Elton John Live "Susie (Dramas)" 1972
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
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In 1972 Elton John toured with his amazing band (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone) to promote their latest studio album "Honky Château". In this clip we check out a rare live version of "Susie (Dramas)" which highlights how tight this band was in their prime.
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That live version is even better than the album version....what a great band and what a great time for music. A real Leon Russell feel to that. Awesome
Exactly! It has that cool, funky vibe of Leon's stuff. Thanks for watching!
My first Elton album in 1972. I was 17 GD years old!!!
I’m roughly the same age as you! But I gotta say I couldn’t be more thankful for the amazing amazing music that we grew up with. A lot of music from the 1970s will still be listened to centuries from now. But the pop music of the past 30 years Will probably fade away along with the generation that purchased it.
@@JonBlackstone Everything in the US sells out for $$$ and therefore destroys the quality.
That 1972 tour was unique in that Elton was promoting Madman Across the Water & Honky Chateau and was then known as a popular singer-songwriter and not a pop culture celebrity. "Susie (Dramas)" really Rocks!
Absolutely! That was the first album with his greatest lineup. I consider that lineup to be the Beatles of the 1970s. The level of creativity and artistry that went into recording those tracks is astonishing. In my book they were the most artistically talented band of the 1970s.
Jon, agreed, this is one funky song. An early-set song, I am surprised that he didn't stick with it past 1972 in his concert setlist. Great energy. An impressive whole-band sound on this. What you said is only more ammunition for Dee, Nigel, and Davey to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
It’s funny, you mention that! I think my next video is going to be about the rock ‘n’ roll, Hall of Fame; or how I feel about the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. Stay tuned!
I would be interested in your take on the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. How is the Elton John Band not there?!?!? And, why, oh why, are some other artists there?
@@hollywebster6844 my next video is going to be about the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. Stay tuned!
As I said before the difference was his voice. He really had it back then, the sound was all his own.
Totally agreed!
Love the blues 💙 sound
Me too! Thanks for watching!
Fantastic!
Glad you like it!
@@JonBlackstone Love it. I am a fan at your level!!
This has always been one of my favourite "deep cut" songs of Elton. I must have seen Elton live around 25 times over a 40 year period, first one 1979, some great shows, some not so good. But what I always missed was the lack of him digging deeper into his fantastic catalogue. If I could decide he could have skipped all the obvious one`s and still it would have been fantastic. But to late now😟
Totally agreed! The last time I saw him was 2001. He played an amazing setlist which included 5 excellent songs from his last truly great album "Songs From The West Coast" mixed with stuff he hadn't played in decades such as Country Comfort, Holiday Inn and even Meal Ticket! I couldn't believe it. Besides the first show I saw in 76, it was my favorite setlist of the 20 full band shows I've attended. My other favorite show was the 1998 solo tour (without Ray Cooper). That was the coolest show. I love Ray Cooper; but ever since they started playing together in Russia they did the exact same songs every time. I became bored of those Elton/Ray shows really quickly. I would rather see Elton on his own any day of the week. He played the most amazing set of songs on that 98 tour. If you've never heard it you should look up some shows on RUclips. Thanks for watching!
@@JonBlackstone That 76 show must have been something special. I saw a clip where he started with "Grow Some Funk" I believe it was the"Louder than Concorde" tour. That band behind him could really rock
This is just bliss!!
It is for me too! Thanks for watching!
It was a lot like the band Queen. Here you’ve got Freddie sitting behind a piano and coming up with these incredible compositions - and everyone just follows along. They couldn’t help but to come with incredible songs!
Jon Blackstone, thanks for sharing these great songs from Elton's past. I sure wish I could go back and relive those days hearing Elton and his great writer, Bernie Taupin, plus those great band members put those great songs together.
Don't we all.
Thanks for watching! So glad you’re enjoying my Elton geek fest!
The "Funeral for a Friend" video is so damn great!!!
@@tomsauer3830 so glad you dig get it! I’m assuming you’ve watched the complete episode on the Elton John band? I’m just about to re-upload that video in high definition. I was having some problems when I uploaded that video originally. And I’m going to do it again so that it’s in high definition!
@@JonBlackstone Yes, I got it. I really enjoyed it!
I always thought the "Captain Fantastic and Brown Dirt Cowboy" album was underrated. I really liked it. The summer of 1975 was my favorite time in life. I was 14/15 years old. Oh yeah, we all remember being a fresh kid at that age.
Love it John man that’s one of my favorite albums. Well said about the versatility they played so many styles of music on all the E.J. Albums.
Thanks Dan! Glad you dig the video. They truly were an incredible band. Thanks for watching!
Elton could not (rightly) be accused of being a 3 chord composer! Next to my boyhood friend, you are the only other human being I’ve heard who has shared my deep love and admiration of Elton’s early 70’s band…bless you my brother!
It’s always great to meet another person who appreciates the music aspect of Alton as much as I do. Thank you for the kind words and thanks for watching!
