He wasn’t crossing over in 1975. He was invited on to Soul Train because from 1973 when the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released black radio stations across America started playing Bennie and the Jets. Then the record company told Elton they wanted to release it as a single. Elton didn’t want it released but changed his mind when they told him it was #1 on the RnB charts.
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." 😂
I'm a white boy who grew up on Soul Train and love y'all👍👍Nicely played! Uncle Ted is right...Elton was way ahead of his time. Off the album Goodbye Yellow brick Road. Pick a track!!! Spread the love Guys😎🇺🇸
I was watching that as it was playing on TV. We watched it every week along with American Bandstand, and any show that had musical guests on because the 70’s were the best years for ALLl types of music.
More so about a fictional band called Bennie and the Jets. The lyrics are basically fans fangirling/fanboying about Bennie and the Jets. Like there is a conversation perhaps outside of a venue,"Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet? Oh but they're so spaced out. Bennie and the Jets. Oh but they're weird and they're wonderful. Oh Bennie she's really keen.". And talking about Bennie's outfit and reading about her in a magazine.
I was 18 when this came out.. And my memories to this are AMAZING!! LIVING LIFE Without a care in the world!! Love your channel guys. 😘 ☮️And 💗 from the 🇬🇧
You’re right. Elton was born with incredible musical talent and we’re lucky to have enjoyed it all these years. Blues, jazz, rock, soul, funk, balads, he could even do a little country. He did it all! There’s not a song I don’t love. Thx for 😊reacting. ❤
I grew up listening to EJ. My dad listened to the album this came from, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, all the time in his car. Until now I never knew he was on Soul Train (Elton John that is, not my dad). Live too and dressed as a leprechaun! Remarkable talent.
My main men Mojo and Uncle Ted! Elton dressed like a leprechaun on Soul Train, what a sight. The pinball piano I'm sure came on the heels of Elton's appearance in the film adaptation of the Who's "Tommy" as the Pinball Wizard.
I love this so much. Absolutlely love seeing you and your uncle interacting together. We need more intergenerational interactions like this. I'm 56 and was 9 when this song came out and loved it even then, and have loved Elton my entire life. Thank you.
The song is about a fictional band that's who Bennie and the Jets are. Bernie the lyricist has said 'it was supposed to be futuristic. They were supposed to be a prototypical female rock 'n' roll band out of science fiction. Automatons.' Elton has described Bennie as a 'sci-fi rock goddess'
It makes me proud to be British that - The Stones, Beatles, Bowie were pushing black music in the US. What an irony. The music they loved in the 60s. Look up Bowie's interview in 83 with MTV asking why there were no black artists on the channel.
Fab review 🎉. Thanks so much for that 💕. Benny and the Jets is my favourite Elton track 😊. Loved it. Also, when you guys left, the sax playing in the background was great 😊 ♥.
I've got tickets to Elton John's show next week for his farewell tour. Looking forward to it. To answer your question this is Wikipedia definition of the song was about... "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.[citation needed] The greed and glitz of the early 1970s 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. Taupin also goes on to describe the flashy wardrobe of "Bennie", the leader of the band: She's got electric boots, a mohair suitYou know I read it in a magazine Ohh... " Always dig the reactions from you both. Please keep them coming!
I LOVE your Dad and how he says that the music (in this case, the funky "Bennie..." ) was already popular in certain clubs and homes and then it gained popularity. Music, to me, crosses all boundaries. It's without race, without religion, without sex. Good music just IS. It's the be all and end all. What a wonderful video of you two.
Fun Fact: It was Donnie Simpson who played this track on the radio 📻 first! It is how people started to groove to his music that got him on the R&B charts....I have to admit, the song Mary J Blige did, when she sampled his track, is pretty good too! Actually, it was not a sampled track but Elton there recording this song with Mary while playing....
Getting invited onto Soul Train meant a lot to a lot of people. Elton didn't write many lyrics but he put them to music as well as anyone ever! In those day's Black Americans were more apt to admit they enjoyed some Elton, Peter Frampton, the Beatles or The Allman Brothers (for instance) then White Americans would admit to enjoying some Motown or some "Philly sound". Real music lovers don't discriminate and neither do real musicians imo!
