Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

This Video Was BLOCKED! Here’s The Full Reaction vimeo.com/472371306

[@Sbamabelle]

youtube really sucks these days dang it

[@ateszonnebeld1069]

Gave it a like here anyway, just for your effort

[@kimbare7434]

Love the reaction Sir Elton is ......so......talented Have a blessed day

[@denniswilson5384]

Ridiculous. These copyright owners can't seem to understand how much exposure this old music can potentially get with a reaction video like this, and how much interest it could revive in Elton John in this case. So many younger kids out here these days have likely never even heard of Elton John, and surely not a lot of his older songs like this. I really hope that copyright laws here in the US will undergo reform that will curtail the kind of abuse that the copyright owners are able to exert. It's sad that KZbin has implemented this awful system that makes it so easy for videos to be blocked like this.

[@rodneygriffin7666]

I love this song. when you are so down that you consider suicide, it takes someone who is outside of your family or friends or loved ones to pull you out of that darkness. It could be a complete stranger to say, man you're ok. It happened to me. It can happen to you.

[@trevortamboline279]

This is one of Elton's masterpieces! So glad you've decided to react to this one.

[@1nelsondj]

This is one of his best, never fails to make me tear up. The perfect marriage of Elton's music with Bernie Taupin's lyrics. The whole album is the autobiography of Elton & Bernie becoming partners in the music business. Still my favorite is 'I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)'.

[@joshburgess1495]

“I Feel Like a Bullet (In The Gun of Robert Ford)” is such a great song, I wish more people knew about it. I believe Elton said it’s one of his personal favorites too. 🙏

[@landshark7730]

My wish for you, is to listen to The “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” album from start to finish. The incredible variety of music on those two discs is unparalleled. It’s a journey you’ll never forget.

[@paddyofurniture705]

Get Your head right before You do👍

[@nancye1436]

For me, this was Elton John hitting his sweet spot...more mature and meaningful lyrics than a lot of his earlier stuff but long before he became his own sideshow and a Disney pawn. This is a beautiful song and has great personal meaning from several years ago when I was literally dying and had a just a few minutes to decide between letting go or fighting. The line “they’re coming in the morning with a truck to take me home” made me think about how my body would have to be sent home (I was not in my home state) if I gave up and died and how those arrangements would be left to my Mom. I chose to fight. Music honestly can save lives. ❤️

[@petermartin2924]

Nancy E , thats such a sweet story xxx

[@nancye1436]

Thank you Peter!

[@petermartin2924]

@@nancye1436 I hope you are ok now x I was at my lowest in 2006 . I was into my 8th month of constant pain with a prolapsed disc. I was totally broke as I hadnt worked and couldnt sleep . A friend was passing and saw my light on so called despite it being 3am. Over the next few weeks really helped me in my recovery . He is the SugarBear the tattoo on my neck refers to x

[@gailgregory95]

One my favorite Eltons songs still to this day. 1975 released and I am 60 so what does that tell you about Eltons fans. He is Captain Fantastic.

[@diannegaylord567]

I saw him sing this in Cleveland concert in the 80s.he was spectacular.!

[@andrewmcinnis1123]

Elton at the peak of his 5 straight years of outstanding success! 1975😊

[@Pait728]

I've been waiting for you to do this one! Elton and his band were at their peak here. Heavy tune.

[@Laura-rm6us]

Elton has some heavy emotional masterpieces. This is one.

[@jeffmorse645]

Gorgeous classic. From the songwriting to the musicianship to the production. Great stuff.

[@cynthiadavidson2042]

Ive been listening to Elton for 40+ years. Hes at his best with Davey, Dee and of course Nigel. Dee is gone but not forgotten. Youve only scratched the surface my friend

[@Sbamabelle]

My first music love Elton John, so happy you did this one!!!!

[@Kim-hc5si]

A masterpiece. Just perfection. Jeeesh.

