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I don't know how to add this to the article correctly, but the Beastie Boys do a satirical cover of Benny and the Jets. It's on the second disc of the album "The Sounds of Science."
The Song is called "Benny and the Jets" not "Bennie and the Jets"
The result of the proposal was Bennie; move made partly because histmerge was needed. Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 21:49, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
This article was mis-posted under the title "Bennie and the Jets" so I've switched it to go under the correct spelling, as used by the record company. Mrstonky 03:56, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Support move, although the image on the article does say "Benny". But Elton John's site spells it "Bennie" however. Cross porpoises ( talk) 19:25, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
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Could someone rewrite the following section so that it doesn't sound like a PR hack wrote it?
"...but then Elton usually adds his usual flair of showmanship... Elton's diversity is never-ending and Bennie is a true example of this, being a highly-anticipated song at any of his concerts." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.98.147.130 ( talk) 19:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
In the Covers section, aren't the Beastie Boys' version and Biz Markie version referring to the same song? -- Denise from the Cosby Show ( talk) 04:19, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
The inclusion of "27 Dresses" and "The Office" are kind of silly. If we included every movie/television show that had characters singing the song or a parody of it, the page would be nearly endless.. Sepponearth ( talk) 09:58, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Even though "Candy and Ronnie" is how the names are spelled in the lyrics I find on-line, it always sounded to me like "Kenny and Ronnie", which I thought as significant because those were the two mischievous kids Frank Zappa mentions growing up with in "Let's Make the Water Turn Black".-- JCSBimp ( talk) 18:12, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
on all these music pages they should have youtube links, like really-- Nascar09 ( talk) 22:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
in this movie Bennie and the jets is sang by elton and is used in the tragic scene where Bobby is shot and killed, leaving the song to fade out of the scene and end the movie. Tr26t ( talk) 07:12, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
There was once an Australian band called Benny and the Jets, obviously named after this song. They released some singles, an album called 'Hey Rock & Roll' and were in existence in the late Nineteen-Seventies. Does anyone have any information about them? (They weren't the only one in the world, surely?) Eligius ( talk) 07:28, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
TP fake vandalism. Removed.
Although the article makes no mention of it, I note that, according to the Guinness book of British Hit Singles, Bennie & the Jets didn't chart in the UK until 1976 & then only reached no. 37 - & this in the wake of having topped the UK singles chart for the first time! Gwladys24 ( talk) 21:49, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
I was under the impression that the name of the song was a Drug reference, namely Benzedrine.( Morcus ( talk) 01:50, 10 January 2011 (UTC))
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I removed the influences section. It's a bit overkill. The one entry in it was about Axl Rose claiming the importance of the song in his decision to become a rock'n'roller. Well, the citation did not support this, but the video of his introduction of Elton John when he was inducted in the Hall of Fame does mention the song. But I still think it doesn't need to be here. Paulmlieberman ( talk) 20:07, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Is this whole section in existence just because of the 27 Dresses scene? I imagine the first ref is just a website of mondegreens that itself only exists because of aforementioned film. Merge with a popular culture section? 2A02:C7F:2C68:D500:8C74:2A7:1F9A:8B5F ( talk) 14:00, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
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I don't know how to add this to the article correctly, but the Beastie Boys do a satirical cover of Benny and the Jets. It's on the second disc of the album "The Sounds of Science."
The Song is called "Benny and the Jets" not "Bennie and the Jets"
The result of the proposal was Bennie; move made partly because histmerge was needed. Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 21:49, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
This article was mis-posted under the title "Bennie and the Jets" so I've switched it to go under the correct spelling, as used by the record company. Mrstonky 03:56, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Support move, although the image on the article does say "Benny". But Elton John's site spells it "Bennie" however. Cross porpoises ( talk) 19:25, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 19:02, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Could someone rewrite the following section so that it doesn't sound like a PR hack wrote it?
"...but then Elton usually adds his usual flair of showmanship... Elton's diversity is never-ending and Bennie is a true example of this, being a highly-anticipated song at any of his concerts." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.98.147.130 ( talk) 19:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
In the Covers section, aren't the Beastie Boys' version and Biz Markie version referring to the same song? -- Denise from the Cosby Show ( talk) 04:19, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
The inclusion of "27 Dresses" and "The Office" are kind of silly. If we included every movie/television show that had characters singing the song or a parody of it, the page would be nearly endless.. Sepponearth ( talk) 09:58, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Even though "Candy and Ronnie" is how the names are spelled in the lyrics I find on-line, it always sounded to me like "Kenny and Ronnie", which I thought as significant because those were the two mischievous kids Frank Zappa mentions growing up with in "Let's Make the Water Turn Black".-- JCSBimp ( talk) 18:12, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
on all these music pages they should have youtube links, like really-- Nascar09 ( talk) 22:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
in this movie Bennie and the jets is sang by elton and is used in the tragic scene where Bobby is shot and killed, leaving the song to fade out of the scene and end the movie. Tr26t ( talk) 07:12, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
There was once an Australian band called Benny and the Jets, obviously named after this song. They released some singles, an album called 'Hey Rock & Roll' and were in existence in the late Nineteen-Seventies. Does anyone have any information about them? (They weren't the only one in the world, surely?) Eligius ( talk) 07:28, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
TP fake vandalism. Removed.
Although the article makes no mention of it, I note that, according to the Guinness book of British Hit Singles, Bennie & the Jets didn't chart in the UK until 1976 & then only reached no. 37 - & this in the wake of having topped the UK singles chart for the first time! Gwladys24 ( talk) 21:49, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
I was under the impression that the name of the song was a Drug reference, namely Benzedrine.( Morcus ( talk) 01:50, 10 January 2011 (UTC))
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I removed the influences section. It's a bit overkill. The one entry in it was about Axl Rose claiming the importance of the song in his decision to become a rock'n'roller. Well, the citation did not support this, but the video of his introduction of Elton John when he was inducted in the Hall of Fame does mention the song. But I still think it doesn't need to be here. Paulmlieberman ( talk) 20:07, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Is this whole section in existence just because of the 27 Dresses scene? I imagine the first ref is just a website of mondegreens that itself only exists because of aforementioned film. Merge with a popular culture section? 2A02:C7F:2C68:D500:8C74:2A7:1F9A:8B5F ( talk) 14:00, 25 June 2023 (UTC)