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  • i love how paul reubens snaked his way into this vid haha

  • Sodding Justin Timberlake! I didn't bloody notice that for like ... 10 years, shiiiiiiiittttttt! Looks perfect to play him in the film! Good ol' JT! :D

  • Pee Wee!

  • Amazing song, and video. ..Timberlake really is the guy to play Elton.

  • ohhh justin <3 you're rock man :)

  • I wonder how they're going to pull that off if they make a movie with Justin as Elton. I mean Justin's talking voice is way too high pitched compaired to Elton's back then before the lowering of his voice and no British accent. Alot to think about.

  • This is probably one of the best music videos ever made on so many levels. JT's performance is fantastic, the cast and extras are all well played, the set is perfect, and most of all, the Steadicam work is flawless. Notice how the headroom and horizon stay level. And it really captures the sense of loneliness and superficiality of being a celebrity. It is truly perfect.

  • thumbs up if you remember this song from NBA commercials :)

  • I didn't recognize he's Justin Timberlake played young John in this video. Good video.

  • Hey whats up? ,

    My name is Ron and I just got out of the U.S. Navy so I couldn't promote my music like I wanted to while enlisted. Now that im a civilian again and served my time in the military im giving this music thing another shot.

    I rap, I cant promise you or make you like my music, All i'm doing is asking for a chance. So if you can please check out my channel and maybe subscribe I would highly appreciate it.

    Thumbs up for all the soldiers serving our country !! God Bless America !!

  • Elton has shied away from music videos - look at Robert Downey's "I Want Love" video.

    Elton has done it all, seen it all, drank it all, smoked it all, shoved it up his nose, almost died from the excess, and then did it all again.

    Now he's happily married, has a music legacy 50 people would die for, and all he has to do is just show up and he's treated like a king.

    This video is great, and so is Justin Timberlake's dead-on portrayal of a guy going through the motions and just tired of it all.

  • I thought this was really elton.... who is the guy playing him here?

  • @SUGARSUGAR291 Its justin timberlake

  • @SUGARSUGAR291 Justin Timberlake

  • Train don't stop Camborne Wednesdays.

  • Fantastic song and video..One of Elton's best ever..

  • A monumental change of direction here. Very artistic - I can hear it now and relate. Nice film.

  • My fav part of the song: "You don't need to hear it, but I'm dried up and SICK TO DEATH OF LOVE.

  • Absolutely adore Justin in this video. Elton John, love you and your music. Thank you.

  • He actually does a great job as Elton.

  • @WELOVEUSELENA who the fuck is justin?

  • @polskizzle timberlake

  • Fun!

  • С удовольствием слушаю Элтона Джона. В нем всё сочетается лучшим образом:-талант композитора; прекрасный голос; постоянная современность..... Браво, сэр Элтон Джон!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I cry every time I hear this song.

  • Jonathan Toews could have played this part. Looks exactly the same.

  • @AlexDow15 hahah good point

  • HEY ITS PEEWEE

    

  • What a great video! JT looks exactly like a young EJ. Great Steadicam work, well done all the way through.

  • so through,so call mee!

    

  • I used to be the main express

    All steam and whistles heading west

    Picking up my pain, from door to door

    Riding on the storyline, furnace burning overtime

    Such a brilliant lyric writer.

  • That face could cause nightmares. Did they attach prosthetics, or was that all JT's face?

    Elton never looked as bad as that.

    That could have been a villain in a Batman (or Austin Powers) movie. Just awful.

  • I love that Pee Wee Herman is playing the "manager" character lol. But in all seriousness, Justin's portrayal is uncanny! I hope he takes the job for the new movie.

  • Love how his manager dises people for him...that what a manager does I guess, tell people off that you (the celeb) can't do..LOL

  • hope Elton gets his way and Justin gets to play him in the upcoming biopic he would be so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Everyone there was a good likeness to the early years

  • Justin would have to "chubby" up, to play Elton John, but this was a very good likeness.

  • Great song and great video as well.

  • Good pop song.

  • It has come out that there is going to be a biopic made of Elton's life called "Rocketman", and he has revealed that he wants JT to play him in the movie- interesting........

  • @sallyannlady The whole idea of the biopic actually came out as a result of this video. The reason was, indeed people were beyond fucking stunned by JT's portrayal of a young Elton. On paper it sounds like the dumbest thing ever. "So here is the idea okay, follow me on this. We want Justin Timberlake to play you in the '70's and just walk around acting like you." And at the time I think he was just fresh off of N'SYNC.

  • Pee Wee can never be anything else. But JT can be EJ.

  • this video is old this was made in 2001

  • justin timberlake?

  • Funny to see a singer play a other singer

  • Interesting*

  • Can anyone else a bit Quentin Tarantino in Timberlake here?

  • @mitchdaytonam3 yeah :)

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  • This is a great song. I wonder if Justin and Sir Elton duet live in concert. That would be an event.

