He wrote this song for Ryan White a Hemophiliac. My brother was a hemophiliac & died from Aids at 39. I'm a classical pianist & I learned this beautiful song for my brother Charles Edward Phillips III. Thank you Elton John & Ryan While
Mark Chapman The Writer I agree ...Ultimately arguing over "pre eminence " is like comparing an apple tree to an orange tree "The best" by definition does not exist, But I think Elton and Bernie may have proved that theory wrong...
Diagnosed on 9/15/93..... I waited until my Dad passed on 9/3/93 to get my results because I did not want him to know. He was going to pass due to his diabetes and I could not have this compound the situation. To this day.... this has been my memorial to him about my condition. He is now my Angel who has protected me and here I am today all these years later. I LOVE YOU DADDY!
@@mikecrook9127 I trully hope you get sick in a horrible way, I hope you dont die, I hope you suffer long enough to regret those horrible feelings, you are a disgrace to mankind.
The song alone is beautiful on its own. But when you hear the story behind the song about HIV and then hear all the stories from people the disease has effected it just makes you want cry an ocean of tears. Life can be so god damn cruel at times, yet so masterful and amazing in another moment.
I've always known the meaning behind this song, but I've always just associated it with the reconciliation of an estranged father and son, regardless of the sexuality. I had a tenuous relationship with my own father when he was alive. But as he was dying from prostate cancer, I had one last phone conversation with him. He wasn't very lucid at that point, but I was able to tell him I loved him, and he told me he loved me as well. I'll always be thankful for that. This song makes me think of my dad every time. Love you dad.
brooooo...yes this is a good song ( minus true meaning) for most kids and fathers...BUTtt you want to ball your eyes out. Did you hear Monsters by James Blunt? That is a song, no adult over 40+( oh those that lost parrents young) can listen to without crying IMO
I saw him perform this song on a concert live, it was like his seventh encore or something, people wouldn't stop shouting for him, then he ended with this song ... The last song, after a 3 to 3,5 hour concert; just unbelievable, Elton's the greatest !
Absolutely true! The One tour was my first Elton John tour, MAGIC! Since then, saw him performing live 22 times...he is enjoying his creations and the people who love his music! Great Artist and Performer, just GREAT!🙏💕🔥🌞💖🙏👍
+Alexei Cogan Sir Elton has always been involved in the fight against AIDS/HIV. He became a friend to Ryan White, a boy from Indiana who was told he couldn't go to public school after being diagnosed with HIV, and even performed at his funeral. Sir Elton credits Ryan and his family with his own personal decision to become clean and sober and 2 years after Ryan's death he created the Elton John Aids Foundation.
Me too. I cried for long time whenever I saw that montage or heard this song. I remember watching the Ryan White story in school and OMG I wanted to save the world after that. I wanted to become a researcher to find the cure to AIDS, cancer, asthma and other diseases as well as devices to treat disease. My biggest battle has always been with myself. Because for so long I also wanted to have a wonderful wife and family because I came from a horrific childhood. So my battle was to go to school and find cures or family life and I chose family life because as I know without a doubt I could do that, I would equally be an excellent father and husband. Most of the women I dated had ex's who were crazy, abusive or abandoned them after getting them pregnant. So I chose family. Maybe it's not what others would choose. However, I have a tremendous amount of love to give. So that's what I want. I want to love and be loved. Not wanted for what I do, do for others or for money. For who I am....
Savrawars he did in his autobiography that he always thinks about Ryan when he plays the song or something like that but Freddie’s death definitely didn’t help
For 40 years I had a terrible relationship with my brother. I rode him about home issues, dismissed him, treated him less than I should have. He eventually became an addict and passed. I miss him. You never know what you have until it’s gone. Terrible lesson to learn.
If you are a father and have sons and love them profoundly, this song will make you weep as I do, every time. I love you Cexso and Beswa. Dad loves you.
This song makes me think of my brother that I lost to HIV/AIDS...my dad had passed away years before, but I would like to believe that my dad would have loved him regardless.
Saw it in concert, one of those magnificent songs that only a true sensitive soul can imagine...the lyrics match the music perfectly! When I first listened to 'The One'album, great album BTW, this song hit me like an emotional thunder..was 20...since then, can't count the number of friends who passed away 😪 but this song is a true reminder and a perfect thing about these AIDS years... can't hold my tears, but I remember all the people that passed out in the last 30 years around me... thanks for the video, and all my love 💕 to Sir Elton John, great artist, amazing soul and heart!🙏💖💕😪✨💝🌞💕🙏
Einfach wunderbar. So klang, klingt und sollte Musik klingen. Herz berührend und zum Denken anregend. Danke Elton für die vielen Gefühle, die Du uns vermittelt hast.
