Nothing more can be said about GBYBR. I truly feel it is one of the top ten albums of all time. Of course, I also think EVERY album he did before that and up till Rock of the Westies is damn close!
Hands down favorite song by Elton. One of my proudest moments as a kid in the 70s was learing to play this all the way through in time w/the record. Hell, I learned to play (after getting booted by my piano teacher) by playing along w/his records! Anyway, amazing how his early stuff holds up. This STILL gets my blood pumping! Gotta go play me some air piano!! Peace music fans!
Children, do some googling. "Grey Seal" (originally recorded and released in 1970 as the B-side to the UK-only single, "Rock and Roll Madonna"). I was listening to the song on a Brit compilation import in 72
@1963DMC1 Agreed Brother! My musical taste has changed-constantly-as I've aged but Yellow Brick Road stayed strong in my top 5 through the decades & changes! What a wonderful, eclectic album. Pretty much embodies the wildly eclectic 70s & wide open FM formats of the time!
So great to see so many positive comments. This song is amazing. The whole album was, but Grey Seal got swallowed up a bit as far as "hits" go. To me, this is a true hit. What a great, joyous, and kick-ass song!!
olbucknarley my god 8 track i had a 1.6 gt ford capri firengine red i loved that car, first thing i did was put a 8 track in , bought loads of tapes including this one, jeeze kids of today would love them, like you say i will always remember those times, never forgotten
Its a common misconception that Taupin was the 'songwriter', he wrote the (beautiful) lyrics first, then Elton put them to music. Thats how they generally collaborated to produce magical tunes.
@toilanguoimy Your parents were "Too Cool" God bless them for caring enough to expose you to "The Good Stuff" I'm 56 and listen to Elton when it first came out- (Didn't like a thing after "Yellow Brick Road"---He went nuts and started doing top 40 am rock) ie."Bitch is back" "Phill Freedom" and "Little Geanie" YUCK!--- Bruce from Bilosi Ms.
These were my sentiments also. I kind-of liked Elton John when he put out "You`re Song"; only occassionally liked songs from his next few albums; began liking him more with the "Don`t Shoot Me ..." album; and then became a fan with "Goodby Yellow Brick Road", and "Caribu". THEN -, he "went nuts", fired his long-time band, went too "Pop-y",and became WAY TOO "over-exposed";and I haven`t liked him much since. GYBR made him a superstar; it`s a shame he couldn`t handle it better.
@supersando78 You should thank your father for exposing you to "Class"----He could of listen to "Wham Uk" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH---- I am 56 and loved this album when it first came out--Played it in my college dorm room till it wore a grove in the record ( once again ) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH---- Bruce from Biloxi Ms.
Una delle prime canzoni di Elton "rispolverata" per questo album che tutti i veri rocker dovrebbero avere, a prescindere dai gusti.Canzoni sincere, potenti, con un fascino seducente che Elton non sempre saprà ricreare. I mattoni gialli sono i giorni della ns adolescenza, quando tutto aveva un sapore che poi sarà difficile ricordare.Bravo Elton e bravo Bernie.
I have to say that the artwork on this album, falls into the “best eve”r category. This is amazing, one of the best albums ever and some of the best rock, art cover ever seen
Ah, I remember the good years of 2009, where good music was only a mouse-click away. I had everything at my finger-tips. The rarities, the golden classics, the radio hits. It was a world where I could explore what my parents grew up on, and then at the same time explore what my generation has to offer.
Tired of ACDC? Switch to Rammstein. Bored of the deep throated Germans? Pink Floyd. Switch to Elton John. Switch for a short period John Butler. Repeat.
@AaronMk91 you have a very imaginative sense of humor - perhaps a writing career is ahead ?! My more "boring" take on this song,and Yellow Brick Road in general,though, is that it was some pretty good stuff. Well, as we used to say-"later,dude!"-- the immortal akibubba a.k.a. "your parents".
1974 in my parent's unfinished basement with this song cranked on a RCA dual cabinet stereo record player with tube amp. Thanks MOM for letting me enjoy it so much so often.
Runrome................totally agree, I remember saving up and buying all my records and albums, I still have most of my records and 12" rare releases safely locked away in my album box. My younger sister has tried many times to find them and sell them!!! I am honoured to haved lived through and witness the best years that music had to offer.......all that talent and great memories
Elton, Bernie and Co. wrote this entire album in a very short amount of time. There is a great DVD on the making of GYBR. A must see for all Elton fans. He is so talented and humble. I love his music.
THE NEXT TIME rolling stone or uncut or some other rock magazine takes it upon themselves to compile a list of the "20 greatest rock albums ever made" or something like that - and they fail, as they always seem to do, to include this album, write to them and chew their arse.