Elton is the goat he is beyond talented. Suggestion to react to Allen Stone does a cover of Is this love a cover of the Bob Marley song. Allen also has made quite a few albums himself. Blue eyed soul. Check him out you won’t be sorry.
I see y’all pay attention to detail what you really want to do is pull up the one at the Hollywood bowl that same year or the London concert just see how he does this live as you know soul train is pre-recorded and lip-synching, but he still puts on a good show…. Nice guys.
I love how percussive Elton’s playing is on this song! He’s on fire! I don’t believe you’ve reacted to America. If not, I’d love to throw one out there for future consideration-the America song “Tin Man.” I guarantee you that Uncle Ted not only knows it but also has a great story about it! ☺️
Elton's style is extremely percussive. Billy Joel after touring with him spoke about how Elton plays his piano like percussion instrument. Saying that 'Elton kicks my ass on the piano' and 'You don’t strum a piano. You don’t bow a piano. You bang and strike a piano. You beat the shit out of a piano. Elton knows exactly how to do that - he always had that rhythmic, very African, syncopated style that comes from being well versed in gospel and good old R&B'
was brother doing a line off the table at 6:00 hahahaha
Elton was soulful, brilliant, creative and utterly original. Such talent.
And he was cute while young, too.
He wasn’t crossing over in 1975. He was invited on to Soul Train because from 1973 when the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released black radio stations across America started playing Bennie and the Jets. Then the record company told Elton they wanted to release it as a single. Elton didn’t want it released but changed his mind when they told him it was #1 on the RnB charts.
Actually he asked the late great Don Cornelius to be on the show.
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." 😂
What about Elvis?
I'm a white boy who grew up on Soul Train and love y'all👍👍Nicely played! Uncle Ted is right...Elton was way ahead of his time. Off the album Goodbye Yellow brick Road. Pick a track!!! Spread the love Guys😎🇺🇸
THANK 😊 U for riding with us
I saw Elton John live in Detroit a few weeks ago. He STILL has it, all of it.
Good to hear. We got tickets to the show next week here in our area.
This was my jam ! 👏🏾
Man CTA hasn’t changed 😂 shoutout from Chicago
I was watching that as it was playing on TV. We watched it every week along with American Bandstand, and any show that had musical guests on because the 70’s were the best years for ALLl types of music.
More so about a fictional band called Bennie and the Jets. The lyrics are basically fans fangirling/fanboying about Bennie and the Jets. Like there is a conversation perhaps outside of a venue,"Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet? Oh but they're so spaced out. Bennie and the Jets. Oh but they're weird and they're wonderful. Oh Bennie she's really keen.". And talking about Bennie's outfit and reading about her in a magazine.
God I miss Elton's falsetto voice. It was fabulous.
I was 18 when this came out.. And my memories to this are AMAZING!! LIVING LIFE Without a care in the world!!
Love your channel guys. 😘
☮️And 💗 from the 🇬🇧
You’re right. Elton was born with incredible musical talent and we’re lucky to have enjoyed it all these years. Blues, jazz, rock, soul, funk, balads, he could even do a little country. He did it all! There’s not a song I don’t love. Thx for 😊reacting. ❤
I grew up listening to EJ. My dad listened to the album this came from, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, all the time in his car. Until now I never knew he was on Soul Train (Elton John that is, not my dad). Live too and dressed as a leprechaun! Remarkable talent.
My main men Mojo and Uncle Ted! Elton dressed like a leprechaun on Soul Train, what a sight. The pinball piano I'm sure came on the heels of Elton's appearance in the film adaptation of the Who's "Tommy" as the Pinball Wizard.
Uncle bringing the knowledge!! Elton John FOREVER!!
My mom and I saw this when it came out . My mom said he looked like a leprechaun whith that green suit!
I love this so much. Absolutlely love seeing you and your uncle interacting together. We need more intergenerational interactions like this. I'm 56 and was 9 when this song came out and loved it even then, and have loved Elton my entire life. Thank you.
