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A song and a journey all-in-one. What more can you ask for? Classic greatness... Sir Elton.
Elton John's first hit was "Your Song" in I believe 1970. After that, he never stopped!
Beautiful song!
Listen to his Madman Across the Water album. ☮️💟
Awesome reaction Silas you have excellent taste! "Someone Saved My Life Tonite" "Captain Fantastic ..." so many great songs. This was me in 1975!
That song got so much airtime, i heard it so much and I never got tired of then and I am not tired of it 50 years later.
It’s still being played on Q104.3 FM NYC almost every day along with Tiny Dancer and Your Song.
'Madman Across The Water' was a great early album 0f Elton's.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is an album well worth reacting to Silas. The opening piece is 11 minutes! After that probably do two at a time.
Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters is another great song off of this album. You should react to it.
Definitely!
THIS is THE song I will never forget… sitting in an open air stadium in San Diego while EJ is playing, and a huge plane going overhead going in to land at the airport.
Sorry about the audio not matching with the video completely in the second half of the video! 😅 I have been having some technical difficulties but glad I was still able to get this video up!
I love how blown away you were!!!!! That’s true appreciation! 😀💛
Incredible lyrics, incredible melodies, incredible players always put me in a great mood also Silas. Enjoy young man!
Your reaction puts a smile on my face this morning. Fun to see you get bliss-chills in the first verse! Elton is a treasure. Particularly worth noting - the crystal-clear production of this - in 1972! - is off the charts, and adds immensely to this masterpiece. There's a bunch of reasons this classic is still around after more than 50 years!
I love your reaction to Eltons Rocket man... Elton is by far one of the best singers on the planet... I have listened to his music for over 50 years and still love it... Yes please turn it up next time, thanks Silas xoxo
Older Elton John hits me the hardest....too damn good! #burndownthemission
I’ve Loved Elton John for so long, absolute talent 👏🏻🎼✌️♥️this song was nice to hear again, never gets old🌷 Thanks Silas for awesome reaction!!🙂♥️
I mean its undeniable that no one will ever create better music than these classics from the glory days of 70's - it was a sort of cultural flowering of a post-war generation at a particular moment in history that can never re-occur - it was a once in a lifetime bounty like hitting an oil well in your back garden - a cause for sadness in some ways. By the same token has anyone ever composed classical music to surpass Beethoven. His music is still performed today as a result & music like Elton John's will always be listened to as it can still create the same magic for a young listener today exactly as it did the day it was released which is what makes these reaction channels so fascinating to watch.
A full album reaction to "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"? Yes please! His band is always fire but they are slammin on that one.
You should do this whole album, it's a great album, I still listen to it often.
This song is like an encapsulation of a time period, like a time capsule. I truly feel this song on the same level. It's definitely like getting swept away.
So many iconic sounds in one, very sing-along-able song.
I saw Elton John in 1986...he still had his full vocal range and gave a great concert!
FROM BEGINNING TO END!!!!!!! THIS IS WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE 70S!!!!!!
Try Elton's Tiny Dancer, same effect, your ears melt. His first three albums beginning with "Elton John" were something else.
From the album Honky Chateau, an album released during the summer of 1973. Elton's first album that made it to #1. A good summer album.
I love your reactions, Silas. Thank you.
Elton is my favorite solo artist. A great album before Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is called Tumbleweed Connection. It is the only album he did with a country western flair. Very, very good. Please don't miss this exceptional album!😮😊
Never get tired of Rocket Man after 50 decades
Love your passion for music. Love that your finding music of our growing up and enjoying like we did!
Elton John "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" 🔥🔥🔥
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is in my top 10 albums of all time...
Honky Chateau is one of my all time favourite albums; check out the rest of the tracks. Amazing.
Absolutely, 100% do a reaction of the whole Yellow Brick Road album. One of my fave albums ever front to back.
