Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (1973) With Lyrics!

The opening track of Elton John's 1973 album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," recorded in France. Elton had written the instrumental piece (where the piano starts), then synthesizer engineer David Hentschel wrote and recorded the opening segment using chords and melodies from several of the album's songs, mainly "I've Seen That Movie too," "Ballad of Danny Bailey" and "Candle in the Wind." Producer Gus Dudgeon fused the whole piece with "Love Lies Bleeding," which was originally a separate song, and Elton loved it. Elton then wrote the instrumental segue. He has opened many concerts with this song ever since. Elton John - Piano, Vocals Davey Johnstone - Electric Guitars, Backing Vocals Dee Murray - Bass, Backing Vocals Nigel Olsson - Drums, Backing Vocals David Hentschel - A.R.P. Synthesizer Produced by Gus Dudgeon Words & Music by Elton John & Bernie Taupin ©1973 Dick James Music Limited This upload is taken from the newly remastered box-set.