I was HOOKED on cocaine for ten years and every time I hear this song .. I get overwhelmed with emotions... I first heard this song when I was a kid..my mother played all Elton's songs as I growing up... .. when I was in my 20s and falling fast to my rock bottom this magical song was playing on the radio in my car.. I listened to it word for words and it was like an epiphany came over me... this song touched my soul and mended my heart right then.. Elton saved my life that night.... too bad he'll never know... but I thank God and Elton John til this day.... 11 years sober now and lead a beautiful life with my children and family.. 🎶💜
This has to be the most wonderful. Brilliant. Perfect. Performance of this 🎵 🎶 he ever did! Astounding 🐐🐏!G.O.A.T. What a class act letting that girl sit with him and sing! Amazing 👏 Would never happen today 💯
I agree! Bernie is a genius at words describing (a serious event in this case) and Elton’s a genius at making the words into beautiful music. Song still gives me chills. Thank you Elton & Bernie for the Great memories!❤
Made me smile. I am SURE it is seen as a huge distraction and disrespectful by the vast majority of performers, and it is. Also, if someone is known for being tolerant of it, it may lead to more people trying it later, which could cause more issues. In this instance, I would like to think that it was combination of Elton’s drugged up state, and/or him being in a genuine good mood and he just said fuck it...I want her up here if she wants to be here.
I’m 61 years old now, and I definitely grew up in a different time than now! Seeing Elton John welcome this beautiful young lady to sit at the piano with him is something that unfortunately could probably not happen today. It kind of reminds me of watching Hank Aaron hit his 715th HR and those two young guys running around the bases with him! Remarkable visual I’ll never forget, but it sadly can’t be like that ever again! Glad I grew up in the 70’s!! 🎸🎸
Dude, that was a free concert in Central Park. This type of event will never be done again, sadly. Glad it was filmed. Cheers, gents. Edit: what's funny about that lady is she probably thought she'd bang Elton that night because he favored her on stage. Lol.
It was amazing seeing the young woman get close enough access to Elton to plant a kiss on his cheek, start to run back to her seat, only to have him pull her back to sit next to him as he finished the song. Then to realize less than three months later Elton's good friend John Lennon would be assassinated right down the street from this concert. I'm in my late 60's now but remember people like John Gacy, Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam, etc dominating the headlines. Wars happened, innocent people were killed back then much like all the crazy shit that dominates today's news. When I reminisce of those long ago days to my kids and grandkids I try to focus on the positive, but I never say my generation was any better or worse than those before or after. It's not true from what I remember. It's all in each person's perception, I suppose. Regardless, what an amazing performance by Elton John, I'm glad we are able to "witness" these great old concerts on TH-cam. Couldn't do that back in my day 😉
When I was little... I watched my mother get beat up very badly. She used to sit and hold me and sit and listen to this stuff and we would both cry. This saved both of us along with other music. All I can say is thank you to the artists who got us through these times.
We're likely the same age. She also listened to Linda Ronstadt and sang along to escape. We watched the same stuff, which is why we didn't do the same.
Some events in your life you'll never forget. This concert was that event for me. I was 19, you could buy booze at 18 back then. He took the stage about 4pm. Scott Muni (WNEW dj) introduced him. Yes, there is a debate as to the crowd size, but there was no debate that the crowd loved Elton that day. The music was awesome, the weed flowed freely, and virtually everyone had an alcohol drink. At end of the show, Elton pitched for everyone to clean up, pick up their trash. And that they did. I never saw so many mountains of liquor and beer bottles piled so well. The cops back then in CP concerts weren't dicks, like they are today. On the way back to Jersey City, on a super-packed subway I struck it up with a hot chick and got laid in her car on a hot, muggy night in a Hoboken factory parking lot.
Yeah I'm sure there waSASlots of beer bottles and a packed freeway ,,but ,,,yeah ,,,I'm gonna call bullshit on the got laid by a hot chick in the back of her car,..tell the truth mate,.,.was she fat.
YES! I completely agree! Incidentally, I was there! And no matter how awesome this video is, nothing compares to the feeling of being there and listening to hundreds of thousands of people sing along with him. I will say that it does sound much better on the video. Being down there was a madhouse and we nearly didn't go, but at the last minute we just said "screw it" and we all hopped on the subway and went down. It was so hard navigating the crowds to get closer to the stage but it was part of the experience! This is my favorite, not only Elton John song, but song of all time! This is a very important song; at least for me, at least for my life.
@@RumbleFish69 wow this comment made me cry. how nostalgic. I wasnt even born yet. Im 14 yet how i long to have been there 😔 thank you for sharing! never has a comment made me cry so much
My 70 year old mom told me the other day about her and my dad going to concerts.they seen elton. Elvis, bob hope.george carlin .i said wait...my parents were ummmm cool ? Hahah
Elton John is on top of his game here, singing outdoors in Central Park, NY and the world was a much simpler, safer place. That woman toward the end of the song could just scramble up to smooch the star without security catching her way before she gets to him. But Elton reaches back and pulls her onto his piano bench. She's on top of the world and he's enjoying the moment, also. Truly, we will not have a moment like this again.
I believe that the woman, climbing the stage and being pulled up, by Sir Elton, at the 6:30 minute mark, to sit next to him at, the piano, is, a friend and special guest, the very popular, movie,actress, at that time, Debra Winger, who was running late, and apologizes saying," I made it," 🙏
@@Qwerty-sl3ns Interesting problem, how to be safe; lots of poor quality information out there. Crime in the USA generally increased through the 60s and on into the 80's, as guns were outlawed and only the outlaws had guns, but the big increase in random mass murders had hardly got started in 1980. The big increase in that came after 2000, and especially after 2016; we need to focus on what happened, what changed - and don’t forget, we had plenty of guns in the 1950's and no mass murders. We have better treatment for mental health but we need to work on making it available to more people; and the reason for doing that is not so much the very few mentally ill people who commit murder, but to help the millions of people who suffer alone.
