First Listen to Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (REACTION)

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[@ohwni]

To me, this is Elton’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”

[@ColKurtzknew]

YES !!!

[@99Doogs]

But better

[@hifijohn]

Great opening track to one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

[@toshibautoob]

I can't even imagine listening to this for the first time. I've heard it hundreds of times and still love it. This early part of Elton's career was his best and most creative from 1969 to say, 1975 and like the Beatles' short window of time, Elton also was incredibly prolific. (The Beatles only recorded from 1963 till 1970,seven short years and yet released an astonishing 18 records and of course changed the world of popular music in the process). Bernie Taupin (lyrics) and Elton (songcraft) almost never even wrote together with Bernie simply sending his poetry/lyrics to Elton to make a song. I am enjoying your musical journey.

[@k_salter]

Have to completely agree. I really like his music before Rock of the Westies, though I like a couple songs from that album. But nothing really struck me after that like everything before it. He'll always be one of my all-time faves.

[@1nelsondj]

I'd extend that period through "Blue Move" which is highly underrated. After that he took a break from Bernie and his '80s albums were very spotty.

[@joelliebler5690]

Robert Hassinger so right!👍🏻

[@helenarcarvalho]

Yes, and Bernie Taupin made part of that best part with great lyrics. In the very beginning of the career Elton John also had Paul Buckmaster's orchestra arrangements, he was very important. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3baaoZ4bbOAnNU kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4XYfHeBbrpjp8k

[@jimirayo]

Back in my L.A. studio days (mid 80's) I had the pleasure of meeting the guitarist, Davey Johnstone. I asked him about this song (amongst other things) and he said this was basically one take with only a couple of guitar overdubs. He said recording this album was the most fun he's ever had in a studio.

[@georgewodicka4839]

Daniel, now you've seen the first tiny glimpse why this man has sold over 300 MILLION albums worldwide...

[@1nelsondj]

It's tough to decipher they lyrics knowing Elton didn't write them, they're all from his writing partner Bernie Taupin (who never gets enough credit). Bernie is a romantic and likes stories about the American west. He would later write an autobiographical album about him and Elton called "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" which is excellent, my favorite.

[@danielmurphy4429]

I seem to remember Elton taking credit for the lyrics to Funeral for a Friend, in a magazine article several years ago. But otherwise Bernie was lyricist on pretty much everything else.

[@user-kj3ch3ke8m]

@@danielmurphy4429 That would have been a joke, Daniel, because Funeral for a Friend has no lyrics!

[@danielmurphy4429]

@@user-kj3ch3ke8m I meant Love Lies Bleeding, which, apparently everyone else understood.

[@Shari225]

Captain Fantastic is an amazing album. The best one of the greats, IMO.

[@eb4603]

I think Bernie actually gets a lot of credit…I knew he co-wrote with Elton as a kid in the 70s. Elton is very good about talking about Bernie at every opportunity.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

This whole album is great.

[@lantose]

Lucked out in 1980, 5th row back right in front of his piano! The concert was phenomenal and this song was his opener! Great song Daniel!

[@sonyavincent7450]

Thats called lucking in, not lucking out!

[@lantose]

@@sonyavincent7450 Absolutely! I had gotten home from a business trip and heard there were seats left, so me and my wife went to the civic center in OKC and had gotten to the ticket booth with a person in front of us paying for his ticket, when some guy came to us and said he had two extra tickets on the 5th row and would sell them for $12 each (face value - can you believe that? Nosebleed sections were $8). The guy in the ticket booth verified the validity of the tickets, so we bought them and the usher took us straight down to the 5th row in front of his piano! There had to be some kind of intervention, we thought!

[@sonyavincent7450]

​@@lantosesounds like act of God to me, my dear!

