I lived through the era of fear, the prejudices, and the divisiveness that AIDS brought. Sir Elton reminds us of the great equalizer- we are all human, shed tears, and deserve to be accepted and loved.
Not just Freddy there's Ryan White & Anthony Perkins tennis pro Authur Ashe Robert Reed others from the disease even now plus Roc Hutson and Amanda Blake
I love this song! I remember when I first heard *"The Last Song"* by Sir Elton John. While I didn't know anyone personally who had AIDS, or who died from AIDS, I still cry whenever I listen. This song is just as relevant today as it was almost 30 yrs ago. When it was released, it was during the AIDS epidemic. Today, it could be about someone dying from Covid-19 and/or its variants.
Reminds me of my Brother. He fought this terrible disease Aids. He died in 1993. He was only 33 years old. I learned to play this song on piano. I miss him so much.
Right in the fecking feels. I cried when I first heard this as a 12 year old, and when my mother explained to me what it was about, I cried even more. So horribly sad.
Yep,me to,totally agree, this song has so much emotion & feeling about it, with the beautiful voice of Elton John, this song goes straight to the heart strings 😢, John Martin Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
We are blessed with life and blessed with people who are born with beautiful voices and visions of passion to restore our faith and enjoy life as God wants us too.
@@johanna2684 the lyrics are talking about father and son. The son is dying of AIDS. The song was inspired by Freddie. Elton had had been faxed some lyrics around the time that Freddie Mercury had died in 1991. So it's not directly about Freddie per say.
I am so happy this isn't his last song!!! It would be so sad if he gave up singing. It would really be a sad sad situation Never give up Elton u r the best From a German/Mexican fan
@@chickenfeeet Ich bin Brasilianer, Lord Sidius. Ich möchte sagen, dass die Figur eines deutschen Sith mich erschreckt und ich möchte nicht sagen warum
The song was also on film end credits for the movie "And the band played on". I saw the movie in 1993 and I cried the whole song. After that movie the song was perfect to reflect my own grief. It is still moving.
I hadn't heard this song in many years. I was much too young to truly understand the lyrics when it was originally released. Just came across it again now, and tears are pouring down my face. What an amazing work this is.
The crushing pain listening to the words of this song after losing my son four years ago. A feeling that I’ve blocked out since he left us that now broke out with the words.
To a close friend of mine who died from AIDS. And to all the victims of this disease. It was a hard to speak fact in '80s and '90s. Elton's song put in words fear, anger, guilt, illness and release. Such a healing song...
Epic song, that unfortunately has gotten lost at live shows. One of the BEST lesser known songs. Despite being released as a single, this song never got the attention it deserves.
Though the song is beautiful, it is the hardest song for me to hear. I lost three of my best friends, one of whom was my first lover because the right and righteous could not see a way to work towards a cure. They would rather withhold a solution because we were great sinners. However, Jesus never discriminated between the sinners and the saints. Jesus said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
When this hit the Top 40 in the beginning of 1993, it gave Elton John 23 consecutive years with a chart hit, breaking Elvis Presley's old record of 22.
It’s more dedicated to Freddie Mercury. Freddy and Elton we’re very good friends and the song lyrics was faxed to him by Bernie after Freddie had passed away and Elton John would crying the entire time he was writing the music for it and said he had a very hard time singing it
@thefonzkiss Elton and Bernie collaborated on the lyrics for many of Reginald Dwight's songs including "The Last Song" which was regarding the relationship between Freddie and his father. Elton dedicated that song also to all who have died of AIDS.
So sorry for your loss. This song always takes me back to the early years of the AIDS epidemic. So many people (it seemed like mostly young men) were forced out of the closet by AIDS. Many were rejected by their families & died without any loved ones by their sides. The father hugging the son in the video was especially poignant. In those early years, a lot of people were afraid to touch AIDS patients because they thought they could catch it that way. Heartbreaking.
