I attended this concert with my then girl friend. Absolutely epic. Best concert ever. And oh...by the way, married that girl and we just celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary.
Jeb Egbert: aww..!! How lovely!! You are so lucky twice!!! > 1. To have been able to be at this concert!! and 2nd of all: That you got married to that great girlfriend of yours that was there with you 🥰🙂 and you are still together after over 40 years - that is a miracle these days.... 😔😌 ⭐️✨
I can't imagine how he felt while performing. Overdosing and getting out of the hospital 2 days prior before the concert. He still made the concert such an amazing experience after going through something so crazy
I'm only 17, was born in 1999. So seeing this footage of the 70s is really like a time machine for me! I appreciate this footage a lot! It's fun to watch a young Elton john in his heyday. I saw him live recently this year, and boy, although his music is the same fantastic music, it'll never be like the 70s! I wish I could've gone back in time. The 70s looked like an AMAZING time for music, and Elton was fabulous! I'll always love him, but a part of me is DYING to get a time machine and attend a 70s or 80s concert of his!!!
Elton was in his absolute prime in the '70s & '80s. Hopefully, there are TH-cam clips of some of his live performances back then, but they're not in the same league as actually being at his concerts. Still, it gives you a taste of what it was like in the golden age of rock & pop. ENJOY!!! I've recently attended one of his December 2019 concerts & it was SUPERB!!! Fortunately, I have another one to attend in March.
I appreciate you for appreciating the 70s , it was an amazing time to be alive , people were warm and friendly and didn’t lock their door if you can imagine that . Now we have more problems than you can shake a stick at .
I was there for the 2nd day to see MY IDOL!! We slept out overnight outside the gates at the top of Academy Drive because we had festival seating. And we were drinking way too much. There was no casual walking to our seats when the gates opened. We literally RAN for our lives all the way to the field gate. This was one of the most memorial days of my life. I still have the program and my ticket. I have a few b/w pix, too. I've since seen ELTON many more times, including standing at his piano on stage in Las Vegas (much better seats, lol) and will see him for the last US concert - the finale - of his farewell tour at Dodger Stadium once again. From 1975 to 2022. What a journey. The thought of this is quite emotional for me!
In his book "ME," he says he really didn't want to have all of the fuss surrounding his "star," didn't want to go, and especially didn't want to ride in on the golf cart. Certainly he was very depressed and likely exhausted during this time.
I was lucky to see Elton John 1972 (?) at Long Beach Arena a much much smaller venue holds maybe 4,000 people and he was just getting started. There was open seating on the floor and we danced all night! It was amazing and one of my best concert memories!! Also saw him play at the Forum a few years later..what an entertainer!! Love love love his music along with Bernie Taupen...
Elton as always being iconic! I always find shelter on his songs. I can't wait to more people become a fan, if you are a new one welcome to the Rocket Club it's the best club ever! ❤
Enjoy seeing footage of Elton from that era, especially since I was there at one of the Dodger Stadium shows(1st one), but also hard to see knowing now what we-his fans- didn't know then, how miserable he was at what should have been one of the best times in his life.
First concert I every attended still have the ticket stubs and program tucked safely away. Hopefully someday the entire event which was filmed will come to be
Same with me. Still have both program and ticket. I'm also seeing him again for the finale of FYBR at Dodger Stadium, 47 years later. Will be emotional for sure.
I was born on 1973, my dad came accross an old audio cassette where I am talking and playing as a 1 year old and in the background was the song Danny Bailey, so I looked up some old footage just to see if there was any visual to go with this song. On another note, not long before my mother lost her battle with early onset Alzheimer's disease, my father, who was born in England came home from working with the Army Reserves in Iraq in the spring of 2004, he treated me to a once in a lifetime trip to Brittain and France to see our relatibes and enjoy a well deserved holiday, while we were visiting dad's cousins, I had found out that his cousin's husband's mother was Reginald Dwight's babysitter, yup she babysat who we all know now as sir Elton John. I thought wow, what a small small world we live in
I always particularly enjoyed the don’t shoot me album! Especially that one song Blues for baby and me! Quite a hidden gem ...but lately I’m stuck on the Rock Of The Westies album! That album is a genuine diamond from start to finish! It’s impossible to crank yell help/Wednesday/ugly and not embark on a euphoric rhythmic groove!
