College Student Reacts To Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Side 4) For The First Time!!!
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Your reactions to this album have warmed my heart. ❤ As you've discovered, Elton John is far from a one trick pony as if he mainly does ballads. You rightly pointed out how diverse his repertoire is on just one album. Not only is it remarkable that this quality is reproduced across all sides of this double album. Also bear in mind that this was his second album of 1973! "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player" was released just 9 months earlier and is also worthy of a reaction!
And what an album....Elton could do no wrong at that point!
Personally, I always liked this song "Roy Rogers" - a top song from this LP for me. Roy Rogers was your classic 'good guy' cowboy. I used to watch him on tv when I was a kid, This story of a man finding comfort in watching Roy Rogers late at night, alone, seems so real. A man bored by his life's routines, re-watching his childhood good-guy hero - it's touching, it's sentimental, it's sad and it's joyous at the same time. Aren't people interesting? "Sometimes you dream - sometimes it seems - there's nothing there at all..."
What a melody.....one of my favorites on the album, also.
I love "Roy Rogers" as well, but always found it telling that the guy never thought to just make his own dang sandwiches!
Harmony was never released as a single but DJ’s liked the song and started playing it and it was a particularly popular with top 40 stations on the East Coast circa 1974. MCA was going to release it as an official single after Bennie and the Jets but Bennie went to number one and had long legs. So Harmony was never released as the record label wanted to release Elton’s new single off the new album Caribou, which was released just 6 months after GBYBR. The single from Caribou that was released was the classic The Bitch is Back. Elton released two albums each year between 1971- 1976. He had 7 number one albums in the USA back to back.
I know just how you felt during those last few glorious seconds of "Harmony". It was a pleasure getting to watch you (and getting to relive my own memories of the first time I heard this record). Very curious what your favorites will end up being. Expect this will be an album that you might appreciate more (and differently) with time.
He's got so many great albums, but I think "Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy" would be a perfect next step for you. It tells a cohesive story of how Elton & Bernie began working together writing songs, and it also happens to be one of their most magical efforts. You can tell each song means the world to Elton.
Such a great album! Harmony is a very personal song for me because I lived it. Thank you, Silas.
I love Harmony too.
@@Cheshirecat-nx9zn I too was born in 1956.
I think "Harmony" is simply Elton describing his affection for music. Bernie could write lyrics that literally spoke for Elton back then.
@@j.kevvideoproductions.6463 Believe what you will.
same here!
The producer of the album purposely bleeds your sister can’t Twist outro with Saturday Night intro. You should listen to both songs back to back without stopping. It has much more impact.
I love the song Harmony. It didn't much radio play but Elton's voice really soars on it. I've heard it hundreds of times.
YEAH SILAS, JUST SO SADDDDD TO GO OUT WITH A BANGGGG HUH?👍😊 YOU DID THIS GREAT ALBUM PRETTY FAST AND CONSISTENT, WAY TO GO!😊
I have been listening to this album, on vinyl, for 50 years, now, and the music still sounds as fresh and relevant today as it did in 1973.
Note that 1973 is, in my opinion, the best year for Rock music. Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John and Selling England By the Pound by Genesis are the highlights for me, but Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and Wings and so many pre-Disco Soul artists released some of their greatest albums in this year. (I hated Disco, still do.) Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Paul Simon, and a lot of singer-songwriters were brilliant in '73, too, such as Gordon Lightfoot.
Roy Rogers was America's Singing Cowboy. His horse was named Trigger and his wife was Dale Evans. She was an actress, singer and songwriter. She was Roy's 3rd wife, but they were married for 50 years, until Roy died in 1998. She passed just 3 years later.
Side 4 is just banger after banger. They all have a different vibe but they’re all good!
Yes, it's a great album. If you want to hear another Elton album, I recommend Honky Chateau. I'd say it's not as good as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, but it's still a very good album. For an individual song, try "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". You should also check out Billy Joel, who like Elton John is a pianist, is very tuneful, and does a wide variety of styles. If you start with an album, it should be The Stranger. If you start with a song, "Piano Man" is probably the one.
This is probably one of the best albums ever made. For me, it defined my teens. Elton was simply on fire in the mid 70's. I've heard "Saturday Nights alright for Fighting" described as the best Rolling Stones song never recorded by the Rolling Stones. Lol! I think Elton and his band closed a lot of their shows with that song and it could sometimes go on for a go 15 or 20 minutes as they played it with abandon...
The Twist was a new dance craze in the early 60's, but was past by 1970, by which older people had taken to it. Elton was trained in piano at the Royal academy if Music un London, so new all the classics, & Classical music.
I've seen Elton live a couple of times. Saturday Night is always the finale. Gets everyone up on their feet (much like you did just now), and singing along and partying. "SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY... "
Good times!! 👍
It's a 19 song double album and there isn't a dud song among them. Sick.
