ELTON JOHN BENNIE AND THE JETS REACTION

[@KingCane007]

I am going to keep this short and sweet, I find myself not wanting to be on this earth any longer but people like you keep me hanging on another day. Day by day, thank you for what you do.

[@cici7333]

Well said. Let's stick around one more day. ☮️💜☮️

[@Niecy70]

Stay well❤❤❤❤❤

[@lynette.]

Hard but true.

[@Mainecoonlady.]

Don’t give up! This world is worth fighting for! Don’t be a casualty of its demise. Be a crusader for its rebirth! ❤️

[@cathysousa1959]

@@Mainecoonlady. you're still winning 🌺🏝🏖🌊🐬🐟🐟🐋🐳❤

[@RicoBurghFan]

The whole Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album is ridiculously good.

[@victoriabarr255]

I’m on my third vinyl and second CD, mind you it has been 47 years.

[@carolgerlt7183]

I had the vinyl first. I then got an 8 track tape for my car. I now have a cd. Great music!!

[@debjorgo]

The whole album is killer! And it's a double album.

[@wpollock1]

@@carolgerlt7183 Same here....now I have it digitally....love them all!

[@turdferguson400]

@@victoriabarr255 OMG, mate! That is SERIOUS love! Good for you! I’m wondering how many styluses you wore out?? 😂😂👍💖💖

[@abc456f]

How many great songs does he have? Yes.

[@lonedinosaur13]

So so many!

[@nmontesinos67]

Hundreds

[@Bethi4WFH]

Every single one he ever recorded!

[@richardvincelette9741]

One of my childhood favorite songs along with “Crocodile Rock”

[@sereneamani1713]

YES!

[@bethshadid2087]

Love it 💗

[@leannewilson7184]

Wasn’t that on Muppets Show early on ?

[@breckrichardson390]

That's one of my least favorite Elton John songs -- that and a few from the '80s -- always got on my nerves. But besides that one, I like pretty much everything he did in the '70s.

[@suem6004]

The first 45 record I remember putting on the ‘portable’ turntable. Remember putting the plastic piece so it would fit on the turntable?

[@Gulicktheemu]

The opening chord is such a signature of this song. As soon. As you hear that first chord, your ready for it. ✌🏽

[@chrissimon9879]

This is not live. It’s a studio trick they employed to simulate a live Benny and the Jets concert feel for the song. This whole album is an audiophiles dream.

[@homeone4054]

It is one of the best sounding albums ever recorded

[@Lee-wh2bg]

So true. For me 'Yellow Brick Road' is Elton's masterpiece.

[@teresapack4788]

Says who!!

[@teresapack4788]

I think this is live...greatest album!!!

[@TheCkent100]

This album was remastered a number of years ago for SACD. Full 5.1 channel surround sound! Listening to the entire album in full surround will give you a new appreciation for Elton and this album. If you can find it and have a means to play it on an SACD compatible player, you should definitely do it.

[@blackprix]

Saw Elton John in the 70s and he started his concert with this unbelievable song… It was a concert to go down in the ages! And Benny and the Jets got that crowd so wound up, 15,000 people never sat down through the whole thing

[@enabrawner71]

Going to see him in April. So excited!

[@daleporter8997]

Yeah I saw him in central park for free with lots and lots of people, he wore his duck outfit and played don't let the sun go on me as the sun was going down, it was a great concert!

[@lesliesylvan]

Thank you for extending that day's pleasure , vicariously, to us! Sounds like your memories bring you back, as though it were today!

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

@@lesliesylvan yes! Agreed! Bet that was spectacular!!

[@KTRS]

Taupin writes the lyrics & Elton writes the music. I’d be willing to bet Elton came up with B-B-B-Benny. Elton John was a child piano prodigy.

[@yourebusted5786]

Great songwriting duo. Just like the Gershwins. When you think about it, what an accomplishment to have so many good songs written that way.

[@karenward267]

Who attended the Royal Academy of Music as he was that good.

[@fleetskipper1810]

The piano is just an extension of Elton in every way. He didn’t even have to think about playing it. It’s almost like it played itself.

