First Time Hearing | Elton John - Bennie and the Jets Reaction

[@donnaneville192]

Sir Elton John never disappoints! Mohair is fabric made from yarn made from angora goats. It is a very old fabric type, was used a lot for suits, scarves, hats and coats.

[@jonatasmedeiros6408]

Love how we YEARS, MAYBE DECADES, have the same vibe about a song

[@johnandrews3151]

This song hit #1 on both the Pop and Soul Charts making Elton John the first Caucasian artist after Elvis to hit #1 on the Soul Chart!😮😊

[@terrancebrown87]

So the second Caucasian artist.

[@brasco96wired67]

How does a person get that talented? Player, singer, composer and performer, what can this guy not do.

[@kathyjam2482]

I love this song it is a JAM!

[@michaelfortuna26]

Mohair is a type of wool from the hair of the Angora goat. Garments made from this type of fabric tends to be very expensive and unlike other cheaper wool garments, they tend not to be itchy on the skin

[@LeftysLefty]

My fave Elton John!

[@ruanniemann2604]

This is one of my favorites ❤

[@gallery963]

Elton is my GOAT. Glad you are enjoying his music. Would like to hear your reaction to "Ticking"

[@christineschmidt8501]

A rather splendid rabbit hole to go down into.

[@johntreboryen1149]

You're correct about the fatted calf quote from the Bible, it's the parable of the Prodigal Son. Back to the song though, Eltons performances are unique & when live always seem different each time, however you really need to listen to the studio recording to get the full range of Eltons voice & piano playing which borders on Honky Tonk

[@tc1901]

My favorite Elton John song.

[@Danishwoman78]

Love Elton❤ seen him live twice here in Denmark 😄

[@gallery963]

This song hit No. 1 on the R&B charts.

[@tammyharper4152]

Elton John is one of my favorite singer of all time

[@dustinj11977]

Great now my friends are gonna be mad that I'm randomly screeching B-B-B-Benny and the jets all day again.

[@melziedee]

Mohair is a type of wool.

[@GittePetersen-y8x]

Yes very soft wool

[@marksterner7532]

This is a track off of the double album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", which I think is Elton's best. There are so many fantastic songs on that album - Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, the title track, Candle in the Wind, Sweet Painted Lady, Gray Seal, to name a few. Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is Elton's and Bernie's opus.

[@beedeegee9374]

Fabulous album!

[@DonaldWoods-h5r]

You should check out Elton's live version of ' Hercules' from live show Wembley 1984 , Breaking Hearts tour .

[@quinjesuis9187]

I love song ❤️‍🔥

[@danielferguson3784]

Mohair is a wool from a type of goat, which when made into suite cloth gives it a sort of smooth sheen, very popular around the time of this music, i e 50's/60's onwards. Bennie & the jets is an imaginary pop group of the era.

[@awezman]

Mohair is specifically yarn or fabric made from the hair of an Angora Goat.

[@howiedavis2316]

A couple of comments: The idiom “kill the fatted calf” dates back 2000 years to a story that Jesus made up, The Parable of the Prodigal Son. In the story, the father kills the fatted calf so that they can have a big celebration and eat tasty, tasty veal. Mohair refers to a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat. These boots coupled with a mohair suit exemplifies the flash and extravagance of the 70s music scene and the artists, even Elton himself. The ‘60s and '70s were a time of huge generational struggles, where kids rebelled against their parents. This came not just in countercultural activities, drugs, and free love, but also in kids liking new music and defending its value to their parents. In a more literal sense, it could refer to the Vietnam War and other issues of the day that pitted the younger generation against the older in protests on the street.

[@kellynoble-putt4134]

Please watch the 1980 Central Park concert version. He adds all kinds of extreme piano solo to it and a little faster tempo. Total showmanship on display and you'll really get to see what an incredible musician he is.

[@sylvanaire]

I’ve loved this song since it came out ‘74, but to this day, I have no idea what the words to the song are, except for the title! Good thing you pulled the lyrics up to read along with the song or you’d have no idea either, lol.

[@antoniocunha8772]

elton have soul my channel , he is a god music

[@jrcarter312]

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[@MrBigruss1988]

Posted on another video but if Coheed & Cambria blew your mind check out Turn Soonest To The Sea by Protest The Hero. Their song Heretics & Killers got me hooked, but Turn Soonest was the big eye opener for me

[@fjdoucet1465]

Elton lost the upper range of his voice in the eighties through general mistreatment (and he was reportedly smoking a lot of weed at the time, as well as consuming copious amount of cocaine, which surely did not help). It's a musical tragedy, because his falsetto voice was one of the most marvellous I have ever heard in popular music. It was truly a thing of beauty.

[@lisaborel7714]

Studio version is much cleaner. 😊

[@stevenmonte7397]

yeah, that studio version is so classic!

[@robinbeerman4726]

Yes it's in the bible.

[@celestelittek7360]

The fatted calf was killed to welcome home prodigal son.

[@Needamuz]

Lil Mabu - Trip to the hood , please do another vid

[@RJS1974]

The studio recording is dope with his original band. The album cut is far superior to this live version.

[@johnandrews3151]

The #1 single version is much better.

[@arktemperedoreo9482]

Hahah 6:54 Yeah. Cocaine

[@richardgallegos5624]

nobody understands the words to this song lol

[@Pfsif]

If you read the lyrics it makes no sense.