Taupin goes on to describe the flashy wardrobe of "Bennie", the leader of the band: We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around you're gonna hear electric music, solid walls of sound In a 2014 Rolling Stone interview, Taupin said "I saw Bennie and the Jets as a sort of proto-sci-fi punk band, fronted by an androgynous woman, who looks like something out of a Helmut Newton photograph." The greed and glitz of the early 1970s music scene is portrayed by Taupin's words: The song tells of "Bennie and the Jets", a fictional band of whom the song's narrator is a fan. It is ranked number 371 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The track was released as an A-side in the UK in 1976, as "Benny and the Jets". Album artwork (back-cover track listing and center-panel design) consistently lists the song as 'Bennie' while either 'Bennie' or 'Benny' appears on the vinyl album depending on territory. In most territories the track was released as the B-side to " Candle in the Wind", but spelt 'Benny'. The track was a massive hit in the United States and Canada, released in 1974 as an A-side and spelt 'Bennie'. "Bennie and the Jets" has been one of John's most popular songs and was performed during his appearance at Live Aid. The song first appeared on the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album in 1973. Here and There Greatest Hits Live in Central Park, New York To Russia with Love Breaking Hearts The Very Best of Elton John The Very Best of Elton John To Be Continued." Bennie and the Jets" (also titled " Benny & the Jets") is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. 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. 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. And the Alphabet Song? A is for amphetimine, B is for barbituates, C is for crack, D is for dust (as in angel dust).
That's why we have to "take the key and lock her up" i.e., pass more drug laws. 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. 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.
What was he doing in the dell? Making meth! That's why he was in the dell, away from prying eyes. Oh, they're so weird and they're wonderfulīennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jetsīennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jetsīennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jetsīennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, BennieĪnd don't forget The Farmer in the Dell. Oh, but they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets Oh, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet? Where we fight our parents out in the streets We shall survive, let us take ourselves along Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful Ooh, but they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet? We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around
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