First listen to Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (REACTION)

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[@cletushouse906]

Every song and I do mean EVERY song on this album is a masterpiece.

[@BobbyTheBoxer]

Yep. The whole album is a masterpiece.

[@davidhohn9106]

I think Danny Bailey, and Harmony are my favorites on this one.

[@dennis2966]

@@davidhohn9106 I LOVE Danny Bailey. Well, not Danny himself, but the song. LOL!

[@jackwells8107]

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is probably my favorite.

[@dennis2966]

@@jackwells8107 It's a brilliant blending of songs.

[@jameshunter7303]

Daniel, you should react to “Daniel” in all honesty. One of his most beloved songs

[@theplanetruth]

I believe he listened to it with his little sis.

[@reactionswitherin5504]

I love “Daniel” and it would be so perfect for him 😊

[@sharonkempf1276]

He did "Daniel" about a year ago, I think it was actually closer to 11 months ago!

[@nanner3200]

Searching for a reaction to Daniel. Can't find it

[@mikephalen3162]

This is an LP worth a full listen. One of my favorite deep cuts here is "Roy Rogers."

[@wpollock1]

Amen! You obviously know Elton well. That, and Danny Bailey!

[@sharonm6262]

Oh yes. Though I lost sympathy for the narrator part way through and started thinking "Make your own dang sandwich!"

[@sjw5797]

Bernie Taupin was the country boy; Elton John had grown up in the city. Elton was plunging head first into the cocaine-furled life of celebrity, and Bernie felt he was being dragged reluctant along. He wrote this as a way of telling Elton he wanted to split up the partnership. They ended up staying together for several more years, but Elton knew a good lyric when he saw it.

[@pks815]

This is one of the very first songs that I remember loving as a kid. Classic song. I could listen to this song all day. I honestly don't think I've ever clicked on one of your videos faster than this one :)

[@kendavis8046]

Holy crap, this was a very great ALBUM, not just a song! That said, it was not a "concept" album like Pink Floyd or even Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" but I wore that vinyl out when the album arrived! Way more stuff to listen to on this one (well, technically, two LPs).

[@theplanetruth]

This is one of those songs from my youth. I have so many recollections of hearing this and it brings back the nostalgia every time. Such great lyricisms I’m not a present for your friends to open... It’ll take you a couple of vodker n tonics to set you on your feet again Sniffin for tidbits like you

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

This was 1973.. I remember it well , I was on a bus to a school summer camp in Scotland for a month… it was TOO long and I was so homesick and remember hearing this on the way back home on the school bus and couldn’t wait to see my family again… bittersweet memories of this song but it’s a bit like a time machine, whenever I hear it I’m back there on that bus going home to my family … slight amount of water in my eye right now but still a beautiful song and a beautiful memory 👍

[@cherylreichardt]

Always had Wizard Of Oz on my mind. But as I got older, I heard him sing about rather having a simple life than the limelight the yellow brick road led him away from. Exactly what you read!!! Elton is a musical genius.

[@reactionswitherin5504]

I love Elton John. Have you ever listened to “Daniel”? Seriously, you should, it’s so great 😊 . But my absolute favorite song by him is “Your Song.” It’s so sweet, genuine, and heartfelt. 😊 I agree that Elton John is an amazing piano player. Also, happy early birthday. My birthday is also this month. September is a good month for birthdays. I hope you reach your goal. 😊

[@mulatanyc865]

This song is a classic and Elton John sing it beautifully and I love the lyrics. He definitely a Legend!

[@Gregory......]

I love Elton John !! Daniel please react to " Someone Saved My Life Tonight "

[@poppad331]

That line about a star being worth more dead than alive, reminds me of when Elvis died. On being told this sad news, Hollywood music agent Sue Mengers is said to have thought about it for a few seconds and then saying "that's a great career move"

[@jaemyrick5277]

One of my favorite tracks. A masterpiece. The song Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Enough said. 😃😀🎶🥰

[@qbear17]

I've been a fan of Elton since high school. I saw him in concert the week this album was released, and he played almost all of it that night. Usually fans aren't as receptive to new and ufamiliar songs, but the audience went crazy over every song. It was kind of magic. The lyrics are a bit unexpexted and somewhat prescient so early in a career. I've seen him another half dozen times over the years, including the Farewell tour. This somewhat reflective, beautiful song always captivates his audiences. I like the interpretations of the lyrics. Check out the video for This Train Don't Stop There Anymore - it captures the Elton essence of that time period. Thanks for the reaction.

