Elton John - Take Me to the Pilot(1970) Live on BBC TV - HQ

[@greatestever8169]

Jack black reel sent me searching for this timeless masterpiece from the genius we all love!!! ❤️

[@Versul1]

Oh yeah, I saw that

[@ReZos1885]

Tnx Jack !

[@AngelMorales-qn8bf]

Yeaaah 😂😂😂

[@andimcwilliams8917]

Same!!

[@kathyhague1867]

Same! Elton John and Jack Black were on the Graham Norton show

[@helenkosings]

He was like 23 years old....simply amazing.

[@charlottedeacon6031]

me Also, this was Bernie Taupin’s 20th birthday!

[@Tommy2shoe811]

IKR?!!! When I was 23 I was either chasing women or at home playin w me willy when I wasn’t at school or studying (I took a gap year after high school).

[@Lyndanet]

His back up band carried it further so much skill

[@Chris-qn6pr]

His hair was considerably older.

[@nakiasimone]

@@Chris-qn6pr lmao

[@steveg5382]

And 50 years later...this guy is still rockin'!

[@gaminglegend]

51 years now!

[@truthnjustice8315]

Hell yeah

[@mase8189]

Just saw him last week in Chicago!

[@Versul1]

His final show was July 2023. Of course this post was when he was still touring.

[@goranyordanoff2472]

No auto-tune. No lip sync. Just pure genius.

[@olegpile7]

don + talent + travail = Elton John

[@DawnLangstroth]

Yuh...huh... 👊🏻😎🎧💕

[@abstractalexx9031]

Who asked

[@saramichelle7954]

@@abstractalexx9031 I asked

[@abstractalexx9031]

Shut the front door

[@GameAce6]

This aired over 48 years ago. Let that sink in for a moment.

[@alexnajera3483]

I let it sink in. If those years were transmitted to weight i would be obese

[@ADIOSfan12342]

Ok, but don’t feel anything he still good and alive

[@itstaya7108]

my parents aren’t even 40. im 16 lol.

[@Docwilson91]

Still epic

[@Mully200]

50 years now

[@secondstring]

Early Elton rockin' it out. What a freakin' genius to be able to take the words that Bernie wrote (so masterfully by the way) and turn them into such incredible songs. What a rare talent.

[@rogerlapel8966]

Never forget Bernie's contributions

[@Versul1]

Words Bernie would work long laborious hours on and music Elton would spit out in a half hour.

[@secondstring]

@@Versul1 - Lol...so true.

[@rfichokeofdestiny]

@@Versul1 No matter how they wrote it, it worked. Over and over and over again for 30 years. These two knew what they were doing! 🙂

[@Versul1]

@@rfichokeofdestiny yes, and everyone has their own process.

[@niclofton9912]

This sounds like a gospel track. I love Eltons energy in this.

[@collinjamesguitar]

It’s Leon Russell coming through him

[@GavinLiamLogan]

He’s a gospel pianist

[@venisin]

It is.

[@ericswild]

I love his energy in everything. Just watched the Disney Plus final concert at Dodger Stadium...WOW

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

@@GavinLiamLogan I thought he was a classically-trained pianist?

[@jasonsenator6144]

Music was just pure back then. Gets straight to your soul.❤

[@dani_7093]

I see my generation and it honestly depresses me. Artists like Elton are the real deal!! ❤️

[@lukekarlsson9176]

Elton is incredible but I do think there's amazing artists today it's just seems that the more popular ones are bad, there's no soul in the making of the huge records or not as much as there was in the 60s and 70s. Phoebe bridgers is excellent, dodie is so delicate and deep, George Ezra too! But music with the soul that 70s had is rare now

[@brianphelan6606]

I think in some way it is more difficult to be a true artist now. Craft often gives way to quick, everyone has a forum to express themselves (tik-tok, FB, instagram), and everybody feels a need to agree. Artists whether it be musicians like EJ, or print art like Warhol used their art as a means of expression. Today's artist often use their art for popularity and financial gain.......because anybody can become an instant "internet influencer" by flashing some breasts, taking an outlandish political stance and then throwing it up on a social media site. We have become a society of "likes"

[@mark45145]

What ablut ed sheeran :)

[@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422]

Sad we went from Elton to Justin Bieber.

[@jdenino6022]

@@mark45145i like him but his songs aren’t on this level. ❤

[@jen1936]

Well this is a gem of a video. Thanks to a Jack Black reel I saw with him trying to describe this song to Elton. LOL!

[@uyd]

The best then, the best now.

[@rockit6553]

Gospel & country were the two biggest influences on Elton back then.

[@davidsiegeld576]

I have seen EJ a number of times over the years (including tonight 12-1-18 in ATL). What makes these 1970 recordings so special is the lack of the pomp and circumstance that came with all the live shows I have seen. When you peel away the pomp and circumstance all you can see is talent and maybe a little vulnerability.

