"Here's one here I've sort of done the other day"---the way the rest of us would talk about doing a load of laundry---and it's Tiny Dancer. Astonishing.
@Lisa Elissa Been looking for my Tiny Dancer since the song was released (around 1970), and been practicing playing the song actively for the last 9 years for that reason. My thrill was about the timing/tempo chnge, that's when the hand independence really kicks in, I hadn't heard it put like that before. Or missed it in dozens tutorials. Melody lines are kind of simple, they're normally what our voice sings, what's beautiful here is Elton John's composition. It's called his "comping," his unique style of playing piano. That's what we piano players are going for.
This is priceless. A crumpled sheet of paper, an old painted upright piano and a 23 yr old prodigy casually reciting. Could he have known then what he and this song would become? Genius. .
And what a privileged for the journalist to witness first hand. He maybe didn’t realise what he’d experienced at the time but surely he saw this years later and thought how lucky he was to be there to hear and see this first hand. What a really cool video and such an insight into how Elton and Bernie made music.
johnschool not really what you see here, I think he had the music down and put the lyrics after, no one compose the other way around that I know, usually a riff and then the words....lot easier
@@sega62s incorrect. Bernie rights the lyrics and sends them to Elton and he rights the music. It only takes him about 30 minutes to compose the entire melody.
@@sega62s hey dumbfuck are you stupid? Watch any documentary of Elton. He and Bernie both explain exactly how it works. Just cause your stupid ass can't comprehend people doing something other than the way you think it should be doesn't make it wrong idiot.
I’m sure it wasn’t exactly easy. He probably struggled, like all the great songwriters of that era, with years of writing mediocre songs until he hit his stride. I always think of George Harrison. It takes constant practice, hard work, dedication, luck (and a lot of mind altering substances in some cases) to be as successful as Elton. A good lyricist helps too.
@@leomiller2291 George Harrison talked about how difficult it was in the early to mid-sixties to develop as a writer. He said something about how John and Paul had already “written all of their bad songs” by the time the Beatles became popular in Europe and had flowered into Lennon/McCartney, the classic songwriting duo that churned out hit after hit. It had to have been hard for George to take any song ideas and present them to John and Paul without facing criticism or just getting laughed out of the room. Much less getting a song on an album. After a few years of struggle (writing his bad songs) he finally started delivering the goods with Taxman, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Something, etc. The point is that songwriting isn’t an innate talent that one is born with.
@@MrTee-hw7mp songwriting is about tapping into the dimension where melodies exist, they are already written. since it isn't a talent, the ability to tap in can go away. McCartney can no longer tap in.
In the 70s I would go to the library and pour through Billboard magazines for ANYTHING about Elton and Bernie. The internet is amazing. Here they are.... 30 year later... in my home .... creating music. I am in awe!
Its a funny age. I remember back in the 80s as a teenager there where a lot of albums I wanted but nerver could get either cos I didnt have the money or the local shops didn't have it. Now, I can look up those albums on iTunes, mash the 'buy" button and within a minute that albums loaded onto my collection to play on the stereo. And boy have I been filling in those gaps on the collection. It'd be nice to have them on CD or Vinyl, but honestly the iTunes way is so much more convenient, even if it doesnt come wtih the physical album to hold and read.
The best bit "There's one here that I done the other day called Tiny Dancer" - and almost 50 years later, that little bit of paper and notes is still a classic.
Bernie wrote all the lyrics. He says that. All those papers are various songs Bernie gives him. He picked that one out. Reg was the piano man. Bernie has written all Elton’s lyrics. Some team
I said this before and I'll say it again........ BEST FOOTAGE OF EJ OUT THERE!!!! You can hear the slight changes, such as the lyric switches (He first sang "pirate smile, pretty eyes" when in the final he sang, "Pretty eyes, pirate smile") And I also caught on how he rushes into the lyrics "seamstress for the band" sooner than the final. Interesting what goes on after practicing and getting to know a song better! I wish I could see this kind of footage for all his hits!
