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@dougthePogingguitarist
4 жыл бұрын
can you do a reaction to Bob Seger Sytem Live this is a 25 year old Bob Seger here is the link kzitem.info/news/bejne/qoB8vH-ooX2TYIo
@195511SM
4 жыл бұрын
Here he was in 1971....on a British show called 'The Old Grey Whistle Test'.....performing that live.....accompanied ONLY by his piano. kzitem.info/news/bejne/tqilp6Slj5R8oWU
@squidly12009
4 жыл бұрын
Did you say what brand/model of your new headphones? Seems to be a lot better clarity in your ears.
@evilvolts
4 жыл бұрын
Funeral for a friend/Love lies bleeding Elton
@evilvolts
4 жыл бұрын
this was in the movie Almost Famous they sang it on the bands travelling bus
@ScottDeBerg
4 жыл бұрын
"Tiny Dancer" shows off the orchestration of the legendary Paul Buckmaster - Elton's long-time collaborator.
@MrSteveG58
6 ай бұрын
His string arrangements are magnificent, this a masterpiece.
@theresazubia
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite Elton John song is, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". I think you would enjoy it, very emotional.
@yorkiemom6144
3 жыл бұрын
That song was about his friend trying to talk him out of getting married to a woman.
@sherriblack53
3 жыл бұрын
Sugar bear
@jeaniemichelle8071
3 жыл бұрын
Teresa you are a better woman than me...when Elton and Bernie split up I thought it was over for Sir Elton...I was so wrong. His catalogue of music makes it impossible for me to pick a favorite song...❣️
@karencooksey8567
3 жыл бұрын
I would agree and add Mona Lisa’s and Mad Hatters. Love you Jamel
@foxchasejrt1
3 жыл бұрын
Please do Someone Saved My Life Last Night
@vintagebrew1057
3 жыл бұрын
"Have mercy on the criminal" powerful EJ song. Thanks J.
@billjones488
4 жыл бұрын
High Flying Bird from his album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. Some of the best lyrics you'll ever hear.
@muzikmind77
4 жыл бұрын
I love you jamal thank you so much for what you are doing dude... no shit you killin it son.. much respect/love giver hell
@jeffmorse645
4 жыл бұрын
I've always loved the steel guitar in this song. Kind of unexpected for a pop/rock song.
@judywalker8020
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe one of his top 2-3 songs...and that says a lot.Off a great album with one of the best album covers ever...” Madman Across The Water.”
@mickianderson4359
4 жыл бұрын
I was Tiny Dancer to my friends, because of this song.
@thefatman2780
4 жыл бұрын
SONG WAS A WEDDING PRESENT FOR THE BANDS SEAMSTRESS & COSTUME LADY.
@mellowhale
4 жыл бұрын
Please listen to more Elton John! I suggest my fav, “Don’t Let the Sun go Down on Me,” as well as “the Bitch is Back,” “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters,” Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” “I’m Still Standing,” “Your Song,” and “Honky Cat.”
@Mr05Chuck
4 жыл бұрын
Indian Sunset off Madman Across the Water is a great song!
@mistybricker2293
2 жыл бұрын
Being an Elton John fan all my life. You really should watch the movie. It helps understand his music in a while new way.
@bethshadid2087
4 жыл бұрын
Also I'd like to request Elton doing the remake of his song Candle in the wind for Princess Diana after her death. They were close friends 💗
@johnmcfadden8186
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if you have listened to Sir Elton John signing Funeral For A Friend or Made Man Across The Water yet, but they are two cool deep songs.
@aprilcorbett
4 жыл бұрын
I love the pedal steel guitar in this song!
@MattMuirhead
4 жыл бұрын
I think you'd really like Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters - one of this greatest and under-rated tunes.
@birdman_15
4 жыл бұрын
Have you done 'Bennie and the jets' by Elton yet? Its a must!! 🙌
@195511SM
4 жыл бұрын
Several here are mentioning 'Almost Famous'....but it was also used even earlier in 'Aloha Bobby & Rose' ( 1975 ) kzitem.info/news/bejne/lKeOk6mthn2VaKA This one starred Paul Le Mat ( the dude in the yellow hot rod in 'American Graffiti' )
@valariewright8516
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry seems to be the hardest word, yellow brick road
@snoyes2003
4 жыл бұрын
Jamel.... Have you checked this out? Phil is one of the best in the world. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight (Live at Montreux 2004)
@BradPruitt
4 жыл бұрын
The bus scene from Almost Famous. One of the greatest scenes from a movie!
