Elton John - If The River Can Bend (Live 1997)

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  • @dsegal1401
    @dsegal1401 2 роки тому +8

    EJ in a total mode. Looking back, it's just stunning how much raw talent he had. One of the very, very best live performers of all time.

  • @Greekpeople1
    @Greekpeople1 16 років тому +21

    one of my favorite songs ever...
    I love the whole "The Big Picture" Album!!

  • @weirdguy75
    @weirdguy75 11 років тому +30

    Gotta love gospel Elton.

  • @dosenwurst101
    @dosenwurst101 5 років тому +14

    Damn I love this so much. So rich, matured, still with a few high notes. My favourite Elton era

    • @dirkschmid1045
      @dirkschmid1045 4 роки тому

      Same

    • @blueflame1856
      @blueflame1856 2 роки тому

      @Bruh he could sing B4s in falsettos until 2002

    • @blueflame1856
      @blueflame1856 2 роки тому

      @Bruh I didn’t say anything about C5s, in which he hit two, I was talking about B4s

    • @blueflame1856
      @blueflame1856 2 роки тому

      @Bruh but he never hits a b4 after 2002

    • @OutOnTheTiles
      @OutOnTheTiles Рік тому

      Auto tunes fucked him post 99. Ruined the sound of his voice.

  • @MrTerryb1956
    @MrTerryb1956 4 роки тому +9

    23 years later i still find this very uplifting

  • @damienabbott9805
    @damienabbott9805 2 роки тому +3

    This was Elton John at his very best.

  • @Jazzper79
    @Jazzper79 11 років тому +18

    Great song. The Big Picture is one of his finest albums.

    • @thefonzkiss
      @thefonzkiss 4 роки тому +2

      lol it’s a POS. Even Bernie Taupin said it’s their worst album.

    • @Jazzper79
      @Jazzper79 4 роки тому +6

      @@thefonzkiss I know, but I don't agree with Bernie.

    • @pasquino0733
      @pasquino0733 4 роки тому

      Agree :)

    • @007koko007
      @007koko007 4 роки тому

      I agree. It's one of the most favorite albums to me.

    • @thefonzkiss
      @thefonzkiss 3 роки тому

      @Falcon Ok. It got terrible reviews and most fans hate it too. Happy?

  • @maartenlootens9091
    @maartenlootens9091 5 років тому +6

    Great, underrated song. That gospel feeling, whaw!

  • @williefinn4932
    @williefinn4932 9 років тому +24

    one of elton john`s hidden gems, like little jeannie....great choir. excellent performance...even elton knew it. all in top form.

  • @NephilimFree
    @NephilimFree 10 років тому +21

    An amazing performance! God has given Elton a tremendous amount of talent. This song is one of the most refreshingly interesting songs he has written since the 80's.

  • @nicholasjohnson6724
    @nicholasjohnson6724 4 роки тому +2

    A very underrated and under-heard song.......🙏

  • @vensar05
    @vensar05 13 років тому +5

    The big picture album is very good , I know all songs . If the river can bend is second favorite song of me. I think Elton's live performance is also very good.

  • @karenabrams6412
    @karenabrams6412 Рік тому +2

    Adore Elton❤🎉🎉🎉

  • @davidarinella8031
    @davidarinella8031 9 років тому +18

    Elton again is masterful!!! If the river can bend then so can we!! Overcome obstacles in your life.

  • @wagnercabrerisso5986
    @wagnercabrerisso5986 Рік тому +1

    *_Sir Elton John has been the soundtrack of my entire life and l'll love him and his music til'the end of times 🤗💓🇧🇷🙏_*

  • @kimberlybarr7410
    @kimberlybarr7410 11 років тому +11

    Great song and great album! The choir is awesome!Love the gospel feel!

  • @candelise
    @candelise 17 років тому +3

    One of Elton's under-rated gems, I think.

  • @josilviapino171
    @josilviapino171 2 роки тому +3

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @comeconcon569
    @comeconcon569 3 роки тому +2

    One of Elton's many hits I enjoy, especially the music in the background.