As a piano player and singer of Elton John and many others’ songs, I am actually shocked to see this video... I play this song live, and it actually took me years to perfect it on stage.. He walks through it, develops it, and makes it a marketable song in minutes... So amazed by his talents!
Absolutely incredible how he feels the song out as he’s singing it. He can tell the type of tone, rhythm, mood, all by just the word ballerina. Outstanding
Tiny Dancer was unquestionably originally written about Maxine, Bernie's first wife. I still have the original vinyl album of 'Madman Across the Water', which I purchased back in the early 1970s (I bought all of Elton's LPs during this time period from 1970 to 1975). 'Tiny Dancer' was the first track on this great album. The lyric booklet which accompanied the album has a photo of Maxine on the page with the Tiny Dancer lyric (right in the middle of the lyric) and the caption underneath her photo reads "With Love to Maxine". No doubt Bernie later changed his story, having been married a number of times! But it is in black and white print (actually it is black writing on a mid blue background with a head and shoulders side on photo). Recorded 9th August, 1971. Side 1, Track 1, Time 6 mins 12 sec. Actually feels quite precious to have it. Haven't looked at it or played these records in years. Rocketman brought me back. Elton looks quite serious in his dark horn-rimmed glasses on the lyric booklet cover. Inside Bernie has a dangly triangular earing on his right ear.
Elton is from a time when it was NORMAL for people to play piano. There was a pianist in every pub,dance hall,cinema,hotel and theatre....MANY people learned to play "by ear"and thats what people did at family gatherings....play piano and sing....He does have a unique song writing ability however....and thats what makes him, and bernie, special... this is such a precious bit of footage...
Most families, every child and parent played an instrument. It was common for dad to play piano or trumpet … family sing-songs were the entertainment of the day.
Funny story … my parents were from UK, in the 1960s. They used to often go to the local pub where the piano player “Queer Reg” would play. Reg would become Elton John
How great Bernie Taupin must feel when after he gives Elton words he writes, Elton hears music and turns his words into songs, memories and feelings people hold onto throughout their lives. Must be a magical feeling for Bernie. His words are what literally start making the music. They were very fortunate to meet one another. How the fuck does he read words and almost instantly hear this? Incredible.
Taupins's explanation: ""We came to California in the fall of 1970, and sunshine radiated from the populace," Taupin recalled. "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 L.A. They were free spirits, sexy in hiphuggers 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."" I always thought the background vocals sound like a soothing lullaby.
Can you imagine your hanging out with a friend and they say “yea I’m working on this song let me know what you think” and they play something like that! Hahahah unreal
Absolute genius. Just astounding. I feel that we need to remind folks that he put out two albums a year for a pretty good stretch. Cranking out timeless hits in about 20 minutes. My all time fave.
I’m still amazed as an American. of majority of British singers, losing their accents when they sing. If I just woke up from a 50 year coma, and didn’t know who Elton John was, and I watched his video. I’ll be seeing a man speaking with a English accent, and then singing with an American accent.
Billy Joel (on his album versions of his songs) loses his heavy NY accent in those songs imo. When I see his live concert video he sounds more like a New Yorker. He was born in the Bronx and raised in Long Island. to me EJ sounds like an Englishman singing a lot of his songs maybe bc I am from NYC. Except on his Tumbleweed Connection album, there he is trying for a Southern accent on songs like Country Comfort. it's interesting is right.
I'll never forget when I heard him in an interview say about "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" that he wrote music in less time than it takes to play it. That might be true of a lot of their songs.
thats so true. same with me. he's gifted and thats whats accelerating the process, but believe me, if anyone with the will to do it invests the time and the energy - like you do - he/she can accomplish anything.
@@jaggass Bernie finished it off, he’s never far away.🤪 This video is misleading if you don’t know their process. They’ve made a career out of Bernie’s lyrics then Elton’s melodies. Unbelievable team ✌🏻
Unbelievable! How could anyone hit the "Dislike" icon watching Elton John exhibiting his creative mind at work!! (And did you notice the change in "girlfriend's" facial expression when he sang "You MARRY the music man?" I think that came as a bit of a surprise to her! (They did get married. Unfortunately, they eventually divorced - which was reflected in Elton John's "Blue Moves" album and one of his most disturbingly beautiful songs, imo, "Tonight.")