[@groovygirl23]

Happy 76th Sir Elton. Eternally wonderful!

[@melissawright1979]

Just a young man and his piano (And backing singers). Song written by him and his best mate Bernie. Simply fabulous X X

[@Lyndanet]

The back up singers on here are awesome 👏🏾

[@mjg263]

I’ve always wondered who they were. I recognize the late Lesley Duncan on the far right but I’d love to know who the other two were.

[@Lyndanet]

@@mjg263 I really wish I knew they literally contributed so much to the song.

[@mjg263]

@@Lyndanet Wow, it’s Madeline Bell and Kay Garner along with Lesley Duncan. Just read up on them, they were a HUGE part of so many major hits. Talk about 30 feet from stardom! Kay Garner (the singer in the middle) was a backup singer on soooo many records and other things up until her death in 2007 that it’s impossible to list them all. Madeline Bell recruited Kay into her backup vocal group in the late 60’s and they were everywhere. Madeline also had her own soul group too. I knew there was something special about them!

[@Lyndanet]

@@mjg263 Thank you for sharing your research . The proof is in the pudding . He really did choose talented women who knew what they were doing. ✌🏽

[@Penny-nd9ze]

@@mjg263 definitely recognize the names just never actually saw them.

[@newsreader4321]

This song gives me the chills however I as a music lover probably won't even get a chance to meet Elton john in my lifetime I'd probably fall apart like a schoolboy if I did..

[@kingmilne8764]

newsreader4321 same

[@eileenryan6750]

newsreader4321 ditto I love Elton

[@Penny-nd9ze]

When Elton was a pure unpretentious performer. Love his early music.

[@mariondavis3383]

i really love this song

[@alr9967]

The Steinway was waiting for modern day Mozart to stroke it like no one else could.

[@ianknott4044]

Always been one of my favorites by him

[@itsgallifrey2518]

RICHARD MADDEN AND TARON EGERTON💖

[@jamieemeagi7377]

If you know you know

[@carlbruun386]

Nice to see everyone actually enjoying themselves while performing.

[@nancyferranti7690]

Man,I grew up in one of the greatest era’s of music ! If only today’s sound would come back to something even close ti this!!!!!

[@RetroSoulGirl]

I love this man I love this song I love his soul I love EVERYTHING about this! Elton can ROCK omg!!!

[@summermcpherson8209]

Love how into it he is at 2:22

[@johnparisi.2097]

Can you imagine this was fifty three years ago. And so much more great stuff. This man is a genius and he is a lasting genius

[@stephaniesmith9715]

Just got to say it doesn't get any better than this.

[@ursulakutlesa]

this song helped me through some very tough times

[@Jinkabel]

I've yet to figure this song out, but it's still one of my all time favorite EJ songs. His voice was even more great when he was younger.

[@davidholler1]

Nothing compares; even today.

[@elizzievb]

ESPECIALLY today...

[@OakplaysCGaming965]

Except elton himself

[@ironox9462]

This is 50 years old.

[@tomdimartino7361]

Thankfully the people in the uk recording industry were smart enough to save these fucking amazing shows! I have been to over 100 Rock concerts in my life, but not this one. This would have been in the top five ever and easily no.1 best for me. Elton was really on top of the world for us young Americans. Thanks for who you are! Tommyd

[@mollyking1387]

This whole session is iconic

[@sunflower2187]

He was so cute. What a legend

[@debbiehults1257]

I just admire this Man. Timeless. Just Awesome. ❤

[@Sophia_isburiedalive]

Just saw him last night for the first and last time. Forever greatness! Farewell Elton John! Your music and you will live on for infinity 🎹🌈✨

[@maxdingotm]

back then( i was there) ..bernie taupin is the unheralded lyrical genious

[@primroseburrows]

Bernie even wrote the "na na na" part of the lyrics.

[@DanielGonzalezC]

He is definitely not unheralded.

[@klondike316]

Freakin' excellent!!!

[@michaelwilsonbarber]

This is so great! He grew up listening to the Beatles for sure. Lyrics a bit weird but not unlike others of the era.

[@redhotchilifan98]

23 years old pure talent we wont see another Elton

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Good

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Good

[@procopiojrpalacios9702]

If you enjoyed this, check out Elton's live album in a radio station, "11-17-70", with a rousing version of "Pilot", along with a stunning performance throughout...!

[@j-remy9832]

Simply brilliant. That is all.

[@lainevangelista]

So shy, lovely... I'm addicted to this song, just amazing

[@Suguyu1]

He's adorable

[@alanyates3132]

How can something this old be this good??