Thanks for all you’re doing with putting out these videos Jon! 😊
So well said Jon
Spot on, brother! I still hear the cowbell in my head on that chorus, though...:)
You and me both! 😎 and now I know that you’re a total music nut like I am! I’m assuming you’ve seen my episode on the Elton John band? If you haven’t, you’ll really enjoy it. Thanks for watching!
It's hard to believe that Davey Johnstone hadn't ever played an electric guitar prior to the Honky Chateau sessions. He was a gifted acoustic guitar, mandolin, and banjo player, but didn't "go electric" as it were until he joined the Elton John Band.
Not many people know that! It’s astonishing how quickly he moved from acoustic to electric; especially in his leads. I’ve always felt that gave him a unique sound and style. I think he’s a very unappreciated musician. Thanks for watching!
Awesome, thanks for posting excellent music.
Thanks for listening!
Jon, I wish I had your music collection! So fun to hear and learn about these hidden gems you have about Elton & the band. I wonder if Elton writes all the music ( and tells the boys how to play it) or they just play what they feel after he plays his part? Why this band isn't in the Hall of Fame is beyond me....
To answer your question I hope you'll watch this episode on The Elton John Band. I go into great detail about how those amazing records were made. Cheers! ruclips.net/video/03EY5Vq-XNk/видео.html
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Jon ❤😊
Thanks so much! Cheers!
So cool!
❤love your work Jon. What bugs me is i have to come on your channel and hunt down the videos they never put on my newsfeed meanwhile they put bunk unknown cover bands on my newsfeed. I love the you tube Premium
Thank you Tracy! I have the same frustration with RUclips. I never recieve notifications from the channels I’m subscribed to. And lots of people tell me never know when I release a new video. It’s frustrating! But I really appreciate you checking back to see what’s new. Hope to hear from you again!
Definitely more funky than the original version but he does that live.
Do you have a RadioOne version of Ticking from about 1982? I never cared for the song in Caibou but he really does step it up.
I’ve always really loved this track and I thought that really rocked out on this live version. I have heard that 1982 version of “Ticking”. Caribou was my first Elton John album purchase; and that song was my favorite on the entire album. Even as an 11 year old kid I was totally drawn into the story and found it really captivating. So the 1982 live version doesn’t do it for me. I’m so married to the original studio version I just can’t get past the change in his voice by 1982. I haven’t spoken anything about this yet but I noticed a change in Elton John’s voice in 1980 and it got more and more extreme. Elton had such an amazing voice in the 1970s. In my opinion, he shared that top spot for vocalists along with Paul McCartney and Freddie Mercury. He has so much variety in his vocals. He could sing the most tender ballad and the heaviest rock song. He could sing something with a country vibe to it and then something totally bluesy. In the 1980s and beyond his voice lost all of that distinction. To me it was almost as if his voice became generic in the 1980s and then as it got more dark and guttural sounding eventually I couldn’t even recognize it as the same person. I know a lot of people discovered Elton later in his career and the darker voice is it appealing to them. But for me, the 70s music was the stuff that captured my heart, and made me want to become a musician. I’ll tell you some thing I haven’t told anyone else; because people will probably find it crazy. I was offered free tickets to see the farewell tour, and I didn’t go. I’ve seen Alton about 25 times; the last time was in 2001 in New York City. He played an amazing Setlist that included songs from his latest album “songs from the West Coast” and a mixture of rare album cuts. Ever since then, he has basically become a Greatest Hits show. And I’ve heard him play the songs so many times. If he ever did a show where he was playing and more interesting said I would go, but I couldn’t bring myself to sit through the Greatest Hits thing again. That probably sounds like a blast for me, but that’s the truth! :-)
When did Elton John begin struggling with bulimia? Bulimia can impact the vocal chords.
@@JonBlackstone I do respect your view point and your opinion when it come to Elton John. You are correct, his Farewell Tour was the last chance to hear the greatest hits. Had he played the stuff we wanted him to play, the new fans would have been lost. Case in point, my 40 year old nephew and his wife went to see Bob Dylan 2 weeks ago in Memphis. Expecting to hear his hits, but he played only his most recent album. Plus they tell me he didn’t sound good, very difficult to understand. They left after 45 minutes.
The first time I ever saw Elton was 1980, the tour with Ray Cooper. He had such an amazing set list, a few hits, but I mostly remember a lot of Tumbleweed Connection and the Elton John album.
I did see the Farewell Tour twice. I took my nephews, who had never seen him before and wanted to share that with them. And the 2nd time I went with an old friend who had an extra ticket.
I don’t know if I could have turned down a free ticket but O get why you did.
He did do an amazing version of Indian Sunset on the Farewell Tour.
I feel like a lot was going on with Elton in the 80’s, drugs, drinking, he got married to a woman, he had voice issues. I can’t even listen to Live in Australia. He sounds horrible.
The 70’s Elton is the one we fell in love with from the beginning. That voice was what drew us in, the band kept us mesmerized and we were hooked!!
