Elton John (Funeral For A Friend / Loves Lies Bleeding) Kel's First Reaction
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- Kel's First Reaction to Elton John's classic "Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding"...with WInston Woof in the HOWWWWWWWWWSE! HAPPY 1st YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE KEL-n-RICH SHOW!!!!
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One of the only songs I consider to be a masterpiece. It is flawless. Thanks for covering it.
I didn't realize that was Elton at the time.. Captain Fantastic.. What Elton did was, as you stated, a masterpiece, putting two songs together..Thanks bernie, for your work on this. A total masterpiece...
I consider this album easily a top 25 all time.....it was Elton's Sgt. Pepper
It's a toss-up between that one and _Tumbleweed Connection_ for me.
@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy don't forget Madman Across The Water! Elton had a lot of great albums in the 70's
@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy Good choice. I began with Madman but quickly realized what gold I had and went back to purchase those that came before. I followed him up to Rock of the Westies and gradually feel off after that. Still, he's got it in him to belt out a jewel now and again. He is a very big star IMHO.
Mike G
You can say that again. Man I remember being 5 or 6 when this came out. Such vivid imagery from music when your a little kid, almost like I was on acid. Brilliant album, and the guitar melodies in the beginning still can bring a tear to my eye.
This album is as good as ZOSO And Dark Side IMO
Even among the huge amount of great songs he's done, this is true Elton's "Magnum Opus."
IMHO, the GREATEST intro to an album EVER!!
Elton John, Bernie Taupin and the Elton John Band ... UNBELIEVABLE piece of music.
Loved it back in the day, and still LOVE IT!!
This band just killed on this track. Dee Murray's bass is on fire!
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One of the bass riffs of all time
Best bass player of all time IMO
Johnstone's guitar.
Thank you. I could not for the life of me remember the bassist, I just knew every time I heard it on this track, I wanted to be a freakin’ bass player. Rippin’ !!!!
How fun! Welcome to your new obsession 🤩
I’ve seen Elton live 37 times , starting in 1975...and this song is my ALL TIME FAVORITE !!
13 concerts for me since 1980. 37 is incredible!
Holy S&@# 37 times.
This song is so beautiful it still makes me cry even after all these years. Saw him live about 4 times, no words for experiencing this song live.
I’m jealous! 🤘👍✌️👈❗️
Totally agree
Once you hear this song you will be an instant Elton fan if you weren't already.
I got chills from listening to this song for the many times before. I love the keys and bass playing the most.
Davey Johnston, one of the most underrated guitar players in rock and roll
He's not underrated for me, he's right up there with the Jimmy's and Eric's etc.
Absolutely
I saw Elton John during the tour back in the early 70s and this was played during the concert. As a young college student, this gave me goosebumps hearing it the first time. I still get goosebumps when I hear the opening...
Elton with his best band line up and at the absolute pinnacle of his powers. Great choice. lots more great songs on that album. Maybe do All the Girls Love Alice next?
Alice it's my turn today.
I have always loved "All the Young Girls Love Alice" - not sure why, but I did and still do.
This LP is so good, even long forgotten obscure songs on it are good, (like grey seal, or better yet, Jamaica jerk off, lol) while half the LP were top hits.
MY FAVORITE ELTON JOHN SONG OF ALL TIME ...
Mine too. Followed closely by Mona Lisa and Madman across the water of course!
by 10,000,000 light years!
Mine to
Mine as well Steve. Brilliant!
Everyone had the Yellow Brick Road LP..at the time.
I still have my original copy. I was ten years old when I convinced my parents to buy it for me.
I had it on 8 track
I totally still do. So much good stuff.
It was required by law..
Couldn't afford it -73, got the original vinyl 1993 from a friend who soon after thst passed away.
When I was in high school in the late 70’s a friend was in a car accident. About a month after he died a few of us went to visit his grave. We had not been listening to the radio. When we got back in the car this song started playing
Omg!
Synchronicity
eerie
Intelligent design indeed. I don’t care about the naysayers! It’s true!
His spirit gave this amazing song to you as a gift.
An absolute gem. Even after nearly a lifetime ago, the ARP synth on "Funeral" gives me gooseflesh and a chill running down my spine. Thanks for posting.
jm131719 Brings tears to my eyes. This was the best years of my life. I saw Elton in 1974 at Tampa Stadium right Before I enlisted in the USAF. Fantastic show. I saw him again in the early 1990’s at the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill,NC and his show had only got better.