Captain Fantastic and Tumbleweed Connection albums are superb.
goodbye yellow brick road, roy rogers and harmony are my absolute favs. candle in the wind occupies a very special place in my marilyn fan’s heart.
Great reaction! Different styles for sure , but it all sounds so cohesive.
"What an album." Yes, starts with an epic double song which I love. Then, Goodbye Norma Jean which was changed as a tribute to Princess Diana when she died. A few classic songs and hits surrounded by lots of fun songs throughout. Super double album by one of the best.
This is the album that started it all for me paying attention to Elton John, my favorite.
There is a reason why GYBR is Elton's #1 album. We all had those same reaction's as you since 1973.
Over the top great album and a double album that did not have any fillers . Bernie and Elton had the right timing in place ..
This was so much fun. If you're inclined to check out another Elton John album I would submit 'Tumbleweed Connection' for consideration.
Roy Rogers is one on this side that I go back to....gorgeous melody and Bernie paints such a great picture of someone that escapes into the screen. Roy Rogers heyday was before my time also, but I love the sentiment. I was 13 when this album came out and I remember looking up Roy Rogers in my Encyclopedia Britannica to understand who he was!
You dad can probably give you some info on Roy Rogers. Fun Fact: Rogers' boyhood home in Cincinnati was located on the land where Riverfront Stadium (where the baseball Reds and football Bengals used to play) was built.
I have all of Elton John's albums and I know all the words to all the songs. A real die hard fan. Social Disease is my fav from this album. So much fun and life in it. Love your reactions.
Great reactions! Love you
English singer Yola did an amazing cover of this - blew me away (I think the live version is for Farm Aid). Showcases what an amazing song it is.
I had heard EJ on an interview once that he wrote 95% of the music for this double album in 5 days on vacation in Jamacia. More music than most musicians can write in their lives. If you really want to hear his piano mastery, list to "Ticking"
Eltons self proclaimed favorite albums is Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. It's about he ( Captain fantastic) and his lyricist Bernie Taupins ( the brown dirt cowboy) road to fame.
I LOVED THE SONGS TY FOR REACTING TO THIS !!!!!!!
So glad you did this. Like I've said before, it's my favorite album. Great job and great reactions!
Thank you for a fun coaster. Next? Supertramp---Breakfast In America.
He's already done it.
this album is absolute treasure. thanks for sharing ❤️🩹
Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics for virtually all of Elton's classic songs and fancied himself something of a cowboy. That explains the tribute of "Roy Rogers" and the later autobiographical album, "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy," which came out at the peak of Elton's career in 1975 and is worth a listen.
Love your videos dude, watch them all the time. Your reactions are so heartfelt, and you can tell you really love the music, and just music in general. I WAS one of the people to tell you to listen to this album in full, and very glad you did (definitely an all-time classic). Take my word on this - listen to Extreme "III Sides to Every Story" front to back. One of my top 5 fave albums of all time. Came out in 1992, and consists of 3 sides (duh), Yours, Mine, and The Truth. Epic all the way through, especially the 3rd side, which is full of amazing orchestration.
Classic EJ just when he really blew up.
I am blessed to have grown up with him and have seen him 3 times throughout his career.
Very much appreciated your reaction, and I look forward to your fav list on this album. 👍🏽🎉😊
Grey seal my fav
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans tv show!!!!! A kids favorite in the 50’s!!!!!!!!!!!
Elton does The Beach Boys in "Your Sister Can't Dance," and that short gap between the end of this song and the beginning of "Saturday's Nights Alright for Fighting" is the PERFECT length in terms of timing. You have to listen to them together without stopping the video.
Harmony is so beautiful!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
Your Sister Can't Twist is an ode to surf music.
GreT side and great mosh mosh of an album. The WHO covered Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting on a tribute album to Elton and Bernie called 2 Rooms!
Love this album. I used to borrow it from my little sister in the 70s because I was "too cool" to have Elton in my album collection. lol
For your next album, either of these from Electric Light Orchestra (aka ELO): "A New World Record" and the double album follow-up, "Out of the Blue"
I'll second that.
Great series of reactions. Songs that I grew up with and love still, and in one mans opinion some of the greatest songs every produced. Try some other Elton John albums, Madman Across the Water, Captain Fantastic, Tumbleweed Connection, Caribou, and Empty Sky. All full of new wonders for those who haven't experienced them.
I really wouldn't recommend Empty Sky. It is like listening to demos. Much better albums would be "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player" from earlier in 1973 and "Honky Château" from the previous year.
I missed Honky Chateau for sure, but I stand by Empty Sky. Given it seems like a whole different genre, I can listen to it still and enjoy every song. And the harpsichord version of Skyline Pigeon to me is one of his best.
Please also include the self titled "Elton John" album as it has 'Your Song', 'Border Song', 'The Greatest Discovery' and 'Sixty Years On'. Amazing lyrics from an 18 year old Bernie Taupin.
