loll croup. never saw it coming
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Friday, 18 September 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
That Henley photo should be in the dictionary next to the term "Dad Rock".
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 September 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
That Henley photo should be in the dictionary next to the term "hamburger."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 September 2015 00:12 (eight years ago) link
Hey guys check out my new inconspicuous plaid shirt
― calstars, Saturday, 19 September 2015 00:40 (eight years ago) link
Can Sting not afford a properly fitting t-shirt?
― calstars, Saturday, 19 September 2015 00:41 (eight years ago) link
Sting's letting us know who's got two tickets to the gun show.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 September 2015 01:42 (eight years ago) link
His downeaster extensors
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 19 September 2015 01:45 (eight years ago) link
She loves your
BILLY JOEL: modern woman
STING: red dress tonight
DON HENLEY: well, yeah
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 September 2015 01:55 (eight years ago) link
Well it's all right, riding around in the breezeWell it's all right, if you live the life you pleaseWell, yeah.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 19 September 2015 02:48 (eight years ago) link
http://thecuttingsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/36237-thumb.jpgShe was there at the bar, she put some bread in my jarShe was right on time, I bet her mama never told her why.Last night, thinking about last night
http://media.philly.com/images/Theater-Sting_Kauf.jpgI was no king of pain, out of the pouring rainI looked in her eyes, said I'll be watching youLast night, talking about last night
http://images.starpulse.com/pictures/2014/05/23/previews/Eagles1-20140523-39.jpgI asked her where's the exit, and she pulled out a steely knifeWell yeah, she said, "Your money or your life?"
http://i.imgur.com/mJBLzAT.jpgThis guy, this guy was your idea. Remember that.
― pplains, Saturday, 19 September 2015 03:14 (eight years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FFa7H2IfnRk/RdDlHL0itAI/AAAAAAAABEU/degFE47FsC4/s400/sting.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 19 September 2015 03:34 (eight years ago) link
^^...and then they all lezzed it up.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 September 2015 03:36 (eight years ago) link
the end
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 19 September 2015 03:42 (eight years ago) link
"The fuck, Gordon? My invitation get lost in the mail?"
https://nyppagesix.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/457918476_101144129.jpg
― half the staying power of Erasure (Eazy), Saturday, 19 September 2015 04:38 (eight years ago) link
the singularity may be near.
The conversation proceeded at this sort of informal pace, and although Mr. Joel asked most of the questions, Mr. Henley often deferred to Mr. Joel, of Long Island. Later, a discussion of Mr. Henley’s writing practices led Mr. Joel to admit that he had lost the desire to finish his songs.“We need some of your stuff right now,” Mr. Henley said. “You and I have been threatening to write together for many years.” A wave of applause cut the singer off and muted his counterpart’s response.
“We need some of your stuff right now,” Mr. Henley said. “You and I have been threatening to write together for many years.” A wave of applause cut the singer off and muted his counterpart’s response.
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 21 September 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
personally, i hope they get together and resolve whether the innocence ended in 1989 or whether it had always been burning since the world was turning
― da croupier, Monday, 21 September 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link
lol
― balls, Monday, 21 September 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link
Mr. Joel, of Long Island.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 September 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SbZlepp.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 01:12 (eight years ago) link
what else do I have to say?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 01:19 (eight years ago) link
Is he lost in thought or looking at something?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 01:21 (eight years ago) link
I think he must have spied a somber psychedelic photogram of Neil Young strolling by.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 01:23 (eight years ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSf7qJbwfUKGTn_yeeT0QmINGbC3bG1iOrVr4BcAdejFSmg_IdP
I was getting scared until I got to that third paragraph.
The conversation began on the subject of Mr. Henley’s East Texas roots, and he recalled that meeting Kenny Rogers in a local clothing boutique helped start his career. Mr. Joel interrupted to sing the hook to “Just Dropped in (to See What Condition My Condition Was in)” before Mr. Henley explained why he would soon leave behind his original band mates.
DON: So as a renown singer-songwriter-musician-activist waiting in the wings, I see Kenny Rogers shopping for clothes one day at –
WMJ: *BANGS ON PIANO* YEAH, YEAH, OHH YEAH- WHAT CONDITION MY CONDITION WAS IN
DON: Right, that was the song he and the First Edition were on the charts at the time with –
WMJ: I WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH THE SUN-DOWN, SHININ' IN. *bares teeth at audience*
DON: Anyway that's the whole story. Next question.
