this song.
Another fact, the photo of the LP seelve was taken at Sheffield Park Station in Sussex, England, on the Bluebell Railway, where Sheena Easton later filmed a music video.
davidgwr 2 years ago
Yep, cuz if ya look close, you can see things advertised in pounds and shillings and prnce and stuff . .
GregERobertson 2 years ago
The slide guitar here is awesome...
ZIPPTPH77 2 years ago
That isn't a slide guitar you're hearing, it's a fiddle!
almcneil2 2 years ago
You're obviiously a tone deaf mother fucker, and what's more Jerry Garcia was playing it!
ZIPPTPH77 2 years ago
It is a pedel steel guitar and Jerry is the man.
coltrain210 2 years ago
@ZIPPTPH77 you are wrong, Gerry Garcia never played on any of Elton's albums...plus that is a pedal steel guitar, not a person playing slide on a regular guitar.....look it up on wikipedia
Mygrassisblue01 2 years ago
it is a pedal steel guitar, not a person playing slide on a regular guitar
Mygrassisblue01 2 years ago
@Mygrassisblue01 OK you're a genius! Are you happy now?
ZIPPTPH77 2 years ago
. .us hippies and our memory . . lol Gerry Garcia played on Deja Vu, also an album in sepia tone cover with old west tones . .darn that thc . .lol . .
btw .. he no genuis .. any monkey can look in wikipedia. . .it takes a STRONG mind to try to remember stuf . . lol
GregERobertson 2 years ago
@GregERobertson You'll never have any strong mind believe me, lay off the weed sparky!
ZIPPTPH77 2 years ago
What is weed? Been hearing that expression a lot lately these days....
Peace
trevorduvall 2 years ago
What memory? haha Last time I looked it was Jerry with a J so obviously it isn't too strong...
Now answer me this, what in tarnations is thc? Just wondering...
Peace
trevorduvall 2 years ago
i love this song
carnold96 2 years ago
comguy, thank you for your comments, this have always been one of my favorite songs. Good ol country comfort.
1beckett7 2 years ago
The cooking of the Hedgehog was accomplished by packing the animal in clay and making a improvised oven of bricks on the spot. The old fat goose flying across the sticks is a reference to goose on the spit or sticks for country folks. I grew up in the country around these folks and these references bring a lump to my throat every time I hear them. Bernie really knew what he was about when he wrote this. Simply brilliant!
comguy1313 2 years ago 4
The hedgehog reference refers to the cooking of a hedgehog ( a medium sized, not so pleasant herbivore found all over the U.S. and some parts of Europe) among country folks, this was considered a delicacy. The same with the goose flying across the sticks....
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