Elton John - He'll have to go (TV 1988)

The Last Resort show.
Interview has also been uploaded.

[@tomkat5626]

I heard this was one of the first songs that Elton learned to sing. I think it's great to see that he has not forgotten where he came from.

[@loftusboy9]

Love this song, will always remind me of my dad, he used to sing it late at night when he had a night on the beer!!

[@seanoliver295]

This is such a great Jim Reeves classic. I LOVE hearing Elton singing it. Thank you for sharing it.....!!

[@act4666]

I can’t stop crying this song is so beautiful!!!

[@monkeyface6139]

Grow up

[@martydavies7198]

It got me going as well hahaha nothing wrong with that I used to cry watching Elton perform when he used to come down to New Zealand

[@barbhorace2226]

So sweet. Elton can sing and play anything and it will still be amazing!!

[@steveendicott1855]

Wow I'm blown away! First time hearing this Jim Reeves classic by Elton,he did indeed nail it Never knew he covered it . As someone said he used to do this in bars ,cool. I shouldn't be surprised, he liked Hank Williams as well and even named one of his song Cold Cold Heart after Hank's own song !

[@razorface31]

Love this version of a classic!

[@eloescriva3447]

Elton i lav You

[@Nancy-gf4fy]

Elton used to play this song in the pubs when he was a kid! Great to hear him do it now!

[@RealTime88]

Nancy H I loved this song as a child and it means more as an adult.

[@junehenderson5393]

great version

[@janferguson8509]

Fantastic version Elton. 👌

[@anthonymorgan1974]

Wow!! Just wow!! He nailed this song

[@JacquiCrawford]

another version of a great song....EJ's always appeals...

[@tantjies]

Great version!

[@larryhiebert7791]

I didn't realize Elton is such a big country music fan,good rendition

[@actownsend7288]

Yeah I know he loves Jim Reeves, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tammy Wynette.

[@brucetowell3432]

@@actownsend7288 He really loved American Rhythm and Blues and the hits from the Brill Building writers as well.

[@mizofan]

He played this in concert at Manchester on his Single Man tour 79.

[@actown8170]

My grandmother loved this song!!

[@sweetglory]

Pure talent❤

[@deannaclayton5060]

Damn. .this is good

[@kevingodding9316]

Wow this is a great cover 👍👍👍👍

[@tempeycooper9388]

Elton John nails this!!! he is an amazing artist!!!

[@kathleenwieczorek9164]

Wow. Just Wow agreed ❤👍👍 he he Jim Reeves would be so honored.

[@duzntmatter5926]

Brilliant

[@RetroSoulGirl]

1:30 He really sounds like a southern American there

[@saint1981311158]

Retro Reginald amazing 😉

[@TigerBand21]

Retro Reginald uhh no. Maybe a Texas drawl, but definitely not a southern accent.

[@Stephanie-up1kx]

from Texas can confirm ! he sounds a lot like a Tex-Mex singer or Tejano singer :) here that style a lot where i live !

[@dvamateur]

I love the RD-1000

[@chimothysonduncan5641]

Andrew Piatek what's that

[@powerstroker0622]

That's the keyboard he's playing.

[@RetroSoulGirl]

ME TOO IT IS SUCH A VERSATILE, SEXY KEYBOARD

[@hconnell4177]

Wow this is great

[@murph3001]

Blue eyed soul

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

Absolutely f'king beautiful. 🥹🥰😭❤️💖

[@MrRazorblade999]

With American accent :)

[@carloscerdan2782]

GENIO TOTAL!!!!!!

[@warrenburlingame7087]

RESPECT

[@Guih_Medrado]

amo essa musica!!!

[@kanemura93]

If only he put this on a cd!

[@KSitz77]

This piano playing reminds me of Jimmy Swaggart......wait this is when Jimmy Swaggart was huge omg. Especially 2:20-2:35.

[@isaiahshelley]

YES! I love Jimmy Swaggart!

[@OULUVINCHICK]

What a compliment to Elton John! Swaggart is amazing on those keys!! But then so is Elton.

[@murph3001]

Jimmy Swaggart !!!!! You are kidding right

[@XechDei]

This song must have drawn a stroke in our life history

[@reginalddwight3576]

He didn't take his wedding ring off

[@RetroSoulGirl]

He divorced in November 1988 so he still was married most that year

[@arkadiomorales340]

Kapitalna wersja.

