In my eyes, Elton John and Bernie Taupin are the greatest songwriting partner ship on the planet ever. Their music and lyrics have taught me so much, and have always brought me up when I am feeling down they have been going for over 40 years now ,and are still creating amazing material. How many more people can you say that about not many ......
Not only is Elton John one of the biggest legends of his time, but is also a musical genius. He and Bernie Taupin make music transform into some of the most successful art of all time. Unlike most musicians, they just use lyrics to "fill in the blanks". Elton and Bernie work as a team. I genuinely enjoy the lyrics for My Father's Gun. Elton John certainly knows how to get inspired by it and transform it into something amazing.
Thanks so much. Never thought this would still be floating around. His first, vinyl, and still, I think his best. Caleb Quaye on guitar, fantastic. I wore this track out!
@coreythomas862009 it's not like the stuff he is better known for. the production from this compared to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is vastly different. but unlike you i find this to be one of his best albums. to me it has a huge gospel influence which I like. just my opinion.
Europeans have alot of tender feelings for us because of all the great western movies that were made b4 the phychadelic age. To them it's like a time of innocence that we associate with silent film stars like Charlie Chaplin. But we know that stories of the past really tell of real human suffering. So we are a bit more cynical when we think that the heroe allways rides into the sunset. EJ band grasped all these nuiances.
Bernie Taupin takes the perspective of one of the South's confederate army. Very brave. I saw a documentary in which Taupin said something about always desiring to be an American. I have heard a few stories from Brits and their desire to be American citizens like Bernie.very cool
why is this song not so famous! I think it was one of his best ever, and thanx "Elizabethtown" I would probably never hear of this beautiful song if it wasn't in the movie
Sorry if I'm wrong, but I got to let my insticts guide me some of the time. When you live in a world of deception and lies, I don't think I need to appologise for anything. This song is hardcore. Don't bring a perfectly innocent child into this. Many people got hardcore feelings about this song because they are from the south. I got hardcore feelings about Shostakovich. Like you said, how can a dude from England understand it? Look arround you. It's not about where you come from anymore.
@dynamic21150 It's your world, have fun with it and leave me alone. I don't half to fight with you. All I got to do is sit back and watch. There's only one thing I have left to be stollen. When you take that away from me, I'll be free.
The meaning goes on much further and deeper below the surface. Some of these verses have 100 different meanings, yet even at the most basic interpretation, this song sticks to your soul. This guy was british and made various songs accurately depicting emotions only some americans could ever explain. Daniel, My Fathers Gun... You say genius, I say music and poetry at its finest. Perfect...
@dynamic21150 You are obviosly trying to obscure the meaning of this song. Me, as well as many others know EXACTLEY what this song is about. To say it has a hundred meanings is like pointing a gun in my face and saying that your aggresion has a hundred different meanings. Go spam some other idiotic thread, like who should win dancing with the stars. This is not the place for what you are selling. I stay away from the mainstream. Fool them as much as you like. This is holy ground.
@sadcracker you are one sad cracker, narrow minded white trash i believe. I know exactly what this song is about...hell, my 4 year old could tell you what its about you dumb cracker. what it MEANS is something your dumb under-educated ass may never understand. You wouldnt know holy ground if you were standing on it dick head. Ill give you my address so I can point that gun at you myself, but you prob couldnt get on a military post... Take a positive statement and make it negative... stupid ass!!
The fact that so many misfit alchoholics look to this song as being the most beautiful thing they ever heard, I have to say that the true spirit of America still reaches out from it's grave. I know it gives pause to those who think they can rule us with I-pads and dancing with the stars, and wallmart shopping cards. God, I hope I'm alive to see their plans all turn to shit.
For my money, Tumbleweed Connection was EJ's best album. Most of the tunes, including this one, were about the South. For some reason, it appealed to many English artists. After his next album, "Madman Across the Water," Elton dove into the Glam scene, and his music changed radically. but, at this time, he wrote soulful and meaningful music.
@Tedisntakidanymore Maybe its because traditionally, England did more business in the South. In fact, in the Civil War, they originally supported the south
@Tedisntakidanymore Madman glam? Yeah, right. Listen to it again and find one glam note. GYBR was glam, a little. Not Madman. Madman still was about America. (NYT said God is dead).
@Tedisntakidanymore i agree..however,elton was just coming "out" in the 80's i mean we all knew but society kept many artists "in" as being gay became more acceptable they could make what they wanted ,and appeal to whatever market(s) none of this takes away from elton /bernie pure genius!