[@TheRealSweetcherryo]

Captain Fantastic and the brown dirt Cowboy from the end of the world to your town.....

[@carlosmejido3244]

Elton did come up with the B-B-B-Bennie. Actually Bernie has said that he hates he didn’t came up with the coolest part of the song. Supposedly the song is a satire to the music industry and how it wanted to change the image and electronic sounds over the art of it

[@AE-xs5ze]

How the heck did you get to be such a joyful soul? You are fun to watch and we get to hear great songs!

[@pollymiller623]

I love how you actually FEEL the music..that's how you know when it's good!😄

[@rmf9522]

I love Elton John's music! Got to see him in concert a few years ago and had seats facing him and that grand piano. I bowed to him during the ovation and he bowed right back at me. Made my day!

[@cw5451]

So COOL! Love that image! 💜 I had similar moments with Barry Manilow, Willie Nelson, and David Bowie. Now that I think about it, how fortunate was I???

[@SF_Bud]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was a double album and there's not a bad song on it. This was Elton at his peak. He had TWO Greatest Hits albums by the time he was 30! He's had over 50 Top Forty hits and has sold over 300 Million records. As usual for their 70's songs, Elton wrote the music and Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics. Keep going with the EJ! Never get tired of hearing his music, especially his 70's songs. Thankss for listening and sharing! Peace from SF

[@kaiakreations]

I can always tell when you are over-the-top loving a song. • You get your in-chair-groove going from shoulders and all the way down. • Your face lights up like a kid in in a candy shop • The ooos & aahhhs join in 🤣 • you start that fun tickled-to-death laugh right before hitting pause to share with us Guess what Jovaughn, we've already seen your reaction and know how much you love it... We are grooving right along with you!! Ha! You are so fun to watch, my friend 😎

[@robdaviesprogm]

Thoughts: As previously stated, this was a studio recording made to sound like a live show. Gus Dudgeon, the producer who was responsible for producing all of Elton's recordings from 1970-76 and 1985-86, heard Elton play that chord at the beginning as a count-in for the band. He thought it sounded like something someone would do at a live show, so he added in some applause and hand-claps from a 1972 Elton concert and a Jimi Hendrix concert, plus some extra whoops and whistles from the studio tea-boy, and then added a load of reverb and delay to make it sound like it was recorded in a concert hall. Elton didn't initially think much of this song, and has never seen it as a hit. In early 1974, when the third single from the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album was due to come out, Elton wanted "Candle in the Wind" released in the US and Canada as it had been the third single in the rest of the world. However, his North American record company, MCA, wanted to put out "Bennie and the Jets". Elton fought them tooth-and-nail on it, until finally they told him (truthfully), that it was the #1 R&B record on Detroit radio. Being a huge R&B fan himself, Elton was floored by this news, and gave the go-ahead to release it. The song became his second US #1 single, and got him an invitation to perform on Soul Train (a first for a white artist). There's barely been a tour since 1974 where Elton hasn't played this song. He often extends it to 10 minutes or more, performing an extended solo during the second half, complete with some incredible piano acrobatics. I strongly suggest checking out his 1984 performance of this song at Wembley Stadium. That instrument you were hearing at the end is a Farfisfa organ. It was performed by Elton on the record, though in concert, that part is played either by guitarist Davey Johnstone (on electric guitar instead of organ) or by whatever keyboardist he has with him. Elton used Farfisfa organ on a number of his recordings around this time, most notably on "Crocodile Rock".

[@Lee-wh2bg]

Great post and absolutely true (I'm an Elton fan). Everyone I used to hang with on the southside of Chi was into this cut. Black radio fell in love with him just like we did and played his music. Specifically when 'The B**ch Is Back' was released - white radio wouldn't touch it, but we were into it big time. There are many instances of black radio playing music by white artists that white radio would not play for one reason or another, mostly censorship.

[@disconsolatemoose6637]

EJ had one of the best backing bands during the first half of the 70's as well. Some fantastic albums.

