Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Live in Atlanta 1997

[@BoogieWoogieCat]

I wish his voice remained this good for a few years. I really like his deeper tone, but I miss the falsettos in some phrases and here it's just perfect. 2:08 I did not expect that, he nailed it.

[@GregsynthWizard]

Amazing vocals on this. Reminds of a mature 1984 delivery. I hope the full show circulates.

[@fod150]

He sounds so strong, and hits the falsetto notes so easily.

[@GregsynthWizard]

Agree! Such a great vocal!

[@PaperbackWriter92]

@@GregsynthWizard omg, the day this show circulates will be one I'm looking forward to!

[@willthetrill4849]

Wow. A soundboard. Wasn't expecting this to be a soundboard from the very first show of the big picture tour! This was from The Roxy 10/8/97

[@justinm.1]

@0:40, 1:22, 2:08, 2:50 at least he was able to hit that high note post-surgery 👍🏼

[@edgarpires1865]

The Big Picture tour really amazes me... gotta love these vocals! Thank you very much!

[@susanunderwood8708]

I was there!!! Tickets for this intimate concert at the Roxy in Atlanta were by lottery only! Best concert by far I’ve ever attended!!! I was standing so close to his piano I could almost touch it!

[@micheldavid3831]

beaultiful❤

[@PaperbackWriter92]

I really don't know what to say other than, that was awesome! Loved it!!

[@fod150]

So ¿we have the complete soundboard recording of this show? It will be amazing because we don't have any soundboard or decent quality recording of these shows (1996-1997)

[@GregsynthWizard]

Hi Gary. There's some fantastic audience recordings from the 1997 legs of the Big Picture Tour! :)

[@bradylove9825]

The show immediately after this, 10/10/97 Winston-Salem, is very good quality and can be found in full on KZbin! The GBYBR on that tape is almost on par with this

[@aFILIated8147]

The 1976 is the best live version of this.

[@thecyberskeleton9589]

1979 moscow

[@richardyang6667]

Actually he played this in 1986 and 1990! But I haven't found any record of these shows. I hope that we can find it soon.

[@EltonStuff]

Richard Yang He didn’t play it in either of those years.

[@bradylove9825]

@@EltonStuff He may be referring to an error on the setlist.fm website? -- the times that he played the piano opening of GBYBR in the 'Bennie and the Jets' solo sometimes gets listed as a full performance which even caused me confusion early on.

[@fod150]

He played this song after a long time. The last time was in 1984, then again in 1997. I don't know why took many years to perform it again maybe he was insecure if the song would work 1 tone down.

[@salvadorealiberto]

@@fod150 Yes, around 1990 he bemoans that the "soft notes are hard to hit" in the song. I think he had to rework it. He also comments in another interview that his voice has changes so much he had to take it down to sing it now.

[@mrquail5299]

@Bruh it’s mentioned that he was definitely self conscious about his falsetto