It makes me even more sad about this, when you think about the fact that they NEVER play this on the radio or anything. In fact a lot of Elton John fans don't know about this song. They should. Everyone should.
The sort of bastards who commited this crime make me further believe that the human race is just a hairless species of mindless thuggish ape. I hate humanity so much when i hear of these sorts of things. Mathew Shepard was a better person than those two could ever hope to be, even if they were sorry to the core and atoned for their actions till the end of time.
Shaun I will be sure to pray for you. I was taught that you pray for those that hate you. I hope that someday you realize that love that He has for you and everyone. God makes no mistakes and I was born this way.
@LordKalbert don't you think that saying unecessary offensive shit like that underneath this song is inexcusably out of fucking order? Leave it for somewhere else. NOT here.
I just watched the movie this morning that was on regarding the Matthew Shepherd story.... WOW... you don't realize how much ignorance is in the world.... It's not fair.. .. But really... Not Us....... We hope that our children will make the choices that match our dreams... but in the end..... Its Support, Love, Understanding is all they ask.... What they do from there is what makes your child special TOO YOU....
This song breaks my heart every time I hear it. If I feel so strongly about Matthew Shepard's death, 12 years ago, I can't even begin to fathom what his mother went and is still going through.... I have no words to express the pain.
What a great song, along with Original Sin my favourite from the excellent Songs from the West Coast album. And his new album The Union is superb too.
,TODAY IS MATTHEW SHEPARD DAY , we do not need permission to make it so , WE DECLARE IT SO, 8th October 2010, 12 years ago today his life was extinguished , but his light will burn so brightly it will blind you RIP dear Matthew never to be forgotten x
@taylorjsmith yes an angel , I thought the 12th would not be appropriate as it was a private moment for his family therefore the 8th being the day he was discovered more appropriate x he is always a part now of so many of us x
It's horrible to think that in this day and age a person can be murdered just because they are gay, why are people so ignorant...people cannot change how they are born so it's about time people came to accept that not everyone is straight.
Elton John made a fantastic job of this song, although I feel like crying each time I hear it.
@A00145773 They are both in jail. They almost got the death penalty. But Dennis Shepard (Matt's father) decided against it, citing that both Matthew and his mother were against it. Listen to "Dennis Shepard's courtroom speech"
I hope the shit bags who did this are still in jail. There is far too much intolerance towards people of different race, religion, or even sexual preference. I'm completely for gay rights, having many gay friends, but I think the the real demon is religion. If there truly is a heaven, then I honestly hope Matt's having a good time
RIP Matthew Shepard may the world never forget...It just goes to show the brutality and narrow mindedness that there still is in the world that something like this can happen.
Matthew Shepard was not gay, a flaming faggot. Nothing like that...He was a person who happened to be gay. Gays are humans too, and how horrible to kill someone because of one of fact about any human being.
@MIBFreakPack i agree with you completely but it doesn't matter if he's "flaming" or not. people are different. just because some gay guys might be more feminine than others doesn't mean they deserve to die or be a victim of a hate crime like this any more than anyone else.
Matthew Shepaard...Can you see what your life has done for the world? It's opened us up to true love and understanding...True, we're not completely equal yet, and we ARE far from it, but it's thanks to you that we can live freely in some ways. Your death was not in vain. R.I.P. and Nature guide you.
Matthew, you will always be with me. thank you for being who you were, and for giving me the strength to be true to who i am. you will forever be missed.
When I first heard this song, I cried. Although I didn't know Matthew Shepard, I felt as though I had lost someone I loved very much. I love this song. It's a great way to honour his memory.
A beautiful tribute to the sweet innocent boy who lost his life in Wyoming. And what better gift could one have asked for, coming from the greatest musician who ever lived in Elton John.
...Matthew's memory has been well preserved forever. He's finally safe now.
This song made me cry. How sad it is, considering what it's about. This song is about a poor boy named Matthew Shepard who was beaten to death by two men and found eighteen hours later by a man who mistook him for a scare crow.
He was killed because he was gay. This artist truely is wonderful to take such a case as that and write a song about it.
An Elton classic from a superb album. The latest album, The Union, with Leon Russell, is great too
mizofan 3 weeks ago
Matthew Shepherd. you are perfect now in heaven, there no one will hurt you any more.
claudis1975 2 months ago in playlist my list
sad that people dont know that matthew shepard being gay was only part of the reason he was killed
astreocclu 3 months ago
rip Matthew
BackAtOne1300 4 months ago
RIP Matthew.
75VWhippy 4 months ago
i love u elton ure a masterpiece :)
pinkpastelhearts 4 months ago
"See two coyotes running down a deer..."
Should be: See two demon bastards clawing down a flying angel...