[@jpirard]

This is a deceptively simple arrangement, but full of amazing textures, the entire album is outstanding.

[@k_spats]

Perfect example of why you have almost 30K subscribers. Great reaction video, Daniel! 👍🏼 💜💫✌🏼🎵

[@frankofva8803]

I played this album over and over on my little table-top turntable I received one Christmas in the 1970's. This album is a gem and I still listen to it almost 50 years later. Some of the themes were beyond my years but the singing and the music made me a lifelong fan of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

I think the lush orchestration and beautiful harmonies make this fairly simple song sound so complex and enthralling. One of my all-time Elton favorites... along with "Madman Across The Water" and "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy." For your next Elton reaction, going for either one of those will check all the boxes for you. BRILLIANT stuff.

[@neonpark1874]

I think Madman Across The Water should be the next one for Daniel to explore. It's such an infectious tune.

[@foxandscout]

@@neonpark1874 yes I replied to a previous comment exactly that.

[@joedirt688]

YOU HAVE TOUCHED ON A CLASSIC THAT HAS EXPANDED THE IMAGINATION OF A GENERATION!

[@somerandomthings]

Such a great song!! Thank you for doing this one👍

[@maryt2290]

Always so funny to see reactions to this song when the lyrics are pulled up. BAck in the day we didn’t know what the hell he was saying:)

[@jaemyrick5277]

So true, back n the day as a 14 year old girl. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was a magical song and I did remember the lyrics. Hahaha. Such a beautiful haunting melody and his singing. All around classic Elton John staple. Luv luv. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶🎶 plus The Wizard of Oz is one of my all time fav movie. 🍿

[@oriolesandravens]

Back in the day, every Elton LP had lyric sheets, or booklets, included. Except maybe Friends movie soundtrack (and the live LPs). You couldn't read?

[@ememnicholas565]

You need to add this album to your album list. Every song is divine.

[@dalem8332]

Huge hit single from the #1 Masterpiece album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road! 😎🎼🎵🎶🇨🇦

[@OronOfMontreal]

Truly, Elton's talent and imagination for composing a great melody is matched by very few in history. His first dozen+ albums had no filler tracks. All of the hits, all of the singles and all of the deepest cuts had excellent, distinct melodies.

[@Blinkerson55]

Two other songs are very deep i know you would love, "Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatters " and "Someone saved my life tonight ." Both masterpieces. Cheers

[@foxandscout]

Madman Across the Water; and Amoreena are among my favorites. Daniel: you for sure will love Madman.

[@johncook2765]

That whole album is genius from beginning to end.

[@eileendobbs8009]

This whole album is great. All The Young Girls Love Alice is kind of a banger.

[@MisterWondrous]

Madman Across the Water, Indian Sunset, Funeral for a Friend, Ticking. Four must-hear timeless masterpieces by the gentleman. Hope you make your birthday goal! You've got some great songs here.

[@andyschnell58]

Daniel now you are just teasing me. After just reacting to Angelina with her genius arrangement of Bohemian Rhapsody on AGT, now you react to the song she covered for her final performance on AGT. If Angelina wasn't so humble, one would think she chose this song since her family refused to sign any contract with Simon. The lyrics, "I didn't sign up with you, I'm not a present for your friends to open". Quite a coincidence though.

[@showmoke]

A classically trained musician and a great singer/song writer. One of my favourites of his is one that is not played very often and that is 'Nikita' - wonderful track.

[@shanenolan8252]

Thanks Daniel a personal favourite.

[@randytorres8211]

Thanks for the reaction this song and memories it brings back. The song was popular when I was Junior in high school

[@dannymoore6886]

The band members practiced the back up vocals and harmonies as if an acappella choir was practicing for a performance. They NAIL the back up on every song.

[@RosemaryStanley2070]

I had a summer school ceramics class when this came out, and we would play this whole album over and over all day, needless to say, I had a copy of the LP at home too!

