🎵 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road REACTION

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[@flatebo1]

"Yellow brick road" may be an allusion to "streets paved with gold", so it's a reference to the big city. It's about a farm boy who went to the big city to "make his fortune", but got disenchanted with the rat race, so he decides to return to the simpler, less stressful country life. Hence the lyric "I'm going back to my plough."

[@MoMoMyPup10]

We have a *_bingo_* 😉

[@Zaandick]

Yes bruv

[@johnklein6040]

@@MoMoMyPup10 Reference to Inglorious Basterds?

[@verily360]

Thanks elton

[@rocketmunkey1]

The yellow brick road in the wizard of OZ refers to the Gold standard for Money, the emerald city refers to fake fiat money replacement and the wizard (reality little old man) hiding behind the "Green screen" and fake scary imagery, are the global investors who control it. The Strawman represents the Farmers, the Tin man represents industry and the Lion represents the military, who were at the time (and still are) being shafted by the wizard. All thats required to discover the truth and put it right, are a little bit of brains, a little bit heart and little bit of courage. important to note the wizard doesnt actually give them those things, they already had them as their support of Dorothy showed. When he says goodbye yellow brick road he means he's rejecting greed of money in the big city for a simpler more virtuous life back on the farm, which is where Dorothy ultimately ends back up too.

[@loristone9242]

Such a phenomenal song. I think it's wistful and bittersweet. He's longing for what he thought it would be. But he is happy to be going back to where he feels like he belongs.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

Lex gets it! "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is a MUST.🎹🎶

[@TheSeattleSaint]

She is the only one that can. Brad is, I'm sorry, a dolt. You can see the wind blow through his ears as he is sitting there. Lex at least has some clue, but he is clueless.

[@fbg5678]

@@TheSeattleSaint Brad had some great insights sometimes, and Lex forces a bit with the analogies sometimes too.

[@thomaswhite7783]

Remember, when it comes to Elton John songs Elton writes the music and Berie Taupin writes the lyrics. They collaborate without hardly ever working with each other in person. They are one of the greatest song writing teams ever.

[@CrayCruz]

Lennon and McCartney aren't bad either.

[@jbranum3087]

I love that Elton songs lyrics about how difficult it was to be with him.

[@mizofan]

The greatest.

[@patricksullivan7140]

Yep

[@unusual686]

1970's Elton John was the best, and hats off the Bernie Taupin for the lyrics.

[@nightwalkerj]

"Funeral for a friend" is another fantastic song on this album

[@twenty3enigma]

"Yellow Brick Road" is a reference to the dream world in The Wizard of Oz -- thus the suggestion that what the road leads to isn't what it seemed before setting out on the journey. "You Can't Keep Me In Your Penthouse" is about not liking the way he's being treated like property -- a valuable commodity. Bernie Taupin's lyrics are brilliant. He was quite aware of what record industry people thought of him and his friend Elton, and helped him vent their shared frustration.

[@Dana-ld4wf]

Someone Saved My Life Tonight, and Philadelphia Freedom are two great songs.

[@fancy1348]

2 of my very favorite Elton John songs. I just love so many of his songs though.

[@kenmickelsen5484]

One of my all-time favorite Elton John songs thank you I would not mind a reaction on candle in the wind

[@readhistory2023]

It's good album. He and Bernie wrote some great lyrics.

[@t.r.1708]

The simplicity of basic needs vs the complications of luxury. That’s what I get from this song. Thx! Fun as always!

[@sarahzentexas]

I always thought he’s singing from the perspective of a rent boy fed up with the constraints of a sugar daddy. But that’s just me.

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

This was probably Elton's best album; lots of great ones, but this one stands out. It was a double album (two records) and had a whole string of hits on it.

[@CrayCruz]

YBR is his best, as far as I am conccerned.

[@kennethmardis2132]

Seen that Movie too always comes mind

[@jbranum3087]

Grey seal is killer!

[@joshkidd132]

Definitely considered his magnum opus

[@thehorrorfanx]

Brad, you’ve never seen Wizard of Oz??! Ok, this calls for drastic action. You must start a movie reaction channel! Wizard of Oz can be your first movie.

