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Elton went on Soul Train this song and "Philadelphia Freedom." Gotta do the opening song from the album this song is on: "Funeral for a Friend/Loves Lies Bleeding"--it's 11 minutes long, but takes you on such a rollercoaster you don't even realize it.
I agree it is my favorite Elton John song then Candle In The Wind, what a great opening 3 songs on the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album
He sang this song on Soul Train also. This was like one of the first white singer's song to go number #1 on the soul charts
Song is fantastic...even if it is so long
Watching all the afros bobbin' around him in that performance is hilarious.
I was 10 years old in 1976.....
Ohhh!!! Y'all done did it now!!! This is and will always be a Jam!!! 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 Such a great hit in the R&B community!
Elton John ruled the radio in the seventies. He may be best known these days for his ballads, but his rockers are a lot of fun too -- "Crocodile Rock", "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", "The Bitch Is Back" -- and for something completely different, check out the clip of him performing "Pinball Wizard" from the 1975 Ken Russell film of The Who's 1969 rock opera album Tommy.
All great suggestions!
In the 70's, Elton John was the biggest thing going. This was probably his biggest album. You won't be sorry if you do a deep dive into Elton's music. I don't know which other songs of his you might have done, but essential ones include SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT, ROCKET MAN and GOODBYE YELLOWBRICK ROAD among many, MANY others!
This and Captain Fantastic were his best 2 albums. Check out Curtains. Obscure song but excellent.
@@frogsterjonesiii6482 Wasn’t Goodbye Yellow Brick Road an album?
@@matthawkins8880 I meant the album this song was on, yes.
@@frogsterjonesiii6482 Right, that's my favourite album, just pipping GYBR, and Curtains is a wonderful finish,
Well there was Zeppelin and Floyd. So there's that.
YES!!! One of the BEST Elton John songs; was a young child when this came out; have loved it ever since.
early 70's Elton John is IMO by far his best work! he came in like a freight train!!!!
It's about a futuristic all-girl punk band. Bernie Taupin wrote it as a satire about the rock music scene at the time -- glam rock arena concerts. The Bennie is Bernie's old girlfriend Sally Bennington (electric boots , mohair suit, etc.).
Yes! Thank you!
Ditto 🤟
Welcome to my wonderful childhood, y'all! Summer of 1974, 10 years old, riding the Amusement rides down at the beach, and they were blasting this song all over the place! Great times! Great memories!
You two are a joy to listen to music with!! It feels so good seeing people experience the good stuff for the first time; you are keeping the music alive!
Indeed. The first night I came across y’all videos, last month, y’all were listening to Bohemian Rhapsody, and I’ve been hooked ever since. Enjoy y’all. Definitely got me making up new playlist! Lol👍🏾👍🏾❤️
When he hit the American scene as a solo artist, his music was incredible . We had never heard much piano work like this in a while. This is truly one of his best. There so many more such as: saturday night's alright for fighting, rocket man, goobye yellowbrick road, and my personal favorite funeral for a friend/loe lies bleeding. I always liked his catalog from the 70s better than his 80s work. More rock and roll than pop oriented. Great stuff though!
Hi Don. I know a lot of people prefer his earlier stuff, but I personally love many of those 80s albums, and of course he's gone on to do great work up to the present day. Someone who had two UK #1s in 2021 must be doing something right (even though one was a remix and one a Christmas song with Ed Sheeran!).
Personally, my top two are 'Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding' (from 1973) and 'This Train Don't Stop there Anymore' (from 2001). They change position, I can't really choose. And my #3 is 'The One' from 1992.
I wish reaction channels would dip into his later work from time to time. I do appreciate that many are hearing it for the first time, but this is a multi-decade artist and I'd love to hear some later songs get some love.
Asia and BJ, how about giving those three a whirl? Oh, and someone below mentions 'Sacrifice' (1989) - there's the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s covered! Toss in 'Home Again' from 2013 and we've covered the 10s!
Everything he does is great.
I obviously love his older catalog, but I really love his Believe album as well. I think he and Billy Joel are probably 2 of the best rock pianists from the 70's - 90's.
@@bryansproles2879 they were the 2. 🐐 s
Crocodile Rock.
"Bennie" was one of Elton's biggest hits and requested a zillion times on the radio! 💕🎼😎✌️
Interesting note: Elton didn't think Bennie should be released as the 'single' but was out voted by a record exec. One of the few songs of the 70's that the artist performed on American Bandstand AND Soul Train! Bennie also went on to be a signature song for Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
Serious jam back in the day, y'all! Crossed color boundaries...Elton John magic. 💞
Sad how people separate music with color so sad it’s ignorant
This was a song that was incredibly big with the black communities and R. and B lovers. Sir Elton was and remains amazing. Loved this reaction, Peace.
