He Never Miss! Elton John - Honky Cat REACTION/REVIEW

[@ericanderson8886]

Elton in the early seventies was pure gold. Nothing but classics. Next? "All the Girls love Alice" is a great song with some cutting lyrics from Bernie Taupin.

[@tammieparrishmiller3669]

Definitely a favorite! They're all favorites but I tend to go for the stuff that didn't get air time on the FM airwaves.

[@craigmarkowski7156]

This was the very 1st Elton John song I ever heard in the summer of 1972 when I was 10 years old and I was hooked and still hooked at 61, Elton John is a musical genius !

[@maureenwagg5305]

Same. I was the same age less a year. I'm 60. lol

[@mikecaetano]

I remember hearing this on the radio when I was a really little kid in the early seventies. The player piano sound -- evoking the sounds of the old honky tonks -- caught my ear back then. "Tiny Dancer" is the other Elton John song I remember hearing on the radio as a really little kid. As I got older his music was all over the radio, and really easy to take for granted...

[@vickieray]

The absolute best concert I ever went to in my entire life! Charlotte NC 1977 🔥🎹🎤

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

I love early Elton John songs, when he co-wrote with Bernie Taupin. Great song.

[@johnandrews3151]

You would not believe how long I've been waiting for someone to review this great song! Elton John/Come Down In Time

[@christinawoolley6206]

I love watching you son! So many take breaks....you let it flow and then you go...absolutely appreciate it! God bless you!

[@watchbizmatik]

Thank you

[@bobschenkel7921]

Sir Elton's early stuff is, like most performers, his best. Although he has been consistently great throughout his career, a close look at Honky Chateau, Madman Across The Water, Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player and of course Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, his masterpiece, will make you happy you did it. All beef, no filler.

[@Ocrilat]

I'd add 'Captain Fantastic' and '11-17-70' to that list...and Probably 'Too Low for Zero' and 'Breaking Hearts', but yes. When every song on the albums were good to great.

[@k_salter]

@@Ocrilat And his album 'Caribou.'

[@Ocrilat]

@@k_salter I like Caribou, but I wouldn't put it on the 'great album' list (for me of course, opinion will vary). My requirement is that basically every song on the album is good to great (as I said), with at most one weak song. Probably off the top of my head, the great albums would be: Tumbleweed Madman Honky Chateau Don't Shoot Me Yellowbrick Road Captain Fantastic Too Low for Zero Breaking Hearts Sleeping with the Past The One Songs from the West Coast The Captain and the Kid There are other good ones, but have more than one weak song.

[@k_salter]

@@Ocrilat Solar prestige a gammon! 😉

[@Ocrilat]

@@k_salter Lol yes, I do like that too. 'Texas Love Song' is pretty funny too.

[@edwardcrews2952]

Classic Awesomeness. Bernie wrote some fantabulous lyrics

[@bobdelp2023]

YOU ALWAYS FIGURE IT OUT EVENTUALLY BIZ, YOU'RE NOT CONFUSED!!! :)

[@mrnobody9104]

and this is why early 70's Elton was so awesome.

[@kwanshiyin]

This song was big the year I graduated from high school. This really takes me back to that summer, riding around with the windows down blasting the radio.

[@JimiBurleigh]

The Honky Chateau album was released 50+ years ago and it still sounds as fresh as ever. Great album. It's the 2nd EJ album I ever owned. I was given Madman Across the Water as a birthday gift in 1972 and I loved it! The Honky Chateau album had come out earlier in the year so I bought it and the 11-17-70 album. Great memories. I do recommend the title track from "Madman Across the Water". I love watching your reactions to the music that has been the soundtrack to my life and times.✌️ LL&P🖖 Tioraidh an-drasta 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😊

[@wen-nz3sk]

Haven't heard this in a minute!! 🎉 Always thought it had a bit of an Asian sound and I absolutely love his piano play here!! 🎹 Early EJ, Bernie Taupin wrote the schlyrics. Elton had said, he'd get pages and lock himself in with his piano and write the music. What a duo, so many songs!! ❤🎶🤩

[@tourhead]

Funeral for a friend is one of the best Elton songs ever! Thanks Biz!

[@davidbentley145]

This man really knew how to "tickle" the ivorys...for shure!How could you not tap yer toes to irresistible cool music like this!Thank you once again brother Biz...