I had just gotten my driver's license when this album came out. I was a proud young man of 16, driving a 1965 Rambler Station Wagon that I payed $20 for. I bought an 8 track player for $25 and the first tape I bought was "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". I bet I put 100,000 miles on that rig listening to that tape. Things were very different back then. Those were "magic times". This record will always hold a special place in my heart.
@olbucknarley that's boss, man! born in 87 but the majority of the 60,70,80,90's dominate my cd and vinyl (yeah, i'm a huge mark for LP's!) collection. good times.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is one of my favorite albums of all time. But if you think about it, there was so much good music being made at that time. I'd say late 60s, early 70s was probably the peak period of rock music creativity. And Elton was right in the middle of it.
I mean really there is something sadly lacking in those innocuous little plastic cases. You just don't get the effect like you do with a full album cover. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band album looks retarded. I appreciate the easier portability of music but man our albums were our art. You kept the sleeves even if you were foolish enough to ruin the album. I remember framing one copy of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Sgt. Pepper and Dark Side.
The chorus always reminded me of a part in "Yours is no Disgrace" by Yes.
Funny how Elton's albums from the 70s are overlooked/ignored by the general public in some european countries. Right here, he's more popular for his 80s/90s material, not this :/
Una delle perle del primo Elton. Incedere sontuoso e con il piglio del rock man navigato questa canzone esprime concetti profondissimi.In realtà Elton si pone interrogativi circa la vita, o almeno la sua essenza, divagando forse trooppo su concetti filosofici che poco si sposano con il rock and roll ma l'effetto finale è prepotente e sincero.
@Runrome... Right On!... I remember buying this album as a teen, and like you said, you wanted to get your money's worth.... and I remember thinking WOW, I LOVE EVERY song on this album...especially Saturday Nights all right for Fighting!
I guess that makes more sense. For decades, I thought it was ol' Elton expressing his bewilderment at the geography and astronomy classes he had to sit through as a schoolboy. But that explanation always foundered at his singing paeans to a frigging harbor seal.
i remember those days too! they were awesome. this album came out my freshman year in high school. i had a side to me that really loved this but i also had another side of me that listened to alice cooper and kiss. that side won out in the end.but elton was something else.many good memories when i listen to this album now.
I think this song is about how our perceptions are formed by institutions such as school and religion and Hollywood. Animals don't have any illusions about life. Any animal could have been reffered to but I think the grey seal was chosen because they get clubbed over the head. Just my 2 cents.
I worship this song. My mom and I used to dance around in the living room with this blaring. God bless those days of the 70s. I only wish I had kids now with whom to share this masterpiece.
Remember this song fondly from around 1974...first year in High School, the wonder and the madness and the great tunes of the 70's...sharp sounding song that gets better with time.
ma049--Grey Seals just stay out of the fray of Humanity...why wouldn't that make them really smart?! :-)
playing this for Eminem... u are edumacated in ways most go without in this warped world.... and your own warped wounds are healing cos you so s.m.r.t. (so much raunchy tit --- my favorite type of man... the ONLY man for me)
although elton and bernie got close a couple of times with brilliant albums like "captain fantastic and the dirt brown cowboy" and " sleeping with the past" i still believe this is their best album.
I have never got tired of listening to it after all these years
Ah, 9th grade. The year I arrived and this was part of the soundtrack 1973-1974. What happened to Elton later on? I guess he went into his Rod Stewert disco phase.
can anyone tell me what this song is about? Elton admits he never understood the lyrics and Bernie never said! It is for a project I am considering and would love to know what some of you think the lyrics and/or the title mean. Any answers send to me at: thewhistler77@gmail.com
This song reminds me of blazing down the interstate back in 1975 in my 1970 GTO convertible and I can still see that big bag of weed I used to always have in my car....LOL. Ah yes, the good ole days.
Great quality here! Thx. The one guy augiedoggy is spot on. It is hard enuff to get a few hits, never mind dozens and dozens. Enjoy EJ for the talent he has, whenever the best of it came forth - 70's, whatever.
This was probably the last great Elton John album. I don't think anything he's done since that time period (early 70s) comes close to being this good.
When I was 15-16 (mid-70s) I was a huge Elton John fan. He could write some songs. His output over the past few decades has been spectacularly mediocre.