I’ve always loved this song. This is the song that made me want to learn to play the piano and that was 20 years ago and I’ve been playing the piano ever since.
A MUST HEAR Classic,, Elton John "Levon"
Elton John "Candle In The wind" He wrote in in 1973 for Marilyn Monroe & later sung for Princess Diana's funeral in 1997
Elton John Circle Of Life Lion King (amazing original Lion king tune)
check those 2 out!
Elton John is truly a Legend! He’s had hit after hit after hit. Not many legends left but he’s one of them!!
“Philadelphia Freedom” “The Bitch is Back” and “I’m still standing” are all 🔥 Elton John classics. 👍
“Bennie And The Jets” is about kids fanboying and fangirling over a fictional band called Bennie and the Jets.
A lot of rock songs are meant to be like little movies.
They paint a fictional scene and/or are sung from the point of view of fictional characters talking about fictional things.
Kpop
A real Stan.
Yep, it's just a little made-up narrative that you can day dream about, while you listen to a great music track. Like a lot of pop, the song is the body, and the lyrics are just some clothes it wears - they're well crafted and fun but they're not trying to be T. S. Eliot.
fun fact: the record its on is a concept album, all the songs are meant to be little movies
I remember in the summer of 1975 going to theater to see "Aloha Bobbie and Rose" This was the opening Sound Track. I have never been able to forget it and still flash back every time I hear it. Thank you for this and keep up the good work.
Elton John "The One" and "Sacrifice" (original videos) ❤️
I saw Elton in 1979 in a small theater (3,000 Capacity) I was 13. He played for an an Hour and a half then there was an intermission he came back out and player for another Hour and a half. It was amazing, I still have the program.
Hard to realize that Elton John has been recording hits since the late 60's. Kudos to Bernie Tarpin who still writes the lyics while Elton writes the music. Great combo for all these years!!
Elton John pretty much owned the 70s. SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT, ROCKET MAN, GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, and SACRIFICE are great songs to follow up with.
I listened to this song on repeat, for 14 hours, while I was in labor with my son. 😂
This reached number one on the R&B charts
If I remember right, Elton did this tune on "Soul Train" back in the day. It crossed over a bit.
It crossed over a lot. He was played on radio stations everywhere.
He was also the first white singer on soul train and we loved it
A complete original. Owned the 70s in the US.
Took off after performing at the "Whiskey"in LA. Signed almost immediately.
Swag, style and TALENT.
He really was, and is, absolutely tremendously talented in a way that makes you question how he’s even possible. 😅🤩
actually he performed at The Trubedor (sp) not the Whiskey
@@uncletom618 ok.
THIS is the song that introduced me to Elton John. He is phenomenal!! That is all. Just phenomenal, and we have to thank Bernie Taupin, who who was his long time lyricist.
This is one really good song from Elton John's best studio album Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road. Here are a few others from just this album for you to check out: Funeral For A Friend,/Love Lies Bleeding, This song has no title, Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock and Roll), Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting, and Social Disease.
I wore that album out
Me too and Madman across the Water!!!
Top ten all time album.
What’s wrong with the title track from the that album, of the same name?
@@MrRandyv there isn't a subpar tune on the album. For me it's one of the best albums ever recorded. In the top 10.
I was 8 when this came out. This was the 1st non R&B that I ever listened to. Which paved the way for me to listen to rock n roll.
Sir Elton is a piano playing fool!!
He's showing it all off in this tune!! IMHO 🎹😎🎤
"Harmony" may be my favorite song on this stellar double album, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". The album put Elton back onto the charts in a big way in 1974.
The studio production is what made this song pop and become a hit. The reverb and off timed clapping were intentional. Elton said it was an authentic sound to a live audience who is always a beat off.
I'm not sure but I've always thought that Bennie And The Jets was a musical group with their lead singer being a female named Bennie. She seems to be a trendsetter/celebrity based on the line, "she's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine".
Fun Fact: this song was NOT recorded live. Elton’s record producer, Gus Dudgeon added the live effects to the studio recording. Just recently learned this, myself, on “Professor Of Rock”. You tube channel. Tells you what a good record producer can do.
The producer made it a hit. It was flooping around like a dying fish until the producer juiced it up.
Elton John is a very talented guy! All these songs are taking me back back, and back.. He has made a lot of great music over the years. So young lady and young man, keep them coming! Love it😎💯✌️
Black people heard this song and luved it. I am sure EJ had no clue when he wrote the song it would become #1 R&B. This song sounds just as good as it sounded when I heard it for the first time when I was 13. Check out his performance on soul train. He showed out.
