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To: Windflier; dfwgator

How many people still think Elton John sings “she’s got electric boobs, a mohair suit” in Bennie and the Jets? It has always been one of my fav tunes, but the first time I heard it I thought he said “boobs” instead of “boots”-so did the guy I was with...


306 posted on 08/21/2016 1:24:19 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

Well what would Elton know about boobs? ;)


311 posted on 08/21/2016 1:31:13 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Texan5

“How many people still think Elton John sings “she’s got electric boobs, a mohair suit” in Bennie and the Jets?”

That’s too funny. My ears always heard, “electric boots”. Maybe I just had a good sound system in those days.

To this day, I sing, “Baby I’m amazed”, even though the lyric is, “Maybe I’m amazed”.


312 posted on 08/21/2016 1:37:05 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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