@@frickfracked I liked all the furniture wow thanks so much for swaying my way you guys... Is everything okay I mean I know you're feeling the heat financially what a struggle I understand that it was not my intent to make you feel bad about not scooping me up I know the situation I wish I could help but I I'm struck myself up I'm getting trying to get these people off my back from the court because they're threatening me blackmailing me for a restitution that I never even committed to crime and and I'm very resentful about that and I'm pretending with it I'm not drinking and you know I'm making a decision I'm not associate with no one today I don't want no kind of drugs or alcohol to solve my mental problems that always ends badly Jay
granted but when you find some other artist out there on you tube covering the greats we all grew up with and cover the sounds there younger and maintaining the high standard look up last licks , wont disappoint
500 years from now, people will listening this stuff and thinking of Elton John the same way we think of Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. We're witnessing history.
Absolutely agree. Elton John, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, just some of the great music that will still be here long after Taylor Swift fades away into obscurity.
Elton John's best song by a mile. An absolute classic. One thing that is often overlooked is how good his band are. You can see why they have played together for so long now. They rock.
I have listened to this song hundreds, maybe thousands of times, over the last 45-odd years. It is one of my top 10 favorite songs of my lifetime. And yeah, I would want funeral for a friend played at my funeral. Who wouldn't?
Heard this first time in 1973, and here it is 50 years later! Holy crap, I went from being a young boy (15) to being an old man (according to my 32 yo son and 23 yo daughter (yes, same mother))! I don’t feel old and don’t act old. I really think the music from my (our) youth, 70’s keeps us young. It’s as relevant and popular today as it was back then. This music will still be popular and relevant long after I’m gone. No other generation of music or what they think is music will do this. And the memories! Every song from back then brings unbelievable memories, good, sad and bad and worth every moment reliving them. A few songs from the past, distant memories and it’s like a vacation to yesteryear. One thing is for sure, we are the lucky generation!
Hard for me to believe I've been listening to this and loving it for almost 50 years! It's worth being old now to have been young then! I truly have lived thru the most amazing musical times in history.
This song is a masterpiece on so many levels. Timeless and powerful. In 200 years, the works of Elton John, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and John Williams will be as revered and legendary as Mozart, Chopin, and Beethoven are now!
I split up with my wife when this song came out. Drove from Eureka California to L.A. listening to this over and over. Now I’m 74 and it still gives me goosebumps.
I heard this preformed live by Elton John at his second concert at Melbourne Festival Hall the day after John Lennon was killed. The concert began with Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding and ended approx. three hours later with a long medley tribute for many of the departed rockers Buddy, Elvis, Lennon etc. It was incredible, everyone ended up dancing in the stalls, it felt like we were on another planet.
G.B.Y.B.R. is a masterpiece from start to finish. I think it was his best. I believe this year marks the 50th anniversary as well.👍 thanks for all the great music "sir Elton John"
I saw this man live. Best concert I’ve ever saw, no question. I got to see him play Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters for the final time in New York City during his farewell tour. I had chills the entire time. I cried at the end of the show. Sir Elton is one of the greatest musicians to ever live. I’m blessed to have lived during his time with us.
I grew up listening to Elton John. His music will always live on. He finally retired after 50yrs of Rock n' Roll and it's well deserved. 👌 I still listen in 2024. I'm 66 now just a month ago in April and have never had the chance to see one of his many sold out shows. Love his many glasses. ❤ Now he's still enjoying his family life. He's awesome! And always will be.
There are two things that have always amazed be about Elton John's talent: 1. He wrote the music to fit Bernie Taupin's lyrics and not the other way around like most song writers. 2. His voice and musical style doesn't sound like anyone else. After listening to music for close to 50 years, he is unique. I am surprised that nobody has tried to copy him, even loosely.
Ya know 70s music was enjoyed by us 60 somethings. No way it will ever repeated when l now listen to the stuff their making now. I feel blessed to experience that time in my life. Great chapter in my life!!! Unless you grew up then younger kids would never understand
You got me !! I didn’t hear it more than 200,000 times. Fabulous album, GBYBR. Very diverse. I absolutely LOVE Grey Seal, and This Song Has No Title is wonderful.
Same!!! Slept in my car many many times to play this!!! Was Teenager who thought he was at the peak of life, but looking for the Yellow 💛 Brick 🧱 road 🛣️ ❤🎉😂❤😂🎉❤
As a High School kid, I was lucky enough to see Elton perform this during the Yellow Brick Road tour. Back in those days, Elton wore cool sunglasses and outlandish outfits. ZZ Top opened the show.
Learned to play Funeral for a friend when I was thirteen and managed to play it pretty well by the age or fourteen... I grateful to have learned to embrace modern music thanks to the compositions of Elton John and my fathers love for his early work in music... What a sensational composer and a fine musician. Thank you so much for opening my eyes to the world of modern music Elton John...
When I was a kid in the 80's my cousin was learning to play piano and played a lot of Elton along with Earth, Wind & Fire. He was also a DJ and played a lot of early rap. My mom gave me a bunch of 8 tracks my dad had left behind and that got me into Deep purple, zeppelin and the beatles. I got into cheap trick due to an animated movie called rock & rule plus my great grandmother taught me how to do the Lindy hop and got me into jazz and swing. I had a friend who got me into 60's rock and another who taught me all about classical music. Add to that my love of metal-Randy Rhoads is one of my musical heroes. There ain't much music I don't like.
