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  • He was the best that there ever was.

  • Fantastic version for 1977. Brilliant! His voice was amazing, a great track. Thanks for the upload.

  • His final years are the most interesting. More feeling in the songs. And he never lost his voice in fact this is when he was singing the best.

  • His Last bridge over trouble water...He kick Ass Simon&Carfunkel once Again..Elvis The master of all Songs!

  • Our King is always the BEST!!!

  • don't matter when it's still one great song so soulful we miss you Elvis Aron Presley we shall see you in time!!

  • Doesn`t sound like 1977. I think it`s from 1975!

  • @Yellyist It's 100% from NY 1977 May

  • @Stones77 You cant be 100% may. because fact this is recorded in april 1977 lol

  • @Stones77 my bad thought it was synced with soundboard recording. This is indeed may 1977

  • Elvis is the greatest entertainer of all time.

  • Why was he holding that piece of paper?

  • @PedroRoese beause he didnt remember the words to the song.

  • Why was he holding that

  • RIP the king, we all love you xxx

  • Kinda of sad to see him having to read it...it was one of his fav song which he performed hundreads of time on the road. Great performance anyway.

  • the king in music absolutly and forever

  • the guy was so doped up he cant remember a song hes been singing for god dam 7 years its all doc nicks fault. elvis would say he had pain in his back but in steaded of sending him to a chiropractor here take 7 different pills for one thing

  • Great version, Many thanks.

    Elvis always seems to look and sound good in the more candid video recorded by fans.

  • That's becausehe recorded almost 400 songs

  • so sad to see him having to read the words to a song he had previously performed hundreds of times. but he still had the voice, that golden voice.  RIP, Elvis.

  • RIP the one true king of music

  • ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL VERSIONS I EVER HEARD!!!!!!GREAT!

    ELVIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY, AND HE IS REALLY THE STAR....AND NOW SOME SO CALLED STARS MUST LEARN A LITTLE SEEING HIS SHOWS!!!!!

  • elvis was truly the king!

  • :( I wasn't even alive when he was, but I miss him.

    I hope that made sense. Lol

    I mean, my mom was only 9 & my dad was only 11 in 1977. But they love him too (:

    <3333

  • @Shelby62292 I was 2 when he passed away,,i feel the same as u :(

  • @johnjturner1 Check out his performance of this song from 1970 it will change your mind.

  • @KWDTKD i prefer 1972 from "Elvis on Tour"

  • @johnjturner1 It's on a different one than that also. I haven't had time to look thru my stored away collection. Not trying to avoid you, just been busy. And, like you said, it was not a single. Just a studio album track.

  • @johnjturner1 Elvis did record this song on vinyl. I have it on an album of his. And I don't agree with S and G being better on this version. Not saying they weren't good on it, just Elvis was better. I agree with you about Parker. He was a carnival huckster.

  • These recordings not on his Elvis in concert on it .. I think this is the biggest crime the story that Elvis Show from 1969 and 1977 were not recorded properly! Is simply incomprehensible so what!

  • he got so bad he forgot the word to one of his favorite songs 

  • Elvis is still very much alive as is Michael Jackson.

    they deserve a private life away from the public.

    everyone burns out from time to time.

    i wish them well and long happy extended vacations.

  • Even at his worst , Elvis is better than most, at his peak he has no equal. Long shall his music live.

  • We all have bridges to travel over...Elvis died too young at 42... I wish we would have had more of his talent in our lives.

  • @susjoy1 yes my friend we all bridges over troubled waters travel or cross! Don't make fun of others while they are on bridege over troubled waters like some do! Instead it's better to help ur brother upon his bridge over troubled waters to CHRIST our savior!

    Love my bro/sis! :)

  • when they showed this last concer they did leave a few songs out this would have been a great one to have left it in. surer wish they would release the whole concert on dvd to let all of his fans young old and new to see the whole thing, it's a treasure just to have seen on tv back in 1977, he still had what made him what he is, a king

  • @lonelymikey55 It wasnt actually the last concert that was shown on tv. That one was filmed on Omaha june 19 1977 & Rapid city june 21 1977.

  • Amazing version, excelent sound quality. Thanks for posting.