[@VicEclectica]

Love this song - love this entire album. One of my favorite ever concept albums. Listen to the whole thing... some fantastic music on this one. :)

[@boscokid9524]

Ahh the memories. I couldn’t wait for this album to come out. My grandmother worked at Sears and could get the record for less money with an employee discount. She picked it up for me and after handing her some cash I raced home to put it on the turntable. Great song on a pretty darn good album. RIP Lucile.

[@corvus1374]

This is a true story. Elton was engaged to a woman, trying to reject his homosexuality, but he was so depressed, he contemplated putting his head in the gas oven. His friend, rocker Long John Baldry, convinced him to not go through with the wedding. Baldry is the "Someone", and "Sugar Bear".

[@kperry2504]

Elton John was married to a woman, & I remember it at the time it happened :)" In 1984, 36-year-old Elton John married 30-year-old German sound engineer Renate Blauel in a lavish ceremony in Australia while his friends and family looked on perplexed. In 1976, John came out as bisexual in an interview with Rolling Stone."

[@lesterross1]

Long John Baldry's "Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King of Rock & Roll", would be a great track for Jamal. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJvCnY1qndB9mpo

[@Julieroo28]

@@kperry2504 Isn’t she currently suing him for things he wrote about her in his book?

[@andytaylor5476]

Yes Baldry was pretty upfront about being gay and this was a time when most gays had to live closered lives. This song came out in 1975. Elton publically admitted he was bisexual in 1976. He married a woman, Renate Blauel in 84, divorced 88. Married David Furnish 2014.

[@wendyweekendgourmet]

Julie Anne I just saw a news story that they reached an amicable settlement.

[@tonyzed6831]

That whole album is amazing.

[@gallery963]

Thank you for more Elton. We still need "Border Song"

[@cliptych]

The 'someone' was singer Long John Baldry (Elton took the 'John' part of his stage name from him). Both were gay when it was still illegal in the UK. Baldry talked him out of the marriage and convinced him that he needed to come to terms with his sexuality. Baldry was a big man (6'7") with a beautiful voice, hence 'Sugar Bear'. Early in the song there's a reference to a 'beard', which is gay slang for a woman you marry to keep up pretences. Of course later Elton DID marry a woman, but that's another story. He came out publicly in the early 90s, I believe.

[@billsager5634]

Allegedly, Judas Priest's song "Breaking the Law", written by Rob Halford, is about him being a gay man in England, when it was illegal to be gay.

[@kperry2504]

"In 1984, 36-year-old Elton John married 30-year-old German sound engineer Renate Blauel in a lavish ceremony in Australia while his friends and family looked on perplexed. In 1976, John came out as bisexual in an interview with Rolling Stone."

[@CBGB_1977]

* This one may very well be my favorite Elton song. ✨ There’s a touching song that he released after John Lennon was murdered. He is missing his good friend and you can hear it in every note. 🤍🙏🏼 It’s called “Empty Garden (Hey hey Johnny)” You can totally hear Elton’s heart in it. A very beautiful tribute.

[@Trampiere]

Way back when I was a teenager, I read a very interesting article about this song. Elton (who's real name is Reginald Dwight) was engaged to a woman who came from a pretty wealthy background. The article said it was because of this background, and because young Elton came from very humble beginnings, that she became very, very domineering. She was pushing for him to give up his music. He felt trapped, and the longer it went on, the more despondent he became. Finally, one night after some heavy drinking with his friends (who all hated her and encouraged him to leave her), Elton went home and tried to commit suicide. He turned on the gas and stuck his head in the oven, but luckily, he forgot to close the windows. There was too much fresh air coming in, and he failed at taking his own life. He has a friend who's nickname was "Sugarbear". (He was a very large hairy man I am told.) The next day, when Sugarbear found out what had happened, he didn't give Elton a chance to say no. He went over, packed Elton's things up in his truck, and forced him to come with him, away from the woman and her demands. The part about "someone saved my life tonight" was not a metaphor. Elton claimed that if Sugarbear hadn't made him leave her, he probably would have made another attempt. Sugarbear literally did save his life. Anyway, that's what I remember of the article. (This was around '77 or '78.)

