Elton John - Levon (Solo 1993)

[jameson1076]

@93krisko I concur. Ray Cooper is a legend. 

[kornfan0001]

Is that the sixflags man on drums LOL

[eltonjohnish]

He is so the simple life. Love Elton.

[CoryB2468]

Elton John rules. They should release this show on DVD. Follow EltonJohnLyrics on twitter

[93krisko]

@jimmycrew That's Ray effing Cooper, he can do what he wants!

[MrAnthonymiguel]

my favorite musician

[jimmycrew]

I think tamborine guy should show more respect instead of trying to steal the spot light to Elton.

[htool11462]

@jimmycrew I think he was just moved by the mighty Sir Elton!

[robdorg]

the tambourine guy is my favorite musician of all time.

[augustmaquet]

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[Quixoticlump]

Haha I love that crazy old drummer guy.

[tigerdragonbrand]

So glad I found this gem! Great performance! I have seen EJ many many times, and I have seen him live during this time period, his voice was great (I mean still is, just in the lower ranges now) I love him, he is brilliant and this is a wonderful video. Thanks so much!

[bthompson805]

Ray Cooper is the best percussionist I have ever seen...

[FoleyHoley]

Really good performance still haven'tchange at all

[uconnDude2004]

this is rly rly good

[krzifngrs]

whos the guy with the bongo drums, good touch

[skydog1024]

Elton was a brilliant composer who peaked in 1973. Tumbleweed Connection has to be one of the greatest albums ever made. Madman is right there behind it.

[tindoor38]

I agree Sky...Did you know Leon Russell had a very big influence on that period of Elton recordings? YES IT's true.

[skydog1024]

I had heard that, in fact, I believe he may have opened for Leon at the Troubadour, but I'm not sure. Thanks for the other link-that was pretty cool, and its nice to see the "early Elton trio" being paid some tribute. 17-11-70-phenomenal stuff!

[CYBERstupor]

I love the percussionist in this song. I've seen him once before on a video for Phil Collins- Take Take Me Home. He's younger here I think.

[Joelesque]

That'S the brilliant Ray Cooper- the best percussionist on earth

[alreltney]

"Levon sells his war wounds like a crown"???? Come on Elton put some heart into it for the love of Pete.

[wetjew]

Levon WEARS his war wounds like a crown :p

[jeffgorchynski]

wears *

[kayffff]

wooooooooow

I LOVE THIS SONG

MY NAME IS LEVON AND WAZ BORN IN93 THATS Y

[alreltney]

says your name is Kayffff , did you change it?

[countdumas]

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[beingshar]

to: princev11 - for a person born in '93 you have a lot of wisdom -- and to zzzonezz - agreed this kid is right on! as well as loving our ELTON for his amazing talent!

[beingshar]

RE: PhenoxRyzing's comment -- I concur! the man is amazing! I was technically trained and could never have this honest, natural talent! Well done Elton !

[PhenoxRyzing]

Elton has a style that you can't be taught. You've got to really love what you're doing to be able to put that kind of emotion into your music, and not have people necessarily view it as emotion. He doesn't play technically perfect, no, but he does have a lot of technical stuff in his music that even the finest classically trained players can't reproduce. Elton is awesome. Always has been, always will be. He'll be a legend long after he is gone.

[alreltney]

I got news for ya, Elton died in 1978 right after Blue Moves some would argue earlier.

[undertakerbesteva]

@alreltney what the fuck are you talking about??? i saw in concert 3 times since 1998, and hes hasn't changed enough to not reconize him! WTF?

[xworkerbee]

I think people do realize what an exceptional musician he is. The simple fact that he and his music have survived the "test of time" is a tribute to his true talent!

[TheNickmeister5]

He's my favorite musician... he really is. People need to realize how good his music really is.

[jameswp266]

What an exceptional voice. Completely amazing.

[reglovesgeier]

why some of his shows are so poorly lighted? great ray cooper!!!

[eltonjohntheone]

What an amazing performance, he´s really amazing.

[imattdotnet]

great song - all i want to know is Who invited Andy Kaufman?

[princev11]

umm andy kaufman had been dead for almost 10 yrs wen this happened

soo yea, hes not there

eltons great! :D

[imattdotnet]

dude

i was merely comparing the conga player to a routine andy did in the 70s...

[aldo2024]

Good song, but I don't need The New York Times to confirm that god is dead, common sense tells me that he's never been alive.

[maxb162]

That's one of the most effective lyrics Bernie has written for me; 'He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day' - no religious reasons just syllabically it is emotive to sing.

