Elton John - If The River Can Bend (Live 1997)

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  • @dsegal1401
    @dsegal1401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    EJ in a total mode. Looking back, it's just stunning how much raw talent he had. One of the very, very best live performers of all time.

  • @Greekpeople1
    @Greekpeople1 16 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    one of my favorite songs ever...
    I love the whole "The Big Picture" Album!!

    • @dirkschmid1045
      @dirkschmid1045 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here

    • @dirkschmid1045
      @dirkschmid1045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My all time favourite song, and this version is the best

  • @Jazzper79
    @Jazzper79 11 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Great song. The Big Picture is one of his finest albums.

    • @thefonzkiss
      @thefonzkiss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol it’s a POS. Even Bernie Taupin said it’s their worst album.

    • @Jazzper79
      @Jazzper79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@thefonzkiss I know, but I don't agree with Bernie.

    • @pasquino0733
      @pasquino0733 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree :)

    • @007koko007
      @007koko007 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree. It's one of the most favorite albums to me.

    • @thefonzkiss
      @thefonzkiss 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Falcon Ok. It got terrible reviews and most fans hate it too. Happy?

  • @dosenwurst101
    @dosenwurst101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Damn I love this so much. So rich, matured, still with a few high notes. My favourite Elton era

    • @dirkschmid1045
      @dirkschmid1045 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @blueflame1856
      @blueflame1856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bruh he could sing B4s in falsettos until 2002

    • @blueflame1856
      @blueflame1856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bruh I didn’t say anything about C5s, in which he hit two, I was talking about B4s

    • @blueflame1856
      @blueflame1856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bruh but he never hits a b4 after 2002

    • @OutOnTheTiles
      @OutOnTheTiles ปีที่แล้ว

      Auto tunes fucked him post 99. Ruined the sound of his voice.

  • @MrTerryb1956
    @MrTerryb1956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    23 years later i still find this very uplifting

    • @alyanni
      @alyanni ปีที่แล้ว

      26 now

  • @weirdguy75
    @weirdguy75 11 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Gotta love gospel Elton.

  • @damienabbott9805
    @damienabbott9805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was Elton John at his very best.

  • @maartenlootens9091
    @maartenlootens9091 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great, underrated song. That gospel feeling, whaw!

  • @nicholasjohnson6724
    @nicholasjohnson6724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A very underrated and under-heard song.......🙏

  • @karenabrams6412
    @karenabrams6412 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Adore Elton❤🎉🎉🎉

  • @vensar05
    @vensar05 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The big picture album is very good , I know all songs . If the river can bend is second favorite song of me. I think Elton's live performance is also very good.

  • @williefinn4932
    @williefinn4932 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    one of elton john`s hidden gems, like little jeannie....great choir. excellent performance...even elton knew it. all in top form.

  • @NephilimFree
    @NephilimFree 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    An amazing performance! God has given Elton a tremendous amount of talent. This song is one of the most refreshingly interesting songs he has written since the 80's.

  • @kimberlybarr7410
    @kimberlybarr7410 11 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great song and great album! The choir is awesome!Love the gospel feel!

  • @Nor1961
    @Nor1961 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wish he would add this back into his set list.

  • @candelise
    @candelise 17 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of Elton's under-rated gems, I think.

  • @Roberto666guitar
    @Roberto666guitar 15 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i promise .. he's the best of the world

  • @luizmauriciocoelholima540
    @luizmauriciocoelholima540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful elton john!!!!!!!!!

  • @davidarinella8031
    @davidarinella8031 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Elton again is masterful!!! If the river can bend then so can we!! Overcome obstacles in your life.

  • @mactheartofwarfare
    @mactheartofwarfare 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Greatest Melody Writer Ever In Popular Music

  • @daviserrano1378
    @daviserrano1378 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Melhor cantor pop de todos os tempos ❤🇬🇧

  • @comeconcon569
    @comeconcon569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of Elton's many hits I enjoy, especially the music in the background.

  • @darrenbeakhouse4835
    @darrenbeakhouse4835 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Best song from The Big Picture.

  • @wagnercabrerisso5986
    @wagnercabrerisso5986 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *_Sir Elton John has been the soundtrack of my entire life and l'll love him and his music til'the end of times 🤗💓🇧🇷🙏_*

  • @jaysfoodemporium4307
    @jaysfoodemporium4307 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great song in so many ways!

  • @omybeethoven
    @omybeethoven 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of his best. From the big picture , yeah I'm watching it again. It just makes sense to me.

  • @arhuxtable
    @arhuxtable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song was inspired by Billy Joel's 1993 hit RIVER OF DREAMS. Strong similarity between this song and that one. Probably,during Billy's and Elton's Face To Face tours,the two played this one during the point where ROD breaks then it resumes. I noticed that.