@bethshadid2087
4 жыл бұрын
That and the plane scene 😁
@maryalice578
4 жыл бұрын
The Madman album cover used to pop in my head when I hear this song, now its the bus scene!!
@meghanmonroe
4 жыл бұрын
I think of that scene when I'm cold and sad, and then it brings me the sunshine.
@TheStuntViking
4 жыл бұрын
This song was brought out of obscurity by Cameron Crowe in Almost Famous. In my mind that scene and the scene from Lords of Dogtown where Heath Ledger sings along to Rod Steward's Maggie May are tied for most feels in a movie scene. Heath Ledger in Lords of Dogtown: kzitem.info/news/bejne/rYWCr2GGoJpop4o @Jamel_AKA_Jamal I hereby ask that you react to Rod Steward Maggie May kzitem.info/news/bejne/rJh_xZWti2Z0fno
@JefficusMaximus
4 жыл бұрын
Cant not think of that scene whenever I hear this.
@Brewkowsky07
4 жыл бұрын
I love when he sings the line "softly... slowly.." the tempo actually drags just a hair. It's so smooth. You just feel it.
@tbone5112
4 жыл бұрын
In my opinion this is one of Elton’s very best songs . It’s certainly my favorite !
@katiemurray735
4 жыл бұрын
I named my dog Tiny Dancer. I will literally pick her 6 lb self up and start slow dancing with her for the whole song 🤷♀️🤣 She just buries her head in my nape and let's me hold her tiny paw the whole time hahaha
@David_Theisen
4 жыл бұрын
It’s his most brilliant song!!!
@kscs51
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite too.
@Historian212
4 жыл бұрын
Same here. Many great songs, but this one has my heart.
@JLSmith-zd3nk
4 жыл бұрын
Great song, my personal fave is madman across the water.
@sassymessmess9110
4 жыл бұрын
"MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER" "Mona Lisa's And Mad Hatters" "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" "Your Song" "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" "All The Girls Love Alice" "Empty Garden/ Hey Hey Johnny"-Tribute to John Lennon. "Mama Can't Buy You Love"- W/ The Spinners "Philadelphia Freedom" "Levon" "Daniel" "Little Jeannie" "I'm Still Standing" "Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" "Rocket Man" "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" I should stop now. 🙄
@thomassmith9798
4 жыл бұрын
and also "We all fall in love sometimes/Curtains" from Captain Fantastic
@RoseNunezSmith
4 жыл бұрын
Voting for Madman Across the Water x 1000. Great, great song.
@djinnee1792
4 жыл бұрын
Surprised by the "Alice" recommendation how about a few more from Yellow Brick? "Jamaican Jerk-off" "Social Disease" & "Harmony"
@RicoBurghFan
4 жыл бұрын
You could go on forever
@RoseNunezSmith
4 жыл бұрын
@@djinnee1792 Haha, yeah. Didn't see that on the list. I'd swap it out for Burn Down the Mission.
@user-gk3lu1gg9t
4 жыл бұрын
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is mandatory
@mpdalyful1
4 жыл бұрын
I can't put me in a penthouse I will always go back to my plough What a line
@sammyslam1
4 жыл бұрын
My personal fave from the fabulous Mr John! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@tragicdeyz2641
4 жыл бұрын
@Jim Smith I was 14 when that came out and listened to it endlessly.
@johncampbell756
4 жыл бұрын
I felt that was Bernie trying to decide to keep writing with Elton or retire to his farm. When they finally parted ways, he still didn't retire though.
@jaimimandel
4 жыл бұрын
Do next bitch is back and your song
@johncox6321
3 жыл бұрын
Of course Elton sounds good on a piano, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in England... it's on the same level as Julliard's here in America, only far older.
@mizofan
2 жыл бұрын
he was a child musical prodigy- as an infant he was playing classical music by ear.
@rusnsc7622
4 жыл бұрын
You’ve done it now Jamel! 😉 Elton’s library of classic tunes is ENORMOUS. He and Bernie Taupin crafted some of the best tunes of all time. You go man!
@stelladonaconfredobutler9459
3 жыл бұрын
the great Leon Russell was his mentor
@divad111352
Жыл бұрын
Bruce Hornsby credits Leon Russell as well.