I highly doubt it. This concert was in September 1980 and John Lennon spent most of the Summer of 1980 in Bermuda writing for Double Fantasy. He had sailed to the UK in June, so then to Bermuda, and I believe it was in November 1980 when he got back to NYC.
@@marcisikoff wrong. From Wikipedia’s article on Double Fantasy: “Sessions for the album began at The Hit Factory in New York City on 7 August 1980 and continued through 19 October 1980. They produced dozens of songs, enough to fill Double Fantasy and a large part of a projected second album, Milk and Honey.” Clearly, Lennon and Yoko Ono were in New York City in September of 1980. They didn’t arrive back in November. If only there were some way you could have confirmed that before correcting Joe. 🙄
@@theaterdreamer Lennon indeed worked out of Bermuda writing some portions of Double Fantasy then in 1980. Otherwise, we wouldn't have the song Lennon Bermuda
@@theaterdreamer In the middle of 1980, Lennon embarked on a sailing trip from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda. During the journey, his yacht encountered a prolonged severe storm. Most of the crew succumbed to fatigue and seasickness except Lennon, who was eventually forced to take the yacht's wheel alone for many hours. It had the effect of both renewing his confidence and making him contemplate the fragility of life. As a result, he began to write new songs and reworked earlier demos. He commented later, "I was so centered after the experience at sea that I was tuned in to the cosmos - and all these songs came!"[4] Ono also wrote many songs, inspired with new confidence after Lennon had stated that he believed that contemporary popular music, such as "Rock Lobster" by the B-52's, bore similarities to Ono's earlier work. Seems to me that he was in fact in Bermuda for some of that since he sailed there and back.
🎉 Happy birthday to Sir Elton John 3 25 I am only one of millions who are grateful for your talent and your guts. There are those who can not step up to your honesty. It helps to feed us thru your work with lyricist Bernie Taupin. You were never one to avoid truth about yourself or anyone else. We who attach ourselves to honor will forever respect you for it Have a blessed day with your family ❤❤
I was there with my girlfriend Melanie Redondo, who was 11. I was 14. We were about 10 rows from the stage. Afterwards we went to the movies and made out during Kramer vs. Kramer. We were New York City kids, after all.
That Cool? I do not think this Show will ever go out of your mind! I was that age too and I was already a fan of Mr. Elton ... what a shame I was not there!
I'm about to turn 80 years old in just a couple of months and a REAL AVID fan of this very talented man. I have literally every song he ever recorded (I think!) and I never tire of his talent and his voice. He is one in a million and I've been able to follow him earnestly, since he's a mere five (5) years younger than me - hard to believe we've both aged this quickly - Life is short indeed) My favorite song of all: "Your Song" - that's "pure early Elton John. "You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue"! How many times I've listened to it? Numbers don't go that high! This song brings back so many many memories of Good & Bad Memories; all of them treasured by me! Thank you for reading my epic comment! God Bless
Yes... life is SUCH a quick journey! When I turned forty, I thought... lordy lordy indeed! It seemed impossible... me?? FORty?? THEN, next thing I know... I'm FIFty!!.. ?? But.... then... I take a breath, and.... I'm SIXTY!!! WHAT??? Yes, I turned "60 Years On", this past summer. Unfathomable. So... I know 70 is going to be here tomorrow, then poof... I'm at 80 just after that, right there with you. My my, the considerations I've had over the past several years of what life REALLY is. It's quite remarkable. A few little decades, and poof... we're out of here. I've had more friends and family leave this life the past few years than I ever have. I suppose that makes sense, the closer we ourselves come to the edge. All before us have pushed on ahead. Our own personal time is coming. I could literally write a book about my considerations (its ALL a part of the condideration... ALL of life... and even Elton has a part of that consideration in my own life, his influence on me... see my own channel here. I'm VERY Elton influenced in the musical part of my life). I've come to some deep considerations, and it's an amazing interconnected web of everything from what we label "religion", to science, to philosophy, and even including "Near Death Experiences", fractal mathematics (fascinating implications toward our "reality"), and people such as Emanuel Swedenborg and others. I can't "prove" anything. But I have VERY strong indication and reason to believe "this life" is simply the intro, to what's truly to come, after that final breath. We take EVERY instant of it all with us... including every note we've ever heard of an Elton song 😊 I'm flabbergasted, and moreso every day along the journey! Blessings to you friend. From this mere total stranger's heart, to your own! 💞 (P.S. John 3:14-19, indeed! Spoken by an absolute angel! I saw that after I typed out this response to you ❤)
I’ve watched this video a million times. It’s my favorite version of this song. I get tears in my eyes every time I see him grab that woman and bring her back up.
I was 18 and at School in Virginia. I missed this live concert and I am from Manhattan. 70 blocks from the park site. Somewhere save my life Tonight ❤❤❤😢😢😢😢
Elton John is THE BEST Singer/Pianist/ Performer of our time!! We are privileged to listen to him, and be on earth during this era. God bless Elton John for his great and beautiful music, always from the heart!! 🎉🎉🎉
I think that she says "Can't believe it" although obviously I may be wrong. But what a song, what a performance, what a piece of film! Fantastic indeed; magnifico! Love it!
