Indian Sunset - Elton John (Madman Across the Water 5 of 9)

[jojo3684]

yea my teach made us listen to this song n i love it its awesome

[hotballz1000]

amazing song. and amazing artist. Elton John and Billy Joel are my favorite musical artists.

keep on keeping on you two

[ThatAwkwardGeorgie]

Two pac has used this and it makes me cry how beautiful songs like this get morphed and molded to fit what some people, who don't give a shit about the actual meaning or feelings of the songs, think it should be . <3 Elton john And Bernie taupin Forvever!!!

[Perfidia4ever]

Quando ascolto questa canzone le lacrime allagano la tastiera. Sembra di essere in una prateria e vedere cavalcare un pony impazzito  con un giovane guerriero Sioux colpito a morte dai bianchi ...come recita Bernie Taupin nel testo " e pace a questo giovane guerriero con un buco di pallottola..."..Solo i veri artisti possono regalarci vere perle in Musica. Bravissimo Elton e bravissimo Bernie.

[nitajohns]

This is a brilliant song and a masterpiece of an album. One of the greatest ever written. This by far his best work.

[AboSaud33]

5:50 great song!

[bonnie12650]

this is an awesome song, i love it!

[Survivor2002]

1971. John. Taupin. Dudgeon. Buckmaster. BRILLIANCE. Just brilliance...They told the story of LITTLE BIG MAN before there even WAS a movie about it!

[MrStan811]

Always did remind me of my native ancestry.

[GrandiosaTilFrokost]

This is magic.

[666devilfabricater]

Man.Weve done so much,yet so little.we killed each other for years,we still do,weve learned of murder,of extinction,and still so few try and fight it.we killed,we plundered,we took and did not replace,and we worshiped and used faith as a instrument of war.were monsters,but we are so beautiful,were capable of such good that my words cant even express,and evil so malevolent i can barely write of it.were the most complicated yet so simple beings to have ever graced at least this half of the galaxy.

[MrCatdog08]

it took an englishman to tell the story of native americans. what are we? my wife was native american, and she was ashamed of it.

[bigredoneder]

You are on Indian land!!!

[whakarongo100]

This makes me feel so sad. Such powerful imagery evoking great loss.

[jodonte1]

just one of those gems

[groundhog713]

This is my favorite song by Elton by all time, the dynamics on this osng are incredible!

[GoodGuitarSolos]

Fantastic song, beautiful vocals.

2Pac's "Ghetto Gospel" is beautiful song too, respect for both artists.

[Winster51]

Wow Rorsch, You must be a pleasent person to be with? I mean, with the gloom n doom cloud over ya in all...

There is many was to interpret this song and your interpretation did not ever cross my mind ;) Peace :)

[celloprofundo]

@Winster51 LOL....that wasn't the interpretation you had in mind? C'mon man, get with it, I think he nailed it right on the head! ; D....."Good morning Rorsch, how are you?" .."The world is coming to an end through eighteen plagues and the moon is going to collide with the earth in six months, Obama is an evil alien sent to destroy democracy and the water is being poisoned by nuns...I'm no prophet...I'm just sayin'.." ; D

[Rorschach25739]

No race will ever be superior to one another. In the next year, or month or so, the world will either blow everything up to radiated bits, the rest of the people will reread the constitution in America, overthrow our government, then mass chaos will set in in America, and as everyone in the wold starts to overthrow oppressive governments, more genocides and massacres will result. I am no prophet in any way. Also, Countries are constantly losing "power" and gaining it.

[michaelsmorrison]

Dancing Like Whiskey

The white man and i are one

We are blood brothers

from dawn to setting sun

sons of different mothers

We are twin stars

lost among the strong women

dancing like whiskey in the bars

M.S. Morrison

[HaloLovingFanatic]

These comments prove the world will never be at peace. Every race hates each other for all sorts of past crimes they all have committed and each one can't help but feel superior to all the other races. I am glad I'm a mutt, so I dont have to worry about any members of my race saying how 'superior' they are to everyone else.