One of the most beautiful songs ever. The words, the music, and the vocals. It's a song of love. I think I first heard this song in the movie "And The Band Played on".
This song is so beautiful! I cried when I heard it and saw the video. Elton is just amazing, what would we do without him? RIP, Freddie, and all of the other AIDS victims since the onset of the disease.
Very powerful song. My Dad came out when I was very young, maybe 10 or so. I really never knew him any differently, I loved him unconditionally then as I do today. I always think of him when I hear this song though the meaning isn't quite the same. Now all these years later after this song was released, I'm a Dad to my own son. Being a Dad is the greatest experience of my life, without a doubt.
Another amazing living legend Elton John brought us pleasure from the 70’s more than 50 years unstoppable hits! He and George Michael represent the most dedicated person for making music and giving us amazing songs! Rip The Singing 🎤 Greek 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
This is by far the most gut wrenching thing of all time and completely and total pioneering masterpiece song and "short promotional film"!!! God bless Elton and Bernie!
I learned this song on the piano. My Brother died of aids in 1993. He was only 33. I played it on piano for him and my Grandma at funeral. Different song for my Grandma. It took me a while to learn this song. RIP my dear Brother.
Well, now I've gone and done it....I'm a driveling mess. I never knew my real father and that has been difficult for me to bear my entire life, but this is a totally different kind of anguish, Just as devastating and even more so since it represents passing on to the next dimension. What a fabulous and heartfelt song 😢
I'm so in to these lyrics. My ex-husband never stood up to the plate. Narcissistic personality disorder is so damaging to families . My heart still aches.
I love this song! The lyrics “I’d never thought I’d lose I only thought I’d win” reminds me of Freddie Mercury and his overachiever personality. Makes sense why Elton thought of him when making the music for this song
Omg. I cried a little bit. He's awesome. I loved his outfit matching with the piano. I cried and was breathing hard the whole time. This piece was written with clarity and perfection. Nice job to the song writer! And Elton did fantabulous performing it! Seee peeeps, we need more music like this nowadays,
My brother died from AIDS this song brought tears to my eyes.... I listened to it over & over.... as if he wrote this song for me and others that are going through the same thing.... so sad... good song..
This song frequently brings tears to my eyes. A story of the triumph of love over fear and misunderstanding. A heart-rending final reconciliation that washes away years of distrust and non-acceptance. Bernie Taupin is a master wordsmith, and who better than Elton John to sear those words into our hearts with this magnificent arrangement.
This song reminds me of 1992, I remember vividly on Saturday 08, September 1992, I saw a video of his latest single The One and the following week I bought the album.
It’s a very sad but abeautiful song,the words between a father and son are so true but just recently,we’ll a few months ago my father died at 91,the truth came out about lies and deceit ,I spoke to him over the fone,and a few hours later he died ,I hadn’t seen him in five years,but sometimes the truth is to much to bear and I just couldn’t face up to what he did to me he’s in eternal sleep now
This is one of the most beautiful and heart touching song in this world.
This song is an underrated masterpiece!
I lived through the era of fear, the prejudices, and the divisiveness that AIDS brought. Sir Elton reminds us of the great equalizer- we are all human, shed tears, and deserve to be accepted and loved.
Well said! I lost three great friends to AIDS! Think of my friends all the time! GOD BLESS!!!😢😢❤❤❤
R.I.P. to all the aids victims. R.I.P. Freddie. Much loved and missed every since.
Not just Freddy there's Ryan White & Anthony Perkins tennis pro Authur Ashe Robert Reed others from the disease even now plus Roc Hutson and Amanda Blake
I love this song! I remember when I first heard *"The Last Song"* by Sir Elton John. While I didn't know anyone personally who had AIDS, or who died from AIDS, I still cry whenever I listen. This song is just as relevant today as it was almost 30 yrs ago. When it was released, it was during the AIDS epidemic. Today, it could be about someone dying from Covid-19 and/or its variants.