“Come Down in Time” is my all time favorite song. Can’t get my older than that.
But I have to say I have enjoyed a few of his later records. The Union with Leon Russell has some good songs. I think Elton was trying to pay Leon back for everything he did for him in the early days. I read in Leon’s biography he wasn’t happy with the album. The Diving Board is one of my favorites of the newer stuff. Beautiful songs and beautiful piano.
Does he sound like he did in the old days? No but I get a sense of nostalgia when I hear him sing.
Yes I would have love to seen him playing nothing but deep album cuts.
One of your fans commented they wanted to know what your favorite deep album cuts were. Maybe a future feature for you.
@@pattiburton9976Come Down In Time is a favorite of mine as well. I think my favorite pre 72 track is Where To Now St Peter. There’s something about that song that stirs the soul. And everytime he played it live it commanded attention. That’s a great idea to do favorites deep cuts! Have you ever listened to the solo piano shows he did in the late 70s? There was a series of shows he did before adding Ray Cooper that are my favorite solo concerts. This is one of them. ruclips.net/video/3XqG0GqRqZA/видео.htmlsi=SrDyGIyr8FjwTaEs
@@JonBlackstone and he did both of those songs in the first show I saw in 1980 with Ray Cooper.
Have you heard Sting’s version of Come Down In Time? I think the piano is so beautiful!
Something about the lyrics are so romantic, haunting and dream like.
The R&R Hall of Shame is just a disgrace. Why these guys aren’t included is just a travesty!
My next video is going to be all about the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. It’s not a pretty picture. Stay tuned!
Baited breath ova here!
By the way I don't know if you had a chance to read Bernie Taupin's book, Scatter Shot? its not an easy read believe me. About ten per cent of the book actually deals with the song writing most of the rest is really indulgence in my opinion, very disappointing over all but its really strange to hear him say that Blue Moves and I think he also mentioned Rock of the Westies as not been great albums, I will never understand how anyone can think that, so many really great tracks on Blue Moves, check out the Wide and Laughing, really excellent.😎😎
I love Blue Moves too. For me it was the last classic Elton album. It's a very different vibe from the 72-75 stuff but it was a like a new direction for Elton. Very musically sophisticated and powerful. I was still about 13 when it came out and the change in style really took me by surprise. But after a few listens I fell in love with it. I really wish Elton had stayed with that line up longer and taken some more adventures with them. For me the single "Ego" was the final gasp. When "Single Man" came out I bought it the day it was released (as usual) and rushed home to my record player. Within 20 seconds of the first song I could tell something was profoundly different. The spark and fire were gone. I kept listening; hoping the next song would capture my heart. But there was nothing there. It felt like Elton had died. I played the second side and by the end I was so sad. I don't know if anyone else had that experience; but it was very tangible that Elton had changed. I honestly believe it was a combination of being burned out, uninspired and the loss of Bernie's lyric. Consider the first two lines of the single "Shine On Through" - "Oh, my love, I have cursed the stars above". Even as a 13 year old kid I noticed how lame those lyrics are. Never, ever would Bernie write such a lazy cliche as "oh, my love" and then rhyme it with "above". Bernie was a brilliant poet. When Elton would pick up one of his lyrics I believe the sheer poetry and cinematic nature of Bernie's writing demanded Elton rise to the occasion as a composer. But when he was working with such a stock love song lyric like "Shine On Through" he didn't have to reach deep to rise to the level of Bernie's words. I know I'm writing a novel here but that happens to me sometimes. Elton and Bernie wrote some great songs after 1976; but in my opinion they never wrote anything that compares with their very best 70s tracks. There are a few that come close; but they never touched the heights of songs like Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Where To Now St Peter, Harmony, Love Lies Bleeding, This Song Has No Title and on and on. Sorry for the rambling response!
@@JonBlackstone Everything you have said mirrors my own experience, about Eltons career. A Single Man, was the beginning of the end and and when I first heard it I felt underwhelmed, even if they did write some some decent songs in the later years (not the awful 'I'm still Standing' crap from the pretty lame 80's) it had changed. When Bernie did come up with decent lyrics, the truth is that Elton's voice was never really there in the same way it was in the 70's. The changing of the production team, namely Gus Dudgeon and Paul Buckmaster after Blue Moves did not help either, and I know Gus did produce some of the later albums (the poor Ice On Fire and Leather Jackets) it was all really to do with Elton himself. I always thought that he was an artist defined by his own personal age, all the great vocal stuff was from his twenties, in 1977 he hit thirty and there you have it the voice started to go and by 1980 it was evident, you can really hear the difference on the 21@33 album he sounded 'old' to me. But maybe we expect too much there were some good songs in the later years for me I think the track 'Believe' came somewhat close to his earlier sound, though the album was very below par. 'Songs from the West Coast' again had a lot of the ingredients but the voice was not there.
@@Dreamkid62I agree with every word . Thanks again!
Great insight Jon, thanks for sharing!!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching