Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John Lyrics [on screen]
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- Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John
Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Brown Cowboy 1975
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I'll never forget the first time I ever heard this song. Me and my dad were taking the back roads from the town 15 miles away, home. Halfway through the drive, this song came on the radio. As soon as the beginning played, he looked at me (mind you, I was around 7 or 8) and he had a tear roll down his cheek. I never ever had seen my dad show any kind of sad emotions, as he prided himself on being such a macho dude.
Anyways, fast forward about 2 years before he died, we heard this song on the radio again. And he told me the story. This song was the song that had broken up him and my mom. They had their issues, mainly her with the drugs and alcohol. But he told me, he spent the night with me and her. We all layed in bed. They agreed to move along with their lives. My dad listened to this song quite often at the time, and he told me how that was the hardest decision he ever had to make in his life. He raised me to be a pretty good man I would hope to think. And I have him to thank. History repeats itself. And I went through basically the same thing. But I have my son with me, and I've been able to start a new family with him. And so this song, will hold significant meaning and value to me forever. I want this song played at my funeral. If you read this far, thank you for taking the time to read a bit about a strangers life. Much love to all of you.. and yeah.. i might have a few tears myself right now
This is a beautiful song. Bernie and Elton at their best!!!
I don't think your story about your father was long at all. I'm sorry you had to go through that and your mom was an addict but I can see you've grown from the past nightmares of those old days. I thank you for sharing and by the way, we aren't really strangers if you touch someone else and that my friend you did. May you always have happiness and remember, life's too short for regrets so I'll just say,.......Until & God Bless you friend ...
Thinking about your story and sending you good vibes from DC.
So moved by this
Remember all the important memories
If you have ever suffered a tough, abusive, hurtful, toxic, expensive relationship then this song is for you and me. Wishing everybody happy relationships.
Garry Nathan nailed it.
"you & I"👍
Been there. But I had a baby. I refused to let her grow up like that. He went to work. I walked.
Absolutely. Listening now at four o’clock in the morning, dammit.
@@toddbrooks2464 🙄 yeesh
62 years old and this is probably 1 of the few songs that brings tears. After 25 years I wish someone would save my life we all live in our own private hells
Just turned 65 & I go back to this song when I need to. Gotta go with the changes I think.
I wish i could save your life.No matter what,i hope for you happier times now.I know we all have different stories, but those stories don't ever go away.I hope things get better for you, James.Im right behind you as far as age goes.I hope for happier days for you.Me too.Hope you have a great day and many more.
Jesus can and will save your life spiritually if you don’t already believe in Him and trust His as your savior and Lord until death. If your interested in learning about praying the prayer of salvation then respond back yes and I’ll send you an audio prayer link. Jesus is the only way to Heaven. God bless.
James I hope things are better for you now...i know all about the hell that some of us live in...so I feel you're pain and it is so very real. Best of luck to you
You are not alone darlin'. I sit here with tears in my eyes, missing someone who doesn't miss me. I couldn't be more brokenhearted.
This song rings so true for me right now. I probably going to have to leave my husband. My heart is so heavy right now...but I'm strong now, I can do this. This song saved my life tonight, thank you Sir Elton 💖🙏
Leaving mine now ❤
I sent this song as part of my break up message. He got the point. Best of luck to you
Leave for the sake of your sanity, children, or your life & please be safe. God bless...
Please take care of yourself.
I was gonna leave a message but you've nailed it!@@susanwilson4373
I know this wasn't a chart topper, but it is one of the best songs Elton and Bernie ever wrote. This is a classic and it's endurance has proven it's status as a great song.
anakina1 very well said
It's an incredible musical tour de force
Agreed, this & Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, are my 2 favorites of his 👍✌
May not be a chart topper, damn sure is a Heart Stopper!
Yes it sure is!!
Does anyone else get chills from this song.....I always have....loved it since I was 10!!
chills. ❤️
Kanye sample
Every time
Just saw him in Nashville on his final tour. Chills can’t describe the feeling! And I’m only 34
Ironically, I heard this fav laying out on a picnic blanket w my mom (and her date), and my l'il sis on the Grant Park Bandshell Lawn; some college-aged couples next to us had a radio with them, and this song came on. The Chicago Symphony was about to deliver Beethoven's Ninth, so the packed lawn was waiting in the sultry twighlight. The old Standard Oil sign was lighting up with a weird sync, complimented by the tune on the radio.
I was 10 years old, too, and the 'stream of consciousness' left an indelible impression.
I think the song eludes to NYC, maybe😅
This song saved my life on a cold December night in 1998. Thank you, Sir Elton.
How tho?
@@JoeHerdez777
I was young and suicidal.
Wesley great to here man .
lied on, mistreated, disrepected, abused, used, betrayed, hated, cheated, talked about, taken for granted, never expected to rise from the ashes, cursed, abandoned, rejected, isolated, misjudged, mishandled, but I'M HERE BABY! STILL STANDING 42 YEARS OLD TODAY!I came out on top, never to be broken again.
#Saluted!!☘️👊🏻
U know what I was hit cussed at and I am a maniac too it for my girl still looking for my soul mate
Looking for my soul mate God I know she is our their I will come to u if I know u exist where are u
🤣🤣🤣 where are u their has to be a better.life for a 56 yrs old man their has to be good women out their
Sorry caught up in a song
This song will always remind me of my grandmother. She died in 1988 and I was only 18 years old at the time. Shortly after I heard about her passing, I heard this song play on the radio. The butterfly part reminds me of her soul leaving this earth. Every time I see a butterfly to this day I say hi to her. I still miss her very much.
"Saved in time, thank God my music's still alive..."
Sometimes a lyric just smacks you in the head. Thank God that Elton and his music live on.
This album was the first album my cuz bought in the summer it came out rip Demetrius this from cousin Danny miss you meat man
When I watched "Rocketman,' and the scene where he tried to drown himself in the pool, all I could think was what a horrible tragedy it would have been to have lost not just a fantastic artist, but beautiful soul. Thank God his music's still alive.
@@Hawaiiansky11 He is a beautiful soul, isn't he? He has touched so many of us and on such a deep level. If you can, go see his farewell tour.
I'm in full on for Thanking God for Elton and all the other musicians who have brought the meaning to our lives and we haven't even realized it or acknowledged it!Spread the ❤ back to them!
Last night I attended a funeral for a friend who took his life. The last time I saw him was at a funeral for another friends father. It was obvious he was no longer the same person I had come to know. I knew he was unhappy in his marriage and being dominated. This song comes to mind when I look back on all of this and can’t help but cry. We never know the internal battles being waged within those we love unless they let us in. When they don’t it leaves a hurt that feels like a black hole in your heart. Good bye Brian, & God bless you; may you find peace and love in God’s heavenly domain.
so sorry for your loss, you're quite right....
😢
God bless stay strong!!😊
God bless stay strong!!!
Undoubtedly John's best track. Stands head and shoulders above anything else he did. Everything fits, it never wavers, just builds and develops. Brilliant.
Love is everywhere All The Time. Can we slow down enough to notice ? ❤
The lyrics are superb as well
@@nancycornell3413 You ask a very profound question! It's not just people either. It's in the eyes of our beautiful pets too. Why do we scurry around looking for it in unlikely places? I've heard this song my whole life and never felt it's full meaning until now. It's hauntingly deep
@@johnmahan4757 I can never hear this song without tears 😢 💔 😭
@@nancycornell3413 You are a very sensitive person. That is a gift. Sometimes tears are just that love we ache with and some songs like this one tap into. What a tragedy it would be not to feel a song like this one so powerfully that you cry just from the sheer beauty of it. When he says 'I would of walked to the deep end of a river' I now know what he was talking about. I love like that. With abandon. But he finally realized that he could be a friend to himself. That's what took me a lifetime of experience to appreciate because this beautifully haunting song was always playing in the background of my life. I always wondered when he'd explain who this 'someone' was who saved his life. 🤷🏻♂️ It is powerful now to realize who it was..him ❤️
This is without question Elton John's masterpiece. His best life's work. Tour de Force!
+Lenny Leaps In This or Tiny Dancer, or Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
+Lenny Leaps In I totally agree. This song is about an attempted suicide I've been there.
+Mick Smith god bless you
+Mick Smith It's based on a true story. Elton was foolishly about to marry a woman when he was playing in "Long" John Baldry's band. Long John knew it was a bad move and talked Elton out if it by telling him he was a butterfly and could just fly away.
+Dr. Mikey Dr. Mikey wow
Listening because Elton was the soundtrack to my brother's life. He passed just two days ago. This is such a meaningful song for me. Godspeed, brother!
Every time someone likes a comment about him or replies to one of your comments his spirit and memory is made stronger. Honor him and speak of him often. I'm sorry for your loss.
Went to his concert last night in Phoenix. Just found out my friend passed... butterflies are free to fly
You will be him in time, just like I will c my wife again. Lost her after 33 years 0/7/06/21 may we all come together. In our Heavenly Skies
deepest sympathy to you....lovely way to remember him
I remember 48 years ago playing this 45 record about 1000x over and my aunt threatened to break the record in half if I played 1 more time.....here we are 48 years later, I'm 58 and still have my damn EJ record lol.....love it....one of the best best best musical genius of all time.......wow what great memories when I hear EJ❤❤❤❤❤❤almost brings tears to my eyes in my old age😭
I played this 45 over and over also..trying to understand the lyrics!!
Adorable
Me too, mate.......Me too.
I'm also 58 just turned, love this song, love you
Favorite lyric of all time "It's 4 o'clock in the morning damn it listen to me good"-Elton John
I’ve been there!
This is my all time favorite lyric too!!!👍😁❤️
My husband says he's "just a pawn out played by a dominating queen" 😂😂😂😂
I was blessed to have been able to see Elton John on his farewell tour. A timeless legend who will live on for eternity.
I had my tickets and then covid came. Im rescheduled now for April 2021!!😭😫😫
Sameei just saw him last night a soldier feild
I always cry when I hear this magical song. Ever since I had some very negative experiences, and someone came along at the right time. Total strangers. Not knowing what they did. I dedicate this song to those angels.
Lloyd Robert, I understand how you feel about crying when you hear this song. Even though I've had no trauma in my life associated with this song I still find it deeply moving. I hope all is well for you now :-)
Thank you for your kind words. Not fully recovered yet, but not giving up either.
Wish someone would save MY life!! I've got a real intense situation w a couple of violent sadistic female stalkers and their buddies, the police.
Lloyd Robert I can relate to this song and you Lloyd I tried to do suicide and I have a sugar bear in my life who shall remain anonymous he know who he is he's a retired policeman and he's Meshuggah Bay you saved my life God bless everybody who loves Elton John and Bernie taupin
Lloyd Robert I said sugar bear not much sugar Bay please pardon me my smart phone does not work that well I have to use the microphone cuz my fingers are too pudgy to use the keyboard I'm still standing
January 2022. I'm 50 years old but grew up hearing this song because my brother is 10 years older than me and had this on a 45 record. Just rediscovered it here on TH-cam and can't stop listening. Some songs deserve the constant replay. This is one of them. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I do.
I'm so grateful that somebody saved his life that night. Otherwise we wouldn't have his beautiful wonderful music in our lives
Not to be THAT person but this song was written by Bernie Taupin. He collaborated on almost all of Elton John's songs as the lyricist with Elton writing the music. Possibly the best songwriting duo ever.
@@mathewfullerton8577 true, but this is one of the few songs Bernie wrote ABOUT Elton. He was engaged to a witch of a woman according to Taupin, to the point that Elton had a haphazard attempt at suicide long before the one we all know about to get out of the relationship. That's how this song was written, so this one is deeply personal to Elton himself, because it's truly one of the rare songs about him.
I'm honored to have lived in the great 70's era of Elton John
Felix Norman me to!!
I'm actually so jealous
Me too!
Amen...though this song was in my mind as I almost killed myself in the river...and someone saved my life.
@@lorenrobertson8039 I'm so glad someone was there in your darkest time, as someone was there for me. We are truly blessed to have a second chance 💖
I've always loved this song, but never really paid much attention to the lyrics. I'm reading the lyrics now and I have tears rolling down my face. I'm 43 years old and have never had a song bring me to tears. 😢
Sarah,I have favorite songs that bring tears to my eyes and I'm 65 yrs old,that means the song has MEANING....Mark
Yeah it's a pretty good song
Oh, Sarah!... 😘
same for me, tonight, SC, I feel like I just heard the song for the first time - really heard it - and I'm nearing 70!
It's the story of Elton's being dragged toward marriage just as his career seemed ready to progress. He managed to break off the engagement and go on with his career.
After he sings "Someone saved my life tonight", he sings "Sugar Bear." "Sugar Bear" was the nickname of a close friend of his, one who encouraged him to break off the engagement and stick with his music.
I have not forgotten the face of my father. Thanks mr. King for recognizing the importance of this song.
Since 1975 (I was 17 yrs old then) these lyrics have lived deep in my soul. I didn't even FULLY appreciate lyrics until about ten yrs ago. Elton u will always hold a special place in my heart. ❤
I too was 17, then 18, that year. It was a very good year.
@@57highlandso was I Born 57
Is there anyone else STILL rockin' out to this awesome song as we head into 2019????
There will never be another Sir Elton John
Always! I was 10 when this song was playing on the radio.
Absolutely! Love me some Elton John! Wonderful song I hear playing in my head!
Elton John's The Best.
Oh, yeah!!!
I'm here!
Altar bound, hypnotized... wow! That is some next level song writing there.
bernie taupin is a literal poet
@bordiguy
Was thinking the same thing.
It really is. “Altar-bound” not only references the wedding altar, but also evokes imagery of a sacrificial alter. And then you realize the point is that they were the same thing to Elton.
This masterpiece is dramatic, theatrical, dark, and at the same time auspicious. With a powerful piano, a voice that goes from fear to triumph, high-flying literary lyrics, John takes us on a tense tale from doom to redemption. Like someone who comes out of hell and finds a new paradise in common life. Great John, Taupin, and that magnificent band that doesn't miss a chord and a beat.
Flawlessly stated
The older you get, the more these songs begin to make sense. I went through two breakups in the same year. The first one was amicable. The other less so. The second relationship made me unhappy. She ended up leaving me for someone she met online. She still wanted me as a friend, but then started criticizing and blaming me for everything that went wrong in the relationship. I decided to keep going forward realizing that while I loved her and cared a lot about her, she was never going to change, that I would always just be some guy she would lean on when times were rough, but was never there for me when I needed her. She would always judge me, but I could never say anything about her. She would insist on me seeing things her way, but never be open to seeing things my way. I realized also that hating her and her husband and being bitter about it was not going to help me either. This song helps me move on and realize that I'm free and so is she.
😊
A perfect example of why I love the '70's
Long live the 70's. I turned 14 in March of 1970. Was the greatest time of my life.
Everyday i hear a song that brings back a memory. If time travel is ever invented in what's left of my life I'm so outta here. I'd do it all again, and i don't need to know what i know now.
There's a couple mistakes i made I'd like to avoid but even WITH them I'd still do it again.
Enigmatized right on
daniel stewart Daniel my brother I turned 13 in 1970 I know where you're coming from I am truly and always be a 70s girl love you bro
@@eileenryan6750 greatest decade ever. The worst thing to happen was my father got killed in a coal mine, other than that it was most excellent.
Me to
This song's title, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" reminds me of the night someone saved my life. I was dying of compression asphyxia on September 5, 2009 believing my last dying words to be, "I can't breathe!" But thanks to God my life was saved that night.
Probably my favorite Elton John song. So unique and unforgettable.
I don't agree that this is Eltons crowning achievement. Because the truth is everything he ever does is his best work. Never been another man like him and never will be. Exceptional talent.
This song really saved my life as an a very abused child I listened to this song over & over will love all Eltons music he really saved me thru his music swear to god I love this man and his music
Lynne Fiorenza God Bless you Elton would be touched that he could do that for you with his music you as well Chuck
😢i totally get it. i turn to music to heal me not just his but this song is so therapeutic i listen over and over as well ❤
@Chuck U. Farley thanx😊
Shame on who hurt you.
Thank God you made it in life, your life is precious like all of us. This song is very special, God Bless you
Bernie and Elton at their finest. Killer lyrics with cutting-edge chord structure and melody. And to top it off: Elton's voice at its highest level. When he sings, "Listen to me good, I'm sleeping with myself tonight, saved in time, thank God my music's still alive..." OH MAN! Listen closely. This is one of the best singers ever.
Well said indeed
🤢🤮
I agree, I must add my favorite line Elton sings is "So save your strength and run the field you play alone!" OMG! The whole song is fabulous.
