This album is one of the seminal albums that inspired my bass playing at a critical time for me, the first couple of years I was learning to play. Dee Murray simply rocks on this whole recording.
Brings back fond memories of my teen years, first loves this era spawned some of the best music that will always stand the test of time and never go out of mode...
i saw there were no dislikes so i was going to press it. my hands started shaking and i started sweating. it can't be done! this song is just too great! o hit the like instead.
i found that to be so true. I am a huge Jeff Lynne and ELO fan....my fav cuts are what the top 40 stations would consider "album filler". The true personality of the band/ artist/ lyricist is revealed in what are considered the lesser tracks....also, the same is often true of their true talent. This definitely applies to much of Elton John's work...particularly "Captain Fantastic" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".
When I was the same age, Elton was kind of wimpish in my circles. So one day I snuck into my sisters room and lifted this LP, brought it back to my room and my jaw hit the floor. Like you said "Every single song is a hit." What writing and harmonies, I'd like to see someone today who could provide this kind of talent.
@4fingersinge : There isn't anyone. I mean no one at all! I think a person like EJ only comes around once in a lifetime. Besides EJ himself he had the greatest people working with him.
this song is so amazing and feel so sorry for those people who just listen to greatest hits they miss out on so many awesome songs like this one just because they arent as popular as others. GO "GOODBEY YELLOW BRICK ROAD".(If you notice there is not a single dislike on this song thats got to send a message)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is my favorite Elton album and it's one of my top five favorite albums of all time. From beginning to end, it's such a strong compilation of music. Folks that limit themselves to only Elton's hits are missing out on so many gems.
@tutegarraxfiles shhhhh.... the trolls just haven't found this one yet...
I LOVE this post...nonetheless, we must do our utmost to inform our musically hindered to grasp at least a rung up on their ladder of the bottom of the barrel..one of the top 10 albums in ANY field...but as TacomaPaul said...but it!!! ...and listen to it through and through...every time heard is a new experience!!!
I bought my first Elton John album at age ten. 19 years later, I've seen him live three times and own every album. This song is and will always be one of my all-time favorites.
Elton John defined my teenage years.... I'd forgot just how GREAT his early albums were..innovative, original.... nothing like the ersatz, predigested, commercial crap they have today....
In high school, i was into the harder rock bands and didn't give a shit about Elton John until my older sister got this album and I listened to it constantly. A masterpiece!
my mixed up teenage years all come back listening to this,so any teenagers listing to this now you are not the first and wont be the last to wonder what its all about, i still trying to figure that one out.
@miabarry The melodies of his newer songs may be uninspiring when compared to those off GYBR but that's probably because he doesn't have the voice he had 40 years ago. But he has nothing to prove.
Isn't is amazing how well the band wrote/played their instruments.....to the absolute perfect compliment .....of the vocal and song itself. Not to mention their heavenly backing vocals. His songs of the 70's are unparalleled by anyone, any band of any era.
@jjacintoful I'd say Deep Purple had more soul but Elton definitely takes the prize for the ability to write a 6 minute song and keep the words fresh, original and deep. Hats off Mr John. Would a guitar solo have hurt though??
@arbuviknb yeah it was the CIRCA 1969 version. It appeared on the tumbleweed connection album originally. I say it appeared, I am not sure if it actully was on the album, it was on the CD, however, I do believe. But yeah, it's the 1970's version. Actually most of his songs up to 1975 were pre-recorded in the late '60's and early '70's anyway. He just fxed them up a little for his new records.
One of Elton's best songs ever! Few people it seems really appreciated the songs he did that never made the top 40. And this song is one of those Gems!
Yeah, unfortunately Elton turned into something many of us couldn't recognize in the 80's. This album is one of rocks best. The backwards guitar along with the orchestral parts pierces you.
Where rock meets baroque !!!. The orchestral arrangement and guitar are simply perfect. Nigel's drumming with slow rythm and metronomic precision is at its best, and he is the finest of EJ's drummers and 'reads' his music so well. Elton sings superbly and hauntingly in this amazing song that is amongst his very finest compositions. So good that Elton and Nigel came back together again after so many years.
American Idol had an Elton John night a couple weeks ago. I was hoping that at least one of the contestants would pull out an old hidden jewel like this one, but unfortunately they didn't. Some of Elton's greatest songs weren't his biggest hits, including this one.