[@act4666]

Funny I wore an awesome hat like that to church today!!! Not the jacket though. I live in sunny FL

[@stefanijoanneangelinagerma3862]

With the dark rimmed glasses and hat he lookes like Truman Capote.

[@murph3001]

And you sound like a bigot if one reads between your lines.

[@tabathasheffroth7981]

Nice version of this classic. For those who care, Prefab Sprout do a somewhat different, but interesting take on the song.

[@murph3001]

Only one take on this song -------- no ray Charles no version

[@mcauley1970]

dont u just love it when someone as good as elton sings a jim reeves song....just as if george micheal would

[@magorzatapiotrowska3943]

He is so sad my God

[@magorzatapiotrowska3943]

But very pretty

[@murph3001]

What God are you talking about.

[@danielcameron1132]

He got some of his notes wrong on the piano no matter how brilliant he is he's just human like anyone else 😊

[@actownsend7288]

Wonder if he played this song in the pubs.

[@LandonSDoyle]

I think he said before he played it in 1992 that he did, not sure though.

[@murph3001]

Which ones ? I challenge you

[@bunjongchueansuwan2499]

1 Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone. Let's pretend that we're together, all alone. I'll tell the man to turn the juke box way down low, And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go. Whisper to me, tell me do you love me true, Or is he holding you the way I do? Tho' love is blind, make up your mind, I've got to know, Should I hang up, or will you tell him he'll have to go? You can't say the words I want to hear While you're with another man, If you want me, answer "yes" or "no," Darling, I will understand. Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone. Let's pretend that we're together, all alone. I'll tell the man to turn the juke box way down low, And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go. Send "He'll Have To …" Ringtone to your Mobile

[@teresadavilasoares6136]

Pena ter uma voz fraca … sabe pôr emoção mas sou das velhotas dos anos 60 ! Não há qualquer comparação com as grandes vozes dessa década

[@kwentoleric]

He'll (Palestine) have to go.

[@onion2316]

Do Jima Reevesa to kosmicznie mu daleko z tym głosem. Piosenka zepsuta tym wykonaniem. Może komuś się to podoba. Wszystko można zaśpiewać ale brak głosu aksamitnego Jima psuje to wykonanie. Całkowicie brak wyczucia się w tą melodię. 😟

[@halinatantau1506]

I like Frankie Miller better

[@davidcartledge6620]

Listen to frankie millers cover , far much better than this

[@robertflower2690]

Why did this guy ruin that song ridiculous

[@claudionani1067]

Meglio Elvis

[@luthermoore2969]

Great cover. But Jerry Lee takes this one.

[@murph3001]

Bad comment. I love Jerry Lee. But this ain't no contest ------ each artist brings his own to each song ----we the fans are the winners.

[@irenemccann7032]

Rubbish, not a patch on Jim Reeves,he is just a guy like any other who will sing at a party not bad on the piano tho.

[@lazafare2460]

Guys from England will never understand country music...even though it is the music of their own folks. English boys do great singin the blues. Country? They just cant do it.

[@kevingodding9316]

👇👇👇👇

[@gertiegert3910]

Shut up

[@murph3001]

Sounds like country ? It ain't it's soul music ------- Ray Charles inspired ---- no Ray no arrangement like this.

[@irenemccann7032]

Crap,leave it to Jim Reeves.

[@murph3001]

Don't think so. Only your comment is crap.--------- and of course I am right ----- why ? Because Elton John because became world renowned and sold millions upon millions upon millions of albums. His live shows attracted record audiences ------- where's the crap? Mirror mirror on the wall ........

[@irenemccann7032]

@@murph3001 taste in your backside,I’ll stick to my own taste.which is a lot better than yours.

[@irenemccann7032]

@@murph3001 it’s a lot easier in this time to buy records which make it easier to have bragging rights, but it doesn’t mean that it’s musically a lot better, when We where young we couldn’t afford to buy a record we had to save up to buy one,but having said that I’m glad I’m old, because music today is garbage.enough said.

[@irenemccann7032]

@@murph3001 It’s easy to buy records in this era, which doesn’t prove anything. In years gone buy we had to save up to buy a record enough said.