  • With all the people in this video Elton John still seems so alone.

  • Liza Minelli on crack XD

  • @businesschic24 Ha ha ha LOL!

  • _

    Tal vez la realidad sea como de puerta en puerta

    buscando donde esta mejor lejos de todo doloR'

  • @1:15 you can see a person from the crew

  • The original uncut version had the bunny snorting coke in the studio 54 room!

  • he loks så much thiner and you

  • why talk about herman cain he sucks.

    He thought Libya was one of the women he was with.

  • @TheRandomSkillz Ha ha! That's a great response. Funny comment.

  • RIP Herman Cain

  • @roguetrick Herman Cain got shot in the knee with a arrow by a pokemon

  • Did you know that Gary

    barlow make the backgroundd voice?

  • Justin playing Sir Elton?.......Sir Elton wishes he was that good looking lol

  • essa música me faz querer voltar ao passado

  • Awesome!

    

  • Remember folks, Bernie Taupin writes most of the lyrics!

  • what a story. what a man....

  • Time 3:40!

  • i was thinking theres no way elton was ever that tall

  • @popifar He was likely 6' in 6" platforms, seen him live 4X in 2010/2011 & I'd say around 5'6" that's just a guess based on when he walks around the taller band members + being a healthcare professional direct patient care so it's a bit easier to judge other peoples' height & weight. As much as is known about him I don't think he ever disclosed his height. As a tall, thin female it surprises me how often others say they want to be tall...shame folks have a hard accepting themselves...

  • Esse clip fez parte da minha infância! E só hoje o reecontrei!!

  • How cool is Elton? He just gets these really hot guys to sex up his videos. RDJ is another fine example! Best. Gay. Ever.

    Big thanks from the girls Elton ;)

  • Wow, Justin looks scarily like Elton did. This is very well done.

  • Timberlake so talented, even at age 20

  • @tsonthana He's 30 though.

  • @TheeLazyWay He was 20 when he did this

  • @TheFreckles80 But this was released last year?

  • @TheeLazyWay This video was put on youtube last year (see added 1 year ago), was released in 2001.

  • is he Justin???

  • lindo 

  • one of the best elthon´s songs, i love it.

  • @ 2:10 A backstage party isn't complete without Liza. LOL

  • This video was filmed at The Ambassador Hotel in L.A. before it was torn down, and made into a school.

  • This song is so fucken sad...i love it :-)

  • @altosaxlove I know right!!! This is were I seen it too :) lol

  • @kenswife1986 me too!!!

  • thank you pop up video

  • JT is a fucking idiot.

  • JUSTIN DID A REALLY GOOD JOB PORTRAYIN ELTON.... I LOVE THIS VIDEO....ESPECIALLY DA LIZA MINNELLI WANNABE....JUSTIN LOOKS CUTE!!!! :p

  • Pop up video

  • what's the name of the video where elton is in a great ballroom and he just walks around singing

  • JT is so awesome in this video i actually see Elton and forget it's him!!! Amazing job he did!!!!!!!

  • JT is awesome!!

  • That isn't EJ actually.

  • Шедевр!!! Спасибо!

  • this song made my cry the first time i heard it

    

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  • Pee-Wee's home was being searched by LAPD while he was at the studio filming this video for Elton John.

  • LOVE LOVE IT TIMELESS MUSIC SIR ELTON MAKES MAGIC!

  • is the journalist David Fricke?

  • I love justin timerlake the guy grey suit following justin is Pee wee herman

  • i remember this video being made. it came out amazing. 

  • @jw, what about the couple of times it cuts to different cameras? is that classed as cobtinuous?

  • what people dont realize, this was done in one continuous shot. Much props to my boy JT, and PWH. Love this Video

  • @jwjohnson11 it was actually 3 shots

  • its been awhile since ive seen this video. i had forgotten that paul reubens was in this vid.

  • Having met Sir John I must say, he should never sing this song again... He is a walking miracle... Does anyone have any idea what he survived, and the fact that he met someone who is willing to put up with him... I am the biggest Elton fan but I am also a person just like he is and I will be honest... It is a miracle that we are not visiting him at his grave... Just saying!!!

  • just great!

  • Justin does such a great job here!

  • Pee Wee!!!!

  • Remember watching this every morning before school on one of those countdown shows.

  • ...all the purple prose you bought from me...

  • tbh, Elton's voice and music is just so brilliant that anyone with any music taste can like him. i think he's amazing :D

  • I used to be the Main Express, all steaming whistles headed west. Picking up my pain from door to door, riding on the storyline furnace burning overtime, but this train don't stop there anymore...

  • I'm sorry, Rachael.

  • How can I only be seeing this now for the first time? It's amazing how much Timberlake not only looks like, but totally embodies 70's era Elton John.

    If they don't have him play Elton in the upcoming biopic they're ruining the movie right out of the starting gate.

  • @electrojones so because he mimes his music he should play Elton in the biopic?