[@fleetskipper1810]

Thanks for these great post, you all. I never knew any of this stuff. It makes listening again all the better.

[@SamShortzYT]

You've gotta do Honky Cat by Elton John next, it's got such a groove to it!

[@bethshadid2087]

Good one 👍

[@susanmaggiora4800]

Sam R Get back...

[@bluebear1985]

There's a clip somewhere of him doing this song on the popular music show "Soul Train". It was a great performance. He also did "Philadelphia Freedom" on that episode.

[@sabrinamarkos7099]

This was Elton's biggest R&B hit. He even performed it on Soul Train. I turned my R&B only family to Elton when this song came out. They still love him!

[@michaellebow7420]

This is peak Elton, especially the vocal at the end. Heard this song so many times and never tire of it.

[@nancyadams1105]

Elton John can really play the piano. This is such a cool song. 🎹

[@TraceyL.ByeByeLvTheCars]

Someone Saved My Life Tonight is another great song by Elton...

[@amyferguson7429]

Bbbbbbennyyyyy and the jets!! Love it!! ☮️

[@lesliesylvan]

Elton John. Genius . . .

[@paddyofurniture705]

Man, you pulling out some dynamite.lyrics are kickass. Someone saved My life Tonight another Epic Elton tune

[@yvetteadshead4212]

I love that one

[@heatherthompson8837]

Yes (Someone Saved My Life Tonight)! Also, Philadelphia Freedom.

[@BigC.]

One of his absolute best!

[@mingshp]

Elton John has so many great hits you could spend an entire week or more to just react to his songs.

[@sfbayareagirl]

First concert I saw at about age 12. This song was not live, they added the live sounds for effect. Bernie Taupin wrote nearly all of Elton John’s lyrics for years. He’d come up w them, hand em over to Elton who put a melody to them on piano and they took it from there.

[@enabrawner71]

Love Elton! 🐞

[@texaslyoness8537]

An absolutely fabulous song!!! One of Elton’s best. 🏆

[@LisaMarieD]

"How many great songs does this guy have?" You haven't even scratched the surface my friend! Saturday night's alright for fighting is a fun one!

[@bryanstarke2931]

One of the BEST Elton John songs! 😎

[@jamarrhubbard7426]

I was in the 7 or 8th grade and remember singing this on the school bus!!! "She's got electric boots! A mohair suit you know I read it in a magazine ohh!!!!🎶 BBBBenny and the jets🎶🎶" Great selection and awesome reaction!!!

[@ateszonnebeld1069]

Oh yes, this one is in a movie from my youth, My Girl 2. Great, thanks. Elton John's "Candle in the wind" during princess Diana's funeral is the one I really love the most.

[@bethshadid2087]

Shoot forgot about My Girl 2 with this song 🤦. Love Candle in the wind 💗

[@ateszonnebeld1069]

@@bethshadid2087 Nick and Vada❤️

[@bethshadid2087]

@@ateszonnebeld1069 yup. Love both of the movies but the second one had much better music imo 😁

[@ateszonnebeld1069]

@@bethshadid2087 I agree

[@yumyumjvp1]

Yess! there you go with another one of my favorites! I love all of Elton John's songs this one, YEllow brick road, and Little Jeannie.....mehn they take me to a whole other level!!! thanks as always!

[@kaiakreations]

For those that will get to see Sir Elton John this year on his final tour, how I envy you. You will have such a blast because this man was born to perform and it will be a spectacular show from start to finish. I've seen Elton 3 times now. I was trying to get tickets for New York ~ I want to treat my daughter as her NYU Masters graduation gift ~ but having trouble snagging the close seats without the huge costs He will not disappoint. Y'all have fun!

[@joshuasegundo459]

Jovaughn this song has gotten stuck in millions of heads welcome to the team

[@jimpower4884]

Hey Jay you said " How many great songs does this man have?" I say to you Bro that since 1974 when I first heard Crocodile Rock, I'm not sure I've heard a one that isnt great!!🤣

[@texaslyoness8537]

🐊 Yes, I remember he said it was coming up soon, but that was some time back.