@squanto2 It was Bernie Taupin who did the song writing back then. I agree with your statement about "...medicore...", as the recent material released is blah.
nigel grooved this take. guess that's why they put it down. dee too. solid. and the drums kinda separate in the mix. this and rock of the westies his best stuff.
why cant todays rock musicians write anything as good as this or the whole album for that matter thank god for instant recall so we can all escape from todays shit and listen to real music with heart and soul like this
@Runrome You know, I have pondered this question for years. Back in the day we had "album rock". As a kid you saved your cash and invested, for the music, great packaging with great art, and liner notes, and if you were really lucky a poster or something else cool. Kids wanted value, albums with concepts, where every track was a keeper. Today, rip an MP3 where half of the sound is sampled from someone else and that is called "art". The art is gone, it's all just corporate money crunching.
@jchofler3 So right you are, My Friend!!! Shame for the new Kids comin' up....but, I am so thankful for the Music I was exposed to and how it came to me!!!!
@jchofler3 Indeed you are most correct! There is a downside to the digital age. While I appreciate the convenience of being able to make playlists on YouTube, I'm glad to see that so much of my favorite music is available digitally but I'm like you I do miss the art. Looking at that marvelous prisim refracting on Pink Floyd's masterpiece album Dark Side of the Moon just doesn't have the same effect in the tiny box of a CD. Alas we mourn for great album art.
@blueagate Not to mention the wonderful alternative utility of an album cover other than protecting the album, particularly a double album. Tiny little jewel cases just don't cut it. LOL
@jchofler3 Hi. At 52 plus, it's totally true.....about life, let alone just music......it's the old Q and Q.....quality means more than quantity. peace/ john in Mass.
@yoshluv7 Howdy fellow 10 year old! I was born in 63 and this was the album I learned Elton John with and bought the older ones and newer ones thereafter.
I totally forgot about this album till today, I heard it on the car radio... in 7th grade I did a talent show which had three showings. I was a dance student from early on . and remember doing a different dance for each show I didn't know what the hell I was doing.. . I just went out and danced to it... on stage.. lol...if I only didn't meet guys about 5 yrs later..
I had the album. Next, the 8 track. Every song worth listening to, at least twice. I was younger then...plenty of time. AAAH, youth. Still, for the young at heart.
We used to play this record all the time at the rink in Port Washington, NY when so many good skaters were there-everyone loved it, even d hamill when she trained there.
Nothing more can be said about GBYBR. I truly feel it is one of the top ten albums of all time. Of course, I also think EVERY album he did before that and up till Rock of the Westies is damn close!
76SRV190 1 week ago
wow @tattooedbiker64 you hit the nail right on the head. Listening to Dale Dorman on the transistor radio..SWEET
RohnCinelli 2 weeks ago
This song brings back memories of hot summer days at Paragon Park,Nantasket Beach listening to 68 WRKO
Tattooedbiker64 2 weeks ago
Hands down favorite song by Elton. One of my proudest moments as a kid in the 70s was learing to play this all the way through in time w/the record. Hell, I learned to play (after getting booted by my piano teacher) by playing along w/his records! Anyway, amazing how his early stuff holds up. This STILL gets my blood pumping! Gotta go play me some air piano!! Peace music fans!
redfishradical 3 weeks ago
Children, do some googling. "Grey Seal" (originally recorded and released in 1970 as the B-side to the UK-only single, "Rock and Roll Madonna"). I was listening to the song on a Brit compilation import in 72
ahclem13 1 month ago
One of the greatest albums (double) ever. Love this song. Wonderful lyrics. Every song on this album is fantastic (pun intended capt.).
1963DMC1 1 month ago
@1963DMC1 Agreed Brother! My musical taste has changed-constantly-as I've aged but Yellow Brick Road stayed strong in my top 5 through the decades & changes! What a wonderful, eclectic album. Pretty much embodies the wildly eclectic 70s & wide open FM formats of the time!
redfishradical 3 weeks ago
2 people are black walruses
superscugi 1 month ago
Dee Murray produces again with such a beautiful bass line. Just listen to thr interaction between the drums, bass and keys on this song. Timeless.
blunt1 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos 2
@Fitcetera1 I was 13 when this album was released. It was amazing! I close my eyes today and Im back in my room learning about rock n roll
rewessel1 3 months ago
hard to believe this album was not well received by critics. It's one of my favorite of all time. The album itself is stunningly beautiful.
TheTokeyShan 3 months ago
So great to see so many positive comments. This song is amazing. The whole album was, but Grey Seal got swallowed up a bit as far as "hits" go. To me, this is a true hit. What a great, joyous, and kick-ass song!!