The best song on Elton's best album. Tumbleweed Connection showed that behind those Donald Duck outfits that Elton John amd of course Bernie Taupin are geniuses.
Thx for your comment gdash4. It's by reading these comments that I just realised the song Levon might have been ispired by your hero. The reason I say it trumps "The night they drove..." is because this song depicts a tragedy even more devestating than the loss of a home, it depicts the loss of any hope of ever winning.
@sadcracker Oh man, this trumps "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" like Mariah Carey trumps Aretha Franklin. Elton is a talent, and did some great songs, but he just doesn't have the right voice for this kind of thing. Go back to The Last Waltz and watch Levon Helm's desperately impassioned performance of "The Night They Drove..." and you'll pack away such silly thoughts.
@kerinion69 I don't find his singing suits the subject, no, especially set aside The Band, as someone here did. Which is all I'll say, since people who call others "freak" just for having a different opinion aren't worth the time spent.
Wow, this realy does trump "The night they burned old dixie down" Damn, this is one powerful song aint it. Love to see my bros gathered about the fire, even if its only for one last time.
@Pghsteelersrock85 Why does SOMEONE have to bring up that kid on every good song's feed? Your complaining acknowledges him as a popular figure, he's nothing if people stop thinking about him. I always finally find success until someone like you digs him from the deepest trenches of the furthest, most forgotten realms of my mind. Congratulations on that matter, however.
An example of how truly amazing EJ's early work was, & a reminder that EJ owes much to BT, producer G. Dudgeon and arranger P. Buckmaster. Simply no contest between this magical music and the soulless, syrupy, formulaic, soccer-mom supermarket music he's churned out for 35 years.
As he ages and his thoughts naturally turn more to his legacy, I suspect that EJ will regret bitterly that he recorded a single note after 1974 at the latest. Listen, & weep for what might have been. What a waste...
@jum1801 Rock of the Westies was the last good record ,it was the first release without the original band-speaking of the band TB does sound like the Band.
@bmgfl rock of the westies? Y our dreamin about their tube sock days. This is alchohlic ambrosia. I don't care how f'd up u r. Levon Helm gets down on his scrawney knees and thx god for this.
this is 1 of 2 songs that i like by Elton John. the other 1 is "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding". they're both very different & interesting. otherwise, i'm really not a big fan of him.
@bluewonder136 I see exactly what you're saying (horns, subject matter), & that's a great guess, but I'm not so sure it was The Band's musical/lyrical influence as much as EJ's and BT's longtime fascination with all things American, particularly 19th-century West. TC is a highly romanticized love poem to rural America & the frontier of legend. And don't forget the contributions of arranger Paul Buckmaster and producer Gus Dudgeon who as much as anyone gave TC it's distinctive flavor & feel.
No lie, "Tumbleweed Connection" was the first Compact Disc I bought, after wearing out four vinyl copies! HELL YEAH I love this and everything else on this fabulous collection of songs, may just be the all time best L.P. ever produced!
@tembuck2 God Bless your father. He set the best example a man could ever, not only for a son. But for anyone who knew of the man. My father also served in WW2. he was an MP. Never said a word of wht it was like. His brothers...One a gunner on a B-52 the other marched with patton.These boys signed up and placed themselves in Harms swift Way.
@dylancaprotti Never knew civilians drove Panzer Tanks, or flew Messerschmidt ME109's. Thank you for your obviously "highly educated" comment. I'm sure everyone else on this post appreciates it as much as I did.
@dylancaprotti Shut the fuck up and show some respect to a man who risked his life to protect the U.S.A. What have you done in your life that's "brave"?
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Such a consistent album, no weak tracks, a real grower. His album The Union, out soon, is probably the nearest to the early roots he's been since the early 70s. I especially like the Civil War song Gone to Shiloh that could have fitted on the early albums.
This song is so devastatingly awesome. Too many (well, most) people of my generation have never heard the best of Elton John, which to me is found on this album - an album that I've listed to countless times since inheriting it from my father. I could listen to the ending all day, every day.
@jhille85 I couldn't agree more. I saw this on vinyl and snatched it up, and it's in great shape! Still has the old west style booklet inside. I feel exactly the same about Elton, the first few albums his voice and music have this, "youth" to them, he never quite sounded like he did in those days again
@sKR3Wthepigz Sauce? This is Texas Pete on Carolina BBQ. This is gravy on mamaw's biscuits. This is real butter on mom's grilled cheese! God save the South!
