Elton John - Tiny Dancer (REACTION)
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You guys would have absolutely loved the 70's...
They were born in the wrong era. Kind of feel like I know them from the 60s, but of course that's impossible. But with great music all is possible.
For sure! These guys are definitely "old souls"!
La and Che are kindred spirits
Can't wait for them to do Levon
But like most of us who lived it, I think we sort of took it for granted. We had THE best music coming at us from EVERY direction and, while we were very much into it, we just didn’t realize what we were living through. God I wish the world could’ve just stopped right there !!!
The song "Levon" on this same album is really soulful. Great reaction❤
And Indian Sunset too!
Indeed and Levon likes his Money.
Yeah, wait tiil they hear that one!
@@joelliebler5690 Indian Sunset needs many more reactions.
Take a balloon and go sailing
While Levon, Levon slowly dies.
Elton was awarded a scholarship at age 11 to the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was asked in an interview how he could have a top 25 record every year for 25 years. He replied, “I write hymns. Everyone loves hymns. Everyone loves hymns.”
❤
You have enough music under your belt to fully get Almost Famous. Fun movie. This song is part of a great movie moment.
Epic movie for me
@@thomasmcintosh390 same 🎸
Hey! I just wrote the same thing!! 😊
I love Almost Famous ❤
Cameron Crowe is a crazy rock and roll guy. 2 iconic movies about his life (Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Almost Famous) and then of course the hit movies he wrote (chief among them being Jerry Maguire). Legend. They should absolutely watch Almost Famous. The basis of the fictional band was the Allman Brothers. Crowe landed a ABB interview for his first cover story for Rolling Stone magazine at age 16. At the end of the tour Gregg asked for all the interview tapes back thinking Cameron was an undercover cop. Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes.
The lyrics are by Bernie Taupin, Elton’s writing partner.
The song is about Bernie’s girlfriend and future wife (you’ll marry a music man). It also describes the LA scene of the early 70’s, Elton’s debut at the Troubadour on the Sunset Strip (the boulevard is not that bad…) The song is fantastic and one of my favorites.
It also turned into a kind of omage to the the other wives and girlfriends of the band as they realized the things Taupin was writing about his wife truly applied all around. I love the descriptions of the 70's LA scene in general.
Isn’t the tiny dancer a music box ballerina?
The orchestration is masterful throughout the whole album👊
Yes, Paul Buckmaster arranged those soaring, haunting strings.
@@CuriousGeorge1111 Genius string charts.
Absolutely
The 70’s were such a great time to be a teenager, good friends, bonfires, beaches and whatever you felt like to help promote your consciousness 😎
Yep. Music, Muscle Cars and talking about the Universe and Everything! 🫴🕊🍁🎶
"SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT"......!
One of my favourites
So many great songs by Elton. For me, it has to be his earlier '70's music.
@@sandymiller3577 What about "That's why they call it the blues"....?!?
Hold me closer, Tony Danza!
People gonna miss this. 😀
😂
Someone had to say it
Count the headlice on my hiney
Bonfire fan?
You guys and every single person born after 1990 would LOVE to have live in the 70's. I am Soooooooo Blessed and Grateful for not only growing up as a young kid through my high school years (class of 1989) but also as a musician (pianist / percussionist) and played these wonderful songs you are exploring now... Better late than never!
This was Elton at his best. He collaborated with Tupin on so many hits. The song Mad Hatters and Mona Lisa is one OUTSTANDING song.
The albums Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, this album you're listening to now, Captain Fantastic, Tumbleweed Connection, Honky Chateau, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player are classic authentic Elton John days. A MUST dive into if you want to really understand and appreciate the mastery of the music of the 70's.
Back in ‘95 Billy Joel and Elton John toured together in the “Face to Face tour man what a show. Phenomenal
That was a great show.
And I saw that show in the Columbus, OH stadium that we in the area affectionately called "The Shoe". I went to that show with my parents, and it was a sing along night, one of those shows both generations knew every word to every song that was played! Still one of my favorite concert experiences to this day.
Yes, I saw them in Indianapolis, it was a great show. I liked when they sang each other'ss songs.