It seems that the film crew filmed more videos of the concert, if you see in the beginning of this video with the studio version of pinball wizard, there seems to be more that was not put into this documentary. It seems that more films of this concert exists. Let’s hope they release it
Experience extreme, crippling depression and the weight of an entire world on your shoulders at that young of an age and its really not hard to understand why.
All this going on about hiding he was gay doesn't jive with what he says himself. It was mostly down to a loveless childhood in combination with the very strange life of being a superstar.
Saw him here in Sydney. He always opened the show with Funeral for a friend/Love lives bleeding. We got up out of our seats and danced in the aisles. Can't remember the year though.
Might have been 1974? That's when he performed in Auckland (his second ever 'tour' in New Zealand at that stage). Wow, Elton at his peak, what a concert, over 35,000 people packed into Western Springs, my first ever concert. I was a kid, went along with my big brother, then went out and bought all the rest of his earlier albums. His best music was made up until that point.
@@karenmacintosh4309 Actually I just googled his concert dates. That one was the month of February in 1974, I remember it was a summer night :) We were lucky to see him then.
Lmao .... I guess you forgot about the Vietnam war and the civil rights movement? Oh! And watergate? Nixon resigning? 😂😂😂😂 hahaha yeah nothing like today....🙄🙄🙄🙄🤔🤔🤔🤔
Hey Great Concert footage I'm absolutely obsessed with the seventies early eighties Elton! Would u happen to have any footage of the 1974 Thanksgiving concert at Madison Square Garden featuring John Lennon's Last concert appearance?
@Proper that’s the point though. it’s the story of elton telling his life story from rehab. it’s supposed to be a fantasy and have some unrealistic points. he was high and drunk during most of the 70s-80s his memory is supposed to be hazy and out of order. elton john himself was a producer in Rocketman so there will probably not be a more accurate biopic of elton john. Rocketman is a beautiful film and it’s a shame that you can’t see that but i respect your opinion :)
Yes sadly Elton tried to commit suicide and was only released from hospital 2 days prior...for those who watched Rocketman you can see Elton looking depressed and then putting a huge smile while arriving on stage... I don't think he was hiding his problems but he was sinoly truly happy while he was on stage
The Eagles rocked Wembley so much we wondered who the hell could follow them, then the Beach Boys came on and once again the Stadium seats were bouncing they owned it. Then Elton John came on and tried to play the unheard Capt. Fantastic and half emptied the place. Does anyone know if there's any footage of Wembley '75? Only part I can find is of Elton John :(
Because at the time his life was everyone else's except his.He had to pretend not to be a homosexual out of fear of his career.Its very depressing just thinking about it.
well, no this isn't what really happened considering he was horribly depressed here. the important part was that he tried to kill himself, not how his random family members got there and how they had fun with his money
The movie didn't show the concert tbh. All it did was showing the contrast between his inner and outer life. The movie is about how Elton experienced his life, not about statistics and stuff.
If you flying over the Canadian Rockies and heading for Las Angeles you turn left in a southerly direction, not right; unless you're headed for the North Pole. Too much Dom Perignon perhaps.
Proper i don’t dislike Elton John, not at all, but having read his autobiography and not having been taken by his personality I watched the beginning of this documentary, I felt rather « disgusted » by what I saw and I said so.One cannot be accused of making up emotions. But of course you don’t have to agree and you can find arguments to contradict me. For me this is what TH-cam is all about.
I attended this concert with my then girl friend. Absolutely epic. Best concert ever. And oh...by the way, married that girl and we just celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary.
Jeb Egbert: aww..!! How lovely!! You are so lucky twice!!! > 1. To have been able to be at this concert!! and 2nd of all: That you got married to that great girlfriend of yours that was there with you 🥰🙂 and you are still together after over 40 years - that is a miracle these days.... 😔😌 ⭐️✨
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations on both!
Jeb Egbert 😍😍
That’s so great!! I love your story!!
I can't imagine how he felt while performing. Overdosing and getting out of the hospital 2 days prior before the concert. He still made the concert such an amazing experience after going through something so crazy
I was there! Such a fantastic concert. I was 19 years old.
Awesome
I was there too , I was 17
Lucky 🍀
How much were tickets?
@@DanielGarcia-bx3cl Same!