Wow, the privilege of watching a genius brain at work. He makes writing and composing a timeless masterpiece look easier than counting to three. This is priceless.
My favorite song from Elton...wish this were longer. He is just brilliant, proven in this vid. No more great artists like him. The 70's was the best time to be alive.
How people create things like this out of absolutely nothing is one of the most perplexing things there is….and he did it hundreds of times over more than 50 years. 😏
When I saw Elton John in 1971 he debuted Tiny Dancer. This was at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. That night Bernie was there and his girlfriend that the song was written about!!
And just like that....a legendary song was born....I keep coming back to this video...It just amazes me to see an iconic song in the making...before the public had heard it. Just phenomenal...
Two true geniuses in their most innocent and creative time. I was 15 in Oklahoma and playing along on guitar with the LP in my room to Caleb Quaye's unforgettable guitar parts
I thank God every day for creating “Elton John” . Without him the world would be a very dull place. “Madman Across the Water” is my favourite Elton album. Elton has created such beautiful music and provided so much joy for so many people. I hope he lives for many more years.
There will never be another of his like.. True genius. Back then, he was just Reg Dwight to his friends. Your Song was a huge turning point. The rest is history. Many thanks for very lovely memories are due.
If this was the sum total of Elton’s output, it would exceed my wildest expectations. I is like he is taking dictation from God. My oh my, what a talent.
I know nothing about music, dont play any instrument. But that piano sounds really really sweet, soft, and smooth. Cant get that feeling with another Elton's tony danza video
Brilliant, and very endearing video snippet! Yesterday, I discovered this song, & fell totally in love with it, specifically, the chord change signalling the chorus & a very uplifting segment. I'm going to learn this for my next voice class,... as it's a finely crafted, feel good song. Thanks for uploading.
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"Here's one here I've sort of done the other day"---the way the rest of us would talk about doing a load of laundry---and it's Tiny Dancer. Astonishing.
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Lol!
@Lisa Elissa Been looking for my Tiny Dancer since the song was released (around 1970), and been practicing playing the song actively for the last 9 years for that reason. My thrill was about the timing/tempo chnge, that's when the hand independence really kicks in, I hadn't heard it put like that before. Or missed it in dozens tutorials. Melody lines are kind of simple, they're normally what our voice sings, what's beautiful here is Elton John's composition. It's called his "comping," his unique style of playing piano. That's what we piano players are going for.
I just put two verses together...
@@jamesb.9472 you wouldn't get it
This is priceless. A crumpled sheet of paper, an old painted upright piano and a 23 yr old prodigy casually reciting. Could he have known then what he and this song would become? Genius. .
And what a privileged for the journalist to witness first hand. He maybe didn’t realise what he’d experienced at the time but surely he saw this years later and thought how lucky he was to be there to hear and see this first hand.
What a really cool video and such an insight into how Elton and Bernie made music.
i'm gay :)
I am gay too...
Bernie would post him these lyrics. He took his pick. Reg would write the pions parts to go with the lyrics exceptionally well
The piano was made in 1910 and is currently in Canada on display
Love that Bernie is still calling him Reg here.
so weird
He's continued to do so through the years
Actually his official name was not Elton John in 1970.
@@patepulkkinenvtec2403 He changed it in 1972 to ELTON HERCULES JOHN.
@@standingelton6375 Yes. With all the letters written with Caps Lock on.
its hard to believe, that there was a time when this song was just an idea two guys had.. it fees like it was always there.. truly timeless
johnschool not really what you see here, I think he had the music down and put the lyrics after, no one compose the other way around that I know, usually a riff and then the words....lot easier
Not these two. Bernie would supply completed lyrics and Elton would then create a song around it.
