Bennie and the Jets Lyrics
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
[Verse 2]
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
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
[Chorus]
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Oh, but they're so spaced out
B-B-B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie, she's really keen
[Chorus]
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
[Outro]
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Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
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Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
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About
“Bennie and the Jets” is a song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The song tells of “Bennie and the Jets”, a fictional band of whom Elton 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.
Producer Gus Dudgeon, in keeping with the theme of a band that’s more show than substance, hit upon the idea of turning the original studio track into a fake live song, by simulating crowd noise.
Q&A
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Elton stated in a Rolling Stone interview:
“When I saw the lyrics for ‘Bennie and the Jets,’ I knew it had to be an off-the-wall type song, an R&B-ish kind of sound or a funky sound. The audience sounds were taken from a show we did at the Royal Festival Hall years earlier. The whole thing is very weird.”
Bennie and the Jets is a fictional band the narrator is going to see perform live. Bernie Taupin has always considered himself a storyteller, and Bennie and the Jets, Candy, and Ronnie are characters in the story.
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