ELTON JOHN "TALKING OLD SOLDIERS" (reaction)
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2021
- Check out Sight After Dark reacting to "Talking Old Soldiers" by Elton John!
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Elton at his best. No flash, no chicken suits. Just a piano, his voice and a kick-ass song.
The older you get, the more this song penetrates your soul.
When I first bought this album, upon it’s release, this was my least favorite, on the record. Now, as I near seventy, I really appreciate it.
@@dangabbert3944 It is like Pink Floyd’s Time.
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Just a beautiful song. Bernies lyrics. Eltons voice and the way he plays that piano. Beautiful
Beautiful indeed
Sadly beautiful! 😢🤩
Bernie sensibility with the lyrics combined with Elton emotional perfomance created a true hidden gem.
Waiting for this one. This one is an Elton masterpiece
One of our favorites on the album!
One of my all time Elton/Bernie favorites. Simple. Honest. Painful.
One of Elton John's deeper but very powerful cuts.. a song that rings relevant at any point in time I think. Couldn't wait for it to make its appearance.
This is definitely one of the most powerful songs on the album. Thanks for watching Dave!
OMG I have never heard this before. Heartbreakingly beautiful.
It really is
I can't believe that you guys listened to this CLASSIC and such a sad song by Elton! I'm a HUGE fan of him and most people have never heard of this song. It's so cool that you bring this song to people's attention......Early Elton is him at his best! You should try "The Greatest Discovery" next!
Thanks for being here Linda!
Dynamics class ... The simplicity of the whole package ...
My father-in-law was a veteran, WW2 and Korea, who had not one of those "Old Soldiers" left at 95. He told only the amusing stories, but screamed deep in his nightmares.
He wasn't shy about having a few,
but his greatest bits of wisdom were, "live each day to the best of your abilities" and a quote from George Carlin... Fighting for peace is like fu*king for virginity ....
Thanks for doing this album.
It reminds me that
" You've got your memories"
We’re glad you enjoyed the video David! This is such a powerful song. Hard for it not to penetrate your soul
@@SightAfterDark glad you had similar experiences with it.
The album was my introduction to Elton John so many years ago.
Have never really been a country fan but the musicianship and lyrics transcend the style. His Blue Moves album might interest you,(the hit was Tonight) recorded in Toronto during an exceptionally cold and snowy period has some damn fine stuff on it. Cage the Songbird is my personal favourite, about the singer Edith Piaf (Tragic).... some of his few instrumentals are on this album too. I have also enjoyed a few of your bits of ear candy, your lead-in piece has a very good groove to it.
Thanks for sparking the memories.
I used to busk on the street in Toronto during my University days.
Played a lot of James Taylor, Cat Stevens, and Gordon Lightfoot on my 12 string, as the piano was a bit much to get on the street car.
Got an obscure group for you if you like some brass... The Shuffle Demons.... Try Spidina Bus.
Just suggestions for you, not necessarily to react to. I imagine you have more than enough backlog.
Good night from a kindred spirit ...
Canuk in Portugal enjoying a warm semi-retirement.
I too, know what it's like to get old(er); it sucks. I can't imagine the loneliness but this song weeps loneliness from every key.
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What a great performance!!
I've come to the realization that this song is primarily about the effects of aging, and the loneliness and isolation that 'can' accompany it; the soldier aspect is a secondary theme. A genius, level performance by Elton. I have always loved this song; it's part of a great album also. Unfortunately, many people have never heard it...
During my adolescence in the 1970’s, my favourite recording artist was Elton John. One song in particular entitled Talking Old Soldiers caught my attention. It seemed to frame the musings and bewilderment I had about my father, a World War II Air Force veteran and prisoner of war.
I knew my father’s struggle with alcoholism was the outcome of his military service, but my understanding was limited. I certainly made no connection between his angry outbursts and wartime trauma, and over the years I came to resent the unpredictability of his mood swings, and the feelings of being let down every time I saw him with a case of beer.
I was fearful of how my father would react if I asked questions about the war, so I just followed what I thought was my parents’ lead. Don’t talk and don’t ask questions about the war. I wanted to play that song, Talking Old Soldiers for my father, but apprehension overrode my wish to reach out. Would he be mad? Would he break down? Would he start drinking? Would he have a nightmare? Then I would have to deal with my mother’s ire for triggering an episode. I had seen a few and didn’t want to be the cause of one.
As a young child, I learned to tread lightly and keep a low profile. One occasion however, poor judgement lured me into sneaking up on my father and scaring him. It was a mistake. I got the blast of my life and as I was slinking away to pout, he did something unusual. My father offered an explanation. He asked me to imagine what it would be like to have bombs going off all around you, and once it was over, discovered you had tried to dig a hole in the ground with your bare hands. Lack of knowledge about my father’s war left me wondering how he would have been in a situation to be bombed. A missed opportunity to open Pandora’s Box, but I was only 10.
I thought many times, the song Talking Old Soldiers could be a catalyst. To what, I wasn’t sure. I imagined myself approaching him, asking if he would like to listen to this song. I thought about the lyrics that may ring true for him, as the aging veteran in the song conveys he’s “seen enough to make a man go out his brains” and wonders if “they know what it’s like to have a graveyard as a friend.” He laments about knowing how it feels to grow old and I wondered if my father thought about fallen comrades who did not grow old.
I envisioned my father weeping at the song’s end. “How could you,” I feared he would say. I lacked the courage to be a strong shoulder. Would he have told me about the friends he lost while a prisoner of war after a mass escape attempt from Stalag Luft III. That the anger he wore on his sleeve was a result of the execution of these friends. Perhaps an exposition of painful memories would have also led to an understanding of my father’s aversion to loud noises. Towards the closing stages of the war, POWs were forced to march hundreds of miles west across Germany during the winter and spring. They were targets of friendly fire which included strafing and bombings from the allied Air Force. I can only speculate it was during one of these fly bys my father found himself scrambling in a futile attempt to dig a hole that would offer no protection from the onslaught.
Talking Old Soldiers represents a wasted chance to set right the misunderstandings that marred our relationship. I think about the only Remembrance Day service my father and I attended together, three months before he died. His reticence gave little clue as to what he was thinking, how he was feeling, and I didn’t ask. Knowing now what I didn’t know then, I believe my father was simply going through the motions of laying a wreath at the service’s memorial. In his mind’s eye, he was overseas in Poland, laying his wreath at the Memorial to the 50; “In Memory of the Officers Who Gave Their Lives.”
Thank you for playing songs off of the Tumbleweed Connections album. Every song on the album is great listening
Thanks for watching/listening Sammy!
bernie always wrote lyrics so its like your watching a movie.
I picture this song in the 1880's
Interestingly, this is the only song on any of Elton's albums (aside from some instrumental interludes on 2013's The Diving Board) that features *only* piano and vocal. I believe both were recorded at the same time in one take, which speaks even more to the raw emotion of this track.
ups I guess somebody stole the Idea
Artist: Billy Joel
Album: Piano Man
Released: 1973
Artist: Elton John
Album: Tumbleweed Connection
Released: 1970
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Piano and voice only the whole song, could have been done in 1800's
Sad, sad situation.
Truth
The lucky ones grow old
Deep