Gidget521 3 months ago
olbucknarley my god 8 track i had a 1.6 gt ford capri firengine red i loved that car, first thing i did was put a 8 track in , bought loads of tapes including this one, jeeze kids of today would love them, like you say i will always remember those times, never forgotten
MegaVoyager2011 4 months ago
there should be a 12 with a comma behind it in front of the amount of plays this has. there's something wrong with the world
bluedogofdark 4 months ago
Its a common misconception that Taupin was the 'songwriter', he wrote the (beautiful) lyrics first, then Elton put them to music. Thats how they generally collaborated to produce magical tunes.
piepackage2 4 months ago
Most of Eltons songs have 1 or 2 dislikes at most. Timeless music thats impossible to not like.
piepackage2 4 months ago
im 32 yrs old and my father had this LP since its release.Ive grown up listening to this great album.Its my favourite album of all time.A classic.
supersando78 4 months ago 3
@supersando78 Me too. I'm 26 now and I grew up with this thanks to my parents. I'm grateful I was exposed to real music as a child. <3
toilanguoimy 3 months ago
@toilanguoimy Your parents were "Too Cool" God bless them for caring enough to expose you to "The Good Stuff" I'm 56 and listen to Elton when it first came out- (Didn't like a thing after "Yellow Brick Road"---He went nuts and started doing top 40 am rock) ie."Bitch is back" "Phill Freedom" and "Little Geanie" YUCK!--- Bruce from Bilosi Ms.
brualkar 1 month ago
@brualkar
These were my sentiments also. I kind-of liked Elton John when he put out "You`re Song"; only occassionally liked songs from his next few albums; began liking him more with the "Don`t Shoot Me ..." album; and then became a fan with "Goodby Yellow Brick Road", and "Caribu". THEN -, he "went nuts", fired his long-time band, went too "Pop-y",and became WAY TOO "over-exposed";and I haven`t liked him much since. GYBR made him a superstar; it`s a shame he couldn`t handle it better.
charliebe28 2 days ago
@supersando78 You should thank your father for exposing you to "Class"----He could of listen to "Wham Uk" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH---- I am 56 and loved this album when it first came out--Played it in my college dorm room till it wore a grove in the record ( once again ) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH---- Bruce from Biloxi Ms.
brualkar 1 month ago
Sorry minions realism is at the heart of Bernard.
TheTherese3 5 months ago
It's all about REALISM!
TheTherese3 5 months ago
Grey Seal very good but Grey Goose awsome! he he heh
luvtotruck 5 months ago
@luvtotruck Grey hair, the pits.
cowboybebobb 5 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Elton John
1973 a great year....too bad I was only 4 years old.....Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and The Who's Quadrophenia.
richiebear1969 6 months ago 2
This album plays like a greatist hits album... all by itself. I can just play it over and over.
yukimaruzam 6 months ago 14
Rock royalty..hes kind of an old bitch now but he still has my respect
kmars21 7 months ago
it's never quite the same as the real one
mommyaud1 7 months ago
gre seal is about an indian chief. how awsome is that?
jason13204 7 months ago
I agree it was a magic time. This is one of my favs. Classic Charles Dwight style.
saxman432004 7 months ago
Una delle prime canzoni di Elton "rispolverata" per questo album che tutti i veri rocker dovrebbero avere, a prescindere dai gusti.Canzoni sincere, potenti, con un fascino seducente che Elton non sempre saprà ricreare. I mattoni gialli sono i giorni della ns adolescenza, quando tutto aveva un sapore che poi sarà difficile ricordare.Bravo Elton e bravo Bernie.
Perfidia4ever 8 months ago
thumbs up if you button mashed the keyboard to the piano solo at the start
TheJosephagus 8 months ago 2
when this came out i miskenly shot my friend in the face , ge lived , but this song dosent let me forget
MrWilliammorris33 8 months ago
only one troll hating Sir Elton? Cool!
prober45 9 months ago
Hey
I have to say that the artwork on this album, falls into the “best eve”r category. This is amazing, one of the best albums ever and some of the best rock, art cover ever seen
misstheolddays1 9 months ago
Ah, I remember the good years of 2009, where good music was only a mouse-click away. I had everything at my finger-tips. The rarities, the golden classics, the radio hits. It was a world where I could explore what my parents grew up on, and then at the same time explore what my generation has to offer.
Tired of ACDC? Switch to Rammstein. Bored of the deep throated Germans? Pink Floyd. Switch to Elton John. Switch for a short period John Butler. Repeat.
At least nothing's changed.
