Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (cover), Sara Bareilles, Seattle, WA, 2013

5.11.2013 at the Market Showbox, Elton John cover

[@skitscuddlydoo]

That one belt in the middle lasted exactly 15 seconds! 3:15 - 3:30. That moment is amazing and seems to last forever. And it sounds perfect the whole time!!!

[@saxnova]

My god, she’s so incredible. This arrangement brings tears every damn time.

[@bodybymolson]

How can you not love this. She's a helluva songbird

[@anyacameron3339]

Astounding reinvention of a classic song by Elton John.....Sara is so TALENTED! Could listen to her forever! Thanks for sharing this very special rendition. WOW!

[@spideydoll]

God, I love her! Such a beautiful arrangement.

[@brianzaborowski2724]

Listen to her version of this (Live from Atlanta) ... it's out of this world!

[@tinapie178]

Agree!

[@janeferguson5145]

Agree-the Atlanta version was perfection.

[@AerRider]

Also the live orchestral version.

[@richardwhite2344]

Sara should win some Grammy awards for this!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@leanhquoc3109]

Perfect vocals, damn, she is amazing.

[@MrTurlututu3]

Her version is so colorful!! Love it!

[@SimonPhillips76]

Utterly exquisite. I keep looking for different versions of THIS version and it’s so captivating. Brings a tear to the eye every single time.

[@mikeswiney5317]

Check out the version by Foxes and Fossils!

[@natalya_pianoteacher]

I've liked this wonderful performance. Thank you very much!! Sara Bareilles is very talented!!!

[@leemax6344]

Just wonderful!!!!!!!

[@jenniferleeland8315]

Wow. Thanks for posting this. She is AMAZING!!!!

[@korihk]

amazing!

[@bastianleejones]

very nice and live ! Excellent! Best Bastian

[@stevefuller1324]

Pure gold

[@salvadorealiberto]

Brilliant. Wow.

[@elizabethmuratore9865]

This is really great! And she's even channeling Elton with the hat! :)

[@geopat4298]

That voice was made for reverb.

[@ms12344]

She is such a beautiful being. =]

[@ronbruning7174]

Are you coming back to concerts in ca

[@lancomelvr]

Love her

[@erinwilson3406]

HOLY SHIT! LOVE ITTTT!!!!!!!

[@SantaDeerhound]

I'm watching this on KZbin and applauding out loud?

[@ur1424]

No sólo es espectacular....es inmensa! Brilla

[@ryanong6469]

I'm really in love with you sara!!!

[@sarthak1314]

There is no one better

[@someitaliangirl1129]

Amazeballs

[@nevercryloup]

im falling

[@fcontitwo]

,,,,,sorry i missed you at Radio City !!! , lol

[@carfreelori]

I've heard Elton sing this countless times; I watched him on MTV back in the Martha Quinn days; I DEFINITELY like Sara's version much better!

[@brianzaborowski2724]

Same here, now if I ever hear the original I turn it off because it doesn't compare to Sara's!

[@sehlimohamed7319]

Lol

[@stevenpliam851]

I would never say it's "better" because that's really missing the point. You can hardly call it a "version" of Yellow Brick Road. She is celebrating the memory of the old song which she dearly loves and uses it as a theme for an utterly exquisite set of variations. The almost haunting dissonant harmony of the pulsing chords both at the beginning and end makes us reach back to another time in a profound and deeply felt homage to EJ. Almost like an echo through time, the theme which she sings resonates with her beautiful piano figurations. This is why Sara's piece is so exceedingly beautiful. If we had no familiarity with the original song, it wouldn't be half as great as it is.

[@hpfmee4976]

Uhmm.. I just asked for a concert. I did not ask for you to rip my soul from my body.

[@carfreelori]

Better than Elton John; fascinating arrangement! Sara Bareilles is a stellar vocalist. I adored her in The Sing Off and was sorry the show didn't continue because some of the best vocalists sang on that show.

[@gracebarnardmusic]

She inspired my cover of it that I just posted

[@panayotissheikh9668]

pukka👍☺