Elton John - vocals, piano Davey Johnstone - guitar, vocals Dee Murray - bass, vocals Nigel Olsson - drums, vocals David Hentschel - synthesizer... All Master Craftsman at their instrument.
What a masterpiece. Anything EARLY Elton John is just that as well. I just wish my good Bluetooth headphones didn’t bite the dust earlier. This song has to be listened to loud.
Never a dull moment on this masterful song! That’s the kind of music piece that were created when artists were allowed to develop a theme and let loose.
The band should get a lot of credit here. Their instrumentation was their own creation. This was played live in the recording studio, in the fashion of basically a jam session. Elton would have written the basic tune, but the rest (and the backing vocals) were created by the band.
This is off of one of my all time favorite albums that I never get tired of listening to. Every song on it is a gem starting with this and ending with "Harmony".
I saw Elton live in 1980 and this was what he opened up the concert with. It blew eveyone away. You knew after this opening that you were in for something special. Its in my top five concerts going back to 1976 seeing Gary Wright, Santana and Peter Frampton in one concert.
I have seen Elton John at least 5 times through the years and it was a great show/experience each time. As you say, the musical arrangement is just genius.
A friend and I were debating the greatest intro to a rock song, and it came down to this and the unbelievably killer guitar weaving intro by Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner on Lou Reed’s Sweet Jane from Rock n Roll Animal. Great as that one is, Funeral for a Friend won the day.
Listen to it with good headphones! Like I did back in my bedroom in 1978 when I was fourteen years old. In the dark. It takes you on a wild, wild journey. Its the transitions! Faster and slower, louder and softer, the buildups, the chord changes, the surprises. You never know where you're headed until you get there and then suddenly you're somewhere else and you don't know how you got there. And its just as good and sometimes even better in concert! Seen him perform this many times and it never gets old.
Hell yeah! Can remember sitting on my bedroom floor just completely mesmerized by this entire album but this song is one of my top 3 Elton songs! Mind blowing
50 years ago at 19 years old I buy this album, with Charlie, Richard and Bob we listen to the entire album twice and were blown away from the music and the Maui Wowi buds we packed in the Bong.
Elton surrounded himself with a creative talented band and recorded it raw with masterful production. This was probably his peak before his decent into pop rock commercialism.
Best song off his best album. It's great when he starts the live show with this. Berzerkely Greek Theatre summer 1983. Only F----n $20🤑😁 He recently retired. "I wonder if those changes have left a scar on you, like all those burnin' hoops of fire that you and I passed through".
🤣 @williamjones6031, I saw The Rolling Stones for $10 in 1975, and it seemed really expensive at the time. What’s it cost to see them now? $1,000 ? Yeah, I’ve got ticket stubs from the ‘70’s that shock looking back at the prices. Yes for $6.50, David Bowie for 8.50, on and on and on.
I just wanted to say, this is Elton Johns most METAL song ever... The context and the rhythm is EPIC. Dream Theater does a brilliant rendition for this track, just masterful.
@AngryShellback, most metal song ever. Metallica thought so too. Would’ve been ever better with a proper drummer, but they had that Lars guy with them. Still pretty awesome.
Another excellent reaction assessment to another excellent song from another excellent artist make a lot of excellence on your channel, again. Thanks again.
Yep, great musical education too.. I learned a ton from that whole album. I was ten years old when it came out and we had a piano at home. An upright piano, not a grand piano. We lived as a 5 piece family with an upright piano, a dog and a hamster. In a small council house. Amazing what you can cram into a small space and play music everyday of your life
The lyrics, written by Bernie Taupin called the "Love Lies Bleeding" lyric "a statement of what touring and rock and roll does to the family life." depicts what the fast-paced lifestyle of rock and roll touring does. Bernie, who was married to his first wife at the time, whom he later divorced, communicates this brilliantly with: “Everything about this house was born to grow and die.”
You have to react to the entire album! I was 10 years old when this album came out, and the first song that let me know of Elton's existence was "Bennie and The Jets," which is in this album. You're right, these songs are masterpieces!