Crazy Train eye for detail Angel. Ozzy looks bored here. He's probably saying Elton's hardest rocking song (maybe tied with "Saturday Night") is simply not even close to Ozzy- syle rocking!
Elton doesn't often get the due he deserves as a rocker. Love Lies Bleedin' and Funeral for a Friend are a classic combo that stands the test of time. I am transported back to the 70's when I listened to this part of GBYBR, one of the albums I would request if I were stranded on an island. Add this song combo to Saturday's All Right for Fighting, and you can't go wrong--then comes at least 5 more classics and some great throwbacks to EJ's early sound. A truly classic double album.
I remember this song & album from when they were released (I grew up & came of age in the 1970's). I am not transported back when I hear this song. To me, it is as fresh & vital as it was then & as much so as anything released today. Peace out...from Seattle
Allan Briggs Haha, I’ve always said this, but I don’t know about the “Love Lies Bleeding” part :/ BUT I’ve wanted it played at my funeral since I first heard it in 1975!!!! STILL HERE W00T
I listened to this over and over and over and over... I was 9... my sister bought goodbye yellow brick road. I listened and memorized every nuance of every instrument. Good times !
I saw this performed in 1973 during Yellow Brick Road show. He was thinner, had higher shoes and lots of feathers. Wonderful then. Amazing then. Still amazing.
Saw EJ at Madison Square Garden in about '75,when I was a teen ... unbelievable show! Remember it clearly to this day. When he performed this, it was just EPIC. A masterpiece.
Same here 60 in sept got to see this live in 73 we took some white bloder acid and drank smirinoff for 3 hrs before the show elton came out with a cap fiying through the air i thought shit this guy can even fly stood front row on the floor for the entire 3 hrs what a blast
I just saw him Thursday night November 2022 at dodger Stadium and he sounded this good. He put on an excellent show. He performed the whole time he didn’t make the audience sing all of his songs. She got up after almost every song and thanked everybody. He told Little stories about his band mates his deceased bandmates, the songs that he and Bernie wrote it was amazing.
I’m totally jealous. Was around for all his albums but have never had the opportunity to see him live. Now I don’t have the money even if he was playing near me. Just have to enjoy him on TH-cam
I agree. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 70’s, Elton’s influence permeated everything in a way that no one else did or could. Half the songs in the school dances were his and the girls always wanted to dance to ‘em!
I thank "the Powers" above who enabled me to grow up in this era of music with such amazing musicians, to watch them grow and refine their skills. It's no wonder us boomers feel a deep affection for these icons, because once they move on, they'll never be replaced.
I saw Elton in Toronto Canada live in Maple Leaf Gardens live. His first of a Canadian/USA tour. An evening I will never forget till my last breath. I am 80 now and sooooo happy to find this again. I know I have it on Vinyl and CD. I really need to dig them out and make the neighbors windows rock eh, LOL
Nigel Olson lived in Raleigh , NC in the 80's living with his wife who was from here . I met him several times . He was the most gracious , real and kind man . A great musician and a class act !
Sir Elton (and not because of any so-called "royal" decree! But because he earned it on his own) Davey and Nigel! (And others) They were all there in Sept. 1984 at the Wilkinson Center, what great memories! Thank you for a lifetime of the greatest music!
Timeless!!! This is pure Rock/ pure music!! 2 summers ago I was on a road trip to the 4 Corners. At a diner for a late bite this song was on and my days when I was in grade school age flashed through my mind. See, back then in the 70s, my dad had the vinyl record with that song and played it very often. For the last 20yrs, or so, I've totally forgotten about Funeral for a Friend. That night at that diner somewhere in the 4 Corners with that Elton John masterpiece playing, I was reminded of what I've forgotten, and that I should never forget ever again. Kinda eerie and yet beautiful moment-- just as Elton's timeless masterpiece.
My son was killed in 2016. I was devastated of course, but listened to this at least once a week for a year. We used to drive around for hours, and he heard this song many times on my CD player and rally liked it. I can't play anymore in my car, but like hearing it now.
There are some bands and performers from my teen years that I'm discovering just how great they really were beyond their greatest hits on the radio. I always loved EJ's music, from his earliest days, so to listen to it again gives me the pleasure of REDISCOVERY...again and again! I never tire of it! ❤
I have to thank/blame Elton for starting me on my lifelong addiction to what is now known as "classic rock." i was big on The Partridge Family when on March 25, 1974 (his birthday, I was 13 1/3 years old) I was the number whatever caller the radio DJ requested, and when he asked me what album I wanted I asked for the Greatest Hits (I had heard of few of those songs). The original vinyl arrived, shared it with my friends and we all became rock FANATICS (discovering Zeppelin at the same time helped). Because of little money (the usual lawns, etc...) David and I made a plan to buy alternating albums and share them. So I bought Empty Sky, he got Elton John, I got Tumbleweed Connection etc...) We did the same thing with Zeppelin. But I will always thank Elton for being the one to turn me on to what became my number one lifelong passion. RIP to my prom date Margee - I will love you always.
