Do the stories behind any of these Elton John songs surprise you?
@NellieKAdaba4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@preesi14032 жыл бұрын
Tiny Dancer was written about Bernies first Wife, Maxine. Hes angry at her now (I love you Bernie but you know Im right) and is trying to rewrite the story. It even says in Madman under her picture. Bernie wasnyt the one who saved Eltons life, that would be SUGARBEAR, the nickname of legendary Blues singer Long John Baldry. HES the one who told Elton not to get married to the abusive fiance Linda Woodrow. Linda used to beat Elton up.
@80snyboy27 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Daniel, I'm as writer and that song sounds to me like a friend of his that died during the Aids epidemic, ( all the scars that won't heal, your eyes have died) Daniel you're a star, like he's now a light in the heavens, and about Daniels travelling tonight on a plane, sounds like his body is on a plane heading to Spain that he loved so much when he was alive, and the clouds in Elton's eyes sounds like he was crying, how wrong was I.
@WildeFyre695 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard "Funeral for a friend / Love lies bleeding" I was totally blown away... so many feels, and a masterpiece of music.
@markbuchanan69744 жыл бұрын
one of my favourity EJ songs, so many music sytles wrapped up in one great track
@fullup915 жыл бұрын
He does a huge amount of charity work, too. Very generous fella
@marissabones5 жыл бұрын
Elton is a absolute legend
@alfiegreen54105 жыл бұрын
I watched this video and felt motivated. My friends saw this video and felt motivated. My neighbours saw this and were motivated. We rent a projector in a big field and my village people saw this and felt motivated. Thank you so much for this video. May God bless you.
@oliv82645 жыл бұрын
Rocketman reminds me of my younger days :(
@ConnorSings235 жыл бұрын
Elton John and Queen and George Michael are the best of all time.
@fullup915 жыл бұрын
Uhhh David Bowie? 😋
@foxy28585 жыл бұрын
Rembrandt exactly this dudes one of those biopic monsters
@jukedar5 жыл бұрын
@@fullup91 or the Pallboners
@JasonVoorhees-wn6co5 жыл бұрын
Stick N Move & Michael Jackson
@scottmckenna91645 жыл бұрын
Go! Listen to Ray Charles and we can talk.
@Shred_The_Weapon5 жыл бұрын
Makes you wonder if “Sad Songs Say So Much” has a deeper meaning.
@cmgraham5 жыл бұрын
I thought Tiny Dancer was about Bernie Taupin’s wife at the time, Maxine. Well, in any event, it’s a great tune💕
@oriolesandravens5 жыл бұрын
From all the stories and album liner notes and such I've read since the single, .... YES
@nolanrandall4242 Жыл бұрын
It's true. She was the "seamstress for the band".
@TheGlssr605 жыл бұрын
"Tiny Dancer" was well known long before it ever was in "Almost Famous".
@RJS19745 жыл бұрын
Gary Stump Sr Indeed. Tiny Dancer was an FM Album Oriented Rock hit. It was played on FM stations on the seventies. It’s always been one of his best known songs.
@kennethbesselman57395 жыл бұрын
Someone Saved My Life Tonight is among the best of his autobiographical song
@BostonBobby19615 жыл бұрын
Tiny Dancer was about Taupin's first wife Maxine, whom he met in CA.
@BostonBobby19612 жыл бұрын
@Not A fascist Slave V that was Daniel. The Vietnam vet.
@IronWolf1235 жыл бұрын
Grunge, please do a part 2! There are so many hits you missed
@peaches33275 жыл бұрын
Great that you put the hotline number up. Elton would’ve wanted that.
@kellie54765 жыл бұрын
But is Saturday really alright for fighting though?
@CodyKatastrophic5 жыл бұрын
JFC 😂 dead
@hdaline695 жыл бұрын
Saturday night's the night I like, Saturday night's alright alright alright!
@donkeydump635 жыл бұрын
It is if you're in a pub getting drunk with your mates.
@kellie54765 жыл бұрын
@@donkeydump63 Nah, all the good pubs have closed and pints are too expensive these days.