  • only the King can get away with reading lyrics on the stage

  • Its a real shame that high graphics, alot of lights and smoke and mirrors have replaced ACTUAL MUSIC. As long as Elvis is still on youtube the younger generation will know the King started it all,

  • Why he said "son of a bitch" at the start?

  • Only the king can sing like that!

    beautiful thanks!

    *****

  • Fantastic upload Elvis sings this with as much passion as back in 1970 but meant a whole lot more to him in this 1977 performance .., great find and upload

  • This song is synonymous with EP. The tenderness in his voice and spirit comes through to perfection. And the words depict the man and his loving caring heart...caring for and supporting so many people throughout his life...and over that bridge the love came right back at him...so adored he was by friends, family, and fans. That's the bridge of EP...A bridge with a steady stream of giving and of love traveling both ways. Elvis was a bridge for music and people black and white and a bridge of love

  • thank you.

  • awesome footage. thank you so much for posting.

  • endurance is what it is called and it ain't scary! it is why Elvis will forever be the king; because he was up there on the stage night after night! health problems aside! he had to please his fans; at least he never stopped doing that!

  • The scary thing about this footage, is that this was Elvis in his Final Days. I still can't understand how a man who had just 3 months to live was up on that stage & still able to perform the way he did & still capable of blowing the roof off the place when he felt like it. Interacting with his fans was truly the only thing that could motivate him by this point.

    Airbusenzo made a great point.

    Who has the ability today to mesmerize an audience with just a stage, band & spotlights like Elvis?

  • @Phoenix7878 He was the MAN!!!!  I was 11 year's old when he died, and he alway's rocked the house !!! I feel so bad that not too many peep's were lookin out for him back in the day... Still Love Him and alway's will!!!!!

  • @Phoenix7878 Yes. And he was where he wanted to be...on stage. Sadly he was in much pain in the end and pain pills enabled him to get through his difficult last years. But ultimately the answer is that Elvis Presley was a very strong man, contrary to what some might believe. He actually needed strong sleeping pills his whole life for a very severe sleeping disorder rooted in losing his twin at birth. Few people know how traumatic that is but the twin bond is formed in utero. He endured a lot.

  • awesome video. Elvis is the KING

  • Simply... The GREATEST entertainer of all time, with a God given talent! He never stopped giving! We love you Elvis and always will! Thanks for posting this fabulous video! :)

  • love it, love Elvis forever!! ty for posting xx

  • WAS and is the KING.. love Elvis till the day i die!! thanks for sharing this video, havent seen it before xx

  • It is so clear that Elvis is putting everything he had into this..to give the audience the very best he had to give.Thank you Elvis, because it was your deepest wish to give us your best and it is our great gift to have received it.

  • What dose he say 10 seconds in to the song ???

  • @chrishola

    This was the 2nd night in Binghampton, NY (5-27-77). He was having sound difficulties & switched microphones.  He had already stopped the show & this was the start of it again. So in true Elvis Fashion, he says "Let's try this son of a bitch!!"

  • @Phoenix7878: correct, I saw 2 angles where you can hear and see he is changing mikes and so on... And yes it is binghampton for sure.

  • This is such a wonderful song! Elvis had the most beautiful voice I have ever heard!

  • His memory Failed Him......the words to " bridge "...however One thing Didn't....

    His VOICE....WOW Took it Right to his Final resting place....

  • i like this video

  • i think that this is sad. im a big fan but this is not the elvis i admire.its just sad

  • @barthogeling

    This is not sad. This is a transition he had to make. It's what you feel, not always what you see. He poured every ounce of his being into those last shows. Something the ordinary person could only wish for;

  • @Phoenix7878 Brilliant comment. 

  • @natemini

    Thank You. I really appreciate it.

    Keep Takin' Care Of Business

  • @barthogeling : You may be a big fan, but your perception is distorted a bit. If this is not the Elvis you admire, then you're just like the average "tourists" that flock to Graceland to get an Elvis fly swatter etc. A true Elvis fan accepts & understands every aspect of his life. Whether it was '57 or '77, Elvis was Elvis & one was not greater than the other. He knew more than we think. People mistake his human side for weakness or sadness. He knew what he was doing the whole time!