[@Bethi4WFH]

Every single one is great......never a bad song, or performance............just a superb entertainer!

[@jeffreykennedy1266]

Bennie has got to be my favourite Elton John song of all time… 😁

[@cvanz]

Hearing the remastered version reminds me of what me and my friends THOUGHT the lyrics were when we were kids: "She's got electric boots" we thought was "She's got electric boobs..."

[@bethshadid2087]

Me too 🤷😁. Also imagine The Jetsons every time for some reason 🤦

[@clashfan2875]

LOL! I always used to say Elton was one of the reasons they invented liner notes on albums.

[@lisarainbow9703]

Lol.....yep!

[@ronsmith5572]

Elton John - Sad Song ( say so much ) from the 1984 album Breaking Hearts . Video filmed in Rushcutters , Sydney Australia

[@kayew5492]

Suddenly I was a teenager again, singing along. Great song, great memories, great reaction Jay.

[@sereneamani1713]

This was one of the songs that I and my children sang together when they were small. LOVE IT!

[@ellem686]

He opened up with this song on his Farewell tour. It was so cool.

[@kwanshiyin]

When this song first came out I was young enough for the line " where we fight our parents out in the streets to find who's right and who's wrong" to be a distinct possibility. This is still one of my favorite albums.

[@HappyValleyDreamin]

Love this one💕💕💕Someone Saved My Life Tonight also is amazing!

[@TheOfficer450]

Elton John is in my opinion the most talented piano player in modern music history

[@Wizard-qh8ef]

He is definitely up there for sure, definitely a master, but I honestly think Billy Joel is the best piano play in modern music history, you should see some of his songs like Root Beer Rag, Angry Young Man and New York State of Mind

[@rvonnerussell3738]

Genius!!!

[@turdferguson400]

Agreed. Absolutely superb. 👍👍👍💖

[@turdferguson400]

@@Wizard-qh8ef I think you’re right too. I don’t think I could honestly choose between them. 💖💖💖👍

[@lreadlResurrected]

You may well be right. Let's not forget some others who ain't too shabby, either. Like Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Stevie Wonder, Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Nicky Hopkins, Leon Russell, and if you really want to go back, a guy named Liberace could tinkle some nice ivories.

[@judyd6414]

How ever many songs he has.... that's how many of them are great!! 🌠🌟💫

[@dalebaker9109]

Elton does another masterpiece, love his songs, one of the all times greats. Super smooth greatness, and Jovaughn’s loving it big.

[@lreadlResurrected]

This was not a live recording, they just added the crowd effects in the recording. I might suggest doing a couple of deep tracks from this album, like Grey Seal and All The Girls Love Alice. Happy listening.

[@erice.214]

In my opinion (which means little) "All The Girls Love Alice" is the best song on the album. Good choice.

[@sfbayareagirl]

Ha, I just posted nearly the same thing. Cheers! : )

[@bkm2797]

All the girls love Alice is a good one.

[@wpollock1]

I always loved The Ballad of Danny Bailey best....but they are all good!

[@bkm2797]

@@wpollock1 loved that one too! Elton and Bernie are a dream come true for all of us.

[@lilys7431]

Your enjoyment lifts my heart 💜 Thank you. As for how many great songs does Elton John have?? All of them in my humble opinion.

[@keithjones6023]

I remember hearing this song for the first time when I bought the album, it's a tune that grabs you and doesn't let go! Sure l read it topped the R&B chart at the time!

[@BigC.]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road should be next. Already covered! Thanks!

[@ateszonnebeld1069]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJCZaJ6be7V1qbs Oh yes, he did.

[@kathyjam2482]

This is such a JAM I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@blackbutterfly243]

OMG OMG OMG...I Love this song!!!! Thank you!!!

[@shelleyUSATX]

Elton is the best. He is on my bucket list. To see a concert before I go. My terrible health makes that a scary thought. :-) Love your reaction!

[@vickielewallen3799]

Always great watching you discover and enjoy the music that was back then, it was a great era(?) for music, fun watching you hear it for the first time. And Elton John was/is sooo talented. Bernie Taupin, too. Great reaction, as always!