[@DLCSTexas]

I’m not sure of all the meanings to this song but I thought someone who had tasted the limelight wanted to go back to his more simpler life.Bernie wrote it as he always did with this partnership with Elton and Bernie Bernie wrote Elton composed the music and sang it. I wasn’t sure if Bernie was not writing the song to Elton. They wouldn’t ever fight according to both of them. Elton had a variety of addictions. I think he new he couldn’t straighten that out. So the words he always wrote had to go thru eltons head. I can’t say for gospel but the words are preaching go back home. Good bye yellow brick road you can’t trust me in your penthouse. That’s owned by someone wealthy I’m going back to my ploughing. Back home

[@darrinlindsey]

Bernie wrote this song as he left Elton in the middle of a tour. He couldn't deal with Elton's addictions any longer. It's this that predicated Elton to enter the treatment center. After Elton got out of the center, they got back together, and never skipped a beat.

[@daveking9393]

Sweet. So much more to this journey. Looking forward to it

[@barriehull7076]

Sir Elton Hercules John CH CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) always like him having Hercules as a middle name , just like "Steptoe and Sons" horses name.

[@sherryheim5504]

This is a great song and was so popular I can't imagine that you haven't heard it at some time. Elton has a very distinct voice, unlike anyone else. I have always liked it and until I heard Freddie Mercury, Elton was my favorite singer.

[@keymack2477]

Daniel, thank you for this reaction! Your next three Elton John reactions should be "Daneil", "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" and "Candle In The Wind"!

[@rosmeeker1964]

This album is worth dipping into again and again and again.

[@falcon215]

This whole album is amazing. Maybe put on the album review list for a future reaction..??

[@ldweisberg]

I ran a CD-Only shop on Long Island back in the late-80s/early 90s. Whenever someone died, there was a rush on their CDs and we had to overstock everything we could. I (half)-joked that we should make signage for the "Now That They're Dead" Sale and move their albums to a special browser area.

[@stephaniethurmer5370]

Just buy the album and treat your ears

[@lilamuzik3385]

Grey Seal was always a favorite of mine.

[@hongfang2508]

Great song but even greater album.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Few people other than Bernie and Elton could put so much meaning in just 3 minutes.

[@tjdomerny4847]

The greatest double album ever recorded, and as a Beatles fan and Springsteen as well, that is saying it all.

[@juankasper4260]

Classic and beautiful

[@sidecardog5244]

A genius musical arranger and vocalist who was a bit extravagant teams with a genius lyricist that was thoughtful and introspective. Together they made some of the greatest songs in Rock history. When I first heard Honky Chateau in the early seventies I was blown away. Madman Across the Water, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road...all were very solid records with a lot of memorable songs (with a few hits). Alas, nothing lasts forever. And after the split, Elton still had hits but they didn't have the lyrical depth of the earlier songs with Bernie. Of course, this may have been due to changing musical tastes of the mid to late seventies. Disco and punk were just around the corner.

[@robinraan]

Thanks Daniel, well done.

[@robert-ef8qv]

Hi Daniel , Wishing you an up coming 18 th birthday 🎂. You are so mature for your age , incredible & articulate musical reactions and you always dissect the lyrics to know the meaning of the song. You should have a 100,0000 viewers. Keep up the great work . Your brother and sister are awesome. A beautiful family . Again wishing you a very happy upcoming birthday 🎂🎁🎈🎊🎂🎈🎂🎈🎂🎈🎂🎈🎂🎈

[@johnandrews3151]

Elton John/I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford) This song really shows off Elton's falsetto.

[@tommarr3884]

Wow this one reallllllllllly takes me back. I remember in 1973 rushing to the record store to buy this album when it came out and I was 35years old. Was extremely fortunate to snag tickets to see Elton in concert for the most memorable concert I've ever been to. It was delightful to see your smile as you listened to the song. Many were the nights we got together and turned up the sound as we toked a smoke with Elton serenading us. What FUN. Thanks for bringing back some wonderful times for me.

[@OronOfMontreal]

That was the entire song. One of the most beautiful ballads of the 1970s -- a decade full of gorgeous music. Drummer Nigel Olsson, guitarist Davey Johnstone and the late bassist Dee Murray, used to go off after each song was recorded, and they would work out the backing harmonies on their own, while Elton and producer Gus Dudgeon did something else. These three sidemen created the most hauntingly beautiful backing vocals of any band ever, IMO. I wish somebody would release their harmonies as a series of samples, to be employed in new ways for modern music.

