Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road







Sir Elton John and Norma Jean








SET LIST - October 6, 1973                          
St. John Arena                                                 

1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.   
2. Candle In The Wind                                     
3. Rocket Man                                                 
4. Bennie And The Jets                                   
5. Daniel                                                          
6. This Song Has No Title                               
7. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road                       
8. Honky Cat                                                   
9. Elderberry Wine                                          
10. The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909 - 34).  
11. I've Seen That Movie Too                         
12. All The Girls Love Alice                             
13. Crocodile Rock                                         
14. Your Song                                                 
15. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting.      
16. Burn Down The Mission   

Epilogue: This was the last concert ever held in St. John Arena.  Sound studies done at the concert found that a constant rhythmic beat did more damage to the structure than sound levels generated at a sporting event.


SET LIST - November 6, 2018
The Schottenstein Center

1. Bennie And The Jets
2. All The Girls Love Alice
3. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
4. Border Song
5. Tiny Dancer
6. Philadelphia Freedom
7. Indian Sunset
8. Rocket Man
9. Take Me To The Pilot
10. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
11. Levon
12. Candle In The Wind
13. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
14. Burn Down The Mission
15. Believe
16. Daniel
17. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
18. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
19. The Bitch Is Back
20. I'm Still Standing
21. Crocodile Rock
22. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
                                                                        
ENCORE
23. Your Song
24. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

When we saw the original Yellow Brick Road concert as two young OSU students, we felt it was the best concert we had ever seen. Just over 45 years later, we still felt the same way - until we saw the 2018 concert.  I hope I was able to capture some of the magic of this incredible event. We have seen an incredible number of wonderful shows, but Sir Elton John still tops them all.