Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Hey kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight's hitting something
That's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around
You're gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Ooh, but they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Hey kids, plug into the faithless
Maybe they're blinded
But Bennie makes them ageless
We shall survive, let us take ourselves along
Where we fight our parents out in the streets
To find who's right and who's wrong
Oh, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Oh, but they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, they're so weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Oh, but they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Jets, Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie
Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
The spotlight's hitting something
That's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around
You're gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Ooh, but they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Hey kids, plug into the faithless
Maybe they're blinded
But Bennie makes them ageless
We shall survive, let us take ourselves along
Where we fight our parents out in the streets
To find who's right and who's wrong
Oh, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Oh, but they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, they're so weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Oh, but they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Jets, Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie
Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
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The song tells of "Benny and the Jets", a fictional band of whom the singer, John, is a supposed fan. In interviews, Taupin has said that the song's lyrics are a satire on the music industry of the 1970s. The greed and glitz of the early '70s music scene is portrayed by Taupin's words:
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around, you're gonna hear electric music, solid walls of sound.
A common coincidence of the song is the fact that Ben Graham, known as Benny, played with the New York Jets leading to the phrase "Benny & the Jets".
insane412- elton is a legend, but I'm afraid he only writes the tunes to his songs, not the lyrics. most lyrics are written by bernie taupin
When this song came out, everyone took notice. It brought people together. I'm emotional thinking about it, because it still has that affect on folks. I remember it playing in record stores, and everyone swayed their bodies to the beat. I played it in the car one night for my rap loving nephew. He was mesmerized by the beat. I've had the pleasure of observing this song's journey across different cultures and generations. Needless to say, it's one of my favorite songs.
I think this song is iconic in it's own way also. Have you ever noticed people sing "she got electric boobs" and really mess up the lyrics while the whole time they are rocking out! LOL
Taupin explained that it was about the clash between the youth who got into GLAM with the arrival of Ziggy Stardust etc. and their parents who had little understanding for them. Bennie And The Jets portrays a glamrock act with its androgyneous lead singer etc. It's definitely a fun song.
This song is about a sci-fi female rock star who is adored by many.
*Note: Bennie and the Jets is a live sounding track, due to the magic of Gus Dudgeon. The song was very popular on black radio, and was subsequently performed on Soul Train by the first white performer: ELTON JOHN!
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Wrong<br /> In interviews, Taupin has said that the song's lyrics are a satire on the music industry of the 1970s. The greed and glitz of the early '70s music scene is portrayed by Taupin's words: <br /> We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around, <br /> you're gonna hear electric music, solid walls of sound.<br /> <br /> <br />
haha
LOL
Best interpretation of a song EVER
@skrouse Right on! <br /> <br /> And don't forget The Farmer in the Dell. What was he doing in the dell? Making meth! That's why he was in the dell, away from prying eyes. And who doesn't know that Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is about opium crystals, concentrated from the star of the orient, the poppy! It is well known that addicts strung out on opium adopt a blank stare into the nighttime sky. The stars become blurred. "Like a diamond in the sky" indeed. London Bridge is Falling Down? What do you suppose they were doing under the bridge? Drugs! The song is about how society is "falling down, falling down" because of drugs. That's why we have to "take the key and lock her up"; i.e., pass more drug laws. And the Alphabet Song? A is for amphetimine, B is for barbituates, C is for crack, D is for dust (as in angel dust)... Well, I could go on, but the point is there isn't an addictive drug known to man that doesn't start with one of those 26 letters. <br /> <br /> Why look to the obvious meaning of the lyrics, the intent of the author, and responsible principles of interpretation when we can import our own lazy meaning into the lyrics and deconstruct them without any regard to history, truth, meaning, or research.
Yes, it's well established that this is about a fictional glamrock band from the early seventies. The song is good, the "live" sound additives are a nice touch including the loud piano acoustics -- but the song has a terrible weakness, and it's not the meaning of the lyrics -- it's the poor enunciation by Elton John. It's impossible to understand most of the lyrics because Elton's singing is so garbled. The only way to decipher the words is to have the written lyrics in front of you. Most of the time Elton enunciates well enough to get by, but this one is an unintelligible jumble, and even oddly pronounced (e.g. "I read it in a maga-ziii-heeeene!"). Still, Elton is brilliant, and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" a masterpiece record.
It's about a band called Bennie And The Jets and the youths who love the band
lunaninja, I'm afraid you are mistaken. The "Benny" Elton is singing about is a female, as you can see in the lyrics...
Sohotritenow:
A) Acid and LSD are the same thing.
B) Elton John DOES NOT write his own lyrics, they were written by Bernie Taupin during this time.
C) People are trying to find too much meaning. It's just a fun song about a rock band.