  • @jbela
    @jbela 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really like this song, the chorus and that choir their harmony

  • @jeffthomson3208
    @jeffthomson3208 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a band he had then. Charlie Morgan on drums..

  • @gaool9
    @gaool9 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    a wonderfull version for my favorite album, an under- estimed album!i'm a french fan , i dont undestand why "the big picture " is not better acknowledged!how live how elton music

  • @seanjosephhayes
    @seanjosephhayes 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    same! Got it myself... every single song on it is memorable - tough to find in an album the lyrics are fantastic in every song too

  • @joselunarvargas3840
    @joselunarvargas3840 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    hola a todos, cuando todo encaja, sucede esto, es increible, uno de mis favoritos Sr.

  • @davidarinella8031
    @davidarinella8031 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Choir/Singers are A++++. EXCELLENT!

  • @neutron_blast1330
    @neutron_blast1330 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Never seen this sang live... Amazing!

  • @DarkGates8
    @DarkGates8 15 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I totally agree, but then again..any performance Elton does, he sounds incredible.

  • @Pupyline
    @Pupyline 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing!! Elton is alive legend!!

  • @letyabarai7556
    @letyabarai7556 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    maravilhoso elton john..
    i love him.

  • @mizofan
    @mizofan 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Elton's new album The Union, with Leon Russell, is superb

  • @EltonJohnGigs
    @EltonJohnGigs 15 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lovely Song!
    Elton is the very best of all time!

  • @BARBARA987651
    @BARBARA987651 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wspaniałe nagrania . Serdecznie pozdrawiam Barbara .

  • @jakeline394
    @jakeline394 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Espetáculo que fala !

  • @irmacrespo7292
    @irmacrespo7292 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I don't know what to say
    I don't know where the light shines
    It's a grey dawn rising on a green hill
    And there's so much behind us
    I don't know where we go
    I sure feel there's something out there
    There's a great awakening and a new morning
    And your spirit sounding loud and clear
    Reff:
    If the river can bend
    I'll find you waiting
    Home at last from the wild sea
    All the twists and turns
    We've made together
    All the boats you rocked with your harmony
    If the river can bend 4X
    Come and embrace the struggle
    But win or lose we live here
    Build a new beginning on an old rock
    Breathe deep of the sweet fresh air

  • @andymanser1
    @andymanser1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Song with gospel backing fab. Soothing love gospel choirs.

  • @darrenbeakhouse4835
    @darrenbeakhouse4835 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    best song from big picture

    • @homeone4054
      @homeone4054 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's the only good song on The Big Picture

    • @PhreaSpirit
      @PhreaSpirit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@homeone4054 Are you kidding me

    • @groofoot
      @groofoot 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PhreaSpirit these people are cray cray .... Live Like Horses and Something About The Way You Look Tonight are amongst his very best songs ....

  • @josilviapino171
    @josilviapino171 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @kylebedient
    @kylebedient 17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great post. I love this song, especially live. Thanks!

  • @hagyspasher
    @hagyspasher 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    still one of my favourites! cool rhythm!

  • @duke123eltom123
    @duke123eltom123 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice elton john is a god to me if there is a god its him!!

  • @karenabrams6412
    @karenabrams6412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Go Elton!!!..

  • @CathyFrontier
    @CathyFrontier 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is such an up-on-the-chair-wave-your-arms-in-the-air song! Love it! :D

  • @scottmcphee7714
    @scottmcphee7714 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Epic for Eternity

  • @fabiodejesuscamargoeletricista
    @fabiodejesuscamargoeletricista 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this song of Elton John!

  • @MarcusVinicius-mq2jh
    @MarcusVinicius-mq2jh 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this song!!!

  • @gaool9
    @gaool9 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    magnifik! the big picture est vraiment pour moi un album sous estimé!je ne comprends pas certaines critiques!tout d'elton y est!et puis en live que dire....

  • @sptinydancer
    @sptinydancer 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this song. Great video. Thank you.

  • @luizmauriciocoelholima540
    @luizmauriciocoelholima540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Viva elton john

  • @rogeriofranciscodefarias1361
    @rogeriofranciscodefarias1361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantástico Elton John. Para mim ele é completo.

  • @Roberto666guitar
    @Roberto666guitar 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    i dare admit he's the very best

  • @sherylrollins
    @sherylrollins 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Greekpeople1 me too and i have struggled to find anything until this. i am so happy love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @sandraperkins7706
    @sandraperkins7706 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If the River can bend, why can't we ...
    To make peace with Jehovah God.. before an opportunity for the new earth.

