Posted on 05/09/2024 8:47:15 AM PDT by shadowlands1960
Happy 75th birthday to Billy Joel! What songs are you listening to in celebration?
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Fogerty’s on tour and he’s finally gotten the rights back to perform CCR songs.. you should score a ticket...
Oh, we’re striking here in Allentown.
And We’re closing all the factories down....
I believe I’ve passed the age of consciousness
And righteous rage
I found that just surviving was a noble fight
I once believed in causes too
I had my pointless point of view
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right
I may be cynical, but when I heard the new song, it almost sounded like an AI version of Billy.
And of course if you saw the video for it, it seems even more obvious.
My Billy Joel story.
In 2009 I was working with Vanilla Fudge keyboardist/lead singer Mark Stein on his own autobiography called “You Keep me Hangin’ On.” Mark set me up with dozens of interviews-—Deep Purple, the Rascals, the Doors, on and on. I interviewed Joel for almost an hour. Very gracious. He was one of only two rockers I either personally interviewed or read about who did NOT cite the Beatles as their inspiration for going into rock (Keith Emerson was the other). Joel cited Dave Brubeck Quartet. I can’t argue with that.
Joel agreed to be in our 2010 documentary “Rockin’ the Wall” but in the window we needed to film him, he had to have back surgery. Our loss.
“The Downeaster Alexa”.
I got to meet Billy Joel backstage when I was stationed in Japan. He was a really nice guy...sadly, no Christie Brinkley.
From what I’ve heard about Christie IRL, Billy is probably lucky he doesn’t have to deal with that anymore.
I’m sure I’m the only one that will pick this one — Sometimes a Fantasy.
He has so many good songs. Just about 2 weeks ago I started listening to his first album song by song, and then the next and the next. I think I listened up to 52nd Street or Glass Houses. The first song on the first album Cold Spring Harbor “She’s Got a Way” is an excellent song I’ve heard only a handful of times and I had forgotten about. Love some of the singles after that like Honesty, Captain Jack, Moving Out, Don’t Tell Me Why, Sometime’s a Fantasy and all the ones mentioned in previous comments here. What I do know it’s that by the mid 80’s he lost whatever it was that I liked in the earlier albums.
Goodnight Saigon
I was going to post that. Say what you will, the guy can play piano.
None.
The only popular singer I’ve actually met was Al Stewart and I didn’t even know it was him at the time... long story...
My favorite song on Glass Houses is “I Don’t Want To Be Alone Anymore”
All About Soul.
Haha, never heard of that before. What’s the story of that? If he put on the KISS makeup, he’d be dead ringer for drummer Peter Criss!
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