"If you ever get close to a human and human behavior...There's definitely, definitely, definitely NO LOGIC..."- Human Behavior song by Bjork
waterONTHEsun 5 months ago
hard to type while crying- thanks for posting.
mikeyinqc 5 months ago
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I come here every month, to see what WE face.
The day that America becomes a country that truly expounds equality is the day I stop coming.
Will I live to see that? Will you?
Rest in Peace, Matt Shepard. I never knew you. But I love you.
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JazzyJonas 7 months ago
It makes me even more sad about this, when you think about the fact that they NEVER play this on the radio or anything. In fact a lot of Elton John fans don't know about this song. They should. Everyone should.
kiwi1mango1 8 months ago 8
The sort of bastards who commited this crime make me further believe that the human race is just a hairless species of mindless thuggish ape. I hate humanity so much when i hear of these sorts of things. Mathew Shepard was a better person than those two could ever hope to be, even if they were sorry to the core and atoned for their actions till the end of time.
sexipants 9 months ago
Ohh i wounder who the two guys disliking this are? ( Henderson,Mckinney)
emch0 9 months ago 4
I like the piano piece in the beginning.
LordKalbert 11 months ago
Shaun I will be sure to pray for you. I was taught that you pray for those that hate you. I hope that someday you realize that love that He has for you and everyone. God makes no mistakes and I was born this way.
wtwolfe 11 months ago 3
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faggot deserved it
shaun3701 11 months ago
@shaun3701 Don't be a gay nigger.
LordKalbert 11 months ago
@LordKalbert don't you think that saying unecessary offensive shit like that underneath this song is inexcusably out of fucking order? Leave it for somewhere else. NOT here.
sexipants 9 months ago
@sexipants Tell the other guy, not me.
LordKalbert 9 months ago
I just watched the movie this morning that was on regarding the Matthew Shepherd story.... WOW... you don't realize how much ignorance is in the world.... It's not fair.. .. But really... Not Us....... We hope that our children will make the choices that match our dreams... but in the end..... Its Support, Love, Understanding is all they ask.... What they do from there is what makes your child special TOO YOU....
nattersgirl 11 months ago
@nattersgirl I read about the whole thing on Wikipedia. The whole story really fucked with my mind.
LordKalbert 11 months ago 2
This song always makes me cry. We still love you Matthew
75VWhippy 11 months ago
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Lets face it, if he didn't get beaten to death he would have died from AIDS sooner or later anyway.
ParasiteFace 1 year ago
@ParasiteFace lol
randomdave30 1 year ago
@ParasiteFace How could you say that?
lvrc1996 1 year ago
@lvrc1996 I am gay.
ParasiteFace 1 year ago
@ParasiteFace shut up moron! anyone can be diseased with AIDS whether homo or str8
NostalgiaQ8 1 year ago
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@ParasiteFace Go to hell you piece of shit.
spacemonkie89 7 months ago
My name is Matthew and am a fag too....so sad Wish life was easier
matthew79able 1 year ago
its kinda sad but I like it
futuremason4301 1 year ago
:'D
I just cant stop hurting for Matthew
and the pain that his loss caused
spirosbtw 1 year ago
Thank-you Elton... R.I.P. Matthew... when the Music can touch our hearts soo deeply!
fullimmerzion 1 year ago
RIP Matthew Shepard.
You're never forgotten, and a hero to this Wyoming girl.
moonwalk30 1 year ago 2
This song breaks my heart every time I hear it. If I feel so strongly about Matthew Shepard's death, 12 years ago, I can't even begin to fathom what his mother went and is still going through.... I have no words to express the pain.
Hahahafunniness2 1 year ago 2
I love this song!!! Elton and Bernie are amazing!!! Also, check out SHERYL CROW's new album, "100 MILES FROM MEMPHIS"!!!
MrDonrob81 1 year ago
What a great song, along with Original Sin my favourite from the excellent Songs from the West Coast album. And his new album The Union is superb too.
mizofan 1 year ago
,TODAY IS MATTHEW SHEPARD DAY , we do not need permission to make it so , WE DECLARE IT SO, 8th October 2010, 12 years ago today his life was extinguished , but his light will burn so brightly it will blind you RIP dear Matthew never to be forgotten x
missdeebates 1 year ago 2
@missdeebates tecknically, he was taken from us on the 12th. but i agree. matthew is watching us right now. he is truely an angel
taylorjsmith 1 year ago
@taylorjsmith yes an angel , I thought the 12th would not be appropriate as it was a private moment for his family therefore the 8th being the day he was discovered more appropriate x he is always a part now of so many of us x
missdeebates 1 year ago
It's horrible to think that in this day and age a person can be murdered just because they are gay, why are people so ignorant...people cannot change how they are born so it's about time people came to accept that not everyone is straight.
Elton John made a fantastic job of this song, although I feel like crying each time I hear it.
The bastards who killed them should rot in jail.
Rest in Peace Matthew.