AaronMk91 10 months ago 2
@AaronMk91 you have a very imaginative sense of humor - perhaps a writing career is ahead ?! My more "boring" take on this song,and Yellow Brick Road in general,though, is that it was some pretty good stuff. Well, as we used to say-"later,dude!"-- the immortal akibubba a.k.a. "your parents".
akibubba1 8 months ago
1974 in my parent's unfinished basement with this song cranked on a RCA dual cabinet stereo record player with tube amp. Thanks MOM for letting me enjoy it so much so often.
slmaness 10 months ago 3
This is the kind of song that ya never want it to end!!!
igluver15 11 months ago
Eltons best....
scooteraus1 11 months ago
i love the Who and thie reeks of the WHO
eddievanhalenstoung 11 months ago
Runrome................totally agree, I remember saving up and buying all my records and albums, I still have most of my records and 12" rare releases safely locked away in my album box. My younger sister has tried many times to find them and sell them!!! I am honoured to haved lived through and witness the best years that music had to offer.......all that talent and great memories
spencershuk 11 months ago
Elton, Bernie and Co. wrote this entire album in a very short amount of time. There is a great DVD on the making of GYBR. A must see for all Elton fans. He is so talented and humble. I love his music.
UCLAKER22 1 year ago 2
@UCLAKER22 that was an excellent Documentary! I seen not long ago! :)
Meavis93 10 months ago
Man, I love the sound of that mellotron! It's what makes the song, as far as I'm concerned!
crescentfreshbret 1 year ago
THE NEXT TIME rolling stone or uncut or some other rock magazine takes it upon themselves to compile a list of the "20 greatest rock albums ever made" or something like that - and they fail, as they always seem to do, to include this album, write to them and chew their arse.
popstone1 1 year ago
I had just gotten my driver's license when this album came out. I was a proud young man of 16, driving a 1965 Rambler Station Wagon that I payed $20 for. I bought an 8 track player for $25 and the first tape I bought was "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". I bet I put 100,000 miles on that rig listening to that tape. Things were very different back then. Those were "magic times". This record will always hold a special place in my heart.
olbucknarley 1 year ago 56
@olbucknarley that's boss, man! born in 87 but the majority of the 60,70,80,90's dominate my cd and vinyl (yeah, i'm a huge mark for LP's!) collection. good times.
chshaw87 7 months ago
@olbucknarley you never have to forget these moments....lucky guy!
thentique 7 months ago
@olbucknarley Amen
augustam55 7 months ago
@olbucknarley 1 year later, I was licensed to drive. Hangin round the house i was figuring out who Elton was?
superunt43 6 months ago
@olbucknarley EXCELLANT choice pal.
spinosaanthony 3 months ago
@olbucknarley i miss my rambler.....and yes those were different times, i miss them dearly.
laurasprinkle09 1 week ago
me luv dat nigga
kornbelt 1 year ago
The Yellow Brick Road Album was more like an Event than an Album! Amazing piece of work.
123IN321OUT 1 year ago 2
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is one of my favorite albums of all time. But if you think about it, there was so much good music being made at that time. I'd say late 60s, early 70s was probably the peak period of rock music creativity. And Elton was right in the middle of it.
ls1959 1 year ago
@ls1959 I totally agree!! Late 60s,early 70s. The best music ever created was during that time era!
mammothman53 1 year ago
Awwww pure enjoy!!!!!! love it, this album rocks, i was 15 when i got my lp and i still have it!!!
raindrop1982 1 year ago
I mean really there is something sadly lacking in those innocuous little plastic cases. You just don't get the effect like you do with a full album cover. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band album looks retarded. I appreciate the easier portability of music but man our albums were our art. You kept the sleeves even if you were foolish enough to ruin the album. I remember framing one copy of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Sgt. Pepper and Dark Side.
blueagate 1 year ago
The chorus always reminded me of a part in "Yours is no Disgrace" by Yes.
Funny how Elton's albums from the 70s are overlooked/ignored by the general public in some european countries. Right here, he's more popular for his 80s/90s material, not this :/
dummytree 1 year ago
Una delle perle del primo Elton. Incedere sontuoso e con il piglio del rock man navigato questa canzone esprime concetti profondissimi.In realtà Elton si pone interrogativi circa la vita, o almeno la sua essenza, divagando forse trooppo su concetti filosofici che poco si sposano con il rock and roll ma l'effetto finale è prepotente e sincero.
