This is a great song but don't forget that The lyrics were written by long-time writing partner Bernie Taupin and the music by Elton. gotta give credit where credit is due........ the lyrics are fabulous......
YES ELTON JOHN AT HIS BEST I REMEMBER WHEN THIS ALBUM CAME OUT IT WAS AS RADICAL AS SGT PEPPERS. OH PLEASE ELTON MORE OF THIS AND NO MORE CROCODILE ROCK
Elton released 9 albums between 1969 and 1973....all original material....and we still listen to them all today....EJ is up there with the Beatles!!!!!
thanks for posting this song. i absolutely adore elton and i have the dvd set that has this video...i can't find it........and now i fond this one. How beautiful of a song...i hope nobody tries to remake this song...it is already perfect.
hard to believe that a 23 year old pop star could actually have written music involving an orchestra, harp, and other classical motifs proves the king of talent that star can hold. no one can ever come close to what elton john has perfected in the last 40 years
If you haven't heard it, please listen to Brandi Carlile sing this magnificent song. Its truly amazing. She was backed by the entire Seattle Symphony Orchestra, it is mindblowing.
@LolasTubular I'm sorry I can only give your comment a "thumbs up" once. If I could do multiples, I would. I am often struck by just how young Paul Buckmaster was when he did these orchestrations. When the Beatles joined EMI, they came under the guidance of George Martin who seemed like a father figure to them. By contrast, Elton was working with people of about his own age.
one of the most brilliant artists of the past 50 years...even today, when his voice should be gone and his talent should have faded, he's still going at it and performing brilliantly (albeit with a slightly changed voice). it's neat to listen to this performance and then watch the one from his 60th birthday.....truly amazing and unique to him alone.
@flobtheblob Last 50 years? I beg, gently, to differ. This goes in the time capsule with most of his recordings. 200 years from now, I want them to consider this.
I always liked how Elton used 50 piece orchestras on his recordings during this period. Although he doesn't do it that much now, he definitely had a deep influence of clasical music in a lot of his songs....
Amazing!! What an incredible song along with an incredible voice. Elton John musical talents along with Bernie Taupin's sensational lyrics is a duo we may never see again. I feel very fortunate to have seen Elton in 73,74 and 75. He was unbelievably great live. What a showman.
His voice, awesome...but let's give Bernie Taupin equal credit for the beautiful lyrics. At their height they were probably in my top 5 song writing duos.
This is one of my favorite songs by Elton John. I had this album, but lost it. The whole album was excellent. Can't remember the title of the album. Anyone know which one I am talking about?
@jenalbee It was just called Elton John and was the one with the head shot of him wearing glasses with a dark background. Search on here for first episode at Hienton and you will find that track is featured along with the LP cover. I still have mine but have copied it to a CD in case I wear it out.
But after listening to tons of music for more than 40 years, I still can say: along with E.J.'s "Madman Across The Water", this song for sure is one of the best I ever heard in my life.
I am so glad I was young at a time when I would go and see him live - often. He shaped my twenties and thirties. It was all so magical. Dashing out to buy the latest Elton!!! Not many people these days have his talent. Song-writing and performing ability. And longevity!! Well, there's The Beatles and Queen. Giving away my age?
@UberDeathTurtle I was about to jump all over you for suggesting somebody other then Elton John could sing this. But I went to listen to Brandi'd version. And while I still prefer Elton (especially when he plays it just with piano), I was blown away by Brandi Carlile. I had not heard of her and I want to thank you for introducing me to her music. She's quite amazing.
@ezekialwheel That would be from the album Goodbye Yellowbrick Road. But Take me to the Pilot is not on that one; Gray Seal is tho! And tons of other good ones!
@Forensource if you got a good copy of the LP you would have been very lucky most pressings were poor this is so much better it is really about the man as he was then -very serious -and very unhappy. There are two Elton's this one and the one of Crocodile Rock and Bennie and the Jets.
When you listen to, what is 40 year old genius and remember back to those days, as I can, and know that no one, no one was using string arrangements like this in their songs. Elton is a genius, but he has also worked with some of real greats such as Berni, obviously, but also Paul Buckmaster and Ray Cooper to mention just a few.
