Elton John & Billy Joel- Tonight Show with Jay Leno "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Feb. 7, 2001

[@xamicz2k299]

Until you try playing and singing this song, you wont understand what great artists Billy and Elton really are! Also consider their ages, not many can still perform like them.

[@lgarcia67]

Time flies, I saw this live, it was pretty cool, great interview and music. Too bad I could not go see them live when they toured. But wife and I were just out college and very broke. Not sure why but even though we were broke we both have very fond memories of those days.

[@barryphillips7327]

Classic song performed by two of the BEST piano players!!!!!!!!!!

[@josephsnearline2022]

I saw them at the very end of this tour in October 2002. They played a full three and a half hours. One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen.

[@michaellubeck8464]

Billy Joel can really hit the right notes..Classic!

[@cpsmonroe1]

Almost 20 years ago Jeez . I remember watching this on Leno

[@cojomo93]

I love both these artist so glad they could do this song as a duet.

[@BabyLambCreations]

It's interesting how in this, Billy's piano isn't heard while Elton's piano is but when they performed "Piano Man" after, it's the other way around lol

[@dellasmith7522]

I love Elton's eyebrow action. Reminds me of Roy Clark's.

[@TumbleweedCx]

Love this. Rare find. Thanks!

[@golfgranny58]

Love these two!!!!!!

[@toddkirkey4907]

look at the negative comments lol...this was a really cool version. No auto tune or the BS technology of today. Loved the key changes...solid. Two studs...rock on

[@veritasetlibertas7889]

Beautiful!!

[@TristanandIsolt]

Billy and Elton have very similar voices. I thought Big Shot was an Elton John song when I first heard it.

[@omelhordamusica2798]

Um dos maiores ícones da música mundial de todos os tempos.

[@alexsawman2119]

What are beautiful song

[@BrokenneckYgor]

2 legends that knows what’s at

[@gitaputri5246]

Masterpiece

[@claire-janehawkins5883]

Awesome

[@amyreddick8802]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live On The Tonight Show 2/6/2001)

[@ramos1219]

This video is 7 years old and only has 377 thumbs up? Travesty

[@andrewfrancis7272]

Great watching these two pros together. One's a Brit, the other's a Yank .. It's funny observing the slightly different sense of humour, but I think they genuinely liked each other. (Apros the interview before the song performance).

[@MrGuioc]

Great .. both

[@gregwatson8219]

Jay could book legends when occasion fitted

[@adelmarisalido4694]

2021

[@summer82352]

I see Davey Johnstone on guitar but is that Nigel Olsen on drums?

[@brianxyz]

+sherry Milligan Yes, that's Nigel on drums.

[@leonardobarros386]

Banda sensacional. Grandes músicos

[@WakaWaka2468]

2:51

[@pollyliu8159]

OMG..ELTON JOHN @ BILLY JOE..JUST SOOO GOOD & TOOO GOOD..

[@joshlobel8111]

Billy at 2:55

[@howtodoitdude1662]

I love that part! He gave it some soul!

[@mags26]

2:55 !!

[@rrdk51976]

When are you gonna come down? When are you going to land? I should have stayed on the farm I should have listened to my old man You know you can't hold me forever I didn't sign up with you I'm not a present for your friends to open This boy's too young to be singing The blues, ah, ah So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can't plant me in your penthouse I'm going back to my plough Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh, I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road Ah, ah What do you think you'll do then? I bet they'll shoot down the plane It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics To set you on your feet again Maybe you'll get a replacement There's plenty like me to be found Mongrels who ain't got a penny Sniffing for tidbits like you On the ground, ah, ah So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can't plant me in your penthouse I'm going back to my plough Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh, I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road Ah, ah

[@WBCRO]

Thanks for this. As wonderful as zesting is, I’ve always struggled to discern the lyrics of his songs. It’s how he pronounces the words - I can barely understand about half of them. My bad, I guess.

[@ericsmith6315]

These guys should have gotten married lol

[@vergellicerio8919]

that guitarist in the background.......

[@riccardoangeli802]

Piano Man and Rocket Man ... Loro assieme a Stevie Wonder sono i migliori

[@alfiepowell9013]

What's up. Keep On Trying. fork furniture What's your opinion about this 11

[@WakaWaka2468]

Yeah

[@SaraJayne1969]

Not being rude at all, but is this about the time Billy fell off the wagon? He really goofed up the lyrics at 2:49. I know they had some kind of fight and then a falling out for a period of time because of Billy's sobriety.All in all, it's a great song with the two of them!! :)

[@howtodoitdude1662]

Sara Johannes, check out when Elton screws up on Billy’s song ‘piano man’ also on this show. They are only human!

[@holyshitcomedy5530]

2022 and he’s still going strong so probably not

[@erestube]

I don't hear any goof-ups there. "Back to the horny back toad" are the lyrics.

[@blackdeathgaming1351]

Hunting the horny back toad

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@erestube It is actually: Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad So Billy sang "Back to the....." twice, but it was hardly the crime of the century and nothing to do with drinking as the other poster was implying, especially as it is not his song and they were not using lyrics monitors, which they did later when touring. Although if Billy can play the piano, sing the lyrics and follow along and not miss his turn again while trading verses on someone else's song when supposedly drunk, then he really is a musical genius. And as someone else above pointed out, Elton messed up the lyrics to Piano Man by singing the opening "It's nine o'clock on a Saturday" verse and then after a supposedly drunk Billy played harmonica, piano and sang his verse, Elton started to repeat the "It's nine o'clock on a Saturday" verse again, before realising and quickly switching to the correct line of the verse he was on. Then after finishing that verse, he asked Billy was that all right and started laughing, so he could quite easily have thrown Billy off and caused him to lose his place. Not that I am blaming Elton though, as it is not his song and he does not even write lyrics himself on his own songs but just the music, whereas Billy writes both lyrics and music on his songs.

[@Red-Feather]

While probably not conscious of it I see this regret as mankind leaving the Garden of Eden to follow Satan's glittery promises. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the return to God's bosom.

[@RIXRADvidz]

uh, that was painful. I really like EJ and BJ but this was really painful.

[@davidmorgen4558]

B.j. drunk?

[@rockit6553]

I love both Elton & Billy but not together. I don't want to hear them sing each others songs. Doesn't interest me.

[@castlekirk7646]

yeah i agree, especially billy for some reason doesnt sound good singing them

[@TWICKY420]

Too kool,,elton needs 90 percent of the tour pay

[@vixandthebleedinghearts]

This was by far Ej's WORST performance of his own song :/ I mean...wow, at the start he didn't even look like he was trying

[@fanaticaldueling6337]

Victoria Weaver This was a good performance, not the best. But it was okay. Certainly underwhelming. But I think more so from Joel. Elton was great. So yeah, go be a bitch somewhere else.

[@aziaticwilliams9869]

You clearly don’t have any taste

[@aziaticwilliams9869]

@@fanaticaldueling6337 you clearly have taste 😂