[@davidduxbury7530]

BTW...your joy and humility is brilliant,keep doing what you do so well!!!🤗🤗🤗

[@kellyjimenez8984]

Love this song!!

[@dodyledger8587]

J Thanks for making my day with Sir Elton the consummate entertainer -- I've seen him a half a dozen times - my all time favorite hands down.

[@connieleighton4375]

This has always been one of my favorite Elton songs, there are sooo many great songs to choose from with him you simply cannot go wrong with any of his music...♡

[@TheMike_I]

Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding from the same album is a masterpiece :)

[@Kim-hc5si]

Not many were born with his kind of talent. It’s just so extraordinary and I wish I wasn’t so used to it after all these years. Dang, he was/is so, so good. ❤️

[@MegaEaglelover]

A Definite Classic Right Here

[@Eowyn187]

You cannot ever go wrong with Elton. *Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy* is freaking great.

[@QueenofheartsWA]

You know I love Elton John. I still sing his songs with the words we all had to make up before we could look up lyrics. I will put in this request again, I have to. Someone Saved My Life Tonight- Sir Elton.

[@davidduxbury7530]

Gosh!!!This takes me baaaaccckk,fabulous......thank you!!!🤗

[@herbarndt1819]

My brother bought this double album when I was in high school, back in the mid seventies. I used to listen to it quite a bit. There are a lot of really great songs on it.

[@Dianne-g2k]

I saw him in concert...He sang it all.This too!!❤ Long time ago💕He was insanely talented and still is.

[@CaroleHaddon]

This is one of my faves! Back in the day I worked with a kid named Benny, whenever I was looking for him, I'd sing the high part.. 🎤🎶"Benny! Benny! Benny! Benny and the Je-e-et-sssss"🎶

[@UncleCharlie111x2]

Decades of hits with Elton John amazing!

[@otisdylan9532]

I still think your next Elton song should be either "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", but "Crocodile Rock" is good too. Elton has so many good songs that it takes time to get to all of them.

[@cw5451]

He already did “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.” 😊

[@otisdylan9532]

@@cw5451 You're right. Thanks for fixing that for me.

[@Sheri2604]

Love Elton John!!!! Saw him in concert about 10 years ago. It was great!

[@juliebowness3299]

As one of those recommending this song (amongst other Elton songs) I'm so happy you finally got around to reacting to it. I just listened twice as I love this song so much. I never realised this was not a live recording, and always wanted to be the one who does the loud whistle ! Sort of genius to do it as if it was a live recording, but then that's Elton all over. One of my favourite reactions J

[@joannparker1977]

I was in high school and all the girls knew every single word to this song! “She’s got Electric boots, a Mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine, yeah B B B B Bennie and the Jetszzzz” Check out “The Bitch is Back” Elton John has dozens of great songs. Listen to them all.

[@virginiaaguilar3648]

Omg I’m so glad you’re doing this song. I only wish you were watching the Soul Train version of Elton performing on there. It’s on KZbin

[@blackprix]

Taupen Was his songwriter, they collaborated on basically most of those top hits.

[@OronOfMontreal]

Taupin only wrote the lyrics. Or, more appropriately, Taupin wrote only the lyrics.

[@wrldchamps04]

In one of the more unique ways of collaborating.... remarkable

[@marinamartinez6886]

One of my all time favorites, the whole album is great. Brings back great memories.

[@carolclements1275]

When I heard this song in the 70s I was really tripped out. I had never heard him before. But he can sure make good music👍👍 thanks Jay😍😍😍

[@micheledash7269]

Crocodile rock was my favorite upbeat Elton song.

[@bethenya7338]

Elton John is a class act love his music and all his performances

[@umair111]

You'll never run out of Elton, he has literally more than 100 great songs!

[@Jody525252]

I can listen to this song over and over,! It gives me the same feeling now as it did in the 70's.....💕

[@SpottedQ]

Iconic. Got regular airplay for 30 years. This and "Someone saved my life tonight" are faves.