@carpediem9718
3 жыл бұрын
“Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on me”!!! His duet with George Michael. A MUST LISTEN TO!!
@kennygregrich5375
4 жыл бұрын
Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is a must
@shaverge
4 жыл бұрын
I think it's his best song, my favorite.
@michaeldubya
4 жыл бұрын
On my desert island playlist.
@nehoc00
4 жыл бұрын
@@shaverge actually the BEST song for anyone of ALL TIME!! The tempo changes alone in that song are siiick!!
@NYCgirl927
4 жыл бұрын
love that
@susanslade4044
4 жыл бұрын
Done in a single take 😳
@tswrench
4 жыл бұрын
It's difficult to explain to those who weren't around back then, but Elton John and Bernie Taupin's songs were HUGE in the '70s--you couldn't escape their music on both AM and FM radio. This song really showcases how incredibly talented they both were and that the results of their collaborations were so much more than the sum of their parts--it was phenomenal. What's more, is that they produced so many classic songs of this caliber, year in and year out, for about 6 or 7 years straight. More than ever, I am in awe of what they accomplished.
@andytaylor5476
4 жыл бұрын
Bernie Taupin wrote this about his ex-wife Maxine.
@briancullen9575
4 жыл бұрын
“Levon” is the Elton go-to.
@tomknoll796
4 жыл бұрын
Here's an analogy - perhaps odd, but I've been a professional musician as well as a semi-professional basketball player. If Michael Jordan had been nothing more than an average offensive player, he would still be remembered as one of the greatest defensive players of his generation - that's how good he was. Similarly, Elton John could have never sung a note, but he would have been remembered as one of the best studio pianists of his generation. He was simply that good. However, when coupled with the lyrics of Bernie Taupin [somewhat akin to Michael's Scottie Pippen] an unprecedented legacy evolved. In retrospect, we are all blessed to inherit their legacy.
@d2cdl
4 жыл бұрын
How wonderfully put.
@Vaticider69
4 жыл бұрын
Very poetic...
@shandac1027
4 жыл бұрын
Its tough to put into words the genius of Elton and Bernie. Very well said!
@melissaward6311
4 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed.
@maryalice578
4 жыл бұрын
PERFECT analogy.
@PaulVermeersch
4 жыл бұрын
Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" will blow your mind.
@heatherbegs
4 жыл бұрын
Paul Vermeersch my favourite song of his!
@jeanettedegiulio8220
4 жыл бұрын
I agree. One of my favorites ♥
@teresaboone7298
4 жыл бұрын
@@heatherbegs , Mine too. That and Benny and the Jets. Someone Saved My Life Tonight was about his ex who was a woman and she was pressuring Elton to marry her AND she lied and said she was pregnant! Elton and Bernie went to a club the night b4 he finally got out of the situation. It was because someone at the club(I forget who it was) talked Elton into doing what HE wanted and not what SHE was pressuring him into. Bernie wrote this about that. She still hates that they wrote this and told the truth. She says it wasn't like that. Smh.. If u lied and said you were pregnant to keep a dude then why isnt it bad? Wow!
@wendywallace4614
4 жыл бұрын
This was in a great scene from the movie "Almost Famous". I always have to sing along!
@nevar23
4 жыл бұрын
I can't NOT sing along!
@travisinthetrunk
4 жыл бұрын
It’s one of the best scenes in movie/TV history.
@apatternedhorizon
4 жыл бұрын
One of the best movies too
@wendywallace4614
4 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite movies. I think I know every word.
@jtribble6912
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing movie. "Pirate Radio (The Boat That Rocked)" is another great R&R story with a soundtrack to match.
@nathanharrison8901
4 жыл бұрын
Elton John has an amazing discography, but this one is definitely my favorite. Dave Grohl did a cover and kicked its ass.
@brendahhstiles9992
4 жыл бұрын
Funny how people go automatically to Almost Famous when hearing this....such a great movie!
@timothydoherty5337
4 жыл бұрын
And that one bus scene with everyone singing to this song captures the essence of the entire film
@ltrainor4078
4 жыл бұрын
I always think of that movie now when I hear this. It also introduced me to Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters. Great movie
@bethshadid2087
4 жыл бұрын
Ikr 🤭. Great movie tho 💥
@jasonmick5264
4 жыл бұрын
One of the best movies ever made!