[@futurereflections4097]

Best movie ever. I love surrealism, so it was perfect for me.

[@sporkfindus4777]

While listening to Dark Side of the Moon at the same time Tbf, in the Get Back film, Paul McCartney admitted to Mal Evans that he hadn't seen the Wizard of Oz either

[@t0dd000]

Better yet, read the books.

[@3okWalker]

@@sporkfindus4777 They (Paul, John and others) read Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland and other books as children. Books are better remembered.

[@sporkfindus4777]

@@3okWalker Yeah but it depends on what is meant by "seen"

[@blackwolf6082]

Love this song. Such a great chord progression

[@thomaswhite7783]

This entire album, and "Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy" are two amazing albums.

[@mizofan]

Yes, and I love Captain Fantastic even more.

[@sagitt1856]

All you have to do is discover Elton John's emotional masterpiece: "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word". Thanks to you two.

[@MikoSquiz]

The yellow brick road is two things. It leads to your heart's desire or whatever, and Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland as Dorothy was a huge gay cultural thing for decades: Garland was a gay icon, "a friend of Dorothy" used to be a discreet way to express that a guy was gay, people read all kinds of things into The Cowardly Lion and The Tin Woodman etc. The song is, at a surface level reading, about a naive farm boy who's living in the big city as a wealthy older man's sugar baby, and as a metaphor it's about the lyricist Bernie Taupin (Elton John's writing partner 1967-1980 and 1983-today) being swept up in Elton John's wake into the world of showbiz glamour, Hollywood, etc, and feeling very uncomfortable about it all.

[@dobybrown7839]

Candle in the wind is another great song from this album

[@sarahdixon1943]

That whole album is absolutely amazing!!! Seriously. One of the best albums ever made.

[@mack1305]

My absolute favorite song by Elton John. I never get tired of this song

[@christikirk7265]

My favorite Elton John song! Such an amazing, performer!

[@tektoniks_architects]

Just saw Elton in Foxboro, MA last week. Last time I saw him was in NYC in 1984 + 1985, and I can say last week's show was the best I've seen, in almost every way you can think of: performances, lighting, video, effects, everything.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Really? Isn't is voice significantly lower pitch and struggling to hit the high notes? Honest question.

[@tektoniks_architects]

@@BobbyGeneric145 His voice was lower pitch.....but it was super strong. He's freaking 75. His voice isn't weak, its just a little lower. His piano playing, however, was not degraded in any way.

[@michaelbenjamin2159]

I was at Gillette on the 27th he sound great. The show was pretty awesome. His voice was in good for and his band was excellent.

[@tektoniks_architects]

That's when I was there.... completely agree.

[@fritzbrooks4277]

Took a little break between shows, eh?

[@autumnsnow8467]

I love lex’s slight smirk the first time they heard the chorus. How I react everytime I hear this song.

[@NYVoice]

A cornerstone of Elton's discography. First time I heard it in 1973, I was hooked. It still brings a tear to my eye.

[@randytorres8211]

Per Song Meanings and facts: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” is mainly centered on the narrator (Elton John), requesting for a shift from all the fame, glitz and glamour associated with his career. He wants to move from this to a more simple life where he can truly be fulfilled. The narrator is saying goodbye to the ‘yellow brick road’ which is a symbol of wealth and fame, because he wants to take back control of his life. He does not want the fame and fortune to define him, and prefers to be back to his farming roots where he can live a more peaceful life.

[@tomjones2121]

not Elton , but his writer Bernie Taupin , who left him and went back to living on a family farm

[@fordhouse8b]

@@tomjones2121 I wouldn’t mind retiring on a farm either if I had $200 million dollars (Taupin’s approximate net worth).

[@stevemccormack9948]

This is absolutely a happy song. He is celebrating his exit from the corporate world, the office job and going back to nature, back to the farm. This is a great song of escape. And the joy is felt in the wonderful chorus.