[@pandora_z]

I have always loved this song. Thank you for reacting to it.

[@andrewbergman4370]

great reaction I agree completely on all points

[@firebird7479]

Still no reaction to "Daniel"?

[@shanenolan8252]

Seems fitting.

[@cherylreichardt]

Yep!:)

[@kjd7351]

Haven't visited in awhile. This is one of my favorites but he's got so many more.

[@RadCenter]

This was the obligatory closing song at every one of my junior high school dances.

[@timoteo950]

I like the longer version on the album more. Hate it when parts are cut out.

[@RicoBurghFan]

Amazing vocals, probably his best.

[@barriehull7076]

One Mona Lisa is worth untold Millions. If others were found the price would probably drop. Example on "The Antiques Roadshow" in the UK, a lady came in with one poster and the expert said this is worth x amount, then she revealed she had at least 40 other posters in her attic collection and he said oh in that case this poster is only worth a fraction since now the rarity value has gone for a burton. Gone for a Burton is a British English expression meaning to be missing or to die. The term was popularised by the RAF around the time of World War II.[1] It migrated to the USA quickly and in June 1943 a story titled Husky Goes Down for a Burton appeared in Boys' Life, the magazine of the Boy Scouts of America.[2] The etymology is disputed.

[@sjw5797]

If you think this song was eerie, try his "Madman Across the Water". But listen to the original version from the album of the same name; it has a haunting quality that reveals the emotional isolation of mental illness. The version withi Mick Ronson is technically good but too flashy for its subject matter

[@eileendobbs8009]

I love Mona Lisa's and Madhatters off that album

[@sergiogoldsmith8355]

as soon as an artist dies, be it songs, painting, sculpture, "scarcity" keeps in, the end of the line of that artist's art production, no more will be made from artist, so all of his masterpieces go threw the roof in value.

[@ekadow]

Please do more of this album - it's one of the greatest albums ever............

[@neverexstinguished]

was 14 when this came out, my friend and i washed cars so we could go buy it, still a fav. this song has no title is from that album, short but good.

[@thehonestcritic6577]

The golden era of Elton

[@sopyleecrypt6899]

Yes, the arrangement is very sophisticated. Beautiful song, one of John and Taupin’s best.

[@Jaqueli9er]

it makes sense that this conspiracy about the planes being taken down exists (and I also never heard about) during a time where a lot of artists died from plane crashes (Otis Redding and the group Bar-Kays, Jim Croce, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, Lynyrd Skynyrd members, Chase), so it kinda makes sense that people would think there was a conspiracy behind it (which I don't believe personally, but I see why others would)

[@Manageode]

Wow. I never thought of that take on shooting down your plane.

[@timwhitnell7145]

An all-time classic double album. The title track is great, Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting is a flat-out mega rocker but Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is, IMO, the greatest rock song(s) ever.

[@aussierob7177]

Another great album by Elton John is 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy'. The track 'Better of Dead' is really "fantastic'. Also Pinball Wizard from the movie "Tommy" is an audio visual extravaganza by Elton..

[@mikeverdesca4976]

Great album...one of his best. Gotta react to the opening track "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding." Must hear it with headphones!! 🎵🎶👍🎶🎵

[@redviper6805]

I first heard this song on the new Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania trailer! Very fitting.

[@HollowGolem]

The "I'm going back to my plow" line always made me think of Cincinnatus, who served as Dictator for Rome when appointed, but then once he had subjugated the uprising of the poor (Roman politics is frustrating sometimes) he went back to his farm and relinquished his absolute authority. In fact, I think Livy explicitly says he "returned to his plow."

[@davidpeters44]

Beautifully constructed composition.

[@stevemccormack9948]

Another wonderful song from that album is Roy Rogers.

[@mcolford]

Such a great, classic song. It's got such a beautiful melody. And great lyrics too. This was Elton's hey day, really the peak of his career for me. You should check out Harmony, also on this album. Definitely one of my all-time favorites from him.

[@davidmaholchic6146]

Classic here hope you love love you

[@Lwize]

This double album is a masterclass in Glam Rock.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

This album is amazing.