I think this song fits the definition of a "hauntingly beautiful song". Sounds great here in concert. Love that the guitar player gave his pick to somebody
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting this genius twice, and seen him in concert 5 times - there is no one else like him, he is simply a once in a life time phenomenon. I do not want to think of the day when he is no longer with us. Thanks for the amazing 50 years Sir Elton.
My father used to put me on his shoulder and bounce me around when I was little to this song to calm me down. And he would narrate an imaginary story to go along with the instrumental first part. I still remember that despite it being around 33 years now.
I went to so many concerts in the 70's and 80's and I understood from the beginning that people are different at these expressions of Music and Love from every one I went to. This is the way people - Not through the Hate that is being fed to us. I Really Love the reality that we all share at these incredible concerts from Jethro Tull, Hendricks, Grand Funk, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Pat Travers, Heart, Santana, Etc., Etc. No Riots, Killing and Racism, just love. Elton is still here to bless us with these Gems, and to keep the positive vibes Alive through his music. January 8, 2019 at the Oakland Arena was the last time I was able to see this legend in concert. This song is dedicated to my brother Rodney lost to us in 83 for now. Thanks EJ!!!
Yellow brick road and this combination song is the stuff that made him, EPIC!!! Takes me back to junior high school when this was new. I saw him live in Baltimore Maryland in 1977 and he opened with this using a clear acrylic piano and green smoke, we were losing our mind🎉🎉🎉
This is definitely one of the best songs of all time.No one can play or arrange music the way Elton can. I happen to consider myself very lucky knowing that I grew up to Elton John's
I only got to see sir EJ in concert 4 times over the years, but i feel so blessed that I got to see this true legend and national treasure live. What an entertainer!!! Love you, Elton!
William Schlosser - jolly I totally agree with you .....after Elton in my life it was Jimmy Buffett he has another great song to play “ Lovely Cruise “ ....all three songs sum everything up real well
Elton john is a musical God to me.... so immaculately talented at writing, singing, piano.... oh I only wish to see him live before I can't again. He hasn't made a song I didn't like. From early childhood... through my life. He started long before I was born. He's more than legend to me. Love Elton. So many musical and personal reasons why.
To those of a certain age this was the epiphany of Elton’s songwriting and composing - an incredible track from an incredible album that had his best guys on board - awesome
No less than a genius, Elton John wrote some of the best stuff going and it has lasted over the years . Funeral for a friend is truly an example of his best work.
I was there......n 1974 at the INGLEWOOD FORUM------when EJ BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE WITH THIS NUMBER------- THANK GOD FOR BEING ALIVE TO WITNESS A MUSICAL SAVANT.......A COMPOSER WITHOUT EQUAL......A GOD N THE PIANO WHO HAD PERFECT PITCH.......AN EXTRAORDINARY VOCALIST......
I remember sometime back in the 70's Elton John came to the Capital Center in Landover Maryland (outskirts of Washington DC) and he opened the concert with this song. Seats were of little use after that because we dancing in the front of them or in the isles for the rest of the show. What a showman!
@@jackessaf6931 That made absolutely no sense! "All the way til now" from '70 would be 54 years, my mindless child. Didn't do too well in simple math, did you?
Seen him in 1985 at the Murfrees Center in Murfreesboro Tennessee. He walked out in a duck costume bowed to us then started playing this. Sir Elton is a fantastic performer and awesome pianist. One of the best concerts i ever went to.
Ive always been envious of the people in this world who actually put into practice (and are successful) at what they were put on this earth to do.Elton John (in my opinion) was clearly put here to entertain.Well, he has nailed it! Thank You Elton,my life wouldn't be the same without you in it!! I LOVE YOU.
Saw many of the great bands through the years, from the who , stones,cocker, bowie and so many others, bit I'm 65 now, and my biggest regret when it comes to shows, was never seeing Elton!!
![[UNCUT] เก็บ "สจ.โต้ง" เอี่ยวมาเฟีย รู้ตัวคนบงการ ก่อนสั่งลั่นไก I คนดังนั่งเคลียร์ I 13 ธ.ค.67](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/o-J_p62D40w/mqdefault.jpg)
There aren’t many upsides to being old, but having been alive when this came out is one them.
Yes indeed!!!
@@frickfracked I liked all the furniture wow thanks so much for swaying my way you guys... Is everything okay I mean I know you're feeling the heat financially what a struggle I understand that it was not my intent to make you feel bad about not scooping me up I know the situation I wish I could help but I I'm struck myself up I'm getting trying to get these people off my back from the court because they're threatening me blackmailing me for a restitution that I never even committed to crime and and I'm very resentful about that and I'm pretending with it I'm not drinking and you know I'm making a decision I'm not associate with no one today I don't want no kind of drugs or alcohol to solve my mental problems that always ends badly Jay
oh, Right On, brother geezer!
granted but when you find some other artist out there on you tube covering the greats we all grew up with and cover the sounds there younger and maintaining the high standard look up last licks , wont disappoint
You crack me up! Its the truth. God bless our generation.