  • @Phoenix7878: in matter of fact I never liked elvis in the last 2 years of his life, but I changed my mind about that. I had a chance to watch a lot of unseen footage and had to recon that the cbs special is not a reference to elvis in 77, he was really good, lets say in philly, or rochester, largo, cinci, indy etc. I saw all of this and elvis still owned the stage.

  • @SupernaturalXtreme

    You nailed it man. The end was so crucial to the legacy of Elvis. We all got to see the human side of him. Beyond his appearance, was a person who was trying SO HARD to live up to his Image. I don't know how he got through it, especially his constant health problems. Major problems. That's why he really is The King. The performances, the magnetic presence & his earth shaking voice was..., dare I say Supernatural! If anyone wants to know the REAL Elvis, this is it.

  • Thankyou eddiedoornbos, and thankyou King of Music.

  • great song

  • Thank you for uploading this!!! One of my most favorite songs from the king!!! He truly was a gift from God.

  • greate performance

    he lost the text

    well done

    is the greatest

  • Elvis foi e será sempre o MELHOR!!! O REI...

  • Big performance by Elvis. The"End" is painfully near. Visited Graceland in 1993, saw Elvis` Uncle Vester [his dad`s brother] and sitting in the grounds on an easy chair with a nurse in attendance was his mum`s sister, Aunt Delta.

  • I have the Indy concert and i swear that you can tell that Elvis knows this will be his last show..great show but hard to listen to because of that..

  • @richard52402 Hello Richie ... I heard somewhere that in the last footage of Indy, ELvis looks like he does not want to leave the stage, and shake hands and hugs with all his musicians and vocalist. Is that true ? Is that on youtube ? :)

  • @skorpio61

    I believe that a person "knows" when their time is nearing. Especially when it's someone the caliber of Elvis. Actually, he didn't take that much longer leaving the stage, but he did take some time to fool around with his "behind the scenes" guys & the sound guys, etc. I think in the back of his head, he had some degree of knowing this was it.

  • O Elvis e' o Melhor. Inigualavel!

  • O Elvis foi, e' e sempre sera' o Rei. Arrebente onde quer que esteja meu brother!

  • comsertesa cara o elvis é o melhor, ele é o Rei e ninguem ocupara seu trono....

  • O Elvis era top mesmo o Melhor desde sempre!!!!! viva o Rei!!!

  • I always thought Elvis' version was better than Simon and Garfunkel's by far. Best entertainer in history.

  • @LT1HILLINGHOE Your Words Are So TRUE!

  • @LT1HILLINGHOE i agree with that too...it is more powerful.Elvis was as you say the best...okay he never wrote songs but he could sing anything and it would sound great.Missed so very much...

  • Listen to the version from his last concert in Indianapolis 6/26/77...INCREDIBLE...as was the entire show!! Larry Londin sat in for Ronnie Tutt for the last few shows of his final tour..good drummer but you can tell he was missing some of the usual fills. This version of "Bridge" is good...but again, take a listen to Indy. Maybe the last show of the tour gave him the added energy!

  • When he drops the Lyric sheet at 3:21 and bigins to just expose his Soul through his voice! Man its more Powerful than anything I have ever heard sung in the last 30 years!

  • Forever the KING! Forever a voice from HEAVEN. Long live the KING!

    TCB

  • Magnifique!! C'est le king!!

  • I don't know how to describe how Elvis makes me feel. What is his magic??? Elvis you've given so much joy to humanity !thank you!

  • I've got tears in my eyes, I've got the chills...my soul is filled with explosive joy...and ELVIS, ONLY ELVIS can do this to me.

  • In a way it is good to see how a great artist/singer/performer can still be remembered and admired more than 30 years later not for his good looks but simply by his unique talent...Sadly in today's music it is the good looks and image or dance moves that seems to matter when in reality and in the long run it is the voice, soul and character that a musician applies to a performance that determines the longevity and relevance of a song/artist to new generations...Are you listening Beyonce etc

  • @Airbusenzo thank you!

  • @Airbusenzo

    I love to see him at the end. It shows the unbelievable drive & spirit this man had. I don't think there will ever be someone of that magnitude again. (not just musically, but globally.)