[@bradsmack1]

"Love Lies Bleeding" is a plant, believe it or don't! Popular in the Victorian era (when plant names reflected meanings), hopelessness or hopeless love were the meanings imbued by the LLB plant, way back yonder! Elton wrote the intro/instrumental opening after thinking about the kind of music he'd want played at his funeral. According to the magical mystery of Wiki, "In the Eagle Vision documentary, Classic Albums: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, John said the two songs were not written as one piece, but fit together since 'Funeral for a Friend' ends in the key of A, and 'Love Lies Bleeding' opens in A, and the two were played as one elongated piece when recorded. With lyrics like 'And love lies bleeding in my hand/Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man,' lyricist Bernie Taupin uses death symbolism as an angry take on a breakup song." Two years ago, Weird Al Yankovic played the song during his concert tour, playing the piano parts on his accordion! Gotcha covered, Daniel! Nice job!

[@sjw5797]

"You call someone, and they see your name pop up, and they don't answer..." Ah, but..no caller ID back then, dude! You picked up the phone and you took your chances. Love all those pics of Elton when he was still young and flamboyant, with the wild costumes and the outsized glasses.

[@navinspurpose7609]

They know nothing about a rotary phone...no less a world without caller id. A day and age where we look at who is calling a dread answering....back in those days we ran to pick up the phone never knowing who was on the other end of the line.

[@cometogether999]

Yeah, surprises abound when you had a party line.

[@goldilox369]

@@navinspurpose7609 I love it! Even though I was born in 1980, I had rotary at my grandparents, push button/corded at my parents and later cordless at both. Then we got cell phones & moved away from land lines altogether.

[@carlgibbons5777]

Great review. Is your name Daniel? That should be your next Elton review. Daniel is one of his biggest hits! lol Also, when it comes to Elton, there is no "quintessential". His whole catalog is quintessential. ha!

[@icantthinkofaname7293]

Not many channels do lyric analysis, and I would love if you could check out Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters by Elton John, it's unknown, underrated, but it's beautiful and it's lyrics are some of the best ever. One of Eltons best songs!

[@cometogether999]

Yes, you are correct. A beautiful song.

[@lisachapman7191]

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters has always been one of my favorite songs. And yes, underrated and amazing.

[@j.kevvideoproductions.6463]

Reaction channels have completely dropped the ball on "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters". I find it mind boggling.

[@AudiophileTubes]

Great reaction Daniel (hope I got your name right)! You are truly an 'old soul', it seems, reacting strongly and with conviction to these classic, timeless epic pieces. This is one of the very few songs that often bring me to tears, despite hearing it a million times since the early 70's (i'm 59). It's considered by many to be one of the best rock songs ever recorded, given it's strong melody and swirling changes. And yes the piano part is just gorgeous! Elton John was a mega star back then, and this 70's era was the pinnacle of rock music, in general. Rock was super huge back then, with mega bands that stood the test of time, and that era probably lasted a decade or two, before the post grunge era set in. I've heard many now say that "rock is dead", but I will refrain from making such a judgement...

[@marebear4610]

It does my soul good to see young people discover great "old" music!

[@georgetteneale6620]

Same here! I love their reactions. ☺️

[@herbhill7591]

I’m not a huge Elton fan. But, goodbye yellow brick road was an exemplary effort. Huge depth in that album. Recommend Bennie and the Jets as another good Elton song.

[@zoniekat]

I haven't heard this song for a long time. I forgot how beautiful it is. I'm so glad I grew up in a time with such great, creative music that had so much life to it. Of course, we had to go out and buy the record, go over to a friend's house who had it, or wait for the radio cut to play. No Spotify. No KZbin. No Daniel 😏

[@rhwinner]

BTW if you like that style of piano/organ, you should check out Emerson Lake and Palmer....

[@michaelescareno7048]

Glad that you reacted to this! Great performance! I remember when this album came out. I wasn't too much a fan of Elton's later work past the Caribou album, but I think this is one of the top ten greatest albums of all time.

[@ym61]

What we have with today’s music are tracks played by talented musicians and technology. What we had back then was pure, boundless, free form art created by ever evolving musical artists

[@geralddarlington4165]

Sir Elton John is your quintessential and true artist entertainer, and performer... and yes, a pianist as well.

[@geralddarlington4165]

I meant composer instead of performer.

[@brubbing1]

I heard this song the first time shortly after a friend died, , thank you for playing and reviewing.

