@AirplayBeats reacts to Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Like comment and subscribe patreon.com/user?u=81569817 Airplay Beats 3609 Bradshaw Rd Ste H #337 Sacramento, CA 95827 Www.Airplaybeats.com
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@26shedan11 ай бұрын
Elton John's music is definitely woven into the fabric of every decade of my life...
@willo879411 ай бұрын
👊
@goldenageofdinosaurs719210 ай бұрын
Same. From 1970 to present..
@roryphares619210 ай бұрын
Yeah, he was one of my mom’s favorites, i’m always moved when i hear him.
@2godless6 күн бұрын
He’s the GOAT
@deanhovey834810 ай бұрын
This Album - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - was recorded in just 2 weeks ... Insane
@danmayberry118510 ай бұрын
How come we know elite producers like Alan Parsons or Glyn Johns, but no one discusses Gus Dudgeon? Get a decent pressing from his Elton albums on the turntable, and it's a sound experience. And that band!
@carol-mariefleming868911 ай бұрын
What can I say? This is another gem from Bernie and Elton. I absolutely love this song. Thank you for seeing that. ❤
@laurabrevitz394410 ай бұрын
I started the video and put my phone down. As soon as the vocals started, I began singing along and picked the phone back up. 😂
@jacqueline451410 ай бұрын
Is it just me, or does so much of Elton’s 70’s music feel “large”? Fills a room, fills a heart, like a steamrolling wave of smooth sound covering you ❤.
@lisagrace808510 ай бұрын
YES! That's exactly what it does. Beautiful.
@whome129910 ай бұрын
Elton John was a child prodigy. He is an adult one too. 🤘🤩
@jimmayors231511 ай бұрын
Every song on this album is excellent. There were some very seedy topics in the lyrics of some, way before their time!
@jcsmixer11 ай бұрын
David Hentschel - ARP synthesizer (1, 12) Davey Johnstone - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Leslie guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar, banjo, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 10, 13, 17) Dee Murray - bass guitar, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 10, 13, 17) Nigel Olsson - drums, congas, tambourine, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 10, 13, 17), car effects (12) Ray Cooper - tambourine (12) Del Newman - orchestral arrangements (4, 8-10, 15, 17) David Katz - orchestra contractor (4, 8-10, 15, 17) Leroy Gómez - saxophone solo (16) Kiki Dee - backing vocals (12)
@Irockthere410 ай бұрын
Bernie Taupin writes incredible lyrics. And he’s not even in the band. How Elton puts music to those words is the genius with those great musicians playing those songs. The production from Gus Dudgeon is a masterpiece.
@Ocrilat10 ай бұрын
@@Irockthere4 They were more than great musicians. The band (Nigel, Dee, Davey) created the parts of the songs for their own instruments (with no input from anyone, including Elton), and wrote and created the backing vocals. Bernie doesn't get enough credit, but the band more or less gets none, which is a shame.
@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv11 ай бұрын
HARMONY was my favorite song off this album.
@raymondregis621911 ай бұрын
There's a documentary about making this album. Elton often left the backing vocals to Dee bassist, Davey guitarist and Nigel drummee to arrange and record.
@megA_t.653210 ай бұрын
Lots of masterpieces written by Elton and Bernie. IMHO
@bennettmusiccollective321811 ай бұрын
Good reaction…try “Philadelphia Freedom” or “Saturday Night’s Alright” both bangers.
@shellycasbeer377511 ай бұрын
All the Girls love Alice. E.J. has been with me since I was a young girl. I spent hours learning every verse of every song he had. I saw him one time on Halloween. What a show!!!!✌️🎸🎶🎼🎵
@WooBino.10 ай бұрын
Great song and I'm an old guy who has loved that song for 40 years.
@bonniethompson201910 ай бұрын
Levon is another good one to listen to. There are so many hits. You will find Elton is a very versatile singer.
@ronaldelliott437311 ай бұрын
This whole “monster” album was a staple of the Classic Era. Multiple radio friendly hits rolled off this one. As two reactioners who appreciate well engineered albums, if you listen to the entire LP, you’ll agree this was one of the best for it’s time. 👈😎
@cattbutt775810 ай бұрын
"Monster" ?
@ronaldelliott437310 ай бұрын
@@cattbutt7758 It wasn’t? That album was ubiquitous for yrs on FM radio. Was one of his best selling albums of the decade.
@swurvegirl197810 ай бұрын
An underrated gym that i have to thank American Idol for introducing this to me 20+ ys ago❤
@pabloalvez91511 ай бұрын
Sir Elton is simply one of the Rock Greats, I love Captain Fantastic and Honky Chateau
@scottstewart578411 ай бұрын
Born in 61 - Elton was the soundtrack to my youth, Bu-bu-bu-benny and the jets started it.