@ianrc2000 Actually, The Beatles incorporated strings as far back as 1964. "Yesterday" was recorded just with Paul's voice and a String Quartet. The Beatles, with George Martin arranging, used strings a lot, especially in their later records. Elton and Paul Buckmaster did a fabulous job of keeping beautiful string arrangements in rock/pop music.
My passion for Brandi Carlile's singing has brought me back to him. He has been very gracious to assist her on her new album, and she always acknowledges his contribution to her development as a singer/songwriter.
It's great to see a healthy symbiotic relationship in music today. The passing on of the musical baton.
How haunting & poingnant. He is now past the age he is singing about. Gives me goosebumps. Writing a song like this takes a lot of soul & intelligence. That's what makes great music!!!
@juliekstroup Actually I learned recently that it was not Elton who wrote the music for this song as he normally does. The composer was actually a man named Paul Buckmaster.
Respond to this video... and remember kids, he had a band that interacted in the studio and ALL the lyrics which inspired him were written by someone else/ Bernie Taupin...there were 4 Beatles remember? sheez don't idolize people only God.
During those great years, Paul Buckmaster was instrumental in shaping Elton's sound with those great string arrangements, such as you're hearing here.
This is my favorite album of Elton John (1970). I have all of his records, but nothing compares to what he recorded from 1970 till 76, after that it was just catchy music, but before, he was sooo creative.
100% in agreement. 70-76 was his best period. I have also all albums on LP and CD. I know a lot of the songs by heart and love to sing along when listening. Music today has lost its soul. Wish I could go back in time.
You are so right, this was a golden age for Elton, nothing has nor possibly will ever come close. His music from this time defines the very best parts of the era for me.
Let us not forget the other contributors to early Elton John excellence. Apart from Elton's songwriting, piano playing and singing and Bernie's atmospheric lyrics, the full-flavoured sound of these albums was down to Paul Buckmaster's masterful arrangements and Gus Dudgeon's production. Whereas the Beatles were provided with an older gentleman to arrange and produce their records, Elton's collaborators were about the same age as him.
Not sure what the Beatles have to do with this other than the fact that every other pop artist since 1964 has been compared to them. For the record, George Martin had little experience recording rock bands. His biggest claim to fame was recording spoken word records for Petter Sellers.
I was drawing attention to how young Elton's production team was (as provided by Dick James) compared with George Martin who was provided to the Beatles by EMI. Yes, GM had previously been in the Comedy & Light Entertaiment department. Gus Dudgeon who produced the Elton John album had just hit fame in the industry with his production of David Bowie's Space Oddity.
Paul Buckmaster is the great unacknowledged part of EJ's early success. If EJ had come on the scene in 69-70 like the Fabulous Mr. Fabulous he is now, he would have been hooted out of musical history. It was Buckmaster's strings and orchestral arrangements which got him established.
You must be joking,A young Elton John would have made it in any era with what ever producer he had..John become a super star after he got rid of buckmaster.
Yes, EJ (and BT for that matter) abandoned any pretense of art and went for schlock Tin Pan Alley-style music which secretaries want to hear while at work.
It's their early stuff which makes us care about EJ/BT, because we say how fantastic they could be. By the mid-70's they just churned out dreck to meet their contracts.
Hes gone now,he last album was the worst and I have all hes albums.Hes musical songs are absolute rubbish,the lion King songs were OK.
Yes 1970 to 1975 was it,Blue moves produced a few good songs so did A single man.The eighties was the worst era in music for everybody,I hated the hole era and Eltons music was very sad.I thought made in England was a good album.
Thanks so much Elton John; especially for (after so many years of diligent beautiful music making)...your recent interview on BRAVO aired on the Easter Weekend '08; GOD BLESS YOU for your talent and honesty and longevity; U R a lighthouse and inspiration never failing and still playing & singing flawlessly
Totally untrue, he had to have surgery because he had cancerous nodules on his vocal cords which were not due to drugs/alcohol. His voice has changed over the years because he is older and your vocal cords change which is why he and many others can no longer hit high notes that they use to. But, no the drugs/alcohol had nothing to due with the surgery and did not eat away at his vocal cords. Besides, alcohol eats at your liver not your vocal cords.
If you think alcohol and coke don't damage your cords then I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn, some swampland in Florida, and I would like your bank account information in order to transfer money out of a Nigerian bank account that belonged to a general who died in a car accident and has no living relatives.