@@jimleggio4428 I was reading your comment just as that line came up....gave me chills.
And he Still is! I just saw him Live last week and he blew me away!This one was in the set,too.Perfection!
Elton John is the most talented singer songwriter that has graced the music scene for many years. Long live Elton John
I listen to Elton John just to take a trip back in time, his music has a place in time, with meaning and I feel like I'm years younger. The best artist in my life.
This is the real Elton! Living his life and suffering very much. Then he knew that life is what he sang and future will be better. Elton, you're the greatest!!!!!
I am an old fart, 62 years old. I saw a documentary decades ago about Elton, and parts of this song are autobiographical. He was engaged to be married to a high society girl, maybe even a "dominating queen" as he sings in the song. When one day he realizes that he cannot go through with it, because he would have been very unhappy. "Freedom whispered in my ear ...." And his life, as well as the lives of all of us who love his music, were changed for the better forever.
Your not old
Yes, this song is autobiographical. The producer wanted Elton to push harder vocally rather than focusing on the words. As soon as someone told him what the song was about, he relented. He further honoured the sentiment by not embellishing the song too much. The result is uniquely beautiful and heartfelt. And don't sell yourself short, "old" friend. I enjoyed reading your thoughtful comments. 🌞
Watch the movie Rocketman. You will like it
Easily one of the best pop songs written in the last 70 years. Great enough that even the "Sugar Bear" lyric didn't hurt it.
"I'm strangled by your haunted social scene, just a pawn out played by a dominating queen," anyways makes a momentary shiver run up my leg.
What is a sugar bear
@@josefagyeman135 the cheesiest pet name for someone
@@timwhite5562 good one👍
@@josefagyeman135 I think it was his friend’s nickname that convinced him not to commit suicide? Not sure though
@@raynathiel8800 correct
This song☝️..., one of my favorites, and one of Elton John's masterpieces🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 I can listen to this song over and over again!!!!!!!!
Still as beautiful, profound, and grand as it was 39 years ago.
yeah
Best lyric of all time "One more beer and I don't hear you anymore" EJ and BT the best!!
still
DayTripper12880 Although Elton writes all of the music to Bernie Taupin's lyrics. One, if not the best musical collaborations of all time.
He dodged a bullet not giving into a women, and we have great music because of it....
lol
Amen!!!!!
This was my husband and I 's Wedding song in 1993 after we both were married and divorced from people who hurt, cheated and took us for granted. Now then, after that we knew we weren't meant to be together when we were very young but after when we really knew what love was truly about. We saved each other that day we were married.
This song demands to be heard on quality headphones.
C.A. Hall Absolutely!
Yes!
Exactly!!!! So glad someone else thinks the same!!
I'm listening through my vintage dual mono block Threshold amps over my Klipschorn speakers. I could charge admission. Blunt on the way.
As a mid-70s child and teen, I used to listen to music on vinyl records, all of which I still own, through three foot tall tower speakers that could shake the entire house. The ambience of loudspeakers cannot be beaten.
All of his songs were hits. He’s a true legend!!!!
I was Twelve when I first heard this incredible song. It has grown with me over the years, I've been working it out on my piano, bit by bit. What a time of incredible music that was. Our minds were all evolved by it, although the A.M. radios did not always render the lyrics clearly. Brilliance comes through. Thank you Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin, you have given us such priceless gifts.
i sang this to the love of my life, on the stairsteps of the apt complex we lived in, her apt above mine. she was 15 i was 16, 47 years later, i remember every word, an the memory is enough to bring tears.
My husband OD two nights ago. I don't partake. He was celebrating his retirement, and then he was gone. No mouth to mouth no compressions nearly my pain and fear punching at his chest , until he returned....
His life was saved, but I'm certainly not that powerful. Thank you God.
"...so save your strength, and run the field you play alone..."
absolute BRILLIANCE -
Thank you Sir Elton and Mr. Taupin!
jmferris1138 Bess be in full tactical gear because they're on their own now. No marriage. Fabulous!
Honestly, how good is this song!!!????? Fucking classic!!
The best of Elton and Bernie.
Nobody writes them like this anymore.
All the men are apologizing, crying they cannot live without the woman.