@srae1971
4 жыл бұрын
I was born in 71 and have loved this song for longer than I can actually remember, but it's hard not to think of that movie now when I hear it. Putting aside what a great movie it is (and it IS), the Tiny Dancer scene is just so perfect. Just the way it brings them all together and helps them remember what matters for awhile. If you love music, it makes perfect sense.
@rob4341
4 жыл бұрын
I remember when Phoebe from "Friends" was singing this song... "Hold me close young Tony Danza" lol
@derrickshultz6800
4 жыл бұрын
one of my favorite EJ songs. I would suggest Crockadile Rock for some fun entertainment...lol. I would recommend "Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters", "Bennie and the Jets", and "Saturday's alright for Fighting".
@kathywagner376
4 жыл бұрын
One of my earliest memories is of my older sister singing Crocodile Rock into in hair brush in the mirror. I love that song . ❤️❤️❤️
@ChristChickAutistic
4 жыл бұрын
Same, especially Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters.
@anthonyblakely399
4 жыл бұрын
Check "Levon" by Elton John.
@dport62
4 жыл бұрын
Great song
@anthonyblakely399
4 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/2655k4mhnXd6aHo "I Eat" by Tobe Nwigwe.....great message.
@anthonyblakely399
4 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/mneg0YmvkWKjiaw(video) I want you guys to listen to "We Are The World," by Aid To Africa. I think you guys will like it!!!
@KevinFlory993
4 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorites (from anyone).
@dlbeal
3 жыл бұрын
My absolute favorite song!
@justindearmond1
4 жыл бұрын
used this song at my 5 month old daughters funeral. she was so beautiful. every time i hear this song it brings me to tears. Daddy loves you Izzy.
@aussieguru01
4 жыл бұрын
A masterpeice. Timeless too. Can we do Cat Stevens music too?
@lori-annclarke4914
4 жыл бұрын
“Your Song” is probably my favourite Elton John song but I also have to mention “Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)”. I don’t think it’s well known but I think it’s a wonderful song, written for John Lennon who Elton was very close to.
@sodoffbaldrick3038
4 жыл бұрын
Elton is Sean Lennon's godfather.
@oldermusiclover
3 жыл бұрын
Your Song is my fav
@ZippityDont
3 жыл бұрын
Can’t get though that song without tearing up.
@davidvornsand6054
4 жыл бұрын
So many more before you! Maybe try Levon, Madman across the water, and a true gem “ The greatest discovery! Enjoy!
@vickieray
4 жыл бұрын
Love “Levon” & “Daniel” ♥️♥️
@patriciamorgan6545
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Yes, and Yes to Levon, Madman Across the Water, and Daniel!
@brandoncrow3741
4 жыл бұрын
Love the Greatest Discovery...such an amazing album. Elton's best.
@ThistleAndSea
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Levon!! That whole album is AWESOME.
@TheSirpatrick33
4 жыл бұрын
Greatest Discovery is a must! 😷🎶😷
@musicairplanes4884
4 жыл бұрын
The arrangement of this song is absolute perfection.
@spacemagic1484
4 жыл бұрын
Please cover “Your Song” and “I guess that’s why they call it the blues”. Thank you.
@Bracus72
4 жыл бұрын
2 greats.
@buckeyeman7631
4 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@dudehenchman
4 жыл бұрын
He does covers!?!? lol just kidding!
@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
4 жыл бұрын
_Your Song_ kicks me in the feels so hard. It's unfair how easily his voice can boot you in the heart that way.
@mjm1012
4 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏😁
@opalviking
4 жыл бұрын
Bernie Taupin, who wrote all the lyrics, wrote this about Elton’s costume designer. They were dating at the time. Elton composed all the music in their decades-long collaboration.
@angielofton6372
4 жыл бұрын
I always thought this song was about Bernie's wife, Maxine.
@TheCornishCockney
4 жыл бұрын
apparently,elton composed the music first and bernie wrote the words to fit. a perfect combination.
@Julieroo28
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t think Elton knew what most of the songs were about!
@angielofton6372
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheCornishCockney Maybe for this song? Usually it was the other way, Bernie had poems or something he felt was a lyric, send them to Elton, whowould then write the music. In the beginning of their partnership, Elton had to "arrange" Bernie's verse to fit into song structure.
@unknownx7252
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheCornishCockney isn't it the other way around?
