Elton John - Rocket Man (Live Aid 1985)
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- Elton John performing at Live Aid in front of 72,000 people in Wembley Stadium, London on the 13th July, 1985. The event was organised by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine disaster. Broadcast across the world via one of the largest satellite link-ups of all time, the concerts were seen by around 40% of the global population.
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Bowie,Queen and elton john in a single concert.. best show ever.
Zeplin,macarney to
What about Queen??
Jun Hong SOOO AGREED
Watched bohemian rhapsody on anniversary of Freddy mercury’s death
Jagger
nobody will ever change my mind about Live Aid being the most epic, legendary concert events of all time
Knebworth ‘90 was better
Live aid at wembley was something special. The US concert was a bit of a mess
I don’t think there’s a person who would say otherwise.
California Jam I -1973-500K people, California Jam II - 1974....
Woodstock 1969...
I was there and it was the greatest day of my life.
James Journalist who was the best band? I'm so jealous you got to see queen, David Bowie, Elton John in one day
fantastic from start to finish an event that will never be forgotten
Wow u so lucky man :)
How much were tickets to get.to this.event?
Sadly could never be repeated ...but that’s what made it unique ;)
Stop comparing Elton with Queen!
Elton is Elton
Queen is Queen
Rezki Dinda Vj IKR I’m so tired of every live aid comment being “OMG who’s here after Bohemian rhapsody!!?! I love queen Freddie is the greatest he is a god”
Beefen me too omg!!
Both are awesome.
Lel why on earth should anyone compare them?
elton is queen
queen is elton
Get your facts straight
I’ve watch the Queen Live Aid videos so much I completely forgot that there was actually other people preforming at this event.
YO SAME
Bro I didn’t even know that Bowie and Paul played there until I watched Borhap
don't forget that there was a US Live Aid as well on the same day with many great performers... I'd be honored if some old-school Elton John fans would check out my acoustic piano & vocal covers of LEVON and ROCKET MAN on my YT channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and peace.
Literally same
Is it me or do I keep seeing you everywhere???
Freddie Mercury
Elton John
David Bowie
This is the concert that became history.
We needed a concert with just 3 of them
Eh Mark Knopfler??
Queen, not Freddie Mercury
Whatever Bitch same thing
and paul mccartney, mick jagger and bob dylan
We also got paul
I'm calling it:
They're working on a LiveAid Cinematic Universe.
Most ambitious crossover yet
*Avengers Theme plays with Guitar and Piano*
It looks very likely with the David Bowie biopic coming soon
Hakuraita LACU
@@Gone-q9c Pretty sure that's not happening, but if it does happen it won't have any of David Bowie's music in it. I don't exactly remember, but they either haven't asked for the music rights yet, or they simply weren't allowed them.
Guys we need to build a time machine
YES, PLEASE.
UMD // yeah so we can give Freddie Mercury a cure for aids so we still have him today😊
Julian Valenzuela There is no cure for aids. But we can give him some condoms.
Delapicko GENIUS!!😂
I think they found john. We probably won't he
Imagine living in the 60s and 70s and 80s and casually experiencing these concerts that go down in history... was such iconic times
Wow
(oh my I didn't expect so many replies or likes but thanks so much- peace and love xoxo)
Finch Grace they cost a lot of money still
Joey G I know! I’m seeing Elton next year and U2!
No need to be sassy
Just saying
I wish I grew up in a better time in my opinion... :)
@@brandonmejia7235 agreed
@Joey G I think someone needs a Xanax
imagine jhom lennon
No autotune. No NASA-level computer-controlled super-elaborate multidimensional light and laser show. Just super talented players and singers performing extremely well crafted tunes.
Imagine being one of the lucky people who saw this concert live
mikeykm1993 I would die happy 😢
I went to the concert. The ticket was £25..... I think the programme was £5.00
You’re welcome x
I was there. And if I live to be a hundred, and my brains have turned to mush, I’ll always remember it. I WAS THERE !!!
I was in Philadelphia live aide JFK stadium awesome show
I was there with my girlfriend at the time, fabulous day, something I'll never forget. Still have my Live Aid poster and program. Actually missed the opening Status quo song because I was queuing for the poster! Most spine tingling moment was when Queen did Radio Gaga and the whole stadium raised thier hands and clapped during the chorus, "all we hear is radio Gaga" bit
that’s so crazy
You can't beat the groups of the 60-80"s just an amazing bunch of talent. So glad I grew up in this time period.