@cre8tivone10 ай бұрын
Elton and his writing partner Bernie Taupin combined for some of the most passionate and introspective songs ever!
@mikecreger970210 ай бұрын
Nigel Olsson is the best minimalist drummer ever. Nothing flashy or fancy, but if you listen it fits the song perfect. Every fn time!!
@2869may11 ай бұрын
"THAT'S WHY THE CALL IT THE BLUES"....!
@frankpentangeli794510 ай бұрын
Elton's regular bandmates at the time (Dee Murray - bass, Nigel Olsson - drums, Davey Johnstone - guitar) pretty much all sang background vocals, and they all had great voices.
@mr.snicker-doodles708110 ай бұрын
Jerry Cantrel from "Alice in Chains" said he was his #1 Influence was Elton John. That and being in the choir in High School singing Gregorian chants.. You can really hear both influences in songs like Angry Chair or I Stay Away SO Elton John..
@annamariadelillo291611 ай бұрын
Elton and his band were FIRE! This entire album is a masterpiece.
@williamlovett61911 ай бұрын
Elton is Elton
@timhankins924511 ай бұрын
Actually, he is Reginald lol
@009AWB10 ай бұрын
Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson were members of the band and all contributed background vocals and harmonies on the album.
@paxonearth11 ай бұрын
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirty Cowboy Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Someone Save My Life Tonight Border Song
@cdfdesantis69911 ай бұрын
HUGE hit for Elton! Thanks for your reaction.
@gregorybennett564010 ай бұрын
Somebody Saved My Life Tonight. It gets overlooked sometimes. Elton said in a recent concert that I was at, “Somebody Saved my Life is me favorite song that I have written.”
@daniellaforme98683 ай бұрын
I was 19. Brings me back to a simpler time
@bryanblack52610 ай бұрын
Entire album is a masterpiece.
@jeffjefferson738411 ай бұрын
Elton John 1969-1972 is pretty special.
@jamessullivan586011 ай бұрын
Saw him at the Cotton Bowl promoting this album. Led the night with Funeral for a Friend. Excellent concert and bought the album the next day.
@ericb788910 ай бұрын
The band with Eltons music, and Bernies lyrics, painted incredible pictures. The three guys in his band, would layer the backing vocals, after the basic tracks were done. Elton would let them decide on how to do it, and they were incredible. Such talent
@cptight8811 ай бұрын
Great example of Elton's soulfulness/funk is "Amorena" from Tumbleweed Connection album. That whole album is epic. Also, "Take Me to the Pilot" from "17-11-1970" album is soulful AF.
@goldenageofdinosaurs719210 ай бұрын
Border Song is another one that pops into my head.
@t.j.payeur533111 ай бұрын
This always reminded me of a Beatles song...
@RobynHurley-zp9sh10 ай бұрын
I was 7 in 1975. This song was everywhere
@bobschenkel792110 ай бұрын
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is Sir Elton's best work, IMVHO. Every song he and Bernie Taupin wrote is excellent, and his band is in unparalled territory.
@bobdelp202310 ай бұрын
THEY ALLLLLLL SANG IN THOSE EARLY DAYS, THAT 70'S DECADE 😊BUT YEAH, MAINLY ( DEE, DAVEY AND NIGEL ) WERE THE BACKUP VOCALS AND SANG DIFFERENT PARTS IN SONGS, INCREDIBLY GOOD! 💯😊
@alphajava76110 ай бұрын
Leon Russell was a huge influence on Elton. "Tight Rope", "A Song For You" and "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Leon himself among many. One of the best piano players and session players there was. Bob Dylan's song My Own Version of You .. "I'm gonna make you play the piano like Leon Russell, like Liberace, like John the Apostle.."
@Verlopil10 ай бұрын
Elton John sang the soundtrack for my life. Only The Who came close to doing the same, but I grew out of them. Elton grew with me.
@rayj101110 ай бұрын
My favorite lines: "Maybe you'll get a replacement. There's plenty like me to be found. Mongrels, who ain't got a penny, sniffin' for tidbits like you on the ground.
@deaniegarcia569411 ай бұрын
An all around excellent song…lyrics, the band and Elton are top notch and hitting on all cylinders in this song. You guys have hit it on the head again! Thank you for your insight again! Great reaction as usual…
@sallyh541311 ай бұрын
This is my favorite song of his. Thanks for listening.
@joescott887710 ай бұрын
So...many years ago I was having a crisis in my life that I won't of course go into here, but it was of such profundity that most people probably would have cried at least once within the first two days after it happened. It took me five or so, lol, and it was listening to THIS song that cracked the ice for me, and a-sobbing I went! Special place in my heart ever since then, heh. Thanks, Elton! Glad you guys appreciate this brilliant, powerful piece as well!
@leddygee189610 ай бұрын
Every song on that album is a banger... His finest hour.
@carcarjinks143010 ай бұрын
this is one of those songs where you could ask 100 people what it's about and get 100 different answers. ambiguous lyrics are fun. it's like a puzzle for the listener.
@tubefreeeasy10 ай бұрын
This is a top 5 album for me. This album is so great. You’d enjoy a side at a time review through the rest of the album. It’s that great an album.
@RobynHurley-zp9sh10 ай бұрын
My personal favorite is blessed from the 90s
@cazkain10 ай бұрын
you have to hear my 2 Favs after Benie and the jet rocket Man and crocodile rock
@markharbin994511 ай бұрын
Dude he was an absolute showman in his day😮
@isadona599 ай бұрын
Thanks to react to this old music. Zeppelin, Elton, etc. This is the music of my life and his so exciting, an emotional, to see young people, young musicians, to listen this pure and real good music, and made don't forget it
@josiepkat9 ай бұрын
These songs are my very earliest memories of music. My mother getting dressed to have friends over for dinner.. these records playing in the background. One song that really speaks to me lately is The Border Song. It’s on his first greatest hits album - although it’s not a song that gets much attention anymore - but it really should because it’s more relevant than ever. You really should hear or consider reacting to that one. Thank you for such great reactions. Subscribed! 😊
@deniseriley662211 ай бұрын
The dynamic duo of Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Masters! I was only 1 when this came out ,but definitely one of my faves.
@nonsuch11 ай бұрын
My favorite song of his.
@ralphwatts899310 ай бұрын
Love y’all’s reactions! Y’all really know what you’re talking about! Quickly becoming my favorite reactors.❤️🤘🏻
@neilmartin9911 ай бұрын
The lyrics and their emotional delivery in much of Elton's music are every bit as important as the music. The combination of lyrics, delivery and musicianship are simply fantastic.
@markfilla930511 ай бұрын
If anyone's interested, the Marc Maron WTF podcast just released an episode where he interviewed Bernie Taupin. I really enjoyed it. After all these years, this was the first time I had ever heard his voice. Obviously he talked a lot about his life with Elton, but there were other topics discussed as well. Definitely worth a listen!
@kdogman9111 ай бұрын
love your channel guys!!
@sowhat59399 ай бұрын
Thank you to my sister Cathy you were the best the cool big sister!!!!!
@jenniferfoster169210 ай бұрын
Elton and Taupin, the best of the best, so many iconic songs, including this one. Thankfully I grew up in the 70s with all of this on the radio, so lucky.
@flubblert10 ай бұрын
The arrangements on this and other songs on the album are killer. Arrangements are an often overlooked commodity when critiquing songs. Yet they play such an important role jn how we digest them.
@johnhakes209 ай бұрын
Hi guys, love the reactions! Awesome you’ve discovered Elton John! Work your way through the ‘70s stuff first like you’re doing, but I’d like to see you eventually react to “Too Low For Zero” from the early ‘80s…
@stevedahlberg868011 ай бұрын
John Lennon sang backing vocals on some of EJ's songs.
@vicprovost256110 ай бұрын
Great song and album, do All the Girls Love Alice from it, it is another great song from it and a rocking banger! Enjoy. 🎵🎹🎤🎸🎶
@lesdavis231810 ай бұрын
Elton John was my favorite growing up in the 70's
@peggiebradley743410 ай бұрын
One of my favorites. I'm 63 and feel like I grew up on Sir Elton.
@garryiglesias407411 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorites songs... Elton is a genius.
@Lionize72811 ай бұрын
It's cool that you picked up on the band. That goes by a lot of people. They were a huge part of his sound and integral to coming up with arrangements for EJ and BT's compositions. Very talented musicians. Elton would leave the three of them to do all the backing vocals after the main tracks were recorded.
@user-fc8lz1cg4x10 ай бұрын
One of the best concerts I ever attended. He was such an entertainer too. Great fun! Ahhh...to be young again. ❤
@Inked-Smash10 ай бұрын
My mom’s first concert at 17 this song played at her service and I am still trying to concert connect with her her, by seeing him live!
@robertprice683011 ай бұрын
One of a handful of his songs I like.
@davidboivin799610 ай бұрын
This song is pure nostalgia for us boomers!!
@JamesJohnson-ig6of10 ай бұрын
BROS, I was very fortunate to see Elton "live" in the St. Paul Civic Center. His concert was one of the most memorable times of my life. Friends I'd made there and I rushed to the front of the stage. In an interview Elton was asked how long does it take him to compose the music for one of his songs, and he replied "oh sumthin around 10 or so minutes". As a very young boy Elton was admitted to London's Royal Academy of Music to study piano. ( Comparable to the Juilliard School of Music). Please react to "Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatters"; and also from Goodbye Yellow Brick, "All the Young Girls Love Alice". THANK YOU!