[@ajogg]

Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics after Elton tried to kill himself in 1968. Elton was engaged to a woman and he was very unhappy and Taupin said he tried to put his head in an oven, but John Baldry talked him out of it.

[@kencurtis2403]

Yes that is the story I heard. But I never liked the attitude of the song. “You almost had your hooks in me” and “nearly had me roped and tied” sounds like he is blaming his girl for his issues. I also heard he is an ass to her to this day and won’t speak to her.

[@ajogg]

@@kencurtis2403 It does. I can see Elton being catty or cold with people, sure.

[@leefertwayne8163]

Jamal, by far my most favorite song by Elton. Hands down.

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

My friend always sang this as Someone Shave my Wife Tonight. Also, he really thought that another EJ song was Don't Let Your Son Go Down on Me. I love misheard lyrics.

[@donsylvester2372]

"Excuse me, while I kiss this guy..." and the ever-popular "There's a bathroom on the right."

[@randomperson-dy6kj]

😂 That second one is too funny!

[@rbking9296]

Heard a parody of the song Tiny Dancer several years ago on a morning radio show that sang the song as “hold me closer tony danza”

[@dawncelia1]

😂😂😂😂 too funny

[@julilla1]

This sounds like my uncle who is forever making up song lyrics and tv show names that sound similar, but are always hilarious. He used to whistle the "Lassie" theme song. To the cat. 😂

[@sandybarnes887]

When I think of those East End lights Muggy nights The curtains drawn in the little room downstairs Prima donna Lord you really should have been there Sitting like a princess perched in her electric chair And it's one more beer And I don't hear you anymore We've all gone crazy lately My friends out there rolling round the basement floor And someone saved my life tonight sugar bear You almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear You nearly had me roped and tied Altar-bound, hypnotized Sweet freedom whispered in my ear You're a butterfly And butterflies are free to fly Fly away, high away bye bye I never realized the passing hours Of evening showers A slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams I'm strangled by your haunted social scene Just a pawn out-played by a dominating queen It's four o'clock in the morning Damn it listen to me good I'm sleeping with myself tonight Saved in time, thank God my music's still alive And someone saved my life tonight sugar bear You almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear You nearly had me roped and tied Altar-bound, hypnotized Sweet freedom whispered in my ear You're a butterfly And butterflies are free to fly Fly away, high away bye bye And I would have walked head on into the deep end the river Clinging to your stocks and bonds Paying your H.P. demands forever They're coming in the morning with a truck to take me home Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight So save your strength and run the field you play alone And someone saved my life tonight sugar bear You almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear You nearly had me roped and tied Altar-bound, hypnotized Sweet freedom whispered in my ear You're a butterfly And butterflies are free to fly Fly away, high away bye bye

[@tomwhite4822]

“Sugar Bear” was the nickname of the man that convinced EJ NOT too get married

[@sloot69x]

Long John Baldry

[@billsager5634]

@@sloot69x Scott Muni (DJ for WMEW-FM, New York) always claimed that HE was Sugar Bear. Elton was about to marry some German actress/model (to stop that rumors that he was gay). Scotm Muni claim HE had a long talk with Elton, and convinced him not to marry.

[@sloot69x]

@@billsager5634 Interesting,pretty sure I hard Elton say it was Long John Baldry whose band he was in and was openly(for the time) Gay but like a lot of these things there are many stories,great song though!

[@billsager5634]

@@sloot69x Who knows the truth. Scott Muni, however, is a legendary DJ (in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame), and was close friends with John Lennon. Among his shows at WNEW-FM, he did "Things From England", and was close to numerous English rock stars. Then again, there was the time Elton almost got married in 1969. Perhaps that's the one Long John Baldry talked Elton out of?