Elton damaged his voice from constant alcohol and cocaine use. The two substances literally ate away at his vocal cords. Yes he did have to re-train his voice, but it's obvious he cannot sing like this anymore. Sad.
es de su primer album algo realmente maravilloso digno de todo elogio, me llega a lo mas profundo de mi ser, lo siento con el alma, todas los temas de este album son espectaculares
yes because he had always sang from his middle voice, after his surgery he had to learn how to bring out the notes from his gut because his throat was too damaged. His post surgery albums are doctored quite heavily. His voice is incredibly powerful now, but I really miss the high range
elton runs away because he has to get back to his piano!! duh lol. His voice was better then because in the early days and even more so in the 80s he could go from quite low (ex. nikita) to quite high (ex. burn down the mission)and go in and out of his falsetto and all over his range effortlessly. He could still belt it out for a while after his surgery but he's 60 and did alot of drugs, his voice is just tired, that's all there is to it..
Yeah, boy does that opinionated idiot need an English class or what. It never ceases to amaze me how it seems to be the most ignorant people who have an opinion on everything.
you look like most of my classmates, think they know everything, but they dont know shit, all the things they say is just to hear themselves speak...thats all.. cheers!
that's true. With the voice he has now he would not have done nearly as well. He was an amazing singer then and he is decent now. It's unfortunate he wrote everything the way he did because now he has to chage all his keys and it doesn't sound the same
I love that he's just casually sitting there.
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This is a great song but don't forget that The lyrics were written by long-time writing partner Bernie Taupin and the music by Elton. gotta give credit where credit is due........ the lyrics are fabulous......
SEVFEST 2 months ago 3
A great Paul Buckmaster arrangement and great performance Elton......hey who's the hot chick on the harp?
mocus1 2 months ago
@mocus1 Her name is Skaila Kanga :)
ajpianoman1 1 month ago
This was before he sold out...man what a talent..now just a sad establishment spokesman
MrSirDel 2 months ago
thank you youtube, without you would not be able to find such classics
mcrane2882 2 months ago 2
YES ELTON JOHN AT HIS BEST I REMEMBER WHEN THIS ALBUM CAME OUT IT WAS AS RADICAL AS SGT PEPPERS. OH PLEASE ELTON MORE OF THIS AND NO MORE CROCODILE ROCK
iwillbecreeping 4 months ago
Well he's the best pop star ever, a great composer and he has a 88" pianist. Nuff said.
mocus1 5 months ago
@mocus1 who is this nuff fellow?
Manu9078 4 months ago
I love the Harp part LOL
msia40004 5 months ago
What a great talent! he was only 23! long live Elton John!
eltonjames79 5 months ago
@eltonjames79 Yes long live Elton and his wonderful music!!!
tinydancer1964 5 months ago
i love this song
ZwankyTanky 6 months ago
Elton released 9 albums between 1969 and 1973....all original material....and we still listen to them all today....EJ is up there with the Beatles!!!!!
bartlettohio 6 months ago 2
I cry everytime I hear this. He's amazing
rowan1325 6 months ago
This whole album was fabulous, so if you want to invest it is one of a kind.
denigrieve 6 months ago
thanks for posting this song. i absolutely adore elton and i have the dvd set that has this video...i can't find it........and now i fond this one. How beautiful of a song...i hope nobody tries to remake this song...it is already perfect.
Fluteplayingbandgeek 6 months ago
No Jakski, you got it wrong. Bernie was the lyricists. That means he wrote the words only. Elton wrote ALL the music.
garydemaio 6 months ago
An amazing talent, I am happy to have been here through it
jedibill111 7 months ago
A different time....but the same Elton !
mocus1 7 months ago
hard to believe that a 23 year old pop star could actually have written music involving an orchestra, harp, and other classical motifs proves the king of talent that star can hold. no one can ever come close to what elton john has perfected in the last 40 years
jferkfjkj 7 months ago
If you haven't heard it, please listen to Brandi Carlile sing this magnificent song. Its truly amazing. She was backed by the entire Seattle Symphony Orchestra, it is mindblowing.