[@bradsmack1]

Elton John is a solo artist, with band behind (Alice Cooper was the name of the band, for example, but Vincent Furnier also has spent decades answering to that, as well). Elton's real name is Reginald Dwight, and changed his name to honor British jazz/blues sax artist, Elton Dean and singer, Long John Baldry, who, with Reg, were in Baldry's Bluesology from 1966-67.

[@1nelsondj]

And Elton's middle name is Hercules. He recorded a song with that title, one of my favorites.

[@Shari225]

Is he a good pianist? OMG yes! And singer, and composer and rock and roll legend. Welcome to the world of Elton John!

[@michaelyork4554]

It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on "Grey Seal"

[@RalphMasielloArt]

Great song

[@dexstewart2450]

62 now, Elton was a big part of my teens - this is Elton at his best, rocking a Russian crowd with the percussionist, Ray Cooper.

[@dexstewart2450]

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[@rtwbikerider]

The lyrics for Elton John’s songs almost all come from his writing partner, Bernie Taupin. A movie about Elton’s life called Rocketman is available on various platforms right now, I believe. It’s a bit over-the-top, but so is his life. In the final analysis, if you strip away all of the bombast and flamboyance, the guy is a great musician. I think that’s most obvious when you listen to his earliest live recordings with just a bassist and drummer supporting him on piano. Somehow, the music that those three guys performed could fill a room like an orchestra. Enjoy.

[@michaelkeefe8494]

That '71 Live album is such a rocker... Hungry Elton in the years before Diva Elton...

[@christinerobinson548]

He musical ability on the piano is stunning. If he had devoted himself to classical music, he would be at the top of classical pianists.

[@CharCanuck14]

I almost forgot how great this song was. Thanks for bringing it back to me.....wow!

[@florymha]

I think it was one of Elton John's best songs. First time listen must have blown your socks off.

[@OronOfMontreal]

You ask, "Is he killing himself?" He once tried and the song that resulted is one of the darkest, most dramatic Progressive power ballads of the decade of the 1970s: "Someone Saved my Life Tonight". He won the Grammy for best male vocals for the album it is on. Please make it your next Elton tasting.

[@qbear17]

Anything from this album is worth a reaction. I saw Elton in concert the week before this album was released. He played all of this brand new music along with the big hits and the audience went wild. Other concerts when this piece was played, the piano was draped like a coffin, lit in a pink spotlight with smoke effects. The rest of the stage was dark. As the tempo sped up, white spots hit each of the band members on each drum smash. By the time Love Lies started the entire stage was lit up fully, the entire audience was on its feet stomping and clapping. Thanks for stirring an old guy's memories.

[@kendavis8046]

By this point in my 14th year on the planet, I literally made my mom drive me to a record store to spend some of the money I had from a part time job (worked at a kennel) to buy this album the day it came out. We actually had "record stores" in 1973! I still have the album, and it is one I pull out and put on the turntable every once in a while. It has hicks and pops, because I played the heck out of it back in the day.

[@freebirdtony]

"Funeral For A Friend" actually starts off with the playing of a synthesizer that fades at the 1:40 mark, which is when Elton's piano kicks in. I dig that you appreciate keyboard instruments. I have no doubt that you will absolutely enjoy "School" by Supertramp. Thanks so much for that phenomenal reaction. Btw, as I was scrolling down in search of this video, I noticed that you reacted to "Kid Charlemagne" by Steely Dan. I'm heading over to it right now.👍

[@davidhohn9106]

Funeral for a Friend = This beautiful Funeral Music. I've told my sister since 1974, that THIS is what I wanted played at my 'goodbye party'. We found out when our youngest sister died in a tragic accident at 21, that this was what SHE wanted as well. We took a boombox to the burial site, and turnrd it all the way up. ~ Mrs H.

[@mickisitterding5621]

Absolutely fell in love with this song from the moment I heard it.

[@patriciamatus4619]

Elton is one of the best pianists, and many of his compositions have a thread of melancholy running though them.

[@Johnny67557]

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons. ALL OF IT!

[@chandlerbryan3448]

Yes, this is one of his best and most famous songs on one of his best albums. Hey, if you like dramatic piano playing, try Elton's song 'Ticking'. Also, for the first decade or so of his career all the lyrics were written by his collaborator Bernie Taupin.