[@saltysugar2597]

pathetic version, nothing on Jim Reeves.

[@johnmcgahern3946]

Yep, Jim would be rolling in his grave!

[@paulwhiting1648]

Jim Reeves was a true gentleman and would have respected another persons effort not insulted him for it.

[@chimothysonduncan5641]

Salty Sugar your crazy he crushed this song

[@OULUVINCHICK]

Jim Reeves would of been the gentleman he was & complimented Sir Elton John on such a great job!

[@michaellawrence5387]

I’m a huge Elton fan and this version isn’t great, but Elton playing this 10 years earlier in 1979 made Reeves look like a complete hack.

[@dougdickason]

No one compares to Elvis last version of this song, but this is not bad.

[@murph3001]

Opinion everyone has one

[@conniegordon2465]

I've always loved Elvis. Personally, though, I like this one by Elton John a little better. Almost a toss-up. Jim Reeves version is really good too.

[@sandy6660]

Wow didn't know Elton sang this. Nice rendition of it. Thanks for sharing. 🎶❤️

[@CiciliaTheodora]

Love this song , remind me my mom , waltz dancing with this.🥰 ❤❤ Mis you mom in Heaven💐

[@weebill8270]

This version & the Frankie miller are sum off the best I've heard (I'd have to put the FRANKIE MILLER version 1st

[@janferguson8509]

Fantastic version - love it....

[@정정윤-z5k]

great song.great voice.

[@suzukinez]

Eltons best days

[@nancypeuraharju]

+suzukinez Oh the 70's were much better!

[@RealTime88]

suzukinez Too bad he was on drugs during this period of his life.

[@RetroSoulGirl]

Fuck all y'all this was Elton's best days period... his voice was better after surgery than in the 70s when he was less experienced... now he has a mature and sexy voice and plays piano probably better too... plus the Roland RD 1000 he's playing on here is an INCREDIBLE instrument he used in that era... he still mimicks that sound with his modern day grand pianos.

[@Stephanie-up1kx]

@@RetroSoulGirl TRUE tell em. Here are 90s were OMG so good! Every freaking era

[@suzukinez]

@@RealTime88 yes you’re right he’d also gained a few pound through doing

[@RemingtonRidersMusic]

Awesome version. This totally melts me.

[@davidr.4916]

I've heard the original from Jim Reeves but I like Elton's version a lot more.

[@inkimuff]

If this was done in the 1986 era there probably would have been more comments about the rough vocal.

[@powerstroker0622]

the second half of 1986, first half of 1986 carried on the great 1985 voice.

[@weirdguy75]

It sounds as though his voice is still recovering from his 1987 surgery.

[@PLC-u2q]

Noone but Elton John could do real justice to this song. I love how Elton made the song his own...instead of sounding like Jim Reeves. Well done Sir Elton.

[@lyallg7925]

Also have a listen to Elvis’s version. It’s the last song he recorded … It’s a beautiful song, and Jim Reeves was the first version I ever heard. I was very pleased to discover this by Elton….lovely.

[@ciciliatheodora2963]

Never boring listening this song❤️❤️❤️

[@RobertLinares-gl3di]

I’ve listened to Jim Reeves, and Elvis, and Tom Jones sing their versions. Elton’s is better. What an accolade. Elton’s great music sometimes hides his great voice. What a vocal performance on this song. He puts everything into this song. Wow

[@iandocherty5401]

Love this version of the great Jim Reeves classic 👌

[@devoreaux]

Is the quality of sound as good as original or it has been compressed?

[@RetroSoulGirl]

Compressed

[@kuba5966]

@@RetroSoulGirl is there a possibility to get the original qlty video from this?

[@monicareginalopescavalcant1516]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@kenlandon7803]

He lamented once "why couldn't I have written he'll have to go"

[@mariettenaude5689]

Well done sir Elton John Love from South Africa

[@robertoleedavis674]

I prefer renditions of this classic from Jim Reeves and Nat “King” Cole. However, Elton still did the song justice. It doesn’t matter that he’s British or a homosexual, he sang from the heart and that is what matters. 😉

[@murph3001]

British or homosexual ????? Stupid comment . Don't matter if your American you are a jackass

[@clucho]

Cuando Elthon cantaba covers.

[@ralphfurley123]

Very nice! ☮️🖖🏽