I'm only 17, was born in 1999. So seeing this footage of the 70s is really like a time machine for me! I appreciate this footage a lot! It's fun to watch a young Elton john in his heyday. I saw him live recently this year, and boy, although his music is the same fantastic music, it'll never be like the 70s! I wish I could've gone back in time. The 70s looked like an AMAZING time for music, and Elton was fabulous! I'll always love him, but a part of me is DYING to get a time machine and attend a 70s or 80s concert of his!!!
Elton was in his absolute prime in the '70s & '80s. Hopefully, there are TH-cam clips of some of his live performances back then, but they're not in the same league as actually being at his concerts. Still, it gives you a taste of what it was like in the golden age of rock & pop. ENJOY!!! I've recently attended one of his December 2019 concerts & it was SUPERB!!! Fortunately, I have another one to attend in March.
I appreciate you for appreciating the 70s , it was an amazing time to be alive , people were warm and friendly and didn’t lock their door if you can imagine that . Now we have more problems than you can shake a stick at .
He was truly the biggest rock n roll star / pop star in the world during this tour. It was so exciting.
I was there for the 2nd day to see MY IDOL!! We slept out overnight outside the gates at the top of Academy Drive because we had festival seating. And we were drinking way too much. There was no casual walking to our seats when the gates opened. We literally RAN for our lives all the way to the field gate. This was one of the most memorial days of my life. I still have the program and my ticket. I have a few b/w pix, too. I've since seen ELTON many more times, including standing at his piano on stage in Las Vegas (much better seats, lol) and will see him for the last US concert - the finale - of his farewell tour at Dodger Stadium once again. From 1975 to 2022. What a journey. The thought of this is quite emotional for me!
In his book "ME," he says he really didn't want to have all of the fuss surrounding his "star," didn't want to go, and especially didn't want to ride in on the golf cart. Certainly he was very depressed and likely exhausted during this time.
I was lucky to see Elton John 1972 (?) at Long Beach Arena a much much smaller venue holds maybe 4,000 people and he was just getting started. There was open seating on the floor and we danced all night! It was amazing and one of my best concert memories!! Also saw him play at the Forum a few years later..what an entertainer!! Love love love his music along with Bernie Taupen...
Eltan was pretty huge by 1972, atleast I can Imagine.
finding out he'd attempted suicide and had been hospitalized only 1 day before this really puts it into perspective
so sad.
And you know this how? Doubt it.
@@del7i540 good grief. It's in his book, and has never been hidden
@@del7i540 Maybe read his autobiography and do a little research about it. Jackass
Elton as always being iconic! I always find shelter on his songs. I can't wait to more people become a fan, if you are a new one welcome to the Rocket Club it's the best club ever! ❤
Enjoy seeing footage of Elton from that era, especially since I was there
Enjoy seeing footage of Elton from that era, especially since I was there at one of the Dodger Stadium shows(1st one), but also hard to see knowing now what we-his fans- didn't know then, how miserable he was at what should have been one of the best times in his life.
I was there too. He opened with “Your Song”. Such a great show. Joe Walsh was pretty good too.
I cant believe a couple days before this concert Elton tried to kill himself and he still did this.
1975 was a really good year, a night at the opera, Elton in Dodgers Stadium and that year my mom was born
How I wish I was at Dodger Stadium at that time.
His talent is unquestioned. Who cares about his private life.
I was there too. I was 18. Rite in front of the stage & yes, it was amazing!
WOW! Great video. Thank you!
Thank you so much for posting this vidéo ❤️
Thanks for uploading this. It's things like this doc that make youtube worthwhile for me.'
Funeral for a Friend....beyond amazing
The best times of my life wish I could go back
Am currently reading his book. V good by the way. This film compliments the book perfectly.
I googled the setlist for the first show and it's a killer ! I hope some videos,footage or sound still exists. By the way: that first show was 3 h + !
Juggling Taxi 🚖Elton dad and mom were so mean, and he still took care of them.
A couple of albums....Captain Fantastic and Rock of the westies , if not more, Debuted at #1...not many artists claim that
First concert I every attended still have the ticket stubs and program tucked safely away. Hopefully someday the entire event which was filmed will come to be
Jeffrey Osborn I sure hope so!!
Same with me. Still have both program and ticket. I'm also seeing him again for the finale of FYBR at Dodger Stadium, 47 years later. Will be emotional for sure.
En aquella época tenia 10 años y vivia en Perú con mis padres.Siempre hemos admirado a Sir Elton John .Muy interesante el Documental.Thank you!
