@@TristanandIsolt It is, without any doubt. Go out for a hard walk, have your air pods in, and listen to the studio version, cranked. Because it's long, most have never heard it, seriously. It'll be the fastest 12 minutes you've ever experienced.
@@SuperJraw1 You may have misinterpreted my comment. I love the song or two songs however you want to look at it. I have listened to it seriously many times. I will do so again just because i want to not because I need to. As for considering it his best that depends on my mood. One day it could be Someone Saved My Life tonight. Another it could be Levon, Daniel, or Don't let the sun go down on me. There's probably ten more that I would consider his best depending on my mood. Rocket Man. Bennie and the Jets. I love Elton John. As for it is so not pop, this is not IMO a pop song it is way too intense and as you said 12 minutes long.
Watched him do this live in Athens, GA 1973. 3rd row. We danced on folding chairs the whole time except this, the opening song. Just a piano with a blacklit cover and smoke trailing out. When Elton came out he was wearing a turquoise jumpsuit with Pinky on the legs and Hercules on the back in pink sequins. His glasses flashed Elton and he had a cape with musical notes on it. His hair had dyed pink patches. He danced behind the piano and would kick his legs behind above his head as he never missed a note. He had on the yellow stacked heels like the album cover. The greatest concert I've ever seen. What a showman!(seen him live three times; always great.) He played doubles tennis with my roommate that morning; roomie asked if I wanted to play tennis early--i was too hung over. He didn't know Elton was the fourth until he met his friend at the court. Seems his friend had met Elton in London and Elton looked him up when he hit Athens. Oh, well.
In 1976 while on vacation visiting my brother and sister during the summer I was 15 at the time and he was coming they told me that they couldn't get me a ticket to the show because it was sold out and I would have to babysit their children and they left for the concert but what they did was go to catch a buzz and I did the same thing when they left but they came back for me and it was one of the greatest concerts I ever saw nothing but respect ✌️ and lots of 🎶💕💙 wonderful memories
Two things: First, this is one of my two fav EJ songs, this and Madman across the water. Cannot choose between the two Second, we were bless ed to grow up with this, there will never be another music era like this with actual musicianship and melody and where words meant something
Ray Cooper the mad percussionist has joined Elton John again for one last time on the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. There is no percussionist like him. He works his nuts off on every show.
And ya see Ray Cooper everywhere playing live. Never know wheres he gonna pop up, and he plays with the same vigor to this day. Phenomenal percussionist!
Elton at his best on the early years ! He still standing after all this time!!! 2020. Sir Elton John, the soundtrack of my entire life since 1972. Blessings to him!!!!
Fortunately I was there in the audience that night at Earls Court. I was 19 and lived in London for a while at that time. What a great concert, I was impressed!!! Greetings from Portugal!
Song has stood the test of time. It is a rock anthem for the ages. Saw Elton in 1975 at MSG. His body of work with Bernie etal is unmatched. It was exceedingly good for a long long time. Brilliant.
Maple Leaf Gardens 1972 he opened with this song and the anticipation that builds is mind boggling then a single spot on the piano shone on Elton as he started to sing people went rat shit crazy and 18,000 people sang along. It will stay with me forever.....
Saw him on Halloween night 1974 in St. Paul and he opened with this. Came out in a full astronaut outfit trailing a 30 foot long parachute while the stage was covered in a fog of dry ice. Amazing entrance.
I told my father many years ago I want this played at my wake the song Funeral For a Friend love-lies-bleeding my father freaked out but I really meant it I love this song so much as well as I love my Elton my Elton my sweetie I've been listening and loving 47 years he's just gets better every year every day every year I love my Elton oh my Elton
Quite simply one of the most tedious, ill-considered, overblown attempts at didactic profundity ever. Put a sock in it, Johnny, until you one day come up with an actual idea.
Dee Murray was a GREAT bass player, if not under-rated. I regularly give credit to him for teaching me how to play way back in the day. You're lucky to have met him.