Lheiva 7 months ago
bernie taupon wrote all his tunes back then!!
jakski 8 months ago
Brilliant
cretan982 8 months ago
Haunting...couldn't have put it better myself.....really brilliant stuff..
xxxxnirvana 9 months ago
Ahhh....let's not forget Paul Buckmaster's contributions to this incredible album. xo
LolasTubular 9 months ago 2
@LolasTubular I'm sorry I can only give your comment a "thumbs up" once. If I could do multiples, I would. I am often struck by just how young Paul Buckmaster was when he did these orchestrations. When the Beatles joined EMI, they came under the guidance of George Martin who seemed like a father figure to them. By contrast, Elton was working with people of about his own age.
MusicMadMaurice 4 months ago
COOL
omuen 9 months ago
Great song
63lutzie 9 months ago
one of the most brilliant artists of the past 50 years...even today, when his voice should be gone and his talent should have faded, he's still going at it and performing brilliantly (albeit with a slightly changed voice). it's neat to listen to this performance and then watch the one from his 60th birthday.....truly amazing and unique to him alone.
flobtheblob 9 months ago 8
@flobtheblob Last 50 years? I beg, gently, to differ. This goes in the time capsule with most of his recordings. 200 years from now, I want them to consider this.
TonkaLorr 2 weeks ago
I always liked how Elton used 50 piece orchestras on his recordings during this period. Although he doesn't do it that much now, he definitely had a deep influence of clasical music in a lot of his songs....
groundhog713 10 months ago 7
Happy 64th Birthday Elton!! From all of us at the Rocket Club...You are definately 60 years and Going ON!!!
corca100 10 months ago 2
Amazing!! What an incredible song along with an incredible voice. Elton John musical talents along with Bernie Taupin's sensational lyrics is a duo we may never see again. I feel very fortunate to have seen Elton in 73,74 and 75. He was unbelievably great live. What a showman.
zorgen12 10 months ago 2
His voice, awesome...but let's give Bernie Taupin equal credit for the beautiful lyrics. At their height they were probably in my top 5 song writing duos.
Epyx911 11 months ago
Cool. thanks terryneale! I will check it out!
jenalbee 11 months ago
Can anyone tell me what kind of sunglasses hes wearing here? Im looking to find a pair and i cant find anywhere the brand or model...
JNGHQ 11 months ago
This is one of my favorite songs by Elton John. I had this album, but lost it. The whole album was excellent. Can't remember the title of the album. Anyone know which one I am talking about?
jenalbee 11 months ago
@jenalbee It was just called Elton John and was the one with the head shot of him wearing glasses with a dark background. Search on here for first episode at Hienton and you will find that track is featured along with the LP cover. I still have mine but have copied it to a CD in case I wear it out.
terryneale 11 months ago
I'm not suspicious of being an Elton John Fan.
But after listening to tons of music for more than 40 years, I still can say: along with E.J.'s "Madman Across The Water", this song for sure is one of the best I ever heard in my life.
Thanks so much for posting it.
miep0202 11 months ago
nice song. maybe more angst= better albums?
SolidGoldKalashnikov 1 year ago
anyone know what kinda sunglasses those are, i want a pair just like them and i have no idea how to go about accomplishing this =/
JNGHQ 1 year ago
I am so glad I was young at a time when I would go and see him live - often. He shaped my twenties and thirties. It was all so magical. Dashing out to buy the latest Elton!!! Not many people these days have his talent. Song-writing and performing ability. And longevity!! Well, there's The Beatles and Queen. Giving away my age?
cuckoo1000 1 year ago
@TheTroutmaskreplica Elton's super new album The Union with Leon Russell isn't so commercialised., may appeal more than most of his post-70s stuff
mizofan 1 year ago
This is very "Toned" down LElton for this time. hahaha. Elton still rocks, I still like him very much. amazing what you'll find on YOU tube.
andreewj 1 year ago
23 years old?
MoveOnDotOrgg 1 year ago
I think there was earlier compilations of Rock with symphony , ie, the Beatles , but Elton made very excellent use of it !
bscondict 1 year ago
wow this is great.
he sounds so different now..sigh
tylersmyler 1 year ago
luv ya - keep on keeping on Sir Elton
MsSusanmary 1 year ago
Elton without piano looks awkward ;) awesome song
jedenzniewielu 1 year ago
It's so great to see his albums come to life, with these TV performances. So golden.
selander62 1 year ago
A Beautiful song sung by "Elton John", But i prefer "silver metre,s" version.
MrTomcal 1 year ago
Wow, what a talent. Beautiful song by a wonderful composer.
hainesmike100 1 year ago
WOW! This is a treasure! Thanks for posting!!