@@sega62s incorrect. Bernie rights the lyrics and sends them to Elton and he rights the music. It only takes him about 30 minutes to compose the entire melody.
Jordan obviously you dont know how songwriting works
@@sega62s hey dumbfuck are you stupid? Watch any documentary of Elton. He and Bernie both explain exactly how it works. Just cause your stupid ass can't comprehend people doing something other than the way you think it should be doesn't make it wrong idiot.
This is footage that needs to be saved for the ages. It shows a genius at work. No different than Mozart or Van Gogh.
Oh please! Even Elton would find that pathetic and ridiculous. I feel ashamed for your comment.
@@monkeytheo +
@@monkeytheo 🙄 You and your stupid name can fuck off. Lol
@@irishman4671 Whatever. That's exactly what I've expected from you, little Shakespeare.
Scott McMahon Van Gogh wasn’t a composer? He was an artist
He was only 23 years old. :'D
Mannaggiah I know right and I'm 23 right now....not fair 😂😂
@@twintina17 rip
rocketman was a great movie
@@razzati420 it IS a great movie
@@twintina17 I'm 23 right now
I love how it's difficult for him to sort of explain his songwriting method because it just comes so fluid and naturally to him.
I’m sure it wasn’t exactly easy. He probably struggled, like all the great songwriters of that era, with years of writing mediocre songs until he hit his stride. I always think of George Harrison. It takes constant practice, hard work, dedication, luck (and a lot of mind altering substances in some cases) to be as successful as Elton. A good lyricist helps too.
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@@MrTee-hw7mpyour comment about Harrison triggers curiosity in me. Can you please elaborate? Thanks!
@@leomiller2291 George Harrison talked about how difficult it was in the early to mid-sixties to develop as a writer. He said something about how John and Paul had already “written all of their bad songs” by the time the Beatles became popular in Europe and had flowered into Lennon/McCartney, the classic songwriting duo that churned out hit after hit. It had to have been hard for George to take any song ideas and present them to John and Paul without facing criticism or just getting laughed out of the room. Much less getting a song on an album. After a few years of struggle (writing his bad songs) he finally started delivering the goods with Taxman, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Something, etc. The point is that songwriting isn’t an innate talent that one is born with.
@@MrTee-hw7mp songwriting is about tapping into the dimension where melodies exist, they are already written. since it isn't a talent, the ability to tap in can go away. McCartney can no longer tap in.
Elton John makes it look so easy. He's brilliant.
In the 70s I would go to the library and pour through Billboard magazines for ANYTHING about Elton and Bernie. The internet is amazing. Here they are.... 30 year later... in my home .... creating music. I am in awe!
pore... "to be absorbed in the reading or study of..."
MarsBolt bowie doesnt have shit Elton. Bowie was way overrated
@MarsBolt Bowie 😂😂😂
Its a funny age. I remember back in the 80s as a teenager there where a lot of albums I wanted but nerver could get either cos I didnt have the money or the local shops didn't have it. Now, I can look up those albums on iTunes, mash the 'buy" button and within a minute that albums loaded onto my collection to play on the stereo. And boy have I been filling in those gaps on the collection. It'd be nice to have them on CD or Vinyl, but honestly the iTunes way is so much more convenient, even if it doesnt come wtih the physical album to hold and read.
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As time goes on I hope people remember how great EJ was in his youthful prime.
Am I the only one who had goosebumps watching a genius at work composing the song that changed our lives??.😎💕🇬🇧
No, you're DEF NOT the only one!
The best bit "There's one here that I done the other day called Tiny Dancer" - and almost 50 years later, that little bit of paper and notes is still a classic.
Bernie wrote all the lyrics. He says that. All those papers are various songs Bernie gives him. He picked that one out. Reg was the piano man. Bernie has written all Elton’s lyrics. Some team
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The musical genius at work. Amazing.
I need more tapes of Elton’s writing process!! So inspirational to watch😭
It's so cool to see the camera cut to Maxine as she hears that Elton has written song for/about her. What an amazing moment.
He is so insanely talented.