Hard to believe it was a little over 39 years ago that I first merged with this record...it renders me speechless somehow...this record leaves nothing to be said...the album is one of the top 10 albums of all time....the somehow very personal Civil War view woven all through the lyrics...it conjures imagery hardly equalled in any medium....amazing. What artistry.
He's smart enough to use gospel choirs in a lot of his music, which brings even "non-believers" running to see him. Gospel music gets under your skin, even though a lot of people don't realize how genius and successful this made him! He's my ALL-TIME FAVORITE!!!
This is like, the perfect song. A powerful refrain, immence piano playing, backing vocals, swelling strings,horn seciton, they've really gone all out. fabulous.
This is a great piece of music and arrangements. Lyrically it captures a solid feel but the romantic southern message is both plain and cynical. Taupin is a master of writing things like "...women sewing" and cry outs about the misunderstood old fashion guy. It's reactionary. On the other hand Elton saves everything as usual. Try to listen to a self sung Taupin song from one of his own recording and you'll deeply understand his fluke with hooking up with a maestro.
@delfiukasS All it takes is one guy making a comment on the civil war that you can't live with out responding too and off goes the conversation. There's only so many "great song" comments that are worth reading.
No use to argue over a war long ago, folks. Even without a war they'd be all dead and gone by now anyway. Besides it is always questionable to judge the actions of people from past eras by our own moral standards and experiences...
So Eventheowl, you think slavery and human bondage is a noble cause? Wow I can't believe those damn "socialist" northerners (who in actuality were some of the most staunch capitalists but whatever) would do such a thing. Who would ever support morality and basic human rights.?Wow, those northerners surely were wrong and you clearly are right in you're half-assed assessment of such a complex issue as the secession of the south was. You probably deserve an award for your historical aptitude.
I'm a proud yankee, jbs618, and I would advise you to think about the civil war in greater depth. Had I been alive the Battle Hymn of the Republic would have been on my lips, a gun in my hand, and I would have shed Southern blood. But your a fool if you think that the Southrons were fighting for what we were fighting against.
What place does this crappy comment have on here? - A straight white male who is no Lib can see you are an ass sir.
His amazing music was what you should judge and I don't think it sucked until 1980. What happened EJ? From no one could touch him to run of the mill and I don't mean anything to do with his voice blowing out.
A lot of them could. The guys were untouchable. Must be something about the times that make artists want to disassociate from greatness at some point. Or maybe it's not monitarily possible to do anymore. :(
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nickfgatt 2 weeks ago
@nickfgatt lol thanks dude. i was trying to figure that out while strumming the ole acoustic.
StrangeCognitivism 1 week ago
What key is this in?The lyrics bring tears.No.1 EJ andBT compo.
treyrosenmeyer 2 weeks ago
Just Beautiful.
Hexkute 2 weeks ago
Nostalgia screams from this song!! How prolific lyrically and melodically!!chacka69!
69chacka 3 weeks ago
dear bernie TAUPIN ,you are the greatest songwriting(in the time of tumblewed....and madman acoss....)a milion thanks bernie !!!!!!!!!!
santillanaelpuma 3 weeks ago 2
My Father's Gun........ nuf said.
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the bass soloing in this is epic.
BeBopDeluxe85 1 month ago
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BeBopDeluxe85 1 month ago
In my eyes, Elton John and Bernie Taupin are the greatest songwriting partner ship on the planet ever. Their music and lyrics have taught me so much, and have always brought me up when I am feeling down they have been going for over 40 years now ,and are still creating amazing material. How many more people can you say that about not many ......
TheSchnorkey 2 months ago in playlist elton john tumbleweed connection 1970 3rd studio album 2
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nycom100 2 months ago
Not only is Elton John one of the biggest legends of his time, but is also a musical genius. He and Bernie Taupin make music transform into some of the most successful art of all time. Unlike most musicians, they just use lyrics to "fill in the blanks". Elton and Bernie work as a team. I genuinely enjoy the lyrics for My Father's Gun. Elton John certainly knows how to get inspired by it and transform it into something amazing.
DistortedFaiths 2 months ago
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DistortedFaiths 2 months ago
To me, one the best albums ever.. non matter what kind of musici you like, good music is good music. Long live Elton!
maurisal55 2 months ago 3
elizabethtown!!
dlund92 2 months ago 3
Thanks so much. Never thought this would still be floating around. His first, vinyl, and still, I think his best. Caleb Quaye on guitar, fantastic. I wore this track out!
manateecofla 3 months ago
love it!