[lilbabi110]

those lyrics are beautiful

[jmptherooster]

i was born in 1993 & its cool 2 know he was rockin wen i was a lil 1 i was born a puaper 2 a pawn on a cristmas day wen the new york times said god was dead & the war bugun my father has a son 2 day lol=]

[mcrfoblover22]

haha lol

I love Elton John. ^^

[princev11]

ya i was born in 1993 too

i love elton (:

ppl in our generation dont like him

or dont like him cuz hes gay

i dont like that stereotype

hes a great guy with his foundation and hes overcame a lot and i love his music :)

[boltfan06]

cool message.  Especially for a youngster! LOL!

[zzzonezz]

yeah i was born in 70. the first year of Elton's big career. i love hearing that people born in 93 are digging this sound. Too Cooool.

[darkmaides]

good music never dies, 88 born.

[confroom1973]

By far, one of the best preformances of Levon.

[zorozing]

Completely right on the mark....

[dalard2161]

Elton John complete brilliance and Ray Cooper is just the icing on the cake really, this gets 5 stars and its going in my favourites :)

[padude64]

I dont like Bon Jovi and I think Elton and Karen Carpenter would make a great duo !

[padude64]

Elton Rocked here in Pittsburgh!

[hummtide]

Great song, but Im more favored towards the Jon Bon Jovi version

[mrbollocks1979]

you have to be absolutely joking.

[mooghead]

Piss take

[luckycharmsyummy]

ty elton, I love Levon Helm to.

[CaptaiinFantastiic]

I love Ray Cooper, he´s the king on vocals:);)

[padude64]

Levon is da bomb and Elton rocks! I saw Elton live and I think he is the bomb!

[binar001]

Nice video. You gotta love Ray Cooper.

[padude64]

Elton is da bomb!!!!

[soulpatrol5]

this is my favorite Elton John and Bernie Taupin song of all time!:)

[BeyondFoucault]

This is my favorite song of all time period.

[zanbat2312]

i was a baby during this concert

[babboxy]

I wanna see a levon version of the '70s .... CMON PLEEEEEASE!!!!

[jasonant1]

user emzypoo3 has one

[ledddddddd]

You say that with your own personal experience mediafleischer?

[1989th]

why does it levon next to his name

[crazymusicalpanda]

well you'l be pleased to know elton johns not dead

[levon392]

my name is levon!

[Victim0fTheSystem]

My name is Levon too. :)

Are you Armenian by any chance?

[Chimichanguin]

he's not dead

[motown077]

Happy Birthday my friend

[taniack]

gone?

[Bigred19435]

I liked eltons old voice...i love hearing high voices and wish mine was high

[sublipdick]

Way to achieve there, kickyerass. Im sure you could be out there solving the worlds problems, but hey...Your only human right? Just as you look in the mirror, if could could even see 180 degrees, you could see 360, if not blinded by the fact...

[Renkisakaji]

R.I.P LEVON ANDREW WELLING,21 years old,the good die young big bro i miss you soooooo much.....see u on the other side:-) SIS

[lpyyxw]

this show!!!! he later said, im going to do a song from captain fantastic and the brown... called better off dead, which is a good description of this place!!! he was pissed off by the wind

[drkdiamond85]

Elton's voice did change because of surgery he had in I believe it was '87...

[FutureAbe]

i thought his voice changed because of a surgery =s .. but still i think his voice is amazing on records like The One and Made in England which are from the 90's

[soulpatrol5]

this is my favorite song ever!i love ELTON JOHN!he is amazingggggggggggggggggggg!

[underwatergoat]

Can you give me an example of what you mean, adidas? What do you mean by adlibing any part of any song? Adlibing, in my understanding, is to make something up as you go along...

[BadPianist]

Some say his voice is better now, others say it was better in'75 when his falsetto had the best tone I've ever seen anyone's have. The only conclusion I can really draw from this is that the man was a good singer 30 years ago, and still is, if in a different way. Although I am only 16, and I have to agree with g2no2000 here in that one shouldn't try to describe something they haven't seen. All I know is that I've heard recordings of his voice then and now, and they both are stunningly beautiful.

[g2no2000]

Yeah Elton messed up his reallly beautiful voice with years of coke & alchohol addiction, but he has more soul in his singing now compared to then...Once again I was there (backstage) at several Elton shows in the 70's ... and you weren't even born yet!

[chelseaboy2007]

well done that man (or woman, sorry, im not sure!)

