Madman Across the Water album is my favourite of his entire discography. I was 11 when it came out. At 63 I still return to it, like an old friend. :o)
@markcain304
11 күн бұрын
Vintage Elton John. Never tire of returning to his early works. One word, wonderful.
@jtownshend
11 жыл бұрын
Spirituals, just like 'Border Song'. The more I listen to Elton's work the more I find out. This is what makes his music so rich.
@vincentbynumbers
4 жыл бұрын
Same. Just so beautiful.
@chrisbooth3417
5 жыл бұрын
Eltons name doesn't come up often when the all time greats are mentioned but some of us know better. Just pure talent.
@johnscialfa7391
3 жыл бұрын
Did you say eltons name doesn't come up when people talk about the all-time greats? What planet do you live on. LOL
@chrisbooth3417
3 жыл бұрын
@@johnscialfa7391 I think it does with a lot of people but music critics tend to not respect him as much as Bowie, Springsteen, or Stevie Wonder it seems.
@hermanblume275
3 жыл бұрын
Elton's name doesn't come up? What in hell are you talking about???
@ewreese
3 жыл бұрын
His name comes up all the time!!! He and Bernie are the peak, the benchmark!
@heathercollins4432
2 жыл бұрын
"Underrated" (or in this case "Elton's name doesn't come up often...") is just another way of saying "I have no idea who this guy is but I like him and other people should too..." LOL
@JeansBlue60
12 жыл бұрын
I agree, the "Madman" album is really genius, especially the "Indian Sunset". I love this one very much and in 1986 I went to England to get this album because here in Germany I never found it. Not even in Cologne. Can you imagine how the English love Elton? It´s incredible.
@rickymcintyre6845
6 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@trfesok
4 жыл бұрын
His best album. The songs hold up, even without the album's very dramatic production.
@jdenino6022
23 күн бұрын
He has the voice of an angel. 💜
@Miniermotte
15 жыл бұрын
I love Elton. For his sweet voice and for the cutest face in the world!
@scarletapril12
10 жыл бұрын
The guy's a genius.
@Ivpoundz1
5 жыл бұрын
This is all gospel....so amazing. Elton is really primarily a gospel pianist. One of my fave songs of his.
@9elephant
15 жыл бұрын
thank god for utube- how else would we appreciate these golden warm memories
@reginalddwight3576
11 жыл бұрын
Love how he is pleased with his work at the end
@davidoran123
Жыл бұрын
simply masterful, Elton at his best
@brendan-ut3zc
8 ай бұрын
My receptivity to Elton John's music and the lyrics of Bernie Taupin lead me to buying 20 albums!! Love the early bbc recordings
@kathys9999
6 жыл бұрын
Him and Bernie owned the world back then. This song is on top of my favorite Elton John songs.
@s34cea75
3 жыл бұрын
The songs they wrote through the Blue Moves album in 1976 still own all the others imo
@cosybully
3 жыл бұрын
I love every song on this album. It is his best, in my humble opinion.
@haroldmessinger1
2 жыл бұрын
the chord voicing are so great, so ethereal and beautiful and Elton in his prime? Amazing thanks for posting this!
@thomasricksmith8171
9 күн бұрын
Great great tune! Reminds me of my youth😊
@lemurianchick
8 ай бұрын
I just re-listened to the album version of this song. Doesn't even hold a candle 🕯 to this soulful version.
@iamseabird
11 жыл бұрын
i love how pleased he is with himself right at the very end hahaha.
@randykeith
11 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite albums. Love the rawness of this concert.
@andreasdrg
14 жыл бұрын
When first listening through the Madman-album, this song struck me like no other, I don't know why, and this version is even better than the album version!
@vincentbynumbers
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I've listened to the record so many times and every time this one came on it surprised me, esp with the choir.. I finally got it in MP3 form so I could listen on repeat and in my car, very loudly. 💜💜💜
@randykeith
4 жыл бұрын
Andreas Draganis Agree. The rawness of just his piano and vocals is always just the best.
@Blondejam
3 жыл бұрын
Absolute talent!
@werquantum
2 жыл бұрын
So many feelings. All good. All good. Thank you, Elton.
@saturdayradionova1734
4 жыл бұрын
God his playing and voice sounds just like the recording!! Love his live stuff ty Mr Elton
@randykeith
4 жыл бұрын
Alanya Sloane This was the first, and probably only live performance of this song (on record), and was done not long after the album recorded.
@jag6183
Жыл бұрын
Full bloodied city boy into a full bloodied city man" is a powerful message.
@Rocketman2396
13 жыл бұрын
Beautiful :) The whole Madman Across The Water album is genius
@PianoShapedObject
14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. It's one of my favorites and I don't know of any other live performance of this song besides this one.
@g00lsby
15 жыл бұрын
GENIUS!
@TheHOULES
Жыл бұрын
Plain and simple genius
@naopak
7 жыл бұрын
`oh my soul.. oh my soul...
@vincentbynumbers
4 жыл бұрын
💜😭👌
@manco828
Жыл бұрын
Hey Jude
@jdenino6022
7 ай бұрын
This is GOLD.
@manco828
Жыл бұрын
Nasties = the British music press.
@sweetlowrayne
14 жыл бұрын
Oh My SOUL! Awesome song. Great video! Thanks for posting!
@mozboywi
10 ай бұрын
the best
@chenlung1
14 жыл бұрын
It was seemingly done a limited amount times in 1971 (maybe 1972 as well). Not a popular pick, but still liked by fans - including me!