YamersLexx 1 year ago
This is one of the best songs ever written.
stevenkristopher 1 year ago
I think Brandi Carlile does a better rendition to this.
UberDeathTurtle 1 year ago
@UberDeathTurtle I was about to jump all over you for suggesting somebody other then Elton John could sing this. But I went to listen to Brandi'd version. And while I still prefer Elton (especially when he plays it just with piano), I was blown away by Brandi Carlile. I had not heard of her and I want to thank you for introducing me to her music. She's quite amazing.
Kaalec 1 year ago
@Kaalec Cool, I am glad somebody else enjoys her music as well. Thanks for letting me know that.
UberDeathTurtle 1 year ago
@Kaalec Oh yea, some of my favorites by her are "Before it Breaks" and "The Story".
UberDeathTurtle 1 year ago
i love to sing and play this song on my guitar.. .its simple to play and great to sing...
JeSuisMonAmiPourTu 1 year ago
I yturned 50..I feel 70.....Elton this wa my favorite song when I was a teen for a reason.
DavelovesRealMusic 1 year ago
I love this song SO much. He's a great man.
MmeDelfoune 1 year ago
@ezekialwheel That would be from the album Goodbye Yellowbrick Road. But Take me to the Pilot is not on that one; Gray Seal is tho! And tons of other good ones!
imaskylinepigeon 1 year ago
@imaskylinepigeon that is not correct
Elton wrote the music and Bernie wrote the lyrics
I have the music as I play piano
Elton maybe one of the best singer songwriters that have ever lived in my humble opinion
CCALL100 1 year ago
Very haunting! But awesome! Yes, a great musician!!!!!!!!
imaskylinepigeon 1 year ago
I first heard this when I was 12 or so, it is still so beautiful and sad.
Forensource 1 year ago
@Forensource if you got a good copy of the LP you would have been very lucky most pressings were poor this is so much better it is really about the man as he was then -very serious -and very unhappy. There are two Elton's this one and the one of Crocodile Rock and Bennie and the Jets.
IrishClaudius 1 year ago
This song always makes me speechless :)
EtoileLituanienne 1 year ago 2
I didn't know this song before... It's just stunning. I had no idea that his voice can amaze me even more... Beautiful!
Enateese 1 year ago
If you like this, I urde you to get the LP/CD called just "Elton John" -- beautiful music and lyrics like poetry. Try it.
malcolmbryant 1 year ago
When you listen to, what is 40 year old genius and remember back to those days, as I can, and know that no one, no one was using string arrangements like this in their songs. Elton is a genius, but he has also worked with some of real greats such as Berni, obviously, but also Paul Buckmaster and Ray Cooper to mention just a few.
ianrc2000 1 year ago
@ianrc2000 Actually, The Beatles incorporated strings as far back as 1964. "Yesterday" was recorded just with Paul's voice and a String Quartet. The Beatles, with George Martin arranging, used strings a lot, especially in their later records. Elton and Paul Buckmaster did a fabulous job of keeping beautiful string arrangements in rock/pop music.
Kaalec 1 year ago
God, this brings back such memories. Love you, EJ!
beffie1963 1 year ago
I love this, makes the years roll away....
shrivel1 1 year ago
It has been 40 years already. I remember hearing this song on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert in 1972 or so.
Forensource 2 years ago
Nice live performance!
gumeroma 2 years ago
I was a big fan of Elton's in the early 70s.
My passion for Brandi Carlile's singing has brought me back to him. He has been very gracious to assist her on her new album, and she always acknowledges his contribution to her development as a singer/songwriter.
It's great to see a healthy symbiotic relationship in music today. The passing on of the musical baton.
SmileFromBehind 2 years ago
I love his youthful voice echoing the passion of Mexico
tippngthevelvet 2 years ago
wow...speechless
emlie01 2 years ago 3
he could possibly be living 60 years after this its already been 40 lol
amazing
princev11 2 years ago 6
Classical music written by Elton & Bernie
ranchoboyeros 2 years ago 6
Thanks for this usefull information !
