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
The piano flip is great mostly cos the musicians see it, briefly react, then just keep playing
― 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
Had to be a big shotDint ya
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
As a kid I was startled by the lyric "I give you one hit under the jaw, then you put on a show."
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link
the hero we need right now
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 October 2018 23:23 (five years ago) link
some days shit is mega fucked and I just need to see this video
― XVI Pedicabo eam (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 02:41 (three years ago) link
original one blocked - here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3cBp_Bf43M
― XVI Pedicabo eam (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 02:49 (three years ago) link
Going ham on a mic stand deserved better imo.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 02:52 (three 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
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