  • @daviserrano1378
    @daviserrano1378 Рік тому +2

    Melhor cantor pop de todos os tempos ❤🇬🇧

  • @luizmauriciocoelholima540
    @luizmauriciocoelholima540 4 роки тому +2

    Beautiful elton john!!!!!!!!!

  • @mactheartofwarfare
    @mactheartofwarfare 15 років тому +2

    The Greatest Melody Writer Ever In Popular Music

  • @Nor1961
    @Nor1961 11 років тому +5

    Wish he would add this back into his set list.

  • @Roberto666guitar
    @Roberto666guitar 15 років тому +3

    i promise .. he's the best of the world

  • @omybeethoven
    @omybeethoven 11 років тому +4

    One of his best. From the big picture , yeah I'm watching it again. It just makes sense to me.

  • @DarkGates8
    @DarkGates8 15 років тому +3

    I totally agree, but then again..any performance Elton does, he sounds incredible.

  • @gaool9
    @gaool9 14 років тому +2

    a wonderfull version for my favorite album, an under- estimed album!i'm a french fan , i dont undestand why "the big picture " is not better acknowledged!how live how elton music

  • @davidarinella8031
    @davidarinella8031 9 років тому +6

    Choir/Singers are A++++. EXCELLENT!

  • @jbela
    @jbela 5 років тому +3

    I really like this song, the chorus and that choir their harmony

  • @darrenbeakhouse4835
    @darrenbeakhouse4835 6 років тому +6

    Best song from The Big Picture.

  • @letyabarai7556
    @letyabarai7556 6 років тому +4

    maravilhoso elton john..
    i love him.

  • @seanjosephhayes
    @seanjosephhayes 15 років тому +2

    same! Got it myself... every single song on it is memorable - tough to find in an album the lyrics are fantastic in every song too

  • @EltonJohnGigs
    @EltonJohnGigs 15 років тому +3

    Lovely Song!
    Elton is the very best of all time!

  • @Pupyline
    @Pupyline 13 років тому +4

    Amazing!! Elton is alive legend!!

  • @arhuxtable
    @arhuxtable 5 років тому +3

    This song was inspired by Billy Joel's 1993 hit RIVER OF DREAMS. Strong similarity between this song and that one. Probably,during Billy's and Elton's Face To Face tours,the two played this one during the point where ROD breaks then it resumes. I noticed that.

  • @BARBARA987651
    @BARBARA987651 14 років тому +1

    Wspaniałe nagrania . Serdecznie pozdrawiam Barbara .

  • @jaysfoodemporium4307
    @jaysfoodemporium4307 Рік тому +1

    Great song in so many ways!

  • @andymanser1
    @andymanser1 8 років тому +4

    Song with gospel backing fab. Soothing love gospel choirs.

  • @neutron_blast1330
    @neutron_blast1330 5 років тому +2

    Never seen this sang live... Amazing!

  • @jakeline394
    @jakeline394 Рік тому +1

    Espetáculo que fala !

  • @kylebedient
    @kylebedient 17 років тому +2

    Great post. I love this song, especially live. Thanks!

  • @joselunarvargas3840
    @joselunarvargas3840 2 роки тому

    hola a todos, cuando todo encaja, sucede esto, es increible, uno de mis favoritos Sr.

  • @irmacrespo7292
    @irmacrespo7292 7 років тому +9

    I don't know what to say
    I don't know where the light shines
    It's a grey dawn rising on a green hill
    And there's so much behind us
    I don't know where we go
    I sure feel there's something out there
    There's a great awakening and a new morning
    And your spirit sounding loud and clear
    Reff:
    If the river can bend
    I'll find you waiting
    Home at last from the wild sea
    All the twists and turns
    We've made together
    All the boats you rocked with your harmony
    If the river can bend 4X
    Come and embrace the struggle
    But win or lose we live here
    Build a new beginning on an old rock
    Breathe deep of the sweet fresh air

  • @mizofan
    @mizofan 14 років тому +1

    Elton's new album The Union, with Leon Russell, is superb

  • @hagyspasher
    @hagyspasher 17 років тому +1

    still one of my favourites! cool rhythm!

