Elton John Tribute to David Bowie 

David Bowie did a song for John lennon now Elton John Is doing one for David Bowie, how sad it is. 😢😢😢😢 R.I.P

I was in my teens by 1973. Elton John and David Bowie were part of the musical landscape then. Music was at a golden period, at least Pop and Rock and Metal. Music of all kinds just spilled out of the radio. We thought it would last forever or we just didn't KNOW it was very special. When Bowie died 12 days ago it was actually painful. David Bowie was only 15 years older than me. What I have seen and witnessed and heard has never happened before, and never will again. That time was that time, it was unique to the 70's and 80's. Now it's called Classic Rock. It is a very melancholy feeling. Freddie was so long ago now. But to lose David Bowie I just stare off into space. Lemmy, David Bowie, and Glen Fry it's just wham wham wham in your face. Dying was a thing, an abstract, floating out there wherever there was. Frankly who gave a shit we were young. We didn't know.

Real nice weaving of Space Oddity into that piano intro! I've always been struck by what a companion piece Bowie's masterpiece is to Rocket Man, now here they are together.

This should be re-titled ‘A Rocket-man pays tribute to a Star-man’

Beautiful and amazing. Tears and smiles listening to this. Thank you, Sir Elton.

What a great tribute. Not a cover - there are plenty of those, but a tribute. I also think it is nice that Elton has signaled the influence Bowie had on him as well as playing Rocket man, highlighting a link that exists between them.

I have lived over forty years enjoying the songs of Reggie. Why anyone should deem a thumbs down, does not care much for music, yesterday, today and now!

Always been a fan, but REALLY love his older stuff..... even the 80's.

Bravo Sir Elton! Beautiful tribute! I loved it! I am saving this one to my favorites! RIP David, we will all miss you! What a contribution you made to the world!

This really awesome.Elton John is a master on piano The best tribute for Bowie by far. Thank you Elton and God Bless🙏

Oh, so sad that Bowie has passed:( What a beautifully played tribute. Thank you for posting!

Favorite of mine: Christmas song duet of David Bowie and Bing Crosby; unforgettable!

Lovely piano music. My condolence to David Bowie's family. Thanks again You Tube for sharing.

Wow- this is over the top EJ and is piano .... fabulous all around GREAT tribute to StarMan who is so missed.

Bravo Elton John. Another one of my faves and another one if the greats. Sir Elton John you are classy. Bowie!!

An awesome tribute. Thanks for posting. Tears and smiles all at once.

I forgot just how great a pianist Elton is!

This was nice, and before I forget "Happy Birthday Nigel", and I also hope that Dee, Davey and Gus are doing fine. You and Bernie along with Jean-Luc Ponte have given me 45 years of the best and timeless music anyone could have produced, played and sang. Thank you.

Yes, the enduring link between 'Space Oddity' and 'Rocket Man' was Trident Studios, London. Both artists were recording there 68/69 - 70's. 'Space Oddity' (Trident), 'Rocket Man' (Chateau/Trident - overdubs and mix)

This is a nice reminder of what makes Elton special...despite being a great star, arranger and lyricist, his core skill and talent is as a pianist. His voice may no longer be what it was but he can still bust a great tune on the old joanna. The greats are slowly leaving us now so enjoy the few groundbreakers such as Elton while we still have them.

Kept waiting for Funeral for a Friend / Love lies Bleeding to Bust out! I know, I know, it's not an EJ night, it's Davids, but damn, with the recent deaths = don't it feel like music is lying bleeding all over the place lately? Thanks, EJ!

fabulous , thank you for sharing

So beautiful, and I would know you would be so kind and thoughtful to dedicate such a beautiful song,:))

Beautiful tribute! Thank you EJ and thank you DB!

Killer keys by Sir Elton!

Wow, just love this 🎺🎶🎻🎷🎸🎵🎹🎼

De grande atitude para uma grande voz que não partiu , pois ficará registada para sempre na nossa memória !!! Merecedor deste tributo , onde quer que ele esteja de certeza sentirá um enorme orgulho ! Obrigada Elton John por esta homenagem !!!

Thanks so much. What a great video.

This is amazing! He was the reason i started piano.