I've struggled with addiction and mental illness for all my adult life this song sqv3d my life back in 2008 today I have 11 year's clean 8 year's sober & best of all I've been in my apartment almost 12 years thank you Bernie Taupin & helping me on my v path to recovery
Welcome 2025 and still trucking on watching Elton's vids along with listening to his 70s cd"s. Seems to be one of the few ways to help me reminisce about that era of my life. Missing it so much. Just imagine the 70s not only having elton, but having Trump as president back then. What a perfect world it would've been!!
I feel the same! This song always makes me emotional. This song was a big part of my upbringing and childhood. Sure, I grew up on Elton John but it was a lot more than that. At 55, this song still has the capacity to cut me down. I actually was there, in Central Park in 1980. We decided to head down at the last minute and I am glad we did. It was crazy down there but we made it pretty close to the stage. This song is my favorite song of all time. I already have tickets to see him in June when he comes to St Paul, Minnesota. It's gonna be great!
There are so few greats left.. This man along with a select few i.e. Stevie Wonder are institutions of music... Songs like this will endure many lifetimes.. Thank Sir Elton!
@@413lm I'm just not a fan of Stevie's voice. He is a genius on whole different level though. Just amazing what he can do as a blind person that 99.99999% of the population can't.
@@treydrier3169 Not that my opinion matters, I know it does not. But for what its worth, Stevie is great, but not even close to Elton. And Whitney is only known for her pipes, and in that regard she stands alone. Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Elton....all are in a class of their own. Their lyrics alone separate them from most of the rest.
I was there and I waited six hours so that I could get a place near the front of the stage. It was worth the wait. The day and Elton were beyond fabulous
Me as well ! I lived in N.J. at the time and if I remember correctly we skipped school lol I think he cane out wearing a Donald Duck suit! Great memories!
Exactly 42 years ago, this is, in my opinion, Elton John's most anthological show! Everything was perfect that day! The place, the time, the band, the sound, and of course Elton himself! And here I am, 9/13/2022, 42 years later listening to this eternal sound...
Only a song can take you back to time and place inside your own memories, then it can make you laugh, or cry. One thing is for sure it strikes an emotion in us all.
Wow, he is something. I love his facial expressions because he is so into the music and you can just see he feels it from head to toe. And he was so kind to the girl. Wonder where she is today?
Very good, but if you want to hear this song when his voice was truly at its high peak, you need to go a few years earlier........th-cam.com/video/vaux40k6jYk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sdIN6VqbBdRzcKWZ
I just seen him at his farewell concert in Detroit 2022! He at 75 years old is still just as great of a preformer! His voice is amazing!! It was a real treat!!!
I watched it in 1980. It was so hot that day. My girlfriend and i got there at 5 a.m. He came on at 3:00. It was 93 degrees in a crowd of 450,000 > You could not do that today without people getting hurt. We were sitting just beyond the black Jolly Roger flag. What an event
I’m 15 and started getting into his music a year ago when rocket man came out. The 70’s and 80’s were definitely the best years of Elton John’s career and I wish I was there to experience that. Too bad I was born with gen z.
Imagine being this woman, and having this story to tell forever. And to grow old, but be able to look back at this whenever you want, and remember youth. Amazing performance, solo is incredible.
The song is not exactly an ode to a beloved woman. ;-) "You almost had your hooks in me, didn't you dear? You nearly had me roped and tied: alter-bound, hypnotized, sweet freedom whispered in my ear, you're a butterfly."
No, its about a woman that Elton was engaged to. Yes, he was engaged to be married to a woman. They were all living together at the time. He felt trapped in the relationship and was suicidal. It's straight from his biography, but can literally goto wikipedia and learn that.@@leonardlopez5142
@@leonardlopez5142it was actually about Elton's broken engagement to a woman named Linda Woodrow. A friend of Elton's talked him out of marrying her, hence; "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
I always think of John Lennon right across the park at home, within ear shot of this magnificent event, how he could've dropped in on his old friend to the delight of everyone including Elton who clearly missed him at this point - from a comment he made during this show. Three months later John Lennon was gone.
He also did a great version of "Imagine" at this show and acknowledged John Lennon 'who lives just over there', less than three months later John would be gone.
This song reminds me of how alone I was during my teenage years, abused by a boy for years, constantly on drugs and wanting someone to tell me it was all going to be OK. Whenever I felt down I put this song on in my headphones and looked out the skylight window at the stars ❤
I love this song.It is one of my favorites.It's about Elton's break up with his girlfriend(Linda Woodrow).They supposed to be married but He didn't want that. Then one day ,one of his friends called John Baldry(Sugar Bear) who was also a musician convinced him to break up with the lady is good for him and also good for his musical career. So the word "Someone" in the title of the song alludes to John Baldry.
Maybe the best voice in history. To hold these notes.and all his changes. For 8 minutes.is very crazy. Was his peak youth as well. Maybe a lil high.but 99.9% of the people there ..were high.or drunk
Elton John is absolutely amazing!!! I was blessed to see him twice in my many years of life, 1974 Yellow Brick Road Tour and again 2019 at MSG in NYC for final tour (for my 60th)! Thank you for for your amazing music and making me feel ,enjoy and empathize, thank you!!
Actually this song is from 1975 and it´s part of the album "Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy" along with other great songs like "Tower of Babel", "Tell me when the whistle blows"...that album is a real masterpiece...
EJ's such a class act. That woman will have this memory of sitting next to the musical GOAT for the rest of her life. I can't even imagine sitting next to Elton. Can you?
This was the last era of the high notes in falsetto Elton John had created during his early years still always sounding good we love this so much and appreciate the fact that whoever videotaped these forever will be cherished this is incredible you are to watch the whole concert it's amazing.