AndyHathot 3 months ago
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Valdiri14 3 months ago
i was listening to the great wabx detroit station, they played a whole
album side, at that time, take me to the pilot was the first commercial
hit..I found tumbleweed connections in a reduced rack at a drug
store, oh shit, I hit gold..and let's not forget the infamous Bernie
Taupin
Violenceinmind40 3 months ago
best elton john song
Vertigo2903 3 months ago 2
To New Orleans? Thats just fine.
JoonasFinland 4 months ago 11
This is the best of all Elton John's albums.
debn100 4 months ago 4
@debn100 It is! :D and Madman Across The Water, i think.
Rocketman2396 4 months ago
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FlightyViola 4 months ago
His best album by far
packer041 4 months ago 2
This song was written when Americas reputation was still strong.
T3hG1adiator 5 months ago
I'm not a big fan of this album, but I do think this is the best song from the album.
coreythomas862009 6 months ago
@coreythomas862009 it's not like the stuff he is better known for. the production from this compared to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is vastly different. but unlike you i find this to be one of his best albums. to me it has a huge gospel influence which I like. just my opinion.
skinnyernie 6 months ago
@chomsksy88 right u r .I listen to this everyday.love bernies lyrics.did not mean to be misleading.
treyrosenmeyer 6 months ago
Europeans have alot of tender feelings for us because of all the great western movies that were made b4 the phychadelic age. To them it's like a time of innocence that we associate with silent film stars like Charlie Chaplin. But we know that stories of the past really tell of real human suffering. So we are a bit more cynical when we think that the heroe allways rides into the sunset. EJ band grasped all these nuiances.
sadcracker 6 months ago
Bernie Taupin takes the perspective of one of the South's confederate army. Very brave. I saw a documentary in which Taupin said something about always desiring to be an American. I have heard a few stories from Brits and their desire to be American citizens like Bernie.very cool
politicalanimallll 7 months ago
Bernie Taupin takes the perspective of one of the South's confederate army. Very brave.
politicalanimallll 7 months ago
Not to be too picky but these songs were writ by Bernie Taupin.
treyrosenmeyer 7 months ago
@treyrosenmeyer Not to be picky but you mean the lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin. Not the music.
chomsky88 6 months ago
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tristanmack23 7 months ago
Tumbleweed Connection, Madman, and Captain Fantastic have to be the best albums ever.
Rocketman2396 7 months ago
Cry :( it's beautiful
tubetiffan 7 months ago
gary pepper
1tuxedoedlobster 7 months ago
You tell me there's an angel in your tree
Did he say he'd come to call on me
For things are getting desperate in our home
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know
Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep
sadcracker 8 months ago
why is this song not so famous! I think it was one of his best ever, and thanx "Elizabethtown" I would probably never hear of this beautiful song if it wasn't in the movie
Spyfff 8 months ago
Sorry if I'm wrong, but I got to let my insticts guide me some of the time. When you live in a world of deception and lies, I don't think I need to appologise for anything. This song is hardcore. Don't bring a perfectly innocent child into this. Many people got hardcore feelings about this song because they are from the south. I got hardcore feelings about Shostakovich. Like you said, how can a dude from England understand it? Look arround you. It's not about where you come from anymore.
sadcracker 8 months ago
Sorry for the profanity folks...some people just have it coming
dynamic21150 8 months ago
@sadcracker if I expressed what my aggression meant... you'd be dead guy
dynamic21150 8 months ago
@dynamic21150 It's your world, have fun with it and leave me alone. I don't half to fight with you. All I got to do is sit back and watch. There's only one thing I have left to be stollen. When you take that away from me, I'll be free.
sadcracker 8 months ago
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... you need meds
dynamic21150 8 months ago
The meaning goes on much further and deeper below the surface. Some of these verses have 100 different meanings, yet even at the most basic interpretation, this song sticks to your soul. This guy was british and made various songs accurately depicting emotions only some americans could ever explain. Daniel, My Fathers Gun... You say genius, I say music and poetry at its finest. Perfect...
dynamic21150 8 months ago
I neglected to mention Taupin being the poet behind the lyrics... I would hate to take credit from people who deserve it.