All the women are bitching and boasting that they do not need a man.
Political correctness is the rot and destruction of our culture. But not here.
People forget about bernie
@@IAmJaguarPaw.ThisIsMyForest. truth
No ! it's not a good song it's a GREAT song not like the shit they have today there will never be songs like this again I'm 52 and proud of it
When I was a kid, I was so captivated by the opening riff of Elton’s piano. I was thrilled when I got ahold of the sheet music to attempt to play it myself.
That’s why I looked up this song! I’m figuring it out by ear :)
Check out “The One” by Elton to play on the piano. Breathtaking and captivating. ❤️
This song brings back memories as a kid. But as of today, this would be the first time I actually understood the message he had intended in his song. WOW!!
This man's music has it's era all over it. It's as if Elton John was the seventies.
👍
+edmund184 He was pretty good in the eighties as well!
Indeed. I was a tiny little girl... Remember my sister playing his albums all day.
katakisLives
"I'm Still Standing" is my personal empowerment song.
Couldn't have said it better. He was the 70's. Listening to Elton since 11 yrs old. Now 58 yrs old. His music is timeless.
There's at least one line in this song that resolutes with each of us.
One of the greatest songs ever written.
the poetic lyrics, the beautiful chord changes, but what really sets this one apart for me is the passion in sir elton's voice, it really sounds personal
I'm 65 years old . Heard this song countless times , but I was in a traffic queue last week and this came on Radio 2 . It was the first time I listened to the lyrics . What a song . ☺
Haunting lyrics. I LOVE so many of Elton's songs. This, by far, is my alltime favorite!
+heidimsw Oh yes...the era of often guessed at and debated lyrics. Amazing how you can so like songs and not know WTF there about.....
+Marty Buchanan when this one hits you, and without even thinking, just listening, you will know without a doubt what he is singing about. and you will be amazed. at least I hope you have that moment
....but the thing about those songs is they can have different meanings to different people.. That's what makes them great.
How many theories have you heard about Hotel California ?
heidimsw mine too;)
Mine as well. Everything about this song is perfection.
In his youth Elton was engaged and one night very drunk he told a friend he was contemplating suicide by hanging himself. He told his friend that he felt trapped and didnt want a family life he wanted to be a singer and make music more than anything.
His friend leaned over and whispered, Youre a butterfly and Butterflys are free to fly!
That evening Elton broke the engagement and pursued his dreams.
Bernie Taupin, Eltons room mate at the time wrote this song Eltons good friend was nick named Sugar Bear.
In many subsequent interviews Elton has said Sugar Bear saved his life!
Pretty Damn Cool....
Then his friend did him in the ass and gave him a pair of sunglasses
fudgedog
Classic reply, Love it.....
fudgedog
And even after being done in the ass he is more successful and respected then you ever will be.
Thanks Jo Blow for the insight into this song. I can remember listening to it on the radio in the 70's; time flys
Joy Anne yeah + We had a AM radio in the VW bus. Now ,I can really do w/out fudgepaker's mind-in-the gutter comments.
I relate to this song as someone who came within an inch of killing myself one time. It wasn’t over a relationship, and another person didn’t save my life, but the song is still very powerful with its message. Elton is grateful to still be alive, and so am I. If I had ended it all at age 16 all those years ago I would have missed so much.
I grew up in the 60's, the 70's, and the 80's. I was and am still fortunate enough to have been able to listen to all these decades of the Greatest music in history that was given to us! Elton and Bernie were and still Monuments. So creative these decades were.
At that time...the tone of his voice....the lyrics....the piano...Elton and Bernie making some of the greatest songs ever....it was perfect....
Someone Saved my Life tonight....WOW!! My #1 favorite since I was 7 years old. I'm now 52. Still my all time favorite artist, singer and piano player. I had every album that I saved my meager allowance for.
This particular song goes to the depths of my entire being, moves my soul in a way I can't explain. Moves me to tears to this very DAY!!
MUSICAL GENIUS' HANDS DOWN. Can't wait to see the farewell tour. Thank you Elton John and band for a lifetime of the best music. Respect and reverence aren't good enough words.
Most genras of music has saved my life at 73
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I am a lifelong fan of Elton John and Im so glad he shared his musical talents with the world. The world is a brighter place with him in it. Thank you Sir Elton John.