American Idol had an Elton John night a couple weeks ago. I was hoping that at least one of the contestants would pull out an old jewel like this one, but unfortunately they didn't. Some of Elton's greatest songs weren't his biggest hits, including this one.
I have to agree, my brother bought this album back in the 70's along with a T Rex album, we palyed them both everyday for months on end..............still nothing competes all these years later..........well done Elton a true Englishman leading the way!!
This song always sounds to me like it should be sung by a blind, negro Blues singer in a smoky bar somewhere in the deep South. Elton certainly knows how to write soulful songs.
i wrote a song called " IN YOUR MIND " by andrew gerbasi, I've always been influenced by elton john and as i sit hear and listen to this awsome song i can feel where my inspiration came from. Have a listen and tell me what you think. cheers
Hey, excuse but i don't think so,,i've got the yellow vinyl limited edition from 1973 and this is a double album so this song is included in the original LP from 1973.
"Decent" is about as good as I'd give Rock of the Westies. The gems from start to finish were Caribou, YBR, Captain, in that order. Tumbleweed Connection is just a step below those (couple of songs are a bit too cheesy, eg Country Comfort and its WAY overdone strings/fiddles)
The best track off this double album that the fewest people heard. Glad I was a big enough fan to know his albums start to finish (though that certainly ended with Rock of the Westies)
For me Elton 'ended' with Breaking Hearts, maybe even Ice On Fire. Elton's early 80's albums shouldn't be dismissed even if they tend to be very uneven. After that he struck back withe the strong Made In England-album.
La parte che inizia a 3:55 e finisce verso il minuto 5 è da extra-terrestri. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road resta e resterà uno dei migiori Album della storia della musica moderna. Mi dispiace il fatto che I've seen that movie too sia una canzone che non gode della stima di pezzi come Your Song o Rocket man perchè secondo me è,insieme a Funeral for a friend, il vero capolavoro di questo album . . .fantastico Elton
I spent time at sea when I was younger and this album always got played and played and I never tired of it and don't still. It reminds me of those times and the loneliness and homesickness but by God it is sooo good.
One of Elton's hidden treasures- even though this album was a bit hit, there are so many great tracks in his career that people don't know; he's too often judged on some famous songs that are well short of his best. There will come a time when silly attitudes to costumes or being gay are put aside, his true genius is widely recognised and he's given proper credit as the greatest song composer.
1)How is this a "BONUS" song..it has always been a track on this LP
2)A song Elton has NOT played live since December of 1973 and one that WOULD fit in with his lower vocal register. I dont know why he refuses to play this great song.
OMG. Is there anything worse than watching people lie to your face and thinking you don't know? Does anything make them or you any more pathetic? Everything after that point becomes completely absurd. He's right. And the music couldn't create the sound of the horror any better. Davey Johnstone gets The Win here.
Prova inconteste da musicalidade do maior compositor pop de todos os tempos... onde sua alegria e competência musical impõe-se em qualquer letra, por mais singela que seja, e a transforma numa canção atemporal, que encanta e acalenta gerações e gerações... transforma tudo o que toca em pérolas ... Great sir Elton John... long life king...
Prova inconteste da musicalidade do maior compositor pop de todos os tempos... onde sua alegria e competência musical impõe-se em qualquer letra, por mais singela que seja, e a transforma numa canção atemporal, que encanta e acalenta gerações e gerações... transforma tudo o que toca em pérolas ... Great sir Elton John... long live king...
Prova inconteste da musicalidade do maior compositor pop de todos os tempos... onde sua alegria e competência musical impõe-se em qualquer letra, por mais singela que seja, e a transforma numa canção atemporal, que encanta e acalenta gerações e gerações... transforma tudo o que toca em pérolas ... Great sir Elton John... long life king...
Prova inconteste da musicalidade do maior compositor pop de todos os tempos... onde sua alegria e competência musical impõe-se em qualquer letra, por mais singela que seja, e a transforma numa canção atemporal, que encanta e acalenta gerações e gerações... transforma tudo o que toca em pérolas ... Great sir Elton John... long live king...