dynamic21150 8 months ago
@dynamic21150 You are obviosly trying to obscure the meaning of this song. Me, as well as many others know EXACTLEY what this song is about. To say it has a hundred meanings is like pointing a gun in my face and saying that your aggresion has a hundred different meanings. Go spam some other idiotic thread, like who should win dancing with the stars. This is not the place for what you are selling. I stay away from the mainstream. Fool them as much as you like. This is holy ground.
sadcracker 8 months ago
@sadcracker you are one sad cracker, narrow minded white trash i believe. I know exactly what this song is about...hell, my 4 year old could tell you what its about you dumb cracker. what it MEANS is something your dumb under-educated ass may never understand. You wouldnt know holy ground if you were standing on it dick head. Ill give you my address so I can point that gun at you myself, but you prob couldnt get on a military post... Take a positive statement and make it negative... stupid ass!!
dynamic21150 8 months ago
The fact that so many misfit alchoholics look to this song as being the most beautiful thing they ever heard, I have to say that the true spirit of America still reaches out from it's grave. I know it gives pause to those who think they can rule us with I-pads and dancing with the stars, and wallmart shopping cards. God, I hope I'm alive to see their plans all turn to shit.
sadcracker 8 months ago
:'( !!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;////////////////
Vatttman81 9 months ago 2
i v always hated elton john..but i listened this osng,i didnt know it was him...and i loved this song since the beginningXD
heroineinside 9 months ago
For my money, Tumbleweed Connection was EJ's best album. Most of the tunes, including this one, were about the South. For some reason, it appealed to many English artists. After his next album, "Madman Across the Water," Elton dove into the Glam scene, and his music changed radically. but, at this time, he wrote soulful and meaningful music.
Tedisntakidanymore 9 months ago 33
@Tedisntakidanymore Maybe its because traditionally, England did more business in the South. In fact, in the Civil War, they originally supported the south
packer041 7 months ago
@Tedisntakidanymore Madman glam? Yeah, right. Listen to it again and find one glam note. GYBR was glam, a little. Not Madman. Madman still was about America. (NYT said God is dead).
irishace11 7 months ago in playlist Elton John
@irishace11 If you read carefully, I wrote "AFTER Madman, EJ went glam."
Tedisntakidanymore 7 months ago
@Tedisntakidanymore I did and profuse apologies :)
irishace11 7 months ago
@irishace11 An apology? On Youtube? Apparently, pigs CAN fly! hahahaha
Just kidding. Very gracious of you, Ace!
Tedisntakidanymore 7 months ago
@Tedisntakidanymore i agree..however,elton was just coming "out" in the 80's i mean we all knew but society kept many artists "in" as being gay became more acceptable they could make what they wanted ,and appeal to whatever market(s) none of this takes away from elton /bernie pure genius!
smokeyhaze1000 6 months ago
@Tedisntakidanymore
Come on, man. Honky Chateau and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road were great albums.
Mikeyski4 3 months ago
i would love to know that little bastard that pushed the dislike button.....1 guy! omg..... -.-
pag2112 9 months ago
The best song on Elton's best album. Tumbleweed Connection showed that behind those Donald Duck outfits that Elton John amd of course Bernie Taupin are geniuses.
BlindMellowChitlin 9 months ago
It''s due to songs like that I like people as Cameron Crowe and Danny Boyle. Without them, probabily, i could die without this.
humbertoleite 10 months ago
best song ever
karimborja 10 months ago
just one guy don't know nothing about real music .
callejerosssss 10 months ago
this is what music is all about, this whole album!!!!
scottleeper 10 months ago
since i was in high school. now in college, god i fucking love this song
MadameFawn 10 months ago
my favorite elton john song i've lived in new orleans my whole life but that has nothing to do with it.
skippergoat 10 months ago
Thx for your comment gdash4. It's by reading these comments that I just realised the song Levon might have been ispired by your hero. The reason I say it trumps "The night they drove..." is because this song depicts a tragedy even more devestating than the loss of a home, it depicts the loss of any hope of ever winning.
sadcracker 11 months ago
The horns and the electric guitar line with the treble rolled down are so evocative
77edster 11 months ago
sorry, the night they DROVE ol'dixie down. BTW, who's Dixie? I'm a Yank and feeling pretty bad about it lately..... yo!
sadcracker 11 months ago
@sadcracker Oh man, this trumps "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" like Mariah Carey trumps Aretha Franklin. Elton is a talent, and did some great songs, but he just doesn't have the right voice for this kind of thing. Go back to The Last Waltz and watch Levon Helm's desperately impassioned performance of "The Night They Drove..." and you'll pack away such silly thoughts.