To all you self proclaimed TH-cam artists this is real music!! No auto tune no sampling just real musicians performing live on stage.
Real music by real musicians!❤
Try this version, even Elton was stunned by it at his Gerwin Award ceremony,
th-cam.com/video/ON23_z-k_N8/w-d-xo.html
Agree! Listen to albums from the 60s, 70s, and (mostly) 80s - before everyone was auto tuned and fixed.
Damn straight! No bullshit. You either played your ass off or got it chewed off!
He does sound amazing doesn't he
500 years from now, people will listening this stuff and thinking of Elton John the same way we think of Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart.
We're witnessing history.
Absolutely agree. Elton John, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, just some of the great music that will still be here long after Taylor Swift fades away into obscurity.
Amen dear!
I wouldn’t go that far…. Fr fr…👀
Hard to believe I was listening to this in the '70s on my AM radio while going to bed.. and I'm still listening to it ...one of the best songs ever
I hear you…
I'm surprised an AM station played this,it was always FM radio fair, Now ,some other songs on the album got massive rotation.
I vaugely remember him playing piano at my old school, never knew he would reach these heights.
@@PC4USE1 I feel the same. That will by my song when I leave this life.
@@PC4USE1 He remembers it wrong. Songs on AM radio, back then, had to be a certain duration. 3 and a half minutes or so.
Born in 1950. I grew up in the best era. Long love R&R.
I. Grew. Up. In. The. 7os. Great. Music. Larry. Williams
59 ' for me
Born in 1951. I agree. Great time for music in the 60's and 70's.
My mom grew up in the 1930s. She says the 50s were the best decade.
Elton John's best song by a mile. An absolute classic. One thing that is often overlooked is how good his band are. You can see why they have played together for so long now. They rock.
Absolutely ! I've played it for my metal head friends , and the freak out when they find out its Elton. This is on ELP level musicianship .
You are correct sir
Bernie Taupin....also grossly overlooked.
Sadly Dee Murray (bass) passed away back in 1992.
Jean - François Leroy I are with you too!😀
I have listened to this song hundreds, maybe thousands of times, over the last 45-odd years. It is one of my top 10 favorite songs of my lifetime.
And yeah, I would want funeral for a friend played at my funeral. Who wouldn't?
Thankyou ELTON.
Beautiful.
When the “Funeral For a Friend” ends, what you do next? Segue into Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky”?
Me too.
yeah ive never understood how this is not right there besides stairway in the top 5 greatest of all times
Heard this first time in 1973, and here it is 50 years later! Holy crap, I went from being a young boy (15) to being an old man (according to my 32 yo son and 23 yo daughter (yes, same mother))! I don’t feel old and don’t act old. I really think the music from my (our) youth, 70’s keeps us young. It’s as relevant and popular today as it was back then. This music will still be popular and relevant long after I’m gone. No other generation of music or what they think is music will do this. And the memories! Every song from back then brings unbelievable memories, good, sad and bad and worth every moment reliving them. A few songs from the past, distant memories and it’s like a vacation to yesteryear. One thing is for sure, we are the lucky generation!
ПОДДЕРЖИВАЮ!!!67 ЛЕТ.УКРАИНА .07.07.2024./2 любимых композитора-Элтон Джон,и Пол Маккартни/
Thank you for that! He still gives me chills when I hear this
Well said!
Alles, was du schreibst stimmt 100%.
i was 11 and am now almost 62 and feel the exact same way you do.
Hard for me to believe I've been listening to this and loving it for almost 50 years! It's worth being old now to have been young then! I truly have lived thru the most amazing musical times in history.
Me too. I feel extremely privileged:-)
Totally agree!
True Dat
Always a second tier act with a lot of help from the girls
I sure wish you hadn't out it like that!! 😉😉☮️
To call this a song is inadequate. This is a composition / masterpiece. It will continue to raise the bar for years to come.
a song about jerking another guy off
This song is a masterpiece on so many levels. Timeless and powerful.
In 200 years, the works of Elton John, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and John Williams will be as revered and legendary as Mozart, Chopin, and Beethoven are now!
Dylan and Springsteen too
You are 100% ✅ right!!
@@mikemcf33 - springsteen NO! Rush - Yes!
@@jacktheraven I disagree, but, hey, that’s different tastes in music. all good
Beatles suck ass.
I split up with my wife when this song came out. Drove from Eureka California to L.A. listening to this over and over. Now I’m 74 and it still gives me goosebumps.
EUREKA!!!!!!!! I have found it!!!!
Live there
Been there man...in fact in your eyes by Gabriel was over lost love...road trips ain't perfect but help
I FOUND IT!!!!!!
There is no substitute for him. Icon, treasure for our generation.
Almost 50 years later, this song still kicks butt.
Wow
sure does
Anyone know the date of this concert? 2000? 2002?
@Daniel Laurence Thank you!
@@spikespa5208 1976
The piano coda just before Elton starts to sing is my phone’s ringtone. This is my favorite Elton John song.
