I know your comment is old, but I'll try my best to explain this. Apparently it was a thing where Elton would tend to overdrive/growl his voice, probably to be heard over the band. There's a person on TH-cam who uploads Elton John audience recordings with essay-length descriptions about the songs, which I think you'll find informative as it explains the circumstances of the shows and what's going on with his voice. Recently Miami 1988 (apparently the debut of "A Word in Spanish") was uploaded. It's lower quality than this radio broadcast of Chicago though. th-cam.com/video/rk3g8sbIB_0/w-d-xo.html
Love that bass line. I put in earbuds and play this song a dozen times.
È MOLTO BELLA QUESTA CANZONE
Tu eres molto bello
Was there another guitarist as well as Davey Johnstone? Or a harmonizer effect possibly during the solo?
He is playing a 12 string, thats why! ;)
Horrible...why is he yelling at? Nothing like the original studio version
I know your comment is old, but I'll try my best to explain this. Apparently it was a thing where Elton would tend to overdrive/growl his voice, probably to be heard over the band. There's a person on TH-cam who uploads Elton John audience recordings with essay-length descriptions about the songs, which I think you'll find informative as it explains the circumstances of the shows and what's going on with his voice. Recently Miami 1988 (apparently the debut of "A Word in Spanish") was uploaded. It's lower quality than this radio broadcast of Chicago though.
th-cam.com/video/rk3g8sbIB_0/w-d-xo.html