[@pepelepewx]

I really love his voice! gimme a break. the song is about a young guy and an older man breaking up. its the elephant in the pop chart room.

[@doplinger1]

Some critics argue that there's a lot of filler on this album, that it should have been a single disc, but I don't see it. I like every song on this album, wouldn't skip a track I don't think.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

It's true, dead artists work increases in 'value' beyond that before death. Vincent van Gogh was perhaps the most famous case in point.

[@ivonnecollazo-colon2474]

Nice ! Now you have to listen Angelina Jordan's cover of this song Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, in the same America's Got Talent the Champions that she performed Bohemian Rhapsody... Now you do have something to compare it with and it will blow your mind also.... Hope you do react to it...

[@deniseperryman2814]

I just love the younger generation listening to the songs I was listening to in my teens and early 20s Elton is brilliant I love Crocodile Rock I would love you to react to that .Angelina sang this on AGT it was her second song and it was just brilliant by Angelina but everything is please check that out as well Love 💕 from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👼👸🏻👏👏💕👍🥰👋

[@johncampbell756]

Bernie writes tge lyrics and I see all as him talking to Elton. Elton is in the penthouse and Bernie wants to go back to the farm. Forget all the managers etc. Elton was an alcoholic and addict. I didn't sign up for you is about how both Bernie and Elton tried to win a music contest but both lost. One of the people in charge said they should work together as Bernie had great words and Elton was the better performer. So they were paired up and didn't actually seek each other out, or that the Elton he first met was not the flamboyant superstar he became. Two years later they released the album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. You can see Elton's Captain Fantastic and Bernie's Brown Dirt Cowboy in these lyrics.

[@markfilla9305]

You mentioned the great harmonies on this track. They are definitely great. Ironically, the closing track of the whole double album is called Harmony. And it is sublime IMO. Really worth reacting to!

[@EchoesDaBear]

This has long been my #1 Elton track...only problem, it's too short! It could go on for 10 minutes more & I wouldn't mind! The vocals, harmonies, music, lyrics - it's pure perfection!

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

The whole “worth more dead than alive” thing is interesting. What if a guy named Kurt for instance, at the peak of his Rock career suddenly decides to record a solo acoustic album of Leadbelly covers at his old friends studio and wants out of his record contract too.

[@sharonm6262]

So glad you did this one! The entire album is a masterpiece. I've always seen this song as a sequel to an earlier song from an earlier album - Honky Cat from Honky Chateau - which is all about leaving home and heading off for the "city lights". (That would be another good song to react to - nice and short). I really doubt Bernie is telling Elton to get a new writer though lol.

[@Dee-JayW]

Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me….please next! Live!! Million Dollar Piano, Circle of Life is also incredible.

[@georgewodicka4839]

I see what you're doing here :)

[@muriel2267]

Saturday’s alright for fighting which is on this album and a rare rocker from him deserves a listen

[@JM-jacknthegreen]

I really enjoy your reactions. One of my favorite albums of all times since I bought it at age 13 when it first came out. According to the lyrics on the original LP, the line is " I bet that'll shoot down your plane" which has a less sinister meaning. Have you done any reactions to Blue Oyster Cult ?

[@DiconDissectionalReactions]

I've done a few, actually need to do more BOC soon.

[@sarahjane8146]

Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting, Bennie & the Jets, The Bitch Is Back… 3 great Elton songs

[@bettybaby63]

I never heard that it could be about the singer/songwriter relationship before. This seems to be too early in their career together for that? They were an incredible duo. Good news too about the new album.

[@timlynch5710]

You're killing me.

[@1nelsondj]

I haven't played this album in at least a decade but still remember all the words to it, I practically memorized it growing up. The songwriting team was the perfect pairing, Bernie's insightful lyrics with Elton's unforgettable tunes and voice. Separately they're aren't quite as good (although give "From the Inside" a listen, Bernie co-wrote it with Alice Cooper, top 10 album for me). I don't believe a record company would kill the golden goose for a quick cash-in but they aren't above doing a band-ectomy to get control of the lead singer. That was done with Janis Joplin when she left Big Brother & the Holding Company. Also they aren't above exploiting a dead artist, Jimi Hendrix released new albums in 2019 and 2020 and he's been dead more than 50 years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix_posthumous_discography