[@staralchemy111]

You must be a Millennial or younger to ask such a ridiculous question and think that "new" means something must be great. Not to be rude but the older music is wayyy better than 99.9% of the SHIT produced today. I would never listen to any of it but I am forced to be exposed to it it public places. It's soulless, factory-made, using fake devices and devoid of melody and poetry.

[@MiggyStyx]

Wait til you hear about The Beatles lol

[@BaeYeou]

@@staralchemy111 Jesus, I don't think modern songs are any good either, but that doesn't mean bashing on this guy for being a product of his time. Just let him have his appreciation for this song.

[@jdenino6022]

You may ask the same question about Mozart 😊

[@JB-gp4yb]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Pure Elton John...one of my other fave songs, too 🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹🎵🎵🎵

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

GET IT ELTON!!!

[@jettrink7510]

This rocks for sure...

[@markwesley6228]

He was once asked what this song was about. "I'm not really sure.." One of his better numbers, a lot of Soul here..

[@metaphysicalmidwife]

He didn't write the lyrics and Bernie was quite obtuse.

[@reynaldorivera1738]

2:20 John lennon LOL

[@kittykitkat76]

Here’s Johnny

[@waltermameli2026]

They dont make Rock Stars like Elton anymore.....the time has passed.....

[@Adam-dv2je]

Wow, Other than what the Classic Rock station plays, I've never heard Elton John. This is fantastic.

[@meredithkirby7724]

You must go down that rabbit hole.😊 you won't be sorry

[@YONGQI-ee9nt]

I watched Rocketman because of Taron but now I appreciate that I found out the songs by Elton! How lucky am I! (i'm not born in that time so i don't know these incredible songs...)

[@albertvinyes4951]

The first albums are really outstanding: 'Elton John' (1970), 'Tumbleweed Connection' (1970), '11/17/70' (live 1970), 'Madman Across The Water' (1971), 'Honky Chateau' (1972), 'Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player' (1973). The 'Elton John' album from 1970, particularly, is really a miracle.

[@JT-gp8be]

He sang this at Petco Park in San Diego CA 2022 WOW

[@quacksackerthegreatstarfir6996]

I have absolutely no idea what that song is about, your guess is as good as mine---Elton John....

[@ADIOSfan12342]

quacksackerthegreat Starfire You still don’t know after he said “ I am told he is a virgin”

[@Ivy-kb9xe]

quacksackerthegreat Starfire supposed to be about God

[@cindycox218]

Gospel!!

[@MrTonaluv]

The pilot of your soul.....God of course. The verses are more 'abstract' shall we say lol

[@axs203]

Elton is always best doing his gospel......

[@DSRQ1]

A real gold nugget, this one. After 50 years I still dont know what it means, and I still dont care.

[@CarpetCleaningAnnArb]

Blue eyed soul extraordinaire!

[@benbusy7295]

My time machine went side ways lucky we crashed here 1970

[@jackiejohnson1270]

Simply the best ❤❤

[@sararyan9045]

[@ARealPersonNotABot]

Watch how his videos blow up once the film is released

[@staralchemy111]

Still hasn't happened to this one. One reason is that the movie didn't feature his early work like this (except for "Your Song"). I liked the movie but my God--no "Levon?!" The snowflakes won't know the other side of Elton.

[@OakplaysCGaming965]

@@staralchemy111 Take me to the pilot was in the movie

[@kathleencollins5531]

Was it ever☺☺☺!!!!

[@E-Z-kj2ji]

Im here because of a Jack Black interview on the Graham Norton show ✌

[@applejacks8160]

watching graham norton clip that popped up in recommended vids.... type the letter "t" to search for this song and it fills in the rest... you creep me out youtube... you creep me out a lot.

[@3121ization]

Dear Tefft'ary exactly

[@DanielGonzalezC]

Exactly the same happened to me. Watched Jack Black talking about the song, typed 't', and boom: this video first up.

[@pawprints9135]

Just happened to me on a reairing of GNS. Still as creepy.

[@Somba335]

It's just the algorithm. It means that lots of people looked up Take me to the pilot after watching that Graham Norton clip, so it figured that you'd probably look it up too. Its kinda convenient actually.

[@cheltencam]

same here

[@mikebockey4125]

If you feel that it's real I'm on trial And I'm here in your prison Like a coin in your mint I am dented and I'm spent with high treason Through a glass eye your throne Is the one danger zone Take me to the pilot for control Take me to the pilot of your soul Take me to the pilot Lead me through the chamber Take me to the pilot I am but a stranger Take me to the pilot Lead me through the chamber Take me to the pilot I am but a stranger Na na na, na na na, na na na na na na na na Na na na, na na na, na na na na na na na na Well I know he's not old And I'm told, and I'm told he's a virgin For he may be she What I'm told; and I'm never, never for certain Through a glass eye your throne Is the one danger zone Take me to the pilot for control Take me to the pilot of your soul Take me to the pilot Lead me through the chamber Take me to the pilot I am but a stranger Take me to the pilot Lead me through the chamber Take me to the pilot I am but a stranger Na na na, na na na, na na na na na na na na Na na na, na na na, na na na na na na na na

[@NotAChevy1969]

ME the Autobiography byElton brought me here. Def check out this book!