Perfidia4ever 1 year ago
@Runrome... Right On!... I remember buying this album as a teen, and like you said, you wanted to get your money's worth.... and I remember thinking WOW, I LOVE EVERY song on this album...especially Saturday Nights all right for Fighting!
canadian49 1 year ago
@canadian49
This was the first album I bought with my own money as a kid. Boy do I feel old.....
csc115 1 year ago
This song is about a native American Indian Chief, Grey Seal, and the sad situation of the American Indian Nation.
peteworst 1 year ago
@peteworst
I guess that makes more sense. For decades, I thought it was ol' Elton expressing his bewilderment at the geography and astronomy classes he had to sit through as a schoolboy. But that explanation always foundered at his singing paeans to a frigging harbor seal.
pinz2022 1 year ago
i remember those days too! they were awesome. this album came out my freshman year in high school. i had a side to me that really loved this but i also had another side of me that listened to alice cooper and kiss. that side won out in the end.but elton was something else.many good memories when i listen to this album now.
gonzo350z 1 year ago
I think this song is about how our perceptions are formed by institutions such as school and religion and Hollywood. Animals don't have any illusions about life. Any animal could have been reffered to but I think the grey seal was chosen because they get clubbed over the head. Just my 2 cents.
RDArtist81 1 year ago
great tune, I was in love in high school, girlie and I in bed room looking a the liner notes and pics listening laughing loving. I was a simpler time
lovingjah1056 1 year ago
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My favorite song off of this album! <3 Just Beautiful!!!
DevilDollJessica 1 year ago
My favorite song of this album!!! <3 Beautiful!!!
DevilDollJessica 1 year ago 2
Brilliant album!!!! I was like 11 in 1973. I was into this then! OMG!!!! I loved music then.still do! I had good taste! WOW!!!!
youthdew1 1 year ago 2
Bernie Taupin was the greatest song writer! Elton kicked butt on the piano! The band was awesome! This song kicks butt! I love it!!
youthdew1 1 year ago 18
@youthdew1 Was? Kicked? I know what you mean but I'm just sayin'... still great now!
maalbe987 9 months ago
Bernie was an excellent song writer! Elton's piano was heartfelt! Elton kicked butt!! This song kicks butt! I love it!
youthdew1 1 year ago
I love how people say, "Oh, Elton is so heartfelt."
Remember people... Elton NEVER wrote any lyrics ! It was Bernie Taupin all the way !
(And Bernie wrote the lyrics to Heart's "These Dreams".... that Nancy sang (not Ann!).... that was a #1 song by them !
TacomaPaul 1 year ago
@TacomaPaul yeah but remember this... Elton composed all the melodies, and without those, Bernie's lyrics would've just be poetry
prober45 1 year ago
@prober45 Well said my friend.... which PROVES my point that MUSIC is more important than any LYRICS !
Tell that to a woman.... good luck with that. hehehhe
TacomaPaul 1 year ago
theres one person in here who doesent know how it feels to be so wise
AndrewJBoyer 1 year ago
I worship this song. My mom and I used to dance around in the living room with this blaring. God bless those days of the 70s. I only wish I had kids now with whom to share this masterpiece.
beb2459 1 year ago
Elton stunned the world in 1973 with his Magnum Opus......GBYBR rocks!!
mocus1 1 year ago
Love the tinkling of the ivories at the start of this.
WoodRatGirl 1 year ago
Truly spectacular.
IronCladLady8 1 year ago
brilliant song from a great album
ianbhoy7 1 year ago
One of the forgotten ones...awesome!
spydey550 1 year ago
Remember this song fondly from around 1974...first year in High School, the wonder and the madness and the great tunes of the 70's...sharp sounding song that gets better with time.
ma049--Grey Seals just stay out of the fray of Humanity...why wouldn't that make them really smart?! :-)
thueron 1 year ago 2
playing this for Eminem... u are edumacated in ways most go without in this warped world.... and your own warped wounds are healing cos you so s.m.r.t. (so much raunchy tit --- my favorite type of man... the ONLY man for me)
JeSuisMonAmiPourTu 1 year ago
I love this song, I absolutely love it. But I still don't quite get why grey seals are so smart ;-)
ma049 1 year ago
best, best
jillmaxi 1 year ago
This is one of his best songs!
ultimatezeldaplayer 1 year ago
Elton Prog. Bloody brilliant, this.
blacksunfish 1 year ago
although elton and bernie got close a couple of times with brilliant albums like "captain fantastic and the dirt brown cowboy" and " sleeping with the past" i still believe this is their best album.
I have never got tired of listening to it after all these years
johncuschieri 1 year ago 3
@gomektampa Anit it the truth. Oh im cumming lol
italianfl 1 year ago
Awesome song! :o)
suikeroom2000 1 year ago
THIS SONG IS THE MOST UNDERRATED SONG IN HIS WHOLE CATALOG ! !