I said this before and I'll say it again........ BEST FOOTAGE OF EJ OUT THERE!!!!
You can hear the slight changes, such as the lyric switches (He first sang "pirate smile, pretty eyes" when in the final he sang, "Pretty eyes, pirate smile") And I also caught on how he rushes into the lyrics "seamstress for the band" sooner than the final. Interesting what goes on after practicing and getting to know a song better! I wish I could see this kind of footage for all his hits!
Agree, wish there were more videos like this of them rehearsing back in the old days.
Actually he read "pretty eye pirate smile" but he sung it wrong listen to him say it before he plays it.
As a piano player and singer of Elton John and many others’ songs, I am actually shocked to see this video... I play this song live, and it actually took me years to perfect it on stage.. He walks through it, develops it, and makes it a marketable song in minutes... So amazed by his talents!
Awesome story!
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Absolutely incredible how he feels the song out as he’s singing it. He can tell the type of tone, rhythm, mood, all by just the word ballerina. Outstanding
Tiny Dancer was unquestionably originally written about Maxine, Bernie's first wife. I still have the original vinyl album of 'Madman Across the Water', which I purchased back in the early 1970s (I bought all of Elton's LPs during this time period from 1970 to 1975). 'Tiny Dancer' was the first track on this great album. The lyric booklet which accompanied the album has a photo of Maxine on the page with the Tiny Dancer lyric (right in the middle of the lyric) and the caption underneath her photo reads "With Love to Maxine". No doubt Bernie later changed his story, having been married a number of times! But it is in black and white print (actually it is black writing on a mid blue background with a head and shoulders side on photo). Recorded 9th August, 1971. Side 1, Track 1, Time 6 mins 12 sec. Actually feels quite precious to have it. Haven't looked at it or played these records in years. Rocketman brought me back. Elton looks quite serious in his dark horn-rimmed glasses on the lyric booklet cover. Inside Bernie has a dangly triangular earing on his right ear.
You say " No doubt Bernie later changed his story". Can you point to any interviews where he later says the song is not about her?
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@@zignerTake a look at his comments in the 'Madman' box set, for example.
Elton is from a time when it was NORMAL for people to play piano. There was a pianist in every pub,dance hall,cinema,hotel and theatre....MANY people learned to play "by ear"and thats what people did at family gatherings....play piano and sing....He does have a unique song writing ability however....and thats what makes him, and bernie, special... this is such a precious bit of footage...
Most families, every child and parent played an instrument. It was common for dad to play piano or trumpet … family sing-songs were the entertainment of the day.
Funny story … my parents were from UK, in the 1960s. They used to often go to the local pub where the piano player “Queer Reg” would play.
Reg would become Elton John
@@JDAfrica Nice!
@@JDAfrica that’s a great story!
Idk I feel like this song has potential, I hope he will work on it!
😂😂😂
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@@spkanava what.
😄
How great Bernie Taupin must feel when after he gives Elton words he writes, Elton hears music and turns his words into songs, memories and feelings people hold onto throughout their lives. Must be a magical feeling for Bernie. His words are what literally start making the music. They were very fortunate to meet one another.
How the fuck does he read words and almost instantly hear this? Incredible.
Taupins's explanation:
""We came to California in the fall of 1970, and sunshine radiated from the populace," Taupin recalled. "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 L.A. They were free spirits, sexy in hiphuggers 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.""
I always thought the background vocals sound like a soothing lullaby.
She does have a pirate smile and pretty eyes!
His ability to structure songs is stunning
This men literally true like 5 pages away and make one of the most beautiful written song with just one page 😱😱🥰🥰
That piano is in a museum in Calgary Alberta, Canada now. What an amazing song and video to show its birth.
+Kathy Ellis By chance do you know what museum it is? It would be so cool to see it sometime!!
It's at the National Music Center in downtown Calgary, Alberta. A long way from where I live.
+Kathy Ellis okay thanks so much! I'll definitely have to go their sometime.
+Kathy Ellis it's pretty close to where I live.