  • @raimondobuonocuore4332
    @raimondobuonocuore4332 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Elton Fantastico

  • @michellourenco2905
    @michellourenco2905 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Linda demais ❤🎉

  • @Archivista80
    @Archivista80 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I miss his 90s voice so much
    in spite of it I love him! :-)

  • @omybeethoven
    @omybeethoven 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great song

  • @yatisubin2506
    @yatisubin2506 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    still listening

  • @enricomatalone4181
    @enricomatalone4181 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bellissima canzone

  • @ldchappell1
    @ldchappell1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After not following Elton John's music for 26 years I recently listened to all the albums he did from 1992 to 2006 and this was one of the few songs I liked. Out of the 8 albums I listened to there were 11 songs that I enjoyed. It doesn't bother me that Elton John doesn't have the same creative drive he had in his 20s. His first 200 songs are magnificent and I cherish those albums.

  • @chingalunga
    @chingalunga 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Elton I will always love you!

  • @letyabarai7556
    @letyabarai7556 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    O encantador elton john.
    mach love tô him

  • @ficolossale
    @ficolossale 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome

  • @RodolfoStanic
    @RodolfoStanic 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @minimumpayne I actually think The Big Picture is an amazing album, from start to finish. Don't know why it's so underrated.

  • @patrickcarroll1754
    @patrickcarroll1754 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To me, it's like if The Police wrote a gospel tune.

  • @con101193
    @con101193 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    to be quite honest with you elton's career has got better in the 2000's , best years were 70s and 00s

  • @eltonj4ever
    @eltonj4ever 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome piano solo!

    • @homeone4054
      @homeone4054 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except he got a bit lost for notes half way through it..

  • @mizofan
    @mizofan 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    But he has made some fine and critically admired albums this millennium, e.g Songs from the West Coast, The Union, which was ranked #3 of the year in the US by Rolling Stone. The problem is that people think instead of Princess Di, Disney or inferior soundtracks etc.

    • @homeone4054
      @homeone4054 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      All good points but he has put out some dross as well. Apparently Bernie Taupin rates this album only slightly higher than Leather Jackets. Which I think is harsh on Leather Jackets.

  • @DSantts
    @DSantts 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ohh Thank you ver very muchh for uploading this video from this audience with EJ i'm always looking for videos from this audience they had with'm ... never find , this is one of the best ,do you the entire audience recorded ??!! Please upload it if u do !!
    Thank you

  • @duke123eltom123
    @duke123eltom123 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    can you tell me why this song reminds you of star trek voyager

  • @yatisubin2506
    @yatisubin2506 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    terbaik bro

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    True. Imo, he was spent after the 70s. Nothing since can compare to the originality and energy of those years.

  • @joseantoniobenazzato4691
    @joseantoniobenazzato4691 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    if the river can bend

  • @zagorodnov
    @zagorodnov 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    И как я жил до него!?

  • @kenmv5708
    @kenmv5708 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    2018?

  • @Greekpeople1
    @Greekpeople1 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @phillylily412 How exactly did I "leave" it? xD

  • @duke123eltom123
    @duke123eltom123 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    yes your richt I love it thinks! man

  • @Greekpeople1
    @Greekpeople1 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @phillylily412 What do you mean how could I leave "Empty Sky"...? :S It is a great album yeah, but I dont know what you are "accusing" me of! :P

  • @godaz7777
    @godaz7777 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    if the river can bed /9.5

  • @FranciscoSantos-ti6nt
    @FranciscoSantos-ti6nt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fantastic song !!! but that Beatle wig was his most ridiculous look !!!!

  • @Greekpeople1
    @Greekpeople1 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @sherylrollins I foundit by luck!!! I went in the store and told them "Give me any Elton cd you have", they gave me like 5 and I had money for 4... :( I had to leave "Empty Sky" back :'(

  • @thefonzkiss
    @thefonzkiss 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Out of tune baritone at 2:30

  • @danielhkhk7283
    @danielhkhk7283 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The big picture is a rather mediocre album, but this song is great, especially this live version.

  • @godaz7777
    @godaz7777 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    if only jesus could have used a blender....

  • @weirdguy75
    @weirdguy75 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Palmeriracing that was the dumbest thing I've heard all day. Why should Elton's gospel songs be directly connected to "god"? Just because the song sounds like a churchy tune doesn't mean it is

  • @mizofan
    @mizofan 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'd say Big Picture is his weakest album of the last 25 years. Before that, Leather Jackets was worse, and Victim of Love was another low point

    • @AnssiRai
      @AnssiRai 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peachtree Road was weak, TBP is a fine album

  • @mactheartofwarfare
    @mactheartofwarfare 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Greatest Melody Writer Ever In Popular Music

  • @chingalunga
    @chingalunga 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Elton, I will always love you!