Drummer reacts to "Madman Across the Water" (Live BBC 1971) by Elton John
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- Well, as promised, more from Madman Across the Water! A live version from sound of saturday on the BBC back in 1971... and it's absolutely nuts. Elton and Dee just went the hell off here. He is such a fantastic artist, man. And you can't forget Bernie's contributions as his lyrics are the heart of all of this in my opinion. Along with Elton's voice and piano.
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One of my favorite lines ever: "Is the nightmare black or are the windows painted?" Shout out to the man who wrote it: Bernie Taupin.
This performance shows you the towering talent of Elton John. Love how cool Nigel Olsen is throughout. Captain Fantastic!
Back in the days when pop musicians could expertly flirt with jazz.
Empty Sky had "Hay Chewed' which was a jazz instrumental. Peole tend to forget Empty Sky, Friends, Lady Samantha and 11-17-70
Yeah. Elton from 1969-1978 .....Every album was genius. (GAZ/Melbourne/Australia). Thanks for your reaction videos.
One of Elton’s best! The whole album is incredible and Elton puts all his emotion into this song!Happy Birthday Lee. Good choice of songs!
thank you my friend! i thought i'd have today be a little different then usual. had a blast. y'all are the best! and yes elton john was on fire here. i loved this more then the studio!
@@L33Reacts Yes, it is amazing!
You: "I don't remember this part." Real musicianship back in the day included improvisational exploration of the highest degree! True artists back then! 😉👍🏽✌🏽
I have always love Nigel’s drumming and Dee’s bass playing. So tasteful, and really serving the music
Happy Birthday, Lee!!! 🥳
Good God that man can tickle the ivories! Elton, Billy Joel and Joe Jackson are my 3 favorite singer/songwriter/pianists, and all 3 have mad skills and distinct styles. Great reaction!
Amazing that he had the same band for decades
Happy Birthday, Lee! 🙂
This is such an epic performance with EJ’s genius on full display! I absolutely cannot wait to see this reaction!
i hope you enjoyed! :D
@@L33Reacts it was a fantastic reaction! I hope your birthday has been fantastic, as well! 🤩
Happy Birthday Lee, what a way to start it off!!
Thanks for reacting to this. Madman is a very underrated album, and the title track is MY personal favorite off of it. This performance had to be different because in the intimate, close quarters of the TV studio they had to lose the string section. So Elton made up the difference with piano improvisations.
he totally nailed it with the improv. such a good section. he and bernie took no prisoners with this album lol
Although he did may great album, i consider this one to be his best by a significant margin. When i got interested in music at the end of the 70´s i used to see a lot of articles in magazines referring about others albums, especially Goodbye Yellow Brickroad. But GYBR, although great, never managed to hypnotized me as Madman. I never understood why Madman didn’t seem to be as revered
This album was the first one I ever bought with my own money. I was 14. I think it was 1973 and everyone was playing it. It is still in my wheelhouse as a CD and I still am impressed by it. I guess that means it's officially a classic. I'm super glad you found this one. And by the way, you are entering what most people say was their best decade. Head up, eyes in front, and enjoy. You've earned it. There's a quote I stumbled into that I have always loved; "With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful world. Be careful; strive to be happy."
Happy Birthday young dude! This old man (68) enjoys your reactions a lot, very insightful, from someone who enjoyed loving this music when it was first released!
Happy Birthday! 30 is a milestone.
lol don't remind me... but i'm grateful to have made it this far.
Wonderful live performance
Top Album & tune. Bernie Taupin's lyrics delivered in fine form by Elton, whilst playing the most amazing piano riffs. Such a great performance.
He’s in such great voice here
Killer version.
absolutely. this was even better then the studio version in my view. just pure musicianship and creativity on display.
Happy birthday darlin!! Thank you for this reaction, have never seen it...what a gift you have given us!! 🎂✌️❤❤❤
Happy birthday Lee. I really appreciate your comments and insight. You have some "wisdom beyond your age." Great channel. I never saw this clip before. Amazing!!
His album 11-17-70 was in front of 500 ppl on BBC. He did some stones, beatles, elvis too.
Lee, what a way to kick off your 30th Birthday day premieres magnificently!
Elton does like to improvise .
i thought it was the perfect track to open it up with! elton didn't let me down :)
@@L33Reacts💥Firecracker programming! 🙂
@@user-xo9ey1ic2g What an artist!
@@L33ReactsI hope your day played out well all the way through ❤
Happy birthday, health and happiness to you and your family
thank you my friend. i appreciate that.
Happy Birthday Brother. Enjoy! 🎉🎉
thank you my friend!
I'm not suprsied L33 that it felt like a different version. On the album version there were 9 musicians and an Orchestra. Here is just three musicians and Elton filled in for everyone.. Including the Orchestra. Can you believe that I actually watched the original transmission of this show... Bloody hell... Take me WAY back. Keep on rocking young sir.