[@rightclick6196]

According to the liner notes from an Elton John Greatest Hits album, "Bernie took the perspective of Elton on the evening of what EJ called 'my Woody Allen suicide attempt', when he turned on the gas and left the windows open. (The 'someone' was Long John Baldry, who convinced Elton he should not marry his intended.)" The Diamonds book says, "It addresses how Elton's old bandleader, Long John Baldry, ultimately talked the young musician out of a potentially disastrous marriage in the late 60s."

[@billmaier9314]

Mona Lisa’s and Mad Hatters is a great one also Burn down the Mission

[@snicky58]

YES! Great suggestions! 👍👍👍👍🙂

[@Bassman2353]

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters for sure!

[@benjammin7729]

Burn Down the Mission is my favorite EJ track

[@icantthinkofaname7293]

Mona lisa's and mad hatters is very underrated. I really hope he does it.

[@diogenesofseattle2344]

Burn down the mission is probably more timely than any old classic rock song other than maybe "It's Alright Ma I'm only Bleeding" by Bob Dylan. I've never seen a reaction video to either of them.

[@mikeking7710]

Keeping in mind that Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics, it was still, in fact, about Elton. It was at a time before he became famous, around 1968. He was engaged to be married. Although he cared for her, he didn't love her, and he was in such a state that he contemplated suicide. He did make one brief attempt by turning a gas stove on and leaving the oven open, but at the same time he left a window open, so it was more a cry for help than a true suicide attempt. And according to Taupin, it was he who found Elton. Elton had another friend who also helped him emotionally through this, and helped to talk him out of going through with the marriage. Although his identity is now known, Taupin at the time, out of respect for the friend, referred to him anonomously as "Someone" and also as "Sugar Bear". As far as Elton's sexual orientation, he did initially declare himself as bisexual in the mid 70's, and then subsequently as openly gay. Whether he actually was bi, or not, I don't know though.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Elton has an amazing catalogue of songs. Two I'm pretty sure you haven't reacted to that you should do are "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Philadelphia Freedom".

[@laurakali6522]

“Madman Across the Water” and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” .should be next if you haven’t heard them....IMO.....

[@lreed1040]

I Feel Like a Bullet and Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word are great songs for him to also react to. Let's face it he could spend lots of listening time with Elton.

[@disconsolatemoose6637]

Yes, both of these. "Border Song" would be good, too.

[@lisas525]

I loved the whole original album.

[@jameskirschling7887]

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me for sure.

[@sassymessmess9110]

"MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER" "MONA LISA'S AND MAD HATTERS"

[@ReneeFrau]

Madman!!! Live!

[@joshburgess1495]

Madman featuring Mick Ronson is so epic 👏

[@andrewmcinnis1123]

The backing Vocals from Davey, Dee and Nigel are killer!! ✌

[@dsfddsgh]

You knew the first time you heard this song on the radio that it wasn't just going to be another Elton John hit song but vas going to be a masterpiece and a classic that was going to be playing somewhere 50 years later and well here we are.

[@timblackman6070]

This song is so powerful!

[@patrickpeters298]

There is so much to love about this song: the piano, the drums, the organ, the harmonies, the lyrics, and the whole arrangement. After buying his 1st greatest hits album, this was the 1st studio album I bought from EJ. This remains 1 of my favorite songs by him... thanks for reacting to it.

[@surlechapeau]

Jamel, you'll love his "I'm Still Standing" "Benny And The Jets" "Your Song" "Sad Songs"

[@jacqueline4514]

Ooh another great one!!! Every time I hear this song it gives me a lump in my throat; so moving.

[@izzonj]

"Thank God my music's still alive!" Indeed, and thank God someone saved Elton's life that night!

[@cameron1317]

Listen to Scenes From an Italian Restaurant by Billy Joel! It’s one of those longer songs with a great story and shifts in moods

[@keithjones6023]

Good song, from a bloody good album!