"Love Lies Bleeding" The roses in the window box have tilted to one side Everything about this house is gonna grow and die Oh, it doesn't seem a year ago to this very day You said I'm sorry honey, if I don't change the pace I can't face another day And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you, so, I split the band Love lies bleeding in my hands I wonder if those changes have left a scar on you All the burning hoops of fire that you and I passed through You're a bluebird on a telegraph line, I hope you're happy now While if the wind of change comes down your way girl You'll make it back somehow And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you, so, I split the band Love lies bleeding in my hands And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you, so, I split the band Love lies bleeding in my hands Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-ho-oh Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Love lies bleeding in my hands Ho-oh-oh Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh
We can appreciate and understand the smiles and chuckles hearing this Ear Candy. Listening to this song for the first time did that to all of us... especially if you were thoroughly baked like I was.
My Top Ten Favorites from E.J.....Empty Garden, Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Madman Across The Water, I've Seen That Movie Too, I Believe In Love, Levon, Tiny Dancer, All The Girls Love Alice, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Rocket Man...... You have done the top three... COOL, you'll get to the rest soon.
Although I was never a huge Elton fan, this is one anthem that I simply MUST have included at my funeral. I actually wanted to play it at my wedding, but she wouldn't have none of that (maybe that's why we aren't married anymore). One of my favorite tracks of all time.
You can talk about Elton for a long time. Tumbleweed Connection and Madman Across the Water albums are two of his best. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a double album and its all good stuff. The list of his good songs are as long as your arm.
the whole album is a brilliant phenom of art musical expression, you may also check out grey seal, sweet painted lady, danny bailey, all the girls love alice
the WHOLE album is a masterpiece.
Elton John - vocals, piano Davey Johnstone - guitar, vocals Dee Murray - bass, vocals Nigel Olsson - drums, vocals David Hentschel - synthesizer... All Master Craftsman at their instrument.
What a masterpiece. Anything EARLY Elton John is just that as well.
I just wish my good Bluetooth headphones didn’t bite the dust earlier. This song has to be listened to loud.
Never a dull moment on this masterful song! That’s the kind of music piece that were created when artists were allowed to develop a theme and let loose.
The band should get a lot of credit here. Their instrumentation was their own creation. This was played live in the recording studio, in the fashion of basically a jam session. Elton would have written the basic tune, but the rest (and the backing vocals) were created by the band.
Elton opened his live shows with this song for many years.
That song is a freakin' achievement.
This masterpiece album really let the boys show off their amazing skills. Davy, Dee, and Nigel, what a choir.
This is off of one of my all time favorite albums that I never get tired of listening to. Every song on it is a gem starting with this and ending with "Harmony".
I saw Elton live in 1980 and this was what he opened up the concert with. It blew eveyone away. You knew after this opening that you were in for something special. Its in my top five concerts going back to 1976 seeing Gary Wright, Santana and Peter Frampton in one concert.
Many concerts opening
@kallsop2 1980. They were sure in form then, weren’t they? That Central Park show from 1980 is awesome.
I have seen Elton John at least 5 times through the years and it was a great show/experience each time. As you say, the musical arrangement is just genius.
Sublime , those lucky enough to have seen Elton , knows he is a true showman , regular 2 . 5 - 3 hours sets , even when he was at his most famous ❤
A stunning album by an exceptional group of performers.
R.I.P. Dee Murray,what a bass player!
This song doesn't just take you on a journey...it takes you through an ODYSSEY!
A friend and I were debating the greatest intro to a rock song, and it came down to this and the unbelievably killer guitar weaving intro by Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner on Lou Reed’s Sweet Jane from Rock n Roll Animal. Great as that one is, Funeral for a Friend won the day.
This is Elton and the band at their epic best.
@rghilino6734, that Central Park performance of this from 1980, I believe, is epic.
This Masterpiece deserves a re-visit to watch performed Live!
Listen to it with good headphones! Like I did back in my bedroom in 1978 when I was fourteen years old. In the dark. It takes you on a wild, wild journey. Its the transitions! Faster and slower, louder and softer, the buildups, the chord changes, the surprises. You never know where you're headed until you get there and then suddenly you're somewhere else and you don't know how you got there. And its just as good and sometimes even better in concert! Seen him perform this many times and it never gets old.