I am a big metal fan but an older guy and I cry when I think of the great songs of the seventies. This one and recent Who song, Love Reign over me, I listened to countless times as a young man. Elton John is a genius. Few artists like him in the world. I remember buying Good Bye Yellow Brick Road. It is a kind of sad that many young people do not know this song. Thank you for bringing to life today. It was special.
Kel-n-Rich, I can't begin to tell you how happy this makes me feel to know you are reacting Elton John. Especially Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Part 1. So freaking amazing. I grew up listening to this from my parents.
Since this is the first song(s) on the album, I think it would be great it they made their way through the entire album, song by song.
Morgan Dastrup I stole this album at E.J korvettes when I was 12.In 1971.
Glad you youngsters enjoyed it! I got to see Elton John live in concert in Austin, Tx, back in 1972. I was 19 years old.
My all time favorite Elton song! It gives me goosebumps! Thank you for reacting 😊
This amazing classic of a song. I've seen him live no less than 15 times and back in the day the concerts always began with this gem.
Rip Bassist Dee Murray....Nigel Olsson's tasty drum composition and hi-hat work is so good and never over plays. This song runs chills up and down my spine. Epic! Elton in his prime such an amazing pianist. Davey Johnstone heavy tone.
That guitar tone is just so damn good, excellent song.
The Organ and that Guitar Tone still give me the cool chills over 40 years after hearing it the first time Thanks for reaction!
THANK YOU! 🙌🏼❤️🙌🏼 Watching your face (and the heart in it) is like being there all over again, when my own heart first exploded with the original rush of imprinting discovery!!
I saw Elton for the first time about 1982 in San Diego. Even then....this was my favorite Elton John song. So the concert started.....dark stage....and the famous grave yard chimes started and the wind sound effect stared.......sent chills down my spine and the crowd cheered like crazy as he came out and he began playing. Talk about an audio orgasm!!!!
There is such a need in this world for couples like this.
That’s a really nice thing to say and share Anon Mason. Have a super weekend. We appreciate you being here with us and commenting. It matters a lot. Much love. KnR
@@Kel.N.RichReactions So spooky that you did this classic on the same day as Love Reign O'er Me. The two best double albums of all time were actually released in the very same month, October 1973. "I've seen that movie too" is my personal favourite from this album - Bernie as well as Elton at the peak of his powers.
Still play this song nearly every day when I am setting up for the next days theatre cases...alone and music turned up loud. Thank you for the priceless reaction to this masterpiece...
Marriage does work!
Best EJ album ever. Elton at his peak. Approaching prog here. Best decade for rock too
I'll agree with that! 60's started it, 80's we lost it!
@@careym3901 But all the prog bands made interesting "Prop" (prog+pop) in the 80's.
IMO Tumbleweed Connection was his best album. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is my Favorite EJ album. Top 3 for me in order are Tumbleweed Connection, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and Madman Across the Water.
@@Egoblivion King Crimson has never been pop.
@@lawrenceeason8007 Yeah, that's why I said "prop." Discipline, Beat, and Three definitely have that synth-pop, hip-to-be-square, new-wave vibe but with prog sensibilities...Those albums are like KC-prog in a pop context...of course not full-blown pop. Btw, KC is one of my all-time favorite bands.
This is one of those songs I'll always stop and listen to until it finishes.
AWESOME! Hey guys - I'm so glad someone finally decided to react to this - one of my all-time favorite tracks - and I'm glad it was you two. My favorite part is the late Dee Murray's bass line. I think it truly drives this song. Love, love, love this!
Dear Ritch and Kel, I love your story, I love what you are and I love what you do.........thanks for sharing the JOY of these superb classics. Mwah!
In my opinion Elton John's best work. I love prog. And he's got some in there The instruments are amazing.
Thank y’all for playing this, been A Looooong time sense I’ve heard this one... Elton is a TRUE LEGEND 🎹🎼🎤🎹🎼🎤🎹🎼🎤🎹🎧🎤
Happy Anniversary guys!! So happy to have been with you for the year...keep it up - you are such a joy to watch!
This song is such a head trip. It was truly what made me aware early on that Elton was a magnificent piano player! Just an epic piece!
My favorite Elton song. Epic.
I think this is the true ultimate "epic" of Elton John, my favorite song by him along with Made In England
Wow, congratulations on your 1st year, keep em coming!!!! My wife and I just celebrated 32 years of marriage! Yea us!
Finally!
I've been waiting for someone to react to this song. My all time favorite from the 70's, I saw him at Madison Square Garden during the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour. This is a masterpiece collaboration of Bernie Taupin and Elton John. I don't believe there will ever be another song that will top it. Thank you for reacting to it, I am now a subscriber!