I had a similar reaction the first time hearing Elton John. His concert tours in the 70's were wild and the music superb. His early work through his Yellow Brick Road album are arguably his best. Have you ever heard of Stevie Wonder? Similar talent but different genre. Both were groundbreaking artists of their era with unique musical style.
Silas, welcome back! May I make a suggestion. Before you get too deep in Elton's music, you should watch the movie Rocket Man. It details his life and career, up to the end of the 70s. He's an icon in music, like nobody else has ever been. He's not been a perfect person through his life, by any means. But, he's made a huge mark in music. There's a lot to Elton that a person should know about, to best understand his music, and what's behind it.
My favorite part of your reaction videos is when you stand up and have to stop the music because it is just so good!
Great reaction! This song usually gives me chills too. So beautiful.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road would be an amazing choice for full album!
You might have heard the chorus in the single released in 2021 called “Cold Heart” by Elton and Dua Lipa. That was a remix by PNAU containing the songs “Sacrifice”, “Rocket Man”, “Kiss the Bride” and “Where’s the Shoorah” which went #1 in a lot of countries and was in the top 10 in the US. It was still in the charts here in Australia earlier this year.
Love your reaction to my fav. EJ song. Now, if you wanna hear 3 more Elton masterpieces - look no further than: "Ticking" (Caribou album) "Indian Sunset" (Madman Across the Water), and ""Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (Don't Shoot Me)
Yes, not much to say that would give it the credit it deserves.
Some of my favorite songs of his come from the album "Friends" that is ascociated with the movie of the same name from 1971
Its a cute little movie that Elton's voice fits perfectly into
The whole album is just a great listen
Elton's songs are truly Captivating! He takes you there from beginning to end. ❤
What a journey, eh Silas?!
Elton just keeps going, so grateful I lived during his reign and saw him 3 different times/era's.
Prefer maybe 2/3 song reactions on Goodbye Yellow Brook Road, it's a double album, very long, from beginning to end, and soooo good!! 👍🏽
I'm sure you will need the time to re-listen and I can't wait!! 😂🎉😊
Please listen to Philadelphia Freedom, I grew up in the 70s and it was my favorite Elton John song.
Madman Across the Water and Tumbleweed Connection are my personal favorite Elton John albums 😊
Great reaction to this beautiful song, back when astronauts were sent to space more often, although it's picking up in a different way now.
Elton "gotcha" good Silas! Great reaction!
Have you listened to Daniel by Elton John, yet?
Bowie didn’t create an inferior song throughout the whole of the 70’s (and his final three albums were awesome too). Then there’s:
Thin Lizzy - Sitamoia / The Rocker / Black Boys On The Corner / Frankie Carroll / Suicide / Rosalie / Johnny / Fool’s Gold and so many more, they rarely get the acknowledgement they deserved.
Neil Young - Cinnamom Girl / Cowgirl In The Sand / Down By The River / Southern Man / After The Gold rush / Only Love Can Break Your Heart / The Needle And The Damage Done.
Queen - Doing All Right / Great King Rat / My Fairy King / The March Of The Black Queen / White Queen / White Man.
Just a thought…
Please! Please! Stay the way you are and keep your light-heartedness and honesty. It's really nice to see a reaction like that. Thank you for that!
That's the same way we reacted when it came out .😂❤
You were born with the music in YOU!!!!!
Great reaction Silas, I've watch a few of them now. You remind me of exactly how I listened to and felt this music...not know what to do with the feelings that came soaring up and then to have one musical surprise after another, feeling like I could fly, jump, twirl, sing out... I still feel that way decades later. Great music never gets old. You listed several fantastic artists in your intro comment....you won't be disappointed. Have a great journey.
Silas, you'll go crazy for Elton's song "Tiny Dancer"!