Awesome video! EJ is one of the best!
I was born on 1973, my dad came accross an old audio cassette where I am talking and playing as a 1 year old and in the background was the song Danny Bailey, so I looked up some old footage just to see if there was any visual to go with this song. On another note, not long before my mother lost her battle with early onset Alzheimer's disease, my father, who was born in England came home from working with the Army Reserves in Iraq in the spring of 2004, he treated me to a once in a lifetime trip to Brittain and France to see our relatibes and enjoy a well deserved holiday, while we were visiting dad's cousins, I had found out that his cousin's husband's mother was Reginald Dwight's babysitter, yup she babysat who we all know now as sir Elton John. I thought wow, what a small small world we live in
Mad respect for Sir Elton John. I wore out the 45 I had, of Philadelphia Freedom.
👑KINGTASTIC!!👑
I always particularly enjoyed the don’t shoot me album! Especially that one song Blues for baby and me! Quite a hidden gem ...but lately I’m stuck on the Rock Of The Westies album! That album is a genuine diamond from start to finish! It’s impossible to crank yell help/Wednesday/ugly and not embark on a euphoric rhythmic groove!
That was always one of my favorite Elton albums,the songs were so cool.
It seems that the film crew filmed more videos of the concert, if you see in the beginning of this video with the studio version of pinball wizard, there seems to be more that was not put into this documentary. It seems that more films of this concert exists. Let’s hope they release it
I was there! I was 17 years old!
Same. 17. It was incredible then, but we had no idea how historic and iconic this concert was to become!
@@lorismithstreeter4458 I know! It was an experience I'll never forget!
I’m 15 and wish I was there 😭
He was 28 at the time of this incredible concert. He had the world at his feet. Why would he try to end his own life?.
È vero..in quei giorni aveva tentato di uccidersi... 😓😓
Too much work , having to hide his homosexuality ...maybe
Experience extreme, crippling depression and the weight of an entire world on your shoulders at that young of an age and its really not hard to understand why.
Burn out after all the work (recording, touring) and above all hiding he was gay...
All this going on about hiding he was gay doesn't jive with what he says himself. It was mostly down to a loveless childhood in combination with the very strange life of being a superstar.
thank u for uploading this!
saw Elton at MSG in 1976, I was 11
Imagine being the center of all that - all eyes on you. Must be surreal.
so was that a free concert? The areal view of the audience was astounding!!
No. Not free. But might as well have been. My ticket (and all) were 10.00 bucks.
woud love to see this concert, anyone know if it's available anywhere
Saw him here in Sydney. He always opened the show with Funeral for a friend/Love lives bleeding. We got up out of our seats and danced in the aisles. Can't remember the year though.
Might have been 1974? That's when he performed in Auckland (his second ever 'tour' in New Zealand at that stage). Wow, Elton at his peak, what a concert, over 35,000 people packed into Western Springs, my first ever concert. I was a kid, went along with my big brother, then went out and bought all the rest of his earlier albums. His best music was made up until that point.
@@heywopics7485 Thank you. I'm sure you're right.
@@karenmacintosh4309 Actually I just googled his concert dates. That one was the month of February in 1974, I remember it was a summer night :) We were lucky to see him then.
Wow. Must've been a fun time. Nothing like our generation today so grim and divided.
Lmao .... I guess you forgot about the Vietnam war and the civil rights movement? Oh! And watergate? Nixon resigning? 😂😂😂😂 hahaha yeah nothing like today....🙄🙄🙄🙄🤔🤔🤔🤔
Not to mention gas shortages . . .
Musical Genius
A whole 10 minute documentary? Cmon
Great video!!
Hey Great Concert footage I'm absolutely obsessed with the seventies early eighties Elton! Would u happen to have any footage of the 1974 Thanksgiving concert at Madison Square Garden featuring John Lennon's Last concert appearance?
PRINCE EDDIE it was not filmed, only audio
They should’ve filmed that with high quality equipment,but as they say,hind sight is 20/20.
The magnitude these two musicians have is huge.
All day fun for less than $20 bucks. Glory days.
Were just gonna forget the first 2 days, I'm sorry..
I was born in the wrong time
In the (great) biopic Rocketman, and comfirmed by interviews years later, he tried to commite suicide just before this concert.
