@@mikecimerian6913 No, this was before the beginning of the Gorbachev era. Probably Brezhnev liked some of Elton's songs, and he allowed him to give several concerts in the USSR. But it was a real shock for all rock fans in the USSR.
In my opinion that was the best Elton's solo (I mean without whole band) concert ever! Absolutely perfection! Simply genius... Ray incredible too, as always. Oh, how I wish I was there!
@@ladyelton4373 this was Elton's first tour after retirement, so he had already sacked the original band once at this point (to which Davey would join for the Goaldiggers benefit at Wembley Pool in 1977, but was the only one of the original band to join. At this particular time I believe Davey (and future band member Fred Mandel) were touring with Alice Cooper, but as for Dee and Nigel I have no clue. Nigel would probably be near recording his solo album (that he'd play a couple songs of during Elton's 1980 tour) at this time, or at the very least writing it.
We all know Elton's the greatest, but man...Ray Cooper's a FREAKING beast!! Saw them in Vegas 1994, two men over 50 ROCKING SO HARD!!! BEST concert EVER!!!
Im russian and im very love elton but i was a kid when this concert was but his energergeting in my heart inside i love him because he is the greatest musishion of the warld
Thank you, my Russian Elton fan!!! I'm sorry that I can't type your name, as I only have English on my computer!!! I'm an Elton fan for 50 years!!!! Love him to bits!!!! 🙏✌🤝👍❤
Saw this tour oct, 29, 1979 at hill auditorium. You did not even miss the gutars, it was a great concert. About three hours of heaven. THANKS for posting.
TheRustyones I was there, too! Me 16 years old from Lansing. I tried to get one of the roses 🌹 he handed out at the end of the show, but the guards at the stage pulled the back of my jacket. I wanted to marry him!
I love seeing certain artist singing while they were still on the young side..When I see 70's concerts of Elton or Springsteen, it seems like its not even the same people that perform now..Different people..
Was feeling so blue before coming on TH-cam and now i m feeling so waaaaw like energy came through me ! Thank you for sharing this amazing concert ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽 feel soooo better right now 😀
OK, look....I LOVE Ray Cooper. I've seen him in concert many times performing with Elton John. He's a friggin' percussion genius. Now, having said that, am I the only one who thinks he resembles Heinrich Himmler just a little bit in this video? Hmmmmmm?
Отличный концерт. Жаль его посетили в основном коммунистические деятели и прочий сброд. Билеты распределялись через партийные организации. Great concert. Sorry, it was visited by mostly Communist activists and other riff-raff. Tickets were distributed through party organizations.
Why don't the tape caught him playin' Back in USSR at the end of that show? The communist crowd goes crazy on that! - ♪Back in US, Back in US... BACK IN THE USSR \o/\o/\o/\o/\o/♪♪
It did, in facts you can see his Back in the USSR performance at the beginning of the documentary "To Russia With Elton". The only problem is that the performance is edited like most songs (only Your Song, Daniel, I Think I'm going to kill myself and Better off Dead don't have cut editing) included on the documentary :(.
Russian not communist, they weren't all communists, it wasn't their fault they were born in a communist country, most of them actually hated their communist government
It's getting late have you seen my mates Ma tell me when the boys get here It's seven o'clock and I want to rock Want to get a belly full of beer My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeys And my old lady she don't care My sister looks cute in her braces and boots A handful of grease in her hair Oh, don't give us none of your aggravation We had it with your discipline Oh, Saturday night's alright for fighting Get a little action in Get about as oiled as a diesel train Gonna set this dance alight 'Cause Saturday night's the night I like Saturday night's alright alright alright, ooh Well they're packed pretty tight in here tonight I'm looking for a dolly who'll see me right I may use a little muscle to get what I need I may sink a little drink and shout out she's with me A couple of the sound that I really like Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike I'm a juvenile product of the working class Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass, oh Don't give us none of your aggravation We had it with your discipline Saturday night's alright for fighting Get a little action in Get about as oiled as a diesel train Gonna set this dance alight 'Cause Saturday night's the night I like Saturday night's alright alright alright, ooh Oh, don't give us none of your aggravation We had it with your discipline Saturday night's alright for fighting Get a little action in Get about as oiled as a diesel train Gonna set this dance alight 'Cause Saturday night's the night I like Saturday night's alright alright alright, ooh Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night's alright Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night's alright Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night's alright, ooh
Does anyone know why in this concert he plays this song and I think I'm gonna kill myself in Db instead of C? It's very weird. I don't know why he'd take the key up a half step.
EltonJohn1969- I think it sounds perfect. It was a very good creative choice, all songs were taken up a half step. It have a much better feel to all of them.
Russias concert audio is a half key up on the video for some reason. I have no clue. The soundboard recording has the correct key eltons voice was lower than this. I like the sound of this but this is not the way he sounded in 1979 the full soundboard recording is here on youtube
Two real rock mans! I was lucky in 1979 in Leningrad, USSR - listened to the whole concert in one breath! Thank you Elton and Ray!
was it true that you guys couldn't clap during the performance?
