Elton John Grey Seal 1974

[runntum]

Wow! This footage is Gold! Jerry! Gold!

[mrgb46]

You can get this at saturn records dot com...It says Christmas 1976,but this is clearly 1974..

[Rocketman2396]

HELLYEAH!

[harwicke]

That band of his was flat out awesome.

[Rocketman2396]

@harwicke That band is still with him :P lol

[Daverotherham]

@Rocketman2396 Back with him, rather than still with him. They split in '75, but he had them again last time he did a BBC live show,and as good as before.

[Rocketman2396]

@Daverotherham yeah I know haha

[PaulG0NDV]

Superb Elton in the 70's - and from a Superb album (Yellow Brick Road) too :)



[nipsu1053]

@islezeusThis was his best album. The rest since have been dross.

[nipsu1053]

This is the BEST song from Goodbye Yellow Road.It is a pure adrenaline rush

[islezeus]

@nipsu1053 Dont know if it was THE BEST out of the album... a lot of great stuff in there to pick just one

[Sublette217]

This performance was bootlegged on black vinyl by The Amazing Kornyphone Record Label (TAKRL), circa 1975. I still have my copy...

[paultheactor1]

They need to release this whole concert!

[JazzyJonas]

This is one of my favorites from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. It's one of the longest albums I'll gladly listen to all the way through anytime.

[groundedsax]

wtf is that noise at 0:21...lol

[Nedspodos]

Yea LOL, I didn't know Elton was such a goof ball. :)

[maddeathbeat]

i'm not sure that this is from 1974. he notes that grey seal "still hasn't made it", but it was on 1973's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".

[xviciousxrottenx]

@maddeathbeat makes sense to me! :)

[gobacktoschoolmoron]

I can't understand how there was ever a doubt that Elton was a flamming homo. From the looks of it, he's bongo player likes the one eyed snake too.

[Geoff612]

@gobacktoschoolmoron What's your claim to fame. Nothing!!

[spunsilk63]

Elton john makes me laugh with his cool outfits,people shouldn't be so niave about eltonjohn he is an icon

[aussieangie]

@spunsilk63 ...agree, well said xx

[seagullssuck2]

the audio is kind of lame but this is from the seventies so its whatever, not complaining. i love elton john

[technocrash09]

R.I.P. Dee Murray

[bassmanjoe]

DEE MURRAY!!!!

[njanis88]

Elton can be so funky sometimes

[jbergs22]

how the hell do they do this so fast, unbelievable

[garydemaio]

Yeah I'm with you, firing off rapid rhymes does not impress me, ELTON JOHN & THIS PERFORMANCE IMPRESSES ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[catkisser]

This is an awesome performance. Forget Bennie and the Jets or Your Song.. this should be the standard for Elton John Songs.

[ThisIsBilbo]

I believe this is from the 1974 Christmas Eve show? I have a great boot

[strangefruit42]

Dear God, what a great performance. There's nothing like Elton rockin' out.

[SkunkDroppings]

you had to be real real talented to be successful as a rock star and be BALD....at that time you had to have really cool hair to be a rock star...so elton and paul simon were the exceptions...

nowadays you can be bald and untalented...and yet..be a star...

they say that art reflects the times..so i had a critic the other day tell me how amazing it is to see lil wayne spew out his rapid fire ryhmes..those were his words...

sad

[explorer2101]

@SkunkDroppings

What about Phil Collins? He never had much hair either.

[WintersWar]

a period these guys gave it their all.

[JCKnuckles]

The great Ray Cooper on percussion!

[catkisser]

One of my very fave Elton John songs.. thanks to my bf for introducing me to it!

[oliveoyl87]

old school elton rocks my world

[kloop64]

@oliveoyl87 You're not the first person I've heard talk about "old school" Elton John. I love the older songs for how they were able to speak to me in their time, but I admire how Elton John's music has evolved as he has aged. "I want love" is a wonderfully earnest song that fits him so well!

[musiconair]

@oliveoyl87 mine too :)

[288Elizabeth]

Great, great, great stuff!! I'd love to see more from this concert:)

[FINEEMAN]

Do you remember "All the young girls Love Alice " ?? Another no name song that was great...

[cachiva]

Every Elton album has an unreleased single!