A00145773 1 year ago
@A00145773 They are both in jail. They almost got the death penalty. But Dennis Shepard (Matt's father) decided against it, citing that both Matthew and his mother were against it. Listen to "Dennis Shepard's courtroom speech"
Vasiel44 11 months ago
The masses don't listen to Elton like
they used to. They are missing some
of his best songwriting ever. Of course
I like his 70's stuff, but his melodies are
more detailed and intricate now. "Songs
from the West Coast" is really an impres-
sive album. He truly is a master songwriter.
alcarr99 1 year ago
I hope the shit bags who did this are still in jail. There is far too much intolerance towards people of different race, religion, or even sexual preference. I'm completely for gay rights, having many gay friends, but I think the the real demon is religion. If there truly is a heaven, then I honestly hope Matt's having a good time
weirdguy75 1 year ago
Elton you really outdid yourself with the music and Bernie you did a wonderful job with these sad and meaningful words.
Like Elton said, "we must remember how lucky we all are. and must never forget!"
baire702 1 year ago
RIP Matthew Shepard may the world never forget...It just goes to show the brutality and narrow mindedness that there still is in the world that something like this can happen.
MrFameMonster2010 1 year ago
Matthew Shepard was not gay, a flaming faggot. Nothing like that...He was a person who happened to be gay. Gays are humans too, and how horrible to kill someone because of one of fact about any human being.
They are human
Not mutants
They are like everyone else
not a different species
They are people
And they deserve what other human beings have.
MIBFreakPack 1 year ago 3
@MIBFreakPack i agree with you completely but it doesn't matter if he's "flaming" or not. people are different. just because some gay guys might be more feminine than others doesn't mean they deserve to die or be a victim of a hate crime like this any more than anyone else.
xcutsoflovex 1 year ago
@xcutsoflovex they don't...they're human too.
Other human beings are, sadly, cruel bastards. =(
MIBFreakPack 1 year ago
this song had me in tears. Matthew DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE. RIP matthew. I am proud to say that i am gay.
BackAtOne1300 1 year ago 6
I cried too.
JazzyJonas 1 year ago
Matthew Shepaard...Can you see what your life has done for the world? It's opened us up to true love and understanding...True, we're not completely equal yet, and we ARE far from it, but it's thanks to you that we can live freely in some ways. Your death was not in vain. R.I.P. and Nature guide you.
rentheadangelcollins 2 years ago 2
i luv this song to pieces ,i cry when i hear it
RIP mathiew shepard
9super9pippo9 2 years ago 2
This song really gets to me...so beautiful, and is truth.
weottertalk 2 years ago
I cried when I heard this song for the first time. Matthew Shepard shouldn't have died that night. So unfair and cruel.
Hahahafunniness2 2 years ago 4
Matthew, you will always be with me. thank you for being who you were, and for giving me the strength to be true to who i am. you will forever be missed.
taylorjsmith 2 years ago
Oh man, that song is so sad and so great!!
Elton, your tribute songs like Empty Garden, Candle in the Wind and American Triangle express the feelings all people listening feel in their heart!
Mill235 2 years ago
Matty.. We love you so much... We'll never forget you, young boy.
Svennl2004 2 years ago
When I first heard this song, I cried. Although I didn't know Matthew Shepard, I felt as though I had lost someone I loved very much. I love this song. It's a great way to honour his memory.
Seattlecarnut 2 years ago 5
A beautiful tribute to the sweet innocent boy who lost his life in Wyoming. And what better gift could one have asked for, coming from the greatest musician who ever lived in Elton John.
...Matthew's memory has been well preserved forever. He's finally safe now.
70sPopRock 3 years ago 5
this song the master: ELTON JOHN. Is poem of an artist at the life
sargentomayordiugnam 3 years ago
yet another classic from by far the greatest ballad composer- and great work again from Taupin. Excellent album.
mizofan 3 years ago
Rest in peace Matthew and thank you Elton for the song.
reducisiotto 3 years ago 5
Matthew Shepherd was murdered 10 years ago today. Thanks for the video. We should never forget.
jazznpercy 3 years ago 36
@jazznpercy you are absolutly right. we should not forget!!
Rainbow4990 1 year ago 4
This song is so fantastic But this dong made me cry.
Julia9514 3 years ago
Amazing song, I don't think anything more needs to be said.
devski50 3 years ago
wow this song is so sad... but yet so beautiful
laughmaker44 3 years ago
This song made me cry. How sad it is, considering what it's about. This song is about a poor boy named Matthew Shepard who was beaten to death by two men and found eighteen hours later by a man who mistook him for a scare crow.
He was killed because he was gay. This artist truely is wonderful to take such a case as that and write a song about it.
MosaicHeart 3 years ago 46
@MosaicHeart I remember as well, poor kid. May the killers rot in Hell.
1caninelover 1 year ago
amazing !!!
rayraysworld 3 years ago 3