La and Che... Luv yur reactions. You get it... in all genres. Man, Elton just makes it happen, right? His stuff holds up for decades.
Yes! Chills! That’s how I know I’m listening to a masterpiece. When the chills rip up and down my spine.
"Jesus freaks, out in the street, handing tickets out for God", has got to be one of the best lines ever! We really WERE spoiled!
Elton is a great pianist. Elton and his band were TIGHT. They made 10 perfect albums in 6 years! ad one of them was a DOUBLE album.
Possibly my favorite EJ song and that’s saying a lot! I was born in 1960, so my teen years were the 1970s and EJ ruled the airwaves, rightfully so!
One of the greatest songs ever!
This is their fourth studio album released in 1971 and this was Elton John's first "prog. rock" album. This album "Madman Across The Water" contains nine tracks each of which were composed and performed by John and the lyrics were written by songwriter and partner Bernie Taupin, along with "YES" keyboardist Rick Wakeman who plays a Hammond organ on two songs. There were two singles released from this album this one you listened to and here's the second, if interested. "Elton John - Levon (1971) Live at the BBC Studios" --the album was certified Gold in 1972 and followed up to be Platinum in 1998 by the RIAA. This has been really fun, and I thank you for sharing. peace out, bro.
The song is a huge part in the movie Almost Famous. The scene in the movie where this comes in just perfect. It really is the feeling of living through those years (70s) of such incredible music and the way it brought people together.
We could use another musical revelation in this country like that again.
You should definitely check out the film.
You are absolutely right. That part and few others in the movie really brought back the feeling of those times for me.
Elton touches your soul when he plays and sings... this is one of his best songs.
Chills, and tears. "Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer." And who else pulls together pedal steel with a string section so well?
In my top five Elton John songs. Maybe my favorite of all. And I LOVE it’s placement in the fantastic soundtrack of the movie Almost Famous.
I seen Sir Elton 8 times (just like Billy Joel) and the right time they were together Rocket Man Meets Piano Man in the 90's.
Early Elton is like honey to the ears.❤❤❤
Wait until you listen to "Indian Sunset " and "All the Nasties". Same album
I miss hanging out listening to each others' records
Absolutely... Great Times...!
The whole album in my opinion was his best work. Thanks fellas for a excellent reaction. Appreciate you 🙏 ❤
This is my second favorite. Tumbleweed connection is #1 for me. But it’s the same time period. ❤
I can't argue with anyone who says that about any of his albums from Elton John through Honky Chateau. His pinnacle.
@@CuriousGeorge1111well said ❤. Have a lovely weekend .
@@CuriousGeorge1111 I suggested they do all 3 of those albums. It certainly was a different Elton.
Madman and Goodbye Tellow Brick road are epic - my favorites.
Hi guys! They say who she is in the song in the line, "seamstress for the band " She made the band's outfits! Check out Elton John's amazing array of on-stage get-ups throughout his career.
Groupies often help with band stuff.
Bernie Taupin's wife.
YOU KNOW THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO DESCRIBE ELTON'S MUSIC LAH 👍😊HE'LL TUG AT YOUR HEART AND SOUL, NO QUESTION THERE!💯
This album has always been my favorite of Elton John. I like every song, especially, Levon. Thanks for your good reviews.
Heard it a thousand times and still get chills... fantastic song.
You two are two cool cats.. thank you so much every day..love your love of music..
That album is my Very Fav Elton John album . Just superb in every way .✌️❤️
First album I ever owned. Stillmy favorite after half a century
And you're right, he appeals to just about everyone. First white artist to appear on Soul Train. And he was on it twice. 😊❤
There's a fantastic scene in the fantastic movie almost famous with this song
1974, I'm in a little Italian pizza place in San Francisco to eat before going over to Oakland to watch Bob Dylan at the Colosseum. Tiny Dancer came on over the speakers. When I remember the day I saw Dylan play, the memory of Elton John singing Tiny Dancer always comes to mind first. And I'm a Dylan freak! Beautiful song.
That Pedal Steel Guitar was a stroke of genius. Gotta do the album. Good times…..
That'd be BJ Cole on steel pedal Sir.