Someday I might get to see it.
As someone who didn’t even exist until the 90s I love finding old videos like this ❤ I find 70s Elton incredibly attractive 😆
Yeah he was really cute back then.
Classic. Elton john was my childhood. Ive seen this before. Watching history
The girl is literally watching one the greatest songs ever written come to life, you can see it in her face
That's Maxine Feibelman, Bernie's first wife, and for whom he wrote "Tiny Dancer."
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Elton is and will be the greatest musical genius of the twentieth century.
gonna put Stravinsky ahead of Elton John sorry...........
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Elton is the best pop music composer of all time
Can you imagine your hanging out with a friend and they say “yea I’m working on this song let me know what you think” and they play something like that! Hahahah unreal
Absolute genius. Just astounding. I feel that we need to remind folks that he put out two albums a year for a pretty good stretch. Cranking out timeless hits in about 20 minutes. My all time fave.
Clay Wisner greatest of all time, perhaps.
goodbye yellow brick road...6 mts later caribou....6mts later captain fantastic....mind boggling
He only released two albums in one year three times in 1970, 1973, 1975.
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I believe that somewhere in the world, there are people who feel the same emotions that I feel when I listen to masterpieces like this song.
I’m still amazed as an American. of majority of British singers, losing their accents when they sing. If I just woke up from a 50 year coma, and didn’t know who Elton John was, and I watched his video. I’ll be seeing a man speaking with a English accent, and then singing with an American accent.
Billy Joel (on his album versions of his songs) loses his heavy NY accent in those songs imo. When I see his live concert video he sounds more like a New Yorker. He was born in the Bronx and raised in Long Island. to me EJ sounds like an Englishman singing a lot of his songs maybe bc I am from NYC. Except on his Tumbleweed Connection album, there he is trying for a Southern accent on songs like Country Comfort. it's interesting is right.
Absolutely beautiful chord changes in this song. I'm still mesmerized; how they did it. This kind of pop music will never come back I'm afraid.
GENIUS + MUSIC = ELTON JOHN !!!!!!!!!!
a genius at work, only in the 70,s sadly never to be repeated
He writes these song in a couple of hours truly amazing talent my favourite Elton song .
I'll never forget when I heard him in an interview say about "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" that he wrote music in less time than it takes to play it. That might be true of a lot of their songs.
I love how he explains how he moved the chorus back in the song, which makes it so powerful when he gets to it.
I honestly don't know how Elton does it. When i write it can take days or weeks. He wrote Your Song in just 15 minutes.
apparently he was a prodigy at a young age, even welcomed to the royal academy of music at the age of 11.
thats so true. same with me. he's gifted and thats whats accelerating the process, but believe me, if anyone with the will to do it invests the time and the energy - like you do - he/she can accomplish anything.
Remember Elton has never written one lyric. Bernie was the wordsmith and Reg was the piano man
@@MrSmid888 He did write the lyrics on Song For Guy and a few lyrics of Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word with Bernie finishing it off.
@@jaggass Bernie finished it off, he’s never far away.🤪 This video is misleading if you don’t know their process. They’ve made a career out of Bernie’s lyrics then Elton’s melodies. Unbelievable team ✌🏻
One word……. Genius….. enough said
this is from a special called Aquarius from 1971. Love the song!
Amazing that this exists.
gosh a work of art,
Wow. Beyond touchingly brilliant.
Creative genius. Pulls on my heart strings. Memories.
Unbelievable! How could anyone hit the "Dislike" icon watching Elton John exhibiting his creative mind at work!! (And did you notice the change in "girlfriend's" facial expression when he sang "You MARRY the music man?" I think that came as a bit of a surprise to her! (They did get married. Unfortunately, they eventually divorced - which was reflected in Elton John's "Blue Moves" album and one of his most disturbingly beautiful songs, imo, "Tonight.")
I believe the song 'Between 17 and 20' was also about Bernie and Maxine's relationship. One of my favorite songs on that album.
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Wow, the privilege of watching a genius brain at work. He makes writing and composing a timeless masterpiece look easier than counting to three.