Hello Momspennies!!!! Welcome to our ‘little’ family. We are so glad you chose to hit the bell. Feel feee to binge away on your favorite songs as you watch her react to hearing them for the very first time !!!!! Much love and appreciation. Rich
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is one of my five "desert island" albums. I'd recommend ANY song on it. However, one of the lesser known songs that I'd like to suggest is Have Mercy On The Criminal from "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player". The lyrics are a little dark, but the arrangement is fantastic.
When you haven't heard this in a while you forget just how much it freakin ROXXX ! ! !
Almost every song Elton sang/played, the lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin and Elton John wrote all the music. I really do appreciate you guys!!
Still Elton's best, loved it the first time, still do, it nabs you, mesmerizes you, just beautiful music. Kel got it, of course.
I've watched a lot of reaction videos, and I want to tell you, yours is the best. I love watching Kel's reactions each time she hears a song for the first time. I think too many times we take these songs for granted. I'm glad she's being exposed to some great music. Better late than never, like they say.
First Happy Anniversary! Elton John is a treasure and this is a epic example of his greatness. It takes you on a fantastical journey and the musicianship of the band is phenomenal..
Perfectly stated
Great Pick for a Reaction Kel N' Rich ... This is one's absolutely timeless ... A "Musical Masterpiece" of all time!!!
I saw him in 1989 at the age of 20 and was so excited to finally see him after listening to him throughout my childhood. He's still rockin and so happy you and many others are doing reaction videos to this fantastic music.
Watching your channel brings me such joy!!!!!
That’s the idea! BettyB…We love that you are with us ♥️🫵🙏🏽🐾🐾
KnR
When I received my degree in music, my friend and I played these songs at graduation. We put a band together after that and rode the wave. Great times.
I saw Elton and his band in 1974 on the tour in support of this album. The band took the stage and the crowd was nuts in anticipation. Elton was dressed as outrageously as the photos suggest but his manner was very subdued and somber. They opened with this opus, slowly building through 11 minutes (as you note) to the rocking "Love Lies Bleeding." Ultra-tight band playing very well together. I was far too young (16) to consciously understand the juxtaposition of raw pain and jubilant rock as art imitating this brutal, beautiful life. Privileged to be introduced to live music of this quality.
smilerpink I saw the same tour in Vancouver and have photos I took of Elton opening with this song... covered in fluorescent balls... remember he encored with Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting when it was a new song being introduced... wow!
I went to the Detroit show at Olympia and it was fantastic. My brother smuggled in a 35MM camera and he got a lot of great black and white photos.....he had a telephoto.
I was listening to other things back in the day and I never paid attention to Elton John. Then my Husband surprised me by saying he loved the old Elton John ( when Elton first started with 1st several albums) so I listened with him. I don't remember this song. It's so good. Where have I been all this time?? Time flies. Happy Anniversary , you are doing Great!!!
I don't know if Elton still opens his concerts with these 2 or not, but when he does it's transporting!!!
Opens the 2nd half of the show with them...
He does
Happy 1st year!!!... CAnt believe i made it here with you guys, so happy i made the voyage!!!
Picture yourself back in high school being awoken by this pumping out of you clock radio. I was scared at first but listened to the whole thing and I loved it. Slipped on my wide bell bottom pants and cropped t-shirt while still listening to it before heading out to deliver newspapers. Had to make money to buy albums and bell-bottoms which my Mom refused to buy. Fond memories to be sure. I'm sending Kel an instant Karma of healing vibes. 💓
I'm glad they played the original version of this song and not some recent live performance of it. Elton's early songs are best heard in the same time period they were released when Elton still had his original amazing voice. I was in my early teens when this album was released. What great memories this brings back!
There are so many great songs on this LP. One of my favorite songs is Grey Seal, great album to listen to
Greetings from San Diego, I believe that you folks are the only ones who have a reaction video to this classic. I very much enjoyed watching and listening to it. Best wishes to you both.😊
Love you guys! Great, timeless choice.... stay safe!
Something I didn't know until fairly recently is that Love Lies Bleeding is actually a droopy red plant. "During the Victorian era, specific flowers had different meanings. Love-lies-bleeding stood for hopeless love or hopelessness in the Victorian language of flowers."
It was also popular in 18th century America and in England.
When I learned that it kind of changed the meaning of the lyrics for me a bit.
I am hearing for the 1st time again through this... and that's making me cry....