[@lightsideofthemoon13]

I remember he toured with Billy Joel for a summer or two. One of the best shows I went to.

[@jenifferschmitz8618]

that was a good show

[@cherokeehogman9170]

Bet that was a great show. Would have loved to have seen it.

[@myrhino70]

For a musician who only plays the piano, Elton John is one of the best live performers in rock history!

[@timmacsweet1]

Fun Fact. He also sings.

[@sharonsnail2954]

Only plays the piano???

[@auralfixxation6702]

This is classic Elton John. I love this era of him.

[@TennisLover82]

I can't remember where I read this, but I heard that Elton was getting tired of the demands being placed on him by the label. He was longing for a simpler time when things were not nearly as chaotic in his life despite all of the success, fame, and money that he now had. That part of the song that mentions about maybe getting a replacement and that there are plenty of takes who ain't got a penny. I always took that to mean that Elton could just go away and they could grab any number of artists who would be willing to take or do whatever without question.

[@TripletDad3]

This is how I heard Bernie Taupin explain the song too.

[@robdaviesprogm]

I've heard them say that they were referring to fame in general, though it is certainly true that Elton had already had some difficulties with his record label (the glut of product they released in 1971, the fact that they made Elton pay for the promotion of the "Daniel" single unless it made it into the Top 10 because they didn't want to put it out and he did, etc.) Funny enough, he'd encounter even further issues with Dick James Music with the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album. Elton had hoped that the double album would count as two records for the purposes of fulfilling his contract. However, Dick James only counted it as one, so Elton had to rush into the studio the next year between tours and write and record a whole album in 8-10 days (the result was the Caribou album).

[@harlanmonk569]

Ding ding ding Lex got it right. Leaving the simple life for the glitz and glamour and then realizing the need to go back home to the simple life. What a great message.

[@Comrade_mommy]

When I was a teenager I went through a classic rock phase & my bestie had gotten this beater car when she turned 16 that literally only had an 8 track player. The car actually came with some 8 tracks bc where would you even find those? But one of them had yellow brick road on it. I wasn’t the biggest Elton John fan before, but some of the other 8 tracks sucked so we listened to Elton John a lot. I fell in love with funeral for a friend and goodbye yellow brick road. I’m not prone to much nostalgia but those songs really bring back that era of being 16. A lot of really bad sht had happened in the i guess 4 yrs leading up to 16. Just really horrific sht for a kid to have to deal with, including debilitating OCD & some stuff I won’t mention bc I don’t want to be a downer. But at 16 I felt some freedom from that sht. I’d just gotten out of almost 2 yrs in a lock up for troubled teens with severe behavior problems, & 6 mos in a group home. I was home, I had great friends & sht felt hopeful. So a super impactful time of my life, and the songs on that Elton John soundtrack are part of the soundtrack of that time. That was also the year I discovered queen but queen makes me sad now bc my mom was an uber fan of queen and she passed away unexpectedly 1.5yrs ago and I still can’t hear queen without thinking of my mama.

[@mikemcf33]

the chords to this one could have been written by Burt Bacharach, thats a compliment. One of the very finest songs in the Elton/Bernie catalogue. Just beautiful

[@Reclining_Spuds]

March 2020 I was in a packed supermarket the day the lockdown was announced. This song came on over the piped in music. I shook my head and thought "No s**t" I love your channel. 😎❤️

[@maritamcnichol8849]

I remember when my older sister got this album for Christmas. I eventually inherited it. Love Elton. To me his best songs are.... Harmony, Feel like a Bullet, Friends, Mad Man Across the Water, oh hell, he has a catalog that is amazing. Go down that rabbit hole. Believe me, you won't be disappointed.

[@dggydddy59]

Harmony; Levon; Friends; Love Song; Rocket Man. Every one of them were, and still are, such magnificent songs.

[@markbishopmusic]

Phenomenal album! Each side has it's own feel. Lyrically and musical synergy at it's best. Love the song Harmony.

[@lonnielongino798]

Elton,who is currently on his farewell tour is finishing all of his shows with this song.