I was HOOKED on cocaine for ten years and every time I hear this song .. I get overwhelmed with emotions... I first heard this song when I was a kid..my mother played all Elton's songs as I growing up... .. when I was in my 20s and falling fast to my rock bottom this magical song was playing on the radio in my car.. I listened to it word for words and it was like an epiphany came over me... this song touched my soul and mended my heart right then.. Elton saved my life that night.... too bad he'll never know... but I thank God and Elton John til this day.... 11 years sober now and lead a beautiful life with my children and family.. 🎶💜
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Your amazing
Beautiful! Happy for you. Congratulations on your sobriety 💕
you rock you should be proud of yourself
@@brianmarcotte8425 He was so baked in this vid,
thats when coke was clean I can see why you got addicted.
I want to go back to the 70's & early eighties.
Before "dumb phones," MAN, what a time it was!!!
agreed, cant stand it when everyone is filming useless stuff on their phones to boast about instead of enjoying and joining in with whats going on
@davidsmith6355 TBF, There's nothing much worthwhile going on lately.
We certainly won't ever have music like this again..............
But like Beethoven and all the rest, we have it forever, it's eternal, because the second we hear and fell something that matters, it all comes back.
lore ann so true 😫
True
because there la people that dont care..
Nor a suit like that........
I know people say this all the time, but this truly has to be one of the most beautifully arranged and orchestrated pop songs of all time!
Yes
This has to be the most wonderful. Brilliant. Perfect. Performance of this 🎵 🎶 he ever did! Astounding 🐐🐏!G.O.A.T. What a class act letting that girl sit with him and sing! Amazing 👏 Would never happen today 💯
The drummer is so mellow and 😎 😎 cool
this song is absolutely perfect
I agree! Bernie is a genius at words describing (a serious event in this case) and Elton’s a genius at making the words into beautiful music. Song still gives me chills. Thank you Elton & Bernie for the Great memories!❤
Who's still watching this amazing performance in 2022??
2024
@@davidcanary60 yepp! and not at one time..
2024
Still watching in 2024.....
Timeless. So sincere & personal. Beautiful & always relevant. Times change - people don’t…
When he goes back and gets the stage climber from the roadie and lets her stay to finish the song that's pure class
Made me smile. I am SURE it is seen as a huge distraction and disrespectful by the vast majority of performers, and it is. Also, if someone is known for being tolerant of it, it may lead to more people trying it later, which could cause more issues. In this instance, I would like to think that it was combination of Elton’s drugged up state, and/or him being in a genuine good mood and he just said fuck it...I want her up here if she wants to be here.
Yeh he’s feeling good he’s high on coke and he’s probably also thinking maybe he’s saved her life tonight!
all i could think of was.....for just a brief moment, the fan was just as cool as the singer.
TRYING TO HIDE THE GAY RUMORS. NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I LOVE MY GAY SON.
😊☺😁
My first year of sobriety, I played this song sitting in the dark and cried. It saved my life that night.
You go man! Working on my first year myself. Peace.
Keep it up🎉
I’m 61 years old now, and I definitely grew up in a different time than now! Seeing Elton John welcome this beautiful young lady to sit at the piano with him is something that unfortunately could probably not happen today. It kind of reminds me of watching Hank Aaron hit his 715th HR and those two young guys running around the bases with him! Remarkable visual I’ll never forget, but it sadly can’t be like that ever again! Glad I grew up in the 70’s!! 🎸🎸
Ditto. I'm 62 years old and used to be concert pianist. Nothing like those years. I wished we could go back.
YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!
Dude, that was a free concert in Central Park. This type of event will never be done again, sadly. Glad it was filmed. Cheers, gents.
Edit: what's funny about that lady is she probably thought she'd bang Elton that night because he favored her on stage. Lol.
It was amazing seeing the young woman get close enough access to Elton to plant a kiss on his cheek, start to run back to her seat, only to have him pull her back to sit next to him as he finished the song. Then to realize less than three months later Elton's good friend John Lennon would be assassinated right down the street from this concert. I'm in my late 60's now but remember people like John Gacy, Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam, etc dominating the headlines. Wars happened, innocent people were killed back then much like all the crazy shit that dominates today's news. When I reminisce of those long ago days to my kids and grandkids I try to focus on the positive, but I never say my generation was any better or worse than those before or after. It's not true from what I remember. It's all in each person's perception, I suppose. Regardless, what an amazing performance by Elton John, I'm glad we are able to "witness" these great old concerts on TH-cam. Couldn't do that back in my day 😉
64 here. I was at this show. magical. we took those days for granted. they were the best
When I was little... I watched my mother get beat up very badly. She used to sit and hold me and sit and listen to this stuff and we would both cry. This saved both of us along with other music. All I can say is thank you to the artists who got us through these times.
We're likely the same age. She also listened to Linda Ronstadt and sang along to escape. We watched the same stuff, which is why we didn't do the same.
You can watch 15 different performances of this song and they’ll all perfect
One of the worlds greatist songs
I just watched 2, got 13 more to go, RIP to my girl Sofia Thompson , she use to sing her ass off to this most beautiful Elton song 🎵
yeah, right!!
that is so true. and they'd all be different yet all be perfect at the same time
all of the except the ones from 8/27/1986 to 10/11/1986 LOL
Some events in your life you'll never forget. This concert was that event for me. I was 19, you could buy booze at 18 back then. He took the stage about 4pm. Scott Muni (WNEW dj) introduced him. Yes, there is a debate as to the crowd size, but there was no debate that the crowd loved Elton that day. The music was awesome, the weed flowed freely, and virtually everyone had an alcohol drink. At end of the show, Elton pitched for everyone to clean up, pick up their trash. And that they did. I never saw so many mountains of liquor and beer bottles piled so well. The cops back then in CP concerts weren't dicks, like they are today. On the way back to Jersey City, on a super-packed subway I struck it up with a hot chick and got laid in her car on a hot, muggy night in a Hoboken factory parking lot.