Wow I'm glad y'all are back. Looking forward to catching back up and watching new videos. Y'all always make me :-)
1974 Nassau Coliseum a 16yr old me at his first Elton John concert and he opens with FFaF/LLB in a silver wizard outfit. At 18yrs old 6 hours on line at Sam Goody's record store in NYC to get his autograph, got it. Greatest album of all time GYBR, greatest artist of all time. 30+ times I have seen him live, even a solo show with Ray Cooper at the Palladium NYC. So sad that your ears have been deprived this beautiful noise for all this time. May it bring you the joy that it has and still does to me. E J forever. Now play her Genesis, Seconds Out, the best live album ever. You guys would make great neighbors. ✌💗
man you are doing all kinds of classics from my day-keep it up-i don't know if kel has heard someone saved my life tonite-one of his top 5 for sure-one of those tear in your eye songs!-saw elton live at foxborough stadium where the patriots play on our nation's bicentennial [ 7/04/76] .best concert i've ever seen and i have probably been to 200-3 hours of bliss-and of course the encore was philadelphia freedom-he wore a glittered red white and blue uncle sam suit with shorts and a tall stovepipe hat-no recordings of that concert-too bad-no cell phones back then!
Yep. Summer of 74. Will never forget! Great reaction.
Summer of '74? Elton John already had another album by May 1974 called "Caribou". I remember buying the Yellow Brick Road album in the fall of 1973. The radio stations didn't discover the hits on Yellow Brick Road until about March 1974 and for a while there he had a list of songs they were playing on the radio. "Bennie And The Jets" "Saturday Nights' Alright For Fighting" "The Bitch Is Back" "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" "Pinball Wizard" "Philadelphia Freedom" "Bad Blood" (with Neil Sadeka) and "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" (with John Lennon) were all hits in 1974.
@@ldchappell1
You're right. However, I was 13 when I heard the album in its entirety over the summer of 74 at my neighbors. I'm going off of my memory.
@@richardmodglin3900 Now that I think about, (without the internet), nine months seems about right to discover a new album in those days. If you didn't hear it on the radio or at a friend's house, chances are you didn't hear it at all. Like you, I heard most of my music in those days from my friend's collections.
Elton John pure genius, another gem of a song I forgot about.Thank You both great video!😁😁😀ps You make a Beautiful Couple!
One of the very first concerts I ever attended was Elton John in 1976 in Charlotte NC ♥️💙♥️ I’m telling you now, one of the best shows EVER!! Happy Anniversary guys 💜💜 Love your channel 💕
Never tire of this song. It was always favorite Elton John song since 1973. I also love to introduce it to the youngsters.
Try"Mona Lisas and mad hatters","madman across the water","burn down the mission","tiny dancer","Levon" all classics by"sir"Elton John" ☮️
Yeah, but use the "Madman" demo version with Mick Ronson on guitar, released as a bonus track on the remastered Tumbleweed Connection CD.
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"The Greatest Discovery" !!!
yes to all.
Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Candle in the Wind, Bennie and the Jets---one of the greatest album sides ever.
No lie, I forgot those were all together. A real best of!
Truth!
Harmony
The best of all time
The greatest side. and then Goodbye Yellow Brick Road the next track! I love the Captain Fantastic album even more.
Such a great moment getting to watch Kel discover this song!!! When I purchased this album I qued up this song and over an hour later I started to discover the rest of the album... This was one of my top ten ever first listens and to hear it here just brought it all back... Classic!!!
YOU GUYS ROCK! I just found you and I LOVE you! Big smile!!! I was a teen when this came out and purchased it immediately. So many good good memories from that era. Thank you for reacting.
PLEASE react to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
First timer for me. This was fun to watch. I will be following up on your journey. Looking forward to it!😘
You are both so intelligent and so open to Classic Music. I'm 25 years ahead of Rich. He really gets it . Thanks
It's wonderful to see you guys appreciate all the different pop, progressive & metal rock music that was everyday stuff for my friends and I, back in the day. Even so, back then, we knew this stuff was going to become classic in time. Kel, you mentioned your "frustration" after hearing the Led Zeppelin song "Thank You". I was a teenager in the early 70's and we all got a LOT of grief from our parent's generation (the Silent Generation) big time back then too. Very frustrating! What you said was what many of us were saying back in the late 60's & 70's, in that regard. Nice to see younger folks discover & love all this is very reassuring. Thank you !!
Holy Cow!! I thought I was the only one who knew this song!! from one of my most favorite albums ever!!!
Me too !!
Forgotten classic
Song got tons of airplay
You thought you were the only one that knew a song I've heard on the radio many times.Huh?
one of my favorite karaoke songs
More Elton please!!!