7 Elton john elton john ice does a song
You know, it's not good, it's not good when butcher's back. I'm just sitting out and saying in it. I'll ride😊😅😊😊
Hell yeah! Can remember sitting on my bedroom floor just completely mesmerized by this entire album but this song is one of my top 3 Elton songs! Mind blowing
Used to be his opening song for many concerts …great reaction!
50 years ago at 19 years old I buy this album, with Charlie, Richard and Bob we listen to the entire album twice and were blown away from the music and the Maui Wowi buds we packed in the Bong.
That's so cool ...Redbud Columbian around here was good..
Hell yes
HIGH....I sparked up my pipe just for your comment.@@lorilxn1597
This song was recorded in a castle for the sound effects.
Elton surrounded himself with a creative talented band and recorded it raw with masterful production. This was probably his peak before his decent into pop rock commercialism.
Yes it is a masterpiece from a musical genius and he had many
Best song off his best album.
It's great when he starts the live show with this.
Berzerkely Greek Theatre summer 1983. Only F----n $20🤑😁
He recently retired.
"I wonder if those changes have left a scar on you, like all those burnin' hoops of fire that you and I passed through".
🤣 @williamjones6031, I saw The Rolling Stones for $10 in 1975, and it seemed really expensive at the time. What’s it cost to see them now? $1,000 ? Yeah, I’ve got ticket stubs from the ‘70’s that shock looking back at the prices. Yes for $6.50, David Bowie for 8.50, on and on and on.
@@melodymakermark My first concert was ZZTOP in 1978. $8.00 Tickets $12.00 T-shirts.
This is the first Album i ever brought brilliant loved your reaction👍👍
I just wanted to say, this is Elton Johns most METAL song ever... The context and the rhythm is EPIC.
Dream Theater does a brilliant rendition for this track, just masterful.
This is my third favorite Elton John song. My personal favorite is Sixty Years On on the 11/17/70 album. Second favorite would be My Father's Gun
@@rustywinchester782 listen to sixty years on live at Moscow 1979,you will love that version
@@thecyberskeleton9589 looking it up now.
@@thecyberskeleton9589 thanks, you are correct. The difference of nine years shows an improvement on his already incredible piano skills.
@AngryShellback, most metal song ever. Metallica thought so too. Would’ve been ever better with a proper drummer, but they had that Lars guy with them. Still pretty awesome.
lol at the look on your face when the synthesizer kicked in
This song is an epic masterpiece!!!! Elton John is a musical genius!!!!!!
On that album is Good-bye Yellow Brick Road and Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting.
One of the GREATEST albums ever made!!
Another excellent reaction assessment to another excellent song from another excellent artist make a lot of excellence on your channel, again. Thanks again.
One of Elton John’s best songs.
Yep, great musical education too.. I learned a ton from that whole album. I was ten years old when it came out and we had a piano at home. An upright piano, not a grand piano. We lived as a 5 piece family with an upright piano, a dog and a hamster. In a small council house. Amazing what you can cram into a small space and play music everyday of your life
To my ears, this is a Dee Murray song. That bass. Mercy.
The lyrics, written by Bernie Taupin called the "Love Lies Bleeding" lyric "a statement of what touring and rock and roll does to the family life." depicts what the fast-paced lifestyle of rock and roll touring does. Bernie, who was married to his first wife at the time, whom he later divorced, communicates this brilliantly with: “Everything about this house was born to grow and die.”
He was married to the inspiration for the song "Tiny Dancer" ❤
The line is " Everything about this house was born to grow and die."
my all-time favorite elton john song!
You have to react to the entire album! I was 10 years old when this album came out, and the first song that let me know of Elton's existence was "Bennie and The Jets," which is in this album. You're right, these songs are masterpieces!
@veadairavani5692, you are so right. This is a “start to finish” album.
This is when he was at his absolute best!!!!
"Love Lies Bleeding"
The roses in the window box have tilted to one side
Everything about this house is gonna grow and die
Oh, it doesn't seem a year ago to this very day
You said I'm sorry honey, if I don't change the pace
I can't face another day
And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you, so, I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands
I wonder if those changes have left a scar on you
All the burning hoops of fire that you and I passed through
You're a bluebird on a telegraph line, I hope you're happy now
While if the wind of change comes down your way girl
You'll make it back somehow
And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you, so, I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands
And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you, so, I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands
Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-ho-oh
Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Love lies bleeding in my hands
Ho-oh-oh
Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh
So correct; an absolute masterpiece ⚜️
We can appreciate and understand the smiles and chuckles hearing this Ear Candy. Listening to this song for the first time did that to all of us... especially if you were thoroughly baked like I was.