    In my opinion, he never lost his good looks. He carried the excess weight rather well. Even when you could see him struggling & see illness in his face, he was still a handsome guy. That's rare.

  • @Phoenix7878 I agree with you totally. Elvis good looks were of such rare quality that you could slap on any out-fit that would otherwise be considered ridiculous for another person and it would look good on Him!!! And he did this without looking Laddy Gagga weird if you catch my drift!..I mean how many people can wear a Jumpsuit and look good? Mick Jagger and others have tried it but I dare say no one said they looked good.

  • @Phoenix7878 When someone coments to me that Elvis looked bad at the end of his life, I say that even at the end of his life, looked better than the person that critisised his looks at that time.

  • @Airbusenzo so true now a days all you need is half good looks, a good choreagrapher and someone to write a dance song and your in... There really are no true artists or artistic talent any more. The entertainers of the past were the and are the best. Theirl a bunch of spoiled brats now They didint really have to work to break in the business the way Elvis, Martin, Sinatra,ect did And these days the word SUPERSTAR is way over used and wasted

  • ❺★★★★★

  • Ye he did something few entertainers can do or are willing to do and that is transcend his own existence.....his soul shined through

  • Totally awesome!!!! Elvis is the KING.

  • I have been to many concerts and I have never heard an audience react this way. I have seen Neil Diamond to Cher and this is great!!!

  • Today's "stars" only have looks and when that's gone so is their appeal and drawing power. Elvis had it all! And when his looks weren't quite what they used to be ie. he gained weight- He still could pack em' in and en thrall his audience with the sheer majesty and power of his voice. Elvis was more than just handsome he had a great talent: his voice and spirit.

  • Totally agree. He is still beautiful no matter how he looks, because he is a beautiful soul with a tremendously generous and tender heart! That's the essence that endears him to millions of his fans.

  • would be awesome to be on this concert !

  • Sony zvijezdo, kako je Zagreb?

  • What a great singer and a great person!! He will always be remembered.

  • The king of music forever.

  • BEAUTIFUL!!

  • how can anyone compare big E to any other music star out there sorry nothing compares to him and he has been dead over 30 years and still selling records like a mad man that is ever lasting power good sent him and i praise that man i hope when i die i can see him in person or spirt what ever it would be one thing i would love to do god bless elvis and thanks for all the good music by the way great video thank you

  • The best ever.

  • michael who?

  • theres been good singers about but most are messed about with in recording studios to make them sound better but with elvis he can sing perfect live without any tweaking and could out perform anyone what a legend!

  • KING FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • THE KING!

  • Elvis fan since i was 6, nearly 44 now. No one comes close to Elvis, forever a legend.

  • WOW!!!!! Rare Indeed!!!! This is a 5 *****

  • q video mas bonito ! vaya gracias por ponerlo, la voz se conservo hasta el final! nunca habra otro ELVIS..

  • There will never be another ELVIS!!! He nailed this song. Thanks for posting this video, it's wonderful. The power of his voice...Wow!

  • The Power of E.

    I love him.

    The greatest voice I ever heard.

  • great version never seen b4 ... he was so ill and yet he pulls great songs like this out of the bag ... what a voice ... when in 1977 was it recorded ?

  • It's funny you never see these clips on TV. I guess cause there grainy and he was out of shape at the time. To me though his singing voice is the most amazing thing about him.

  • The King...plain and simple.

  • This is an excellent version of Bridge, the sound quality is great.

  • i love it how he couldnt remember the lyrics at first, and at the end he drops the paper because he knew... pure awesomeness!!

  • Great footage!! Amazing! He sounded great..

  • Um cantor de apenas 42 anos ter que ler a letra de uma canção que ele sabia de cor, dói no coração. Elvis viverá para sempre, é o maior cantor de todos os tempos, sem dúvidda, o mais marcante.

  • The best singer ever

  • C´EST VRAI THE BEST MERCI

  • Beautiful!

  • We are all so lost without him!

    Truly beautiful!

  • Sensacional. Eu já assisti e reassisti várias vezes. Me perdoe Simon & Garfunkel. Mas ele sabe cantar coo ninguém esta música de voces.