@hdaline695 жыл бұрын
"Daniel" is the saddest song! It was more than what they covered. Daniel, the older brother, took the beatings from their father, to protect younger bro. Then went to Vietnam, after returning, had PTSD (of course PTSD wasn't a diagnosis back then) he couldn't handle it, committed suicide. His body was on the plane to Spain, it was the only place he was ever happy. I lost my older sister a couple of years ago, I always think of her when I hear this song. I can't listen to it with dry eyes.
@phlushphish7935 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that. Thx!!
@andras14965 жыл бұрын
I realy like is song "I'm still standing",and "sacrifice"
@NellieKAdaba4 жыл бұрын
I love most of his songs.
@craigcrawford65955 жыл бұрын
Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) is the best Elton John song inmo, Taupin's lyrics and Elton's music is an awesome combination and just think, their collaboration was purely serendipitous. Addendum: I must add Grey Seal and Empty Garden these three are the best Elton John songs (many great songs however) imho...
@KhiryTheKonqueror5 жыл бұрын
I like Yellow Brick Road
@NellieKAdaba4 жыл бұрын
Me too, I love most of his songs.
@chivonfortney1656 Жыл бұрын
I am a huge fan!!!
@shadowraith15 жыл бұрын
Nice presentation.👍
@brad49083 жыл бұрын
Your addition of the National Suicide Hotline details at the end of this video is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like it in a video of this sort. Top marks, and a classy move.
@truckerkevthepaidtourist5 жыл бұрын
you should have included Mona lisas and mad hatter's also there's a great story behind that their first time in New York they were mugged
@oriolesandravens5 жыл бұрын
Do you mean, like You're So Static?
@truckerkevthepaidtourist5 жыл бұрын
@@oriolesandravens yeah you can probably put that Caribou classic up there too.. there's a lot of great ones behind Bernie taupin and Elton John songs. man you don't realize the 1980s empty garden is about John Lennon's murder. Reggie is Sean Lennon's godfather. of course many people don't realize the beautiful empty garden is John the insect that damaged all the grain is Mark David Chapman rotting away in prison for the rest of his life 10 times up for parole 10 * denied maybe you're going to set a record cuz they're probably going to wheel him out feet-first like they did to Manson when he's gone. many people should look at the beautiful empty garden and look up and listen carefully to the lyrics and realize putting John Lennon story directly into that placed one of the most beautiful tributes ever
@Doublemg125 жыл бұрын
It's "England's Rose" NOT "English Rose".
@rockvilleraven5 жыл бұрын
The Philadelphia Freedoms are always introduced at their matches to Philadelphia Freedom.
@jawn1977jaws5 жыл бұрын
Do you know who his song "Funeral for a friend /Love lies bleeding " is written for ? ...the answer is, surprisingly... Elton himself, more or less.
@thetoytable2995 жыл бұрын
All of it is way too cool
@martymcmannis91215 жыл бұрын
I love his music. Thanks for the video. People don't know that he likes to race. Don't mean cars. He would always blame the drummer. This story came from a ex-drummer that had to quit. I never asked if this was his coke days.
@racheldianeames37294 жыл бұрын
can you please do a part 2 that include other music artists whom wrote songs based on tragic events that have occurred in the 20th century???
@bobsmodelrailways2 жыл бұрын
And I wrote a song about Elton John’s difficulties in the 80’s when he was hounded and lied about in the tabloids, and no-one has heard it......... Just no one, not even a reply from Eltons management, or Elton himself! Oh well, I know I did it and I did my bit to help him.
@brotherchrisrco11252 жыл бұрын
So Elton John, when he tried to kill himself, pulled a Newman. Once Newman on Seinfeld, told Kramer he was going to jump out of his window and Kramer said, I'll wave to you on the way down. Also Newman was jumping from the Ground Floor...😮
@benni1023fm5 жыл бұрын
Elton John? Never heard of him... (j/k) I dug him till he went all Disney.