[@thetintwizardwindowtinting7478]

Jamel You've done it! Great music is alive!

[@rbking9296]

You can’t do Elton John without doing “Levon “ and “Mona Lisa’s And Mad Hatters” My favorite time period of his music is from 1970-1975 , when Elton exploded on the music sene was the first time I heard the term super star used to describe a music artist

[@keithjones6023]

Could not have put it better myself 👍

[@Vampyre82]

"Levon" is my favorite EJ song, this one is my 2nd, and ML & MH is my 3rd.

[@jamout65]

That snare drum pops like a gun. Sounds so awesome!

[@imtired6104]

One of my favorites by EJ, it reminds me of nights at home when my parents would play albums and the lights were low, the family gathered around just listening to the music.

[@briancox3809]

I love your videos. Elton has some great songs and I love seeing your reactions to his music along with all the other songs you review. Keep it up!!

[@Meyzen76]

Without a doubt, my favorite Elton song.

[@pammyg9223]

This is so weird, I haven't heard this song in years and it came on the radio yesterday and here it is today!

[@davegaren2105]

60 years on from 11-17-70 is my favorite

[@loritajohnson5664]

Philadelphia Freedom is a favorite! I remember Elton John on Soul Train.

[@timpeltier2901]

That song never gets old. 😁

[@timpeltier2901]

@ITCJon learn something every day.

[@Carolinafishingtales]

This is my favorite song of Elton John and my favorite album he has recorded. I love Elton.

[@andrewmcinnis1123]

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy! Amazing album! 👍✌😊

[@Cheryworld]

SATURDAY NIGHTS ALRIGHTFOR FIGHTING - early Elton John, old school rock and roll you should try it

[@kimstelly9480]

One of our (my husband and I’s) absolutely FAVORITE Elton John songs. It took us several years, but when we found out that he was saying “Sugar Bear” in this song, we both had a small stroke and immediately adopted this as one of our go to romantic songs. I know, he is (supposedly) talking about how he finally came out here (I think), but we love this song for all its wonderful emotion and for the idea that someone saved his life with love. My husband and I truly believe that we saved each other. This song means more than we can explain. 💖

[@andyt1313]

This song is a damn feast for the ears. There is so much goodness being served. It’s hard to pick a favorite moment but the key change at 7:12 always gets to me.

[@corkycobon1481]

This is, by far, my fave EJ song. Beautiful music and some really haunting lyrics.

[@QueenofheartsWA]

This is my all time #1 favorite song . Thank you!

[@jameskirschling7887]

Man, this song takes me back to being a teenager and the anticipation of the release of this album. The hype of the announcement that Elton had a new album coming. One of the radio stations played the whole album when it was released. I sat by the radio mesmerized by this song. Captain Fantastic released a fantastic album.

[@normawinton6832]

Thanku for playing this. I had asked back when you were on a roll with all his songs! Ty..this was my favorite by him. And yes he almost married a women for publicity and not for love. It was a woman and he's all about men.

[@VampeyMK]

Oh FR*CK! Maybe my favourite song from Elton John. It's so beautiful.

[@kellysmith3917]

Thank you for reacting to this song! I have requested this so many times! Please react to other great Elton John songs... suggest Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Rocketman, Tiny Dancer, Mona Lisa and Madhatters, Honky Cat, Blue Eyes, I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues!!!

[@jakewilliams1534]

Great song choice! Elton’s slow songs are always powerful!

[@sisterdebmac]

Always thought this was a beautiful, lyrically playful masterpiece. My older stepsister was a big fan, so I heard this when I was a kid. That Sugar Bear line made me smile.

[@Peter-oh3hc]

Don't have time to listen right now but giving you a thumbs up because I love this song so much. Thanks

[@ajogg]

Elton for the most part never wrote his lyrics, Bernie Taupin and he were living in a house, so it was easy for them to collaborate on songs. Both guys had girlfriends or were engaged when he tried killing himself in 1968. Living in the same house.