  • @CathyFrontier
    @CathyFrontier 13 років тому +1

    This is such an up-on-the-chair-wave-your-arms-in-the-air song! Love it! :D

  • @darrenbeakhouse4835
    @darrenbeakhouse4835 7 років тому +3

    best song from big picture

    • @homeone4054
      @homeone4054 6 років тому

      It's the only good song on The Big Picture

    • @PhreaSpirit
      @PhreaSpirit 5 років тому +1

      @@homeone4054 Are you kidding me

    • @groofoot
      @groofoot 4 роки тому

      @@PhreaSpirit these people are cray cray .... Live Like Horses and Something About The Way You Look Tonight are amongst his very best songs ....

  • @fabiodejesuscamargoeletricista
    @fabiodejesuscamargoeletricista 5 років тому +1

    I love this song of Elton John!

  • @MarcusVinicius-mq2jh
    @MarcusVinicius-mq2jh 11 років тому +2

    I love this song!!!

  • @michellourenco2905
    @michellourenco2905 4 місяці тому

    Linda demais ❤🎉

  • @jeffthomson3208
    @jeffthomson3208 Рік тому +2

    What a band he had then. Charlie Morgan on drums..

  • @sptinydancer
    @sptinydancer 13 років тому +2

    Love this song. Great video. Thank you.

  • @karenabrams6412
    @karenabrams6412 2 роки тому +1

    Go Elton!!!..

  • @gaool9
    @gaool9 14 років тому

    magnifik! the big picture est vraiment pour moi un album sous estimé!je ne comprends pas certaines critiques!tout d'elton y est!et puis en live que dire....

  • @duke123eltom123
    @duke123eltom123 16 років тому +1

    nice elton john is a god to me if there is a god its him!!

  • @rogeriofranciscodefarias1361
    @rogeriofranciscodefarias1361 5 років тому +1

    Fantástico Elton John. Para mim ele é completo.

  • @luizmauriciocoelholima540
    @luizmauriciocoelholima540 4 роки тому +1

    Viva elton john

  • @raimondobuonocuore4332
    @raimondobuonocuore4332 4 роки тому

    Elton Fantastico

  • @enricomatalone4181
    @enricomatalone4181 7 років тому +1

    Bellissima canzone

  • @sherylrollins
    @sherylrollins 14 років тому

    @Greekpeople1 me too and i have struggled to find anything until this. i am so happy love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @scottmcphee7714
    @scottmcphee7714 7 місяців тому +1

    Epic for Eternity

  • @Archivista80
    @Archivista80 12 років тому +4

    I miss his 90s voice so much
    in spite of it I love him! :-)

  • @Roberto666guitar
    @Roberto666guitar 15 років тому

    i dare admit he's the very best

  • @omybeethoven
    @omybeethoven 12 років тому

    Great song

  • @yatisubin2506
    @yatisubin2506 7 років тому +1

    still listening

  • @chingalunga
    @chingalunga 14 років тому

    Elton I will always love you!

  • @sandraperkins7706
    @sandraperkins7706 5 місяців тому

    If the River can bend, why can't we ...
    To make peace with Jehovah God.. before an opportunity for the new earth.

  • @ficolossale
    @ficolossale 13 років тому

    awesome

  • @letyabarai7556
    @letyabarai7556 6 років тому

    O encantador elton john.
    mach love tô him

  • @ldchappell1
    @ldchappell1 9 років тому +1

    After not following Elton John's music for 26 years I recently listened to all the albums he did from 1992 to 2006 and this was one of the few songs I liked. Out of the 8 albums I listened to there were 11 songs that I enjoyed. It doesn't bother me that Elton John doesn't have the same creative drive he had in his 20s. His first 200 songs are magnificent and I cherish those albums.

  • @DSantts
    @DSantts 17 років тому

    Ohh Thank you ver very muchh for uploading this video from this audience with EJ i'm always looking for videos from this audience they had with'm ... never find , this is one of the best ,do you the entire audience recorded ??!! Please upload it if u do !!
    Thank you

  • @eltonj4ever
    @eltonj4ever 15 років тому

    awesome piano solo!

    • @homeone4054
      @homeone4054 4 роки тому

      Except he got a bit lost for notes half way through it..

  • @yatisubin2506
    @yatisubin2506 7 років тому

    terbaik bro

  • @RodolfoStanic
    @RodolfoStanic 13 років тому +3

    @minimumpayne I actually think The Big Picture is an amazing album, from start to finish. Don't know why it's so underrated.

  • @patrickcarroll1754
    @patrickcarroll1754 8 років тому +1

    To me, it's like if The Police wrote a gospel tune.

  • @con101193
    @con101193 16 років тому

    to be quite honest with you elton's career has got better in the 2000's , best years were 70s and 00s

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 12 років тому +1

    True. Imo, he was spent after the 70s. Nothing since can compare to the originality and energy of those years.

  • @mizofan
    @mizofan 12 років тому +3

    But he has made some fine and critically admired albums this millennium, e.g Songs from the West Coast, The Union, which was ranked #3 of the year in the US by Rolling Stone. The problem is that people think instead of Princess Di, Disney or inferior soundtracks etc.

    • @homeone4054
      @homeone4054 4 роки тому

      All good points but he has put out some dross as well. Apparently Bernie Taupin rates this album only slightly higher than Leather Jackets. Which I think is harsh on Leather Jackets.

  • @duke123eltom123
    @duke123eltom123 16 років тому

    can you tell me why this song reminds you of star trek voyager

  • @duke123eltom123
    @duke123eltom123 16 років тому

    yes your richt I love it thinks! man

  • @joseantoniobenazzato4691
    @joseantoniobenazzato4691 7 років тому

    if the river can bend

  • @Greekpeople1
    @Greekpeople1 14 років тому

    @phillylily412 How exactly did I "leave" it? xD

  • @zagorodnov
    @zagorodnov 11 років тому

    И как я жил до него!?

  • @kenmv5708
    @kenmv5708 6 років тому

    2018?

  • @Greekpeople1
    @Greekpeople1 14 років тому

    @phillylily412 What do you mean how could I leave "Empty Sky"...? :S It is a great album yeah, but I dont know what you are "accusing" me of! :P

  • @godaz7777
    @godaz7777 8 років тому +1

    if the river can bed /9.5

  • @FranciscoSantos-ti6nt
    @FranciscoSantos-ti6nt 4 роки тому +1

    fantastic song !!! but that Beatle wig was his most ridiculous look !!!!

  • @Greekpeople1
    @Greekpeople1 14 років тому

    @sherylrollins I foundit by luck!!! I went in the store and told them "Give me any Elton cd you have", they gave me like 5 and I had money for 4... :( I had to leave "Empty Sky" back :'(

  • @thefonzkiss
    @thefonzkiss 2 роки тому

    Out of tune baritone at 2:30

  • @danielhkhk7283
    @danielhkhk7283 4 роки тому

    The big picture is a rather mediocre album, but this song is great, especially this live version.

  • @godaz7777
    @godaz7777 6 років тому

    if only jesus could have used a blender....

  • @weirdguy75
    @weirdguy75 14 років тому

    @Palmeriracing that was the dumbest thing I've heard all day. Why should Elton's gospel songs be directly connected to "god"? Just because the song sounds like a churchy tune doesn't mean it is

  • @mizofan
    @mizofan 12 років тому +3

    I'd say Big Picture is his weakest album of the last 25 years. Before that, Leather Jackets was worse, and Victim of Love was another low point

    • @AnssiRai
      @AnssiRai 5 років тому

      Peachtree Road was weak, TBP is a fine album

  • @mactheartofwarfare
    @mactheartofwarfare 14 років тому +3

    The Greatest Melody Writer Ever In Popular Music

  • @chingalunga
    @chingalunga 14 років тому +2

    Elton, I will always love you!