Tick Bryan Dee is gone by time this concert is played. Fired for no reason by Elton, an unforgivable sin IMO. Same with Nigel. Roger Pope overplays, Kenny Passarelli is competent but too bouncy.
Elton is truly a master at his craft....writing, producing, marketing, and of course, performing!!! Cheers to you Sir Elton John in December 2022 🎉🎇✨🎆🌈
What a find this video is! My first gig: I was there, aged 14 (with my dad, who collected coupons for tickets from The Sun newspaper!). Support act was Murray Head. This was Elton’s first tour with his new band. I was sorry not to see Nigel and Dee, but this band was electric! But after the Blue Moves album the drugs took hold and the Golden Era was over. This is as I want to remember him.
I like your comment: short, simple, and just stating a simple opinion without trying to be - God help us! - deep or pseudo-profound. Thus, you have differentiated yourself from 90% of the other clowns who leave their tiresome, gushing, thoroughly overblown comments on these pages.
That must’ve been amazing. I’m debating whether or not to see him when he goes to my hometown now in November. My parents would play his greatest hits CD in the car all the time and from then on I was hooked.
I was there too at Oakland Coliseum in '74! I was 15 yrs. old. I remember when Elton came onstage. It was all dark, he moaned then the balls on his costume lit up and moved. I think they were attached to wires. It was awesome! My friend and I sat behind the stage not too far up and we had a great view of Elton. At one point during the night there was a pause of several beats in one of his songs, my friend and I screamed Elton and he turned and looked up at us and smiled. We thought it was so cool.
HERE ARE THE LYRICS FOR ALL TO ENJOY : The roses in the window box Have tilted to one side Everything about this house Was born to grow and die Oh it doesn't seem a year ago To this very day You said I'm sorry honey If I don't change the pace I can't face another day And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh it kills me to think of you with another man I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you So I split the band Love lies bleeding in my hands I wonder if those changes Have left a scar on you Like all the burning hoops of fire That you and I passed through You're a bluebird on a telegraph line I hope you're happy now Well if the wind of change comes down your way girl You'll make it back somehow And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh it kills me to think of you with another man I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you So I split the band Love lies bleeding in my hands And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh it kills me to think of you with another man I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you So I split the band Love lies bleeding in my hands Love lies bleeding in my hand.......
He wasn't high during concerts at this time, that came later. Even if you didn't know that, it's obvious from his demeanor, compared to some eighties concerts
@@livb6945 This is from 1974 and Elton took his first drugs while recording caribou (1974) so if Caribou wasn't started yet maybe he never took drugs at the time of the video
One of my best childhood memories - sitting in my cousins' bedroom listening to this album very 1st time - changed my life forever. A rock God masterpiece!
@Freakyears Elton lover That's totally cool and in my HS years I worshiped Elton. One of the greatest to ever be. The part I loved most about Rocket Man was finding out the story of how The Bitch is Back was written.
Elton had no choice as he was "kicked out" of the vocal recordings. Elton had no idea what was to come. This was all Davey, and he did it well. Love you Davey.
I saw his 1976 with my Mom I was just turning 16 yrs old. The concert was at the Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN I was a mezmerized hard core fan, and nothings changed 😅I own every vinyl album and flawless sleeve lol. 💜Elton 4ever
I was living in London at the time because I was attending college there and I saw the Earls Court show - I remember the tour was called Louder Than Concorde But Not Quite As Pretty.
I can find no words describe this song. Here's to Dee Smith, a long gone friend. I still have your "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album. I still think of you when this song is played, after all these years.
Great tune! The tambourine player had a rather interesting way of keeping rhythm. If he was trying to draw the attention of the camera operator then well, he accomplished that!
The late great Roger Pope on drums. Loved the original band with Nigel and the incomparable Dee Murray but these guys were true pros as well. You don't see this kind of thing anymore.