Awesome performance. It's crazy this was the last year his voice was good before he had that problem with his voice in 86. I mean he still sounds good but I miss him doing the songs with the falsettos and the regular key
David Green good point... after '85 his voice changed a lot... I'd be honored if some old-school Elton John fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of LEVON and ROCKET MAN on my YT channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and peace.
Wasn't he high on coke at live aid? Someone said that on Bennie and the Jets at Live Aid
What happened to his voice?
@@JoelMatee In 1986 he started to develop nodules in his throat plus along with drugs. So it hinder him from hitting the high notes and had to get surgery and ever since then he didn't sound exactly the same as he used to and he had to dial down the vocals a half step. Go listen to Elton john 1986 in MSG and you'll see what i'm talking about
yep, I noticed as I moved up the years watching him live, thanks for the info mate.@@David-fh5bu
the next biopic we will be seeing. i hope the kingsman guy will crush it as well!
Taron will smash it. I promise
it's not a biopic
@ So, what do you call a biographical movie based on someone's life, pray tell?
Patty Ann Baker it was said that it’s more of a fantasy musical
Amiel Gagasa taron egerton
Finally found it, the best performance of this song I've seen to date!
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훨씬 뛰어나다
비교할수없을정도로
Try finale at Glastonbury 2023 - awesome
People don’t pay to see “Reginald Dwight” they pay to see ELTON JOHN!
Er Right 🙄🤣
Elton, Queen, David bowie performing in one concert
I would do anything to see that
The fact he indeed look like dwight from the office US
How many people didn't understand that
Debi Tilley right 😂
Freddie has gotten his movies, Elton is next. Cross your fingers for Bowie! Also, as a non singer, why tf are they kissing the mic?
its a dynamic microphone, so the top of the mic is where you wanna sing to at all times, since its a full stadium, they gotta sing as close as they can into the mic.
Personally next I want a pink floyd movie
@@sorrynamestaken9795 that would be nice but what about zeplin🤘
@@sorrynamestaken9795 would be the greatest movie, my personal dream
Same with the Beatles, we haven't gotten a proper movie about their time as the actual Beatles. There's been ones about their early days playing in Hamburg, and ones after the breakup, but none when they were at their peak in 1964-1967.
What a version, what a voice!!!! Brillant version! Excellent Sir Elton
I hope the Rocketman movie will have a live aid scene
Probably will
And you see Rami Malek walking by ahahaha
Definitely will
YES
@@TheGuyBruv hahahaha
Most people see Live Aid 1985 as the Queen show, I see it as the single greatest concert ever created, stacked head to toe with talent…
Paul, Queen, David and Elthon on the same stage. Wow. I just need the Beatles together and alive again and I'll be the happiest person in the world. I need John, George, Freddie and David alive, I miss them like oxygen. It really hurts a lot.
Elthon
Elton john is alive
@@yeetskeet4749 i know
@@yeetskeet4749 he never said that he wasn't
@@gj4312 ehi man, I'm a girl☺
Maybe controversial, but i always thought that Elton, not Queen, stole the show at live aid! This song being the best performance of the day!! ❤
After This, Elton John's Singing voice would never be the Same again
Ti Prime what happened ?
@@blakm3105 wait how do vocal cords explode sorry if that sounds rude.
@@KayHGz I was joking
@@blakm3105 oh ok
He devloped vocal nodules from his voice being over used and he sounded good like this up til the last half of 1986. He didnt smoke cigs either. Only smoked weed but cocaine was his drug of choice.
Music today is awful.
Period.
I say this all the time...thank God I came up when I did.
There will never be music like there was back then, ever again.
Mainstream pop is shit... but still good music is released every day... it needs effort to find it
The entire band is incredible. Hats off to the guitar player for just really knowing when to sprinkle in those riffs.
Brian May ?
@@stephaneburkart2060davey johnstone
Elton John was so damn talented, its insane. Not many could create such classic songs, sing so well, and perform like him. The man was a legend.
He's still alive, you know?
*is
I can still remember it, like it was yesterday. As a little boy of 12 with daddy in the old Wembley Stadium. I have been to many concerts in my life, but Live Aid has its own place deep in my heart. Truly the very best concert ever given!
I’m so glad they are making a movie about Elton ❤️
AnaMarie Rowley more excited about the Motley Crue Movie
ME GODDAMN TOO! IN SUMMER 2017 I SHOOK/TOUCHED Eltons hand at my first concert, and i was only 2-3 feet away from him the whole concert!! and only 1 feet when he wrote autos!
It sucked lmao
No, you suck.
Lord Harry Balls no it was great
Ray Cooper makes such a huge difference in Elton's performances. He's excellent and a great showman too.