HE'S PRETTY MUCH RETIRED NOW SILAS ☹HE JUST FINISHED HIS FINAL CONCERT TOUR ( FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD ) GENIUS HUH??? 😊LOTSAAAAA WAYS YOU CAN LISTEN TO ELTON, HE AND BERNIE ( BERNIE TAUPIN ) FOR THE MOST PART HAD 2 MAJOR HITS ON EACH ALBUM, YOU CAN DO DEEP OR HIDDEN TRACKS ON EACH ALBUM WHICH WERE SO SO GOOD.💯 ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE QUITE UNIQUE IN ROCK SILAS😊, BERNIE WOULD WRITE THE LYRICS IN A SEPARATE ROOM AND THEN PRESENT THEM TO ELTON WHO WOULD WRITE THE MUSIC TO THE LYRICS. JUST SO PHENOMENAL!
Why is everything in capitals. Is your keyboard broken?
I recommend finding a live version of this song. It’s epic live.
One of my favorites of Elton's. Gorgeous chords -- Elton knew how to kill us with chords! (So did Steely Dan, Sting, CSNY...) Nice bass, synth, and of course Elton himself!
Re YellowBrick Rd album, I rec two tracks: Benny and the Jets and YellowBrick Road. My other personal Elton favorites are: Tiny Dancer, Don't Let The Sun go Down, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Daniel, Your Song, Rocket Man.
I LUVVVVVVV HOW YOU PICKED OUT THE BRIGHT SPOTS, NIIIIICCCCE! 😊
Great reaction Silas... this song hit hard back in the day.
"Levon" and "Tiny Dancer" and if you loved Marilyn Monroe.."Candle In the Wind" then any Elton song you find!
I was in my early 20's back then
I like how you were just in awe of the artistry lol same
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road would be a great one Silas, yes the whole album. It's as good as Cosmos Factory, maybe even better depending on your tastes.
Brilliant song that got huge airplay and well worth it. 🙏🍁
It fills the room is a perfect description
Whole album? Dire Straits first album. Surprisingly named 'Dire straits'. I'll say that it's different to some to which you listen, but it's one that will have you in guitar Nirvana and constantly saying... 'Did you hear that?!!! That's amazing!' I love the music of my teens (the 70's) and the way it grabs you by the 'feels', makes you love, laugh, cry and get angry or makes you 'remember', forget or learn just with sounds from another person's brain & 'feels'. Now... Go get lost! In the magic that is Mark Knopfler! BTW, I've heard that he is one that doesn't block... Let us know! 🤫😏😶🌫🤔🤨
Captain Fantastic
New sub here & loving it ! Please tell me I haven't missed your reaction to Elton's masterpiece "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding !!!!! That's also from the Yellow Brick Road album. Originally released on vinyl, that album was on every American teen's "gotta have it" list. Thanks Silas !
I love your reactions to old Elton John. The fact you haven't reacted to Madman Across the Water or Levon astounds me. You really need to check out his finest words. Tumbleweed connection was an epic album also.
YEAH SON, BIG SOUND, HUGE SOUND, AND OF COURSE HIS PIANO WAS PREVALENT ALWAYS, STOOD OUT! 💯 😊AND SO YOU KNOW HE HAD THAT HIGH PITCH RANGE VOCALS FOR A SOLID 20 YEARS ( 69-89 ) 😊AND THEN HE HAD THE VOCAL CHORDS OPERATION BUT HE STILLLLL SOUNDED GREAT FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS, INSANE SILAS! 👍
No need to shout Bob.
Sir Elton John albums up to and including Captain Fantastic are his best, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is 50 years old this month; I’m sure you’re aware that Bernie Taupin writes the lyrics and Elton writes the music for the majority of his songs
You da man, Silas. Bring it! 👌❤️💯👏👏👏
I don't think I've seen anyone enjoy music as much as you. 🎶
I remember starting in, what, '72, '73(?) Elton released a # 1 album twice a year for 10 or 12 years. That's an exaggeration, but not by much. He released hit after hit after hit forever, (it seemed)
I love ur reactions and u are a beautiful young man inside and out
Dam, you got to have the most amazing reactions to music, you rock dude :)
I appreciate your reaction 100%! !