THANK YOU Mark!! Had you not done this we die-hards might not have had the opportunity to bear witness to this masterpiece of a tribute to Bowie~from One Incomparable to Another~What a powerful capture!!p.s. that was just your i-microphone?! damn

excellent song writers singer musicians well done--Trinity bless everyone with good safe days--R.I.P. everyone who passed away

thanks so much

Wait till one day when Elton John passes away. You think David Bowie had a bunch of tributes to him? There will be wayyyyy more when Elton's time is up on this earth. Let's hope it's far into the future when we see that day. At his age, nearing 70, he still has it! The piano playing is still great! The singing isn't bad, but he's up there in age, so it's not anything bad when you put it in that perspective. I remember years ago he had a bit of cancer in his throat or somewhere, and that's why his voice kinda changed over the years. It got a little deeper.

Marvellous music.

captivating intro with fantastic improvisation. one of the greats of my generation. A man named Harry Nilsson released a song called Spaceman, not realizing that Elton had released Rocket Man at the same time. Both songs are great but Elton's song overshadowed Harry's.

Elton, please, spare us from your eerie spell, I've no more wood to knock on...

"Madman Across the Water. There is no great genius without some touch of madness." ~ Aristotle ~

great, thanks

Thanks Elton xx

Thank you Sir Elton

love this, nice Tribute,,,,,

how many of David's songs did anyone hear in this beautifully crafted piece Elton put together? I can't count that fast! ❤

Elton simply the Best.

For a far better Elton instrumental, I recommend Funeral for a Friend. Space Oddity and Rocket Man both classic space songs. New Elton album Wonderful Crazy Night out on 5th Feb. Mojo review: "if you love pop music, you really have to hear it"

Elton john is legend

elton has gre4at talent

elton and bowie were not friends but they respect each other a lot

have you ever lissen to eltons first album so do it, i was just a young boy and he took me to the land where all the stories of farytells come from.

Glorious!

Great to hear Gus Dudgeon credit !!

love it.

I am,... trying to play it...

Fabulous

face it nthe magic is harmony the human genome has it

This is not a tribute to David Bowie. It's just EJ being himself. Self-absorbed as usual. And that's sad, because he was my idol growing up. Oh well.

As Elton said: Without DB , he would´t have had Gus and Paul working with him on all the seminal EJ recs. So, in a way, David was the first key to Elton´s success. Just another musical achievement for them both.

i remember bowie doing a John lenon tribute when he died。now elton John is doing a tribute to bowie… please dont tell me elton is next……

haha love it at 5.06 'wow' id say exactly the same

OMG 😱😱♥️

sounds like a harpsichord in parts, does he use a standard tuning, sounds tuned up.

To Larry Wrights explanation of sound quality. - "Crowd Sourcing" is 'not' a perfected art!

David Bowie's music Blows away anything Elton ever did...

If you like Beatles and ELO Go to James Patrick The Room Of Yesterday's Tears ".

just ain't the same without those exquisite high notes ...it's just my job 5 days a week, a rocket maaaaaaaaaaahhahaaaaahan

what happened to his famous tribute.... 'goodbye David B. you were .....

Million dollar piano

Rocket Man respecting Major Tom

This is why Elton John is one of the great musicians of our time. That entire piece was pure magic. Pure Elton John.

The Rocket Man........And Major Tom. That's brilliant.

If Elton John gives tributes to people when they pass, who is going to give Elton John a tribute?

You know what's so eerie. They both have strong ties to John Lennon. Elton was indirectly responsible for John and Yoko Ono getting back together when they performed "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" which was John's First Number One Hit at Madison Square Garden and Yoko came to visit them backstage. Elton and David became one of the very first White Acts to do Soul Train where Elton sang Benny & The Jets and Philadelphia Freedom while David sang Fame that John Lennon wrote for him. Elton John is Sean Lennon's Godfather and he and David Bowie were the only people allowed to take Sean off of The Grounds Of Le Rosey in Switzerland when he was a student there. Sean admitted losing David to The Rock Magazine Mojo as very hard.

Spectacular piano playing and some of the best Elton John vocal I have ever heard. Magical. Disbelievers can say what they want about Elton but he truly a class act, and a marvelous artist. (Always has been). Great performance.

What a piano player, truly gifted man

Such a beautiful tribute. Cried and smiled all the way through. Rest In Peace, Starman.

And I'm crying again, 8 days later. I don't know if I'll ever stop shedding tears over his passing. David Bowie was just such a constant part of my entire life. He helped define who I am, and his music saved my life more than once. Like so many, I think deep down I felt he was one of his magical immortal characters and would just be here for us forever. But as my son said, he got called back to his home world. Thank you for filming and posting this beautiful tribute. And RIP and Eternal Love David Bowie

Why is it so hard to see a person's true value while they are alive? Nowadays the voice of David Bowie seems to echo in my brain, and it seems so much more gentle and full of life than when he was alive.