I heard this preformed live by Elton John at his second concert at Melbourne Festival Hall the day after John Lennon was killed. The concert began with Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding and ended approx. three hours later with a long medley tribute for many of the departed rockers Buddy, Elvis, Lennon etc. It was incredible, everyone ended up dancing in the stalls, it felt like we were on another planet.
That must have hard for him.
Getting chills.
Unreal Dario , truly blessed
Love that ❤️✝️
God bless you and your family 🙏❤️
Michael
Wow what a great story. I love Rock and Roll 🎸
G.B.Y.B.R. is a masterpiece from start to finish. I think it was his best. I believe this year marks the 50th anniversary as well.👍 thanks for all the great music "sir Elton John"
In memory of my twin sister...
Loving and missing you so much..❤😢❤
I saw this man live. Best concert I’ve ever saw, no question.
I got to see him play Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters for the final time in New York City during his farewell tour. I had chills the entire time. I cried at the end of the show.
Sir Elton is one of the greatest musicians to ever live. I’m blessed to have lived during his time with us.
he opened with these songs at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in !983!
I grew up listening to Elton John. His music will always live on. He finally retired after 50yrs of Rock n' Roll and it's well deserved. 👌 I still listen in 2024. I'm 66 now just a month ago in April and have never had the chance to see one of his many sold out shows. Love his many glasses. ❤ Now he's still enjoying his family life. He's awesome! And always will be.
This is Elton's Bohemian Rhapsody. Physically thrilling, bad-ass live version! Plus, they've all aged nicely!
funny you mention that, I did too, and add that A Day In The Life are perhaps the 3 greatest rock songs ever.
Plastic surgery does wonders.
Queens Bohemian Rhapsody is like Eltons Funeral For a Friend. Fixed that for you.
YES!
There are two things that have always amazed be about Elton John's talent:
1. He wrote the music to fit Bernie Taupin's lyrics and not the other way around like most song writers.
2. His voice and musical style doesn't sound like anyone else. After listening to music for close to 50 years, he is unique. I am surprised that nobody has tried to copy him, even loosely.
Brian Drewry, that's because true genius and masterpieces CANNOT be copied.
Brian - Check out Joshua Kadison, his voice resembles Elton's a bit but he does not intentionally copy him
David Angat I love Joshua Kadison, but no one can sound or be Elton John, not even a little.
Songwriting and instrumental virtuosity genius rarely coupled in one human.
Chris Ames and that would be billy joel - elton's american rival. he wrote his songs by himself
Ya know 70s music was enjoyed by us 60 somethings. No way it will ever repeated when l now listen to the stuff their making now. I feel blessed to experience that time in my life. Great chapter in my life!!! Unless you grew up then younger kids would never understand
Agreed!
Actually I have seen posts from many younger people who say they like older music better than the current music.
I listened to this entire album a million times when it first came out as a teenager.
You got me !! I didn’t hear it more than 200,000 times. Fabulous album, GBYBR. Very diverse.
I absolutely LOVE Grey Seal, and This Song Has No Title is wonderful.
My favorite album of all time by far. So many great songs.
I bought this album for £4.99 the day was released
I was 13 years old by the way lol
Same!!! Slept in my car many many times to play this!!! Was Teenager who thought he was at the peak of life, but looking for the Yellow 💛 Brick 🧱 road 🛣️
❤🎉😂❤😂🎉❤
The music and words of this song are hypnotizing . The song is more popular as time goes by . It is truly unforgetable .
So true. I never get tired of this song
Take another bong hit and think about moving out your parents house.
As a High School kid, I was lucky enough to see Elton perform this during the Yellow Brick Road tour. Back in those days, Elton wore cool sunglasses and outlandish outfits. ZZ Top opened the show.
I saw the same show 1973 satx
I saw zztop open for savoy brown in Detroit 1973 . No beards , y’all makin us feel tight at home they said to the crowd .
Saw the '73 tour here in Vancouver. He opened with this and it blew us away!
Saw the show in Chicago 73
A genius just as Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach. Perfect is his craft.
Yes! I hope he will be remembered in the musical genius pantheon w/ those guys. He belongs there.
I agree. This song is a blend of classical and rock. Brilliant.
Aidenn D. This is the song I brought into my piano teacher when I was 16, and I had to argue when she said it wasn’t classical music.
E is a prodigy he was pteforming for the Queen and in her school for genius in the arts.
Elton John is a true example of cream rising to the top.
Learned to play Funeral for a friend when I was thirteen and managed to play it pretty well by the age or fourteen... I grateful to have learned to embrace modern music thanks to the compositions of Elton John and my fathers love for his early work in music... What a sensational composer and a fine musician. Thank you so much for opening my eyes to the world of modern music Elton John...
That damn guitarist is so humble sitting back and waiting to shine and then he just kills it.
This song has withstood the test of time. Still relevant almost 50 years later.
I am a straight up metal guy, grew up on Slayer, Flotsam and Jetsam, Testament etc But this guy is freakin awesome.
I'm a metalhead, but Elton is my favorite!
When I was a kid in the 80's my cousin was learning to play piano and played a lot of Elton along with Earth, Wind & Fire. He was also a DJ and played a lot of early rap. My mom gave me a bunch of 8 tracks my dad had left behind and that got me into Deep purple, zeppelin and the beatles. I got into cheap trick due to an animated movie called rock & rule plus my great grandmother taught me how to do the Lindy hop and got me into jazz and swing. I had a friend who got me into 60's rock and another who taught me all about classical music. Add to that my love of metal-Randy Rhoads is one of my musical heroes.