― pplains, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 01:25 (eight years ago) link
WMJ: I WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH THE SUN-DOWN, SHININ' IN. *bares teeth at audience
really did expect a "well, yeah" in response
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 01:26 (eight years ago) link
loving joel there *bares teeth at audience*
― balls, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 01:43 (eight years ago) link
WMJ: Hey, Henley, what's that thing you always say when you and Frey are wrapping up a tart reply to a stupid question?
DON: "Well, yeah"?
WMJ: WELL YA PICKED A FINE TIME TO LEAVE ME LUCILLLE. (LONG ISLAND COUNTRY, THAT'S RIGHT!)
― pplains, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 01:47 (eight years ago) link
Billy Joel agreed to shift a Friday night show at Madison Square Garden to Saturday to make way for His Holiness. (“What’s he going to say, no?” joked Mr. Cohen, who is also Mr. Joel’s production designer.)
(“What’s he going to say, no?” joked Mr. Cohen, who is also Mr. Joel’s production designer.)
― pplains, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 09:19 (eight years ago) link
To quote Hunter Thompson quoting Stalin, "Fuck the Pope. How many divisions does he have?"
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 12:19 (eight years ago) link
The Swiss Guard doesn't stand a chance against the reformed Eagles.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 12:44 (eight years ago) link
Krokus says Bring It On! We've even got our own Joe!
http://i.imgur.com/RV1nw6s.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 13:44 (eight years ago) link
I'm not a fan, but I cobbled together a list of twenty songs.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 12:17 (six years ago) link
Good list, but whither Laura? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALp9rfnPJ8c
― Shanty Brunch (stevie), Friday, 14 July 2017 13:44 (six years ago) link
the chip on his shoulder is his muse, for better or worse
good line. accurate.
happy to see you rate "don't ask me why" so high. curious as to your thoughts on the conspicuously missing "new york state of mind."
when is the damn billy joel poll happening?
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 14 July 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
Whither "Pressure?"
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
Inspired by Alfred's blog post, I took Greatest Hits Vol. I & II out with me on last night's dog walk. I didn't really need to hear "Piano Man" ever again, and I never liked "New York State of Mind" even a little bit, but good call on the link between "Captain Jack" and "Walk on the Wild Side;" the song definitely feels like a suburban Lou Reed to me (probably why, as a teen, I always ID'd far more with it than any Lou I had heard at that point). "The Entertainer" is a lot of fun as well--the "it took me years to write it/they were the best years of my life" lyric is exactly what I'm assuming Alfred means by that "chip on his shoulder is his muse" line, and the clunkiness of "stuck on the shelf like another can of beans" is Billy at his most adorkable (the way he constantly undercuts such attempts at poetry with graceless turns of phrase is a lot both a lot of what I find charming about him, and probably why he gets no respect). "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" is a "Be My Baby" riff only slightly less powerful than "Just Like Honey."
I like the Stranger a whole lot more than Alfred does, apparently. "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" and "Only The Good Die Young" would likely top my own list of fave Billy tracks, and Chuck Klosterman OTM re: "Just The Way You Are."
A bit more hesitant about dipping into the 80s stuff (probably on tonight's walk), but hoping to be surprised.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
Billy at his most adorkable
yes
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
I know you don't like angry man Billy but I think "Pressure" is a kinda cool catchy tension headache of a new wave rip
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
Here's my Spotify playlist of Billy Joel's Greatest Non-Hits.
― pplains, Friday, 14 July 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
I want to know if they played "Miami 2017" at the All-Star Game the other night.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
i want a billy joel tracks poll more than anything in the world
mainly bc i still dont know the albums very well
i love him tho, and greatest hits 1 & 2 is a regular go to
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 14 July 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
Underrated Leonard Cohen cover on Volume 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sly0MmNQzE
― Eazy, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
tracks poll is actually just a few down in the queue! i'm stoked, y'all! <3
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
veg & Alfred I would do a Billy Joel listening club like the Eagles or Rod
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link
yeah i'm down w/ that idea too
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:55 (six years ago) link
Here's me on a Billy Joel listening thread.
http://i.imgur.com/FIgBONr.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 15 July 2017 02:22 (six years ago) link
omg ums YES a listening thread! that would be even better than a poll
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 July 2017 02:37 (six years ago) link
Count me in on listening thread.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Saturday, 15 July 2017 03:30 (six years ago) link
Shall we punt the poll down the queue a ways then, and have a listening thread instead? Then give it a few months for the listening vibes to percolate through the ILM hivemind and see whether there's appetite for a poll at that point? I've been in line for the poll since um (checks) .. August of 2013... but to me a poll and a listening thread sorta amount to the same thing - excuse to listen to a bunch of the artist and talk about them song by song.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 15 July 2017 04:17 (six years ago) link
i like that idea!
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 July 2017 04:44 (six years ago) link