I have loved Elton John for years and have now finally relisized that this is a sample on Kanye West's Good Morning
Thank you Elton and Burnie for all your fantastic music and lyrics over these many years!
" It's 4:00 in the morning, damn it. " I dunno why i love that so much xD
Me too
As a mattet of fact that line is what caught my ear and made me listen to the whole song. Im a HUGE Elton John fan
Love ALL his music
I love everything about this song, but the drum work is especially beautiful
This is one of those iconic sounds of my childhood. I was just a kid and the part that always stuck in my head after hearing this song was the ending. Such quality music, lyrics, vocals, everything. I'm glad technology today allows us to go back in time through music at any moment.
an unbelievably clever song - lyrically of course it tells a tragic and heart warming story, and musically it is enigmatic and elusive. It's amazing!
The story told is the one thing that really puts me off when it was explained to me (during a TV interview with the person involved) that this song is about/against the woman who was engaged to be married to Elton John before he even assumed his stage name and persona. I mean: if you are homosexual, being caught in a male-female bond of marriage is not a good thing, but although you can blame society for pushing you in that direction, you should not blame a woman who fell in love with you, unaware of your sexual preferences, and who wants to spend her life with you. Of course, a story has two sides, but even if half of the other person's story as she presented it ("Suddenly he was gone and he never talked to me again; he just wrote this song about it, which is still very painful today, because I had no idea what was going on.") is true, I think this is a song that - lyric-wise - should not be. It is a song that executes revenge rather than emphasise freedom.
Sorry if this ruins anybody's appreciation of the lyrics as it did for me (before I knew this, I really loved the song and the lyrics), but I feel it is only fair to present this side of the information about this song as well for the sake of completeness.
Exactly
@@SuperTonyony Exactly. There's two sides to every story and this song is one side of it. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle and both sides probably had valid complaints. So why not just enjoy the song?
Clever aside. Can't it just be a good song?
rockabye Elton knew her and his friends and family said she was a golddigger and then she goes on TV playing the Victim getting paid for the interview Elton has never claimed to be a perfect person but come one it was his life he knows better than we do he has a right to speak the truth about her it's his story no matter if he wrote it or not it's his story
Remember being 19, in college, and loving this song during the Summer of 1975. It was truly an introspective song with the words meaningful. I enjoyed listening to the full length version then cranking it up full blast for the final minute to feel the power of it! Someone saved someone saved someone saved my life tonight...
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I’m ashamed to admit I hadn’t heard of this Elton John song until LAST YEAR.
I feel I’ve let myself down not knowing about it!!!
It’s a truly beautiful, yet haunting piece. Stunning.
*Someone Saved My Life Tonight* is the international anthem for all of us who have survived the clutches of malignant narcissist thanks to the many lifelines that were thrown to us by those who truly love and care for us.
This is real MUSIC. Words you can understand, words you can reflect on ,and leaves us all looking at our lives in decisions and reality’s.
This is one of my favorite songs ever to listen to. The pure heart I can hear in Elton's voice later in the song gives me goosebumps everytime.
I've never heard this before, but I was given the dark tower books for my birthday year before last, I'm rereading them now, and book five brought me here to check it out, and I'm awestruck as I contemplate the phrase; " everything is connected" I've heard it all my life, and I've seen a few examples, but I don't think I could ever fathom just how far the implications might extend; long thoughts in the light of dawn ... 😕
Damn Chuck, I love what you wrote! Thank you. I love that this song evokes those thoughts in you...anyone. I added a comment here a few days ago but I've been jonesin for this song and a few others from back in the day. They all remind me of my mom n sister. I lost both of em the end of 2021. I just wanted to let you know someone read your comment and thought it was f'ing badass . Take care 🙂
Listening to Elton John is actually healing my soul throughout. I saw him in the 80's here in Houston with my gf, Tisha. We found each other about 10 years ago and I really want to see him,before I exit this life. His voice and music has got me spellbound. 😢😊😊
a hauntingly beautiful song..
this song was on the radio the night my dad passed away a special song for a special daddy! Comforting. Love you dad!
First heard this in 1978. 16 years old and didn't understand the meaning of this song but became an Elton John fan. I was learning piano at this time so I became hooked on his piano skills.
its about how he almost married a woman despite being gay. Now he is married to a man and he has 2 kids.
