I like his song “Pressure.”
That album—The Nylon Curtain—is his best. Liberty DeVito is a beast drumming on Surprises. :)
I saw Joel in December 1999. Although he is Jewish by birth and an atheist, he did a trio of religious Christmas songs with no snark or disrespect at all.
All for Lenya, when i was 12 and had a crush :)
I also like that song, as well as “The Entertainer”, but I will add a few others that would be my main favorites.
Piano Man
Captain Jack
The Stranger
Allentown
We Didn’t Start The Fire
Downeaster ‘Alexa’