[@fridaylong2812]

Goodbye Yellow Brick came out in Oct '73, when I was a senior in high school. We saw him in Oct '74. Still one of my top 3 concerts. The other two? Queen, and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

[@ronaldgines171]

His People are telling him the city ain't where it's at. He's saying " Mo Fo you crazy !!!! This place is amazing !!!!!! "

[@jackndan6603]

My first ever show,1974 Vancouver.😊Thanks for the memory!😃🇨🇦

[@dougsusie2319]

I really enjoy watching you expose yourself for the first time to all the great music in the sixties and seventies. I feel very fortunate to have grown up during that time. Young ones today may have the technology but most have no clue what great music is all about, so thank you for being open to this great period in music. This was from his Lp "Honky Chateau" released in 1972. The big hit from this Lp was "Rocket Man" and this was a really great album. "Honky Cat" was the first track on the Lp. I bought the record for "Rocket Man" but you knew buying an Elton John Lp that you would be getting your moneys worth. I was 14 in 1972 and still can recall my reaction when I set my needle on the record and heard this honky tonk piano to kick off the song and what's crazy is I knew what honky tonk music sounded like. You were exposed to just about every genre of music growing up in the sixties and seventies from the old crooners like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Bing Crosby to Led Zeppelin Music covered the whole spectrum back then. The old timers were on TV all the time and you thought nothing of it and probably assumed that would always be there, but they weren't and I miss those old timers now. Peace ❤

[@watchbizmatik]

Thank you

[@johnroberts5637]

Elton was IT back in the 70's, as big a Rock Star with as big a string of hits as any of them. He could do no wrong.

[@brucedillinger9448]

My 1st album ever was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. From then on it became a mission to buy all other of Elton's work....up through Blue Moves. Early Elton was the best for me! ✌

[@nancywest1926]

You're so much fun to watch and you always have the shlyrics. God bless you, sir.

[@watchbizmatik]

Thank you so much

[@KennyY-bh3zl]

As Bob S. says below, Elton's masterpiece is Yellow Brick Road, one of the greatest albums ever, every song great. Other classics from Elton that I don't think you've reacted to are "Country Comfort" (my favorite Elton tune, it's beautiful), "Levon", "Crocodile Rock", "Elderberry Wine", "Teacher, I Need You", or "Daniel". You'd like 'em all, I'm sure.

[@stevevalk4074]

Great to see you having so much fun...!!!

[@watchbizmatik]

😁😁

[@marcuswood5975]

Sir Elton John when he was at his best in my opinion early Elton

[@alrivers2297]

Finally, someone reacts to this fun song. Funeral for a Friend is an epic by him.

[@benvenue2730]

Got to sing along!

[@watchbizmatik]

Facts

[@joetspaulding]

man you are on fire tonight 🔥 good picks!

[@watchbizmatik]

🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🔥🔥🔥😎😎😎

[@raiderpdog]

that band is so good!

[@laurakali6522]

Madman Across the Water!

[@ladyshar42]

this!

[@markgulbranson7518]

This song dares you to sit still.

[@garyclark9618]

Put on your boogie shoes!!

[@garyarnett1220]

Bro, he was a country kid, and the City drew him in, and he found it wasn't what he thought. He wants to Get Back...

[@fridaylong2812]

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters. Take Me To the Pilot. Burn Down the Mission. Elderberry Wine. Benny and the Jets. Daniel........and everything.....

[@k_salter]

Elton John and Bernie Taupin, who wrote the lyrics, were considered a new Lennon/McCartney. All genius. A Honky Cat, according to Urban Dictionary, is" A really cool, popular, and sexy person. The expression stems from cool western people who liked honky tonk music during the early 1900s." Love this one by Elton; enjoyed your reaction!

[@kengunter6903]

Another early good song. This 1 rocks a little.

[@BST-lm4po]

With all of the amazing instruments in this song, this music is what made me take up playing the drums! 🤘 * Nigel Olsson was the drummer for most of Elton John's early recordings.

[@Tommy-wm8gi]

Love it.try love love lives bleeding

[@VikingJeff]

He music definitely became more playful by '72

[@bobdelp2023]

GR88888 PIANO BANGERRRR HUH? :)

[@shellycasbeer3775]

All the girls love Alice is a must if you want to really get into EJ. He is a treasure!!!!

[@bobdelp2023]

FYYYYYRRRRRRRR!!! LMAO 😊 I LOVE IT 😊 SO HERE'S THE TOP HITS AND DEEP TRACKS FROM EACH OF THE 7 MULTI PLATINUM ALBUMS BIZ. ( TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION ) BURN DOWN THE MISSION, COUNTRY COMFORT, AMOREENA ( MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER ) TINY DANCER, LEVON, INDIAN SUNSET ( HONKY CHATEAU ) HONKY CAT, ROCKET MAN, MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS ( DON'T SHOOT ME, I'M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER ) DANIEL, CROCODILE ROCK, HAVE MERCY ON THE CRIMINAL ( GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD ) CANDLE IN THE WIND, BENNIE AND THE JETS, SATURDAY NIGHTS ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING, GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND / LOVE LIES BLEEDING ( CARIBOU ) THE BITCH IS BACK, DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME, TICKING ( CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY ) TITLE TRACK, SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT, CURTAINS 😊 SO THAT'S JUST THE 7 BIZ, THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS MORE OF COURSE INTO THE 80'S AND 90'S AND INTO Y2K 😊SOUNDS INSANE HUH? SO GOODBYE HAD 4 HITS BECAUSE IT WAS RELEASED AS A 33 DOUBLE LP. I SURE HOPE THAT THIS DIDN'T ANNOYYYY YOU!😮TAKE CARE BIZ

[@balmpatchvideos]

Nice review, isn't that cotton candy?

