Take Me To The Pilot Live Elton John Basel 2006

[@Jacob_Shouse1984]

His piano tone is phenomenal I love very bright piano tones!! Love it so much❤️

[@hagyspasher]

i was there - this is by far one of his best take me to the pilot piano intros!

[@pinkepommes]

i love watching his hands. it´s so relaxing and i think about it, how many this hands played over the years.

[@pinkepommes]

i am 13 years old and a big elton john fan. i will be happy, if i see him live. he is amazing.

[@danutar.8558]

Vous joue très bien du piano !!! Magnifique !!! J'adore et Thank You !!! Great !!!

[@deanoboy10]

Rock...gospel....Latin percussion...I think I've just found musical Heaven!! Not forgetting at all the genius piano solo at the beginning...oh wow!!!

[@glorificolimited4117]

Well said...me!

[@imyofrend]

I have always loved Elton John. He is timeless.

[@Jazzper79]

His intros to "Take me to the pilot" are just great!

[@LiamLeddy]

This is likely my favourite version of Take Me to the Pilot! In the years he’s been doing this.

[@gibshillpics]

Elton can tear up a piano! Man got skills.

[@HarmonySue1]

Elton has evolved to be a true Master of Music...Hands down

[@CosmoBee7]

How can anyone NOT love Elton John?

[@Queenesy]

that was a fantastic intro!!! I felt as if my heart is coming out...moved me deeply! Elton in one of the greatest musicians ever! great posting thanx!

[@reneehampton42]

ELTON JOHN IS GOD🎹🎸🎶🎧😍

[@lindamcd1217]

Elton John is a musical genious. Wouldn't it be great if he could go back in time and play with Mozart? I bet he is alot like him. People like that are on a whole other level than the rest of us. I saw him in 1984 I think he is better than ever. Wow, thanks for sharing.

[@bpcummings17]

I am only 14 and have been a fan since I was 2

[@alanyates3132]

I am only 55 and have been a fan since I was about 9. Yes. Really.

[@Greekpeople1]

Same here, I am 20, have been a fan since 2007 :D

[@artmanack]

I remember going to a show where Elton J played a similar intro to this very song..it was a long and very beautuful into lasting a good 4 minutes and in the middle of it he played a few notes of the Lord's my Shephard...I couldn't believe my ears it was so very clever! :-)

[@RichJBenes1958]

What can one say.... genius virtuoso!!

[@dianeaiken8826]

WOW!! That was exciting!! Love the live extended version!

[@simpsonxpress]

People like Elton John and Freddie Mercury and/were brilliant musicians . The media and some people need something negative to write and talk about because they can't offer the same . Hell , even Liberace was a great musician , with or without his flamboyance . It brings spice to the performances .

[@hagyspasher]

hi, i'm 25 now, elton-fan since i'm 12 years old. back then in school, they also laughed about me & the reaction was everytime he's gay .. so don't worry .. this are two pairs of shoes: one is elton's private life, the other is his music, and both is great, also because he's now 'married' with david!

[@imyofrend]

You are so right, my friend!

[@virgochick1]

GOD this man is fabulous!!!

[@SilverMusik333]

i'm a big fan. saw him do this song at fillmore east 1970ish. the intro sounds like ok backround music only. I like the rest of the song and the power house ending.

[@technocrash09]

Sorry. Just hate it when the negative comments come out about someone as iconic as EJ. He could be playing a toy piano and it would be better than most pros on a Steinway! In case you are interested, he switched to digital decades ago! *I'm chilled now....really I am! :) *

[@isaiahshelley]

technocrash09 His Yamaha is a real fully functioning Grand piano, but the sound is coming from external sources. The strings in the piano have microphones above them on a cross bar under the lid. But even then they only account for about 5% of the sound. Elton's piano sound comes from a mixture of Roland And Yamaha piano module voices. That are ran through his piano via MIDI. Since Elton's pianos are Yamaha Disklaviers ( CFllls 9 foot models) they have MIDI capabilities and much much more.

[@mizofan]

Thanks for this video- very interesting! Elton's new album The Union, with Leon Russell, is brilliant, his best since the 70s

[@bastianleejones]

wow wow wow.

[@FreeStyleUK123]

thats a pretty improvisation at the start, nice solo at end, and they're both extreme understatements!!!

[@czerinabutterflyprincess3463]

Love this

[@BeastMR2]

Best version I've seen/heard.

[@eltonj4ever]

omg i love this soooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jameslane9918]

Sir Elton John that would be my old bus driver Sir Elton John

[@timothy3727]

Fantastic

[@TheLovinganna]

loove him!!