@@maddykrantznot sure about that. Just watched a documentary on Elton, in his own words, he said he tried to commit suicide at the very height of his career, this song was about that.
This song is beautiful because you hear the pain you know it was real. So beautiful Elton.
My all time favorite Elton John song!
This album was excellent. I was12 - 13 and this was by far my favorite song. I know why NOW.
This song has a very special meaning to me, thanks to the doctors who happened to be aboard the plane when I suffered a sudden cardiac arrest on the way to my seat. Between the CPR and defibrillator, I can honestly say, "Someone saved my life tonight"! Thank you, thank you!
I love Elton John & this particular song is personal b/c my mom use to sing it in the car when it came on the radio or she would start singing or hum it around our home. I wish I could hear her sing it to me one more time. I miss her SO much.
How does this not have at least a million views
This is the song that got me listening to Elton John. there is no word to describe how I feel about this song.
Elton and Bernie. Wow. I’m 60 and into so much and many styles of music, Bowie probably formost, but few compare to these gods of music. I’ve got tears streaming down my face as I listen to this.
Father Callahan heard this song everywhere he went
How can anyone not love Elton John? Mystical, magical;
This is my favorite song from Elton John. He has a lot of beautiful songs with lyrics that always get to your deepest emotions, but this has to be my all-time favorite. Thanks for sharing!!
I must agree......his music touches my soul and has been for almost 5 decades.....
One of (maybe even) my all-time favorite songs!!! Bought my first Elton John album...Madman Across the Water...about 1972??? He's STILL my favorite! My epiphany music early 70's when I was 14ish yrs old. In my heart forever! ❤❤❤❤❤
In my opinion, this is the single greatest song ever written and performed. An absolute masterpiece of sheer perfection. Not only musically, but because this song does, extremely well, what only a few others have been able to do before. Which is that it speaks to the listener personally. Every person who has ever listened to this song can relate to the words and apply the words to their own lives. We all feel as if this song is being sung directly to us, about our lives. Very few songs can evoke the kind of involvement and emotion that this song has done and continues to do to this day. This is the greatest song of all time - at least in my opinion.
Absolutely
A co-worker literally saved my life a couple weeks ago. She's in a different department...people and Managers in my own department didn't recognize my distress multiple times. Seriously when someone has visible cuts and you don't realize something is very, very wrong.
@@polarbearsaysyummy5845 I am happy for you. Everyone deserves some goodness in their lives.
@@RumbleFish69 A simple thank you.
@@polarbearsaysyummy5845 Who the fuck asked you? The nerve of shit bags like you, who think that your opinions are allowed everywhere. Shut the fck up and go back to being aedo, or banging your mom. Whatever it is that you do.
My most favorite song EVER , Once saved myself from suicide
Amen!🎼🎙️🎶🎹🖤☘️🤙🏻
I'm glad it did
God bless you!
OP, glad you are here :)
I feel you.
This song is so POWERFUL and AUTHENTIC . . . I just know this by intuition. One can feel it. Probably Elton John's best song ever because it is so deeply real and thus expressed as the most noble form of art: personal experience of the deepest consequences accurately reprocessed and expressed via art. Sublime and an affirmation of humanity's divine essence potentiality as a realization.
+Jacobus Apostata My fave by Elton (although I have MANY second-faves)! 😊
Well put Jacobus!
I think Elton's sterling vocals here reflect the unusually personal subject. Great song.
Nigel on drums.
I've rediscovered elton john,also learned a lot about him through rocket man.He's great regardless of the things he did early on.He's only human like anyone else.
It broke my heart to learn that while he was bringing joy to people around the world, he was sad, miserable and simply in need of being loved, truly, spiritually, wholely. Thank you for sharing 'you' with us, Sir Elton.
You ever hear a song and then think to yourself "thank the universe this artist exists" thank the universe Elton John exists and for writing such a brilliant song like this that everyone can relate to in some way
Absolutely Beautiful Masterpiece, I remember the day this song came out, a very beautiful legendary masterpiece from Elton John
A song that also saved me from the bonds of drug addiction thank you Elton for a beautiful song and I'm a butterfly and I'm free too fly
Truly one of the best vocal performances ever.