  • outstanding

  • My dad got the chance to see elvis's last show in indiana. He went with my grandparents... They bought upper upper deck seats and some guy who had to leave gave them front row tickets to the show. and when elvis left they got to go backstage and meet him.

  • WOW !

  • incluso leyendo la letra de la cancion fue y sera siempre el MEJOR¡¡¡¡

    ¡¡ VIVA EL REYYYY ¡¡¡¡¡

  • elvis lost track, too many different forces around and he forgot which was his own.

    id say bless him, but its clear he was blessed already

  • ELVIS IS GOD

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  • Beautiful! I could play this over and over! Thanks for posting this for the world to enjoy!

  • My god i love this, what a voice.

  • Fantastic!!

    ☆☆☆☆☆

    TY eddiedoornbos for posting and knowingElvis for sharing

  • What a voice,there will never be anybody to match him ever.Stunning performance.

  • great my friend!!!!!

  • Fantastic 10 Stars

    Thank knowingElvis for sharing

  • Simply the best. What a wonderful voice.

    Long live the King.

  • What a voice!

    Thank you for sharing.

  • HE Sounds just Wonderful !! No matter Where, or What he is Singing... Elvis 4 Ever !! 100*s Thanks for posting, and the share knowingElvis..

  • He did a great job even while reading the words. 5 *****

  • this performance was night 2 in Binghamton NY (5/77), the night after my parents saw him.

  • eddiedoornbos: Thanks so much for uploading this. I can be having a bad day and anytime I listen to or see Elvis it makes me feel so much better. Another powerful and moving performance that hypnotizes you with it´s majesty. When he sings: ,and Pain is all around´ you know itś not just words he understands and knows what it means heś living through the song. Their will NEVER be another. God bless you Elvis. We all love you.

  • i would like to dedicate this to my brother "DUKE" Daniel Fitzgerald of the International Hotel it was the greatest of times my 1st and only time seeing E from Kings Row in the showroom and after to the coffee shop where my brother worked for ove 20 years. I was a fan the very moment ELvis came to the stage I had fallen asleep through the opening comedian...I SWEAR TO GOT THE ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR WAS UNDESCRIBABLE...TAKE CARE DAN LOVE YOURBRO ROBERT

  • excellent..........

  • So here we have the GREATEST Entertainer/Performer of all-time, and he has to read the words. SO WHAT?! You might think about cutting "The King" a little slack! Elvis: We love you and miss you.

  • Yes ive heard that Shaun Klush is good but i personally am not a fan of tribute artists/impersonators!..if i want to watch Elvis ill put Thats tbe way it is or the Aloha dvd on, thanks for the comment tho it is appreciated...The only footage filmed by CBS on 26/6/77 was at the airport in Indianapolis with the British fan club leader Todd Slaughter..pity because Indy was the best show on the last tour.

  • ELVIS KING I LOVE YOU FOREVER

  • This man was awesome!!...right to the very end his voice was incredible!!...a gift from god, he will never be equalled as an entertainer!!...simply the best...nobody else comes even close...God bless you Elvis.

  • no body comes close but!!! let me tell you shawn klush does him justice

  • Nice footage.

  • Great song.Always loved this song.Much better than Simon and Garfunkle version.Hands down!

  • I totally agree with you.....nobody does it better than Elvis....ELVIS IS AWESOME!!!!!

  • In his last version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, he said, "I'll lend you a scarf", not "I'll dry them all".

  • Wow

    Knocked my Socks Off....Have never seen this Vid.  and I've seen almost every Elvis vid.

    THis is Proof...Proof of What...u ask...?

    PROOF THAT HE WAS GREAT RIGHT UP TO THE VERY END!!!!!!!!

    LONG LIVE ELVIS PRESLEY.....THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER THAT EVER LIVED....!!!!!!!!

  • Right On!!! All the bullshit about him having to read music because he could'nt remeber the words, who cares!! He could have read it from a teleprompter like they due today or lip which he never did. That's why he is the one and only King !!!

  • Great performance.... he seemed to make a few subtle changes vocally in the way he sung it compared to performances in the early 70's

  • Doesn't matter what the date is. Great upload!! RIP Elvis..

  • right, I meant 25 may 1977, my mistake.

    Binghampton 25-5-1977