gdash4 11 months ago
@gdash4 elton's voice doesnt fit this song? what are you some sorta freak?
kerinion69 10 months ago
@kerinion69 I don't find his singing suits the subject, no, especially set aside The Band, as someone here did. Which is all I'll say, since people who call others "freak" just for having a different opinion aren't worth the time spent.
gdash4 10 months ago
Wow, this realy does trump "The night they burned old dixie down" Damn, this is one powerful song aint it. Love to see my bros gathered about the fire, even if its only for one last time.
sadcracker 11 months ago
@sadcracker it's The night they DROVE old dixie down yo
macarthur19 11 months ago
the one person who gives this a thumbs down must be very lonely
ELGAT0NEGRO 1 year ago 28
MISSISSIPPI.
FRANCECHILD 1 year ago
GUNSJESUSDONTLIKEGUNS.
FRANCECHILD 1 year ago
@FRANCECHILD your right. Jesus likes little boys
macarthur19 1 year ago
why cant all music be this good why this justin beiber crap have to come in the world
Pghsteelersrock85 1 year ago
@Pghsteelersrock85 why'd ya have to mention that little weasel
macarthur19 1 year ago
@Pghsteelersrock85 Why does SOMEONE have to bring up that kid on every good song's feed? Your complaining acknowledges him as a popular figure, he's nothing if people stop thinking about him. I always finally find success until someone like you digs him from the deepest trenches of the furthest, most forgotten realms of my mind. Congratulations on that matter, however.
TheGuitargabe 11 months ago
We have to be thankful for great music like this
JoggynSmyler 1 year ago
An example of how truly amazing EJ's early work was, & a reminder that EJ owes much to BT, producer G. Dudgeon and arranger P. Buckmaster. Simply no contest between this magical music and the soulless, syrupy, formulaic, soccer-mom supermarket music he's churned out for 35 years.
As he ages and his thoughts naturally turn more to his legacy, I suspect that EJ will regret bitterly that he recorded a single note after 1974 at the latest. Listen, & weep for what might have been. What a waste...
jum1801 1 year ago
@jum1801 Rock of the Westies was the last good record ,it was the first release without the original band-speaking of the band TB does sound like the Band.
bmgfl 1 year ago
@bmgfl rock of the westies? Y our dreamin about their tube sock days. This is alchohlic ambrosia. I don't care how f'd up u r. Levon Helm gets down on his scrawney knees and thx god for this.
sadcracker 9 months ago
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bmgfl 1 year ago
Great Song. I so understand the lyrics.
13scales 1 year ago
Celts Survive! ET
formine56 1 year ago
I'd like to know where the river boat sails tonight.
marydwyer14119 1 year ago
Une des plus belles chansons qui existent!
illusiondoptik 1 year ago
This is one of the best albums ever made.
quacksacker 1 year ago
this is 1 of 2 songs that i like by Elton John. the other 1 is "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding". they're both very different & interesting. otherwise, i'm really not a big fan of him.
thegrungewave 1 year ago
elton and bernie loved the band's music and it shows on this track
bluewonder136 1 year ago
@bluewonder136 I see exactly what you're saying (horns, subject matter), & that's a great guess, but I'm not so sure it was The Band's musical/lyrical influence as much as EJ's and BT's longtime fascination with all things American, particularly 19th-century West. TC is a highly romanticized love poem to rural America & the frontier of legend. And don't forget the contributions of arranger Paul Buckmaster and producer Gus Dudgeon who as much as anyone gave TC it's distinctive flavor & feel.
jum1801 1 year ago
the best
joannf54 1 year ago
Beautiful song, really gives me goosebumps <3
InvaderChrissy 1 year ago
No lie, "Tumbleweed Connection" was the first Compact Disc I bought, after wearing out four vinyl copies! HELL YEAH I love this and everything else on this fabulous collection of songs, may just be the all time best L.P. ever produced!
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tembuck2 1 year ago 20
@tembuck2 God Bless your father. He set the best example a man could ever, not only for a son. But for anyone who knew of the man. My father also served in WW2. he was an MP. Never said a word of wht it was like. His brothers...One a gunner on a B-52 the other marched with patton.These boys signed up and placed themselves in Harms swift Way.
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tembuck2 1 year ago
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Thank You again. Our Fathers are in our Debt! Lets Pay Them Back with a new Country!