Sir Elton and MrTaupin ,thank for all the music! however this song "The Last Song" you released when terminal became part of my cancer diagnosis my father a vice president of communications company,dropped everything ,took me to a foreign country paid all medical costs and stayed with me in hospital,the bed next to me, the treatments,follow up treatments along with the love between a father and a son i,m alive and a father of sons,the part i left out ,my father who would not listen to nothing else can be done ,has listened to you.ALOT! they be simple words....you gentlemen give eternal purpose and what a voice they have. GOD BLESS YOU!
Love this song, since it was first released on the album The One. I like this performance the most because of the more complex piano arrangement. It adds so much to the song.
One of the most trying songs I've ever heard. I hope this song unites family members to understand and accept someone in there family who is Gay. God Bless them all.
My father wasn’t very affectionate but I always told him I loved him. I was consistent with it. Our relationship became stronger. This song always gets me. Miss you pops.
A man on stage all by himself making magic for over 50 years such as this is absolutely incredible. . No one can do this and command the complete and rapt attention of everyone in the room like Elton John. Tony Bennet comes to mind but he does not play an instrument. I saw Elton twice, both times in the 70’s- once at The Spectrum in Philadelphia and once at Madison Square Garden. I have tix for his last show in NY and hope I live long enough to be there.
Yesterday you came to lift me up As light as straw and brittle as a bird Today I weigh less than a shadow on the wall Just one more whisper of a voice unheard Tomorrow leave the windows open As fear grows please hold me in your arms Won't you help me if you can to shake this anger I need your gentle hands to keep me calm `Cause I never thought I'd lose I only thought I'd win I never dreamed I'd feel This fire beneath my skin I can't believe you love me I never thought you'd come I guess I misjudged love Between a father and his son Things we never said come together The hidden truth no longer haunting me Tonight we touched on the things that were never spoken That kind of understanding sets me free
i love this song ... probably , his most beautiful song ... thanks Sir Elton for your continuos support in this fight against HIV-AIDS ... ¨that day¨ is near ...
When I hear this song, I think about my own father. Elton wrote this for Ryan White as we all know, but I feel he wrote this for us and probably himself as well. Don't wait until the grave to say I love you and bring flowers....do it long long before that.
this song always brings tears.... written 10 yrs after I buried my cousin... and 3 yrs after my Brother ---- until there is a cure... and still 20 yrs later.... Elton John a most amazing artist... I adore this man --1st saw him in 1973 in Wembley Stadium in England....he is wonderful always.
I am sorry for your loss Kathryn. I participated in AIDSWalk Los Angeles just last weekend in honor of your cousin and brother and for all of those who cannot walk and all the other angels in heaven that were taken by this horrible disease. God Bless you and your family.
As a gay man, these lyrics speak to me. Things we never said come together The hidden truth no longer haunting me Tonight we touched on the things that were never spoken That kind of understanding sets me free
Since the very first time i heard this song, it touched me so deep, and stir such, deep feelings, that words can´t discribed, how meaninful it is´´This is one of Elton´s most underated beautiful song, that touch each and evryone lives´´
Song tears me up, My Dad entered into rest last November 15 as a result of Covid, I was not allowed to see him or be with him because of the virus So he was alone to celebrate his 90th Birthday and as he took his last breath
Thank you for this beautiful song and amazing live performance. This song always gives me goosebumps especially as I wonder if Elton thinks of his own relationship with his father. Now, though this beautiful song will have a new meaning for Elton now that he has his own sons.
He chooses a form that touches human soul, don't think it was personal, but a great way to associate father and son love, on the dramatic reality of people dying from AIDS...at the time this single came out, it was still a death sentence!😪
The difference between the lyrics of your text is that he never came during his lifetime to tell me that he loved me and I was his son. But life showed me that I was more than his son, I was more than a man myself, I am even that if I cried my soul.
i heard this song for the first time when I was going through a very difficult time in my life. I felt very much alone and was stepping into a big unknown. Throughout the hard blows seemingly out of nowhere this song would come on in perfect timing to comfort and reassure me. I do believe Sir Elton John was divinely inspired when he wrote it and he sings it brilliantly. It has touched my heart and soul as few things ever have.