He tells you who she is in the first couple lines. “Seamstress for the Band”, written by lyricist Bernie Taupin about his wife Maxine, who also did all the needlework for art of the album cover/sleeve . On the road on one of his first tours of America. There’s a great tune on the same album called, “Holiday Inn”, which continues the road/touring theme.
Hold me closer Tony Danza.
😅
I love the way you two make me so much more appreciative of music I grew up with and loved along. Though I don't have the music verbage down pat as I am just a music listener and have no knowledge of bridges, hooks ect I still feel like I am learning to love these songs so much more thanks to you guys. Thanks for the reaction!
Great reaction guys. Elton always surprises. Who puts a slide guitar with orchestral instruments?! Elton....that's who! I highly recommend "Tell Me When the Whistle Blows" for a bluesy feel.
That'd be BJ Cole on steel pedal guitar Sir.
Just plain beautiful
Bought this when it came out. Cost $3.99, paid with my babysitting money. ($1.00hr) His best album. Played it for ten yrs. Wore it out. One of the few albums you could play through each side and every song was gold.
Exactly my story! I bought mine at Eckerd’s Drug Store with that big baby sitting money 😆
We lived near Tulane University and they had a small record shop just off campus where I bought my records.
You guys definitely know your music excellent job at explaining the vibe and feel of this song.
This is at its core a country song. An Eltonized country song. Classic and brilliant.
That look you shared when the first chorus hit made me burst into tears, damn.
He and Billy Joel are epic pianists. Bernie Taupin writes his lyrics while Billy does his own so always respected that a bit more...hard to top this song
It was truly epic when they toured together! 🎵🎹🎤🎶
Billy Joel is hugely talented as a songwriter and his career is testament to that. It’s true that Elton doesn’t write lyrics but he’s a masterful composer and melody writer. It’s hard to imagine the lyrics of Tiny Dancer without Elton’s music. Lots of old time songwriting partners wrote like Elton and Bernie Taupin where one write the lyrics and the other the music.
I love the Elton / Bernie collaboration. It's stellar. I don't hold it against him. Two souls coming together like that. I think it's beautiful.
You have to see the superb movie, Almost Famous. Set in the 70s, a kid lying about his age tours with a band to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine. The music is top notch, and it's oh, so satisfying.
Sir Elton was the King of Pop in the 70s. Check out his songs "Levon", "Burn Down the Mission", "Take Me To the Pilot", "Have Mercy On the Criminal" and "Daniel". On a side note, you guys should do a reaction to the song "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" by Traffic. Great jam.
Didn't they already do Low Spark of High Heeled Boys? It's a favorite of mine so I notice when someone does it. (I checked and they did.)
How lucky some of us were to be young when this album came out.
Check out Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters 🔥🔥🔥
Also, please check out Empty Garden (hey, hey Johnny) which was his tribute to his friend John Lennon after he was so tragically taken from us ❤
I’m 63 and this is my favorite Elton John song.
This album came out when I was in 8th grade. It made me a life long fan of Elton John, and high quality 70's rock. More of a ballad.
I love when a song knocks y’all sideways. The chorus is one of the biggest sing alongs that I can think of for drunken nights, parties, anything. To really experience the fun, watch the scene in “Almost Famous” when they sing along with this. It’s just beautiful and encapsulates the joy and uplifting power of music to bring us together. ❤
Iconic song! Great album! Elton John was the best in his early years! Thank you!
Music IS the magic! It transcends time, sex, age, race, religion. It trumps all !
Peace
This was all over the radio when I was a little kid. It's kinda crazy, but we grew up back then taking music like this for granted because the hits just kept coming with new classics nearly every month if not every week. How lucky we were...
My favorite Elton tune will always be Someone Saved My Life Tonight... A beautiful retelling of a critical turning point in his life.
The mam has not stopped since the 70's! His wild getups( lady gaga style.) Never gave up on his music, this is me ! Take it or leave it or go away!
imo one of the great songs in all music history. elton and bernie at their best.
My mom had everything he did and as a young kid with an uncle as a Radio Shack big wig and we had modified bad ass stuff with killer headphones and a system the whole town could ENJOY and wore his albums out. Saw him 3 times, and that guy rocks!