[@tzomilucanin8404]

When music was just that and BBC was... right too.

[@trfesok]

In my Elton Association with their cover. Thanks for the upload!

[@stephss]

Thanks Jack Black for the inspo to find this. This happened a year before I was born. Time is weird.

[@jeroentromp7097]

GENIUS!!!!!!!

[@paulinoaz]

Jack Black sent me here.....so glad he did.

[@tshandy1]

From a bygone era, that was weird and wonderful at the same time.

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

50... let that sink in. FIFTY. YEARS.

[@staralchemy111]

A. Ericsson Mantilla This is 49 years ago. But let it sink in that Elton was 23! Bernie was 20 at best.

[@DawnLangstroth]

Best version, possibly better than the original recording... maybe... 🙏🏻😌💕🎧

[@spellingbee2000]

Best ever even now!

[@unclerudy9797]

As Good as Elton Gets !

[@Capybarist1]

really good

[@Blonde111]

Love it

[@kdonofrio22]

The only ones ( almost) to stand the test of time, Elton John, Traffic, and Cream.

[@ingridebroman]

I have this program om dvd

[@ingridebroman]

No I don't know how to transfer the dvd to KZbin. I haven't any computer or laptop that transfer it KZbin

[@ingridebroman]

@@ruthm.769 the dvd is called Elton John The early years. It was recorded at BBC Studios May 22 1970 Here is The songs 1Your Song 3:58 2 Border Song 3:44 3: Sixty Years on 4:22 4: Take me to the pilot 3:41 5: The greatest Discovery 4:35 6: I need you to turn to 2:31 7: Burn down the mission 5:02 DIFFRENT VERSIONS 8: Burn down the mission 4:43 9: Sixty years on 4:02 10: Take me to the pilot 4:14 11: Your song. 4:03 12: Border song. 3:26

[@staralchemy111]

@@ingridebroman Thanks! 😊

[@raqueldossantos4543]

@@ingridebroman wow ..cool

[@gantech]

Incomparable

[@dawapalzor9098]

Great

[@matthewstetson1840]

He was one funky ass Brit.

[@robertmiddlemiss6807]

Lovin' the tank top, Reg...

[@thomashellerud4926]

2019 anybody

[@rodlogan6604]

.....also in 2019 look at the version with the MSO from back in 1986....

[@Yesyesyesyessss]

Nobody cares

[@cornosticks]

Best tuba gig ever.

[@dgreen002]

Genius

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

This Was Nearing the End Of Creativities Last Stand... We are here now, A.I. has Hijacked the Future. Remember When Humans Could do THIS!!! THIS WAS US!!!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

And you've just explained why I don't bother with whatever's on the charts these days.

[@emilywalker3352]

❤️

[@Jourreve]

Just awesome -- this is one of my favorite songs. Elton John is the man. (...and that wasn't John Lennon in the audience, was it?)

[@dontknocktherock1263]

Possibly John Kongos?

[@lindamark6870]

yeah yeah yeah!!

[@lindamark6870]

going within!

[@andysheldon828]

Flipping’ modern day Mozart ….. Jack Black does a brilliant OTT version of this . Love the outro slowly slowly fading away to prove it’s “ live “ . Love EJ’s 70’s stuff .

[@simonhiggins7714]

The backup singer on the right is Lesley Duncan. Elton John recorded her song "Love Song" for the Tumbleweed Connection album.

[@Roundaboutrecords]

Good eye! Madeline Bell is also on the left. Don’t know who’s singing in the middle...?

[@mjg263]

@@Roundaboutrecords Madeline Bell on the left and the late Kay Garner in the center. Man, what a lineup!

[@Xoangeles-q8x]

Escape at dannemora 😍😍😍 Ben Stiller is ingenious

[@zachsmith3]

So weird to see this after 1986's performance. He sang way better in '86 even after his voice change!

[@randydavisman]

Awesome! I would assume that the late great Paul Buckmaster is conducting the BBC orchestra.

[@baliscotsurf]

When Elton John Still Rocked all the Way to Tumblweed then he became a chicken Same goes for Rod the Mod. He Rocked Hard around this time w Gasoline Alley, then Fluff.....

[@koolz4094]

Fucking Gold !!! 😍

[@stephenhowell5611]

Ruth and Flick of Pan's People behind Elton, maybe Dee Dee too. The Chanter Sisters did a great cover of this with Elton on keys

[@stephenhowell5611]

@j.denino5732 There used to be a lot of great quality clips of them on YT but have mostly been removed sadly.