Fantastic performance!! Happy birthday, Lee. Welcome to the beginning of the end!!
Great to see this live and how he adapted it with out the orchestration of the studio version
I was never a big fan of Elton's but I absolutely loved this album. Still own the vinyl and pull it out every once in a while
These were his classic core band guys, absent only Davey Johnstone for me. Nigel and Dee just nail it here, rhythmically, foundational accompaniment, and vocally too.
Happy Birthday again, belatedly p'raps. Many more in the bosom of those you cherish.
🎂🎉🎁🥳🤙🏼🎶❤️✨️🕊
Brilliance. Happy Birthday Lee.
Happy Birthday! Every day is a blessing ❤🎂
Happy Birthday,Old Man! Actually, these are the years when your life will come into focus and you can accomplish what you want. This World belongs as much to You as anyone else, all you need to do is Decide what you Really Desire
thank you robin x) i'm learning as I go. it's not easy. but I will find my path gradually (if i could take a wild guess) like I always have. one day i'll get there and kerplat, there I go. lol
I missed Elton and Billy playing live together. I'm pretty sure they did a series of concerts together. Must have been amazing!!!
Yes! I got to see them once. That was a fabulous concert!
i would have paid good money to see that back in the day.
"I wired my brain for chaos" I like that quote. It hits home for me also...
it's true. anything resembling normalcy made my spider senses tingle uncontrollably until I went and blew it all up. Self sabotage. I'm a weird dude. I'm glad I figured that part out at least lol
Happy birthday you young gun... wait til you get to 63 like me, ha! Keep listening to Elton.
i can only hope I can make it that far! thank you bro.
30 is ok. But 40 is when you lose your 20/20 vision...and that really sucks! For now, party! 🥳...then hit the gym! 😆
Breathtaking performance.
The Yellow Brick Road and Captain Fantastic albums are awesome, too!
Happy birthday and what a treat. Never saw this performance. Tumbleweed had the prominent guitar, Album had the strings and this the piano. How bold! Can't fake this great musicianship. Thank you so much. Feels like my birthday for giving me this gem. Thank you
nope, not at all. this is creative brilliance on display in all its wonder. he certainly was something else! i'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Always loved this song but have never seen this video. So good! Happy Birthday 🎂
glad you enjoyed! this was awesome. even better then the studio (imo) !
Incredible music, and when with all the resources of the BBC, and incredibly executed video
the video was amazing! i've never seen shots like that on a "tv station" version. and the production was top notch! this was a win all around.
Amazing what Elton does on the piano 😳
Elton showed he can improvise with the best
Every time you react from a song from a timeless album from that epic year 1971, I'll try to be there to remind y'all of how great that year was for music
Happy birthday Lee!!!🎉🎉
Trust me, 40 is worse. And now in my late 60's I don't even care anymore 😂
Welcome to the over 30 gang! My youngest child is 30! Lone this version, I've never heard it. 🙂💜
This may be my favorite song from him. His music from the early years (this album and "Honkey Chateau,) are his best music in my opinion. Between 1969 and 1974, were his and Lyricist Bernie Taupin's most creative era.
him and bernie were made for each other. such a beautiful blend of lyricism and musicianship.
Love this with its jazz influence. Just great! Happy Birthday Lee! I think the 30’s are better than 20’s, just my opinion. Hope you’ve enjoyed your day!
MY FIRST ALBUM BY ELTON!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
Lee, OMG, this was just unbelievably good! I cannot believe I had never seen this performance! The quality of the video, the audio, and the cinematography, is just stellar, considering the era! I really enjoyed this one so much! At the end, I thought I felt Elton channeling some Tony Kaye, ala "The Yes Album"!!
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Oh man...this live version is amazing! I never heard it before. Alot of the piano instrumental part is not on the studio album. SO good!
I remember being around 30 and going for my annual physical. My primary doc looked me after hearing my summary of possible issues, wrinkled her nose, and said "Tsk, you're young....".
Happy Birthday Lee! 🥳
30 is the new 18 apparently! xD
Happy happy birthday!❤
Happy Birthday, my brother
Funny, I've been clean longer than you've been alive. You're not old!
Happy birthday, Lee! 🎁🎉
thank you brother! i appreciate it.
Excellent song and album!❤
yeah the 4 songs we did last week were amazing. this man was going crazy! he is so good.
happy birthday mate
Saw Elton in the early years and many times later - always brilliant - i see you have Lennon's POB album back cover in the background. Now that's a masterpiece, which needs to be listened to front to back. it was punk, years before punk, especially, 'I found Out'. Love your channel!!
That's a classic jazz comb, drums bass, piano numerous artists use this type of combos
I remember listening to this on the radio coming home from seeing the movie 'The Concert for Bangladesh'..time do fly..p.s. Happy Belated B'day..
tempus fugit... thank you my friend.