[@Stinger_tbx]

I saw Elton John live in Minneapolis MN circa 1978 this song and the whole concert blew my mind

[@davewhitehead5116]

One of the few songs I remember where I was hearing for the first time in ‘73. I was blown away.

[@EchoesDaBear]

I can still remember when I first put this album on the turntable oh so many years ago (I think I was 9 or 10 - my dad and I had just got back from a garage sale, and I found this album for like $2!) Only songs I knew were Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (a MUST listen), Candle In The Wind (beautiful tribute to Marylin Monroe) & Bennie and the Jets (great rocking piece). But this opening number just absolutely FLOORED me! The composition, the build up with the instrumental 'Funeral For A Friend' (I've always been a sucker for synth/keyboards!), and the incredible Love Lies Bleeding! I knew I was in for a real epic album!! Other notables on this masterpiece: I've Seen That Movie Too (must listen), All The Girls Love Alice, Saturday Night's Alright (for Fighting), Harmony, Dirty Little Girl, Jamaica Jerk Off, Sweet Painted Lady....let's just say the whole album!! This was Elton at his finest!

[@mikeklesic7535]

The whole LP is phenomenal

[@danielrustom9732]

Whenever I'm scanning radio channels and come across this song I have to listen to the rest of it where ever it is in it. Usually pissed because I missed the start of it...Great reaction and song!

[@debraandreason6865]

Daniel, I’ve been watching a lot of your reaction videos for the past few weeks and I keep forgetting to subscribe. Well, I remembered today! I’m 61 years old and I love watching you discover music that some of us older people have grown up with. When I was in middle school I requested the Yellow Brick Road album for Christmas. I was thrilled when I got it. Love Lies Bleeding/Funeral For a Friend was a song I sang out loud to myself all the time back then. I grew up in New Hampshire, and we had radiators in our house for heat. One day, my older sister put my yellow brick road album on top of one of our radiators when it was hot. It melted and I was really mad at her for that! I was never able to replace it. Luckily for me, the local college radio station used to play Elton John music one night a week for hours straight. I tuned into that and discovered all kinds of Elton John songs. I can’t recall everything that was on the Elton John album I had that melted, but if you haven’t already done a reaction analysis to the song “Levon,” I highly recommend it. I highly recommend all kinds of Elton John songs, but please check out “Levon.”

[@RicoBurghFan]

Everything on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is brilliant. One of the great albums ever.

[@mikeklesic7535]

Totally agree it’s a masterpiece! Every song is great

[@mikeklesic7535]

Agree!!! Brilliant!!! Masterpiece! Epic! Not enough adjectives to describe it

[@balmpatchvideos]

Elton leaves no doubt he rocks the keys time after time after time on just this ONE song! Elton really elevates rock to new heights with this album.

[@stewartpartridge8345]

His original name was Reginald Dwight. For a while he was a keyboard player with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound ("Kites", "For Whom the Bell Tolls"). He changed it when later, he went solo, though soon he had a backing group.

[@hifijohn]

Elton wrote the music and bernie taupin wrote the lyrics,he had many many hits and was one of the biggest stars of the 70's. trivia-- he was one of the very first to come out of the closest back in the 70's, back when that could ruin you career and was one of the very few that played in the soviet union. which banned rock music.

[@sonyavincent7450]

I've seen Elton play twice here in New Zealand. The two best concerts I have attended in my life. Second place goes to Dire Straits.

[@bobangell1679]

Elton is one of my heroes. Bernie most often wrote third-person stories. But he was great at making them sound like they were about Elton. Great, great artist. Try "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters," "Hercules," "Ticking." He's got a million of 'em!

[@williamjordan811]

Synth Swirling Notes are called an Arpeggio, A lot Of Elton's Song Sound Epic Because He Plays In Mostly Minor Keys, Cheers

[@stevefoulston]

That's how you start a show and get the crowd going.love and peace.

[@melodymakermark]

Elton ruled the charts from like ‘70 to ‘75. A gay man, he was not able to express his individuality as he’d have liked, due to the times, but that aside, he was at the top of his game for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Anyone who thinks Elton couldn’t rock never heard Love Lies Bleeding, and you’re correct, the bass in this tune is freaking awesome! Gets me on my feet every time, almost 50 years later.