AdelinDeltenre 2 years ago
I think Elton's must have thrilled when he sung this song in his 60th birthday
anathemeboy 2 years ago
"the coral lamp that burned so low when you are passing through" great song , brilliant lyrics
westrokker 2 years ago 5
Amazing. Just wanna be in 1970 again.
sinning1966 2 years ago 3
You are so right good comment
derbypark 2 years ago
How haunting & poingnant. He is now past the age he is singing about. Gives me goosebumps. Writing a song like this takes a lot of soul & intelligence. That's what makes great music!!!
garydemaio 2 years ago 45
What about Mc Cartney - "When I'm sixty- four"? ;)
oliverecords 2 years ago
He didn't write this song though ;-)
crimsonchinchilla 2 years ago
Song credits are to Elton and Bernie. If you mean the lyrics, no Elton didn't write them Bernie did. If you mean the music, Elton wrote it.
juliekstroup 2 years ago
@juliekstroup Actually I learned recently that it was not Elton who wrote the music for this song as he normally does. The composer was actually a man named Paul Buckmaster.
ajpianoman 1 year ago
@ajpianoman My understanding is that Elton would have written the basic melody line and Paul Buckmaster did the string arrangements.
judmurph 1 year ago
@garydemaio I agree completely.
connorfabiano 11 months ago
@garydemaio heres someone who does that also...me!
matthewwp56 6 months ago
Respond to this video... and remember kids, he had a band that interacted in the studio and ALL the lyrics which inspired him were written by someone else/ Bernie Taupin...there were 4 Beatles remember? sheez don't idolize people only God.
matthewwp56 6 months ago
Bravo Elton...Bravo Bernie!!!
toysalot 2 years ago 4
During those great years, Paul Buckmaster was instrumental in shaping Elton's sound with those great string arrangements, such as you're hearing here.
roates63 2 years ago 4
Can´t help wondering what he is thinking ´bout these lyrics today. Great song great album, try to find "First episod at Hienton"(?).
granskogssus 2 years ago 4
e' meravigliosa!!!!!
genny62 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
crocodile rock is torture music try to listen to it 3 times in a row .permanent damage
BigBishop1 2 years ago
In Italy The Nomadi have done a Cover of this song......"Ala Bianca". It's Wonderful!!!!
Trooper82SA 2 years ago
This song is great!!
haha even for teenagersXD
<3
XprincessofchaosX 2 years ago 7
This song is Great!!! The lyrics are powerful
NATUREGIRLJOLIE 3 years ago 2
This is my favorite album of Elton John (1970). I have all of his records, but nothing compares to what he recorded from 1970 till 76, after that it was just catchy music, but before, he was sooo creative.
Romani1969 3 years ago 3
Alright, up to 1978 :)
Romani1969 3 years ago
100% in agreement. 70-76 was his best period. I have also all albums on LP and CD. I know a lot of the songs by heart and love to sing along when listening. Music today has lost its soul. Wish I could go back in time.
SwissTransAmBandit 2 years ago 4
You are so right, this was a golden age for Elton, nothing has nor possibly will ever come close. His music from this time defines the very best parts of the era for me.
derekhess47 2 years ago 40
@derekhess47 i agree...a brilliant era to...
scorgie9 11 months ago
I guess he felt kinda lost without his piano lol but I love to see him without it :)
Miniermotte 3 years ago
I was in Vietnam at this time. Magdalena says it all.
circle43cm 3 years ago
so glad you came home alive!
jache77 3 years ago
GORGEOUS arrangement.
ohmarkus 3 years ago
Huge Elton fan for over 30 yrs. This is my all time favorite
hockeybubbles 3 years ago 5
check out brandi carlile's version w/seattle symphony last month. spot on
lidlor 3 years ago 3
I totally meant to press like, not dislike. I love Brandi Carlile's version as I like the original.
FierceDesea 2 years ago 4
The real carrier of his + uptill now (to The One 1992), Then I became older ;-)))
ludo281160 3 years ago
one of his best ever
ranchoboyeros 3 years ago 3
a hauntingly beautiful song....classic...thanks Elton.....the rest of you morons can go hose yourself
emlie01 3 years ago
he ran off the stage like napolean dynamite
speciaIk85 3 years ago
i love the tune but his miming to too blatant
speciaIk85 3 years ago
Its live, he doesnt mime
Lawen78 3 years ago
30 years on from when I first heard this song, it is still one of the most haunting melodies I've ever heard. Thanks for posting this.