For a poignant song that didn't make too much sense when I was young that makes total sense now, Elton's short song "Friends" may make your day.
I love your enthusiasm!!
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin, music by Elton John, but only fully appreciated by watching the William Shatner version. Watch the youtube video and you will understand genius.
Yes Silas greatness
Check out Tiny Dancer.
A huge universal tune and hard to believe you have not heard this before. Instead of doing Goodbye Yellowbrick Road album you need to react to Elton and Bernie’s earlier masterpiece which has the orchestration and musical direction which are just bout perfect. The albums to do are Madman Across The Water, Tumble weed Connection, Don’t Shoot Me I’m only the Piano Player, Honky Chateau and The self titled Elton John album. Every album is a masterpiece and seems cohesive while Yellowbrick Road has great songs it is a mix of many different pieces while Elton was falling to pieces.
Honestly, we reacted just like you did here, back then.
You really MUST do "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" with lyrics.
Excellent.
I don't know if you are familiar with Blink-182, but you oughtta react to their new song One More Time. They broke up a couple of times through the years and bassist Mark Hoppus survived cancer as well as drummer Travis Barker surviving a plane crash. Those events are referenced in the song. Also original singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge rejoined them. This song talks about these things, and it is a really touching song. I'm sure you will like it. Just a thought.
EJs 'Someone saved my life tonight' is a bit special.
Loud music is the best!!
I thought this was Elton coming out. "I'm not the MAN they think I am at home, I'm a Rocket man. Rocket being a hard...
Hey Silas. If you're going to do 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' in full, may I suggest the original four sides of the double recording as four separate videos. No one side is better or worse than any other and there are a great variety of music styles shown on all the tracks.
I'm happy you like Rocket Man, I felt the same way 50 years ago and still feel the chill on the synth doing it's thing.
'Honky Chateau', 'Madman Across the Water', 'Tumbleweed Connection' and 'Captain Fantastic...' are albums all worth a listen too. Cheers ✌
Personally, I never cared for Madman Across The Water. I would suggest "Don't Shoot Me I'm Just The Piano Player" instead.
In case no-one's mentioned it, this song (just like Space Oddity which inspired it) may or may not be a metaphor for drug addiction - Bernie has been inconsistent about it - and if so we should bear in mind that neither half of the songwriting team had yet lapsed into addiction at this point.
This is one of the songs which periodically became one of Elton's extended jamming numbers onstage - in particular some long versions were played on the JOhn/Cooper duo tours and in the mid-to-late '80s (which brings us back to the cocaine influence I guess)..
If you like this you will also like David Bowie/Queen/and sooooo many others. SO much good music we had when I was your age [I'm 62 now], compared with today's fake music.
No autotune in them days either! ALL pure talent and people that can play their instruments and sing live.
Perhaps one side at a time? There's SO much more of EJ to check out.
William shatner does a wild cover of this song
You need to listen to Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboys! Wonderful album!
David Bowie have another very good song...Starman. In fact is other big mito, big singer, big rocker, and special musician that you'll eve nee know
Strongly suggest "Madman Across The Water" and "Tiny Dancer". Listen to TD with Alivia.
Man Man Across The Water is the album I like best, next is Yellow Brick Road.
I think Mad Man Across The Water is the weakest of his early albums. What do you like about it?
Re: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road….I think doing each side separately would be more user friendly.
HEYYYYYYYYY!!! HEY SILAS, YOU'RE GETTING THE BEST OF THE BEST MY FRIEND 😊 SO ENJOY AND KEEP LISTENING TO THIS ABSOLUTE ROCK LEGEND! 👍😊SO THE OTHER BIG HIT ON THIS ALBUM ( HONKY CHATEAU ) WAS : HONKY CAT, THE DEEP TRACK WOULD BE : MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS😊
Your comments are deafening me man!
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