Billy Joel does not suck! Post songs of his that you like.

[CreekDog]

An Innocent Man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PThPI1kLGU8

And So It Goes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eELB6NxrZ7A

and i argue that when he seems derivative, he does it better than most (here's an example):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYuS7_paGbU

(what i love about this song is that he is copying several artists at once...and what the hell, his piano playing is just cool when added to a rocking song.)

[Mad_Dem_X]

1. Can't post YouTube links from work, but...

I love "Honesty," "It's All About Soul," "The Stranger," and "River of Dreams," just to name a few. :)

[TZ]

2. I can't post youtubes but

My favorite song will always be "Piano Man".

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. Maybe Grampy McCain should use this song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxNOCl7S7lU

"...but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for."

[raccoon]

4. Goodbye Saigon, Movin' Out, Piano Man,. nt

[zanne]

28. My favorite line from "Movin Out"...

"And if he can't drive with a broken back, at least he can polish the fenders".

[Mad_Dem_X]

39. Goodnight Saigon brings me to tears

The last time I saw him in concert (last year, I believe), he had a bunch of veterans on stage, singing the chorus with him. I wept the entire time.

[lady raven]

45. Me too!

That song is VERY powerful.

[Dr. Strange]

5. Pressure!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGksmlTWCFE

[CreekDog]

7. Great song from an interesting album that also had "Allentown"

after his first 3 albums, Joel had a different sound for each subsequent album.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. He does suck. Just not quite as much as the Eagles.

[CreekDog]

8. That's fine, but you didn't post a song you like

:spank:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Oh, my bad.

Uh, there's..... umm..... wellll...


Sorry, I got nothin'.

[CreekDog]

10. here's one you'll like

(and it's not Billy Joel) :hug:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnrSqZwT2pg

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. LOL!

[begin_within]

12. Honesty, The Stranger, Piano Man - all good songs

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. Captain Jack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJxNKrIo_Kg

You're My Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4D40r-E7yk

[LaydeeBug]

14. New York State of Mind nt

[AngryOldDem]

15. Allentown, Only the Good Die Young, Piano Man....

just about anything else the man has done.

[zanne]

16. I too like Billy Joel. I'm tired of being told what music I should like. nt

[old mark]

17. I like most of his stuff.

He is a good songwriter, singer and musician. his songs are intelligent, interesting and somtimes humerous, and some people have found several of them very offensive, which to me is always a plus.

I wish he would get over his alcohol problem and get back to work.

How about we compromise and say he doesn't suck a whole lot.

mark

[LanternWaste]

18. Until the Big Man on Mulberry Street, Until the Night, Zanzibar...

Big Man on Mulberry Street, Until the Night, Zanzibar, All About Soul, Sleeping With the Television On, Keeping the Faith, Second Wind, If I Only Had the Words...


Jeez-- maybe I should just list his entire discography. :P

[zanne]

24. "The Night the Lights Went Out on Broadway...."

What's the real title of that song? It's one of my favorites.

[LanternWaste]

36. "Miami 2017"

"Miami 2017" from the album, Turnstiles (which also has a LOT of deep cover good stuff--'Angry Young Man' and 'I've Loved These Days').

Never did try to figure out what that particular song meant, but it certainly conjures up some dystopian, post-apocolyptic images in my little brain... :)

[zanne]

40. I remember listening to it right after 9-11. nt

And I can't help but love "I've Loved These Days".

[jonnyblitz]

19. Billy Joel is wedding reception music. the cheesiest of cheesy.

and I am OLD. Billy Joel is just plain GROSS!! :puke:

[zanne]

25. One man's music is another man's noise. nt

[jobycom]

29. He's better than anything you like.

Not that I know what you like... Just hurling insults to match insults. :shrug:

[Swede]

20. Nothing wrong with Billy Joel.

Some people don't like it,some people do.

[Seeking Serenity]

21. He was good in the 70s, he sucked in the 80s. Is he even alive now?

"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7gHSqz8Fv8

[MorningGlow]

22. New York State of Mind

I will ALWAYS love that song. Also "Worse Comes to Worst", "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", "She's Got a Way", "Vienna". Others, too, but those are my all-time, play-'em-to-death-on-my-iPod Joel tunes.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

23. I'm sorry, but I love We Didn't Start the Fire and there's no convincing me otherwise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS6U1TsIPb8&feature=related

Fun fact: In some school systems, history classes have been replaced with an endless loop of "We Didn't Start the Fire." Go ahead. Look it up.

[TZ]

27. I kinda like that song too..

Even though it gets bashed alot

OMG..you and I agreeing on something..yikes...:yoiks:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

32. Yep, this is just the start.

Pretty soon you'll be wearing Ravens purple in winter, and Orioles orange and black in summer!

[HEyHEY]

26. That one that doesn't exist!

[JVS]

30. Yeah, I think it's the one that he was working out while driving the car, but he forgot it when he..

drunkenly crashed the car. Great song.

[JVS]

31. Yeah, I think it's the one that he was working out while driving the car, but he forgot it when he..

drunkenly crashed the car. Great song.

[jobycom]

33. I like some of what he does, especially the older stuff. "The Stranger"

is a clever song. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jI2BnzF1860

"Honesty" is very touching. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rgmJ1miBzek

"Just the Way You Are" is sweet and honest: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=s_6Wi0aA1IA

I didn't like his big pop era, and some of his songs were too self-absorbed for my taste, but at his best his words had an emotional directness and honesty that was missing from a lot of the music of the 70s and 80s. Hell, it's rare in every era, inside or out of pop music.

[Bennyboy]

34. The ones I like are lsited below:

[CreekDog]

35. AdBot is watching!!! HA!

:rofl:

[Dogtown]

37. I think he's over-rated

"NY State of Mind" was good.


I thought he was a hardline republican; I'd love to hear differently.

[Vanje]

38. "She's Always a Woman to Me"....

.....NOT!



I do sort of like, "You May Be Right(I May Be Crazy)"

[MissHoneychurch]

41. Lullabye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraZEoRnkPc

[Shiver]

42. Off the top of my head...

Goodnight Saigan, Piano Man, We Didn't Start The Fire, Angry Young Man, Big Shot... the list goes on. My musical tastes seem to be rather anathema to my generation...

I also love Weird Al's parody of Piano Man, 'Ode to a Superhero'.

And, fun fact I'm sure everyone but me knew already, Billy Joel is a lifelong Democrat who supports Senator Obama.

[regnaD kciN]

43. Yes. He. Does.

:spank:

[obamaistheanswer2008]

44. Yeah he does...

Yeah he does...

[kwassa]

46. "The Longest Time"

I am not a Joel fan, but I love this acapella do-wop song. Great vocals and harmonies.

[ironflange]

47. Come on, he sucks even worse than Barry Manilow

At least Barry came up with one song I like (Copacabana). Billy's just a complete waste of good oxygen.

[B3Nut]

48. Zanzibar, Pressure...

great tunes, Zanzibar has some cool jazz vamping in it. Honesty is a great tune too, great melody and changes.

Oh, and his favorite instrument is the Hammond B-3 and he can tear it up on that instrument (but doesn't nearly often enough IMHO) so there's instant cool points with me. :D

Todd the B-3 Nut

[LeftyFingerPop]

49. From a town known as Oyster Bay Long Island...

Billy the Kid.

I like most of his stuff.