Elton is such a Legend & Icon. He was the first white artist to have a #1 hit on the R&B Charts & the first white artist to perform on Soul Train. Elton once said, "I've always felt like I was a black woman trapped in a white man's body." 😂
Bernie Taupin the supreme wordsmith 👏👏
that piano tho...holy cow!!! One of my faves for decades yall...I said decades!!! This song is a WALL OF SOUND:)
You can’t go wrong with Sir Elton, always great music and from a great album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
I went to this concert...best ever, and oh honey...His Costumes!!! He changed them several times during the show. 😎🤩
Oh, that syncopation! Honestly, it sounds better to me now that it did in the 70's. Great reaction, guys.
That’s so funny. The is my favorite Elton John song.
He’s got an incredible repertoire but there’s something about
this song that is so timeless. 🎹 🎶
Elton did not wanted this song to be released as a single, but he was outvoted because the #1 black radio station in Detroit got it and played it. It became the most requested song. It went on to be a huge R&B hit.
saw him in person. Arie Crown Theatre Chicago 1972-great band
My first concert was Elton in Vancouver 1974. My sis loved him. Thanks you guy's. Great memory for me!!!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦😊
Madman Across the Water is my favorite Elton John song 🔥🔥🔥
Classic party Anthem! 1973 maybe! Elton was his best in the 70’s. I was in 7th grade when this hit.
I always think of my older brother when I hear this song because he played it all of the time back in the day. Love it!
Elton John - “I’m still standing”!!!!
Anytime you hear early Elton, pay attention to the bass. Dee Murray was underrated but one of the best in the business. Still in awe 50 years later at how good he was.
Dang for a minute there instead of a 60 year old in the winter time, I was a teenager cruisin’ & groovin’ with my friends, windows down & warm summer wind blowing in our face! Singing those long ssssss’s! Thanks for that!
Reminds me of summers laying on the beach listening to the juke box. Brings back wonderful memories of about 25 people screaming at the top of their lungs ....Ba ba ba ba ba Bennie and the jetsssssss!
I carried this album with a portable record player out to hang with friends. Way before boom boxes
Fun Fact: Elton John became the first white performer on the tv show Soul Train, in May of 1975, when he performed this song and Philadelphia Freedom.
Elton John has said he didn’t think much of this song at the time he recorded it. He thought it was cool, but he didn’t expect much to come of it. When it went to number one on the Billboard R&B charts, he was shocked. He had never had an R&B hit in his life, and that made him very happy.
Back in the day radio had formats which meant some songs you heard the same time everyday at 7:15am I was taken off with Benny and Jets my mom would let me stop getting ready for school cause she new it was my fave i was 7 or 8. Love this And the black community ate this song for breakfast.
This song is fire!!!! I love Elton John music! I was singing to the top of my lungs!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
great reaction. my fav elton song, he didnt think this was good enough to release as a single, but it went straight to no.1 in the black music charts, and become one his biggest and well known songs
Elton John performed in the United States for the 1st time in August of 1970 at the troubadour theater in Los Angeles on Santa Monica boulevard !
"you're gonna hear electric music solid walls of sound..." great stuff.
One of my favorites. Totally takes me back! Ahh the 70s....
I made my grandson a stuffed bear for Christmas this year and named it Bennie. In honor.
The song tells of "Bennie and the Jets", a fictional band of whom the song's narrator is a fan. In interviews, Taupin has said that the song's lyrics are a satire on the music industry of the 1970s. ... you're gonna hear electric music, solid walls of sound.
His free flowing rhythm on the piano is so funky and jazzy at the same time. Another one you might like is "Honky Cat"
Elton John performed "Bennie and the Jets" live on Soul Train when most people lip synced over athe track and he rocked Soul Train. Also, you should check him out performing it live with Billy Joel, and they're going back and forth on the piano, battling.
One of my favorites because of the piano! Im with Asia on the groove!
I love old Elton back in the day even tho I was a mental head his key board work was incredible incredible
Elton John "are you ready for love " I think it was written by Thom bell ....it doesn't get mentioned enough ,great music and lyrics it's a really uplifting song ...really worth a reaction
p.s. - Bernie Taupin is Elton’s lyricist. He would send Elton words and Elton wrote the music. It’s how they did it from the beginning, Elton in the UK and Bernie in California. They didn’t discuss it, nothing was ever changed. It’s why Taupin’s poetry remains the best ever.
One of my first favorite songs when I was little.. Show n Tell 77
I was 11-13 yrs old 1973-1976. Elton John Sang Dance Tunes of my Junior High Years. Crocodile Rock, Rocket Man Tiny Dancer, Plus Year Jerker of Daniel. His Greatest Performance ? Was Tokyo with Billy Joel true Dynamite America Best Piano Talents !
