<P> The song tells of `` Bennie and the Jets '' , a fictional band of whom the song 's narrator is a fan . The song is written in the key of G major . In interviews , Taupin has said that the song 's lyrics are a satire on the music industry of the 1970s . The greed and glitz of the early 1970s music scene is portrayed by Taupin 's words : </P>
who was bennie and the jets written about
satire on the music industry of the 1970s