[abu7zboon]

2 people are Americans

[salsa1995t]

@abu7zboon Woah, i love Elton John's early work and i'm an American. Country has nothing to do with how awesome Elton John sings.

[BigTymerPimp]

Funny how this song is not related to Muslims, Islamic history, slavery, or the Crusades at all, but yet you people are arguing about it. Just funny.

[MUJAHIDEEN7860]

@pakleglia lol the greatest scientist of our age ibn cina was a muslim loooooool fail again lies and more white lies

[RomeoAka150]

Tupac Shakur Ghetto gospel

[farhang1]

@pakleglia Did you say the crusades were a response to "retard" Muslims taking over Europe? Jesus Christ. if you're that ignorant of the past then there's no point reasoning with you until you've educated yourself. Europe was in a period of Cultural and Economic decline, now known as the dark ages, while the Muslims were regarded as by far the most advanced Civilization of their time. Nowadays i think Muslim culture has regressed, but you would be a fool to call them retards.

[MUJAHIDEEN7860]

@pakleglia Sand Monkey lol typical whites the whole world knows the intentions of us and british troops there all cowards as wikileaks prooves now go and forge another fake war for "democracy" coward

[MUJAHIDEEN7860]

@pakleglia BAHAHAHA muslims sold 50 Million slaves to europe WHITE LIES yet again please stop trying to worm your way out of your massacres

Osama Bin Laden is like a little mouse compared to the Monsters of the western imperialists !

[MUJAHIDEEN7860]

@pakleglia lol history please dont go there its littered with the crimes of the white devil

to name but a few

Slavery : killed 50 million africans

Colonialism: mishandling of Indian crops led to the starvation of 15 million indians as the crops were exported to barren waste land england

Holocaust: six million jews killed by white Hitler

Spaniards aka white cunts: killed 25 million latinos and raped millions of women

Osama Bin Laden can only wish of this well done White man XD

[MUJAHIDEEN7860]

@pakleglia LOL lies WHITE LIES where did you get this rubbish from?

White people are the worlds first terrorists end off (and the most vicious of all)

[MUJAHIDEEN7860]

@pakleglia lol seems like the truth is getting you angry Muhammaed did not kill 150 million people WHITE GREED did

If you want some details of this massacre just say

[MUJAHIDEEN7860]

@pakleglia lol are you sure? so osama killed 150 million people? lol he wishes that he was so destructive as the white devil ROFL

[MUJAHIDEEN7860]

@pakleglia Muslims did to europe? ROFL what did they do? kill six million jews? slaughter 25 million peopel did they? or did they kill 500,000 iraqis?

Man your seriously delluded

[sbtdesigns]

I played this album until it was ruined. I couldn't get enough. Funny thing is I can't stand him.

[ajpianoman1]

@sbtdesigns Why can't you stand him?

[mortenkul]

The lyrics is so EPIC... And the finer - piano playing is so sad and EPIC .... The story and all.. It's all so EPIC !

[mizofan]

Along with Tiny Dancer and Levon, one of my top 3 masterpieces from the album. And Elton's new album The Union, with Leon Russell, is great and #3 in the US

[MUJAHIDEEN7860]

The white man is so quick to wash himself of all his actions so quick infact it barely crosses the mind how many people have been affected by there thirst of gold and oil 50 million 100 million ? its just a large number to them nothing else maybe one day when the poor rise aka poorer nations such as China they will remember the sacrifices of there grand fathers mothers and uncles aunts which lead to survive the coming white oblivion WE HAVE SURVIVED AND WE ARE COMING GERONIMO LIVES!!!!!

[Lifesinhere]

@MUJAHIDEEN7860 Every tribe and people have had a thirst for more, some have been more successful than others, natures law is survival of the fittest, whether that is intellect or strength or both. You speak of "Oblivion" towards a race of poeple that has been successful. The white man will always be...

