Anyone who can play in front of 55,000 people has my utter respect. The stage fright would be paralysing. I guess you just have to pretend you are singing in your living room, otherwise the whole thing would crush you with overwhelming immensity. Yet, if you love singing, you just get out there and sing your heart out like your life depends on it, and in some cases, it does. Bless Elton and Bernie, soundtrack for a generation.
It’s funny how small the stages were back in those days even at the big stadium shows. No projection screens. It was more about the communion of people and their bond of music. A long lost magical time.
Greg Cahill - what his mom is like on camera can be alot different than what shes really like. Same as elton always had to put on a happy face when he performed .
lol there's a LOT of great acting in this video from everyone. he'd just nearly killed himself 2 days before but everyone is happy go lucky. there's enough first hand accounts from people who knew her that she was pretty shitty
Idk (it’s probably just me) but I feel like in that shot of Bernie looking at Elton at around 6:53 you can kind of see that there was a sense of worry in his eyes. I’ve always felt that it might be due to the fact that the Elton tried to kill himself days prior. I also remember reading somewhere that, according to a member of his former band, no one was really certain that Elton would make it; that it was “touch and go.”
Seeing that weenie turkey of a manager John Reid in this reminds me of the shade Bernie Taupin threw while promoting Rocketman: that Reid was “just lucky they chose somebody as good-looking as Richard Madden to play him.” Well me-owed, Bernie.
@TELEVISIONARCHIVES thats so sad! Esp now that they say Elton and his mother are having a rift so deep, that shes not even seen her grandsons.....I pray Elton finds a way to set aside what ever has happened as his Mum is getting uo there and once shes gone he may regret the path taken away from her and shes only getting older too we cant get time back.once it's gone. His boys will miss out on one of the best relationships a child has, the unconditional love of a grandparent..there's no other quite like it !❤
Don't assume why he had problems with her. Some parents could be completely different when you're young and they leave scars even though they change as they get older. There was a closeness between them too. She went to his concerts and there are pictures of them together. You can't say the same with father. No pictures of Elton and him together,he didn't come to Elton's concerts. Even had a second family where he was the perfect father. Fred was a better father to him.
I thought that was him....you’re showing your age by that reference....I’m showing mine by knowing who you’re talking about.. But isn’t it just right that he’s at that concert though?
Mum says sensational isn't it and singing n fake crying makes me sick! She treated him so badly! Made me sick how she was gloating about all the gifts he had bought her including the ring she was wearing! Yuukk! She was disgusting
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When I met my husband in October of 1975, he told me he had an extra ticket to Elton John at Dodger Stadium (first day)...that was our first date :)
Probably the best day of your life
I can see why you're married.
gunnarzpoptart wow ❤️
Wow - what a fantastique first date!!!!! I hope he's still your husband! What great memories!!!!!
Best first date in history❤
Sheila And Fred Singing Amazing ! Elton's Mother and Step Father ! love them
Never knew that they didn’t have any show at Dodger Stadium from ‘64 till this concert. Cool that Elton ended the “ban” on concerts at Dodger Stadium
I grew up listening to him 😊
Him?
Obviously
My very first concert! I was 14, my boyfriend Daniel was 16. Look, There we are, I'm on his shoulders !! xo #oh2BeYoungAgain
Ironic his name was daniel
So lucky !
Anyone who can play in front of 55,000 people has my utter respect. The stage fright would be paralysing. I guess you just have to pretend you are singing in your living room, otherwise the whole thing would crush you with overwhelming immensity. Yet, if you love singing, you just get out there and sing your heart out like your life depends on it, and in some cases, it does. Bless Elton and Bernie, soundtrack for a generation.
From 0:55 to 1:15 the iconic crystalize Dodger uniform.
It’s funny how small the stages were back in those days even at the big stadium shows. No projection screens. It was more about the communion of people and their bond of music. A long lost magical time.
8:58...time traveler holds a pic from " victim of love " album 4 years later in 1979.