[@billofalltrades1468]

Love Elton John ! Great artist !

[@srae1971]

He was engaged to a woman and panicking about it and probably depressed. This song references a suicide attempt, although according to Elton in his autobiography it wasn't a serious one (he put his head in a gas oven... in an apartment full of people, with the gas turned to low, all the windows open, and a pillow to put his head on). He says he was hoping the dramatics of it would convince his fiance that she shouldn't marry him, but it didn't work. Eventually Long John Baldry told him he was being an idiot, that he was gay and getting married would ruin his life and his fiance's. Elton didn't seem to have accepted that he was gay at the time, but the wedding was called off. So that's the story of this song according to Elton.

[@edwardmulholland7912]

Probably Elton’s greatest song - from what I think is his best album.

[@deannadrake2040]

Had to do a double-take when I saw your screen name. My grandfather's name was Edward Mulholland.

[@edwardmulholland7912]

@@deannadrake2040 Was he Irish/Irish decent?

[@deannadrake2040]

@@edwardmulholland7912 Absolutely. He was born here in the U.S., but the Irish side of the family was from Belfast.

[@edwardmulholland7912]

@@deannadrake2040 Lol I was born and raised in Belfast, but there are a lot of Mulhollands there!

[@deannadrake2040]

@@edwardmulholland7912 LMAO, oh, yes, I know! My grandmother was a Cahill before marrying my grandfather...lots of Cahill's around, as well, lol. Good to 'meet' you, Edward.

[@sirluke7]

I was 13 when this album came out. I still remember to this day standing in line in the record department of Target with many others waiting to purchase their album too! God I was so excited. People were grabbing that album as fast as employees could get it out of the boxes. The first album to debut at number one was Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John. John repeated the same feat with the album Rock of the Westies - the second album to debut at number one - making John the first artist to have two consecutive studio albums debut at number one.

[@RockChickFace]

Anything from. Captain fantastic is beautiful. Elton at his vocal best. Melodies, production, lyrics. The pinnacle of his career

[@5yearsout]

Perhaps my favorite EJ song. The title track is really good too.

[@keithjones6023]

This was probably his last really great album! Some good ones since, but none better than his early stuff.

[@5yearsout]

@@keithjones6023 Won't get much of an argument from me on that.

[@SpottedQ]

My all time favorite Elton Song.

[@hazelmaylebrun6243]

This is one of my all time favee songs... such a masterpiece in writing and performance... such a story. Getting married to the wrong person or for the wrong reason is always something that will ultimately destroy who you are. I know. I was married to the wrong person for a while and it nearly killed me. I identify with this song so much, though in the early 70's when I was growing up and loving this song, I didn't understand the depth of its meaning, but later on, I did and it made me love it even more. Good choice. Of course, there are no bad choices really, with Elton. You are in his golden era right now.

[@Mainecoonlady.]

Elton John... I was 13 when his first album came out. He is timeless, his music is storytelling, his life has been a whirlwind of good and not so good. He retired last year... that’s sad but he is happy and healthy with his family. Cheers Elton! ❤️

[@jprph1]

Bad Side Of The Moon! One of my favs! ( it’s not on this album tho) I remember in sixth grade I pre-ordered “Capt and fantastic and the brown dirt cowboys” and shortly there after “Rock of the Westies “ came out. l talked my parents into taking me up to Buffalo’s Rich Stadium to see that tour in 1977. I was a huge Elton John fan and… at the time ....AND TO THIS DAY.. “Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboys” is my all-time favorite Elton John album. It is a album that Bernie Toppin specifically wrote the lyrics about the early days in the late 60s when he and Elton were working for songwriting company. The LP came with tons of extras including a biography. I spent hours with that album cover in hand listening to it over and over again while reading all the extras. The album SHIPPED DOUBLE PLATINUM. Seems to me that Elton tried to “kill himself” by putting his head in a gas oven... however he opened all the windows and if memory serves he knew someone would find him. It was about this incident and his impending marriage that inspired this song. Do Yourself A Favor and listen to this ENTIRE album!! I always listen to it front to back. The re-issue has a Concert where Elton John performed the entire album in order in England without anybody ever hearing it yet... there’s a few hits at the end as well. PLUS this reissue reproduces all of the LP candy extras that came with the original release. Cheers Jamal and all!