Tem
tembuck2 8 months ago
@tembuck2 awesome he murdered civilians..... how brave
dylancaprotti 10 months ago
@dylancaprotti Never knew civilians drove Panzer Tanks, or flew Messerschmidt ME109's. Thank you for your obviously "highly educated" comment. I'm sure everyone else on this post appreciates it as much as I did.
tembuck2 10 months ago 2
@dylancaprotti Shut the fuck up and show some respect to a man who risked his life to protect the U.S.A. What have you done in your life that's "brave"?
iRyanLewis 10 months ago
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tembuck2 10 months ago
@tembuck2 do you wear his old underwear too, son? Get your own life
yahoopl3 9 months ago
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tembuck2 9 months ago
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tembuck2 9 months ago
I read that Bob Dylan loved this song when it came out.
ClassicCity17 1 year ago
listening to this in New Orleans right now. Its dark and pouring the rain and perfect.
CharlotteGreek 1 year ago
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emie395 1 year ago
Elton meets Treme
chicclique 1 year ago
Such a consistent album, no weak tracks, a real grower. His album The Union, out soon, is probably the nearest to the early roots he's been since the early 70s. I especially like the Civil War song Gone to Shiloh that could have fitted on the early albums.
mizofan 1 year ago
This song is so devastatingly awesome. Too many (well, most) people of my generation have never heard the best of Elton John, which to me is found on this album - an album that I've listed to countless times since inheriting it from my father. I could listen to the ending all day, every day.
jhille85 1 year ago
@jhille85 I couldn't agree more. I saw this on vinyl and snatched it up, and it's in great shape! Still has the old west style booklet inside. I feel exactly the same about Elton, the first few albums his voice and music have this, "youth" to them, he never quite sounded like he did in those days again
jtsnowman66 1 year ago
There'll never be another Elton and Bernie.
pt8648 1 year ago 3
by far..THE BEST work these 2 EVER did!!
smokeyhaze1000 1 year ago
this song is so beatiful,
and also is a great song to think about your own life...
wespires 1 year ago
So what is the meaning of fathers gun?
jxsilicon9 1 year ago
@jxsilicon9 He's saying how proud he feels, as a soldier, to inherit his father's gun to seek justice for his death.
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@jxsilicon9 He's saying how proud he feels, as a soldier, to inherit his father's gun to seek justice for his father's death.
pt8648 1 year ago
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@jxsilicon9 He's saying how proud he feels, as a soldier, to inherit his father's gun in order to seek justice for his death.
pt8648 1 year ago
Tumbleweed Connection-I don't have many of his albums but this one is a gem.
connecticutskier2 1 year ago
this song fit perfectly into elizabethtown... awesome sauce
sKR3Wthepigz 1 year ago
@sKR3Wthepigz Sauce? This is Texas Pete on Carolina BBQ. This is gravy on mamaw's biscuits. This is real butter on mom's grilled cheese! God save the South!
superevilposm 1 year ago
@superevilposm fine, awesome grits. i know, i'm southern too
sKR3Wthepigz 1 year ago
from this day on until i die i'll wear my fathers gun...
vaneglorius 1 year ago
i love elton to nth degree but this whole album is a silent tribute to THE BAND
derblae52 1 year ago
@derblae52 i always thought of the album as more of a tribute to the american western experience
wade19855 1 year ago
now that my father's no more I get the whole meaning of this great work
champalou 1 year ago
Hard to believe it was a little over 39 years ago that I first merged with this record...it renders me speechless somehow...this record leaves nothing to be said...the album is one of the top 10 albums of all time....the somehow very personal Civil War view woven all through the lyrics...it conjures imagery hardly equalled in any medium....amazing. What artistry.
620NA 1 year ago
@620NA I'm in total aggreement with you bud.
TheDaddyPops 1 year ago
He's smart enough to use gospel choirs in a lot of his music, which brings even "non-believers" running to see him. Gospel music gets under your skin, even though a lot of people don't realize how genius and successful this made him! He's my ALL-TIME FAVORITE!!!
lanunn2000 1 year ago 3
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I cant remember how many times I listened to this!
tonykeywest07 1 year ago
Absolutely love this album, and this particular song reminds me so much of something Randy Newman would have composed. Brilliant.