I prefer this live version to others that came later. His voice was in top form, & the passion and eloquence of his piano stunning. This was what it was like in those days... free, yet captive to the music.
His voice was not as strong as it was in earlier performances! His nose seems a bit "stuffed-up"--gee, wonder why...He was best in the early '70s. Partying made his voice not as rich. He had to start straining for the higher notes. It's not completely shot yet at this point--that I will agree.
Agreed !! ......and that was also the opinion of Gus Dudgeon.....as Roger was his drummer of choice as his "in house drummer"......and Gus Dudgeon was an expert !!
Except Nigel Olsson. Seriously, this version of the EJ Band sucks. Kenny is horrific on the bass, Caleb is a fantastic funk player but not right for this genre and Roger never felt right. Breaking up the band and sending Nigel and Dee packing was an embarrassment.
@@Libera_nos_a_malo That doesn't take away from how superb Roger Pope was. His technical knowledge and ability on the drums far outstrips Nigel (self-confessed as unable to even play a drum roll...)
This was the first concert I ever attended I was 17 years old me and my best friend at the time and I stood in line for 8 hours to get tickets to the show just recognize the band playing was the band that was with him at the time on this tour I believe the name of the tour was louder than the Concorde but not quite as pretty thoroughly enjoyed it went on to see Elton six more times after this
I don't knew the songs but Roy Rogers and Goodbye yellow brick Road till I'd buy a LP. So I though, Thais guy is very good and I love a piano. I loved "Harmony ", "Candle in the wind", but when I heard "Funeral " at the first time I found it weyrd. Later, it was one of my favorites songs and I still love to hear it today.
The entire Yellow Brick Road album took only two weeks to write and record. Truly astounding
Two WEEKS??????
Omg two years would have seemed right for the amount of pure genius in the album!!!!!
Really it was 4 years including Grey Seal, as Grey Seal was copyrighted in 1969, 4 years before the album was released.
@@loafam5686 That was a different version. The actual recording was two weeks.
It's called cocaine
@@rctubs3593 💯 True
One of the all time best Elton songs.
Some days I think it is his 1 best. It is so not pop.
@@TristanandIsolt It is, without any doubt. Go out for a hard walk, have your air pods in, and listen to the studio version, cranked. Because it's long, most have never heard it, seriously. It'll be the fastest 12 minutes you've ever experienced.
@@SuperJraw1 You may have misinterpreted my comment. I love the song or two songs however you want to look at it. I have listened to it seriously many times. I will do so again just because i want to not because I need to. As for considering it his best that depends on my mood. One day it could be Someone Saved My Life tonight. Another it could be Levon, Daniel, or Don't let the sun go down on me. There's probably ten more that I would consider his best depending on my mood. Rocket Man. Bennie and the Jets. I love Elton John. As for it is so not pop, this is not IMO a pop song it is way too intense and as you said 12 minutes long.
@@TristanandIsolt it’s certainly one of the best songs of the classic rock/pop/prog rock era. 100% agree.
"One of..."?
Not according to EJ fans:
ua-cam.com/video/wrcAw9-pdRg/v-deo.html
Without a doubt one of Elton's Masterpieces
Agreed
Everyone is saying how this is Elton’s best song ever, but it really is more like one of the best songs ever composed
Quite possibly the greatest rock tune ever. This performance of it was wild!
Agreed!
Watched him do this live in Athens, GA 1973. 3rd row.
We danced on folding chairs the whole time except this, the opening song.
Just a piano with a blacklit cover and smoke trailing out.
When Elton came out he was wearing a turquoise jumpsuit with Pinky on the legs and Hercules on the back in pink sequins.
His glasses flashed Elton and he had a cape with musical notes on it. His hair had dyed pink patches.
He danced behind the piano and would kick his legs behind above his head as he never missed a note.
He had on the yellow stacked heels like the album cover.
The greatest concert I've ever seen. What a showman!(seen him live three times; always great.)
