I seem to recall it, I’d guess.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 2 September 2018 09:39 (five years ago) link
why does he care if there are lights on the audience?
why is he positioned extreme stage left?
― calstars, Sunday, 2 September 2018 09:52 (five years ago) link
Wasn't he trying to stop the security beating up the fans, re: not lighting the audience?
No, he had a film crew with him shooting a documentary - to get better shots of the crowd dancing, they were lighting up the first few rows of the audience but every time they did, they froze - Joel saw it as them fucking with his show.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 2 September 2018 10:07 (five years ago) link
OK, I've never seen this before - awesome! That song though, Jesus Christ.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Sunday, 2 September 2018 10:12 (five years ago) link
Despite all the chaos, neither the band or himself miss a beat!
― . (Michael B), Sunday, 2 September 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
i kinda feel like if Billy had ripped the keytar out of the player's hands and launched it into the crowd, that the dude woulda just kept moving and fingering the air and smiling
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 2 September 2018 13:02 (five years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/28/arts/billy-joel-has-a-tantrum.html
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 2 September 2018 13:40 (five years ago) link
Mr. Joel also yelled at people in the front rows who he felt were not responsive enough to his performance.
''Why are you here?'' he screamed. ''You obviously don't want to be here!''
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 2 September 2018 13:41 (five years ago) link
It never occurred to me before, but his band's unflappability would suggest that they have an abundance of 'gwumpy Billy makes a boom-boom' experience under their belts.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Sunday, 2 September 2018 13:41 (five years ago) link
keytar guy is an all-time session muso dork, jesus christ
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 2 September 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
Must find out who he is. Be right back.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Sunday, 2 September 2018 13:54 (five years ago) link
Mr. Joel also yelled at people in the front rows who he felt were not responsive enough to his performance.''Why are you here?'' he screamed. ''You obviously don't want to be here!''― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, September 2, 2018 1:41 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, September 2, 2018 1:41 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This isn't quite right - he was speaking to a specific set of people with links to the then-government who had received tickets as perks and had little to no interest in being at a Billy Joel gig for any other reason.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 2 September 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
http://www.davelebolt.com/. Hero.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Sunday, 2 September 2018 14:01 (five years ago) link
wowrecorded with artists like David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Billy Joel, Power Station, Foreigner, Julian Lennon, Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack, as well as contributing to major film scores working with John Barry, Michel Colombier and Marvin Hamlisch.
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 2 September 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
this guy might low key have more money than BillyDue to a long-standing interest in technology, Dave moved to the S.F. Bay Area and ended up guiding a 15 year evolution of Pro Tools and its family of products, truly revolutionizing the audio industry and garnering an Oscar for technical achievement. He led Avid Technology’s Digidesign audio division as GM for 6 years, generating double-digit growth and managing more than 800 employees and $300M in revenue.
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 2 September 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, September 2, 2018 9:58 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah this is the article from the day after the event, they smoothed out a few of the details in later articles
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 2 September 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link
the fuck is he doing here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5M0xWniKNs
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 2 September 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
Michael Keaton is totally playing him in the biopic isn't he
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 2 September 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
Drunk and humping the piano is one way to go through life.
― earlnash, Sunday, 2 September 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
I love how he crouches in a four-point start before taking off
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Sunday, 2 September 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
Blowey Hole
― calstars, Sunday, 2 September 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
I think Mark Ruffalo would also make a good Billy, but Keaton has that unhinged quality
― bunny slopes, Sunday, 2 September 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
Billy has a classier piano dismount than Connie:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiMvXCp2Qvo
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Sunday, 2 September 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
Every option deserves to win but flipping a piano is next level
― flappy bird, Sunday, 2 September 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
The mic stand smash kills me too.
The piano flip is great mostly cos the musicians see it, briefly react, then just keep playing
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 2 September 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
F you mic stand ! Agh!