DownFallingUp1 1 year ago 2
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a Masterpiece.
ramitupursnout 1 year ago
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YEAH!!!! :D =D
I <3 This Song :D
TheMlarna 1 year ago
YEAH!!!! :D =D
I <3 This Song :D
TheMlarna 1 year ago
this whole album is stellar
stcl3 1 year ago
One of the greatest songs ever recorded - Just listen to the timing...
er6789er 1 year ago 3
Ah, 9th grade. The year I arrived and this was part of the soundtrack 1973-1974. What happened to Elton later on? I guess he went into his Rod Stewert disco phase.
EmpressOfWyoming58 1 year ago
I ate the album whilst I listened to the acid.
ncf1 1 year ago
Fun song!!!!!!
superben790 1 year ago
The very beginning reminds me of pinball wizard :)
twiggypeerzingz 1 year ago
First double album I ever bought with my own money! hah!
lixie1 1 year ago
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can anyone tell me what this song is about? Elton admits he never understood the lyrics and Bernie never said! It is for a project I am considering and would love to know what some of you think the lyrics and/or the title mean. Any answers send to me at: thewhistler77@gmail.com
Thanks!
ThisIsBilbo 1 year ago
my song at 13...so cool when it came out. I ate acid and staired at the cover
greyno3 1 year ago
@greyno3 'Stared' even !!
MeNext 1 year ago
@MeNext ...haha too much acid.
greenapplepuppyranch 1 year ago
@greyno3 wow! i guess you're having quite the flash back jus' like the rest of us. lol
rocknrolldaddio 1 year ago
my song at 13...so cool when it came out. I ate acid and staired at the cover
greyno3 1 year ago
my song at 13...so cool when it came out
greyno3 1 year ago
This song reminds me of blazing down the interstate back in 1975 in my 1970 GTO convertible and I can still see that big bag of weed I used to always have in my car....LOL. Ah yes, the good ole days.
johnex3303 1 year ago 2
asesome
sw33069 1 year ago
Great quality here! Thx. The one guy augiedoggy is spot on. It is hard enuff to get a few hits, never mind dozens and dozens. Enjoy EJ for the talent he has, whenever the best of it came forth - 70's, whatever.
Hankster957 1 year ago
Dee Murray at his best
blunt1 1 year ago
This album was, and still is , great. But Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboys is, in my opinion, his best work.
horsemad1670 1 year ago
This was probably the last great Elton John album. I don't think anything he's done since that time period (early 70s) comes close to being this good.
daven58100 1 year ago
love this song. Elton John was the greatest in the 70's.
novarossi7 1 year ago
Awe man, I loved Elton John when I was a teen. He was the greatest in the70's.
novarossi7 1 year ago
Dee Murray at his funky best. One of the most under appreciated bass players of all time.
blunt1 1 year ago
@blunt1 too right
77edster 1 year ago
When I was 15-16 (mid-70s) I was a huge Elton John fan. He could write some songs. His output over the past few decades has been spectacularly mediocre.
squanto2 1 year ago 2
@squanto2 It was Bernie Taupin who did the song writing back then. I agree with your statement about "...medicore...", as the recent material released is blah.
zenandthen 1 year ago
@zenandthen : You guys think there is an endless supply of hits in an artist? Its not like turning on a tap whenever you want it.
auggiedoggy 1 year ago
he was trully at his greatest creative period. this whole album is phenominal.
alenejoan 1 year ago
nigel grooved this take. guess that's why they put it down. dee too. solid. and the drums kinda separate in the mix. this and rock of the westies his best stuff.
smellrod 1 year ago 2
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How does he sing with a NIGGER dick in his mouth ?
forestroot 1 year ago
@forestroot lol classic
MrChronicplant 1 year ago
Bloody brilliant.
antisadism 1 year ago 2
Phil Collins comes close to this, fairly recently. Just shows that good stuff is good and crap is crap , as it should be.
horsemad1670 1 year ago
why cant todays rock musicians write anything as good as this or the whole album for that matter thank god for instant recall so we can all escape from todays shit and listen to real music with heart and soul like this
Runrome 1 year ago 4
@Runrome You know, I have pondered this question for years. Back in the day we had "album rock". As a kid you saved your cash and invested, for the music, great packaging with great art, and liner notes, and if you were really lucky a poster or something else cool. Kids wanted value, albums with concepts, where every track was a keeper. Today, rip an MP3 where half of the sound is sampled from someone else and that is called "art". The art is gone, it's all just corporate money crunching.
jchofler3 1 year ago 42
@jchofler3 Amen.
zenandthen 1 year ago
@jchofler3 So right you are, My Friend!!! Shame for the new Kids comin' up....but, I am so thankful for the Music I was exposed to and how it came to me!!!!
pepsiprincess48033 1 year ago 2
@jchofler3 Indeed you are most correct! There is a downside to the digital age. While I appreciate the convenience of being able to make playlists on YouTube, I'm glad to see that so much of my favorite music is available digitally but I'm like you I do miss the art. Looking at that marvelous prisim refracting on Pink Floyd's masterpiece album Dark Side of the Moon just doesn't have the same effect in the tiny box of a CD. Alas we mourn for great album art.
blueagate 1 year ago
@blueagate Not to mention the wonderful alternative utility of an album cover other than protecting the album, particularly a double album. Tiny little jewel cases just don't cut it. LOL
jchofler3 1 year ago
@jchofler3 The art is there, you just don't see it.