There ain't much music I don't like.
You're not alone there, pause at 10:26, and you might see another metalhead
Crazy Train eye for detail Angel. Ozzy looks bored here. He's probably saying Elton's hardest rocking song (maybe tied with "Saturday Night") is simply not even close to Ozzy- syle rocking!
No AndNo I'll be wearing my Slayer T when I see Sir Elton later this year! 🤘
Elton doesn't often get the due he deserves as a rocker. Love Lies Bleedin' and Funeral for a Friend are a classic combo that stands the test of time. I am transported back to the 70's when I listened to this part of GBYBR, one of the albums I would request if I were stranded on an island. Add this song combo to Saturday's All Right for Fighting, and you can't go wrong--then comes at least 5 more classics and some great throwbacks to EJ's early sound. A truly classic double album.
9 outta those 17 songs qualify as "hits" even if not released as singles. That was & is one of rocks truly "great" albums.
I remember this song & album from when they were released (I grew up & came of age in the 1970's). I am not transported back when I hear this song. To me, it is as fresh & vital as it was then & as much so as anything released today. Peace out...from Seattle
I'm making everyone attending my funeral sit through the whole piece before the service starts. It's one of his most amazing pieces.
Allan Briggs Haha, I’ve always said this, but I don’t know about the “Love Lies Bleeding” part :/ BUT I’ve wanted it played at my funeral since I first heard it in 1975!!!! STILL HERE W00T
Man, what gets me on this performance is how much energy Elton still puts into the piano. As if it were still 1973. Shivers.
They don't write music like this anymore. A pure classic!
I listened to this over and over and over and over... I was 9... my sister bought goodbye yellow brick road. I listened and memorized every nuance of every instrument. Good times !
This song helped carry me, as a young teenager, through the loss of my Mother.
I saw this performed in 1973 during Yellow Brick Road show. He was thinner, had higher shoes and lots of feathers. Wonderful then. Amazing then. Still amazing.
I had the privilege to see him live in miami with my 16 yr old son on his fearwel tour in
2019 and when he played this song, the place went wild.
i saw him Aug '76 at old Chicago stadium. the pot was so thick in the air, and i thought i would have hearing damage.
Saw EJ at Madison Square Garden in about '75,when I was a teen ... unbelievable show! Remember it clearly to this day. When he performed this, it was just EPIC. A masterpiece.
YEAH!!! This is how we rocked in the 1970's. Salute to Sir Elton John! EPIC
Oh yeah !! Will definitely be buried in pinball machine
Elton was just a little more animated back then. LOL
This take me back to some of the greatest times in my life. Never ever will get tired of hearing this.
He actually wrote & played this song for his own funeral. INCREDIBLE pianist & singer!!! 💝💝
I was 13 years old when i first heard this....I'm gonna be 60 on the 23rd of May....still listening...rock on. Thank you for this upload.
Same here 60 in sept got to see this live in 73 we took some white bloder acid and drank smirinoff for 3 hrs before the show elton came out with a cap fiying through the air i thought shit this guy can even fly stood front row on the floor for the entire 3 hrs what a blast
You're now 64, as I'm reading this 😅🎉❤
This song out does any song written these day, a pure masterpiece!
Couldn’t agree more!
AMEN 🤟
Amen
Correct 👍👍
Genuineness in a movment
Elton's masterpiece off of the fabulous double album.I can remember listening to this album back in the 1970s and marveling at it.
I just saw him Thursday night November 2022 at dodger Stadium and he sounded this good. He put on an excellent show. He performed the whole time he didn’t make the audience sing all of his songs. She got up after almost every song and thanked everybody. He told Little stories about his band mates his deceased bandmates, the songs that he and Bernie wrote it was amazing.
I’m totally jealous. Was around for all his albums but have never had the opportunity to see him live. Now I don’t have the money even if he was playing near me. Just have to enjoy him on TH-cam
What Doug said 😁
Fantastic 🌟✨
Elton is in another stratosphere. Way up there...wow. I love this song...the guitar by Davey is incredible.
I agree. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 70’s, Elton’s influence permeated everything in a way that no one else did or could. Half the songs in the school dances were his and the girls always wanted to dance to ‘em!
Is that Nigel Olson on drums also?
@@ghwoods1 came here to ask this also! Yes, I believe it is! Only missing Dee Murray. RIP, Dee.
I have had the privilege of seeing Elton live twice....and both times he opened with Funeral/Love lies ..... what a great way to open a concert!!!!
99% of the time he opens with this. I've never seen him not (and I've seen him over 40 times).
I've seen him last summer. This was a mid-concert act, opened with Bennie. Great, great concert. He's wonderful live.
Greatest piece
I never get tired of listening to this masterpiece
@@WatchMeNow53 I've been to numerous Elton John concerts & sadly, he didn't open with this song which I absolutely ADORE!!!