townwithoutpity 3 years ago 2
this is a great deep meaning song
elektra1984 3 years ago
elton was religious?
kswizzly 3 years ago
i will always love this song! thank you elton john!-kat dancer
jache77 3 years ago
b e a u t y
thanks for update music mad maurice
hollygugl 3 years ago
Elton looks weird without his Piano... but great song
Tim1302 3 years ago 3
search for "chakuza nyze - rückendeckung"
they have sampled this song
but sorry for this bad english
stylaaa1 3 years ago
Let us not forget the other contributors to early Elton John excellence. Apart from Elton's songwriting, piano playing and singing and Bernie's atmospheric lyrics, the full-flavoured sound of these albums was down to Paul Buckmaster's masterful arrangements and Gus Dudgeon's production. Whereas the Beatles were provided with an older gentleman to arrange and produce their records, Elton's collaborators were about the same age as him.
MusicMadMaurice 3 years ago 6
Great point MusicMadMaurice!
Akewanzi 3 years ago
The same Paul Buckmaster who arranged Judie Tzuke's albums.
If you want to hear his incredible musical ability, you might wanna YouTube her stuff.
(Plus - she's a babe with a voice and a writing talent).
5ebD 3 years ago
Not sure what the Beatles have to do with this other than the fact that every other pop artist since 1964 has been compared to them. For the record, George Martin had little experience recording rock bands. His biggest claim to fame was recording spoken word records for Petter Sellers.
austinbeat 3 years ago
I was drawing attention to how young Elton's production team was (as provided by Dick James) compared with George Martin who was provided to the Beatles by EMI. Yes, GM had previously been in the Comedy & Light Entertaiment department. Gus Dudgeon who produced the Elton John album had just hit fame in the industry with his production of David Bowie's Space Oddity.
MusicMadMaurice 3 years ago
Paul Buckmaster is the great unacknowledged part of EJ's early success. If EJ had come on the scene in 69-70 like the Fabulous Mr. Fabulous he is now, he would have been hooted out of musical history. It was Buckmaster's strings and orchestral arrangements which got him established.
jum1801 3 years ago
You must be joking,A young Elton John would have made it in any era with what ever producer he had..John become a super star after he got rid of buckmaster.
lifethejourney 3 years ago
Yes, EJ (and BT for that matter) abandoned any pretense of art and went for schlock Tin Pan Alley-style music which secretaries want to hear while at work.
It's their early stuff which makes us care about EJ/BT, because we say how fantastic they could be. By the mid-70's they just churned out dreck to meet their contracts.
jum1801 3 years ago
Hes gone now,he last album was the worst and I have all hes albums.Hes musical songs are absolute rubbish,the lion King songs were OK.
Yes 1970 to 1975 was it,Blue moves produced a few good songs so did A single man.The eighties was the worst era in music for everybody,I hated the hole era and Eltons music was very sad.I thought made in England was a good album.
lifethejourney 3 years ago
Well...double dumbass on you, LOL
Lighten up...sheez, LOL
Akewanzi 3 years ago
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W H A T E V E R. LOL
Akewanzi 3 years ago
Thanks so much Elton John; especially for (after so many years of diligent beautiful music making)...your recent interview on BRAVO aired on the Easter Weekend '08; GOD BLESS YOU for your talent and honesty and longevity; U R a lighthouse and inspiration never failing and still playing & singing flawlessly
Lidowyte 3 years ago
oh and thank you moveondotorgg you have good sense
HorseCooch 3 years ago
Lol minus 6 me eh guess what lol all you cheezy old people who minus 6'd eminem still wins dawg
HorseCooch 3 years ago
Totally untrue, he had to have surgery because he had cancerous nodules on his vocal cords which were not due to drugs/alcohol. His voice has changed over the years because he is older and your vocal cords change which is why he and many others can no longer hit high notes that they use to. But, no the drugs/alcohol had nothing to due with the surgery and did not eat away at his vocal cords. Besides, alcohol eats at your liver not your vocal cords.
Akewanzi 3 years ago
If you think alcohol and coke don't damage your cords then I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn, some swampland in Florida, and I would like your bank account information in order to transfer money out of a Nigerian bank account that belonged to a general who died in a car accident and has no living relatives.