― calstars, Sunday, 2 September 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
Wah, I’m playing in Russia and everything isn’t perfect
― calstars, Sunday, 2 September 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
I hope those guys found some sort of way to use this clip in some sort of online resume/CV, because any prospective employer has got to be impressed with that level of unflappability.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Sunday, 2 September 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
probably the most difficult thing about searching the internet for crazy billy joel footage is listening to so much billy joel. but you gotta do it
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 2 September 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
xposts it's possible they had seen him done it before. billy was out of control in those days
Although security in the audience was tight, hundreds of fans were allowed to crowd the stage. Some of the guards swayed to the music, although many without smiling.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 2 September 2018 22:59 (five years ago) link
seen him do it before. it's miller time over here, sorry
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 3 September 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
The song in the video is “fantasy” but I keep thinking it’s “pressure”
― calstars, Monday, 3 September 2018 01:05 (five years ago) link
wish it was, better song
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 September 2018 01:12 (five years ago) link
i like the already bent mic stand prior to him finally finishing it off
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 September 2018 01:16 (five years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 3 September 2018 01:31 (five years ago) link
perhaps not enough attention being paid to Billy's upper body strength
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 September 2018 01:32 (five years ago) link
fling up, you're strong, you're the piano man
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Monday, 3 September 2018 01:51 (five years ago) link
I till cant tell what he is kicking against when he dies the kick thing, the keyboardist goes away but i do t think he was hit.The keytarist is doofy but i think mostly in ignorance/denial of actual joel-antics.
― Hunt3r, Monday, 3 September 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
Shit iphone u suck at screenboards
― Hunt3r, Monday, 3 September 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
Re: Piano Humping
Cocaine is a hell of a... Well, you know.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 3 September 2018 02:48 (five years ago) link
It seems fortunate that no one was putting bread in his jar at that particular moment.
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Monday, 3 September 2018 03:53 (five years ago) link
If keytar man is so great, why isn’t he listed on The Ubiquitous HIred Gun Session Veteran Shout-Out Thread
― The Great Atomic Power Ballad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 10:28 (five years ago) link
Pardon my ignorance of Billy Joel's public persona, but was he known as a big sniffy sniffy guy at this point? Always seemed pretty clean cut and upright to me, can't really even picture him drinking but again, haven't spent a great deal of time thinking about this. All I know is that he once was married to Christie Brinkley and that most of his songs are pretty lousy
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 11:24 (five years ago) link
I remember he always used to say 'it's time to tickle the ivory.' And I would ask him, Billy, don't you mean 'tickle the ivories' with an 's'? It took me several years to realize he was referring to the mountains of coke he immediately vacuum up after saying this. I'm...I'm a very stupid man.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 12:03 (five years ago) link
Sorry, forgot the attribution on that quote. That would be me, because I just made it up.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 12:04 (five years ago) link
Are these the guys he then fired?
https://www.newsday.com/amp/entertainment/music/billy-joel/billy-joel-called-heartless-by-bandmates-in-new-documentary-hired-gun-1.13767695
― piscesx, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
Coked up piano humping Billy seems like the kind of guy that would have delivered some Buddy Rich-level shitstorms backstage.
― Freddy "Boom Boom" QAnon (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
Indeed; none of his backing musicians have beards.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
Best clip ever
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
It's sweet how the crowd carry on enjoying themselves despite Billy looking like he might kill someone any minute.
― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
That was just day-to-day life in the USSR iirc.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
They might think this is what Western rock stars do every time they play.
― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
This doesn't look anywhere near as exciting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFa-riJvcZA
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
“Something something something middle of the ni- hi- hight....”
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
early Interpol show?
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 6 August 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
STOP LIGHTING THE AUDIENCE
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 November 2020 05:21 (three years ago) link
Autographed Billy Joel photo pic.twitter.com/oFE88vj8LV— Barney Hurley (@barneyhurley1) February 10, 2021
― calstars, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 15:43 (three years ago) link
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 23:24 (two years ago) link
it's time to branch out, i need other vids like this, but not necessarily William Joel
^
― calstars, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 23:46 (two years ago) link
Bonus points if it is BJ though
yeah, i would love to see a thread of musicians throwing childlike tantrums. the more visible drugs onstage, the better
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 23:49 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9zogQOmQVMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YJfXdSR85ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5bbAW27LWQ
― Jerome Percival Jesus (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:11 (two years ago) link
oh shit, i've only seen 2 of these 3!