[@sheilapascarella]

thank you for doing my music...havent heard for a long time.....you made my day, and yes Elton is awesome, and and awesome human being!!!

[@dannycasson1551]

Are you kidding? I’ve had the chorus stuck in my head for decades... and I love it! One of my favorites by this legend. 🎵

[@garylindsey5174]

Great album!

[@janiemarshall7928]

No you can not comprehend Sir Elton John's genius. Please react to "Someone saved my life tonight", by Elton. The song is so very sad, and BEAUTIFUL at the same time. FYI: "Someone saved my life tonight", is based on a true life experience, Elton contemplated commiting suicide one night, and a friend saved his life. Yourauntie.

[@straightener2001]

Truly an icon. Many hits back in the FM radio days, before CD's.

[@cocod594]

I love love love this song! I worked with kids from the projects, in hospitals, shelter centers for 40 years and all of my kids knew this song and Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Old OakTree! (Also my ex husband and and I took each of my younger sisters to his concerts - he was wearing his big fancy sunglasses then. I’m 75 years old now!

[@cheryl83]

I saw him in Detroit in October of 2018 on the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which he is STILL on. Supposed to come through again in February. Yes he is that good live. The sound was perfect. He sang perfectly. What an awesome concert. Omg.

[@clarencedixon3290]

One of my favorite Elton John songs. I remember seeing him on Soul Train as a kid in the 70s. It was a surprise while it was a jam. Good times✊🏾👍🏾

[@cheripetty1805]

About 15 years ago, I was the Switchboard Operator in a 4◇ Hotel when Elton came to town. My position required me to give wake up calls to an incredible array of famous people. One was Davey Johnston, EJs long serving guitarist. I wished him well for the Sold-Out show later that night. He asked if I were going, and I said I had tried but failed to secure a very Hot Ticket. Later that morning, he came down in person to the front desk and gifted me a ticket on the floor, just off-center 6th row! I of course had the time of my life, and will especially fondly recall dancing to BENNY & THE JETS. I felt like I was 2 feet off the ground the whole time. I was quite uninhibited to express my feelings through dance with many eyes on me. I stood out because I was standing up in a silver-Haired sit-down crowd of his aging fans. It was magical! Elton Played, I danced, and it felt like he was doing that song especially for me! That is what makes ELTON☆JOHN the SUPERSTAR that he is. All the greats can make YOU feel like they are doing JUST for YOU! (Robert Plant of Led Zep has talked about how he tried to look into EVERY set of eyes that he could see in the audience to establish that personal connection with every fan)

[@heidi6063]

So glad I got to grow up listening to Elton John...what a talent! Love your reaction!

[@cariaus3758]

Fantastic, he's a legend!

[@Check_Please]

From google: " "Bennie" is a female character who Elton has described as a "sci-fi rock goddess." Bernie Taupin, who wrote the lyrics, told Esquire, "'Bennie And The Jets' was almost Orwellian - it was supposed to be futuristic. They were supposed to be a prototypical female rock 'n' roll band out of science fiction. Automatons."

[@sharonpreston4925]

One of my favorites of his. I'm so glad you got to it!

[@toddburton6570]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE that you are turned onto my "old school" tunes. Even Classical tunes. You are an inspiration and a "bridge," which is exactly what we need right now. 'Love it!

[@juliedaly9897]

Awwww Yeees.... Love this song...... One of my fave Elton John songs. ❤️

[@marshallmom1962]

Elton comes in, he ALWAYS delivers. I saw him in concert in the 80s...the BEST concert I have EVER been to! He is truly the only living king of Rock/Pop.

[@carolthomson9099]

Every chance I get I see Elton, I love he and Bernie's songs they are the sound of my youth. Their songs got.me.through good and bad times in my life. I can't express how much I love them 😊 check out any and all Elton songs ha try Sacrifice, Wrap her up, I want love, Healing hands and.Your song to name but only a few .

[@cynthiawilliams1948]

I had to comment on this one. THIS song come out when I was in high school. This is my favorite Elton John song---back then we learned the words to the whole song. Can't help but like it.