[@sorrystaunton]

Saw Elton do this in concert at Madison Square Garden BEFORE the Yellow Brick Road album was released. No one had heard it before. When you’re at a concert you want the hits not new stuff. The reaction to this and Candle In The Wind was mind blowing. Never went to a concert, before or since, where new material was received like it already was a hit. Bought the album as soon as it was released. React to Candle In The Wind, he had the lyrics rewritten and played it at Princess Diana’s funeral....pretty remarkable.

[@steveijams8475]

This an amazing piece of music. The 1st part seems like a funeral march. Then it slowly transitions into the 2nd part. As it concludes it is all brought together. There is a recent live version, which is phenomenal. Keep up the good work.

[@daveloboda1769]

I've heard a lot of albums over the years and these two songs together form one of the best beginnings to any album ever. Elton was born Reginald Dwight and changed his name to Elton Hercules John and he is a brilliant piano player. I saw him live at the NEC in Birmingham in the mid 90s, great show.

[@Kirkunik1]

Who didn't have this album? And most the others. Elton was a big deal throughout the 70's and into the 80's. He composed the music and Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics. But Bernie lived elsewhere...and was not a member of Elton's band....but together wrote hit after hit after hit. Nothing was bad on his album. Just great compositions and outstanding piano work that defined his sound. He gave 4 hour concerts. He was like the Liberace of the rock world. Flamboyant and entertaining and amazing.

[@daveking9393]

I have to agree I've only seen him twice and both times it was at least a three-hour concert

[@paulwolf2432]

A great combination of your intelligence and curiosity with your unfamiliarity with material so much of us know so well, if not too well.

[@billdemudd6697]

When you said it sounds like funeral music,i nearly choked on my cup of tea! Been tracking your reactions Now subbed!

[@jorgemarquez5314]

I love this Song !!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@tomdinder2109]

I first heard this song live in concert.It is now in my top 10 of his songs.Back then,you either had to stand in line physically at the arena or call on the phone.Tickets went on sale at 9am.A worker at the arena told me to start calling at around 8:50am. I got through and when the operator answered, I said I wanted 2 tickets-best they had available.She said “is row 2 on the floor ok?” I almost fainted(ok,maybe not).My cousin and I got to the arena and to our seats.We were right near his piano.He was within a couple arms length.Awesome night-and by the way,he drinks Diet Coke 😂

[@sonyavincent7450]

He said he gets addicted to everything.

[@ms.chuckfu1088]

Like with Queen, Rolling Stones, Beatles, or even someone like Bob Seger, you have probably heard an Elton John song or two, just don't realize it. Elton does the music, usually someone else does lyrics. "Circle of Life" from Lion King with Tim Rice is the one you likely have heard. Tiny Dancer, Candle in the Wind, Bennie and the Jets, Philadelphia Freedom, Don't Let the Sun, Rocket Man, and I'm Still Standing maybe next most recognizable Elton John recordings. To analyze lyrics, "Someone Saved my Life Tonight" or "Daniel" would be good. Lyrics for both were by Elton's long time colaborater Bernie Taupin.

[@danielmurphy4429]

Elton began playing piano at the age of three. A bit of a shy child without much self confidence, but man, things turned around when he met Bernie Taupin!

[@jackdanereacts4527]

He has been around since the 60s. He played piano in a video with T-Rex, which would be 60 years ago. He still plays and is amazing.

[@indydave1955]

This IS his BEST. Philadelphia Freedom, The One, Your Song, and That's Why They Call It the Blues...are right up there too. Also The Last Song (about an alienated father and son after he got AIDS.)

[@doplinger1]

You would like "Honky Cat" if you like that piano style.

[@RockChickFace]

There will never be another one like Elton. This track got me into him back in the 70s.his melodies with Bernies lyrics just worked. The whole lp is superb. You need to listen to Captain Fantastic coz that's Elton at his peak. You youngsters are lucky coz all this music is there for free. We had to hear ot on the radio and wait till the lp come out.