[MUJAHIDEEN7860]

@Lifesinhere ermm the white man is dying race China is growing and soon enough Asia will dominate....so osama bin laden is not a terrorist in my view

[davehiby]

more eye watering

[davehiby]

this is so sad

[liberalsrscum1]

f--k tupac this isnt about tupac,tupac was blip on the screen,obtw Geronimo never got filled with lead he lived to a ripe old age doing wild west shows-----still a beautifull song

[mortenkul]

@liberalsrscum1 Geronimo were.

[crissxpq]

am i there?

[TheOlmecindian]

this song was meant for the natives .not 2 pac rip..you abviously have access to the internet look it up .....

[TheRydog100]

some tips for life sent me here

[SBandstraProductions]

does Elton John realize that Geronimo never died due to bullets? sure he was shot up a few times, but he always survived. He died in 1909 by falling off a horse and spending a cold night in a ditch on a road. and then died of pneumonia.

[nocturnallyinsane]

@SBandstraProductions Yes! I was gonna say that. So thank you for doing so.

[arnoldkevin1]

THIS ALBUM IS LIKE ANY ALBUM PAP FOR THE MASSES THIS SONG IS ,IT IS IN NO WAY ACCURATE HISTORY WISE ..AND WHAT A SLAP IN THE FACE TO REAL NATIVE AMERICANS THAT A ENGLISH HOMO WHOULD PROFIT FROM A FAKE SONG THE MUSIC OF THE 70S WASNT ANY BETTER THAN NOW ..ITS JUST WHAT WHAT U WERE TOLD WAS GOOD AND U BOUGHT TO MAKE THEM RICH ..NOTHING EVER CHANGES

[wnorman6]

This album is one of Elton's best and it is a masterpiece, Listen to the words and enjoy the wonderful music. One of my favorites of all time.

[rbridges07]

The piano in this song is absolutely beautiful. This song is definitely one of Elton's most under rated masterpieces.

[gotthkid2]

THE ANOYING ORANGE ANOYS ELTON JOHN!

[rowdymax1]

On the LP, I always loved how this song built to a crescendo, ended abruptly then went right into "Holiday Inn"

[SunnyDays951]

This early EJ/Taupin song hooked me for the duration!

[tenthirtyatepm]

Madman Across The Water is an amazing album.

[minavidal]

Ancestral, emotiu, visceral....

[almj9]

Amazing song, one of my favourites. I swear they don't make music like this anymore.

[Tammerajean]

A beautiful song! As is the entire album, a masterpiece

[gordon5354]

@Tammerajean

As you say a beautiful song!. Still have the original vynal. love it!!!!!!!!

[Perfidia4ever]

Masterpiece !!! Nobody like Elton.(Early songs are fab).Rock On...

[bapakeith]

Eminem? Tupac? this song was done in this form in 1971-- get a grip!!!

[EtoileLituanienne]

It's the most beautiful song I have ever heard :)

[MrKeithmcmillan]

made me weep in my teens still dose

[Winster51]

Sir Elton John, this is the best song I have ever heard and I have heard them all...I just luv this song for some reason. I would have to say Madman across the water is my second then it be this song with Lion King hehehe. Peace and long life Sir Elton John :) My one only dream was to see you live. That will never happen, You will always live in my heart :) Always :) Stay safe ya hear!

[evilsquirrel56231]

Eminem used this song when making the Ghetto Gospel one, so he butchered Elton's vocals and made some sort of a chorus. I'm glad I looked the sample up, this song is beautiful.

[lornesch]

NOT Eminem  . . . Tupac !

[SUPAKILLATRON]

Eminem produced the track

[tenthirtyatepm]

What are you - lenilenape - going to do. Criticizing is easy, solutions take action. It's up to you now.

[lenilenape]

What am I going to do?

Live in a tent in rural Oregon.

Ride a bike, be a vegetarian.

Thats what, for starters.

[Sshelly34213]

The Native Americans were not vegetarians

[energyplusmore]

Amazing peice of music.

[lenilenape]

Now, what will we do to rectify our sins against the native Americans?

Anything?

Or just is this song just a nice salve on our consciences and we can move on to the next song to tickle our feelings?

[legionjdw]

before you go damning us, tell us what you personally have done to rectify your sin?