Yeah but they got a lot of things wrong in that movie many of the dates wrong
@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES it's not a documentary
@Proper that’s the point though. it’s the story of elton telling his life story from rehab. it’s supposed to be a fantasy and have some unrealistic points. he was high and drunk during most of the 70s-80s his memory is supposed to be hazy and out of order. elton john himself was a producer in Rocketman so there will probably not be a more accurate biopic of elton john. Rocketman is a beautiful film and it’s a shame that you can’t see that but i respect your opinion :)
I was there!
What is the song playing at 10:08? I believe it's the intro to something but I can't find what.
Ciscoho open.spotify.com/track/6dix9mJZambkCkDOlXQTwG?si=vjxahZ6GSreCWMfXYilNtQ
Captain Fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy
Who were the opening bands?
Wowww!🤠🤠
Pinball Wizard, loved that song :) The 70s belonged to Elton and LZ.
Lots of others too,music was so much better then.
Yes sadly Elton tried to commit suicide and was only released from hospital 2 days prior...for those who watched Rocketman you can see Elton looking depressed and then putting a huge smile while arriving on stage... I don't think he was hiding his problems but he was sinoly truly happy while he was on stage
Rocket Man🤩
The Eagles rocked Wembley so much we wondered who the hell could follow them, then the Beach Boys came on and once again the Stadium seats were bouncing they owned it.
Then Elton John came on and tried to play the unheard Capt. Fantastic and half emptied the place.
Does anyone know if there's any footage of Wembley '75? Only part I can find is of Elton John :(
Because at the time his life was everyone else's except his.He had to pretend not to be a homosexual out of fear of his career.Its very depressing just thinking about it.
He always says he didn't pretend, though. He figured it was pretty obvious
So when did his family arrive? Elton has said he overdosed 2 days before the concert. He seemed well when greeting them.
Didn't he do it after his family arrived? His mother, stepfather, and grandmother witnessed it.
I am not sure, that is why I asked.
Does anyone know what song is played at 10:09? It sounds like Texas Love Song but is not quite. Elton John lives forever!!!!
Richard Labriola check out setlist fm . Oct 1975
Richard Labriola that’s the title track Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Captain Fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy
what name of first song?
Qsy Fantastic pintball wizard 😊
@@anaisb5271 oh thanks :D i subscribed your channel.
Compare and contrast this to the Dodgers Stadium scene in "Rocketman." This is what really happened.
Did you think the movie was a documentary?
well, no this isn't what really happened considering he was horribly depressed here. the important part was that he tried to kill himself, not how his random family members got there and how they had fun with his money
Well he certainly didn’t turn into a human rocket and get blown up by an airplane in real life lol
The movie didn't show the concert tbh. All it did was showing the contrast between his inner and outer life. The movie is about how Elton experienced his life, not about statistics and stuff.
part 1 was taken off?..
Yes I know sons of bitches
it's there just copy and paste ... Elton John - Dodger Stadium - 1975- Documentary Part 1
*in 1973, relatives, sorry, must correct my typos, my fingers are not small
In the movie his mother seemed like a cold bitch from hell. My heart broke with how his parents treated him.
Its the title track to the best album ever made, by ANYONE!
Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy.
What’s with all those empty seats in the photos. Thought he sold it out!!??
people didn't stay in their seats and went to the field
Well, they didn’t all go to bed.
When Elton was at the peak of his powers.
When Elton was at the peak of his depression
The genius of Goodbye Yellow Brick Rd, Caribou, Capt Fantastic and Rock of the Westies.
Josh Groban lookalike at 1:17.
That’s John Reid
Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy
1:16 John "Scottishit" Reid
He certainly harmed Elton in many ways. He also introduced him to cocaine. :(
1:46 Bitch.
~Rocketman...
What's pink and fluffy and hasn't moved for 40 years????? Russell Hartys slippers. 😃😃😃
If you flying over the Canadian Rockies and heading for Las Angeles you turn left in a southerly direction, not right; unless you're headed for the North Pole. Too much Dom Perignon perhaps.
Elton John thinks he is loved because he pays family and friends to come and see him, this is pathetic.
Proper i don’t dislike Elton John, not at all, but having read his autobiography and not having been taken by his personality I watched the beginning of this documentary, I felt rather « disgusted » by what I saw and I said so.One cannot be accused of making up emotions. But of course you don’t have to agree and you can find arguments to contradict me. For me this is what TH-cam is all about.
Disgusting