[@funkster007]

Another one of those classic albums my brother would bring home and put on the turntable. I was just a kid, and this tune absolutely floored me at first listen. Still my favorite Elton John song decades later.

[@markleon7127]

Had a friend whose late father recorded himself singing this song on a voicemail right before he passed. To this day these song makes me cry. What a classic!! Good choice guys.

[@maverick2242]

Always reminds me about the story of the Fisherman, not sure which came first, great song. The Fisherman: A boat was docked in a tiny Mexican fishing village. A tourist complimented the local fishermen on the quality of their fish and… asked how long it took to catch them. “Not very long” they answered in unison. “Why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more?” The fishermen explained that their small catches were sufficient to meet their needs and those of their families. “But what do you do with the rest of your time?” “We sleep late, fish a little, play with our children, and take siestas with our wives. In the evenings, we go into the village to see our friends, have a few drinks, play the guitar, and sing a few songs. We have a full life.” The tourist interrupted, “I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat.” “And after that?” “With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man, you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City, Los Angeles, or even New York City!!! From there you can direct your huge new enterprise.” “How long would that take?” “Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years.” replied the tourist. “And after that?” “Afterwards? Well my friend, that’s when it gets really interesting,” answered the tourist, laughing. “When your business gets really big, you can start buying and selling stocks and make millions!” “Millions? Really? And after that?” asked the fishermen. “After that you’ll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife and spend your evenings drinking and enjoying your friends.” “With all due respect sir, but that’s exactly what we are doing now. So what’s the point wasting twenty-five years?” asked the Mexicans. And the moral of this story is: Know where you’re going in life, you may already be there! Many times in life, money is not everything. “Live your life before life becomes lifeless”

[@23skidoo46]

Elton's just the melody maker. amazing melodies in his songs.

[@joemorris9995]

The Yellow Brick Road is the fast life, the glamour that being a rock star brings and he’s saying he misses the simple life he had before.

[@mournblade1066]

Such a beautiful song.

[@Cadinho93]

You guys should react to more Elton John… "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "Honky Cat", "Candle in the Wind", "Nikita", "Skyline Pigeon", "Border Song", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", "Philadelphia Freedom", "Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word" 🎹🤘

[@DarkStar5387]

Daniel ... Blue Eyes ...

[@TR-cy5fg]

Also my favorite song of his..."Indian Sunset".

[@-Thunder]

Elton John - Border Song live in Switzerland - 1970. Epic raw talent. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYeseWRnopuEfc0

[@shack8110]

Empty Garden, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,

[@SamKGrove]

All the Girls Love Alice is one of my favs.

[@damonvieira9556]

It’s beautiful!!! That’s what it is. I love this song and I’m so glad you guys finally checked it out.

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

One of my favorites by Elton!! Do more from him you wont be disappointed!!

[@mr.anderson3369]

this was the first album my mom ever gave me, I was only 6 or 7 years old, and I still have it

[@sealdrup]

All hail, Sir Elton John! Phenomenal God-given talent.

[@Frostrazor]

great song - one of my ATF of Elton. And such a beautiful methaphor message. Lexi actually got it pretty nailed on straight. Great reaction. put simply - it's realizing that the glitz and glamor he thought the life of a star would be is not nearly as wonderful as you would think. "i'm not a present for your friends to open" is a hard-hitting line. I'm not some toy for you to play with and show off. I'm a person with true emotions, feelings, wants, likes and dislikes, stop parading me around.

[@hahaa9842]

Girl, your enthusiasm when you talk about wizard of the oz makes this a really good reaction. 5/5

[@MsDemeanorsMusings]

The Yellow Brick Road is a dream. A fantasy world. After a while, you see that there is no place like home...

[@johnawad8710]

Elton. Recorded this album in about 2 days while on a cruise ship. So many great songs. "Grey seal." "All the young girls love Alice. "Your sister can't twist but she can Rock & Roll. He was at the height of his recording career. His next album was Honky Chateau, a monster of an albums. Rocket man, and Mona Lisa and mad hatters. At one time Elton was the biggest Rocker along, with his partner and Lyricist Bernie Taupin.

[@victoriabarr255]

Elton recorded this at Chateau d’Herauville in France.

[@AliasMark69]

The incredible thing about this song, and others like it was that two talents were blended together to produce a masterpiece with Bernie Taupin writing the lyrics, and Elton creates the music..... the two were never in the same room together. Amazing.

[@atuuschaaw]

To steal a phrase, "All that glitters is not gold." ♥

[@Tom_McMurtry]

From the lord of the rings

[@atuuschaaw]

@@Tom_McMurtry Yes sir, from an old William Shakespeare line.

[@verily360]

Outstanding lyrics

[@stephen78744]

Saw him live with my mom. One of best memories I have.

[@SoundsoSoulful]

This was my grandmas favorite song. Rest In Peace Baba, we love you and miss you so much 🙏

[@flea1683]

Great song.

[@thelasticonoclast9467]

All the really good EJ classics like this one, were written by Bernie Taupin. They had one of the best singer/songwriter partnerships ever!

[@johnnyd5285]

Brad and Lex, I will tell you one thing. If you ever have a chance to see Elton John in person, do it! It will be the best show ever!

[@procrastinator9]

I've been enjoying Elton John's music my entire life but I've never been able to discern more than 40% of the lyrics of most songs. So this was good to see the lyrics.

[@rockrowepodcast7929]

My favorite from him

[@jimjames8660]

Harmony should be the next off this album.... and then All the Young Girls Love Alice

[@peggiebradley7434]

Coming into an age of teen rebellion when this song came out it's exactly what I was going through. "Should've listened to my old man". It's about life choices.

[@jasonbrown2990]

The BEST description I've heard of this track, "Sad Roller Rink Anthem".

[@jjhoffman680]

You guys have the best reaction channel of all because you are always genuine ! Love you guys!!

[@wonsworld61]

The workload that he (and Bernie and his 4 piece backing band) got through is amazing in the early 70's. Seven albums were released between 1971 and 1975, and one of the seven (this one) was a double! In between it all, they toured consistently. Nowadays you might wait 7 years for a band to release its NEXT album while Reg is working on the "difficult 34th album" (not including 4 collaboration albums, 5 live albums and 9 music soundtrack albums and more). But how good was this music. This album alone starts with the 11 minute masterpiece Funeral For a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding, followed by Candle in the Wind, Benny and Jets and the title track Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. And they were all on the radio. Its just mind numbing how good we had it back then. ♥

[@tomekstrand1988]

Love this song. Saw Elton a couple years later (1976) live...excellent show. Oh, and YOU HAVE TO SEE THE WIZARD OF OZ lol.

[@kesleycottrell1416]

He had so many hits. Love this song.

[@joedonlewis9820]

Everybody my age watched The Wizard of Oz every year. It was like a holiday. The yellow brick road represented gold it led to the Emerald (green) city (money) where the Wizard could make your wishes come true (but not really).

[@longbow857]

I would say the word for the sound of this song is 'dreamy' for me. A song to sway to without thinking too much.

[@eddiep52065]

Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics to this and most of Elton's other songs. He often seems to write about Elton, but this one appears to be about himself. The lyrics are about giving up a life of opulence for one of simplicity in a rural setting. Elton has enjoyed a very extravagant lifestyle, while Taupin prefers to keep it low key.

[@chrisbayliss3532]

Yeah Bernie lived in rural Lincolnshire as a child ,in fact my mum went to the same junior scholol as Bernie in a little village called Tealby deep in the Lincolnshire Wolds in the 50s .

[@tragicdeyz2641]

This, this whole album is peak Elton John.

[@markmurphy558]

Elton John was partying like crazy in the early 70s, and his lyricist Bernie Taupin retreated from the fast life and left London to move back to the country (farm). I believe he was warning Elton about his profligate ways.

[@musicaddict5076]

Out of all of his songs, this one reminds me the most of my childhood.

[@maxpower2542]

The period between 1969 and 1975 Elton was near perfection musically. So many great songs. So many great albums. This was back in the day when you didn't have to wait 4 or 5 years for the next album. Elton put out 10 albums in 6 years a 8 of them were amazing. At least in my opinion. Peace.

[@Cissy777]

LOVE Sir Elton John ❤

[@lorilxn1597]

Most excellent choice 👍 He's got so many fabulous songs 😎

[@andrewwinden8004]

I saw Elton live in Perth and he didn't get off stage for the full 4 hours. He was superb.

[@roger1296]

Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics, Elton John wrote the music…in Bernie’s own words, this is the meaning to his lyrics: “There was a period when I was going through that whole ‘got to get back to my roots’ thing, which spawned a lot of like-minded songs in the early days, this being one of them,” Taupin says about the origins of “Goodbe Yellow Brick Road.” “I don’t believe I was ever turning my back on success or saying I didn’t want it. I just don’t believe I was ever that naïve. I think I was just hoping that maybe there was a happy medium way to exist successfully in a more tranquil setting. My only naiveté, I guess, was believing I could do it so early on. I had to travel a long road and visit the school of hard knocks before I could come even close to achieving that goal.” In Taupin’s rendering, the Yellow Brick Road is a path to artifice and deceit, a far cry from the owls and toads and ploughs on the farm from whence the narrator came. He purposely overplays the bumpkin act as a way of zinging a controlling romantic partner who wanted to prop him up in her penthouse “where the dogs of society howl.”

[@txrojas]

When the opening lyrics appeared (When are you coming down. When are you going to land) first thing that came to mind was, Lex thinks it’s about drugs.

[@kentmains7763]

Fantastic song and album.

[@cindyjensen2185]

Finally, my FAVORITE song by Sir Elton John

[@TheCashcrue]

This song and Burn Down The Mission are my favorite songs of his.

[@patricksullivan7140]

My favorite Elton John song ever. That's a tall order.

[@tommcdonough6086]

Another timeless classic, Elton has a ton of timeless classics, I would highly recommend "Little Jeannie", great seeing young people getting into music us older people grew up on, memory lane!

[@goldenruletv7301]

Sir Elton John is simply on another level. Incredible.

[@timothydeweese6931]

Such a perfect record

[@dalesands1857]

His writing partner Bernie Taupin (Taw-pin) wrote the lyrics and Elton wrote the music. Bernie was pretty much giving the "Middle Finger" to the music industry.

[@ricknbacker5626]

This song reflects English born lyricist Bernie Taupin's love of what those alive in the 1970's was characterized as "Americana". With its strains of nostalgia, compared to life as it was in 1973, describe the "good old day's" when life was a lot more fun and far less complicated. Happy Day's indeed Lex!! RNB

[@DaveCosley]

A truly great song!!!

[@wendyshaw688]

Brad, I appreciate you dude!!! Big thumbs up!

[@michaelz9892]

Brad never saw The Wizard of Oz ??? Wtf? Now that would be a great reaction video!

[@browntabproductions]

Fantastic Album from beginning to end.

[@my2centsiz3]

The road to success everyone must travel to make it big

[@breckrichardson390]

Lex is really great and insightful at interpreting the meaning of song lyrics.

[@Dee-JayW]

You really need to see this LIVE

[@AnaCristina-tl5rm]

I've always loved this song and sang it without really knowing it's meaning, because it actally didn't make any sense to me. And then i found out in an action film. There's a prision in Georgia where the prisioners are left in the facility by the fence by the Sherrif's bus and then are walked through a yellow brick road that leads to the building. When i found that out i immediatly listened to the song agains and then all the words fit. He is talking to a prision.

[@mikewarker4445]

All the young girls love Alice, Danny Bailey off same album. Love your reactions

[@kevinr8431]

Lex, thanks for explaining it to Brad - you're right on!

[@nickishairmetal4408]

He left his simple life on the farm for the big city...hooked up...but that wasnt the life he thought it'd be. He left the lover and returned home. "I Guess Thats Why they Call it the Blues" is a great song of his as well as the many others suggested.