[lenilenape]

Well, how about living much like the Native Americans did?

Like living in a tent in the middle of the woods with a woodstove, solar panels, all sitting on a deck.

I have not sinned.

[legionjdw]

your tent has internet access?

[lenilenape]

My tent could have internet access.

[lenilenape]

He was laying down his weapons when they filled him full of lead.

Native American definition of gold: "Yellow rock that makes white man crazy."

[strummeresque]

Wow, Eye am not sure why everyone is jumping all over you. Oh, well, take it in stride. Some folks just need education.

[lenilenape]

I like to drill down into the core.

Truth hurts.

Peace

[lukeletourneau]

Tupac sampled this. Getto gospel.

Great song. I wonder how tupac found it?

[Corallis]

he didn't. Tupac was dead long before this was used in a sample for the released version of Ghetto Gospel, in which his vocals were (disgracefully) slowed down to fit the beat to the point that it only just sounds like his voice. the unreleased original does not feature this song whatsoever.

[fadeaway2112]

@Corallis

I'm an Elton John and Tupac fan, and I can tell you I would never have given Elton John a second look past Rocket Man were it not for Tupac's "disgraceful" use of this song.

[Corallis]

@fadeaway2112 can it really count as Tupac's use of the song if he had nothing to do with the creative decision to incorporate it on account of being..well...dead? =P

[fadeaway2112]

@Corallis

Okay, Tupac's producers. (I believe Eminem had something to do with it.) Either way, I don't think it's disgraceful, at all.

[Corallis]

@fadeaway2112 i'm not entirely sure if you understood what that modifier referred to. what was 'disgraceful' was the slowing down of Tupac's vocals on the song to fit the slower beat prepared by Eminem, which is a reasonable criticism of a frankly sloppy decision made by a professional producer. you appear to be under the impression i was criticising the decision to use an Elton sample, which is not quite true.

[Corallis]

@Corallis and to ensure i actually do mention Elton, Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water, Honky Chateau, Captain Fantastic and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road are all awesome. ^_^

[fadeaway2112]

@Corallis

My mistake. I will, however, do not see a big problem with the slowing of Tupac's vocals, but I am not musically trained except a year of high school chorus, lol. I can't speak for your musical experience.

Either way, this is a great song.

[Corallis]

@fadeaway2112 fair enough. all i'm trying to assert is that while slowing down vocals to the point of distortion to fit an instrumental would be acceptable for tribute made by an Internet amateur, it seems sloppy if by a professional producer who stated that he wished to show respect for the artist. it does not, however, come close to the other things Em did on that particular album, such as splicing bits of recorded speech together to make Tupac address him and G-Unit as though he knew them.

[Corallis]

@fadeaway2112 and yes, this is a brilliant song. 'Madman' contains many of my favourite Elton/Bernie works, including Levon, Holiday Inn and the title track, but this one is exceptionally well-crafted and the closing verse emotionally harrows me every time. while Bernie's lyric is guilty of a few historical inaccuracies and oversimplifications, it is nevertheless a vivid illustration of such a dark chapter of Western history. a solid 5/5 from me.

[fadeaway2112]

@Corallis

I don't know a great deal of the songwriting history, but the historical account doesn't really bother me, I just view it as an alternative history. It doesn't play a big part in my enjoyment of the song though, as it's such a great musical piece.

[OcyrixV3]

@Corallis : still ghetto gospel was a touching song that reached my heart.

[BigWestlifeFan]

LOOOOOOVELY!!! <3<3<3

[superpages18]

I LOVE HIS TALENT!!!

[fromdust2dust]

elton john iz tha shit he uses a verse from this when he features in tupacs ghetto gospital.  thiz iz tha shit yo

[Vote1Obama]

you right. elton's good.. he should compose more storytelling-songs

[txeire]

bernie taupin wrote the lyrics.

[kwillyou22]

ya taupin is a genius eh? I love Elton and Bernie they are musical gods

[SKIPSUBxxx]

:D Stereotypes. I know it was a different time, but it's still funny how "Indian" it is.

I do like the song, BTW.