@DanFan2042
4 жыл бұрын
Seriously...Tiny Dancer is metaphorical. Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics. His wife was the inspiration.
@diegoolivarez1
4 жыл бұрын
This is the best song about Tony Danza ever. “Hold me closer, Tony Danza!!!!!”
@djlp2212
4 жыл бұрын
I was going to make a Tony Danza reference but thought I would check to see if someone else did, good job. 👍
@sallyhenderson2772
4 жыл бұрын
Haha, when I was a kid I always thought it was Tony Danza! Glad you commented.
@shmick6079
4 жыл бұрын
LOL Pheobe Buffet
@TheStefan6969
4 жыл бұрын
Knew somebody was gonna!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@battyaddy7512
4 жыл бұрын
We used to say "count the head lice on the highway" 🤣
@ruthlowndes8331
4 жыл бұрын
You wanna talk about a rabbit hole?
@boscokid9524
4 жыл бұрын
Ruth Lowndes no kidding. EJ’s catalogue is deep.
@ruthlowndes8331
4 жыл бұрын
@@boscokid9524 Where to Now St. Peter? A bluuuueewwww canoe 🎶🎼🎵
@victoriabarr255
4 жыл бұрын
Ruth Lowndes 50 years of rabbit hole.
@BoojumFed
4 жыл бұрын
All the way to Wonderland!
@wild8757
4 жыл бұрын
Check out Elton Johns song called “BENNIE AND THE JETS”!
@06Tattoomickey
3 жыл бұрын
First time I heard that was on the Muppet Show as a kid and loved it. That introduced me to Elton John and I’ve been a huge fan ever since.
@snidleyutoob5936
3 жыл бұрын
Reached #1 on the R&B charts. I remember him playing it on Soul Train.
@gdsstarks
3 жыл бұрын
First time I heard Elton John on the radio was at a hamburger stand in front of the Hickam AFB Hawaii, base exchange,at 13 years old. Eating crinkle French fries, walking home singing Benny and the Jets. Had zero clue to what the song was about. But I sure drove mom crazy singing "🎼🎶B,B Bennnny ,and the Jettts🎶,Bennny Benny.. lol great memories I can still smell the French fries 🍟,but and feel the humid rainy day.I had such a great childhood. "She wore electric shoes,and a mohair suit, you know I read it, in a,a maggaazzine lol What Elton John song was the first you had imprint in your mind?
@wild8757
3 жыл бұрын
First time I ever heard of Elton John was when my sister sent me with a note giving me permission to buy cigarettes for her at the corner store, when I walked into the store Benny and the Jets was playing on the Radio, when I heard that song the hook instantly caught me, two days later I went to a place called the record theater and bought Elton John‘s greatest hits with him at the piano in a white suit, other great songs on that album were crocodile rock, Saturday nights all right for a fight and goodbye yellow brick road , cartons of cigarettes were five dollars and I still have that album, that was 46 years ago. Lol
@charlesrumbaugh3668
4 жыл бұрын
Do the song “I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues”
@thegingergyrl455
4 жыл бұрын
Always makes me cry.
@sherrystewart7232
4 жыл бұрын
My fav...
@2869may
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@vickieray
4 жыл бұрын
“Time On My Hands, Could Be Time Spent With You” ♥️♥️♥️
@David_Theisen
4 жыл бұрын
The Ginger Gyrl455 It doesn’t make me cry! LOL makes me groove to it!! Sorry
@timkeefe5676
4 жыл бұрын
FYI, this song is almost 50 years old. Released in late 1971. Let that sink in a minute.
@fishordie1992
4 жыл бұрын
I was born in 71. I don't wanna let that sink in for ome moment, lol!
@twocosmic2982
4 жыл бұрын
Was it 71? DAMM I'M OLD
@arthurellsworth638
3 жыл бұрын
It has stood the test of time! Great tune.
@dallaswoody5458
3 жыл бұрын
I know I was 12
@MissyM68
3 жыл бұрын
I was 4 yrs old when this came out. I remember hearing this while sitting in the back of my parent's ginormous station wagon (seat actually faced backwards). Great song!
@TheCornishCockney
4 жыл бұрын
Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is a masterpiece and almost classical in its structure. WELL worth a listen bro.
@llschnitz
4 жыл бұрын
Heard a hundred live recordings of this. Best of all time is Live in Rio on KZitem. Check it out!