[mactheartofwarfare]

id give anything to have those glasses,id frame them in a special frame and put them on my shelf in my room with my other Elton memorabilia

[RichYan33]

@mactheartofwarfare He auctioned all those glasses off years ago.

[Beatles7962]

I don't understand why it never "made it". It's such an incredible and very underrated song. Love you Elton!

[chiregio58]

I do agreed with you !

[PeterMayer]

very underrated. Always my favorite. But where's the mellotron?

[nigefan05]

Amen - love it!

[mrgreyshadow]

I wish he still sang like that today. :(

[MattZeCatt]

sounds fabulous - and love love love the outfit!!!

[MyRickyz]

Ray Cooper is playing congas and percussion as always did in the Elton band. the drummer is Nigel Olson . he was the drummer in the most Elton albums and appearences in seventies. only Roger Pope supplied him when he left for pursuing a brief singing career.

[Staydol]

With the simply spectacular Ray Cooper on drums, this is a great performance!! (I've seen Elton live nearly 40 times!! )

[kayelisa]

it made it in my ears and eyes love this song. lisa west

[djgof58]

First recorded in 1970 then 1974. It makes you wonder why some songs get noticed and some don't. I remember listening to this song so much my mother would pay me to put this record away for a month. Still another fantastic song by Elton.

[sharkbitesuk]

The greatest Rock piano Player, period !!

[gulfgypsy]

An underrated and under appreciated song!! Elton always put on such incredible shows; least he did back in the 70's when I was going to them.

[catkisser]

Since my BF introduced me to this song it has become one of my very favorite Elton John songs. Thanks for posting!

[catkisser]

And checking on Napster... my fave version is the 1970 studio version.

[sbcruiser]

Just terrific! Thanks Angie!

[qtips3]

this my fav of yellow brick road

[jvargo323]

Wasn't this concert recorded? I remember hearing this on the radio!

[ingscram]

elton was very cool then. now he is the Boris Yeltsin of Rock.

[jvargo323]

what the...?

[Mo19010100]

I Like the Glasses ... :)

[schulte257]

CLASSIC ROCK, for real ,ask alice cooper

[kneun9999]

basura basura gay de la puta maraeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[mysterymac38]

I like his older performances like this one. his voice went to hell after that throat operation.

[LordGandor3]

Fucking cocaine ruined his voice

[neilzep]

the faggot could sing,give it that much.

[Arthur5041975]

Neil is smothering in the closet.

[Summer9876]

did Elton John go somewhere? U all keep saying he's gone....Elton is still around & is still 1 of the greatest musicians ever...ur all to damn young to know

[daphnener]

hey now... them's fightin words.

Elton John is my favorite artist right beside Janis Joplin and Terry Reid.

[Sublette217]

Wow! The video! I have this very performance on a ~1976 TAKRL vinyl bootleg lp! (TAKRL = The Amazing Kornyphone Record Label - a bootlegging team in Southern California in the '70s) but never knew where they sourced the tapes... Great performance - ALWAYS preferred this version of Grey Seal to the official releases...

[Sublette217]

Too bad they fade away before the big ending, though...

[RobEye79]

Anyone know the guitar tabs for dirty little girl? it's not on the internet....wtf

[straightshots]

If you can't play by ear, then don't ruin an Elton John song with your inexperience

[RobEye79]

wow, ok dude. Thanks for being a dick. All I did was ask. Seems like you have an ego to keep in check.

[straightshots]

Lol sorry, I was doing just that, being a dick. If someone said that to me, I would have had a good laugh.

[seattlepeggy]

Elton said it never quite made it... and I got to tell you, when this album first came out, this song was one of MY favorites... So, if you're listening Elton, it did make it. I count. WINK

[Mulder18]

Got my tix to the Face to Face tour!!!!!!!

[lizardneck]

these guys had REAL talent. Nobody plays or writes like this anymore. After they are gone thats all folks

[TomBirbeck]

Wow!!This song really smokes!!!!

[rogntudjuuuuu]

I learned that one on guitar and voice. Took a while. Always a hit at parties on acoustic guitar, I'll tell ya.

Hey that's a Sennheiser 421 mike! I have that same one! Wanna buy it anyone?

[allforleyna80]

the original version is much better

[pam101dal101pam]

have you heard the version on chronicles 1970

that's my favorite

[ANTJMS]

Never will there be another like him again! Fabulous song and played with real va-voom!!!