The song is about a fictional band that's who Bennie and the Jets are. Bernie the lyricist has said 'it was supposed to be futuristic. They were supposed to be a prototypical female rock 'n' roll band out of science fiction. Automatons.' Elton has described Bennie as a 'sci-fi rock goddess'
y’all are HILARIOUS, best reaction I’ve seen so far
It makes me proud to be British that - The Stones, Beatles, Bowie were pushing black music in the US. What an irony. The music they loved in the 60s. Look up Bowie's interview in 83 with MTV asking why there were no black artists on the channel.
Fab review 🎉. Thanks so much for that 💕. Benny and the Jets is my favourite Elton track 😊. Loved it. Also, when you guys left, the sax playing in the background was great 😊 ♥.
I've got tickets to Elton John's show next week for his farewell tour. Looking forward to it.
To answer your question this is Wikipedia definition of the song was about...
"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.[citation needed] The greed and glitz of the early 1970s 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.
Taupin also goes on to describe the flashy wardrobe of "Bennie", the leader of the band:
She's got electric boots, a mohair suitYou know I read it in a magazine Ohh... "
Always dig the reactions from you both. Please keep them coming!
I was 9 and I thought Elton John was black because of Benny and the Jets. Was shocked when I saw him on Soul Train.
I LOVE your Dad and how he says that the music (in this case, the funky "Bennie..." ) was already popular in certain clubs and homes and then it gained popularity. Music, to me, crosses all boundaries. It's without race, without religion, without sex. Good music just IS. It's the be all and end all. What a wonderful video of you two.
Fun Fact: It was Donnie Simpson who played this track on the radio 📻 first! It is how people started to groove to his music that got him on the R&B charts....I have to admit, the song Mary J Blige did, when she sampled his track, is pretty good too! Actually, it was not a sampled track but Elton there recording this song with Mary while playing....
When Donnie was working at Urban WJIB in Detroit. He turned WKYS around into an Urban Contemporary Rating success in Washington, DC
Getting invited onto Soul Train meant a lot to a lot of people. Elton didn't write many lyrics but he put them to music as well as anyone ever! In those day's Black Americans were more apt to admit they enjoyed some Elton, Peter Frampton, the Beatles or The Allman Brothers (for instance) then White Americans would admit to enjoying some Motown or some "Philly sound". Real music lovers don't discriminate and neither do real musicians imo!
Elton didn’t write any lyrics
@@martinevalentine343 I said "didn't write many lyrics" because he did edit a bit to fit his music compositions to the lyrics. You are 99% correct.
@@pcraig1383 that is about my usual stat for correctness. thanks for the clarification.
You should´ve done him reacting to Philadelphia Freedom. I love people that live back then giving their honest opinions and experience.
Love this appearance
Elton is the goat he is beyond talented. Suggestion to react to Allen Stone does a cover of Is this love a cover of the Bob Marley song. Allen also has made quite a few albums himself. Blue eyed soul. Check him out you won’t be sorry.
That was a great performance.
Soul has no color!
I was a big Peter Frampton fan...Ioved "Framp"
so good 😊 🥰
Tha cut!
I see y’all pay attention to detail what you really want to do is pull up the one at the Hollywood bowl that same year or the London concert just see how he does this live as you know soul train is pre-recorded and lip-synching, but he still puts on a good show…. Nice guys.
I love how percussive Elton’s playing is on this song! He’s on fire! I don’t believe you’ve reacted to America. If not, I’d love to throw one out there for future consideration-the America song “Tin Man.” I guarantee you that Uncle Ted not only knows it but also has a great story about it! ☺️
We will!
@@tedstunes22 I can’t wait! ☺️
Elton's style is extremely percussive. Billy Joel after touring with him spoke about how Elton plays his piano like percussion instrument. Saying that 'Elton kicks my ass on the piano' and 'You don’t strum a piano. You don’t bow a piano. You bang and strike a piano. You beat the shit out of a piano. Elton knows exactly how to do that - he always had that rhythmic, very African, syncopated style that comes from being well versed in gospel and good old R&B'
The audio and picture unfortunately are out of synch. That can be fixed but don’t ask me how.
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React to some Earth Wind & Fire
The song is about a fictional band
You guys have to react to this special version of When The Levee Breaks.
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