@tinydancer62
4 жыл бұрын
Cockney Red. absolutely!
@BigPete44
4 жыл бұрын
- *The Edge Of Seventeen* By Stevie Nicks 💯🔥
@Fenster020
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent choice!
@baconear88
4 жыл бұрын
YES!!
@kathy-t5q
4 жыл бұрын
BigPete S LOVE that song. My girls love it too
@sherrygarza3312
4 жыл бұрын
This song and "Daniel" are my favorites of Elton John.
@seriesscratchx9807
4 жыл бұрын
Elton is amazing! My favorites are Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me and Believe. You might like the Border Song and Bennie and the Jets. I love all of his music!
@tahoemike5828
4 жыл бұрын
This song features is the movie "Almost Famous." If you haven't seen that film yet, then it's high time that you did. Seriously, it's a must watch.
@maryalice578
4 жыл бұрын
And the soundtrack is right up Jamel's alley.
@meghanmonroe
4 жыл бұрын
I think of that scene when I'm feeling cold and sad, and then it brings me the sunshine.
@christopherbittell6501
4 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, Almost famous is a perfect way to help anyone understand the music scene in the 70s. A wonderful peek behind the curtain.....👍🏼😎
@mamatay7
4 жыл бұрын
I cannot hear this song without seeing this scene ❤
@scottaldridge7888
4 жыл бұрын
One of the all time best entertainers. You can spend so much time on his discography. Love this.
@lauanasimmons7202
4 жыл бұрын
Love Elton John now you got to do Philadelphia Freedom
@KJ-nd6jl
3 жыл бұрын
This song brings tears to my eyes. My youngest daughter used to wake up as a baby when I got home, I worked 3-11 back then and this was her lullaby. She’s 32 now but it still makes me cry- Love you MaryKate
@joelv1000
4 жыл бұрын
I really like the scene in the movie Almost Famous when they’re singing this song in the tour bus this song brings back so many great memories growing up in the 70s
@rodneyprill4618
4 жыл бұрын
Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
@ph8429
4 жыл бұрын
Elton John "Your Song" "Levon" and "Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters" are MUST-LISTENS!
@timcarder2170
4 жыл бұрын
As a father of 4 daughters, I can safely tell you, that what you're thinking of, is called a *"Music Box"*. Sometimes the Ballerina figure is in an actual box(or jewelry box), and when you open the lid, music starts as the figurine turns. Sometimes she's a stand alone in the open, on a pedestal, and when you wind it up, it does the spin and music. (And you can get a similar one to that, but inside a snow globe) :-)
@thatoneguyagain2252
4 жыл бұрын
My Grandma had one where the dancer was in Scottish costume and danced a jig, inside a bottle if Scotch.
@mellymom1121
4 жыл бұрын
I had a top as a child that had a flower and when you spun it the flower opened with a fairy inside.
@timcarder2170
4 жыл бұрын
@@mellymom1121 Nice Never saw one like that. Saw one that lit up, and another that spit sparks though. (other thsn that, any others just made whiny whistling noises)
@mellymom1121
4 жыл бұрын
@@timcarder2170 I was really young maybe 5 or 6. But I remember it. The flower was purple. I just dont know what happened to it.
@timcarder2170
4 жыл бұрын
@@mellymom1121 :-)
@holleysdotcom
3 жыл бұрын
This song has one of the most beautiful and powerful strings parts ever. Makes your hair stand on end.
@wolfman8449
4 жыл бұрын
One of the best scenes in any movie is the tiny dancer almost famous scene, Amazing movie
@lasciethiesing2219
4 жыл бұрын
I always think of it when I hear this song 🥰
@kathywagner376
4 жыл бұрын
Great movie !!
@gloriagaddy
4 жыл бұрын
I always pictured a ballerina from a music box when hearing this song when I was young and it had first been released. I had several music boxes...they were common gifts for young girls born in the 1960's and 1970's.
@tdublakeo
3 жыл бұрын
I was a high school girl in the 70's, this song was THE slow dance song at every high school dance I went to. Such sweet memories♥
@dans5595
4 жыл бұрын
if you want to get the flavor of the rock music environment of this era, watch the movie, "Almost Famous". lots of song clips, including this one.