@sidgar15 жыл бұрын
He looks like the Kazoo Kid in that thumbnail
@CosmicJoe5 жыл бұрын
He wrote a song with Michael Jackson called “Don’t Let Your Son Go Down On Me”🌄
@Shred_The_Weapon5 жыл бұрын
FAIL!!!!!!
@kathleencollins55315 жыл бұрын
Juvenile jerk
@mr.nobody79583 жыл бұрын
LOL. Nice one!
@davidmcgrew40265 жыл бұрын
Elton John did "Space Oddity?" All these years, I thought Rod Stewart performed it.
@divinefallfromgrace5 жыл бұрын
Don't you mean Engelbert Humperdinck? ☺
@victoriabarr2555 жыл бұрын
David Bowie did "Space Oddity" Elton did "Rocket Man".
@SupahFans5 жыл бұрын
Your 800-273-TALK public service announcement is appreciated.
@mctom6133 жыл бұрын
Why didn’t you include any songs that obviously talk about his drug and alcohol addictions
@fozzieatdetourbillnye55145 жыл бұрын
Great list. It's nice your channel has suicide prevention help after sad stories. I was hoping hoping Island Girl being inspired by a transvestite would be here although that's basically it.
@epereski12 жыл бұрын
ngl always thought rocketman was about drug usage
@jessicawilkins7044 жыл бұрын
My 8 year old can sing all of tiny dancer.
@josecordeiro53955 жыл бұрын
Oi amigo Beleza abraço
@josecordeiro53955 жыл бұрын
Abraços e felicidade do Brasil
@privatedeletebuttongooglei52212 жыл бұрын
New children's version.
@chrisk76265 жыл бұрын
I really think changing Candle in the Wind 2 was insult to Maryland's memory he could have just wrote another song
@epg965 жыл бұрын
Are you gonna make video about Miraculous Ladybug & Chat Noir? I heard it's one of the most popular tv show in France. Some people said that it's kinda Nightwing & Spider-gwen version of Paris
@Alejandro6165 жыл бұрын
BUBUBUBennie in the jets!
@scottmckenna91645 жыл бұрын
What an insipid, little fluff piece that glosses over major negative realities. Pickin' an choosin' doesn't work for me. Can it!
@xxkasperxx4 жыл бұрын
You mean Bernie's songs
@Namath10005 жыл бұрын
Levon? Lyrics like "When the NY Times said God Is Dead"?
@HOSWELL4445 жыл бұрын
Rocket man was not want you think it was
@judasgoat10355 жыл бұрын
Uhh, he didn't write any of the lyrics, it was all Bernie. Elton was just along for the ride.
@joshpetzoldt63445 жыл бұрын
You could say the same thing about Elvis Presley. At least Elton John wrote the music to go with Bernie Taupin's lyrics.
@judasgoat10355 жыл бұрын
I do say the same thing about Elvis.
@oriolesandravens5 жыл бұрын
@@joshpetzoldt6344 Elvis never wrote any of his. He was given songwriter's credits.... common in those days. Elton actually wrote one or two lyrics. If you read the liner notes or the song-writing credits, you would know that. For Instance : Flinststone Boy (flip-side to Ego)
@carolinemcglade55203 жыл бұрын
Along for the ride, are u friggin kiddin me?
@laurenblainebamartistmgt5 жыл бұрын
Nonsense. Tiny Dancer was a big hit WAY before "Almost Famous". Come on now. Right when it was released. Ask an older person before you say you have the facts. I guess, in fairness, I should ask how you define a "minor" hit.
@danielc52055 жыл бұрын
Elton John's songs weren't all that good, IMO. But, Elton's songs are grossly overplayed all over the American radio stations, just like Queen's music. I often get Billy Joel's and Elton John's songs mixed up with each other.
@Zeldarw1045 жыл бұрын
No, way, Jose, I've never gotten Billy Joel and Elton John's music, mixed up, I find that statement suspect? 🤨 Elton John, is in a class all by himself, hallelujah! 💯🤩
@resist15815 жыл бұрын
they sound nothing alike in voice or piano
@mrrebel51505 жыл бұрын
the movie sucked.. it wasn't a bio, more like poor Elton so abused and alone. just too artsie