If a puppy can't make you smile, You have no soul! Congrats..Pure awesomeness
My wife and I saw Tony Bennett over 20 years ago in a small theater and he sung with out a mic and filled that room with his huge voice!! Unreal! What a overfilled
One of the most stunning instrumentals ever and it came at a time when the competition was tough with Yes, Genesis, Mike Oldfield etc. Really amazing arrangement and the way it slips so well into the next song is sublime. without doubt its Elton and the band at their very very best. love lies bleeding sure as hell kicks some major ass..wow! nearly fell off my seat when you said 47 years ago..just seems like yesterday.love you dudes ya soo cute..respect from the UK !!
Hey MGG!!!! I get that. So great on so many levels. Yep...47 years ago. That means I’m 50 very soon!!!! 🤨
I forgot how epic the bass playing is on this!
The first time l heard this song was at a friend's home and we had no idea what this song was. When the organ chords hit we jumped out of our skin. He played this at a concert here and the crowd went nuts. One of his best pieces.
Dream theater covered this song on their ‘’change of seasons’’ album.
I wish they'd stick to ruining their own songs rather than infringe on others who actually had originality.
Stevedrums, I definitely do not agree with that. Dream Theater did a really good cover of this and they are an extremely talented band.
@@Schnorgldorf Yes, absolutelly gorgeous version.
@@stevedrums1675 lol hey guys I just said "DrEam THEaTEr ISn'T ORiGInaL" #CLOWN
Was Perfect cover
Another great pull Rich and Kel. This song is a monster anthem. The piano playing lit Kel's face up with joy backed by really strong guitar/bass lines. Last Valentine's day, 2019, twenty four other friends joined my wife and I in Minneapolis when Elton toured. He played this song and we shook as if we were outside in the cold. Man alive, the band played for close to three hours. I'd say the $247 ticket was well worth it!!
Thanks for sharing details about seeing Elton live show, and of course, adorable Winston Woof! Rock on, Kel-n-Rich! Happy One Year Channel Anniversary!
Happy Anniverserary! So glad you kept at it and came back.
This is my favorite Elton John song!!
Good couple and nice persons, glad you guys like this wonderful music we enjoyed day por day
Regards
Carlos
A beautiful, awesome epic and majestic rock ballad by geniuses Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and this amazing band. Every instrument contributes so perfectly, love the super powerful guitar playing. A classic first place rock ballad.
Epic song, Epic album! Elton & Bernie’s masterpiece.
This has some of my best memories of when i was young
Saw Elton when this album was a hit. Drove to Dayton Ohio from Eastern Pensylvania with the love of my life (at the time). Slept in the car in a parking lot. Great Show, great times.
Congrats Kel and Rich - been following for quite some time, and love the chemistry you two have together.
Wall of hat, floor of puppy! Rock on, the first couple of you tube! I’m going to say it again, YES the album DRAMA! The whole thing is great. You can start with Tempus Fugit . Kel HAS to hear it! Peace, Phil
He was on fire and his band was right there with him! I got this album as a teenager and was fascinated, and this song(s?) was certainly a crown jewel of the whole thing. Amazing production. Everybody plays so expertly and plays to the song, and the songwriting does a great job of featuring all their talents. Tremendous accomplishment from some VERY talented (and, aside from EJ, largely unknown) musicians.
Love your reactions... didn't know where to leave this request.
Chris Issac 'Wicked Games'
I want to see Kel melt to this song.
Progressive Rock stations played epics. Love you guys and Happy Anniversary.
One of my first concerts. 1976 madison square garden. The show opened with the stage covered in fog. Elton came out dressed in a duck suit and opened with this song :)
My wife and I saw Elton John and Billy Joel in concert during their Piano Man Tour, at the old Tampa Stadium. I think it was about 1982, or so. We were so far back in the crowd that it was hard to see them clearly, but I'm glad we were there as we have always loved both of them. Actually, Billy Joel is one of my all time favorites, not just because of his singing, but also because of his incredible song writing, lyric writing and piano playing. They are both simply great musicians.
He's been my favorite singer since I was a kid last time I saw him was with Billy Joel he lives around 25 miles from my house in the Los Angeles area I will always be a huge fan of Elton so many good memories❤
@Kel n Rich back in 1975 my high school was putting together a Halloween play but really did NOT have a good beginning. I suggested this song & we began the play with the Opening music & some other special effects. It was awesome*
Such a great song. I think it's hard to expect someone to appreciate this kind of song fully the first time you hear it. I have no recollection of when I heard this the first time but I am certain that there are grooves is my brain that every note of this and hundreds of other songs fit into like well-worn paths when I encounter them. Love it!!