@antoniovazquez6478
6 жыл бұрын
absolutely classic
@lunymoony4062
3 жыл бұрын
Best song on Madman without doubt!
@manco828
3 жыл бұрын
Indian Sunset, Holiday Inn, title track, Levon, Razor Face!
@King_Colombia_Inc
2 жыл бұрын
Amen, lunymoony! Amen!
@jezzyby47
15 жыл бұрын
It was an OGWT repeat and was on about 2am in the morning.
@lemurianchick
2 жыл бұрын
It has a watermark of the BBC.
@yuvalgeva6242
6 жыл бұрын
Oh my soul indeed
@jezzyby4783
6 жыл бұрын
I thought you'd sold it...remember?
@TheMusikpoet
12 жыл бұрын
Thanks love this Song
@mifolfree6683
4 жыл бұрын
Elton's auto brought me here. pg 91
@thespermdonor
15 жыл бұрын
I looked. Thanks. How the hell did I not see this? I had no plans that Friday night.
@jezzyby47
15 жыл бұрын
info is on part 3 of 3, but it was in June or July of this year, 2009 on BBC4
@ibji
8 жыл бұрын
The song is actually about 'coming out' (he said so himself), just listen to the opening line...if it came to pass if they should ask (if I'm gay) what would I tell them?
@ibji
8 жыл бұрын
+ibji would-could, oops, still, follow the lyrics with this in mind
@waldenhouse
6 жыл бұрын
ibji Not sure about that.
@zigner
6 жыл бұрын
Bobby D "Five years later Bernie would offer the song's true meaning. Bernie was asked by Rolling Stone, if they had planned to write a 'gay song'. Bernie responded, 'There was once once, All the Nasties, that no one picked up on. It says something about 'if they asked, maybe I would tell them'." - quoted from the EJ Biography, His Song, page 44. I assume the controversy on this issue is settled now?
@lemurianchick
5 жыл бұрын
@@zigner LOL--#TriggeredMuch?
@DannyDaniDanee
3 жыл бұрын
@@waldenhouse It's in his autobiography
@jamesaccardo9313
5 жыл бұрын
This song is too real for me :(
@uruguaycatalogne1962
4 жыл бұрын
God loves us just as we are... Dont worry... Love is the answer... Warm regards from Montevideo, Uruguay
@user-bc2ez5mk9v
10 ай бұрын
My husband rates this song as eltons finest masterpiece 😂
@lemurianchick
10 ай бұрын
Maybe he's trying to tell you something...
@eldean0
12 жыл бұрын
@hiadhiad no miming in them days my friend, theres mics there alright.. all real not liek these days.
@Unknown17
11 ай бұрын
"If it came to pass that they should ask, what could I tell them?" Bernie wrote the lyrics, but I knew at the time this was about Elton's being gay. I speculate that at some point Elton knew he would be asked if he were gay, and he passed on these fears to Bernie. Elton says the song is about "criticism," leading you to believe it is about MUSICAL criticism. But it's not. It's about societal criticism and the meanness he knew he would face from "All the Nasties" when the truth came out.
@kaitluvs
4 жыл бұрын
this song wasn't just about being criticized, it's about if elton should come out as gay publically or not.
@King_Colombia_Inc
2 жыл бұрын
Correct.
@jamesaccardo9313
5 жыл бұрын
I never ever criticize
@King_Colombia_Inc
2 жыл бұрын
I adore this song so much. The title alone got my attention, but i always fucking hated criticism. Oh my soul, indeed.
@chenlung1
14 жыл бұрын
@thespermdonor Yeah, I noticed it and recorded it on Sky+. I wondered if this would be included (from the DVD - which only included 'Tiny Dancer' and a shortened version of the interview apparently) or it was the 1974 appearance (promoting Caribou).
@hayleytownsend9705
8 ай бұрын
This comes from’ Joe Gallo ‘ Beautiful boy.❤ Joe Gallo ❤️
@jezzyby47
14 жыл бұрын
@hiadhiad - ???? I can see 4 - 3 on the piano and one on him.
@thespermdonor
15 жыл бұрын
When was this on?
@vincentbynumbers
4 жыл бұрын
Goddamnnnnn.
@musictomyears8
13 жыл бұрын
British band James 'borrowed' this song's intro for their 1990s hit 'Say Something'...
@jamesaccardo9313
6 жыл бұрын
Its "Madman Across the Water!
@spbryant
4 жыл бұрын
I think both sides of the interpretation of the meaning of this song are correct. True, the lyrics were written by Bernie, who is heterosexual, and was at the time of his writing about criticism of their music early on. However, I suspect, that when Elton took those lyrics and put them to music, he saw it as a song about him coming out.
@2godless
4 жыл бұрын
This is a song about whether to come out of the closet or not. Just read it in his autobiography.
@johnscialfa7391
6 жыл бұрын
this song has nothing to do with coming out...Bernie wrote the lyrics years before he new Elton was gay....great tune though.
@DannyDaniDanee
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, that's not true. It is indeed about coming out. Read page 91 of Elton's autobiography, "Me"
@lemurianchick
2 жыл бұрын
He KNEW Elton was gay from Jump Street. They were living together and Elton kissed him. 🙄
@michellourenco2905
2 жыл бұрын
They should've used this as the outro for MATW album instead of 'Goodbye', which by the way is Just a filler.
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