[@frankiebowie6174]

The freedom and strength in his voice was an inspiration to a generation. I still sing this at the top of my voice whenever I hear it, whether I sound good or not 😆

[@balmpatchvideos]

I'm going to go ahead and lay claim to having listened to this song more times than any other human on the planet. I won't give the number away, but it's in the thousands.

[@MJ-qb5ph]

First concert I went to - was 16, stoned and overwhelmed when he emerged thru dry ice and flashing lights on crazy suit to huge white grand piano emerging from the ground and the entire stage riding - all 70000 of us went nuts. The ultimate gay icon - incredible showman ever

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Quintessential, yes. If you get a chance and want to take a TRIP down memory lane with this song, try doing this song Live in Central Park. Blew the roof off, no lie.

[@eb4603]

Elton has opened every concert with this song for a long time now..not sure when it became a “thing” but it’s cool.

[@rosmeeker1964]

It was my first major rock concert...the promo tour for Goodbye Yellow brick road. And they opened with this. A light show. Lots of dry ice smoke. Magic stuff.

[@lilamuzik3385]

I have seen him play upside down under the piano and reaching up and play it perfectly.

[@bobdelp2023]

HE PLAYED IT IN EVERYYYYYYYY CONCERT EITHER OPENING UP THE SHOW OR USUALLY OPENING SONG FOR THE 2ND HALF OF THE SHOW :) , HE'D COME OUT IN BLACK AND BLUE OR YELLOW OR RED BUT ALWAYS IN BLACK!

[@daveking9393]

Unfortunately missed his early years, the concerts I attended it was how he started the second set in both shows

[@amesadamson]

Colonel G says, "Death awaits you. Come on in! Don't live in fear! LIVE in your skin!"

[@Dragn1089]

Eltons early music is very different than his catchy pop type tunes he was known for later. Check out some of his others, " Burn down the Mission " or " Amoreena " he really did some exploring back then, but it worked. He, I think kinda flew under the radar since you had the likes of Zepplin, the Who, the Rolling Stones. Think he got overshadowed a bit.

[@nancymjohnson]

The first time I saw Elton John was two weeks before this albums release. The tour started in Dallas, and he played the entire album. Intermission then his earlier stuff. I will never forget it. I was 15. We ate dinner afterwards and Bernie Taupin was at the next table! Made the night even better.

[@Islandgirl2133]

Hi, I enjoyed watching your reaction and hearing your lyric interpretation of this masterpiece. You’ve got some depth! Back in the 1970’s, things were so much brighter, lighter… I can see how a person of your generation might imagine it’s a suicide. I guess. But more so, it was a song about break up, bitterness, broken, crushed… and discarded. The ‘bleeding in my hands’ is metaphorical not literal. He’s saying the relationship is heavy on his heart, been a year,,, introspection… knows he must overcome his anger, hurt and love… the emotions of entire relationship lies bleeding in his hands… he’s letting go, done with it, it’s ultimately about ‘closure’. Anyways, I loved how deeply you appreciate lyrics! Bernie Taupin (a poet) wrote Elton’s words. I think you’d really enjoy a listen to their early albums. One of my all time faves is the live album from the very beginning, called 11/17/70. It’s just piano, bass and drums and a hand full amazing songs. But mind bogglingly powerful!!! Early albums: Madman Across The Water Tumbleweed Connection 11/17/70 Their journey is incredible. The lyrics, the music, the talent …. Absolutely Masterful.

[@Stinger_tbx]

It's like your holding someone's heart in your hands and it's bleeding away like you can't hold on to their love

[@annfreels3071]

I saw him in concert back when this first came out. He was great!

[@rustynail3743]

I told you so. stay safe young man

[@gregjones861]

Can I just add, that instrumental guitar hook that turns the chorus back around to the verse is huge, awesome and wields the thunder of an F5 tornado. I simply cannot get enough of it every time it comes around. Great catch on the possible suicide theme. I had never thought of that. Maybe it's his funeral in the beginning and this is the backstory?

[@ColKurtzknew]

Saw him perform this live in the mid 70's @ the Boston Garden. That intro is, to date, one of the greatest in rock history!