@@williamhaggard451 *So many* people died of AIDS in the 90s. It made me cry when I first heard this song, and I *still* cry when I listen today. :'(
@@williamhaggard451 he said all aids victims learn how to read
RIP to those who couldn't keep their dip sticks out of the chocolate starfish.
Reminds me of my Brother. He fought this terrible disease Aids. He died in 1993. He was only 33 years old. I learned to play this song on piano. I miss him so much.
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I am so sorry for your loss.
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I am sorry for your loss
The sources for ‘Oceans Away’ and this are planets apart
No other Elton song hits me in the gut as this one does. It hits way too close to home.
Right in the fecking feels. I cried when I first heard this as a 12 year old, and when my mother explained to me what it was about, I cried even more. So horribly sad.
Yep,me to,totally agree, this song has so much emotion & feeling about it, with the beautiful voice of Elton John, this song goes straight to the heart strings 😢, John Martin Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Totally agree, I feel exactly same,John Martin Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Totally agree but it's about daughters too R.I.P dad
Yes, agreed 😢
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard
it tears my heart up everytime I hear it for the last 30 years , I cry everytime
Musicians like him come around the world once in a life time.
So true..
Well my parents got many like him, Freddie Mercury, Axl Rose, they’re so lucky.
We are blessed with life and blessed with people who are born with beautiful voices and visions of passion to restore our faith and enjoy life as God wants us too.
Credit also to Bernie Taupin, the brilliant lyricist who gave Elton the words to set to music.
Amen
baba booey brought me here, my GOD. As a dad with a son whom i adore, i can feel his pain. i couldnt make it through, too much hurt and sorrow.
Just psused the show to Google this
My favorite slow song by Elton John. So meaningful and touching. God Bless....
Same was a sad story
Lol yep it was baba Booey for me to
He brought me here to
I remember when this came out in 1992 and I cried so much as it hadn’t been very long since Freddie Mercury had passed away.
Ryan White had also passed away too.
@@CameronEly Yes but this song is a tribute to Freddie Mercury.
@@johanna2684 the lyrics are talking about father and son. The son is dying of AIDS. The song was inspired by Freddie. Elton had had been faxed some lyrics around the time that Freddie Mercury had died in 1991. So it's not directly about Freddie per say.
@Elton John mmhmm...
@Elton John v e r i d i c
Crying all through it. What a song !
This is a great song, ... “I never thought you’d come “ is just about where the tears start to come.
I just have to hear the opening notes of the song and I am a puddle on the floor.
In an interview he said the song was written as a prayer.
I know! I'm sensitive to father-son relationships. I melt when the video shows the father visiting his son in the hospital.
One of the most beautiful songs ever been written 😢😢😢😭🎙🎶❤️
In my considered opinion this is Elton John's piece best ever. Undoubtedly woke up a lot of people to the reality of AIDS.
'That kind of understanding sets me free'. Love this lyric and it means so much to me every time I hear it.
Yup... always hits me hard
I can't imagine how different this world would be if Elton and Bernie had not met each other
God never aproaches two people If there was not a reason. When he aproaches someone there's always a reason
Irreplaceable. The one and only Sir Elton John.
Jhon...🤭...
@@wagnercabrerisso5986 little mistake 🤷
@@wagnercabrerisso5986 🤽♂️
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I am so happy this isn't his last song!!!
It would be so sad if he gave up singing.
It would really be a sad sad situation
Never give up Elton u r the best
From a German/Mexican fan
por que o Palpatine ama tanto Elton John?
@@joaogabrielrodrigues2784 No se. Soy Aleman Y Mexicano asì que entiendo y fallo portugués
@@chickenfeeet Ich bin Brasilianer, Lord Sidius. Ich möchte sagen, dass die Figur eines deutschen Sith mich erschreckt und ich möchte nicht sagen warum
This one has been around a while, great song!!! Love Elton 💞
This song was dedicated to Freddie Mercury
The song was also on film end credits for the movie "And the band played on". I saw the movie in 1993 and I cried the whole song. After that movie the song was perfect to reflect my own grief. It is still moving.