[@andrewmakhobey9711]

Wow just good stuff

[@imyofrend]

ROCK THE HOUSE!!!!!!

[@sampudwill1116]

Can it get any better than this I DONT THINK SO

[@acoronab]

Hello! When I was young and this man was younger in the seventies and eighties, no one gave a damn about him being gay. No one would put the focus on that. Music was the main thing. What has happend to the f world?

[@croek001]

Elton is a genius. He is pop piano. Sarah Bareilles and Rufus Wrainright, etc. better recognized who made that pairing work.

[@dannyboyfour]

FUCK YEAH!

[@oldtealady]

cheers buddy for the vid please email me!!! where the hell did u get this footage...like its professionally filmed....thanks. and god bless elton.

[@mopeded]

Who are you to say what is right? The Bible was written by Man, who is inperfect. God wants us to live a happy life on earth. God created all of us the way we are for a good reason. He wouldn't want to make us a certain way, so he could send us to hell. Being gay is not a sin. And that has to be the best intro I've ever seen!

[@pinkepommes]

solo open air. thanj you for your opinions, i am very optimistic now

[@imyofrend]

And Nigel Olsson's pretty hot himself!

[@CathyFrontier]

Yeah, what it says on my channel's SO true: EJ rocks! :D

[@jpzollar]

Religion corrupts Faith...Faith is what's important.

[@tghetto5]

LOL, 5:38 I thought he was saying "Pau Gasol" lakers 2009 champs man..

[@weirdguy75]

Elton and Billy Joel are my idols I can sing but I can't play piano worth shit

[@Freddieboy44]

I think this is real. I don't think that he was performing using a prerecording. I think I like listening to someone who can perform live for real. I, also, think I like the fact that he doesn't blame the "industry" and try to punish the fans by not allowing this to be LISTENED TO!!! BTW: Fuck the industry!!! They're really helping us all. Selfish bastards. It's good for them that they've almost abolished free radio.

[@slosh77]

is that bernie up there with him?

[@tyleryesta1]

Wow dude! I'm not putting down the man or even the gear, just stating what I think he's using. I love me some Elton John.. so chill son.

[@jameslane9918]

Sir Elton John that would be Dwayne Willoughby

[@ReydeCP1122]

2 people weren't taken to the pilot

[@technocrash09]

@tyleryesta1 Okay, I'll chill. But I will say, I've seen the man 3 times since the 70s. I play some piano myself and I say that even on a grand that you KNOW is authentic, Sir Elton can make it sound unreal......just sayin. It's all good. I just get ticked when someone sounds like they are dis-ing an icon! peace

[@lmadigan1971]

I have never heard a piano sound so harsh

[@tghetto5]

I know, im the one that made it lol..how did you find it? lakers 1-0 btw.

[@petebj123]

2:39 Electricity?

[@1091Floyd21]

Does he (or someone else) have a song called 'Electricity'?

[@satyabratamishra4670]

@@1091Floyd21 yes he does have a song named electricity in billy elliot musical. it is one very good song

[@Dabednego]

Amen. People I know always rip on me for liking him, and it's usually just because of his sexuality. Who cares what he does in bed? I care about him at the piano!

[@bentleythesausagedog]

@hagyspasher Its because your friends had no taste in music and were too busy idolising Hanson, Take That and Peter Andre.

[@Freddieboy44]

@Kingofhorror87 People that don't like his music don't like him. And that's ok. But people that don't like him and his music shouldn't listen to it. Some are simply looking to start some shit. It's like George Carlin said; you can always change the station, "Reverend". What is it that makes some people screw with others about liking or listenning to something? I think people that have a problem with gaydom have some problem with themselves; maybe a gay fantasy? I think people like to ...

[@dairyfan123]

@page887 Pretty sure religion did that all by itself, not just false religion.

[@tghetto5]

Yeah, you need to work on that lol jk.

[@mrtyreus0]

I'm not a fan of the piano sound he gets now either. It actually has midi triggers that trigger a yamaha piano synth module, and that's about 70% of the sound, with the other 30% being the actual miked piano. Not to mention he uses unbelievably outdated samples. It really cuts through the band, but unfortunately sounds pretty awful, especially solo.

[@fanaticaldueling6337]

Andrew Kosiba You have no taste whatsoever do you.

[@tyleryesta1]

There's no way thats a really grand piano hes's playing. Thats got to be a digital planted in there. Sounds so fake.