Elton was FUCKING MEGA popular when this album was a hit, and I would say he was STILL underrated. "Lost" classics like this prove that the man is/was a genius. My fave is "Caribou," but damn, "Yellow Brick Road" is such a musical AND lyrical masterpiece. THANK YOU sydlivy for posting the whole thing.
The music of the last twenty years get worse with each passing year and repeated play
The music of the 50s,60s 70s and 80s gets better better as the years go by and repated playing just makes you more in awe of the greatness that has been and may never be again
Only the Elton can sing Bernie's lyrics that simply attach themselves to the heart. Do you think someone lived this to sing it so beautifully? Regardless, the master singer/songwriter duo. Forever I will love the Yellow Brick Road.
Aprilbaby oh how well I can relate to your story Im SO Happy that u have those memories!!! Yeah sometimes u jus have to let the music do the talking!!!
Im 50 this April and at 16 Captain Fantasitc which I can sing the whole Album and Yellow Brick Road was my life and every song Elton and Bernie do somehow just fits..p.s. when I was 14 Iied to my parents and saw Elton in Buffalo and it was amazing lol
This is one of ht e best songs by Elton n Bernie!!! We have all been there and it's GREAT to have a song to relate it too!!! Trust me not all will get it but Thank Goodness we do...
Yep, GYBR is an amazing record(2). Elton's music, Bernies lyrics...... Timeless, and let's not forget amazing bandmates all with great tone, Davey, Dee (RIP), Nigel. If you don't have this recording, stand up right now, step away from teh computer, go to the store and buy it!!!
Sir Elton John was on a wave of commercial succes back in the 70's.Everthing he released was praised up until he annouced his sexuality .then the hypocrites turned on himBlue Moves suffered in sales becaue the his fans (stupidily )could't deal that he just might not be straight.Really?
I think his style changed around that time....like Elton said, once he came out...he got twice as many fans! I love classic Elton but I cant listen to anything after 1980.
@ellammenno I have to agree on the other hand a lot of great artists who did drugs put out their best albums then - also his voice changed too because of the nodules on his vocal chords it wasn't the same after that.
EXCEPT 'Jamacia Jerk-off'! That song is SO out of place. It's like the party guest that nobody invited. All the other songs seem to be trying to keep their distance from it.
I saw on some VH1 special that Jamaica Jerkoff by EJ was apparently written after the band and engineers went to Jamaica to try to write and record an LP, and had so many hassles and screw-ups and unpleasant experiences that they had to bail without getting anything done - GYBR was done immediately afterwards, so I guess John was just expressing his annoyance -
This album is one of the seminal albums that inspired my bass playing at a critical time for me, the first couple of years I was learning to play. Dee Murray simply rocks on this whole recording.
fooblbeeboob11 5 days ago
Live in Odeonsmith back in 70's and this version make this song special in every possible sense
PedroElVirtu 6 days ago
First cut is the Deepest!!!
sakins55 2 weeks ago
man he is unreal, probably have more songs I like of his than any other artist
befz88 1 month ago 2
Brings back fond memories of my teen years, first loves this era spawned some of the best music that will always stand the test of time and never go out of mode...
ronin27k 1 month ago 3
Therapy
gwyntube 1 month ago
i saw there were no dislikes so i was going to press it. my hands started shaking and i started sweating. it can't be done! this song is just too great! o hit the like instead.
15markeng 1 month ago 3
one of the best guitar solos of all time!
steedocherty 1 month ago
i found that to be so true. I am a huge Jeff Lynne and ELO fan....my fav cuts are what the top 40 stations would consider "album filler". The true personality of the band/ artist/ lyricist is revealed in what are considered the lesser tracks....also, the same is often true of their true talent. This definitely applies to much of Elton John's work...particularly "Captain Fantastic" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".
viken51 1 month ago
It'a a habit, I don't get pushed around.
bretthejet60 1 month ago
w haven't been robbed..that is a blessig
heapbigtalk 1 month ago
My favourite album of all-time. I doubt I'll ever hear another one that rivals this.
auggiedoggy 2 months ago 2
Listened to this whole album a thousand times when I was 15-16. Every single song is a hit. Outstanding and amazing talent!!!!
musicmanblair53 2 months ago 2
@musicmanblair53
When I was the same age, Elton was kind of wimpish in my circles. So one day I snuck into my sisters room and lifted this LP, brought it back to my room and my jaw hit the floor. Like you said "Every single song is a hit." What writing and harmonies, I'd like to see someone today who could provide this kind of talent.