I have been an Elton and David fan for 40 years. Was blessed enough to see them both in concert several times. Thank you for posting this.

Beautiful tribute .... and YES , Elton still " has it " !!!!!

if i were david bowie and i had the greatest piano player ever do i tribute to me i would be totally honored.

Why can you always tell it's Elton playing the piano, he just has a magic quality and some.

WOW and WOW !!! Such a great intro and the ‘PERFECT’ song for a ‘Spaceman’. The tears are flowing now……….”Space Oddity” of David’s, when I first heard it in 1969, blew me away. Such a great tribute.

It was an awfully nice thing for Elton to do this.

Spellbinding intro - how many pop artists can hold an audience like that with sheer musicianship?

Elton John is still in his prime. Greatness never fades away. This is proof of that.

How very thankful I am (& millions all over the world) that Elton John learned to play the piano ! what a huge VOID we would have without his genius. Loving,moving tribute to David Bowie who has left us now with an enormous void.Have respected/admired both men for a long,long time.

I will always recognize the way he plays with the THUNDEROUS emotions that emanate from his body to his fingers as he trips the light fantastic and tickles the ivories..LOVE HIM!!!

People who dislike Elton fail to discern substance. All artists talk about themselves, they all advertise themselves and they all have an army of people working for them. Very few artists however have donated as much as Elton has done to good causes, organized one of the biggest AIDS charities, raised awareness for the epidemic and the stigma in the developed and developing world, talked about gay rights even in the most hostile places such as Russia and paid taxes in the UK when the upper tax rate was 90%. So next time you talk about 'Elton the sell-out diva', why don't you wear your Led Zeppelin or AC/DC cool T shirtts and look at the mirror: You are nothing but self-centered, style-obsessed hipsters!

Elton John & Tina a Turner 2 of the greats besides Melissa Etheridge have chosen words and tributes to Bowie for the true rock icon that he is! Tina and David were very dear friends and he influenced her career after she restarted. Videos of David and Tina are very well known such as Let's Dance and Tonight. Elton is another icon and favorite of mine and so glad he has expressed his feelings for David through his music.

Just saw him last week in Las Vegas. COULD NOT BELIEVE how wonderful his piano playing was. INCREDIBLE!!! A living legend who I was thrilled to see live!!!

I never record during the show. I always think the people recording aren't having as much fun as me because they're looking through their phones . . . but this was a great song. Thanks for sharing, I'm happy you recorded it for me to enjoy!

Bowie once said he really didn't have a whole lot of respect for Elton, the Elton dort of copied him or something like that. All I knowe is they both survived incredible addictions to drugs and alcohol. For that I am very happy! It wasn't easy for either of the musical geniuses!

Brought tears to my eyes this morning. As someone who grew up with them....literally we are all around the same age...I'll have to start getting used to these kinds of tributes to the musicians who wrote the soundtrack of my life. Bowie/Ziggy was a Rocketman. This is perfect. And Sir Elton's very best instrumental arrangement of Bowie classics at the intro was a gift to his friend and to all of us. I've never criticized a eulogy...and that is most certainly is Elton's to his friend. Brilliant and moving and amazingly talented.

Thank you for sharing - wonderful tribute. Dedicated to the StarMan .☆¨¯`♥David Bowie RIP Love Song & Smiles x Rose x ♫♥♪¨¯`♥ ¸.♫♥♪¨¯`♥ ¸.♫♥♪¨¯`♥

I don't know why, where or how the tears arrived, but they rose over my rims, you know, I cried just listening to the superb Elton John.. What a beautiful tribute to Bowie. Isn't It crazy how life speeds past...

i THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG LONG TIME THAT WE CAN EVER SEE AND HEAR MUSIC LIKE THIS , TIMES ARE CHANGING , CHE, CHE, CHANGES ! I LOVE YOU DAVID BOWIE AND ELTON JOHN, LET IT BE FOR EVER AND EVER THAT ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE, WE GO ON IT WILL STAY.

Thank you, Elton, for this moving tribute.

Interestingly enough, David Bowie and Elton John have s commonality together, they both collaborated, and performed with John Lennon. What an amazing tribute.

British is best

I could not possibly think of a better song in tribute to Bowie. I've been ridiculously sad the past month, this helps for sure :-)

I like this. It's Bowie's song but Elton put his own feel into. Quite lovely sir. Thank you for recording this.