That's a great movie.
@@eriveltomartinsbarrosjunio9022Yes, I like that movie too!
When I hear this song, I automatically think about the movie.
Je pleure à chaque fois que j’ecoute cette chanson ou que je regarde ce film « les soldats de l’espérance » en français ❤️😔😢
Thanks!
I cannot understand why my mind keep linked this song to Richard Gere!
Freddie would've done a great duet with Elton if Freddie survived and now I'm crying
Yeah
Great tribute to Freddie as well
@@annenigul6129 This song IS about Freddie and his father. Not as well.
To me, the most underrated song by Elton John!
Totally. Not many people have seen that brilliant film.
Agreed
Thirty years ago, this ballad became a masterpiece! Elton John nailed it!
One of THE most beautiful songs ever composed.
I play this on the harp….never on a gig as I can’t get through it without breaking down.
This song always makes me cry. What a beautiful song ...
I cant listen to this song to often. Its too beautiful. Its a devastatingly beautiful piece of art.
This song is a classic. Elton John is not just a artist of a generation. Elton is a artist of two generations.
For life
I hadn't heard this song in many years. I was much too young to truly understand the lyrics when it was originally released. Just came across it again now, and tears are pouring down my face. What an amazing work this is.
I was 32 when it was released. It made me sob then and now even more so as the losses have piled up over the years.
His voice doesn't sound better in any other song.
God what an amazing human being and an amazing vocalist and piano player!! Nothing but love Elton🙏
The crushing pain listening to the words of this song after losing my son four years ago. A feeling that I’ve blocked out since he left us that now broke out with the words.
So very sorry
My condolences
So sorry 😢
❤
Elton John for life it’s a blessing we have him!!!😌❤️🤍💙
Elton's songs make me cry, this is beautiful!
I cry every time I hear this song one of Elton’s best😢
This song stops me in my tracks and takes my breath away. Elton and Bernie at their finest.
Finally, I cannot believe it took this long for the video to be on VEVO. The Last Song is a beautiful piece, and my favorite track off of The One.
To a close friend of mine who died from AIDS. And to all the victims of this disease. It was a hard to speak fact in '80s and '90s. Elton's song put in words fear, anger, guilt, illness and release. Such a healing song...
00:21 All my trouble seem so far away....
Oh wait different legendary artist's song.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Excellent
THIS
I was thinking the same thing 😂
No one does ballads better than Elton. This song is spectacular and then add the meaning behind it and it meshes perfectly.
The film "And The Band Played On" introduced me to this song
God damn this made me cry 😢, gave my little boy a good hug after this...
Epic song, that unfortunately has gotten lost at live shows. One of the BEST lesser known songs. Despite being released as a single, this song never got the attention it deserves.
It was n°1 in the AC chart by then.
I was fortunate to hear him perform it live at least a couple of times. Beautiful song!
But we're all celebrating it's beauty here & now 💛
I thought this IS his last song i freaked out
Me too 😂
SAME
@@AstroStarAnimations He said he is.
@@a.t.v3519 yea I realised that sorry don’t worry
Oh why same 😂😭
Praying my GD stays safe, I love her more than she will ever know😱😢112822🙏❤️
I have a feeling this song is about Him, his relationship with his father and wanting to be loved by him.
About a son dying of AIDS. He didn't think his father would visit him before he died. 😢
Thought I was going to listen to McCartney singing "Yesterday" with the acoustic guitar.
Yea I had a feeling son
Though the song is beautiful, it is the hardest song for me to hear. I lost three of my best friends, one of whom was my first lover because the right and righteous could not see a way to work towards a cure. They would rather withhold a solution because we were great sinners. However, Jesus never discriminated between the sinners and the saints. Jesus said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
That is right, sadly people forget “let love be the whole of the law- love one another as your love yourselves.” ❤
A song that never Fade Away from your soul and Brain. Elton John your the best Singer of the decades ❤❤❤❤❤❤
When this hit the Top 40 in the beginning of 1993, it gave Elton John 23 consecutive years with a chart hit, breaking Elvis Presley's old record of 22.