4fingersinge 2 months ago
@4fingersinge : There isn't anyone. I mean no one at all! I think a person like EJ only comes around once in a lifetime. Besides EJ himself he had the greatest people working with him.
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this song is so amazing and feel so sorry for those people who just listen to greatest hits they miss out on so many awesome songs like this one just because they arent as popular as others. GO "GOODBEY YELLOW BRICK ROAD".(If you notice there is not a single dislike on this song thats got to send a message)
Carsonslove 2 months ago
WHAT A FANTASTIC SONG
tom6lillie5 2 months ago
just gets better
markie7681 3 months ago
His best song.
cleverandrew123 3 months ago 2
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is my favorite Elton album and it's one of my top five favorite albums of all time. From beginning to end, it's such a strong compilation of music. Folks that limit themselves to only Elton's hits are missing out on so many gems.
ls1959 3 months ago 3
I agree with; " Young man, listen and learn..."
Ironhandjohn 3 months ago
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@tutegarraxfiles shhhhh.... the trolls just haven't found this one yet...
I LOVE this post...nonetheless, we must do our utmost to inform our musically hindered to grasp at least a rung up on their ladder of the bottom of the barrel..one of the top 10 albums in ANY field...but as TacomaPaul said...but it!!! ...and listen to it through and through...every time heard is a new experience!!!
LicklagerMtl 4 months ago
May I recommend the book 'An Essential Guide To Music In The 1970s' by Johnny Zero. The author is a big fan of this track.
garyw930 5 months ago
I bought my first Elton John album at age ten. 19 years later, I've seen him live three times and own every album. This song is and will always be one of my all-time favorites.
qedbeach 5 months ago 2
Elton John defined my teenage years.... I'd forgot just how GREAT his early albums were..innovative, original.... nothing like the ersatz, predigested, commercial crap they have today....
LaBelleMichele 5 months ago 2
3:42 to 5:02 is musical climax!
musictomyears8 6 months ago 3
this track is the climax of the whole album
charlieleonardmusic 6 months ago 2
Awesome song! I love ballads.
Seattlecarnut 6 months ago
In high school, i was into the harder rock bands and didn't give a shit about Elton John until my older sister got this album and I listened to it constantly. A masterpiece!
Choctaw468 6 months ago 3
@Choctaw468 Now go back and listen to "Tumbleweed Connection"..pretty awesome in it's own right..
roehmig 4 months ago
@roehmig I did listen to "Tumbleweed Connection" later on. My favorite Elton song(Country Comfort) is off that. Yeah, that's a killer album too.
Choctaw468 4 months ago
So many great tunes he's written. It's staggering.
Keys22765 6 months ago 6
my mixed up teenage years all come back listening to this,so any teenagers listing to this now you are not the first and wont be the last to wonder what its all about, i still trying to figure that one out.
chrishelenrose 6 months ago
@L00kng "the sounds of horror".. what a good way of putting it.
77edster 6 months ago
They just don't make music like they use to. Thank God for recordings!
pt8648 6 months ago
justin beiber is gayer than Elton John and Elton's actually gay! go figure
ezasugo 6 months ago
великая песня,
великий альбом,
великий музыкант.
Daniyar102 6 months ago
not a single dislike!!! :D
JoanOfArc10 7 months ago 2
How classy this is. Fantastic.
torturedej 7 months ago
It sucks that I cannot find a live version of this on YouTube. Elton had so many great songs, it seems it's almost impossible to play them all...
PopCultureSucks 7 months ago
A wonderful wild genius in the seventies. What a total bore now. Much like the state of contemporary music in general.
miabarry 8 months ago 2
@miabarry The melodies of his newer songs may be uninspiring when compared to those off GYBR but that's probably because he doesn't have the voice he had 40 years ago. But he has nothing to prove.
buddhabder 8 months ago 2
The "deep cuts" on albums are the best... and usually the band's faves.
Listen to an entire actual ALBUM (or CD whatever) of your fave artist... and not just the "hits". Buy the WHOLE thing....not just iTunes hits.....
You will find the best music.