So glad you see his brilliance too
No concert will ever beat live aid, Queen dropped the mic and stand. Elton is a living legend and i have been listening since i was born, my mother loved him and played his records to get me to sleep, i'm 55yrs old now in 2024.
No cell phone flashes going off. People lived in the moment literally.
PRICELESS 🙏🙏
It's frightening that you had the greatest performers in the world at this event, including Elton, and all that anybody remembers is Queen. They really were a different level.
Are you saying it in a tone of admiration for Queen or the opposite? I cant really tell
@@aleenk5422 Total admiration
In all honesty, I don't think anyone else that day got 72,000 people in wembley, countless millions in London, 100,000+ at JFK, billions around the world to clap in unison to a song, let alone at least 3 in the same set
i watched this as a 14 year old and the most memorable part of the day was the Led Zep reunion in Philly with Phil Collins on drums. With all due respect to Queen, they're awesome...the hype has been manufactured in subsequent years, in no small part due to the success of the film. Let's not rewrite history.
this is the time when all performer all over the world perform in charity concert to help our brothers and sisters in Ethiopia in àfrica to stop famine god bless you all
This man has an incredible amount of God given talent.
Everyone is talking about how great Freddie was at Live Aid but I'm still over here amazed with the fact that Elton is hitting every single falsetto and he yet needed throat surgery less than 2 years later.
After watching Rocketman, I’ll never listen to this song the same way again
Greatest concert EVA . Me and my high school buddies stayed up all day watching it back in the summer of 85. Such good memories. The 80’s were awesome 😎😎😎
Freddie Mercury, Elton John, David Bowie, Phil Collins and Paul McCartney in one legendary concert..
Phil Collins played Live Aid in London, hopped a plane and played at Live Aid in New York. Dedicated.
Dia straights were there aswell weren't they?
Not Freddie Mercury! QUEEN! There were other members. Please don't minimize the talents of Brian May, Roger Taylor or John Deacon!
Mick Jagger, Madonna, Sting and many more..
Ive never seen Elton perform so well here.. after everything he was going through health wise at the time...a living legend.
I miss the 80's (I wasn't born yet, I'm 15) but people could sing without autotune really well
For example: Live Aid
That aerial shot at the 0:25 mark is so amazing to me for some reason. It gives you an almost indescribable feeling that the whole world was tuned in. Like the world stood still this day.
All I remember is the weird times each one played and trying to go to work and come back before I missed anyone.
It was epic like the moon landings the world held its breathe a true feeling of being united I was just 15 in 85 the 80s were the best times and no we didn't have mobile phones and life was great
just saw a rocket man live today in Barcelona ! its just incredible what i feel right now
This performance could have gone off the rails, but Elton's talent and energy holds it together.
3:00 on. He changed up the chorus and made his own incredible song his own. I can’t believe how great that sounds.
A video for the kids of 2023... this is what a real master vocalist sounds like
Elton is beyond coked outta his mind here but still manages to rock the house
😭😭
That's what coke's for
Welcome to the 80s.... everyone was coked outta their minds... lol
@@yukonofficialmusicEven Freddie was a huge coke consumer. LOL
Those people who put down the 80s don't know what they're talking about. It was the greatest time of all. There was so much hope and optimism for the future. Nothing seemed impossible. Live aid was the greatest show of all time!
This song never gets old
Essa música me leva ao passado , de volta minha... adolescência que foi maravilhosa.
Saudades dessa época .😢
Eltons voice is getting better as he age. Just like a good old wine. Gets better with age!
Wtf, i cant belive this version exist, top tier song ever
Elton John (icon of the most amazing era in the world) and lived life like a Picasso masterpiece
Its amazing how he keeps his hairline together, and hes got a full head of hair to this very day.😅 But seriously i love Elton John ❤️.
Even the microphone couldn't handle Elton's voice... Too much talent
Having read so much about his voice (Melbourne!) and condition in the 80s - Elton clearly nailed this song...
Thank you 🙏 for your support Sir Elton John
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That's absolutely wonderful! It belongs to my life! That why I love you, Sir Elton John! ❤️🎼🎶
A great song will never die
Simply one of the best live versions of Rocket Man 🚀!!!! His falsetto here is flawless 👌👌👌
One of the most beautiful days on planet earth ever!
Surprised nobody comments on his expressions, it's incredible in this performance how much pain he's in, and still goes on to perform like this.
I think he's just on a ton of coke. Check out his performance of Bennie and the Jets from this concert, he's definitely zonked out.