Great album, great song to lead it off.
Had my copy on transparent yellow vinyl.
Love-lies-bleeding is the name of a flower
What an exciting blend of 2 onto 1 song!
"A masterpiece of a song"
Yes Sir !
One of my favorites for much of my life!
My All Time Favorite Elton John Song .Seen Elton John in Concert The Best !
I hear Rush, the Who and the right amount of Elton John in this beauty. Oh, and early Genesis. Great Elton John rocker.
His band is fire on this track
A bunch of people are really going to like this reaction video.... Watch.
The music is this song is running through this persons life.
The rare double album without a single dud on it. Elton is a music machine.
CRANK IT UP!!.... It's one of those I spark up my pipe and take a seat at the drum kit.
Probably my favorite reaction to this song so far. My all time favorite song - a true modern masterpiece
All the young girls love Alice my favorite song that no one ever talks about
Oh my goodness, sublime and I loved seeing your reaction ❤❤❤
Loved watching you enjoy this beautiful work of art!!
My Top Ten Favorites from E.J.....Empty Garden, Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Madman Across The Water, I've Seen That Movie Too, I Believe In Love, Levon, Tiny Dancer, All The Girls Love Alice, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Rocket Man...... You have done the top three... COOL, you'll get to the rest soon.
Tonight and Greatest discovery are absolute masterpieces too
I lov how this song made you have some stank face in the appropriate parts
so beautiful and eerie...great masterpiece
Eton John=No one better.
JMBOY TV=No one better.
Now I MUST go and listen to the rest of this album!
I was 9 when I first heard this song and it has become my favorite Elton John jam. And man can it jam!!!
He did a free concert in Central Park, NY in 1980 and brought the house down with this song, You're in for a treat if you check it out.
I agree with you. Yes, this is a great song. I love instrumentals more than lyrics in the first place.
Now you know why so many that grew up in the 1970s say that today's music absolutely socks!!!!
I can tell by all your equipment that you appreciate music, and you don’t stop the song, so…subbed!
Although I was never a huge Elton fan, this is one anthem that I simply MUST have included at my funeral. I actually wanted to play it at my wedding, but she wouldn't have none of that (maybe that's why we aren't married anymore). One of my favorite tracks of all time.
Keep smiling , what a song
You just gotta listen to this after a few tokes and some good earphones. Takes you to a different place
Always pictured Frankenstein creating the monster during FFAF
Bought this album when it was first released.
EPICCCCCCC!!! 😊AND 50 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR!
I love this song good one.
A masterwork of progressive rock by Elton John..
You can talk about Elton for a long time. Tumbleweed Connection and Madman Across the Water albums are two of his best. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a double album and its all good stuff. The list of his good songs are as long as your arm.
the whole album is a brilliant phenom of art musical expression, you may also check out grey seal, sweet painted lady, danny bailey, all the girls love alice
AWESOME REACTION Bro!!!
Incredible
Love this song so much!!❤
Alvin Lee incredible guitar work on this from Ten Years After - I'd Love to Change the World (Stereo Quad Mix)
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Oomg, I've been binge watching your videos for about 3 hours now 😮, 5am
Masterpiece!!!!
Check out "Grey Seal."
My 2nd fav album after Madman Across the Water
Ballad of Danny Baily, and Sweet Painted Ladies.
Hey man! If you're the romantic type you have to check out Elton's song "Sacrifice." Enjoy!
now listen to it a couple more hundred time!!! listen to a different/instrument/vocal/backing vocal each time!!! and very cool not pausing it!!!!!
Man, I respect you for listening to this
Ray Cooper on the castanets I believe.
Mr. Elton’s Opus
Listen to The Tramps. Disco Inferno
Music has gone to hell.................loved the 60s, 70s and 80's
Do, madman on the water
Well that was an happening..Brits can be very experimental..
I too thought Elton was great back when I thought he was a man.