TacomaPaul 9 months ago 27
@TacomaPaul If they had only plyed the "hit's"from the beatles "White album"we would have missed so much!!!!
beatlestoneful 7 months ago
Respond to this video... The art of the Album is almost lost...and believe it or not GARTH BROOK'S & TOM PETTY are screaming about it!!
beatlestoneful 7 months ago
@TacomaPaul Listen to the man;he knows what he's talking about,trust and believe.
Capcoor 3 months ago
thank you for posting all of these songs xoxox
tmclaxton 9 months ago
Pure magic!So much talent!
morangoebanana 10 months ago
I'm glad I like all types of music.
amberfwn 10 months ago
Isn't is amazing how well the band wrote/played their instruments.....to the absolute perfect compliment .....of the vocal and song itself. Not to mention their heavenly backing vocals. His songs of the 70's are unparalleled by anyone, any band of any era.
jjacintoful 10 months ago 5
@jjacintoful I'd say Deep Purple had more soul but Elton definitely takes the prize for the ability to write a 6 minute song and keep the words fresh, original and deep. Hats off Mr John. Would a guitar solo have hurt though??
LeweRG 10 months ago
@LeweRG madman across the water-the long version-ric ronson, or, is it mic-7 or 8 min long-superb guitar work
arbuviknb 8 months ago in playlist Elton John
@arbuviknb yeah it was the CIRCA 1969 version. It appeared on the tumbleweed connection album originally. I say it appeared, I am not sure if it actully was on the album, it was on the CD, however, I do believe. But yeah, it's the 1970's version. Actually most of his songs up to 1975 were pre-recorded in the late '60's and early '70's anyway. He just fxed them up a little for his new records.
jason13204 7 months ago
@LeweRG there is a guitar solo
77edster 6 months ago
Outstanding song and performance...quite stirring...
DD99able 10 months ago
One of Elton's best songs ever! Few people it seems really appreciated the songs he did that never made the top 40. And this song is one of those Gems!
TB133teacher 10 months ago 4
SO powerfull... and kinda sad... it's really amazing... one of the best albums ever... --and 0 dislikes so far it's the proof =) --
tutegarraxfiles 10 months ago 3
@tutegarraxfiles shhhhh.... the trolls just haven't found this one yet
prober45 8 months ago 25
@prober45 ...
I can just see all the Trolls in the world rocking it out until the sun kills 'em!!! Such a happy death, smiles on all their faces...content!
LicklagerMtl 4 months ago
Yeah, unfortunately Elton turned into something many of us couldn't recognize in the 80's. This album is one of rocks best. The backwards guitar along with the orchestral parts pierces you.
ICSTRINGS1 10 months ago 3
Where rock meets baroque !!!. The orchestral arrangement and guitar are simply perfect. Nigel's drumming with slow rythm and metronomic precision is at its best, and he is the finest of EJ's drummers and 'reads' his music so well. Elton sings superbly and hauntingly in this amazing song that is amongst his very finest compositions. So good that Elton and Nigel came back together again after so many years.
FINEFELINE333 10 months ago 3
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American Idol had an Elton John night a couple weeks ago. I was hoping that at least one of the contestants would pull out an old hidden jewel like this one, but unfortunately they didn't. Some of Elton's greatest songs weren't his biggest hits, including this one.
ls1959 11 months ago
American Idol had an Elton John night a couple weeks ago. I was hoping that at least one of the contestants would pull out an old jewel like this one, but unfortunately they didn't. Some of Elton's greatest songs weren't his biggest hits, including this one.
ls1959 11 months ago
I have to agree, my brother bought this album back in the 70's along with a T Rex album, we palyed them both everyday for months on end..............still nothing competes all these years later..........well done Elton a true Englishman leading the way!!
spencershuk 11 months ago 2
This song always sounds to me like it should be sung by a blind, negro Blues singer in a smoky bar somewhere in the deep South. Elton certainly knows how to write soulful songs.
sutemohpab 11 months ago 4
@sutemohpab I agree w/ that similarity, he's good at it!