Yes OK another album that I overlooked. Not as many gems as some of the others, but thinking about Border Song alone, I have that on my playlist as well. Such a great almost haunting melody and a poignant message in the lyrics from the viewpoint of an unwanted immigrant.
In a desperate attempt to recommend something more modern, let's please add The Captain and the Kid, and Songs From the West Coast. Not a duff track between them.
Harmony is one of my all time favs.
Harmony can be seen as about a romance but it seems to be about Bernie Taupin (the lyricist) and his relationship with music.
The whole album mixes up troubled people and attempts to escape from that reality.
one of the best albums ever made
Great album.... Harmony is such a great song.
Roy Rogers, oddly, is my favorite EJ song. This isn't a tribute to Rogers so much as an evocation of a previous time.
Bernie writes a lot of great fictional stories but if you want to hear some non- fiction lyrics check out "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy." It's the autobiographical album of he and Elton's story up to that point. It was the first LP ever to debut on the Billboard Top 100 at #1. Elton has called it "the finest album I've ever made by far." It only had one single released off it, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", but it's an absolute gut wrencher.
The follow-up, 'The Captain and the Kid', is an excellent later album.
OR ( JERRY LEE LEWIS ) TO START THE SIDE, ONE OF ELTON'S FAVORITES SILAS! 😊
AWESOME SILAS, LUVVVVV IT!💯😊 SO SO MANY ROCK ALBUMS IN THE TOP 50 OF ALLLLLL TIME, A GREAT RELATIONSHIP CONCEPT/STORY ALBUM FROM MY ALL TIME FEMALE ROCK ARTIST FOR OVER 50 YEARS NOW ( JONI MITCHELL )😊IS HER EPIC 71 ALBUM ( BLUE ), SHE WAS WITH ( GRAHAM NASH ) OF CSN AT THE TIME AND BREAKING UP WITH HIM☹ SO SHE COULD BE WITH ( JAMES TAYLOR ) ANYWAY I THINK YOU'D ABSOLUTELYYY LOVE HER ANGELIC POWER CONTRALTO VOCALS AND YOU'LL GET SOME CHILLS NO DOUBT, MOST PEOPLE DO FROM HER, SO THERE YA GO SILAS!😊
You HAVE to do David Bowie’s 1970 album The Man Who Sold The World - it’s like nothing else you’ve ever heard
I regard it as a rather patchy album. However, Hunky Dory (1971) is sheer class.
@@79BlackRose I agree Simon but going off what Silas tends to enjoy I think he’ll love Mick Ronson’s improvised guitar licks throughout TMWSTW as well as the miriad of styles each song throws up. But Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Diamond Dogs etc etc are fantastic albums too. He hasn’t put much Bowie on - I think all young people need a bit of Bowie in their musical education
@@barriewilkinson1455True. There is so much to discover. As Silas has played keyboards and keeps an ear out for it, I would be fascinated to see his reaction to Mike Garson's Avant Garde playing on Aladdin Sane. It still blows my mind 50 years on!
Ha! Had to laugh at the Roy Rodgers thing. When you're my age, you just figure everybody knows Roy Rodgers. Lol. Love that you didn't.
"This Rogers guy"!!!!! look him up!
Love your channel Silas. Just wondering where is Alivia? Will she be doing any more reactions with you. Keep the great vids coming.
That unlikely genre I commented on in the side 3 video is country.(Roy Rogers)
and my favorite EJ song is Harmony. I love this album! 🤙😎 AGR for this video.
It is not unlikely really. Practically the entire Tumbleweed Connection album is Bernie and Elton's version of country.
@@79BlackRose I forget was this album pre or post Goodbye YBR? If pre then my county comment is moot. Mahalo for your observation.
@@8fran08-47 Yes, it was pre GYBR.
Since you asked for recommendations, last year you did The Cars 1st album. If you're interested in trying another, do Candy-O, the 2nd album. Another group you haven't touched yet is Talking Heads. Their "Best of..." or "Once In A Lifetime" compilation albums will give you nonstop excellence. Watch "Stop Making Sense" sometime. It will blow your mind. New Wave pioneers.
Some of my favorite songs are ones that are not big releases or hits. It's like you said you really need to dig into a band's album to find real gems
Great reaction! Get Alivia and react to “Possession” by Sarah McLaughlin. Be interesting to get both of your reactions.
2:51 Did he get The Beach Boys in? lol. Also, from 21:30 doesn't he sound like the Jethro Tull singer in Aqualung, or is it just me?
I think these album reactions are the best,maybe do black Sabbath debut album
I suggest Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
Silas, if you want your mind blown listen to The Man Who Sold The World by David Bowie - your life will never be the same
The album I mean of course
@@barriewilkinson1455There are much better David Bowie albums than this mate.
U recognized the Beatles, but u need to listen to the Beach Boys too
Where is your girlfriend?? We want more videos of the two of you together