Two great masterpieces to see live!!
Elton John: Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding(live)
Billy Joel: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Live from Long Island)
Thanks. My favorite by Sir Elton. Way to often overlooked.
4 years before i was born.. already kicking.. great music.
That cover that is the face of the video you are listening to, I have that 2-CD set, Elton John Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002, seriously, just listen to ALL of it! Absolutely worth your time. It is ALWAYS on my iPod, no matter what else I move around, that album never leaves.
"Levon", "Take Me To the Pilot", "Burn Down the Mission", "My Father's Gun", "Crocodile Rock", "Honky Cat", "Elderberry Wine", "Have Mercy On the Criminal", "Daniel", "Rocket Man", "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting".
You are so right when you say he's a musical genius. Saw him on a talk show once when he was asked how long it usually took to put his music to the words & he said it was sometimes in an instant, so the host gave him a cloakroom ticket & Elton immediately hit the keys & sang the the words right off the ticket with loads of musical twists & turns, absolutely brilliant, brought the house down
I had 3 and a half years of piano lessons and quit when I was 10. When I was 13 I discovered Elton John. I got the sheet music for Bennie and the Jet and my piano teacher told me ... good luck, because you get to the part where it says "piano solo" but it's blank.
Asia has a glow to her face after the Superbowl, can you say pie in the face!😆😆
Guys, this song and many others from him pre 1980. Was played on alot of R AND b stations. Yes, he has soul. U go down this hole u may be Their a while
Man, where are the musicians in the world??? Can sing and play an instrument. a true legion !
As Elton was so big in the 70's. It was pop music not Rock and ROLL. a big difference for real rock an rollers. But Elton was great
My favorite Elton John song. I just love it. Sweet memories associated with it.
Bennie and The Jets...a fictional band....it was how we were back in the day, waiting for Hit Parader magazine to come in the mail so we could see what our favs were wearing, etc. Bennie wore electric boots and a mohair suit !
When we saw him live this past October for his Farewell Goodbye Yellowbrick Road tour - this was the show opener. What a way to kick it off, too. So much energy and as Asia says - a suave vibe!!!
But it wasn't till half way through the set when he hit "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (my fav song) that really got my emotions stirred up.
Such an amazing show start to finish! I'm so happy I got to see him one last time - and all because my 18 y.o. son really wanted to see him live - wasn't expecting that, i mean he always liked Elton's songs, but it's not something he's ever really bumping - so I was pretty surprised when he announced he really wanted to go. So it was a father-son evening and was truly a great one.
Omg, I can't take the nostalgia! He opened his show with this, when my son and I saw him a few years ago. Very nearly, if not the best concert I've ever been to 😘
Hi, guys, just an FYI, Elton played keyboards on Bang a Gong which was a big hit by T-Rex.
One of my favorites of his too! 👋 Elton is badass!
Dated a girl back in high school in the mid seventies and when this song came all she could say was TURN IT UP
There is also a video on RUclips, Elton and Cher. Doing Bennie and the Jets now that is a happening…. Two iconic performance together doing this unbelievable song
Imagine being a teenager in the 1970s - long before RUclips or even music videos. Radio is the epicentre of the music industry. There's plenty of light pop on top-40 radio; but almost everything is rock-tinged - distorted guitars are everywhere. And then one day you hear something by a pop singer that's not remotely rock, or folk; nor exactly soul/R&B. But... it's utterly fresh & interesting; and it grooves like _hell!_ That was young me, hearing Bennie & the Jets for the first time, around 1974.
whenever I hear this song I think of the movie "It's Complicated". Meryle Streep is getting ready for a date and she smokes a joint in the bathtub. When she answers the door for her date this song is playing in the background and she is trying to act straight but her head keeps bopping back and forth to the music and her eyes are glazed over.
At 51, and all the memories I have lost over the years, I still have a distinct memory of my surroundings(when and where) of when I first heard this song. It was like discovering a timeless, musical treasure, for all to experience and enjoy. Love this feel good song. Who is Bennie and The Jets? I have no idea, but the name sounds like a performer of some kind. Another great, fun Elton John song is CROCIDILE ROCK.
His *Captain Fantastic* album is indeed fantastic. Every damn cut is great.
Sir Elton is a musical GOAT this song is actually my favorite one he sings because it was actually my introduction to Elton back in the 80s.
I love how he holds onto the s at the end of saying Jetsssssss….
The Yellow Brick Road tour hosted this and two records of all star music material. Absolutely great concert. Absolutely great album! Shoulda seen his wardrobe at the concert...showy, colorful, spectacular in every way. Just love Elton John and the band!