Oh my goodness... history in the making. Such an amazing concert
During glasnost ?
@@mikecimerian6913 No, this was before the beginning of the Gorbachev era. Probably Brezhnev liked some of Elton's songs, and he allowed him to give several concerts in the USSR. But it was a real shock for all rock fans in the USSR.
Incredible. Lucky man
Man, Ray Cooper hasn't changed in 38 years!
Joey Sahouria you noticed that too
He looks 70 then, and he looks 70 now !
If Elton hadn't started wearing hats and wigs, I bet he'd look the same now as he did in the 70s
I noticed that too!!!
In my opinion that was the best Elton's solo (I mean without whole band) concert ever! Absolutely perfection! Simply genius... Ray incredible too, as always.
Oh, how I wish I was there!
If your gig is a two man show Ray is your man.
Eltoniak '96, Where were Davey, Dee, and Nigel? Do you know? Was it a Russian rule or something? Please let me know!!! Thanks!! 🙏✌🤝👍❤
Totally agree best Elton concert ever. Ray was absolutely awesome.
This is wonderful he’s one of the greatest entertainers ever❤
@@ladyelton4373 this was Elton's first tour after retirement, so he had already sacked the original band once at this point (to which Davey would join for the Goaldiggers benefit at Wembley Pool in 1977, but was the only one of the original band to join. At this particular time I believe Davey (and future band member Fred Mandel) were touring with Alice Cooper, but as for Dee and Nigel I have no clue. Nigel would probably be near recording his solo album (that he'd play a couple songs of during Elton's 1980 tour) at this time, or at the very least writing it.
that was a true crowd, Elton John play his best and the people were impressed, what a great performance,
We all know Elton's the greatest, but man...Ray Cooper's a FREAKING beast!! Saw them in Vegas 1994, two men over 50 ROCKING SO HARD!!! BEST concert EVER!!!
This is the most beautiful thing I have ever watched.
I wish i were there 😙
@@Guih_Medrado I was. :-)
I just love late 70s Elton.
@@casimba OMG!!!
YOU ARE SOOOOO LUCKYYY!!!😆😆
@@JerrySmbxworldTM Me Too
Ray Cooper may look like Mr. Slugworth, but he is a stone cord rock god!
Haha
Look at the sweat as Elton Walks off. Seven minutes of that song which is a full band high energy tune.
Im russian and im very love elton but i was a kid when this concert was but his energergeting in my heart inside i love him because he is the greatest musishion of the warld
Thank you, my Russian Elton fan!!! I'm sorry that I can't type your name, as I only have English on my computer!!! I'm an Elton fan for 50 years!!!! Love him to bits!!!! 🙏✌🤝👍❤
Slava Ukrainia!
This was one of many Great concerts of the 19th Century!
Elton John and Ray Copper killed it!!
20th century
@@MrRailfan yes.. Thanks for that correction..
Just two masterminds playing together can give us such an INCREDIBLE performance as this was.
0:23 :ORGASM The way he sings that line feels so 70s
Amazing !!!! How lucky we are someone recorded this !
Saw this tour oct, 29, 1979 at hill auditorium. You did not even miss the gutars, it was a great concert. About three hours of heaven. THANKS for posting.
TheRustyones I was there, too! Me 16 years old from Lansing. I tried to get one of the roses 🌹 he handed out at the end of the show, but the guards at the stage pulled the back of my jacket.
I wanted to marry him!
I saw it live. Cologne Opera in 1978. Incredible. the best Elton John ever
I love seeing certain artist singing while they were still on the young side..When I see 70's concerts of Elton or Springsteen, it seems like its not even the same people that perform now..Different people..
It's rock and roll time for ya Comrades !!
That's correct, comrade!!!!! 🙏✌🤝👍❤
The best of Sir Elton................incredible................
Great performance by Lenin on those bongo drums!
this man is great.love hiiiiimmmmmmmmmm
Sir elton. Incredible, Marvel, forevcer in 2019
I wish i d be in this Crowd WHAT A PERFORMANCE ! Omg 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Incredible Elton! ❤
Бедные зрители - танцевать на концертах ведь не разрешалось, но усидеть под такой отжиг это та ещё пытка.
Согласен
Ну голову можно качать)
Oh i was wondering why they looked so sad and bored
Superbe show!
Merci Soso bisous ;-)
Merci Philip Anness :)
Merci, Daniel Lee je vous souhaite une journée formidable et beaucoup d'amitiés
Was feeling so blue before coming on TH-cam and now i m feeling so waaaaw like energy came through me ! Thank you for sharing this amazing concert ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽 feel soooo better right now 😀
The Russian Kommodant Klink jamming on the bongos
Super chanson !!! Merci beaucoup et Bravo !!!