He played doubles tennis with my roommate that morning; roomie asked if I wanted to play tennis early--i was too hung over.
He didn't know Elton was the fourth until he met his friend at the court. Seems his friend had met Elton in London and Elton looked him up when he hit Athens. Oh, well.
In 1976 while on vacation visiting my brother and sister during the summer I was 15 at the time and he was coming they told me that they couldn't get me a ticket to the show because it was sold out and I would have to babysit their children and they left for the concert but what they did was go to catch a buzz and I did the same thing when they left but they came back for me and it was one of the greatest concerts I ever saw nothing but respect ✌️ and lots of 🎶💕💙 wonderful memories
Two things:
First, this is one of my two fav EJ songs, this and Madman across the water. Cannot choose between the two
Second, we were bless ed to grow up with this, there will never be another music era like this with actual musicianship and melody and where words meant something
Classical. Funeral for a Friend is a clear cut Classical.
Ray Cooper the mad percussionist has joined Elton John again for one last time on the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. There is no percussionist like him. He works his nuts off on every show.
And ya see Ray Cooper everywhere playing live. Never know wheres he gonna pop up, and he plays with the same vigor to this day. Phenomenal percussionist!
Thought it was Quinton Terrontino. (Sp?)
@@hikrose Tarantino (you were close 😊)
Michael David he’s a beast
@@hikrose Woody Harrelson
His music will. Last. 4. Ever
That intro blew me away when I bought the album in the seventies, never heard anything like this before.
Welcome, enjoy!
One of the most iconic intro's of all time. God bless David Hentschel
Elton at his best on the early years ! He still standing after all this time!!! 2020. Sir Elton John, the soundtrack of my entire life since 1972. Blessings to him!!!!
Me too!
His best record. Period.
I couldn't agree with you more, Bernie!
+kathy Higgins :-)
Yep. My favorite.
Yup...but his early work Tumbleweed Connection was pretty awesome too! :)
@@kperry2504 Madman Across the Water is better!
Fortunately I was there in the audience that night at Earls Court. I was 19 and lived in London for a while at that time. What a great concert, I was impressed!!! Greetings from Portugal!
What was it like living there? Did you also see Floyd for the wall tour?
Deve ter sido fantástico!
@@Pemialmeida Foi mesmo! A melhor fase do E.John, na minha opinião, e este tema (2) continua a ser dos meus favoritos.
This is his very best work. It reveals the musical genius that lived inside him in the depths of his soul.
Oh, brother. There's always someone who tries to write something profound and just ends up with a greeting-card level bromide.
@@Robaatosensei Where's your musical masterpiece....
This has always been one of my all time favorites by Elton John. I could listen to it over and over again.
Song has stood the test of time. It is a rock anthem for the ages. Saw Elton in 1975 at MSG. His body of work with Bernie etal is unmatched. It was exceedingly good for a long long time. Brilliant.
This song is timeless. One of the greatest songs in history. Elton John was destined to do what he does best. Play the piano like NO ONE else.
When this song came out in 1973 it literally blew me away and it still blows me away today I LOVE YOU ELTON
Funeral for a friend is my favorite song ❤
The 70s nobody was bigger than Elton incredible music and incredible talent still to this day
Maple Leaf Gardens 1972 he opened with this song and the anticipation that builds is mind boggling then a single spot on the piano shone on Elton as he started to sing people went rat shit crazy and 18,000 people sang along. It will stay with me forever.....
Saw him on Halloween night 1974 in St. Paul and he opened with this. Came out in a full astronaut outfit trailing a 30 foot long parachute while the stage was covered in a fog of dry ice. Amazing entrance.
I was there. Brings back so many memories. In June 2020, I go for my 60th.