DenCath5209 10 months ago
And to think they wrote it in 3 days while in a Jamacain jail.
ottoramsaig 11 months ago
i wrote a song called " IN YOUR MIND " by andrew gerbasi, I've always been influenced by elton john and as i sit hear and listen to this awsome song i can feel where my inspiration came from. Have a listen and tell me what you think. cheers
randyandy1960 11 months ago
His band was great Love the piano, guitar, drums.........they were great.........
floBflo2020 1 year ago
I think this is my fav song on this album.
amberfwn 1 year ago
I want to favorite the whole damn album!
sneric401 1 year ago
fuck is a four letter word
emaclynch 1 year ago
Hey, excuse but i don't think so,,i've got the yellow vinyl limited edition from 1973 and this is a double album so this song is included in the original LP from 1973.
myryckyz 1 year ago 2
Elton needs to return to bitching in his music. It's what's missing now: he can afford to complain in person.
killbucket1 1 year ago
"Decent" is about as good as I'd give Rock of the Westies. The gems from start to finish were Caribou, YBR, Captain, in that order. Tumbleweed Connection is just a step below those (couple of songs are a bit too cheesy, eg Country Comfort and its WAY overdone strings/fiddles)
barnacleguy 1 year ago
The best track off this double album that the fewest people heard. Glad I was a big enough fan to know his albums start to finish (though that certainly ended with Rock of the Westies)
barnacleguy 1 year ago
@barnacleguy Rock Of The Westies was the last decent EJ record.
bmgfl 1 year ago
@bmgfl Agreed!
ottoramsaig 11 months ago
@bmgfl I don't know.I liked Too Low For Zero.
Capcoor 3 months ago
Estavan57, a great description! for me elton ended with a SINGLE MAN.
wrsmycountrygone 1 year ago
For me Elton 'ended' with Breaking Hearts, maybe even Ice On Fire. Elton's early 80's albums shouldn't be dismissed even if they tend to be very uneven. After that he struck back withe the strong Made In England-album.
torturedej 1 year ago
What a beautiful song ! Great song!
grandchelsy
grandchelsy 1 year ago
He was great when he was creating music with Bernie Taupin. Now he is just a fat old twit.
Estaven57 1 year ago 5
This album was completed in a very short period of time as well, before pro tools, and digital consoles, those days are certainly over.
facedout 1 year ago
Oh man, after all these years this song still brings tears to my eyes.
I was so unhappily in love at the time.
TheSweOne 1 year ago 2
La parte che inizia a 3:55 e finisce verso il minuto 5 è da extra-terrestri. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road resta e resterà uno dei migiori Album della storia della musica moderna. Mi dispiace il fatto che I've seen that movie too sia una canzone che non gode della stima di pezzi come Your Song o Rocket man perchè secondo me è,insieme a Funeral for a friend, il vero capolavoro di questo album . . .fantastico Elton
paolino1704 1 year ago
Best thing EJ ever did - a great, classic album
SupernalOne 1 year ago 2
My absolute favorite song from the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Album.
TheBeaugraham 1 year ago 3
Drumming is perfect for such a morose song!
himycatisdead 1 year ago
So sexy.....
IronCladLady8 1 year ago
been there....done that
glimmer2158 1 year ago 3
I spent time at sea when I was younger and this album always got played and played and I never tired of it and don't still. It reminds me of those times and the loneliness and homesickness but by God it is sooo good.
stixmix2375 1 year ago 3
One of Elton's hidden treasures- even though this album was a bit hit, there are so many great tracks in his career that people don't know; he's too often judged on some famous songs that are well short of his best. There will come a time when silly attitudes to costumes or being gay are put aside, his true genius is widely recognised and he's given proper credit as the greatest song composer.
mizofan 1 year ago 4
1)How is this a "BONUS" song..it has always been a track on this LP
2)A song Elton has NOT played live since December of 1973 and one that WOULD fit in with his lower vocal register. I dont know why he refuses to play this great song.
DavelovesRealMusic 1 year ago
The line is with the knives in their eyes, not lights.
garydemaio 1 year ago 2
@garydemaio I always thought it was the "lies" in their eyes, as in lying eyes..
roehmig 1 year ago
between forcing smiles........with the lights in their eyes
emaclynch 1 year ago
OMG. Is there anything worse than watching people lie to your face and thinking you don't know? Does anything make them or you any more pathetic? Everything after that point becomes completely absurd. He's right. And the music couldn't create the sound of the horror any better. Davey Johnstone gets The Win here.