This is priceless.
My favorite song from Elton...wish this were longer. He is just brilliant, proven in this vid. No more great artists like him. The 70's was the best time to be alive.
He's an absolutely genius
History in the making ❤
How people create things like this out of absolutely nothing is one of the most perplexing things there is….and he did it hundreds of times over more than 50 years. 😏
When I saw Elton John in 1971 he debuted Tiny Dancer. This was at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. That night Bernie was there and his girlfriend that the song was written about!!
And just like that....a legendary song was born....I keep coming back to this video...It just amazes me to see an iconic song in the making...before the public had heard it. Just phenomenal...
I really love that Elton is dressed as a jockey while composing this.
This is the pinnacle of "writing history". Such a majestic song.
That song is such a classic now
The creation of a masterpiece by a master musician.
"It sounds long.." after a 20 second explanation....love it! one of his best songs. Thanks for sharing. He's a musical genius.
just sitting there with the greatest talent in the world at the time and not knowing it. life that's how it is. my first musical hero
This will be the norm in capturing musical creation in real time. A legendary song by a legend in the making. I wish there were more like this.
Jan Smithers, "Bailey", forever our Tiny Dancer
Holy shit... is that blonde the Tiny Dancer he’s referring to?? Imagine being that lady!
This is simply astonishing, the absolute talent of these two people.
Two true geniuses in their most innocent and creative time. I was 15 in Oklahoma and playing along on guitar with the LP in my room to Caleb Quaye's unforgettable guitar parts
Needs to rock that outfit in 2017!!
I know right!!!!!? I love those polkadots and colors!
Looks like a jockey
This is absolutely amazing. Elton has such talent and a gift for creating songs.
I thank God every day for creating “Elton John” . Without him the world would be a very dull place. “Madman Across the Water” is my favourite Elton album. Elton has created such beautiful music and provided so much joy for so many people. I hope he lives for many more years.
God put these two geniuses together. Only way to describe it.
Wow >.......>. The very birth of Tiny Dancer ! The world was just being introduced to one of our life times greatest musical Geniuses
Like watching Mozart work.
Ahh you've seen Mozart work have you?
Ahh you've never seen Amadeus (1984)?
So true Boo Radley, fucking brilliant, just a genius at work. Such a rare talent.
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There will never be another of his like.. True genius. Back then, he was just Reg Dwight to his friends.
Your Song was a huge turning point. The rest is history. Many thanks for very lovely memories are due.
Save this video for the ages
The look on her face is precious it traps time.
Historic & Extraordinary piece of history here,
Beautiful
If this was the sum total of Elton’s output, it would exceed my wildest expectations. I is like he is taking dictation from God. My oh my, what a talent.
Absolutely amazing 😮.❤
It's videos like this that make me wish there was a "LOVE" button. Thanks for posting this.
Incredible this man is a world wonder and treasure god keep this man alive for many years please
I know nothing about music, dont play any instrument. But that piano sounds really really sweet, soft, and smooth. Cant get that feeling with another Elton's tony danza video
That was amazing to watch
Truly remarkable. Both were very personal with their talent. Glad they still shared it with us all.
This Movie is a part of history!
Fantastic! Thanks so much for posting
Nice work....another great video Phillip !! Thanx
incredible, simply incredible....
Amazing footage of the genesis of a fantastic song! Thank you for posting this!!!
The talent is so immense, a true prodigy !
Thanks so much for this upload.
Wow, the making of a masterpiece caught on film.
If he only knew back then he would sing and play this song a million more times
Thank you for sharing this, Philip :) Cheered me right up. #Blessings
Brilliant, and very endearing video snippet! Yesterday, I discovered this song, & fell totally in love with it, specifically, the chord change signalling the chorus & a very uplifting segment. I'm going to learn this for my next voice class,... as it's a finely crafted, feel good song.
Thanks for uploading.
A master at his craft! 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Genius at work!!
Exceptionnel vidéo!!!
Thank!!!