This song is hauntingly beautiful
Eltons music defined my childhood, I really love his music💜
Maryjane Oge me to 😢
I love this song by Elton. I always was told it was written & sung in honor of Ryan White, who passed away very young of AIDS. 💔
Freddie Mercury, Ryan White and many others...
It’s more dedicated to Freddie Mercury. Freddy and Elton we’re very good friends and the song lyrics was faxed to him by Bernie after Freddie had passed away and Elton John would crying the entire time he was writing the music for it and said he had a very hard time singing it
@@moonwalkerkop4479 This song he wrote for Freddy please educate yourself
@@bnegs521 Says the one who can't even make proper sentences, anyways. He wrote this for Ryan White and Freddie, not just for "Freddy"
@@moonwalkerkop4479 that's the spell correct of the phone
His songs have what new pop is missing - true emotion and depth
I can see why this song/video makes Bababooy cry when thinking about his brother.
Thats what brought me here lol
One of the most depressing but beautiful songs ever...
Such a bitter sweet song. And Elton paying the ultimate respect 😢
Elton John wrote and sung just the most beautiful songs for John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and Princess Diana. Beautiful classics.
Last Song is one of my favorite songs ever. It was for AIDS victims.
What song did he do for Freddie Mercury? And Bernie Taupin wrote all the lyrics.
@thefonzkiss Elton and Bernie collaborated on the lyrics for many of Reginald Dwight's songs including "The Last Song" which was regarding the relationship between Freddie and his father. Elton dedicated that song also to all who have died of AIDS.
@@bnegs521 The Last Song (originally titled Song of 1992) isn’t about Freddy Mercury.
@@thefonzkiss most certainly is
A brilliant song. Lost my brother-in-law to Aids. Incredibly beautiful music and lyrics. 😢
I am sorry for your loss. ❤
IM IN SORROW.
So sorry for your loss. This song always takes me back to the early years of the AIDS epidemic. So many people (it seemed like mostly young men) were forced out of the closet by AIDS. Many were rejected by their families & died without any loved ones by their sides. The father hugging the son in the video was especially poignant. In those early years, a lot of people were afraid to touch AIDS patients because they thought they could catch it that way. Heartbreaking.
It seems many people have never heard this. It makes me cry, everytime.
This song NEVER gets old. Only a few singers can sing a song with this kind of passion.
I can’t even get through this song without weeping.
What a masterpiece
One of the most beautiful songs ever. The words, the music, and the vocals. It's a song of love. I think I first heard this song in the movie "And The Band Played on".
That’s when I first heard it and I cried. I still do.
Another massive underrated song from the great man.
He will go down in music history as one of the greatest singer/piano player of all time
One of the best song from ELTON JOHN
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I'M CRYING. MASTERPIECE.
This song is so beautiful! I cried when I heard it and saw the video. Elton is just amazing, what would we do without him? RIP, Freddie, and all of the other AIDS victims since the onset of the disease.
Here again July 23 2021
In the beginning I thought he was going to say “ Yesterday... all my troubles seemed so far away.” 😂
I think it's a kind of hommage he made to Paul McCartney.
Lol me 2 😂
I thought too
Me too🤣🤣🤣
Me too
Words can cut deep.
I forgot what it feels like to cry until I heard this song.
What do I get the feeling that this kind of was a tribute to freddie Mercury as well
Might want to read the description :D
Because it is. Every song is its own story.
So what if it is.
True
Well read the description lmao
Also, R.I.P. Freddie Mercury from Queen
Very powerful song. My Dad came out when I was very young, maybe 10 or so. I really never knew him any differently, I loved him unconditionally then as I do today. I always think of him when I hear this song though the meaning isn't quite the same. Now all these years later after this song was released, I'm a Dad to my own son. Being a Dad is the greatest experience of my life, without a doubt.