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
whoever got called out by the smash mouth guy should have just sprinted toward him and tackled him
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:19 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjumawGYmwg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:20 (two years ago) link
your fave clip of singers getting pissed or stuff getting thrown at them or fights or paul stanley hating lasers
― brimstead, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:27 (two years ago) link
Still can’t get over Billy doing the crouch start before running across the stage and jumping on the piano although I’m happy to pretend that this has happened at every BJ show ever and is just one of his ‘things’
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:28 (two years ago) link
damn the links are all dead of course
― brimstead, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:28 (two years ago) link
it's haunting
hey leave that dead guy alone― scott seward, Thursday, November 11, 2010 10:30 PM (ten years ago)
― scott seward, Thursday, November 11, 2010 10:30 PM (ten years ago)
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
it's like the bible when some prophet wonders if there is even 1 or 5 or 10 good people left in the village. and then they check, and nope, none
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:31 (two years ago) link
Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, NYC, 1983 pic.twitter.com/IJnCHbo0kN— Barney Hurley (@barneyhurley1) September 10, 2021
― calstars, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
christie was like "hey billy remember the time you fucking lost it in moscow?". billy joel went "uuunnggghhh, i'm so sick of talking about that". christie's said "oh billy come'ere!" and billy went "uuunnnnggggh, hahaha, alright, alright"
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:12 (two years ago) link
and the guy in the back is like "billy joel in moscow tantrum is so good. god i want that on laserdisc. what a beautiful couple!"
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
lol CB’s at full exorcist neck twist O_O
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:14 (two years ago) link
lulz
― calstars, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:18 (two years ago) link
STOP LIGHTING CHRISTIES NECK
― calstars, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:21 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/75RpReE.png
― pplains, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:25 (two years ago) link
who is that guy?! is the muscle?
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:29 (two years ago) link
is *HE* the muscle
i need a photoshop of her head fully upside down
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:29 (two years ago) link
Looks like some Disney haunted mansion shit
― calstars, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
omg, in that Green Day video, there is something about Mike Dirnt dutifully smashing his bass right after Billie Joe starts smashing his guitar that is kinda sweet and absolutely fucking hilarious
― alpine static, Saturday, 11 September 2021 09:11 (two years ago) link
ok, and then when Smash Mouth guy is pissed off and talking tough, his band launches into the limp-ass intro to "All Star" ... and then he steps out into the crowd like he's gonna fight and someone yells "Kick his ass, sea bass!"
and the Balmer video?
killer post by Old Lunch back in June, is what i'm sayin'
― alpine static, Saturday, 11 September 2021 09:19 (two years ago) link
Always seemed pretty clean cut and upright to me, can't really even picture him drinking but again, haven't spent a great deal of time thinking about this.
That reminds me, he once showed up in the bar in Glasgow I routinely used to drink in after work on Fridays, but I missed him. I was never sure if that story was apocryphal but here's the proof:
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+THIRST+JOEL%3B+Singer+Billy+pops+into+Glasgow+pub+for+a+pint.-a060565980
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 September 2021 09:22 (two years ago) link
I felt a little sorry for Green Day at the time because leading up to that show they had become total fucking shills for iheartmedia. I was stuck listening to alot of car radio at the time, and their testimonial promos for the 'festival' were inescapable on all formats; I think there was even one where one of guys talked about how excited he was to see Usher! They got played so hard by ihm.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 11 September 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
BJ did 9/11
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Friday, 4 November 2022 21:09 (one year ago) link
Blowy
― calstars, Friday, 4 November 2022 21:29 (one year ago) link
not as good as Joel flipout, but slapping yr guitarist is a good one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ3zxvKEL28
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 00:13 (eight months ago) link
the singer has no room to talk about bad performance here tho
looks like an Eastern European rock band before the Berlin Wall fell
― Moritz von Oswald von Wolkenstein (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 01:26 (eight months ago) link
oh, just saw the YouTube description, heh
― Moritz von Oswald von Wolkenstein (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 01:27 (eight months ago) link