[g2no2000]

underwatergoat I am going to borrow a line from Jimmy Buffett, "Don 't try to describe the ocean if you haven't seen it"

I have gone to about 50 Elton shows since 1972

The 70's shows were great..but you weren't even born yet so how could you possibly have an objective opinion?

[underwatergoat]

g2no2000, I've been to a couple of Elton John concerts... and I have concerts of him singing live from the 70s, and have read about many of his concerts that he did. To bare witness to those shows in the 70s would have been a thing I would love to say I saw, but to have so many things written about how good he used to be (ie. the Filmore for example)they could only have been better!

[underwatergoat]

Adam...

Elton John would only admit to saying he can sing now, because he has no other option! Why would he under mine his own sales potential if he said he isn't as good as he used to be?

[underwatergoat]

The beauty of watching those old concerts and having to see him now allows me to be objective, because I didn't get to see the man that was, but is!  I have witnessed the proof contrary to what people think they know and are arguing about...

[bubs03x]

People, u have got to help me out. I love Elton John and think he is the best ever but I havent heard alot of stuff from him back when he could really shout it. Does anyone have anything from the 70's? thanks and by the way this is my favorite song EVER! p.s. im only 17 so thats y i havent heard alot of the old.

[maximumpain1]

killer stuff man

[camathews6264]

ray is a smoking hot, passionate percussionist! what an awesome team!!

[g2no2000]

One of the best versions of Levon, Ray Cooper is AMAZING.

I went to the Sunrise, FL shows on this Tour, and also Elton & Ray's 1979 performaces together in NYC.

These were some of the best Elton concerts I've ever gone to.

I agree with salvataggio...I want to see another Elton & Ray Tour!

[chelseaboy2007]

one of the songs you here more often now, and IMO it sounds much better with his voice the way it is now!

[underwatergoat]

Chelseaboy and the rest, no bloody way! The guy has lost nearly half-his voice without his falsetto and natural range. He was one of the best singers of all time... now he only has half an instrument and kind of "ordinary." You had best go back and listen to the original and check you hearing! His original recordings are unprecedented!!!

[chelseaboy2007]

theres nothing wrong with my hearing, and, ive heard practically every Elton John song since the Empty Sky album, but, in my own peronal opinon i think that he sounds better now than he did before he lost his falsetto.

[underwatergoat]

How can he sound better, when he sounds "ordinary!" I hate to say it, he's become a commercial sellout vying for trendy pop-songs that are, what I class, as "bi-ballads." Years ago Taupin even said, "I'll never use the word "love" in a love song, and what does he do - "I Need Love," and "I Love the Way You Look Tonight." I refuse to buy his recent albums.

[adamsowter]

i totally agree!!

[underwatergoat]

You hear this version, compared to early versions of him singing the same song, there's absolutely no comparison! If you listened to them already, chelseaboy, you better get your hearing checked...

[chelseaboy2007]

yes i have listened to them, but, i dont need to get my hearing checked. It is my personal preference and your preference is different to mine. and just in case you wasnt aware, its 'I Want Love' and 'Something About The Way You Look Tonight'

[underwatergoat]

Take away half the keys on a piano, and what do you have? Half an instrument! Elton is half the instrument he used to be. As someone who appreciates singers, I would aspire to sound like the old Elton as he was unique, and distinct! Those people who prefer the 'new' Elton is becasue they can actually sing in key with him. Musicologists would refute what you are saying to the dieing breath!

[chelseaboy2007]

I prefer the 'new' Elton because I think in my opinion his voice is better, not because i can sing in key with him, because quite frankly i cant sing in key woth anyone, im tone deaf. Im not saying i dislike Eltons earlier voice because thats far from the truth, ive never heard him sing badly but i just prefer the way he sings now.

[underwatergoat]

Slight mistake on the names of the song titles - that's my mistake. But it just goes to show you how memorable they really are!

[chelseaboy2007]

All of his songs are memorable to me. Without blowing my own trumpet i know the lyrics to practically all of his songs (apart from songs on albums like Leather Jackets or Victim of Love, awful albums quite honestly). If you were a real fan you wouldnt make trivial mistakes like that!

[adamsowter]

utter tosh, he has a far more distinct and powerful voice now than he ever did!! when he was younger he was not a great singer, he himself has admitted this, he was a piano player who found that he had to sing to get his songs recorded and slowly his voice developed!! he sang far too high when he was younger which is what did his throat in!! as both a piano player and a singer he is at his peak now!! its not about how high its the quality!!