Just bought "Diamonds" anthology. Sorry this wasn't included on it. Still love it anyway. 0:52
My favorite Elton song of all time.
what a masterpiece 🤍love him so freaking much
Another amazing living legend Elton John brought us pleasure from the 70’s more than 50 years unstoppable hits! He and George Michael represent the most dedicated person for making music and giving us amazing songs! Rip The Singing 🎤 Greek 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
Greece here as well.Elton is a living legend and his music is iconic. We will never let go of his music. Much love to Elton from Greece!!!! 🇬🇷
Wasn't George Michael Greek?
@@gabrieltrevino942 he was Greek
Elton John , one of the greatest entertainers ,songwriters, and musicians ever .........
I remember this song and it's just as sad now. If parents could be supportive even if they don't understand.
Elton john said cried his eyes out as he was writing this... it's easy to see why. WHAT a powerful song.. and the video made it even more so..
I can't stop crying so beautiful 😭❤
BabbaBooey's tears brought me here
Don’t laugh boff it’s a sad song
This is by far the most gut wrenching thing of all time and completely and total pioneering masterpiece song and "short promotional film"!!! God bless Elton and Bernie!
Me Seeing the title : panic
Me realizing that its a older song : calm
Me realizing that this song is sad : panic
I learned this song on the piano. My Brother died of aids in 1993. He was only 33. I played it on piano for him and my Grandma at funeral. Different song for my Grandma. It took me a while to learn this song. RIP my dear Brother.
I’m so sorry about the loss of your brother. 😢😢
such a beautiful song, i love this elton with songs like candle in the wind. Lovely
Well, now I've gone and done it....I'm a driveling mess. I never knew my real father and that has been difficult for me to bear my entire life, but this is a totally different kind of anguish, Just as devastating and even more so since it represents passing on to the next dimension. What a fabulous and heartfelt song 😢
I'm so in to these lyrics. My ex-husband never stood up to the plate. Narcissistic personality disorder is so damaging to families . My heart still aches.
So beautiful song and so great voice…🎶🎶🎶🎶🫶
a song from a legend for a legend
I love this song! The lyrics “I’d never thought I’d lose I only thought I’d win” reminds me of Freddie Mercury and his overachiever personality. Makes sense why Elton thought of him when making the music for this song
Song is all about Freddie and his father
One of the sweetest songs I've ever heard! One of the best talents to express is song writing and instruments!
Such a gorgeous, beautiful, hauntingly, achingly sad piece. I bought the CD because of th is song back when it came out.
Omg. I cried a little bit. He's awesome. I loved his outfit matching with the piano. I cried and was breathing hard the whole time. This piece was written with clarity and perfection. Nice job to the song writer! And Elton did fantabulous performing it! Seee peeeps, we need more music like this nowadays,
Elton was the songwriter and bernie was the lyric writer lol
My brother died from AIDS this song brought tears to my eyes.... I listened to it over & over.... as if he wrote this song for me and others that are going through the same thing.... so sad... good song..
This song frequently brings tears to my eyes. A story of the triumph of love over fear and misunderstanding. A heart-rending final reconciliation that washes away years of distrust and non-acceptance. Bernie Taupin is a master wordsmith, and who better than Elton John to sear those words into our hearts with this magnificent arrangement.
This song reminds me of 1992, I remember vividly on Saturday 08, September 1992, I saw a video of his latest single The One and the following week I bought the album.
It’s a very sad but abeautiful song,the words between a father and son are so true but just recently,we’ll a few months ago my father died at 91,the truth came out about lies and deceit ,I spoke to him over the fone,and a few hours later he died ,I hadn’t seen him in five years,but sometimes the truth is to much to bear and I just couldn’t face up to what he did to me he’s in eternal sleep now
To me this is his best song, it portrays so much feeling! It always moves me to tears.
This is one of his most beautiful songs. Thankyou Elton 🙏💖🎵🎶🎹