OK, look....I LOVE Ray Cooper. I've seen him in concert many times performing with Elton John. He's a friggin' percussion genius.
Now, having said that, am I the only one who thinks he resembles Heinrich Himmler just a little bit in this video? Hmmmmmm?
Lol I hadn't thought of that until you said but you're right he does!.He is also one guy who never ages too....he's always looked old lol
Heinrich Himmler went to The Soviet Union, hmmm okay, good to know:)
How good do you have to be to completely overshadow Elton John in his prime?
Ray Cooper, man. Wow.
Great performance!!!
Best concert of all times
This is great!
personne ne fera jamais mieux
Watching this on Sat evening, getting pretty excited
Straordinario
J'adore ce concert, que de souvenirs 🤗🤩❤️❤️
Отличный концерт. Жаль его посетили в основном коммунистические деятели и прочий сброд. Билеты распределялись через партийные организации.
Great concert. Sorry, it was visited by mostly Communist activists and other riff-raff. Tickets were distributed through party organizations.
Какие деятели?
where are these musicians now, man music has sure changed
Still alive luckily
im part of the legacy
Why don't the tape caught him playin' Back in USSR at the end of that show? The communist crowd goes crazy on that!
- ♪Back in US, Back in US... BACK IN THE USSR \o/\o/\o/\o/\o/♪♪
It did, in facts you can see his Back in the USSR performance at the beginning of the documentary "To Russia With Elton". The only problem is that the performance is edited like most songs (only Your Song, Daniel, I Think I'm going to kill myself and Better off Dead don't have cut editing) included on the documentary :(.
Russian not communist, they weren't all communists, it wasn't their fault they were born in a communist country, most of them actually hated their communist government
I can feel the drago of this song
no more coffee for today (...)
might have been something else that starts with C and it aint coffee or caffene...
Well do remember that Saturday nights alright is a pretty energetic song, but yeah he did do coke around this time anyway
Holy crap!
noooooooooooo looooooooollllll
Best version!
It's getting late have you seen my mates
Ma tell me when the boys get here
It's seven o'clock and I want to rock
Want to get a belly full of beer
My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeys
And my old lady she don't care
My sister looks cute in her braces and boots
A handful of grease in her hair
Oh, don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Oh, Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright alright alright, ooh
Well they're packed pretty tight in here tonight
I'm looking for a dolly who'll see me right
I may use a little muscle to get what I need
I may sink a little drink and shout out she's with me
A couple of the sound that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass, oh
Don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright alright alright, ooh
Oh, don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright alright alright, ooh
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday,
Saturday night's alright
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday,
Saturday night's alright
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday,
Saturday night's alright, ooh
Best performance. Can listen to this everyday
The. Best.
Fucking awesome!!!
This concert To Russia With Elton was on laserdisc. Those aren't my tears of joy at 6:30.
Featuring Ray Cooper
Isn't that Ray Cooper in the background ?
Yes.
Thanks !
In the background? There was no background about it. He was everywhere.
a trip to salt mines is what was in store for you if you were seen enjoying yourself.
Are there any transcriptions of what elton plays on the piano that’d be awesome !
A lot of videos from Elton's Notes
Including this one th-cam.com/video/iL6Y43rzZWw/w-d-xo.html
I wonder why no band ??
Elton is the band.
Ray Cooper was practically the band lol like a total frickin legend
Copper hasn’t changed a bit!!
Must have been rough playing for this dead crowd.
Must have been pleasant playing for this greatful ( not dead) public.
+barbwirepupp Russian audiences at the time were not aloud to stand up and celebrate as Western audiences do.
+RyanInLA probably half of the audience were KGB agents
Does anyone know why in this concert he plays this song and I think I'm gonna kill myself in Db instead of C? It's very weird. I don't know why he'd take the key up a half step.
EltonJohn1969- I think it sounds perfect. It was a very good creative choice, all songs were taken up a half step. It have a much better feel to all of them.
Fanatical Dueling I never said it didn't sound good. I just wondered why he took it up a half step.
Elton always said he liked to keep the chords simple for the band. Since they weren't there I think he decided to play with the black keys.
Russias concert audio is a half key up on the video for some reason. I have no clue. The soundboard recording has the correct key eltons voice was lower than this. I like the sound of this but this is not the way he sounded in 1979 the full soundboard recording is here on youtube
To flex on us, Db is hard
Суббота ночей yeaaaaaaa
Is this full concert on TH-cam?!
not this night, but you can hear a show from a couple days later in full here th-cam.com/video/5jl1_e5vRZs/w-d-xo.html
@@thomasglass7223 thank you 🙏🏼
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!!
great but could do without the bongos - how to ruin a perfect performance
But the bongos made it the perfect performance
@@oliverkennard806 Exactly
HIGH AS FUCKING KYTE COCINE IS A WONDERFUL THING
The. Best.