MrWhocares54321 1 year ago
@jchofler3 Hi. At 52 plus, it's totally true.....about life, let alone just music......it's the old Q and Q.....quality means more than quantity. peace/ john in Mass.
rockinbluesdude50 1 year ago
@jchofler3 Great analysis and so very true. Not all progress is forward....
Mechanic1307 1 year ago
@jchofler3 plus being "politically correct". The art of it is long gone.
DenCath5209 10 months ago
@jchofler3 How TRUE
DrewD1966 10 months ago
@jchofler3 hours spent listening over and over. finding something new in the artwork and the music...what great memories...
kenouman 10 months ago
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hours spent listening over and over. finding something new in the artwork and the music...what great memories...
kenouman 10 months ago
@jchofler3 at least vinyl has come back...
rosskstar 9 months ago 3
I was 12 when this came out. this album pretty much shot him out of a cannon on his way to stardom.
37 years later, this tune is still the best groove he ever came up with, IMO.
JonP1961 1 year ago
buena bateria de nigel orson y bajo de dee murray desde youtube...la honorable sociedad
lahonorable 1 year ago
great song.....but what the fuck is it about?
AWSH17 1 year ago
@AWSH17 It really is a matter of opinion,but I will share mine. I believe it was written by Bernie asking E.J. how does it feel?
WheezerK9 1 year ago
Favorite on this "Greatest" Album
lilylilac596 1 year ago
CRANK IT UP
To Hell with the neighbors and their barking dogs
oatbuck 1 year ago 10
@oatbuck I agree.
moluvsage 1 year ago
Listen to his second voice in verse 3,,,,, wow.
pbstratocaster 1 year ago 2
great song - show's us how E.J. sold out about 8 years after after GBYBR. guess bernie taupin is really the reason why E.J. lost his mojo!
tearmann 1 year ago
@tearmann You are SO right!
Cielodrive 1 year ago
Say what you want about EJ, this and so many of his other songs were WAY ahead of their time. We are so lucky.
doyoubarnes 1 year ago
oh man... what a great song..
Starlitblond 1 year ago
Lovin that !!! What a mega album YBR is !!
turboslag 1 year ago
I already said this was my fav track on GYBR, but what ARRANGEMENTS! The bass line, the piano, the vocals, the bright drums, wah guitar, just perfect
kirbygene 1 year ago
wow just love this got this album but in a cupboard somewhere and havn't heart this for yonks, brings back memories..thanks
kenziexxpodders 1 year ago
Been lovung this song since I was 10!!!!!!!
yoshluv7 1 year ago
@yoshluv7 Howdy fellow 10 year old! I was born in 63 and this was the album I learned Elton John with and bought the older ones and newer ones thereafter.
1967mustanggta 1 year ago
You know what , Ithought this was a track on Madman across the water.
MyFuzzy09 2 years ago
I totally forgot about this album till today, I heard it on the car radio... in 7th grade I did a talent show which had three showings. I was a dance student from early on . and remember doing a different dance for each show I didn't know what the hell I was doing.. . I just went out and danced to it... on stage.. lol...if I only didn't meet guys about 5 yrs later..
Starlitblond 2 years ago
gosh what a good track!
wrenzaga1 2 years ago
My favorite track on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. That dramatic intro that pauses, then the vocals come in from a totally different chord and tone,
10 out of 10
kirbygene 2 years ago
I had the album. Next, the 8 track. Every song worth listening to, at least twice. I was younger then...plenty of time. AAAH, youth. Still, for the young at heart.
americangalbasseyfan 2 years ago
The soundtrack of my youth. WOW!
americangalbasseyfan 2 years ago
We used to play this record all the time at the rink in Port Washington, NY when so many good skaters were there-everyone loved it, even d hamill when she trained there.
flatsee 2 years ago 3
great collaboration and it stands the test of time
johncuschieri 2 years ago 3
Best.
MegaDumkopf 2 years ago 17