@bradmacarthur3810
4 жыл бұрын
"Bennie and the Jets" and "Daniel"
@johnf3619
4 жыл бұрын
You made my wife's day, she loves Elton and has been waiting for you to react to him. You could spend weeks reacting to all his great music. He is also one of THE best showmen EVER. His renowned for his costumes and on stage antics. His range is wide and diverse. His soft side like candle in the wind to his version of The Who's Pinball Wizard for the movie Tommy (that is a must by the way). Thank you again and keep it up, we love your videos
@davidrizzardi975
4 жыл бұрын
The woman this song was written about lives in Berkshire County MA. She literally was the seamstress for the band and I know her personally. Her late husband was also a singer songwriter who passed far too early.
@robinbeers6689
4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was written for Billy Jean King. ETA: Hmm, according to Wiki FWIW, "Bernie Taupin stated in a 1973 interview in that the song is about Maxine Feibelman, his wife at the time. In 2019, Feibelman said, "I knew [the song] was about me. I had been into ballet as a little girl and sewed patches on Elton's jackets and jeans."
@brendahhstiles9992
4 жыл бұрын
Robin Beers I think Philadelphia Freedom is Billie Jeans’ song
@garylee3685
4 жыл бұрын
The woman you mention was married to Bernie Taupin at the time, Elton's lyricist- (the words she knows, the tune she hums..)
@Historian212
4 жыл бұрын
@@robinbeers6689 Philadelphia Freedom is about Billie Jean King.
@sventharfatman
4 жыл бұрын
Not it was not. From the wikipedia page for the song: Taupin stated in a 1973 interview in Rolling Stone that the song is about Maxine Feibelman, his wife at the time.[7] In 2019, Feibelman said, "I knew [the song] was about me. I had been into ballet as a little girl and sewed patches on Elton's jackets and jeans."[8]
@borimirtheboring
4 жыл бұрын
Love that line "Pretty eyes, pirate smile." I'm not even sure what a pirate smile looks like but yet it's such a great description.
@vintagebrew1057
3 жыл бұрын
Seductive but deadly....
@kristinnorton8344
3 жыл бұрын
A smile that will plunder your heart
@borimirtheboring
3 жыл бұрын
@@kristinnorton8344 That's real poetry.
@kristinnorton8344
3 жыл бұрын
@@borimirtheboring 🙂
@msmrsro
4 жыл бұрын
If you haven’t, you must see the movie “Almost Famous”. This song plays a big part in that film.
@Crooze1
4 жыл бұрын
I can't hear this song without thinking about that movie!
@Lolilillisjdjdhddj
3 жыл бұрын
Best movie ever. I also want him to react to tangerine (end scene song) and Mona Lisa’s and mad hatters (William running through the streets to find penny while she is o d ing)
@stuartschnare152
4 жыл бұрын
Gotta react to “Friends” , title song to the soundtrack album for the movie “Friends”.
@RKOENT
4 жыл бұрын
Check out “Island Girl”, “Don’t Let The Sun go down on me” and “Honky Cat”
@Julieroo28
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry to butt in, but the “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” duet with George Michael is better than the original, IMHO.
@Straydogger
4 жыл бұрын
Honky Cat is my favorite Elton song.
@Julieroo28
4 жыл бұрын
redletter2008 I loved Island Girl when I was a child, but I think it’s one of his few songs that sounds dated. I don’t enjoy listening to it anymore. Obviously, just my opinion. The other song I can’t listen to is “Crocodile Rock”, but it’s a popular choice in the comment section.
@thesisypheanjournal1271
4 жыл бұрын
I love "Honky Cat!" Also "Crocodile Rock."
@briandwire7647
4 жыл бұрын
Must listen to studio version of "don't let the sun go down on me & " your song"
@leighfoulkes7297
4 жыл бұрын
"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" is Elton's best song and possible one the greatest in rocking and roll history!
@dawncelia1
4 жыл бұрын
Great rabbit holes to go down!!😂😂 what a successful partnership this turned out to be
@kimberlydavis7970
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this song and, I sung right along with every word. Elton John is in a league of his own.
@kainzow3956
4 жыл бұрын
Hold me closer Tony Danza
@christineb.3744
4 жыл бұрын
😂
@nancyray9651
4 жыл бұрын
😅😅😅
@thegingergyrl455
4 жыл бұрын
🤣
@charsibaba6960
4 жыл бұрын
haaa
@stevebengel1346
4 жыл бұрын
I can hear Eric Cartman singing it now. 🤣
@cliffmoher1096
3 жыл бұрын
The song was inspired by and dedicated to Bernie Taupin's then-girlfriend and future first wife, Maxine Feibelman.