Awesome! Rush fan are ya?
It's 4 o'clock in the afternoon, damn it!
Awesome story.. I was 1 years old.. if that.. don’t worry.. I continued your legend in Montreal 17 years later
Yeah I'm sure there waSASlots of beer bottles and a packed freeway ,,but ,,,yeah ,,,I'm gonna call bullshit on the got laid by a hot chick in the back of her car,..tell the truth mate,.,.was she fat.
I love this story.
this might be the single most important video on TH-cam.
YES! I completely agree! Incidentally, I was there! And no matter how awesome this video is, nothing compares to the feeling of being there and listening to hundreds of thousands of people sing along with him. I will say that it does sound much better on the video. Being down there was a madhouse and we nearly didn't go, but at the last minute we just said "screw it" and we all hopped on the subway and went down. It was so hard navigating the crowds to get closer to the stage but it was part of the experience! This is my favorite, not only Elton John song, but song of all time! This is a very important song; at least for me, at least for my life.
please make one more entry for mount Rushmore
@@RumbleFish69 wow this comment made me cry. how nostalgic. I wasnt even born yet. Im 14 yet how i long to have been there 😔 thank you for sharing! never has a comment made me cry so much
How do you figure? Is it a good song? Sure? Most important on TH-cam? Hardly. Not even in the top 1000.
This is a fantastic live performance he’s absolutely on point here! Vocally impeccable ✌️
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That made me well up at the end.
I wonder if that woman watches this and shows her kids.
What a memory.
My 70 year old mom told me the other day about her and my dad going to concerts.they seen elton. Elvis, bob hope.george carlin .i said wait...my parents were ummmm cool ? Hahah
I'm sure she's showing this to her grandchildren now.
Elton John is on top of his game here, singing outdoors in Central Park, NY and the world was a much simpler, safer place. That woman toward the end of the song could just scramble up to smooch the star without security catching her way before she gets to him. But Elton reaches back and pulls her onto his piano bench. She's on top of the world and he's enjoying the moment, also.
Truly, we will not have a moment like this again.
I believe that
the woman,
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by Sir Elton,
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6:30 minute mark,
to sit next
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a friend and
special guest,
the very popular,
movie,actress,
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Debra Winger,
who was
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and apologizes
saying," I made it," 🙏
It absolutely one hundred percent wasnt safer. Unfortunately a little ignorance is bliss. No 24 hr news cycle. Mental health was generally better
The woman may be his friend but that's definitely not Debra Winger.
@@Qwerty-sl3ns Interesting problem, how to be safe; lots of poor quality information out there. Crime in the USA generally increased through the 60s and on into the 80's, as guns were outlawed and only the outlaws had guns, but the big increase in random mass murders had hardly got started in 1980. The big increase in that came after 2000, and especially after 2016; we need to focus on what happened, what changed - and don’t forget, we had plenty of guns in the 1950's and no mass murders. We have better treatment for mental health but we need to work on making it available to more people; and the reason for doing that is not so much the very few mentally ill people who commit murder, but to help the millions of people who suffer alone.
Are you quite mad? NYC was incredibly dangerous, including that very park.
God what a great world we had I was 20 years old now all we hear is hate
You do realize what people were doing back then right? Elites? Or are you as pretend ignorant now as you were then?
im sure john lennon was listening across central park
I highly doubt it. This concert was in September 1980 and John Lennon spent most of the Summer of 1980 in Bermuda writing for Double Fantasy. He had sailed to the UK in June, so then to Bermuda, and I believe it was in November 1980 when he got back to NYC.
@@marcisikoff wrong.
From Wikipedia’s article on Double Fantasy:
“Sessions for the album began at The Hit Factory in New York City on 7 August 1980 and continued through 19 October 1980. They produced dozens of songs, enough to fill Double Fantasy and a large part of a projected second album, Milk and Honey.”
Clearly, Lennon and Yoko Ono were in New York City in September of 1980. They didn’t arrive back in November.
If only there were some way you could have confirmed that before correcting Joe. 🙄
@@theaterdreamer Lennon indeed worked out of Bermuda writing some portions of Double Fantasy then in 1980. Otherwise, we wouldn't have the song Lennon Bermuda
@@marcisikoff Elton John said in his book that John Lennon was on the show
@@theaterdreamer In the middle of 1980, Lennon embarked on a sailing trip from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda. During the journey, his yacht encountered a prolonged severe storm. Most of the crew succumbed to fatigue and seasickness except Lennon, who was eventually forced to take the yacht's wheel alone for many hours. It had the effect of both renewing his confidence and making him contemplate the fragility of life. As a result, he began to write new songs and reworked earlier demos. He commented later, "I was so centered after the experience at sea that I was tuned in to the cosmos - and all these songs came!"[4] Ono also wrote many songs, inspired with new confidence after Lennon had stated that he believed that contemporary popular music, such as "Rock Lobster" by the B-52's, bore similarities to Ono's earlier work. Seems to me that he was in fact in Bermuda for some of that since he sailed there and back.
This is an incredible performance. Elton is the best.
DEE MURRAY...A GREAT & VERY UNDERRATED BASS PLAYER.....R.I.P......