Holy shit
That’s not a victim of love photo, it’s a rock of the Westies tour program! Look it up
@@TheWanderingBard17 looks like victim of love though lol
Thanks a lot for this documentary
the stepdad is partaking in a little peruvian snow
🙂 he is. Well spotted.
Derf singing, cool.
a legendary concert
So sad that he seems happy and carry on as normal when a day or two prior he tried to kill himself so sad 😭😭
Charles Nelson Riley a bus boy lol
Think his parents had the worst seats in the whole place
it’s the radio announcers box at Dodger Stadium. It’s a pretty good view and the route into it has the most security so I can see why they chose it
That was Emmylou Harris singing Amarillo at the start, never knew two of my favorite singers had any connection 🙂
At the end of her life, I’m betting Emmylou can legitimately claim that she sang with everybody. Which is a GREAT thing, actually.
His moms obviously a character. So shameful that he and the film producers through her under the bus.
Greg Cahill - what his mom is like on camera can be alot different than what shes really like.
Same as elton always had to put on a happy face when he performed
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Just because you are a character doesnt mean you have character.
-The Wolf 🐺
Elton John was a producer on the movie.
Paul Richard your comment is stupid
lol there's a LOT of great acting in this video from everyone. he'd just nearly killed himself 2 days before but everyone is happy go lucky. there's enough first hand accounts from people who knew her that she was pretty shitty
Just to think that 2 days before this he was in hospital having his stomach pumped because he had a pill overdose and tried to commit suicide 😕😭
Idk (it’s probably just me) but I feel like in that shot of Bernie looking at Elton at around 6:53 you can kind of see that there was a sense of worry in his eyes. I’ve always felt that it might be due to the fact that the Elton tried to kill himself days prior. I also remember reading somewhere that, according to a member of his former band, no one was really certain that Elton would make it; that it was “touch and go.”
Where is his dad at?, so I can personally slap him for Elton 😩
waj porter his father never saw him perform
He ether didn’t get tickets (which is probably not the case) or he didn’t want to go because he’s a terrible father (which probably is the case)
Seeing that weenie turkey of a manager John Reid in this reminds me of the shade Bernie Taupin threw while promoting Rocketman: that Reid was “just lucky they chose somebody as good-looking as Richard Madden to play him.” Well me-owed, Bernie.
Elton Rocked.....America loved him.....
Why didn't they wait until the sun went down!?
he played 3 hours
You had to be there to remember the times before everyone stared at their hand.
Ok, boomer.
Wow, 2 days before this concert, Elton John tried to kill himself and was rushed to the hospital to have his stomach pumped.
2:00 Is that Charles Nelson Reilly?
Yes
Yep
@TELEVISIONARCHIVES thats so sad! Esp now that they say Elton and his mother are having a rift so deep, that shes not even seen her grandsons.....I pray Elton finds a way to set aside what ever has happened as his Mum is getting uo there and once shes gone he may regret the path taken away from her and shes only getting older too we cant get time back.once it's gone. His boys will miss out on one of the best relationships a child has, the unconditional love of a grandparent..there's no other quite like it !❤
the dude is just an ungrateful prick who now writes songs for Disney movies
Don't assume why he had problems with her. Some parents could be completely different when you're young and they leave scars even though they change as they get older. There was a closeness between them too. She went to his concerts and there are pictures of them together. You can't say the same with father. No pictures of Elton and him together,he didn't come to Elton's concerts. Even had a second family where he was the perfect father. Fred was a better father to him.
@@toddlavigne6441 Dude? Guess again!
Charles Nelson Reilly's a caterer ??
Todd-Shaggy G >>> Glasses consultant. Made a spectacle of himself, though...:-)
I thought that was him....you’re showing your age by that reference....I’m showing mine by knowing who you’re talking about..
But isn’t it just right that he’s at that concert though?
8:56 time traveler
6:50 😍
Mum says sensational isn't it and singing n fake crying makes me sick! She treated him so badly! Made me sick how she was gloating about all the gifts he had bought her including the ring she was wearing! Yuukk! She was disgusting
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