His “rocket man” face is absolutely possessed! Unreal
,,,,,,who's here 2024,.......watching this EPIC version ?????....❤
ME!!!!! CA
elton always steals the show
Listen very closely kids..this performance by Elton is 100 per cent live.This is how it used to be.. today,s artist,s..should watch and learn...if you can't sing live live..then don't bother.
Shut up
Great delivery here by the master of live performances! The nostalgic feeling is overflowing here. This song written in 1972, holds up 51 years later!
39 years later. Dang, I ain't THAT old 😆
@@phantom0456 The song was written 51 years ago
Best and biggest concert there will ever be. So many legends in one place. Queen, Elton, The Who, George Michael, Nik Kershaw, Bowie, Sade, Jagger, Madonna, even more to name. All have my respect till the day I die. They made the best music. Today’s music definitely devolved compared to the 60s-90s
Before Elton's voice left him... one of my favorites of his bigger hits. Saw him in '77 and it was an incredible show. Opened with Funeral for a Friend...
This song takes me out to the space. Beautiful times with genius musicians.
i am the only one who thinks Elten and all the other great artists should save the world again ? It's quiet time !
Such a talented musician, songwriter, and singer. Bravo Sir Elton John.
the words to this song are genius.....
What a musician and songwriter!
He"s a brilliant pianist and a was a great composer and singer. But don't forget Taupin was the lyricist. Bernie deserves way more credit than he gets.
There's so many songs of Elton John..One of the best is Skyline Pigeon..The movie should be titled one of Elton John best song..Daniel is one of his best song
Bowie+Queen+Elton+MJ= Legendery
so you hear me time machine must be invented
One of the best performance of Rocketman
Elton john without sun glasses is not elton john
It was night-time, why would he wesr sunglasses theb?
That’s the MF’ing Rocket Man
@@cyrogex1218 stage lights suck for your eyes
@@joekaput747 Makes sense
Joe Kaput and that is also his thing
The three background guys waering shorts... fashion in the 80ths was a blast.
someone give that percussionist a raise!
3:36 Not a single sellphone just pure enjoyment❤
Feddie was Freddie and Elton was Elton....they both smashed it on this day! I actully forgot Elton played at 20:50....as good as Freddie imo! Amazing!
34 years ago today(July 13) Live Aid. Good times, great song. Cheers!
I was about to turn 20 a few days later. This was an awesome concert!
1985 seems so long ago! Live Aid was an amazing event. Elton is on fire with this song. Great song! Awesome performance 🎭
Seems? It is.
❤ Was the 80’s Woodstock ❤
In my eyes this is essentially the Woodstock of the 80’s, at least from a lineup perspective. I’m sure the two experiences were entirely different
This was better than Woodstock too me. Woodstock was just a bunch of drugs and sex addict hippies with psychedelic bands to represent them. Live aid not only was about a humble cause it gathered rock fans and groups regardless of political leanings together to show true music. Queen will always beat the shit out of jefferson airplane
At the beginning of the Philadelphia portion, Joan Baez, a folk singer from the 60s and Woodstock veteran herself, told the crowd," This is your Woodstock and its long overdue."
Thanks Joan!
Great Performance.
Seems Eltons rocket man was No. 80 .
¡¡Viva Elton John!!🎹👏
This song has got to be one of the best ever for ‘singalongability’ beautiful!
I just realized I only knew what Elton John looked like when he was older. I never bothered to watch older performances of his so I only imagined him as post 2010 Elton John.
I don’t want to say music has gotten worse but how many legendary songs like this have been created recently
Probably a few, it’s just hard to tell since most of the legendary songs to us have been around for decades. It’s also hard to compare newer artists to the classics since they’re very different. But yeah this is quite the legendary song.
02:51 - the melody of the voice, with the harmony of the chords and that rhythm. F%^k me sideways that is perfection.
1985 was a great year
I miss these concerts due to covid 19 😢😭
Thank you 🙏 for your response Sir Elton John.
I know you are going to speak directly to your fans.
At this moment in history, I had the sense that Elton was in the twilight of his career, which at that time had spanned a total of 16 years. It has been more than 34 years since Live Aid. And he's still not quite done yet... Let that sink in.
I need a travel/time machine for Queen, Elton John and the others😍✨
Quite sad not many react to Elton John’s live aid set - I think it’s great!
The whole crowd is singing. I think it's a great reaction!
This is note perfect singing. Unbelievable performance!
If you saw this concert live.... you’re so LUCKY 💔
In this moment I wisch I was born 50 years ago instead of 15
RIP bowie and george Michael and Freddie. We have lost too many people.