  • @electrojones I read some where ad saw on pop videos, that Elton John thought that likeness was so canny it was scary. 

  • he has some swagg :]

  • Good grief. Doesn't anyone get this song? The lyrics are by Bernie T. He's sick to death of love. He's depressed by it all and all that stuff. Not Elton. Elton just wrote the tune. Like all of their best stuff. This is a song from Bernie's heart which is why it's so sad. Nowt to do with Elton really. I'm sure he'd agree. Poor Bernie. I'm with btw

  • @TheCressyboy who is bernie

    

  • @7ouuta8 bernie taupin was his music collaborator.

  • @7ouuta8 bernie taupin writes all lyrics for elton john, they have never worked in the same room, elton gets the words and then plays the piano until the words fit the music. in the way they do this, they do not influence one another and thats how we the listner get such an incredible expierence. elton said the one time it didnt work was with the song daniel... where he cut out the last section which explaines the songs meaning, but elton felt the song was to long so he cut it down.

  • @TheCressyboy And dont forget it s how he felt AT THE TIME....it dosent mean he feels that way NOW or has to feel that way for his whole life but at the time he felt that way. Feelings can change for the better

  • Why does such a beautiful and touching song get so few views when lesser songs have too many views. Makes you wonder if it is because of his sexuality and some people just dont ever wanna listen to elton john ... sad really

  • IS THAT PEE WEE HERMAN AT 1:06

  • @KGCJR1 It is. Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman

    

  • Is this Camborne? Train don't stop Camborne Wednesdays. 

  • I am glad that they have it in here because Sir Elton Is really cool.

  • Liza! (With a "Z")

    

  • do you get all your scrap metal taken too.

  • THE BEST video clip I've ever watched!! Timberlake... I don't like him, but he was nice playing Elton John. GREAT!

  • A reflection on a life of debauchery and what really matters in the end. I love it.

  • This should have WAYYY more views than it does,

  • @mcjmetroid i swear this video was pulled awhile ago, i couldnt find it ! that probably kept the view count low

  • Is it just me, or is that Justin timberlake???

  • @neoranger15243 Yes, it is!

  • Is that elton john in the video? Im a new fan of sir.elton john so excuse my knowledge

  • @lurifaxable No, he is way older than the actor is.

  • @mkz42279 Elton John looks and is a lot older than that...its Justin Timberlake in the video

  • I love you Elton..........I love your music.....It's..really.....all really

  • I think that is supposed to be Liza Minnelli or a fan look alike of her at 2:13. I came to this video because of David LaChapelle

  • he looks like jefferey dahmer in the courtroom with the comb over!!!

  • just started to listen more to elton john and just found this song, love it!

  • Apparently thats J.T ? Coulda fooled me lol !

  • J.T.'s just missing the chest hair.

  • Hey! There's Pee Wee!

  • One of Elton's greatest tunes. As good as classic 70's stuff.

  • This just confirms my ever-lovin' FASCINATION with Elton John...GOD I LOVE THIS MAN.... <3

  • Juuustin! :D

  • I used to be the main express, all steam and whistles heading west.

  • @bjunt4prez isnt it mad express?

  • @MeatloafTribute1 I'm not sure.

  • @bjunt4prez Picking up my pain from door to door, riding on the storyline, furnish burning overtime, but this train don't stop there anymore...

  • @IamKesyerSoze I freaking love this song.

  • Only 250k views? This song was epic, wtf!!!

  • whats up, look at the justin b exclusive movie that i have on my profiIe

  • J. TIMBERLAKE at his brilliant best....

  • Too bad Amy Winehouse never saw this video. It might have saved her. All artist doning drugs please listen and learn. The writer of this song is a genius

  • @brookelynnsnyper Amy Winehouse was worthless and didn't listen to anyone. I'm pretty sure if her family and friends couldn't save her, a song defiantly couldn't.

  • @brookelynnsnyper this was waaaay before that (horesface looking bitch) came out with her shitty ass "rehab" and thats what she neened but hasted it ..so the bitch died....

  • @kryptonian541

    You are a dickhead, you know that? The girl just died, show some respect asshole.

  • An interesting fact about this video: When Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee) was filming this video, he was called to be informed that he had been arrested for possession of child pornography (which turned out to be nothing more than vintage erotica).

    I hope the people who made those false arrests burn in hell for that.

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  • @vnisanianisback It was skimpy evidence, no pun in intended, and probably a dubious search warrant. I hope he's careful from now on because they'll be watching him -- and we have seen how little it takes to get a search warrant out there. Great video.... I'm not a Timberlake fan but he did a good job with this. Only problem is, now I got the damn song stuck in my head.

  • damn .. i seriously thought that it's young elton john. didn't even realize that it's justin timberlake.

  • The 5 people who dislike this obviously have NO musical taste.

    Sir Elton John is one of the greatest musicians EVER. <3

  • @scarbreath He's second only to the Beatles in my book. He's a true living legend.