Dumbass.
knouraee 3 years ago
Elton damaged his voice from constant alcohol and cocaine use. The two substances literally ate away at his vocal cords. Yes he did have to re-train his voice, but it's obvious he cannot sing like this anymore. Sad.
knouraee 3 years ago
legend
WeezieB69 3 years ago
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Eminem beats everybody
HorseCooch 3 years ago
HorseCooch < yup, I love enema's too!
MoveOnDotOrgg 3 years ago
GOD BLESS YOU ELTON
gimpmasterw 3 years ago 3
This also kept me from suicide. Which is a bad thing if one wants to live to see 2012
kellydross 3 years ago
Bless him.. omg, this is absolutely fantastic! Thanks for posting!
WhisperLady023 3 years ago 5
love him sooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thfunny15 3 years ago 4
Fantastic song. Regardless of his sexual preferences, the man is a legend with a great voice. Once you mention London, Elton John pops to mind
Miracleoffriends 3 years ago 3
es de su primer album algo realmente maravilloso digno de todo elogio, me llega a lo mas profundo de mi ser, lo siento con el alma, todas los temas de este album son espectaculares
Cristina de Chile
Fernandock456 3 years ago
Nomadi - Ala Bianca
GrandiLive 3 years ago
awesome how he has more hair now than when he was 21. rug anybody? jk elton we still love you.
gnr700 3 years ago 2
Elton is a god..this is one of his best
ranchoboyeros 4 years ago 8
I dig it!
I wrote this song's name on my wall a long time ago so I'd remember to come and listen to it again. Apparently I've just now remembered.
It sort of sounds like Jethro Tull covering 'One More Cup of Coffee' to me. Either way. I like it.
mee101022 4 years ago 3
One of his most beautiful.
MisticalWind 4 years ago 2
He´s there now,isn´t he?
granskogssus 4 years ago
one more cup of coffee 'for i go.
to the valley below
botaduck 4 years ago
yes because he had always sang from his middle voice, after his surgery he had to learn how to bring out the notes from his gut because his throat was too damaged. His post surgery albums are doctored quite heavily. His voice is incredibly powerful now, but I really miss the high range
jtsnowman66 4 years ago
Superb
ranchoboyeros 4 years ago 4
Thank You, RockerMad !
Thank You, BBC !
13DCH 4 years ago 2
Elton John -- there has never been anyone like him...
spbryant 4 years ago 2
elton runs away because he has to get back to his piano!! duh lol. His voice was better then because in the early days and even more so in the 80s he could go from quite low (ex. nikita) to quite high (ex. burn down the mission)and go in and out of his falsetto and all over his range effortlessly. He could still belt it out for a while after his surgery but he's 60 and did alot of drugs, his voice is just tired, that's all there is to it..
jtsnowman66 4 years ago
No, it was damaged. He had to train it to sing again. That is life. He, thank God, has life!
peaceonearth777 4 years ago
Did you do something with the audio? I hear an echo...(echo, echo, echo)
LightningSky93 4 years ago
Classic Rock does not get any better than this! Great orchestra arrangement.
collettestevie 4 years ago 3
Why do people think because his voice was higher that it was better? That is purely one's personal taste.
hermitnw 4 years ago
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Manly?? u stupid twat...the faggot named Reggie has swallowed so much jizzim he's sounds like shit, a taste u can appreciate i'm sure
bobalu10 4 years ago
Nice language. I guess there's more hope for the younger generation, sounds like ours has headed south already.
hermitnw 4 years ago 3
nice song...
bobalu10 4 years ago 4
Yeah, boy does that opinionated idiot need an English class or what. It never ceases to amaze me how it seems to be the most ignorant people who have an opinion on everything.
Jigs1girl 4 years ago 2
You are an ignorant homophobe. Please shut your stupid mouth, no one wants to hear your opinion but other immature brats.
EJRedPiano 4 years ago 6
you look like most of my classmates, think they know everything, but they dont know shit, all the things they say is just to hear themselves speak...thats all.. cheers!
Steffen2k7 4 years ago 2
why does elton run away when he finishes a song in this concert? like with ''i need you to turn to''
JeckyS 4 years ago
that's true. With the voice he has now he would not have done nearly as well. He was an amazing singer then and he is decent now. It's unfortunate he wrote everything the way he did because now he has to chage all his keys and it doesn't sound the same
jtsnowman66 4 years ago
that's a wonderful song, I love those old version of Elton's songs
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