[RocketIProductions]

Love the opening piano solo.

[annachestnut]

beautiful song - melody, instrumentals, lyrics. Very difficult to sing too.

wonderful!

[annachestnut]

Wonderful!!!

[danmist]

It'd be cool if there was a way of just adding on the audio from the radio broadcast at the end.

[redfishradical]

Wow, my favorite Elton tune from when he was still a creative monster & rocked. Seen him a couple times since the first time (mid-70s) & it's never been near as good. Too bad he's basically been re-writing the same ballad since around the end of the 70s.

Bud DAMN the cat could turn it loose back then.

[Scribe66]

Love it !

[earthmother]

oh yeah

[aljanadcob]

neat glasses.

[Toluquita13]

really? neat glasses?

REALLY?!?!

[aljanadcob]

yeah, really neat glasses.what's that hard to understand?it's just plain old fashioned sarcasm.

[mondeo]

isnt ray cooper in fast motion while elton plays in normal motion? xDD hes insane! :d

[bugatti103]

Love this song, classic Elton!

[carlynutt]

Oh, these videos are great. I sure wish someone would put out Elton's 70s concerts on DVD, especially the 1975 tour. Thanks for posting this!

[macbeerhunter]

Saw Elton at Schaeffer Stadium, Foxboro Mass...(yes, where the patriots used to play) back on this date, 1976...

has it really been 32 years?? omg...

still, first rock concert i'd seen and still one of the greatest ever.

good job, reg...

[GeddyYeti2112]

Smell My Finger.

[MattZeCatt]

I had a poster years ago - and Elton was wearing this very same "outfit"! this is great to see!

[SelsdonMowbray]

Ray Cooper is insane! Look at him go!

[mitchbennetts]

I have no doubt that Grey Seal was 38 years before it's time!!! If I had ONE wish in a life that was related to music, it would be... the re-release of Grey Seal... One of the best still!! Thank you for always putting spark back into my life!!! PS... And I am married to one of Australia's best ever Jazz Guitarist... Carrol Brien

[WhisperLady023]

Awesome! Elton makes such a funny noise at the begin, haha! I love this song! Fantastic, thanks for posting!

[Tim1302]

Great Song... but this glasses... hrrrr

[NonRider]

i just love the begining,a little caribean and alittle funk

[WhisperLady023]

Great song, great performance, great Elton! Thank you very much for posting!

[scytherius90210]

LOVE the drums in this song

[grasspa]

Loved this song ever since I first heard it in 1973 on the Yellow Brick Road LP along with the others as well !!!!!

[bottleimp007]

They deleted that awesome performance from Ullevi Stadium in Goteborg, Sweden. In that performance, Elton said, "...so I decided I'm gonna come anyway because I wanted to play in Sweden and Scandinavia and all those places, alright... [applause]...so we're gonna do a long show for you so you get your money's worth. And this is a song from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road called Grey Seal."

Come on, Elton, bring it back!!!

[WhisperLady023]

Yeah, it's on Youtube, also a fantastic performance!

[SuShIIsYuMmY]

Was this from Here and There?

[72miche19]

This is from a live "Old Grey Whistle Test" special BBC broadcast on December 24, 1974 at the Hammersmith Odeon. At the end Elton sings "White Christmas".

[danmist]

73 actually.

[princev11]

no its 1974

[ybrband]

Great post! What other songs do you have from this same show? Does anyone know if the performances from the live "Here and There" album (the one where John Lennon joins him on stage) are caught on video? I've always wanted to see that.

[earthmother]

FABULOUS SONG!!!!

big fat thanks!

[godwhyisthistaken]

wtf loved it but geeze the end cut off!still great keep them comin !

[72miche19]

I just bought this same BL-that was where the BBC announcer cuts in to introduce the concert as a live broadcast special. Only the end of Grey Seal made it on to TV.

[godwhyisthistaken]

thanks apperciate it mate!

[Steffen2k7]

HO performance, nice! Got the bootleg which im plannign to upload sometime soon in the future, dont have much time now the testweek is comming up! Thanks for this!

[itsabirditsaplane00]

i love that sound effect of failure he did in the beginning lol

[g2no2000]

I know ROFLMAO!

[g2no2000]

So glad this performance of Grey Seal made it back to YT!

[chazzwozer]

Awesome.