Cute drummer too
@@meep2576 Nigel Olsson. Another amazing musician.
🎉 Happy birthday to Sir Elton John 3 25 I am only one of millions who are grateful for your talent and your guts. There are those who can not step up to your honesty. It helps to feed us thru your work with lyricist Bernie Taupin. You were never one to avoid truth about yourself or anyone else. We who attach ourselves to honor will forever respect you for it Have a blessed day with your family ❤❤
I was there with my girlfriend Melanie Redondo, who was 11. I was 14. We were about 10 rows from the stage. Afterwards we went to the movies and made out during Kramer vs. Kramer. We were New York City kids, after all.
That Cool? I do not think this Show will ever go out of your mind! I was that age too and I was already a fan of Mr. Elton ... what a shame I was not there!
11? Damn son. She probably wasn't even past puberty yet lol
That's cool man!!
James Noble actually girls go through puberty already around 10 years old
Goddamn. Good show, good movie. So lucky.
“I’m strangled by your haunted social scene/Just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen” - I always loved those lines.
I'm a fan of "And it's one more beer and I don't hear you anymore..."
@@marcisikoff what does it mean ?
@@germanshepherdmom1143 Means he is off his face and not listening anymore
“Its 4 o’clock in the morning, DAMNIT, listen to me good!”
and you can thank Bernie Taupin for the lyrics!
I'm about to turn 80 years old in just a couple of months and a REAL AVID fan of this very talented man. I have literally every song he ever recorded (I think!) and I never tire of his talent and his voice. He is one in a million and I've been able to follow him earnestly, since he's a mere five (5) years younger than me - hard to believe we've both aged this quickly - Life is short indeed) My favorite song of all: "Your Song" - that's "pure early Elton John. "You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue"! How many times I've listened to it? Numbers don't go that high! This song brings back so many many memories of Good & Bad Memories; all of them treasured by me!
Thank you for reading my epic comment! God Bless
Yes... life is SUCH a quick journey! When I turned forty, I thought... lordy lordy indeed! It seemed impossible... me?? FORty?? THEN, next thing I know... I'm FIFty!!.. ?? But.... then... I take a breath, and.... I'm SIXTY!!! WHAT??? Yes, I turned "60 Years On", this past summer. Unfathomable. So... I know 70 is going to be here tomorrow, then poof... I'm at 80 just after that, right there with you. My my, the considerations I've had over the past several years of what life REALLY is. It's quite remarkable. A few little decades, and poof... we're out of here. I've had more friends and family leave this life the past few years than I ever have. I suppose that makes sense, the closer we ourselves come to the edge. All before us have pushed on ahead. Our own personal time is coming. I could literally write a book about my considerations (its ALL a part of the condideration... ALL of life... and even Elton has a part of that consideration in my own life, his influence on me... see my own channel here. I'm VERY Elton influenced in the musical part of my life). I've come to some deep considerations, and it's an amazing interconnected web of everything from what we label "religion", to science, to philosophy, and even including "Near Death Experiences", fractal mathematics (fascinating implications toward our "reality"), and people such as Emanuel Swedenborg and others. I can't "prove" anything. But I have VERY strong indication and reason to believe "this life" is simply the intro, to what's truly to come, after that final breath. We take EVERY instant of it all with us... including every note we've ever heard of an Elton song 😊 I'm flabbergasted, and moreso every day along the journey! Blessings to you friend. From this mere total stranger's heart, to your own! 💞
(P.S. John 3:14-19, indeed! Spoken by an absolute angel! I saw that after I typed out this response to you ❤)
70 next month, righ behind ya
I’ve watched this video a million times. It’s my favorite version of this song. I get tears in my eyes every time I see him grab that woman and bring her back up.
Same here!!
I was 18 and at School in Virginia. I missed this live concert and I am from Manhattan. 70 blocks from the park site. Somewhere save my life Tonight ❤❤❤😢😢😢😢
Classy move...CLASSIC MOVE👍🏻♥️🤘🏻😎
My favorite version as well❤️
Elton John is THE BEST Singer/Pianist/ Performer of our time!! We are privileged to listen to him, and be on earth during this era.
God bless Elton John for his great and beautiful music, always from the heart!! 🎉🎉🎉
Happier times, when a girl invades the stage Elton doesn't explode and storm off
He was happy,
when Debra Winger,
said, "I made it"
👍🙏💃🎹🎙️🗽🇺🇸
It's okay for gay men to still have female friends.
@@joshuabrooks4907 ok?
@@---Avalon---Sky--- Is that really Debra Winger? If not, she really looks like her!
Yes that's her and it's so nice that all his friends are still there also it's been a long time
That guitar solo is fire.. love when the chick jumps up and says "I made it".
You should listen to the version of Seattle of the same Tour...Much better (and longer) than this. Richie Zito plays very well.
I think she says « amazing »
never understood why davey johnstone wasn"t be more creative at live shows?
She says, “I mean it!” She was following up the first thing she “whispered in (his) ear”. (The action lines up quite nicely with the lyric)
I think that she says "Can't believe it" although obviously I may be wrong. But what a song, what a performance, what a piece of film! Fantastic indeed; magnifico! Love it!
Definite props for whoever designed that 'piano suit'!!
Why can't I ever listen to this song without crying?? 😥😭😭 Love my childhood music ! nothing compares to Elton baby! 💜💙💚💛🧡❤
I am always crying to this song as well
cause your a wuss...lol
Because elton was the man then and still is my girl song this note for note rip Sophia Thompson 💔 😢
I cry every time!!