I thank "the Powers" above who enabled me to grow up in this era of music with such amazing musicians, to watch them grow and refine their skills. It's no wonder us boomers feel a deep affection for these icons, because once they move on, they'll never be replaced.
I saw Elton in Toronto Canada live in Maple Leaf Gardens live. His first of a Canadian/USA tour. An evening I will never forget till my last breath. I am 80 now and sooooo happy to find this again. I know I have it on Vinyl and CD. I really need to dig them out and make the neighbors windows rock eh, LOL
That entire album, Classic!
Please don't forget about Nigel Olson on drums.
Ghost of Navigator how can we forget him... He's the best
Nigel Olsson and Max Weinberg from E Street.....pure technicians! Love them.
Nigel Olson lived in Raleigh , NC in the 80's living with his wife who was from here . I met him several times . He was the most gracious , real and kind man . A great musician and a class act !
N guitarist too also the orchestra,bass
Bonjovi drummer ryt if m not mistaken
Sir Elton (and not because of any so-called "royal" decree! But because he earned it on his own) Davey and Nigel! (And others) They were all there in Sept. 1984 at the Wilkinson Center, what great memories! Thank you for a lifetime of the greatest music!
Best Elton John song ever. Gives me chills to listen to it!That song is in my top 5 of all artists ❤❤❤
And this is when rock and roll was great! Thank you, Sir Elton and the Band!
Timeless!!! This is pure Rock/ pure music!!
2 summers ago I was on a road trip to the 4 Corners. At a diner for a late bite this song was on and my days when I was in grade school age flashed through my mind. See, back then in the 70s, my dad had the vinyl record with that song and played it very often. For the last 20yrs, or so, I've totally forgotten about Funeral for a Friend. That night at that diner somewhere in the 4 Corners with that Elton John masterpiece playing, I was reminded of what I've forgotten, and that I should never forget ever again. Kinda eerie and yet beautiful moment-- just as Elton's timeless masterpiece.
This song is fresh and genius every time I hear it. It must be blasted at high volume. Get lost in it. Sir Elton John: magnificent! ♥️🎶
I don't always listen to this song, but when I do, so do my neighbors.
People say Elton is only a pop singer. If your weren't rocked to your rollin soul then quit life now.
My son was killed in 2016. I was devastated of course, but listened to this at least once a week for a year. We used to drive around for hours, and he heard this song many times on my CD player and rally liked it. I can't play anymore in my car, but like hearing it now.
There are some bands and performers from my teen years that I'm discovering just how great they really were beyond their greatest hits on the radio. I always loved EJ's music, from his earliest days, so to listen to it again gives me the pleasure of REDISCOVERY...again and again! I never tire of it! ❤
I have to thank/blame Elton for starting me on my lifelong addiction to what is now known as "classic rock." i was big on The Partridge Family when on March 25, 1974 (his birthday, I was 13 1/3 years old) I was the number whatever caller the radio DJ requested, and when he asked me what album I wanted I asked for the Greatest Hits (I had heard of few of those songs). The original vinyl arrived, shared it with my friends and we all became rock FANATICS (discovering Zeppelin at the same time helped). Because of little money (the usual lawns, etc...) David and I made a plan to buy alternating albums and share them. So I bought Empty Sky, he got Elton John, I got Tumbleweed Connection etc...) We did the same thing with Zeppelin. But I will always thank Elton for being the one to turn me on to what became my number one lifelong passion. RIP to my prom date Margee - I will love you always.
❤Ii have been listening to you sense you started and I love all your music and your voice 😊 🎉 God Bless
One of my All time favorite Elton John songs
A man so talented
I think this song fits the definition of a "hauntingly beautiful song". Sounds great here in concert. Love that the guitar player gave his pick to somebody
Guitar player was david johnson from Edinburgh
That was a nice touch, I'm glad the camera caught it.
@@robertauld2207 his name is Davey Johnstone....
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting this genius twice, and seen him in concert 5 times - there is no one else like him, he is simply a once in a life time phenomenon. I do not want to think of the day when he is no longer with us. Thanks for the amazing 50 years Sir Elton.
My father used to put me on his shoulder and bounce me around when I was little to this song to calm me down. And he would narrate an imaginary story to go along with the instrumental first part. I still remember that despite it being around 33 years now.
INCREDIBLE. Gives me chills.♥
im an old heavy metal guy, still had room for elton, just fantastic
This is Elton John's masterpiece. His symphony. Everytime I hear this I love it even more. Bravo!!!
I went to so many concerts in the 70's and 80's and I understood from the beginning that people are different at these expressions of Music and Love from every one I went to. This is the way people - Not through the Hate that is being fed to us. I Really Love the reality that we all share at these incredible concerts from Jethro Tull, Hendricks, Grand Funk, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Pat Travers, Heart, Santana, Etc., Etc. No Riots, Killing and Racism, just love. Elton is still here to bless us with these Gems, and to keep the positive vibes Alive through his music. January 8, 2019 at the Oakland Arena was the last time I was able to see this legend in concert. This song is dedicated to my brother Rodney lost to us in 83 for now. Thanks EJ!!!