IrisMG 1 year ago
This is like, the perfect song. A powerful refrain, immence piano playing, backing vocals, swelling strings,horn seciton, they've really gone all out. fabulous.
markdawsonmusic 1 year ago
thanks mygrass for the info, always into music facts,
TheAkatsuki41 1 year ago
I think think Tumbleweed Connection is one of the greatest albums of all time by any artisit..it is pure genius
Mygrassisblue01 1 year ago 2
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His music is what coined the term,"Timeless Classic" IMO.
lanunn2000 1 year ago 2
that guitar in this sounds like csny gotta be one of them, prob david crosby or steve stills
TheAkatsuki41 1 year ago
@TheAkatsuki41........ actually the acoustic guitar on tumbleweed connection album was played by Leslie Duncan
Mygrassisblue01 1 year ago
Sir Elton you Rock! P.S. Does he ever find out when the riverboat sails?
Hal2pointooh 1 year ago
@Hal2pointooh He's actually asking "where" the riverboat sails tonight. It's sailing to New Orleans, and that's just fine.
jackytreehornn77 1 year ago
@jackytreehornn77 LOL Thanks I was tryin to be clever and realized my mistake after the post! :)
Hal2pointooh 1 year ago
You don't understand defending Home & Hearth!
formine56 1 year ago
a fucking masterpiece!
fuckoffndie1 1 year ago 3
This is a great piece of music and arrangements. Lyrically it captures a solid feel but the romantic southern message is both plain and cynical. Taupin is a master of writing things like "...women sewing" and cry outs about the misunderstood old fashion guy. It's reactionary. On the other hand Elton saves everything as usual. Try to listen to a self sung Taupin song from one of his own recording and you'll deeply understand his fluke with hooking up with a maestro.
bergsundet 1 year ago
An expose of the man's genius. Nuff said.
trenawl 1 year ago 2
and then again .. same shity feeling when i roll down and see those comments that have nothing to do with a song .. people, what's wrong with you ?
delfiukasS 1 year ago 8
@delfiukasS All it takes is one guy making a comment on the civil war that you can't live with out responding too and off goes the conversation. There's only so many "great song" comments that are worth reading.
scorpiovike 1 year ago
I'm with Spartan. The war is over. Both sides lost too much for words.
JustinSage 1 year ago
No use to argue over a war long ago, folks. Even without a war they'd be all dead and gone by now anyway. Besides it is always questionable to judge the actions of people from past eras by our own moral standards and experiences...
Mangalitza72 1 year ago 3
I love this song... Honestly, it's one of his best, right here.
SpartanJose777 1 year ago
So Eventheowl, you think slavery and human bondage is a noble cause? Wow I can't believe those damn "socialist" northerners (who in actuality were some of the most staunch capitalists but whatever) would do such a thing. Who would ever support morality and basic human rights.?Wow, those northerners surely were wrong and you clearly are right in you're half-assed assessment of such a complex issue as the secession of the south was. You probably deserve an award for your historical aptitude.
jbs618 1 year ago
I'm a proud yankee, jbs618, and I would advise you to think about the civil war in greater depth. Had I been alive the Battle Hymn of the Republic would have been on my lips, a gun in my hand, and I would have shed Southern blood. But your a fool if you think that the Southrons were fighting for what we were fighting against.
TheHighwaycone 1 year ago
this song make me cry ^^
ChonkieStylish 2 years ago 50
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salchez68 2 years ago
What place does this crappy comment have on here? - A straight white male who is no Lib can see you are an ass sir.
His amazing music was what you should judge and I don't think it sucked until 1980. What happened EJ? From no one could touch him to run of the mill and I don't mean anything to do with his voice blowing out.
scorpiovike 2 years ago
A lot of them could. The guys were untouchable. Must be something about the times that make artists want to disassociate from greatness at some point. Or maybe it's not monitarily possible to do anymore. :(
scorpiovike 2 years ago
@ChonkieStylish You know I noticed that a lot of old EJ/BT songs do for me too. Somehow I know that's not just a good thing but something great.
scorpiovike 1 year ago
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@ChonkieStylish too bad he turned into such a pervert
tonykeywest07 1 year ago
@tonykeywest07 Being gay is not the same as being a pervert you idiot.
tanzalone1 1 year ago 2
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@tanzalone1 use a dictionary IDIOT pervert 8. Pathology . 'to change to what is unnatural or abnormal.' The "norm" for human sexuality stupid, is and always has been, ONE man ONE woman- so when you deviate from that norm youre a deviant. get it genious.
tonykeywest07 1 year ago
i knoww what you meann >>
xXSparkleDeathXx 1 year ago
@ChonkieStylish me too
chocolateblow 1 year ago
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chocolateblow 1 year ago
@ChonkieStylish I don't know why, but, me too.
JustinSage 1 year ago