No artist today would keep the fan that rushed the stage actually on stage. That is a brilliant moment by a brilliant musician!
Paul McCartney would and does
@@michaelsrowland so do the Foo Fighters and Metallica
Keith Richards hit Them with his Guitar🎸
Elton, was Happy
when his friend actress,
Debra Winger,
said"I made it!"
👍🙏💃🎹🎙️🗽🇺🇸
@@---Avalon---Sky---That’s NOT Debra Winger.
I've struggled with addiction and mental illness for all my adult life this song sqv3d my life back in 2008 today I have 11 year's clean 8 year's sober & best of all I've been in my apartment almost 12 years thank you Bernie Taupin & helping me on my v path to recovery
Welcome 2025 and still trucking on watching Elton's vids along with listening to his 70s cd"s.
Seems to be one of the few ways to help me reminisce about that era of my life.
Missing it so much.
Just imagine the 70s not only having elton, but having Trump as president back then.
What a perfect world it would've been!!
6:43: " I made it!!" Just beautiful Elton.A memory never to be forgotten.
I loved it when he looked out and smiled at every one
i drop tears every time hear this, i wish i was there.1980 i was overseas in the Marines..
Wen thank you for your service!
I feel the same! This song always makes me emotional. This song was a big part of my upbringing and childhood. Sure, I grew up on Elton John but it was a lot more than that. At 55, this song still has the capacity to cut me down. I actually was there, in Central Park in 1980. We decided to head down at the last minute and I am glad we did. It was crazy down there but we made it pretty close to the stage. This song is my favorite song of all time. I already have tickets to see him in June when he comes to St Paul, Minnesota. It's gonna be great!
There are so few greats left.. This man along with a select few i.e. Stevie Wonder are institutions of music... Songs like this will endure many lifetimes.. Thank Sir Elton!
best of the few
Stevie doesn't compare to Elton. Actually there's not many who do. Whitney Houston perhaps....
Trey Drier Clearly you're not familiar with Stevie's discography. Stevie is a musical genius. Elton, Stevie and Prince... musical gods.
@@413lm I'm just not a fan of Stevie's voice. He is a genius on whole different level though. Just amazing what he can do as a blind person that 99.99999% of the population can't.
@@treydrier3169 Not that my opinion matters, I know it does not. But for what its worth, Stevie is great, but not even close to Elton. And Whitney is only known for her pipes, and in that regard she stands alone. Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Elton....all are in a class of their own. Their lyrics alone separate them from most of the rest.
I was there and I waited six hours so that I could get a place near the front of the stage. It was worth the wait. The day and Elton were beyond fabulous
The whole vibe seems like it was on another level- u are lucky to have experienced it!
That's awesome!! Where was this?
So lucky!
Me as well ! I lived in N.J. at the time and if I remember correctly we skipped school lol I think he cane out wearing a Donald Duck suit! Great memories!
@@hollykrueger6453está de brincadeira?
Exactly 42 years ago, this is, in my opinion, Elton John's most anthological show! Everything was perfect that day! The place, the time, the band, the sound, and of course Elton himself! And here I am, 9/13/2022, 42 years later listening to this eternal sound...
one of thee greatest that ever was
Earnest James You mean "ever." Not "was."
Only a song can take you back to time and place inside your own memories, then it can make you laugh, or cry. One thing is for sure it strikes an emotion in us all.
I could listen to Elton all day ! Definitely my Musical Comfort Zone !
Wow, he is something. I love his facial expressions because he is so into the music and you can just see he feels it from head to toe. And he was so kind to the girl. Wonder where she is today?
WHOA. I did NOT expect him to take the high harmony at 5:04. *Salutes* Elton still had his range in 1980.
Yeah, it wasn't too long after the original was recorded!
1979/1980 is young elton's absolute vocal peak
Yeah, it's just starting to show some wear although still pretty darn good. 3-5 years earlier I think was his peak vocally.
Very good, but if you want to hear this song when his voice was truly at its high peak, you need to go a few years earlier........th-cam.com/video/vaux40k6jYk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sdIN6VqbBdRzcKWZ
@@MacNmeyi agree I watch and listen to all his early 70s music it’s the absolute best point of his vocal ability. ❤
My absolute favorite song of Elton John s!
What a gentleman Elton John is. He gave her one moment in time that I bet she NEVER forgot.
One of the most iconic recognizable voices in the history of popular music. There won't be another like it.
I just seen him at his farewell concert in Detroit 2022! He at 75 years old is still just as great of a preformer! His voice is amazing!! It was a real treat!!!
I saw him 9/18/22 at Charlotte NC stadium. ❤❤❤
I was 15 with 4 hundred thousand people having a great time. You couldn't do that today we were truly the last generation to have good clean fun
I watched it in 1980. It was so hot that day. My girlfriend and i got there at 5 a.m. He came on at 3:00. It was 93 degrees in a crowd of 450,000 > You could not do that today without people getting hurt. We were sitting just beyond the black Jolly Roger flag. What an event
Elton John Saved my life tonight and forever
His voice carrys beautifully through this epic classic
My first concert we skipped school!!
Lucky you
I was there mid-lawn, drinking Molson Golden's with my crew.
I was there. My first concert ever. It was awesome.
a great starting point!
WOW!
Lucky :(
I’m 15 and started getting into his music a year ago when rocket man came out. The 70’s and 80’s were definitely the best years of Elton John’s career and I wish I was there to experience that. Too bad I was born with gen z.
This is a really good live version. Thanks for posting.
Imagine being this woman, and having this story to tell forever. And to grow old, but be able to look back at this whenever you want, and remember youth. Amazing performance, solo is incredible.