@thegingergyrl455
4 жыл бұрын
I recommend Daniel, just because I like it and it’s one I’ve sang live so it holds a place in my heart.
@karaminalee
4 жыл бұрын
It’s so special to me too!! ❤️
@juttamuller8048
4 жыл бұрын
Daniel still makes me so teary eyed..
@brendadickenson6743
3 жыл бұрын
No one but Elton John can do this so perfectly. Pure joy.
@SpottedQ
4 жыл бұрын
Elton is the soundtrack of my childhood in the 70's. Faves were "Levon" and "Someone Saved My Life Tonight".
@michaelshelton5488
4 жыл бұрын
Someone Saved My Life Tonight was in the Stephen King Dark Tower series. 🤘😎👏
@kennethsword551
4 жыл бұрын
Capt. Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboys days. 👍
@alexandraaaron9705
4 жыл бұрын
LEVON!!! Chokes Me UP Everytime... ❤️💕❤️
@alexandraaaron9705
4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelshelton5488 sshhhhh... Those Who Know KNOW 😏😉😘
@Qboro66
4 жыл бұрын
I'm nearly 54 years old so the same goes for me too...
@figura2000
4 жыл бұрын
"I have to go home" "You are home"
@Joe-Flow
4 жыл бұрын
My two favorite songs by Elton are "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and "Come Back in Time." Oh wait...also "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters." Make it 3 please!
@Julieroo28
4 жыл бұрын
Yessssssss
@99sheepy
4 жыл бұрын
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters for sure!!!!
@jstraws1
4 жыл бұрын
Come down in time? A favorite of mine. From tumbleweed connection.
@Julieroo28
4 жыл бұрын
jstraws1 Same.
@GaryRPeters
4 жыл бұрын
"Levon" is beautiful
@rlynnpierce2166
4 жыл бұрын
One of my ALL TIME favorite songs ever !
@srae1971
4 жыл бұрын
Bernie Taupin and Elton John have been writing together for 50 years. I never thought about it as a kid but I remember Bernie was pictured in the albums as part of the band, and I had no idea then how unusual that was. Talk about friendship goals. I'm SO EXCITED that you're doing Elton John, he's an all time favorite. I hope you keep doing his songs. I have so many suggestions, I don't want to be annoying. But here are a few. Border Song, Your Song, Bennie & the Jets, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Levon (please please do Levon), Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, Madman Across the Water, and my personal favorite Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Okay, I'll stop. :)
@tektoniks_architects
4 жыл бұрын
I remember Elton opening a concert in Madison Square Garden in the late 1970's with this song....and being in love with it ever since.
@Almost_Famous_Ryan
4 жыл бұрын
Could it have been a 1984 concert? Elton opened the 1970s shows with 'Grow Some Funk Of Your Own' or Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.
@Zeppelin180
4 жыл бұрын
Border Song. An early Elton John masterpiece
@jessicah5419
4 жыл бұрын
Jamel how happy I am for YOU that you're are getting to experience Elton John!!
@connerwilliams9639
4 жыл бұрын
“I don’t know what this songs about”. Well you’re not alone in that one... also Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters is a terrific Elton piece and one of the few that has a deep but pretty clear meaning
@Lolilillisjdjdhddj
3 жыл бұрын
Has someone been watching almost famous?
@mwfmtnman
4 жыл бұрын
Man, love the strings and backup harmonizing, it is subtle but powerful
@myshkin08
4 жыл бұрын
Always reminds me of Almost Famous.
@lindarhiner674
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite Elton John song. I called my first born granddaughter my Tiny Dancer.
@xmas74
4 жыл бұрын
I always sang this song to my baby girl when she was small.
@brianh9358
4 жыл бұрын
Lyrics: Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man Ballerina, you must've seen her dancing in the sand And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand Jesus freaks out in the street Handing tickets out for God Turning back, she just laughs The boulevard is not that bad Piano man, he makes his stand In the auditorium Looking on, she sings the songs The words she knows, the tune she hums But oh, how it feels so real Lying here with no one near Only you, and you can hear me When I say softly, slowly Hold me closer, tiny dancer Count the headlights on the highway Lay me down in sheets of linen You had a busy day today Hold me closer, tiny dancer Count the headlights on the highway Lay me down in sheets…
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