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TheMarceloVRamos 1 year ago
bernie may have written the words but elton wrote the music. We would have been listening to poems otherwise.
Shelleyton 1 year ago
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is on my list of favorite albums of all time. From beginning to end the music is so strong. Elton at his absolute prime.
ls1959 1 year ago 2
@ls1959 and bernie
flippyflyer 1 year ago
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ppeorgie 1 year ago
@ppeorgie so what? name 'em, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin,ect... it's a group effort man.
rocknrolldaddio 1 year ago
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ppeorgie 1 year ago
The last time I really listened to this was when it came out. It's nice to hear it again.
daven58100 1 year ago
Axl Rose referenced this in the classic GN'R song 'You Could Be Mine'.
BejnXander 1 year ago
THIS ALBUM ID SIT AND LISTEN TO IT AND IT MADE SO MUCH SENSE AND STILL DOES.. THIS ALBUM IS UNDERATED BRILLIANT MUSIC.
juleslove2u 1 year ago
loves just a four letter word..........no its two four letter words....LETS FUCK
emaclynch 1 year ago
@elliotboy1233 he is dead?
emaclynch 1 year ago
@emaclynch no
fuckmanutherecunts 1 year ago
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eldorado61guy So difficult to pick a favourite from "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' true ^^^^^^ there
FlightRisk359 1 year ago
I'm not a big fan of string arrangements, but Del Newman's contribution to this album has to be mentioned.
thebird55 1 year ago
Elton was FUCKING MEGA popular when this album was a hit, and I would say he was STILL underrated. "Lost" classics like this prove that the man is/was a genius. My fave is "Caribou," but damn, "Yellow Brick Road" is such a musical AND lyrical masterpiece. THANK YOU sydlivy for posting the whole thing.
mygymchannel1 1 year ago 4
@mygymchannel1 He is perhaps the most overall talented person in modern music history. Saw him live in 76. He was 29, i was 16
jaredeal210 1 year ago
just a very emotional and "deep" song
Crishna1991 1 year ago
I love the way Davey Johnstones' guitar sounds like seagulls towards the end of his solo. Design or happy accident?
candelise 1 year ago 2
The guitar solo is backwards.
Absolutely fucking amazing song.
CuteZootSuit 1 year ago 2
The music of the last twenty years get worse with each passing year and repeated play
The music of the 50s,60s 70s and 80s gets better better as the years go by and repated playing just makes you more in awe of the greatness that has been and may never be again
Runrome 1 year ago 4
@Runrome Wow, that is so true.
SeattleLA 1 year ago
So difficult to pick a favourite from "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'
eldorado61guy 1 year ago
Only the Elton can sing Bernie's lyrics that simply attach themselves to the heart. Do you think someone lived this to sing it so beautifully? Regardless, the master singer/songwriter duo. Forever I will love the Yellow Brick Road.
pottc1 1 year ago
Ohhhhh, man, this voice is just freaking godly!
TheEndKing 1 year ago
love a movie reference-song! this and "Widescreen" by Rupert Holmes are genius
tearmann 1 year ago
the best album ever, they can keep the rap . hip hop and all the other newer stuff. this is REAL music
towerman5211961 1 year ago 24
This song defines guitar orchestration.
TheRobsDad 1 year ago 3
שיר יפיפה
של גאון
אחד מהיפים ביותר שלו
למרות שלא ממש מוכר
יצירת מופת
שוקי
TheMahagoni 1 year ago
שיר יפיפה של גאון.
עושה דמעות בעיניים.
שוקי.
TheMahagoni 1 year ago
שיר יפיפה.
יצירת מופת של גאון.
מכיר את השיר הזה מגיל 15
למרות שהוא פחות מוכר
הוא עדיין לדעתי אחד מהטובים של סר אלטון ג'ון.
שוקי
TheMahagoni 1 year ago
@TheMahagoni Agreed!
7936Barry 1 month ago
Aprilbaby oh how well I can relate to your story Im SO Happy that u have those memories!!! Yeah sometimes u jus have to let the music do the talking!!!
musichead29 2 years ago
As a child I used to sing,(so keep your old dishes for somebody)LOL!!!
WheezerK9 2 years ago
Its just so hard to believe that this album is nearly 40 years old... Timeless masterpiece.