[@robertcatesby8420]

Great reaction! One of my favorite Elton tunes. The background vocals were done by the Beach Boys.

[@classic-kool]

This sound was all new to us in 1975 ... Home audio was good enough to make the music almost angelic...These guys were the pioneers to the "musicians" we have today ..

[@marielg9143]

I have this album too when it came out. So many great songs on this album.

[@MobilePixel]

Oh, man! I first heard this song when I was six years old and it's when I realized I wanted to play the drums. Nigel Olsson FTW.

[@maximuskhan2100]

For me this was the apex of his and Taupin's creativity and execution of the band especially with those harmonies. Curtains is the best example of that.

[@lelacurry1331]

Love it...one my favorite songs by him

[@doplinger1]

My favorite Elton song , great album start to finish!

[@womanonthinice1276]

Sat on the floor with this album and played it over and over again.😀

[@meyersmedley]

This is my favorite song of his! So amazing. 🔥

[@teeeeeveeeee314]

My favorite Elton John song EVER!

[@stuartbloch28]

Ahhhh, man, I've been waiting for a reaction to this album, thank you, thank you.

[@joelliebler5690]

When I was 17 and a counselor in a summer camp my fellow friend counselors were out having fun driving around and singing this song harmonizing together to this song. Fun times!👍🏻❤️☮️

[@smithbros1000]

Elton's album, "Rock of the Westies" was a musical departure for him. History that deserves to be remembered.

[@paulosborne1729]

How many great warriors have stood on the edge of the battle field with this thought in the head. Not knowing who to credit but knowing that someone saved them.

[@jimilove7773]

His best piece along w/ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road!

[@otisdylan9532]

Those are 2 of my favorites too, along with "Rocket Man".

[@pauldeck4749]

Jamel thank you for your work "keeping great music alive". Again one of my favorite bands is X. The song "See How We Are" I love to hear your reaction to it. Thanx, keep up the good work!!

[@jdsteppenzyde]

Love your vibe. You always put a smile on ma face.

[@ReneeFrau]

My first album EVER! Thank you dad, RIP. You had the best taste in music🎶❤️

[@deborahdewitt4784]

This song never gets old!

[@keithclark6299]

Sugarbear is Long John Bakery, true story. This guy has such a huge back catalogue of music, most of my favourites are not the "popular hits" but the album tracks, from Madman, Honky Chateau, Goodbye, Don't shoot me, Caribou, Rock of, Blue Moves, etc, etc etc, Elton and Bernie NEVER duplicate a sound, each track is individual, unique sound. They have contributed so much to music, it's immeasurable, nobody had done more

[@arnoldriendeau3072]

He was having this discussion With Long John Baldry whom he referred him as Sugar Bear when was a keyboard player in his band in a pub

[@ahibbs87]

I think you would dig "Take Me to the Pilot," "Amoreena," and "Ballad of a Well Known Gun."

[@jhhgz]

Amoreena is so beautiful. Tumbleweed Connection really shows Bernie and Elton's love of country music.

[@kevlarV2rocketRSV]

"na na na, na na na, na na na na na na na na.'

[@guineawuv]

You finally did this one! I'm so happy! ❤

[@sharding14]

Top 5 Elton songs, and that is saying something!

[@tinylvis]

Possibly my favorite Elton John song.

[@cathyk9302]

One of my all time favorites by him