@waynebrown326610 ай бұрын
My step father was a lead guitarist in a country western band. We listened to both kinds of music in our house...COUNTY and WESTERN. I was maybe 8 years old when I heard Don McClean's American Pie and I was 10 years old when I first heard Elton sing Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Those were the first hints I got that there might be some other kind of music out there than what was played in our house.
@waynebrown326610 ай бұрын
Question. Do you guys even know how to make a bad reaction video? Cuz I watch a lot of your videos when they come out and I can't recall a bad one.
@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf11 ай бұрын
…….you guys are the best reactors on KZbin !!! Keep on, keeping on 🔥❤️💪🏾
@WooBino.10 ай бұрын
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy album by Elton is a masterpiece.
@ogkevdc10 ай бұрын
“Back to the howling old owl in the woods…” 👍🏼
@dawngipe63249 ай бұрын
I grew up listening to all this kinda music with my parents and my brother and sister...it reminds me of simpler times and now my mom is gone and dad isnt well...when i hear it, it makes me think about going back to those days, but u cant...beautiful song, but very personal to me...thanks for reacting to it...
@Cheshirecat-nx9zn11 ай бұрын
I love when Chi gets lost in Elton's piano.
@wpollock111 ай бұрын
There are so many gems on this album…Grey Seal is one of them, as is The Ballad of Danny Bailey.
@ML-un1oi11 ай бұрын
Great song, band, and arrangement by a great artist. Thanks fellas for a great reaction. Appreciate you 🙏 ❤
@kathyfarrow30910 ай бұрын
Loved the reaction guys, keep up the great work. If you guys want some more Elton try "Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting! I think you guys will appreciate that song. Peace out guys! 💯👍🔥🎸🇺🇸😎
@vicprovost256110 ай бұрын
Huge hit and a killer, rocker of a song, has been on classic rock radio forever, always in rotation. They will listen to this album when travelling through the stars!
@suesebree867011 ай бұрын
THANK YOU sooo much for doing the whole album!!!! ❤❤❤
@josephtedrick770611 ай бұрын
In my top 5 Albums. Along with Sticky Fingers, Dark Side of the Moon , Houses of the Holy, and Aja.
@eyemknothear331211 ай бұрын
You guys are incredible at explaining what I've been listening to my whole life. I never thought much about the studio craftsmanship put into these old songs growing up, but the way you both find all the layers and why it works in each song, put new joy in my listening again to these classics. Thank you. Great reactions.
@hpawebster6511 ай бұрын
One of the greatest melodies ever written
@OutOnTheTiles11 ай бұрын
This song and album are a masterpiece. Such a beautiful song that you fall in love with the first time you hear it. Go Jays !!! ❤️🇨🇦❤️
@jennyruth562011 ай бұрын
Felt like a warm hug! 🫂 tysm 🥰
@paulb46049 ай бұрын
Saw Elton at Dodger Stadium in LA this past November on his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour. It was his last ever weekend performing in the USA. Amazing concert! Definitely a bucket list item to see him live and so glad we did.
@willblood708211 ай бұрын
Great album, great song, great reaction! Like most, if not all, EJ songs this was written by Bernie Taupin. The song is actually about BT wanting give up the crazy life he and EJ were living at the time. He was longing for the simplicity of a rural life and was more comfortable with life on the DL.
@blackwolf608211 ай бұрын
This was the song of my teenage years
@leebay609310 ай бұрын
I remember seeing him doing this album in Sydney Australia in 74, Randwick Racecourse, absolutely brilliant concert
@kkampy40524 ай бұрын
Takes me right back to high school
@TinaGregory-qv3dt10 ай бұрын
Love this song
@michaelfried312310 ай бұрын
This entire album is straight up fire!
@CuriousGeorge111110 ай бұрын
"His piano plays lead too." Yessir, and most of Elton's harmonies are Elton. Great album and record. As with Steely Dan, I hope you work backwards, and cover his phenomenal early albums, from Elton John through Honky Chateau. All the best!
@CuriousGeorge111110 ай бұрын
Thanks, La and Che. 😁
@lesdavis231810 ай бұрын
If you notice Bernie taupan was the chief song writer he lived in a rural area thus the suburban feel to the lyrics, this can be found on the captain fantastic album the song captain fantastic (speaking of himself the next lyric brown dirt cowboy describes Bernie taupan
@bobdelp202311 ай бұрын
THIS MUSIC AND SOUND IS CRAZYYYY GOOD, I LOVE THAT!!! 😊AND YESSSS ELTON HAD BIG SOUNDS ALWAYS AND HIS PIANO STOOD OUT OVER EVERYTHING WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT HIM LAH AND CHE! 👍LOVE THE SLAMMING OF THOSE KEYS ALWAYS! ❤😊HAVE A GR88888 WEEKEND YOU GUYS!
@sowhat59398 ай бұрын
thanks to my cool big sister for buying me my first elton john album