WheezerK9 2 years ago 3
Im 50 this April and at 16 Captain Fantasitc which I can sing the whole Album and Yellow Brick Road was my life and every song Elton and Bernie do somehow just fits..p.s. when I was 14 Iied to my parents and saw Elton in Buffalo and it was amazing lol
aprilbaby1960 2 years ago
ksmit I jus read ut comment and Thanks for that!!! This is whole album is jus a couple of bars ahead of thr rest~so sit back relax and ENJOY!!!
musichead29 2 years ago
This is one of ht e best songs by Elton n Bernie!!! We have all been there and it's GREAT to have a song to relate it too!!! Trust me not all will get it but Thank Goodness we do...
musichead29 2 years ago
@musichead29 I totally agree with you... I would add that it is among his 3 best, though not a hit...
aledelig 1 year ago 2
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@musichead29 I totally agree with you, it is among his 3 best to me, though not a hit...
aledelig 1 year ago
a piece of history
yourhereimthere 2 years ago
Spectacular.
americangalbasseyfan 2 years ago
This song has a hypnotic quality to it and Nigel's
drumming is masterful !
JAYSEA90 2 years ago 2
Yep, GYBR is an amazing record(2). Elton's music, Bernies lyrics...... Timeless, and let's not forget amazing bandmates all with great tone, Davey, Dee (RIP), Nigel. If you don't have this recording, stand up right now, step away from teh computer, go to the store and buy it!!!
ksmit 2 years ago
Elton is beautiful!!!!!!
leftfootlouie 2 years ago 2
Sir Elton John was on a wave of commercial succes back in the 70's.Everthing he released was praised up until he annouced his sexuality .then the hypocrites turned on himBlue Moves suffered in sales becaue the his fans (stupidily )could't deal that he just might not be straight.Really?
leftfootlouie 2 years ago
I think his style changed around that time....like Elton said, once he came out...he got twice as many fans! I love classic Elton but I cant listen to anything after 1980.
ellammenno 2 years ago 2
@ellammenno I have to agree on the other hand a lot of great artists who did drugs put out their best albums then - also his voice changed too because of the nodules on his vocal chords it wasn't the same after that.
1505kad 2 years ago 2
@ellammenno When you change producer, band AND lyricist, things will no longer be the same,no?
candelise 1 year ago
I honestly don't get what's wrong with people? Why does it bother anyone what their sexual orientation is?
Perhaps I was just raised in a different time, but I was taught to never hate someone for such a thing.
Sshelly34213 2 years ago 4
@leftfootlouie i think changing producers, band and wrting partner probably had something to do with it as well.
flippyflyer 1 year ago
Amen it all turned out ok eveyone is where they belong.
TheRedemtion 2 years ago
Even after all these years this is
the best album. all the songs are
great.
paul607 2 years ago 36
I agree!
ellammenno 2 years ago
@paul607
EXCEPT 'Jamacia Jerk-off'! That song is SO out of place. It's like the party guest that nobody invited. All the other songs seem to be trying to keep their distance from it.
creaturetronic 1 year ago 2
@creaturetronic
I saw on some VH1 special that Jamaica Jerkoff by EJ was apparently written after the band and engineers went to Jamaica to try to write and record an LP, and had so many hassles and screw-ups and unpleasant experiences that they had to bail without getting anything done - GYBR was done immediately afterwards, so I guess John was just expressing his annoyance -
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@paul607 You've got that right..the BEST collection of their work, hands down..
roehmig 1 year ago
reminds me of the good old days...anyone got a dubie?
elmerjfuddstone 2 years ago 3
There is only one Elton, and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is one of the best albumns of all time. Listen and love it.
doug5759 2 years ago 4
I still play this album since I bought when I was a teen. I'm a film buff so this song even means more to me.
amberfwn 2 years ago
Love it, this is the best album, i'm a modern girl from 15 years old, and still loving it like hell!
maritsada 2 years ago 3
Iv'e seen that movie too...so don't bother playing it again Sam.
I love this song....
zozoann 2 years ago
beautiful song.
ChiGuy1983 2 years ago 3
Really easy-going, cool song. Thanks for posting.
valenzuala 2 years ago
BEST of all time.
jdupnrth 2 years ago 2
Great unique song!!!!!
sbcruiser2 2 years ago 11