LeftyFingerPop
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Mon Mar-15-10 09:36 PM
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Especially his earlier stuff...like Billy the Kid, and Piano Man.
So listen, it's just my opinion. Don't get all argumentative with me.
I don't need your shit...especially when it comes to Billy Joel.
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Mon Mar-15-10 09:48 PM
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1. My dear LeftyFingerPop! |
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I like his stuff too.
No shit from me, sweetie...
:hug:
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Gidney N Cloyd
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Mon Mar-15-10 10:01 PM
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2. I do too. Very troubled artist. |
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Mon Mar-15-10 10:20 PM
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3. I have a couple lps I could send ya. |
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Some years ago I was in the parking lot of the local Montgomery Wards (remember them?) and some guy was getting ready to dump about 200 albums in the dumpster. I said I'd take them. Some good stuff and some bleh stuff. Got several Billy Joels - he is in the bleh category for me, but I'm still too cheap to just chuck them.:rofl:
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Mon Mar-15-10 10:29 PM
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4. Then You Should Listen to NYC Radio Stations |
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At least once an hour, you will hear a Billy Joel song on at least one station.
Now, I get it if he was putting out new music, but it's all of his old stuff.
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Mon Mar-15-10 10:33 PM
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5. "The Stranger" is one of the best albums of the late 70s. |
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"52nd Street" was a very good follow-up
The problem with Joel is that his music is overplayed on A/C radio.
Most every day, I hear "Big Shot", "Tell Her About It", and "Only the Good Die Young." If you're as old as I am, this means you've probably heard these songs going on 100,000 times each by now.
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Mon Mar-15-10 10:38 PM
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6. Got nothing against him either. I love the song "Pressure". |
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And I'm Mr. Black Metal Punk I Don't Like Anything You Offer Man. :)
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Tue Mar-16-10 12:17 AM
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10. Pressure was a fantastic song, and an awesome video back in its day |
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Tue Mar-16-10 05:37 AM
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16. love Pressure as well. excellent song. |
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the lyrics and visuals are quite engaging. and since Billy Joel was part of the pop culture at the time, the song was a welcome departure from the 1980s "age of greed" slew of consumerism.
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Mon Mar-15-10 10:54 PM
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7. I have always liked his stuff, too |
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His songs are often biographical. His stuff is very upbeat when written at a time when his love life with Christie Brinkley was going well, down when it wasn't, and Piano Man was nothing other than a compilation of memories of when he really was a cocktail lounge pianist in his early twenties. The songs he wrote after his trip to the USSR, especially "Leningrad," are cool, too, although not top 40 material. I also like his social/historical stuff, like "Goodnight Saigon," "Allentown," and "Downeaster Alexa."
Agree that "The Stranger" was one of THE best albums of the 70s.
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Mon Mar-15-10 11:38 PM
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8. That's adulthood. You can like who ever you want to. |
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Take no shit from anybody.
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Tue Mar-16-10 12:15 AM
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9. "Glass Houses" was one of my favorite albums in my formative years |
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Ain't nothing wrong with early Billy.
I just didn't like his doo woppy stage.
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Tue Mar-16-10 12:22 AM
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One of the best songs about that war and its aftermath http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjzjhl-QztE
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Tue Mar-16-10 12:39 AM
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12. I like mocking Billy Joel |
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mostly to get a rise out of my Dad.
But Piano Man is a pretty great song.
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Archae
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Tue Mar-16-10 02:03 AM
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13. He does get overplayed. |
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Especially "Piano Man," a good song. One that doesn't get much airplay is "The Entertainer." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYLMN2PSI3EAnd his "New York State Of Mind" is great.
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Tue Mar-16-10 02:56 AM
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14. I saw him LIVE in February. |
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In OKC with The FAABULOUS Sir Elton John. I'd been wanting to see Elton for decades. In college we used to dance to "Love Lies Bleeding in my hands..."
I've never been crazy about Billy Joel, but I think he writes catchy stuff.
They both came out at the beginning, with their huge pianos facing each other. They started with
"It's a little bit funny...this feeling inside....I'm not one who can easily hide....." and a few thousand of us started crying like babies, it was so powerful. Then they did "I Love You Just the Way You Are".
Then Billy left, Elton did the first half, Billy did the second half, they did a lot of songs together, alternating verses, and ended up with "Piano Man".
I'm a piano player, have been since I was a tot. Some of Billy's stuff was kind of boring that I Was not familiar with, like Zanzibar.
That was my Valentine's Present from DH. Wow!!!
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Tue Mar-16-10 03:03 AM
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15. I don't know if I like him or not, but there's no denying that he's one hell of a songwriter! nm |
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Tue Mar-16-10 07:12 AM
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17. I got your back! Summer, Highland Falls - one of my all time favorites |
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Tue Mar-16-10 08:20 AM
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18. ITA. Great songwriter. nt |
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Tue Mar-16-10 12:07 PM
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His songs tell real stories and have real people in them. Better than real, actually. And I really don't mind hearing "Only the Good Die Young" once a day.
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Tue Mar-16-10 12:19 PM
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From Cold Spring Harbor onward, I've been a fan of his stuff.
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Tue Mar-16-10 04:25 PM
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21. TThe Reanimated Corpse of Ian Curtis kicks his ass |
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Tue Mar-16-10 05:16 PM
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22. Christy Brinkley Killed Every Bit Of Talent That Man Had |
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Tue Mar-16-10 05:49 PM
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23. saw him in concert a few years back |
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