Bill Molash not anymore
I told my father many years ago I want this played at my wake the song Funeral For a Friend love-lies-bleeding my father freaked out but I really meant it I love this song so much as well as I love my Elton my Elton my sweetie I've been listening and loving 47 years he's just gets better every year every day every year I love my Elton oh my Elton
I've told my husband and mother the same thing (just in case I pass before them). Also want Skyline Pigeon played....beautiful song💖
Quite simply the greatest opening in rock history.
Agreed! #2 being cheap trick ain't that a shame :-)
Quite simply one of the most tedious, ill-considered, overblown attempts at didactic profundity ever. Put a sock in it, Johnny, until you one day come up with an actual idea.
Just wanted to say it doesn't get any better than this.
I met Dee Murray while he was living in Nashville in 1981. He drove a Bentley that Elton gave him. Very nice person. So sad that he passed away.
Dee Murray was a GREAT bass player, if not under-rated. I regularly give credit to him for teaching me how to play way back in the day. You're lucky to have met him.
He was a class act. met him too....
Dee Murray is the best ever.
Tick Bryan Dee is gone by time this concert is played. Fired for no reason by Elton, an unforgivable sin IMO. Same with Nigel. Roger Pope overplays, Kenny Passarelli is competent but too bouncy.
philwithnotes I agree 110%. He and Nigel were sacked disgracefully in 75 and again in 85. The hits stopped, fans were outraged and he lost the mojo.
This was when MUSIC was MUSIC.... Amen RH DSD
An excellent performance of an unbelievably well made composition.
One of the best songs ever. Bravo, Elton; thank you Bernie!
This not my favorite version but this is one great song!!
I like the version they did in 1977 - Live at Wembley better, more emphasis on Elton's piano playing.
I saw Elton in 1976 at MSG. My first concert- I was 11. It was amazing. Adore him and Bernie
One of the best songs ever!
Nothing like unwrapping an Elton John album back in the early to mid seventies. Captain Fantastic was the final masterpiece in my childhood.
5:10 - I've made life-altering decisions without the level of dedication, seriousness, & ownership offered to this tambourine... 😂
(love this ♡ )
The great Ray Cooper
Ray is thee best!
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Lol....... But you probably were not worn out 😜
Yes!
Elton is truly a master at his craft....writing, producing, marketing, and of course, performing!!! Cheers to you Sir Elton John in December 2022 🎉🎇✨🎆🌈
What a find this video is! My first gig: I was there, aged 14 (with my dad, who collected coupons for tickets from The Sun newspaper!). Support act was Murray Head. This was Elton’s first tour with his new band. I was sorry not to see Nigel and Dee, but this band was electric! But after the Blue Moves album the drugs took hold and the Golden Era was over. This is as I want to remember him.
That man is really feeling the tambourine
You noticed that too ?😂😂
the greatest opening track to an album ever. they do a great job with it live!
Ranks right up there with Stairway and Free Bird
From a masterpiece of an album..
The best performance ever of this song...
this is the greatest live version of this song I have ever seen one of the best songs ever
One of my favorite Elton John songs.
I like your comment: short, simple, and just stating a simple opinion without trying to be - God help us! - deep or pseudo-profound. Thus, you have differentiated yourself from 90% of the other clowns who leave their tiresome, gushing, thoroughly overblown comments on these pages.
I was there at this concert! It was the best concert I have seen to date!
Saw him at the Oakland Coliseum in 74. He opened with this ( in dramatic fashion). AMAZING!!!! His best work .
yes - I saw him November 74 - Maple Leaf Garden, Toronto - and he opened with this song.
Me too !.. Inglewood forum 74.. amazing w/ kiki dee opening
That must’ve been amazing. I’m debating whether or not to see him when he goes to my hometown now in November. My parents would play his greatest hits CD in the car all the time and from then on I was hooked.
I was there too at Oakland Coliseum in '74! I was 15 yrs. old. I remember when Elton came onstage. It was all dark, he moaned then the balls on his costume lit up and moved. I think they were attached to wires. It was awesome! My friend and I sat behind the stage not too far up and we had a great view of Elton. At one point during the night there was a pause of several beats in one of his songs, my friend and I screamed Elton and he turned and looked up at us and smiled. We thought it was so cool.