WONDERFUL
Saw him in Tampa a few years ago
Elton has different live versions than the album versions of several songs: Madman Across the Water, 60 Years On, Take Me to the Pilot, Benny and the Jats, Hercules, Rocketman, Empty Sky and many others. Only the 60-ear live version remains the same (probably because it's genius and perfect), Elton improvises the rest at every concert. That's why I listen to all his live concerts from the 70s-80s-90s. He is crazy🤣 And, yes, he has a truly incredible sense of rhythm.
Genius at work
i agree! this man was a national treasure, no wonder he got knighted lol
Its been a long time since I heard this version. I think the last time was on the radio show The King Biscut Flower Show sometime around 1990.
The cut off shirt thing for guys had a couple of runs.
Best song of his IMHO
Happy Birthday, Lee. ♊🎇. Love Elton John. Suggestion "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" ☀
Early Elton was genius ❤
Happy Birthday, L33!
There’s another version of this on the Tumbleweed Connection album. Look it up it’s electric. For real. This hits also🎶🎵❤
It's a different version because Gus Dudgeon was a major creative contributor to all the albums during this period. He'd pick it up after Elton tracked and went home and take it the rest of the way. You may recall the string arrangement (thanks to Paul Buckmaster) on the studio version. This live performance is being carried by three individuals and they had to fill out a lot of space.
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉🎂🎁🥪🥰
This funky jazzy version reminds me of Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (Traffic).
Amazing performance
"I don't remember this part." This is the live part where EJ has told the band, "Give me fifteen bars. Let's jam."
It was live, it was "tonight's version"!
Happy Birthday- old man 🤣🍀
Happy birthday Lee, don’t get too caught up on the number. 30 is the new 20 !
Hey Lee, great tune. There's really nothing new in fashion, I was 73 last month and I have enough skinny, wide and fat ties to last any future fashion changes. Fashion is just like the weather, it just changes on and off forever. Happy birthday, you have a long way to go, enjoy!
Happy Birthday! The Piano solo section is replacing the ombig string section. This band was fantastic live.
ahhhh yeah that'll do it. good point. they did a fabulous job with just 3 folks here. sir elton was truly a genius
@@L33Reacts I think he still is!
@@L33Reacts The album 11/17/70 is a great live album with just the trio.
I bought the album for this song...But ya gotta hear the studio version for the mellotron, etc.
Elton was a child prodigy not unlike Stevie Wonder. He was not blind but battled with his sexuality and it almost cost his life. I remember listening to both of them in my early teen years and until this day. So you are 30 and I am old enough to be your grandmother at 70. I hope you keep growing in your life with your children and girlfriend. Happy birthday 🎁🎂
elton from 68 to 76 was superb
Happy birthday Lee. If you’d like to hear a fantastic cover of this song, you could check out the version done by Warren Haynes and Gov’t Mule. It is a guitar based version and Warren really nailed it.
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well you're officially over the hill, dude...lol
but hey the ride is getting better and better.🎉
chops.... I can see, very well
Happy B'day, Lee and all of yours! :)
PS sheet of paper over your lamp?
Great jazz version compared to the studio recorded take. Red hot and sizzling. And I love the studio version as well.🎉🎉
Some people don't like the following version with the Melbourne Orchestra in Sydney, because of the raspiness of his voice due to polyps which is subsequently had removed. It's my fave version though, and I like the raspiness. And I adore the orchestral arrangement as well.
Nice.
Elton kinda let the rock 'n' roll lifestyle drown him later in the 70s. He even stopped working with Bernie for a short while. But Elton came back strong in the 80s. Yes, his voice had noticeably deepened, but the hits were 80s gold! Of course, you actually have to like some of the more "mainstream" 80 music....a number of people shy away from it, but I grew up in the 80s, and looking back....well....you just had to be there. 😊
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983), "I'm Still Standing" (1983), "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984), "Nikita" (1985), "Sacrifice" (1989)". All solid 80s Elton songs!!! 😃
My next birthday, God willing will be 70. These decade birthdays are the worst! Lol
Reminiscent of "low spark of high heeled boys" from Traffic
lol OUR EFFECTS were the PURE MUSIC
God bless the BBC, aka the Beeb. This stuff was and is free to view. The BBC at this time broadcast tons of rock and pop music and just let the artists get on with it. At this time there were three TV channels in the UK and BBC2 was the place to go for the real stuff. Check out The Old Grey Whistle Test show; live in the studio with no audience.
I am from Canada and we have the CBC. Similar to the BBC but the BBC is way better.
and EJ in these days was a god of music
Check out the Dave Brubeck Quartet, jazz, this reminds me of that.
That's not jazz. Thats rock.
I read somewhere that this song is about Richard Nixon . ?