Elton John - Benny and the Jets - Central Park

The free central park concert from 1980 which so many people attended in hopes John Lennon would show up however no such luck.

My mother who actually attended Woodstock also attended this concert and said that people were hanging from trees. It is guessed somewhere between 400 and 425 thousand people showed up for in my opinion Sir Elton Johns greatest concert of all time.

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• Rocketman
• Daniel
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• Park
• Lennon
• Taupin
• Bernie
• Reginald
• Dwight
• Kenneth

[reginaldk6522]

This performance is the definition of cocaine. Elton has so much energy and confidence. Absolutely amazing!! He never ceases to blow my mind.

[Auragirl86]

damn. EJ makes me wish I didn't quit piano as a kid.

[Ktelrecord]

I was there.

[leonardo22210]

@claudiop72 Cara n e que foi ruim... Elton john e um classico uma, lenda viva...

O problema tava com aquele povinho la q so gritava pela vaca da rihana...

alem do mas o dono do rockinrio falou mal dele... se o culpado foi o propio dono do rockinrio, o senhor roberto medina q colocou elton john num dia pessimo... porque ele nao colocou no dia do steve wonder seria um arraso, o melhor dia

[claudiop72]

O show do Elton John foi tão ruim no Rock in Rio, que precisei recorrer às lembranças do show no Central Park...bons tempos onde ele impressionava vestindo-se de Pato Donald!

[userboy6]

i don't care what anyone says, he was just this cute, chubby kid who was exremely talented, the exact opposite of the tall skinny ugly people on other stages making noise not music like EJ did

[conorox]

hes doin big rips of head cheese

[conorox]

hes doin big rips of head cheese

[PianoShapedObject]

@Bentom86 Especially when the reasoning for him being all coked up for a performance is based on him being "full of energy". He was already as hyper on stage as a little kid who ate too much candy BEFORE he started using.

[kclarke94]

Felt my knees give out when he hit the keys

[Bentom86]

More than 30 yrs later, & it's still his GREATEST live version of "Bennie" to date!! All of these comments that Elton must've been coked up. Not exactly a new revelation, and while I wish that it wasn't true, he's always admitted it...but really, who cares?? It would be nice if people just focused on this magnificent job he does here instead of the negative garbage. An excellent show-stopper & a phenomenal show that afternoon in the Park.