Elton John - Kiss The Bride - Verona, Italy 1989

[Rndmnz123]

well, thats a fashion statement! GO ELTON!!

[waiter1971]

in australia low low is the 7th biggest selling ablum of all time. kiss thebride was a huge hit in oz and new zealand. it's not all about america you know.

[jaggass]

renate must have been furios to hear him play this in 88. was this peformance recorded after he came out or before

[Gregsynth]

He already came out (this was 1989). I think it was 1988 when he came out.

[jaggass]

dont know why he was peforming this song.

[Gregsynth]

I don't know either, but he did play alot of rare, underrated stuff during this era.

[jaggass]

he even played isaland girl live in 1989

[Gregsynth]

Yep! Only other time I heard it was during the Two Low For Zero tour.

[formulaonemad]

@Gregsynth And 1985!

[Gregsynth]

I didn't know Island Girl was played during 1985... :)

[formulaonemad]

@Gregsynth I thought you meant Kiss The Bride! Hahahaha! At the time!

[Gregsynth]

You FAIL! haha

[jgh548]

Falsetto gone on the choruses. This is after the surgery that altered his voice in 1987.

[thelurker25]

he actually did sing the falsettos on this song with in the very early 1989 shows - he obviously stopped right around this time

[jgh548]

Wow - thought he stopped after the 87 surgery. Did it still sound good? Are there any videos showing this on here?

[thelurker25]

it sounded good - but i think he is too a bit too secure when it comes to songs that demand his voice to sound like that. After all, I am sure the memory of how the voice sounded in the 1986 tour still haunts him today.

I don't believe there are any Eltonyoutube videos of him doing falsettos since his surgery in 1987.

[jgh548]

I believe he has no falsetto ability anyway these days. Over the last few years his voice has sounded increasingly awful. I think he has a comfortable range of about 6 notes now.

[jaggass]

agreed

[0586730O2]

yeah he sounds more mumbled now as well, more difficult to understand the lyrics

[jaggass]

not true have a look at the video i dont wanna go on you with you like that tokyo dome he uses his falsetto at 4:05

[jgh548]

Oh yes!

I'm really suprised at that. I thought the 1987 surgery killed off his falsetto. Why did he stop?

[jaggass]

it werent as strong as before maybe thats why he stopped using. have a look at his 1992 peformance of i dont wanna go on with you like that he stil used a bit of his falsetto then

[jaggass]

why is he singing this a year after when he came out gay in 1988? its a serious question

[thelurker25]

the 1988-1989 tour was a very odd one.

As you may know, his tour was kind of like a revisit to his hits, some obscure stuff (Danny Bailey, Too Low For Zero, Empty Garden, Kiss The Bride, Lucy..), and the new material. During the first part of the show, it consisted mainly the songs he played a few years prior with the symphony in Australia. The middle part was the hits, and towards the end were the new songs.

[thelurker25]

I don't have a direct answer to you on why he did it. This song was played through the European Tour for RSB and carried on to the Sleeping w/ the Past tour later that year.

He played numberous tracks from the Too Low For Zero album (I Guess, I'm Still, Too Low, Kiss). Too Low probably meant a lot to him at the time due the the rentboys controversy. Its also interesting to note that all shows for the RSB tour ended with I'm Still Standing (with exception to the last few shows of this tour)

[eltonator]

It's just a song

[thelurker25]

and thats what they said about "Your Song" 40 years ago... but the fans and critics proved otherwise.

[TheTerminalMoose]

Yeah, just sit back and listen to the magic of Elton's musical poetry.

[TheTerminalMoose]

PS- That was a follow-up of eltonator's comment.

[BigShotTony]

Indeed. I have two boots from this tour, the 1988 Poplar Creek show and the 1989 Philadelphia Spectrum show, and this tour was definitely one of his more unique set of shows. The 1989 section for "Sleeping With The Past" got even stranger, as Elton dragged out "Island Girl," "Harmony," "Levon," and, briefly, "Come Down In Time," and he had "Rocket Man" as the closer. Really intriguing time to see Elton live.

[eltonator]

That is the most bizarre thing I've heard.

How can I get hold of a copy of the 1989 bootleg? Or can you post it on here?

[honkycabbit]

Sad to watch this since he got divorced a year ago before this concert. Great performance though.

[elton1111]

I'm amazed how good this concert sounds, considering that within a year he was pretty close to dead with the drug abuse.

[Nicholasitaly89]

Cosaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaa!?????

Elton John a Verona? Mamma mamma non ci posso credere sono senza parole!

Elton John nella mia cara e bella a Verona. :-)

[SaveTheQueeen]

è tornato all'Arena anche il 25 maggio del 2002! veniva un'acqua... ma che bei ricordi!

[Matteino85]

io dovevo andare a venezia ad ammirarlo... ma poi aveva annullato tutto...avevo anche preso i biglietti (rimborsati cmq)

[dalard2161]

Awesome!

[WhisperLady023]

Looove it! Please post more of this concert!

[cjp3725]

drummer is awesome!!

[adamsowter]

there's no way i could get a copy of it is there?! i've had the 'best of Elton' DVD for years and the version of philadelphia freedom on there is from this concert and i've always wanted to see the full thing!! totally amazing!! what a legend!!

[ResidentEvilOgre]

lol, when did elton go into rehab..90 or 89? its awesome when he jumps

[72miche19]

July 1990.

[babboxy]

I was theeeeeere!!! haha fantastico

[sjmcollins]

Don't see the skinny guitars anymore--trapped in the 80's forever.

[chelseaboy2007]

great song, great performance! where do you get all of this great footage from?