Elton John/Billy Joel - Vancouver (2001) (Audience Recording)

Live concert from « 2001 Face To Face Tour »
Venue : General Motors Place
January 22, 2001

Setlist

Elton & Billy

00:00 Intro
02:18 Your Song
06:31 Just The Way You Are
10:50 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Elton

16:54 Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
27:53 Someone Saved My Life Tonight
34:56 Philadelphia Freedom
40:04 All The Girls Love Alice
45:02 Rocket Man
59:43 Levon
1:06:46 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1:11:49 Uptown Girl (Billy Joel cover)
1:15:39 Sad Songs (Say So Much)
1:19:49 I'm Still Standing
1:22:53 Crocodile Rock
1:26:53 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

Billy

1:32:02 We Didn’t Start The Fire
1:37:28 Angry Young Man
1:43:08 Movin’ Out (Anthony’s song)
1:48:40 Allentown
1:52:50 Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
2:02:39 Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
2:06:58 The River Of Dreams
2:12:43 Take Me To The Pilot (Elton John cover)
2:22:27 I Go To Extreme
2:27:15 It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
2:32:09 Only The Good Die Young

Elton & Billy

2:36:55 My Life
2:43:03 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
2:48:17 Come Together (The Beatles cover)
2:53:02 A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles cover)
2:56:03 The Bitch Is Back
3:00:12 You May Be Right
3:05:14 Bennie And The Jets
3:11:44 Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis cover)
3:15:23 Candle In The Wind
3:19:10 Piano Man

[Kingscrib]

Oh gawd! I'd forgotten this concert at GM Place! I'd seen Billy a few times over the decades, but to see him with Elton, whose music contributed so many memories too, was a unforgettable treat.
I found this video after watching Billy's 100th MSG concert last night. The last time I saw Billy he was on a bill with Jerry Lee Lewis here in Vancouver. Billy was hung over from partying with friends who live in Vancouver, and Jerry Lee was knocked out loaded. So drunk in fact, that he had to be led off stage after he began drunken rambling. Neither man was in good shape. Of the two, Billy was definitely the better.
After all the problems Billy had - between his manager leaving him broke & Billy firing his whole longtime band in a fit of anger - I didn't know whether he could salvage a career that been so stellar. But there he was last night, in perfect voice & being the "Billy Joel" most of we oldsters remember.
He turns 75 May 9th, just days after I turn 76. His birthday will be celebrated at MSG as part of the last 50 shows he'll play at MSG, ending on July 9th 2024. Pretty friggin incredible!

Thanks for this memory.

[barbkatz]

I was there! Right up at the stage! It was AMAZING! Talk about up close and personal!

[blueflame]

Probably the best live version of great balls of fire they’ve done, that A4 Elton hits at the end is sexy

[mrquail]

He actually hits the “come over” falsetto in all the girls love Alice, wow, the latest I’ve heard him hit it

[daniellikesalbum]

Fantastic show! I love these Face To Face shows.

[mrtelevision]

Elton John Band:
Elton John-Piano, Vocals
John Mahon-Percussion, Vocals
Ken Stacey:Guitar, Vocals
Guy Babylon:Keyboards
Bob Birch:Bass, Vocals
Nigel Olsson-Drums, Vocals
Davey Johnstone-Guitar, Vocals

[jaggass]

It almost sounds like a soundboard recording.

[miserablemozz]

You missed Tiny Dancer off of the song list, after Rocket Man. ✌