Thank you so much for appreciating the early Elton John. This music brought me home after 3+ years in the Army and touring VietNam.
PS. "Tiny Dancer" is Elton's lyricist Bernie Taupin's wife, who he met on their first trip to LA, where they were blown away by the beauty and freedom. This is a love song to his wife.
"Piano man, he makes his stand, in the auditorium
"Looking on, she sings the songs, the words she knows, the tunes she hum"
Yes, early Elton is like nothing else, and soulful and brilliant.
Elton is a masterful composer and melody writer. His music was played on black R&B stations in the 70s. Bennie and the Jets and Philadelphia Freedom were staples on black stations. He was the first white pop start to appear on Soul Train. The second one was David Bowie.
What a special time it was to be a young teenager with this kind of music in the background.
Bernie Taupin on the lyrics - “We came to California in the fall of 1970 and it seemed like sunshine just radiated from the populace,” Taupin says. “I guess I was trying to capture the spirit of that time, encapsulated by the women we met, especially at the clothes stores and restaurants and bars all up and down the Sunset Strip. They were these free spirits, sexy, all hip-huggers and lacy blouses, very ethereal the way they moved.”
Pure masterpiece, one of the best of the best Elton John songs! We've been singing along with this on the radio since the 70s, screaming the chorus. How lucky we were to have this kind of music.
You found the masterpiece and your lives will never be the same. I’m 59 and Tiny Dancer still touches my soul. Elton John and a select few other bands from that era are the Picassos and Michelangelos of music.
Same here. And I remember so many of my older cousins and the neighborhood kids saying I was too young to get it. I got it! And I was around to listen to plenty more stellar hits on the radio concerts, new albums, new tours. It's my turn to tell the youngsters they really missed out!
I love your reaction at 5.43 when those string give me a push. You heard that and looked at you boy!
You guys crack me up, my friend and I were exactly like this back in college. We'd sit around listening to whatever new obsession we'd just gotten hip to and there a thousand times when we'd suddenly hit each other with that, "Did you hear that? Are you effing kidding me?" glance. There are few things better than art when it moves and surprises you.
"Ticking" from Caribou is my favorite song by Bernie and Elton.
Do you guys know anything about Bernie Taupin and Elton John. Bernie Taupin would send Lyrics to Elton John, and Elton would put it to music. hit after hit after hit......Two geniuses
His band does a lot of his background vocals. They're so good
And to think the poor kids today only know him for the Lion King. They have NO IDEA!
I’ve been listening to this song for as long as I can remember and it still brings tears to eyes. Beautiful song.
The thing I love about him is that he may be this big "Queen", Rockstar, but read an interview and you see that he is totally down to earth, and not afraid to say what he thinks.
I think one of the reasons I've loved this music since the 70s and my teen years, is because of how "soulful" it is. That, and the mixing. You can hear every instrument. What an amazing composition. I so appreciate your comments on these songs. Thanks guys!!
Elton put out like 3 LP's in two years or less and this one has some hidden gems
Elton played backup for Queen Patti Labelle so that explains a lot.
It's hard to believe people have never heard these great 70s tunes... It's just good old normal music that had a lot of different genres to us who who were blessed to grow up in that boom time..
One of the best overall albums ever….the title song is amazing and haunting…You two are very knowledgeable and respectful.
Nobody better. Straight up, all things considered, nobody better.
You guys are so entertaining watching and listening to your reactions! Madman Across The Water has one of the best first sides of an album in music history!
Elton is a genius, a bona fide genius.
The strings on this album, and on this song especially are so amazing. They are sprinkled in, in all the right places and they just add so much richness to the song(s). This is my favorite EJ album, Yellow Brick Road, then Capt Fantastic. That period from his 1st album through Capt Fantastic were jaw dropping examples of his best writing, his most inhuman musical talent and genius during that period. Those are the albums that made him the legend that he is.
My favorite Elton John song ... never gets old. Never.
La & Chi- you guys gotta do Levon by Elton, that’s another perfect song that makes the hair on your arms stand!
Billy and Elton toured together. Search Face to Face tour. It was phenomenal. Saw it twice
Me too! Two of my favorites together was like a DREAM!!!
From Songfacts...
The lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin, Elton's writing partner, and were inspired by Taupin's first trip to America. John and Taupin are from England, and Madman Across The Water was the first album they wrote after spending time in the US. Taupin and John spent a lot of time together in the '70s; Bernie traveled with the band and would usually stand by the soundboard during shows.
The "blue jean baby, LA Lady, seamstress for the band" sure sounds it's Maxine Feibelmann, who was Bernie Taupin's girlfriend when he wrote the song and who became his first wife in 1971. She traveled with the band on their early tours, often sewing together the costumes and fixing their clothes. Plus, on the Madman Across The Water album, it says, "With love to Maxine" under the credits for this song. Elton John even said at one point that Bernie wrote it about his girlfriend.
Well, Taupin says that the song is not about Maxine. Here's the story he tells: "We came to California in the fall of 1970, and sunshine radiated from the populace. I was trying to capture the spirit of that time, encapsulated by the women we met - especially at the clothes stores up and down the Strip in LA. They were free spirits, sexy in hip-huggers and lacy blouses, and very ethereal, the way they moved. So different from what I'd been used to in England. And they all wanted to sew patches on your jeans. They'd mother you and sleep with you - it was the perfect Oedipal complex."
Taupin adds that the "tiny" was poetic license, although these women were all petite. And "Tiny Dancer" sounds a lot better than "Small Dancer" or "Little Dancer."
This song ripened into one of Elton John's classics, but it didn't even crack the Top 40 when it was released, peaking at #41 in America in 1972. In the UK and most other territories, it wasn't released as a single.
Its chart failure has a lot to do with its 6:12 running time, making it too long for many radio stations. Also, Elton was only on the precipice of stardom at the time, his biggest hit being "Your Song" at #8. Part of the song's enduring popularity owes to how it was never overplayed - when it comes on the radio, it seems special.
The Madman Across The Water album was much more heavily produced than Elton's first three. It was one of his first songs with a lush string section arranged by Paul Buckmaster, who arranged the stings on many of Elton's albums as well as songs by The Rolling Stones, Train, and Leonard Cohen. Ron Cornelius, who played guitar on Cohen's album Songs Of Love And Hate, told us: "Buckmaster is a wonderful string arranger, he's just one of these guys who can make an orchestra talk. In other words, if the strings aren't saying something, it ain't on the record."
Ten different backup vocalists are credited on this track, including bass player Dee Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson, both of whom became played on many of Elton's later recordings, but not on this one: session man David Glover played bass and Roger Pope was on drums. Other backup vocalists include songwriter Roger Cook ("Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)" by The Hollies) and the duo Sue & Sunny (Sue Glover and Sunny Leslie).
Additional personnel are:
Davey Johnstone - acoustic guitar
Caleb Quaye - electric guitar
B. J. Cole - steel guitar
Elton performed live with his piano on Soul Train back in the day, it was great! Yes, everyone loved him, across genres.
Ah yes! HOLD ME CLOSER TONY DANZA!
Count the headlice on my hiney
Elton mixes rock music with classical, and it’s amazing!
Love his song "Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatter's"... just killer tunes. Amongst TONS of others! AMAZING to have grown up with the best music ever!😂❤
This song was in the rock/ documentary movie "almost famous" a movie based on the eagles on tour with a young reporter from rolling Stone magazine,thier all on the bus singing this song it's my favorite part of the movie
The producer and engineer are who really made this album so dynamic , especially this track
Gus Dudgeon and Paul Buckmaster were magicians.
On road trips my first serious girlfriend and i would just go silent and lost in thought whenever early Elton John was playing on the system. This tune especially. Didn't even realize at the time i was listening to greatness. Knew he was great...just didn't realize how legendary he would become.
Elton was and is worth every penny he ever made..If you grew up in the 70's Elton John has a song for everyone's life at certain times in our past..Now these young folks can appreciate this Man's music .
My absolute favorite Elton song!
my brother loved Elton John so i had the honor of hearing this from the time iwas 6 yearsold. he and Billy Joel were fans of eachother🎉🎉
This song always makes me remember, WKRP in Cincinnati, Bailey episode….
"Hold me closer Tony Danza..."
LOL