[@benhinds2971]

Yeah, Elton John used to be really good. Tumbleweed Connection!, Madman Across the Water!

[@johnroberts5637]

You would enjoy this entire album, and probably should at some point.

[@larryweekley1796]

At this point in his career Elton could have recorded Mary Had a Little Lamb and it would have shot to number one.....

[@markmiller9163]

Rocket man was on this album, two of his best

[@bobdelp2023]

OKAYYYYY MAN, NOW YOU KNOWWWWW I CAN TAKE YOU ALLLL OVER THE PLACE WITH MY FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST OF ALL TIME BIZ! 😊 OH MYYYYYY! 😊 WE CAN GO WITH THE 2 BIG HITS FROM EACH ALBUM, YOU CAN GO DEEP TRACKS, ETC ETC ETC! THIS 72 GEM ALBUM ( HONKY CHATEAU ) THE 2 HITS WERE THIS AND ROCKET MAN! THE DEEP TRACK WOULD BE : MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS 😊 ENJOYYYYYY THIS MASTER MUSICAL LEGEND MY FRIEND!

[@garyclark9618]

I love your enthusiasm! Great comment 💯

[@watchbizmatik]

Lol reading this got me hyped for some reason thank you

[@bobdelp2023]

@@watchbizmatik YW MAN, ANYTIME!!! 😊

[@bobdelp2023]

@@garyclark9618 THANKS GARY!😊 NOT BAD FOR A 63 YEAR OLD GUY HUH? 😮

[@garyclark9618]

@@bobdelp2023 Never too old to have fun 😁 Not that is all that old! Shoot, still a chance you could go thirty plus more years. Just keep listening to good music. Helps keep the heart and soul young.

[@maureenwagg5305]

Try Suzie (Dramas). Same album and you will love it.

[@helmutkurtneumnn2026]

You've got to try Van Morrison Moonwalk

[@otisdylan9532]

I think what the song is saying is that he likes the city, but his family and friends are telling him that he belongs in the country and should go back there.

[@mishkamoto999]

❤❤❤

[@trishriley9681]

❤️❤️❤️

[@blanebienvenu7280]

Just enjoy the ride good bye yellow brick road and don’t let the sun go down on me

[@ivansavoie3190]

Check out Crocodile Rock sometime

[@DevInvest]

This , is it. Live in Ephesus, I believe, his best contact ever. The sound is impeccable, the location stunning, And Elton kills every song. “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” It’s magic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6OTh6mhZdihmMU

[@bobdelp2023]

ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE LYRICS ARE WRITTEN BY HIS BEST FRIEND ( BERNIE TAUPIN ) AND THEN ELTON WOULD WRITE THE MUSIC TO THOSE LYRICS BIZ, AND HE USUALYYYY WROTE VERY VERY QUICK SO! 😊 7 STR88888 MULTI PLATINUM ALBUMS BETWEEN ( 71-75 ) NO OTHERRRR ROCK ARTIST OR BAND EVERRRR DID THAT BIZ 😊AND THOSE WERE HIS HEAVY PARTYING DAYS AND TIMES, ALWAYS WITH THE COKE AND MARTINIS AMONG OTHER THINGS!😊 ANYWAY, MUCH PEACE!

[@gertrudelaronge6864]

No. The narrator has been living country his whole life. It didn't suit him. And now, he's trying to live in the city. He feels like an alien. It's all very unfamiliar. But, he doesn't fit in back home either. That's a nutshell version of this song. He's trying to adjust.

[@firstilookatthepurse385]

Honky cat trying leave country for city but country folk want him to stay

[@firstilookatthepurse385]

City

[@shezarae8827]

I always liked Levon. Here is a link with lyrics. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpmlpIyQaraCgNE

[@garyclark9618]

Another great song! If you're looking for any more suggestions I have a lot. There's Ambrosia,How much I feel, You're the only woman, Biggest part of me and Holding on to yesterday. The Alan Parsons Project,Time,Eye in the sky,I wouldn't want to be like you and Don't answer me. Blood Sweat and tears, Spinning Wheel. I could go on forever,but I will stop here for now. Peace. Keep up the good work 👍