Christian Rodriguez I’m seeing it November 9 in Philadelphia
Absolutely time less writing and performance by all involved🙏😎
HERE ARE THE LYRICS FOR ALL TO ENJOY :
The roses in the window box
Have tilted to one side
Everything about this house
Was born to grow and die
Oh it doesn't seem a year ago
To this very day
You said I'm sorry honey
If I don't change the pace
I can't face another day
And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you
So I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands
I wonder if those changes
Have left a scar on you
Like all the burning hoops of fire
That you and I passed through
You're a bluebird on a telegraph line
I hope you're happy now
Well if the wind of change comes down your way girl
You'll make it back somehow
And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you
So I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands
And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you
So I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands
Love lies bleeding in my hand.......
Richard F. Kerdasha thank you
Thanks Richard but theyve been locked in my head since the album first laid on my player at home back in 1974
Best lyrics ever!
I think Bernie wrote that lyrics when his wife left him for a member of the band
6:22 Elton empieza a cantar
Certainly under the influence, his best years ever
Funny seeing you here, spider man.
He wasn't high during concerts at this time, that came later. Even if you didn't know that, it's obvious from his demeanor, compared to some eighties concerts
@@livb6945 This is from 1974 and Elton took his first drugs while recording caribou (1974) so if Caribou wasn't started yet maybe he never took drugs at the time of the video
@@livb6945 he admitted he was drunk here
Cool too see one of my favorite UA-camrs from all these years ago is an Elton aficionado likewise :)
I wore out this LP on my budget stereo when I was a kid, about 45 years ago.
Ray Cooper on percussion.....an amazing performer.....his insanity on stage was brilliant.....
All who were born in the fifties were blessed,got to see the greatest rock music ever produced,todays music scene has no soul or passion.
None...
Absolutely, positively, patently AMAZING!!!
One of my best childhood memories - sitting in my cousins' bedroom listening to this album very 1st time - changed my life forever. A rock God masterpiece!
Don't mind it; the fact that it's from the 70's is good enough for me (love the piano between 4.58-5.10). His voice was so good in those days....
Agreed he still sings well, but young Elton's voice was nothing short of spectacular.
@Freakyears Elton lover That's totally cool and in my HS years I worshiped Elton. One of the greatest to ever be. The part I loved most about Rocket Man was finding out the story of how The Bitch is Back was written.
Thanks for singing to my family.
One of the best songs I've ever heard
Very, very, very beautiful
I really love the very forward "70's style" drums on this particular version. The drumming is amazing and of course are all the musicians performing.
Nobody could do the harmonies like Davey, Dee and Nigel. Elton let them write the harmonies themselves, not typical of a superstar.
apparently recorded mostly in his absence too, lol
Elton had no choice as he was "kicked out" of the vocal recordings. Elton had no idea what was to come. This was all Davey, and he did it well. Love you Davey.
I saw his 1976 with my Mom I was just turning 16 yrs old. The concert was at the Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN
I was a mezmerized hard core fan, and nothings changed 😅I own every vinyl album and flawless sleeve lol.
💜Elton 4ever
That lead guitarist is still with Elton to this day😅
They are havin’ fun up there!!!!
My goodness, what a song ! ! . . . 😎😎😎
My favorite Elton John song ever
the tamborine man was electric
Never tired of listening to Elton and Bernie’s masterclass.
the best elton john
This is year I saw him do this in Penna. I was like the next gun--if you know what I mean!
no tricks;or recorded background. just pure live music !
Except for the entire intro, which they should've been able to play live.
I was living in London at the time because I was attending college there and I saw the Earls Court show - I remember the tour was called Louder Than Concorde But Not Quite As Pretty.