[@bobdelp2023]

I'M NOT SURE HOWWWWW I MISSED THIS DANIEL BUT DAMNNNN! LOL :( CRAZY, THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONGGGGG OF ALL TIME AND HAS BEEN FOR 45 YEARS NOW. :) IT'S JUST A GR8888 EPIC MASTERPIECE OF HIS FROM BACK IN 73

[@ladyshar42]

This whole album is amazing, and there are tons of other Elton songs that were hits. You'd probably enjoy Madmen Across the Water and Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me. Elton is my absolute favorite, so i'm glad he's getting some love.

[@russelldye7304]

He has a song "Daniel" very good song and the very first hit by him and his writing partner Bernie Taupen was called "your song" big hit and always played in concert!

[@KevinRCarr]

lol You mentioned all those outfits. Heh! It's why they called him Captain Fantastic...or maybe he called himself that, first. Yes, Mr. John was a showman.

[@simon2077]

This song relates to death, he's talking about all the pets, people, etc. that we lose in life. The words convey a lot. It's not all negative it's about the erosion of life experiences.

[@davidmaholchic6146]

I’ve just decided to a song by song of this album you already got the first one under your belt there is so so much here love you

[@artycin1]

The song Ticking...his piano is incredible...it really sets the tone of the whole song!

[@WitsEnds]

its a very bittersweet song. I like that you analyzed the lyrics.

[@timwhitnell7145]

I love all sorts of rock/pop songs and my absolute No. 1 has changed many times over the years but the chills factor tells me what I like best and this is my No. 1 of all time and has been for some time. So many crazy but tasty, seamless transitions. The musical changes are insane and the lyrics so heartfelt. The end cacophony rocking out is amazing. An absolute classic among classics. A masterpiece.

[@catserver8577]

This one is very neat to listen to around midnight in the dark. Listened to it a lot like that back in the day as an angsty teen. Watching your reactions almost brings that feeling back of listening to this all those years ago. Not that I haven't heard it since then, but I feel the degree of emotion for just about everything has deadened over the years. It might be because of hearing loss. It might be because of actual loss. Either way, thank you for reminding me how listening to this song really should feel.

[@cjturner370]

Awesome Reaction Younger Bro. Keep Rockin

[@Harriet-Jesamine]

I always have thought that 'Ticking' is an extremely underrated song by Elt.. particularly when he uses a sort of really fast trill on the upper notes which is reminiscent of bullets being fired out of the gun which he is singing about at that exact point! check that out, particularly the old grey whistle test straight live take!

[@garylindsey5174]

Masterpiece ! ! !

[@davidmaholchic6146]

When you said my favorite type of piano I thought my favorite type of music reactor

[@donmeador9195]

Elton John is his stage name. He was born Reginald Dwight. Bernie Taupin was his lyricist, but Elton was the composer who breathed musical life into Bernie's incomparable lyrics. I saw another comment that referred to this as Elton John's "Bohemian Rhapsody," which I think is a fair comparison. It's great seeing another generation's reactions to the music we heard for the first time when we were about your age. We didn't have the technology back then to capture our own reactions to the work of these artists, which I imagine looked very much like yours do today. "Grey Seal" is another good track for, as well as "Rocket Man," "Saturday Night's Alright" and "The Bitch is Back."

[@rydelldownward7808]

It’s really worth it to hear this whole album.

[@JFinSD2]

Since the first part of the track is called Funeral For A Friend......you would have to expect it to sound like funeral music. :)

[@dgator3599]

I see you've reacted to the band Yes, but you have to listen to some Moody Blues. Try the song "The Story in Your Eyes" or "Nights in White Satin" . Sometimes people freak when they hear "Nights in White Satin" (the entire version) just because they aren't used to hearing such content.

[@steveullrich7737]

I also think you'd like the Moody Blues based on your previous reactions and focus in lyrics!

[@jskit92380]

Moody Blues, Moody Blues, Moody Blues - The Voice LIVE posted by Axey Destroyer, I'm Just a Singer (in a rock and roll band), Ride My See Saw (LIVE -1968), Question (LIVE - 1970), Tuesday Afternoon. Daniel, you will not be disappointed, promise. Love your reactions! ☮🖤🤘