The song is not exactly an ode to a beloved woman. ;-) "You almost had your hooks in me, didn't you dear? You nearly had me roped and tied: alter-bound, hypnotized, sweet freedom whispered in my ear, you're a butterfly."
taupin wrote this about a relationship he had with a man. but read it anyway you want. all good.
No, its about a woman that Elton was engaged to. Yes, he was engaged to be married to a woman. They were all living together at the time. He felt trapped in the relationship and was suicidal. It's straight from his biography, but can literally goto wikipedia and learn that.@@leonardlopez5142
@@leonardlopez5142it was actually about Elton's broken engagement to a woman named Linda Woodrow. A friend of Elton's talked him out of marrying her, hence; "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
What a performance. Elton is a legend.
It’s a gorgeous song and he performs it note-perfect.
I always think of John Lennon right across the park at home, within ear shot of this magnificent event, how he could've dropped in on his old friend to the delight of everyone including Elton who clearly missed him at this point - from a comment he made during this show. Three months later John Lennon was gone.
He also did a great version of "Imagine" at this show and acknowledged John Lennon 'who lives just over there', less than three months later John would be gone.
I don't care what anyone says...doped up Elton is the best
647warner LOL!
back at you shitbird...someone save our life tonight
Elton on Coke for the win! his performances were electric!!!!!
647warner still the greatest
always
This song reminds me of how alone I was during my teenage years, abused by a boy for years, constantly on drugs and wanting someone to tell me it was all going to be OK. Whenever I felt down I put this song on in my headphones and looked out the skylight window at the stars ❤
You r special
24 year old me was there, amazing, had tears in my eyes on this number
❤
That girl that "made it" had the best seat in the park! I bet her grandkids now think Grandma was pretty cool back in the day!
kurt huson i think she says « amazing »
September 13, 1980 I was in the hospital, fighting for my life!
Hi Dan glad you made it.😂
I’m so glad you’re ok
I think, you win? ;)
Elton John wrote the sound track to my childhood, the good, the bad and everything between.
His voice is so rich. So very talented
One of the best performances of this song by sir Elton John.Thank you so much
What a great performance! This is one of the songs that I never want it to end.
I love this song.It is one of my favorites.It's about Elton's break up with his girlfriend(Linda Woodrow).They supposed to be married but He didn't want that. Then one day ,one of his friends called John Baldry(Sugar Bear) who was also a musician convinced him to break up with the lady is good for him and also good for his musical career. So the word "Someone" in the title of the song alludes to John Baldry.
+Ali Pakzad thank you that makes sense. And thanks to Sugar Bear!
omg thats so crazy i always loved the song but tbh i never understood the meaning of it
It's simple, people helping people.
The best Rock and Roll on the piano and vision in his music
JUST BEAUTIFUL!! Nothing like this will ever exist again, glad i was alive for it.
Sorry that you’re dead now 😔
Such passion! What a gift he has!
Maybe the best voice in history. To hold these notes.and all his changes. For 8 minutes.is very crazy. Was his peak youth as well. Maybe a lil high.but 99.9% of the people there ..were high.or drunk
He didn’t learn it in just one life.
@@captainscentsible1811 high on what ? On sedatives for anxiety?
One of my favorite songs of all.The best song is the song that Jesus left us peace❤and will return with peace❤
I love you Elton.
I love how elton looks out over all these people and smiles he is so wonderful
The great Nigel Olsen on skins!
Still worth watching. Brilliant free concert. 1980 and all that.
Thank God your music 's still alive..and Bernie flew onto Elton and left the window OPEN
I see him pulling the fan back as returning some love to his audience and not being so uptight and untouchable as stars have to be sometimes
No comments that he’s a genius. Bernie gives him the words and he creates a different melody for every song, that’s genius.
43 years on --- still an epic occasion.
Elton was playing his ass off on this
Music has saved my life. His music. Thank you ;-)
Fantastic video! I would pay any amount if it were possible to go back and see Sir Elton John at this concert.
The best of the best! New music these days just doesn't cut this quality!!
A night I had
Elton John is absolutely amazing!!! I was blessed to see him twice in my many years of life, 1974 Yellow Brick Road Tour and again 2019 at MSG in NYC for final tour (for my 60th)! Thank you for for your amazing music and making me feel ,enjoy and empathize, thank you!!
These 80's songs are so clear, every word is heard, lately his voice has become coarse. I like this song.
Actually this song is from 1975 and it´s part of the album "Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy" along with other great songs like "Tower of Babel", "Tell me when the whistle blows"...that album is a real masterpiece...
He lost a lot of range and can only sing in a low to middle range baritone now
Masterpiece!
He's older now but he gave us grate growing up.memmories when.i graduated his songs were palying at the school dance
His songs are so hard to sing but he is never off key. Amazing!
Why couln't HE have been my piano teacher? Damn.....
one word: classic!
EJ's such a class act. That woman will have this memory of sitting next to the musical GOAT for the rest of her life. I can't even imagine sitting next to Elton. Can you?
❤
This was the last era of the high notes in falsetto Elton John had created during his early years still always sounding good we love this so much and appreciate the fact that whoever videotaped these forever will be cherished this is incredible you are to watch the whole concert it's amazing.
So classic, just the greatest.
❤❤
I love the camera quality! It looks so clear, yet it’s 40 year old footage
From the '70's in Alabama to 3/18/2019 I'm still loving me some Elton!😍🎹🎤♩🎼🎶🎵
1 more beer I wont hear anything anymore. This song maps my life up till now and Im 39 x
It's 4 o'clock in the morning damn it!