Freaking FABULOUS!!!! This song is a masterpiece ‼️♥️💯👍
This was my first EJ concert. Two rows from the front.. 😎
After 35 years, thank you for this one Paul. You always could find the best music.
I can find no words describe this song. Here's to Dee Smith, a long gone friend. I still have your "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album. I still think of you when this song is played, after all these years.
I bought that album the week it dropped it was amazing, when music was real.
I hope my friends play this song for my funeral
Great tune! The tambourine player had a rather interesting way of keeping rhythm. If he was trying to draw the attention of the camera operator then well, he accomplished that!
This is one of my favorite songs from sir Elton John with it brings great memories 👍🇨🇦
That tiny bit of feed back at the end is my mind exploding..
One of 4 songs I want played at my funeral.
😆
What are the 3 other?
@@tommieholt7212 Dust in the Wind (Kansas), I can only imagine ( Mercy Me), What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
This was back when Elton could still sing. Wow!
Elton can still belt it out. His voice has definitely changed, but he can still sing really well, despite certain limitations.
Omg. THIS all of this...Caleb is so good here 💖 I just wish it were Dee and Nigel... Caleb and Roger definitely nail it though. No doubt.
Brilliant artist!!! brilliant singer!!! Love Lies Bleedin!!! Splendid!! XXXXXX
One. Band. We. Will. Never. C
you tube sucks lately. saw elton on july 4th 1976 in foxbourough, massachusetts. usa. the best ever
The late great Roger Pope on drums. Loved the original band with Nigel and the incomparable Dee Murray but these guys were true pros as well. You don't see this kind of thing anymore.
Their a very precise group musically. Elton's piano is right in the pocket with the drums.
I prefer this live version to others that came later. His voice was in top form, & the passion and eloquence of his piano stunning. This was what it was like in those days... free, yet captive to the music.
His voice was not as strong as it was in earlier performances! His nose seems a bit "stuffed-up"--gee, wonder why...He was best in the early '70s. Partying made his voice not as rich. He had to start straining for the higher notes. It's not completely shot yet at this point--that I will agree.
WOW, was that good.
How cooool Elton’s voice!
Amazing performance
Roger Pope was one of the most powerful yet tasteful drummers to have ever sat behind a kit. He could drive a band like no other.
Agreed !! ......and that was also the opinion of Gus Dudgeon.....as Roger was his drummer of choice as his "in house drummer"......and Gus Dudgeon was an expert !!
Except Nigel Olsson. Seriously, this version of the EJ Band sucks. Kenny is horrific on the bass, Caleb is a fantastic funk player but not right for this genre and Roger never felt right. Breaking up the band and sending Nigel and Dee packing was an embarrassment.
Phil Schroeder Amen.. Nobody can play this music like Nigel & Dee!!
@@Libera_nos_a_malo That doesn't take away from how superb Roger Pope was. His technical knowledge and ability on the drums far outstrips Nigel (self-confessed as unable to even play a drum roll...)
Home One there’s nothing on Blue Moves or Rock of the Westies that is groundbreaking. Nothing at all.
This was the first concert I ever attended I was 17 years old me and my best friend at the time and I stood in line for 8 hours to get tickets to the show just recognize the band playing was the band that was with him at the time on this tour I believe the name of the tour was louder than the Concorde but not quite as pretty thoroughly enjoyed it went on to see Elton six more times after this
I don't knew the songs but Roy Rogers and Goodbye yellow brick Road till I'd buy a LP. So I though, Thais guy is very good and I love a piano. I loved "Harmony ", "Candle in the wind", but when I heard "Funeral " at the first time I found it weyrd. Later, it was one of my favorites songs and I still love to hear it today.
I saw this live and its still my favourite track of his.... and it started here so thanks for that
Good enough Elton but I have seen you twice in my life but much more extravagant when I saw you
Ray Cooper makes me smile, he's sucha character :)
Love the backing vocalists giving a full on head bang towards the end.