Yellow brick road and this combination song is the stuff that made him, EPIC!!! Takes me back to junior high school when this was new. I saw him live in Baltimore Maryland in 1977 and he opened with this using a clear acrylic piano and green smoke, we were losing our mind🎉🎉🎉
Brought this ALBUM the day it came out played it for days and days loved this song and the ballad of Danny Bailey
Elton never disappoints ...he's an incredible showman.
This is definitely one of the best songs of all time.No one can play or arrange music the way Elton can. I happen to consider myself very lucky knowing that I grew up to Elton John's
Elton? You made a difference. Thanks & Bless- you’re there buddy!
I only got to see sir EJ in concert 4 times over the years, but i feel so blessed that I got to see this true legend and national treasure live. What an entertainer!!! Love you, Elton!
One of my all time favorites! My first album I got for my 13th birthday 🎉😂 Love you Elton!!
This is the song I have told everyone for years I want at my funeral.
William Schlosser - jolly I totally agree with you .....after Elton in my life it was Jimmy Buffett he has another great song to play “ Lovely Cruise “ ....all three songs sum everything up real well
Me two
I have told my family the same thing🥰
Mine as well.
And Stairway to Heaven.
Elton john is a musical God to me.... so immaculately talented at writing, singing, piano.... oh I only wish to see him live before I can't again. He hasn't made a song I didn't like. From early childhood... through my life. He started long before I was born. He's more than legend to me. Love Elton. So many musical and personal reasons why.
An absolute master of his craft. Sounds just as good live as the original recording even how many years later. Legendary. Wow.
Bernie was a genius also
An absolute musical masterclass 👍👌
Saw him in Tuscaloosa Alabama in 1976. What a show. This is all time
Favorite
Pure genius! An amazing man with a God given talent used to better the world!
To those of a certain age this was the epiphany of Elton’s songwriting and composing - an incredible track from an incredible album that had his best guys on board - awesome
No less than a genius, Elton John wrote some of the best stuff going and it has lasted over the years . Funeral for a friend is truly an example of his best work.
Sure. But you may save a tip of the hat to Bernie Taupin, too.
As high school girl l was happy to listen Elton song I like Some one save my live tonight. Thank to have this person in land
I was there......n 1974 at the INGLEWOOD FORUM------when EJ BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE WITH THIS NUMBER------- THANK GOD FOR BEING ALIVE TO WITNESS A MUSICAL SAVANT.......A COMPOSER WITHOUT EQUAL......A GOD N THE PIANO WHO HAD PERFECT PITCH.......AN EXTRAORDINARY VOCALIST......
I remember sometime back in the 70's Elton John came to the Capital Center in Landover Maryland (outskirts of Washington DC) and he opened the concert with this song. Seats were of little use after that because we dancing in the front of them or in the isles for the rest of the show. What a showman!
This is everything you want/need in a great song. Im so blessed that I grew up being able to listen to this when it was born.
I was always an Elton fan but when Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released, I became a "super fan", and still am all these years later.
So, you were "always" an EJ fan from 1970, all the way until 1972?!! Wow, you were a real trooper!
@@jackessaf6931
That made absolutely no sense!
"All the way til now" from '70 would be 54 years, my mindless child. Didn't do too well in simple math, did you?
@@beatleographer_10-51 Reread his text. "always a fan, but when GYBR was released"
@@beatleographer_10-51 "You were ALWAYS an EJ fan, but in 1972 you became a superfan!"
Tell me who doesn't make sense!
@@jackessaf6931 Get your brain tuned up, then come back for more education. WOW! 🤣
I wish I had the words that describe how great this song and these artists really are. Fantastic!
I Seen you in mobile Alabama in the 70s love you Thank you so much kathy powell ❤❤❤❤
Elton John such a talented songwriter&singer. I Love all of his songs!!! He's wonderful.
This was my first song of Elton. Is absolutely perfect
Seen him in 1985 at the Murfrees Center in Murfreesboro Tennessee. He walked out in a duck costume bowed to us then started playing this. Sir Elton is a fantastic performer and awesome pianist. One of the best concerts i ever went to.
"Roses in the window box has tilted to one side, Everything about this house is born to grow and die" Bernie is such a genius.
I've been enjoying this lovely pianist most of my life. One of 2 favorite pianists & I have to hear Billy Joel after this!!!😂
I am Thankful to have shared the same space and time with so many greats and Elton John is certainly one of the top 5.
I cried when he took the stage when I saw him in Las Vegas in 2006. He is absolutely amazing!
Grown men weep over few. This man is one. RUSH, Neil Peart, Freddie Mercury.
Oh, I'll bet. I would have too. How amazing you can say you saw him live. I'm totally jealous.
Great tune.
Great artist.
Great times.
What more can I say .
Ive always been envious of the people in this world who actually put into practice (and are successful) at what they were put on this earth to do.Elton John (in my opinion) was clearly put here to entertain.Well, he has nailed it! Thank You Elton,my life wouldn't be the same without you in it!! I LOVE YOU.
First time hearing. This will listen everyday. Beautiful song and music God bless Elton John ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Saw many of the great bands through the years, from the who , stones,cocker, bowie and so many others, bit I'm 65 now, and my biggest regret when it comes to shows, was never seeing Elton!!