Elton John - Royal Festival Hall 1972 #08 - Madman Across the Water

[yoshkoful]

This is Elton at his very best.

[mrglasscock2]

No way to describe hearing this for the first time, I was twelve at the time and it still moves me to this day!!

[ralfcologne1000]

isn´t his voice unbelievable???

[yoshkoful]

Nigel Olsson was brilliant especially in this number.

[phlyeguy]

Whey back when Reg could hit the high notes w/o effort...amazing to hear - and see - this, after so long. Been an EJ fan since '72, and love his early stuff the best.

[molltophil]

When I was a little boy my Father heard this song for sooo many years. I truly loved it even if I didn't understand a word. It has so much power, melody, rythm and feelings. Nowadays it's still one of my favorite songs of all times and I so thankful that I had the chance to learn english in school.

[77edster]

Great performance. He murders this song terribly thesedays when he plays it live

[Bigrusssthefuss]

They think its very funny everything I say. Get a load of him, hes so insane, You better get your coat dear, it looks like rain..

This song rocks, and to me, its about a man who was from a very wealthy family, and because he was rich, his family thought, what kinda problems could he really have? So he breaks down and tries to kill himself, and goes to a Mental Inst. The family comes to visit him, hoping his facade is over and all the while, he knows how they really view him, selfish, spoiled

[mommyoflaila]

Beauty.

[sasurai1947]

当時NHKで放映された（でしょ？）のを見ました、10インチの­白黒テレビで・・・

それ以来常々もう一度見たいと思っていました。願いが叶いました­。ありがとうございます。彼のライブではやはり最高傑作じゃない­でしょうか。メルボルンのVHSにはMadmanが入ってなかっ­たので・・・でもYouTubeで見られたけど。フルオケバック­のライブを見られたらもう思い残すことはないでしょうね。tha­nk you

[godwhyisthistaken]

this is some good stuff thanks for uploading!

[djs61909]

what a voice! OMG!

[godwhyisthistaken]

@djs61909 I notice why it sounds better, cause its a seperate recordning of the same show? very awsome!

[songczar]

Bernie Taupin era Elton is the best!

[levalpat]

i agree that this song is underrated.. probably elton john's best and one of my favorite songs from the 70's which had lots of great music

[Grandeblrm]

It took a little time but was glad to find this Gem that brings back old memories.

[jugglefreak97]

Fantastic. The only live version of this song worth a damn.  Thanks for sharing.

[filmguy74]

Damn this is awesome, he's putting on a clinic. I have found some of the best live performances here on YouTube...this song by Elton, "Dialogue" by Chicago, "I Need You" by America, countless others. Listening to artists today (not all, but most) try to match their engineered sound on stage makes me proud to have grown up in this era w/ this music. Live performances don't get any better than this, literally blows me away how perfect this sounds.

[LittleTokyoOff]

This is in my top 5 Elton songs, I love his music so much. It's good from start to finish,

[youngb1ood]

wow my friend just introduced me to this song....... one of the best.

[MC2051991]

This song is way underrated.

[MoveOnDotOrgg]

@MC2051991: I'm an Elton John baby, lol, and this has always been one of my top EJ songs...top 5 territory...if you know Elton, you know this album & this song.

[Miniermotte]

this is even better than the album version O_O Oh man I love this whole show!!!

[chersext]

Love this video, love the whole show, Paul Buckmaster rules, big fan from way back of Elton and Buckmaster.

[RoddJohn]

Love it, never seen this performance, Many thanks for posting it! :-D