Search And Destroy: Billy Joel

how's their tipping

"Only someone who's 21 would know this song that was released 15 years before their birth..." ?

right

Party Rock Anthem has the same bpm as Uptown Girl pic.twitter.com/vt7B1mQIqA

— Stan Lewis (@StanLewis_) October 4, 2018

which means by extension that "uptown girl" has the same bpm as "cruel angel's thesis"

what a time to be alive

the inlay of the glass houses lp has a picture of the band. the drummer, liberty devitto, is wearing a watch on his ankle for some reason

http://bp0.blogger.com/_K5vOM2unmkw/Rf6HsBnY8oI/AAAAAAAAAPs/aH3mFvE4k_s/s1600/liberty+devitto.jpg

Just keepin' time.

glass houses is a pretty good album also. a bit front loaded though.

i really like the song "don't ask me why" which is like mccartney doing a brazilian influenced number

• Why would you wear it on your right ankle?

• Why would you wear it with the face facing out?

He just smiled and wouldn't say why.

the original shoegazer

Safety pins holding together clothes, Vaseline in the hair, flowerpots on the head, wristwatch on the ankle: time to get New Wave!

are we sure he isn't wearing a shoe on his hand and doing a little yoga?

Have you guys seen the thing on Instagram?

“thing” may need elaboration

Not insta, but something to do w/this?: https://finesoutherngentlemen.com/products/my-life-ships-week-of-2-14

Sorry.
https://www.instagram.com/rachellichtman/?hl=en
VG always trying to get me to communicate more clearly.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CY6i4PQqtEs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

DO U SEE?

That thing is some kind of insane earworm time warp time loop.

Ha that is excellent

DEE DEE: No, he isn't in the office yet... I'll give him your message.... Thank you.

BILLY suddenly appears through the door

BILLY: Holy cow, traffic was horrible! Anyone trying to buy the Brooklyn Bridge – it's definitely a seller's market!

DEE DEE: Billy...

BILLY: Not now, Dee Dee! I know I'm already late. Just make sure Big Ol' Bartlesworth doesn't know I was late!

DEE DEE: Billy...!

BILLY: What now?

MR. BARTLESWORTH: William? In my office. NOW!

BILLY: I admit, I told the client, "go ahead with your own life, leave me alone"!

MR. BARTLESWORTH: You had to be a big shot, dincha?!?

Loool!

Trying to think of alternate casting for Mr. Bartlesworth but it’s too perfect.

Totally forgot about Calucci’s Department.

I believe it is actually Mr. Balesworth.

Anyway came to say one of the things that really makes it for me is the harmonica near the end.

Have to admit, listening to BJ interviews is a guilty pleasure of mine. There is no more ideal voice of boomer "self-discovery," motivated by that sort of continual "no one ever felt this emotion before me." I am in awe of his sheer inpenetrable solipsism, and recommend watching the "Making of River of Dreams" video as a sociological exercise.

Rock and roller cola wars? I can't take it anymore!

― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link

this is on YouTube and I’m not even a fan really but I’m finding it strangely entertaining

BJ interviews: entertainment’s last stand

I seen the lights go out on YouTube

Set list from last week in Las Vegas. Not half bad for an outdoor show in February!

Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Pressure
The Entertainer
Vienna
Don't Ask Me Why
Zanzibar
Allentown
Just the Way You Are
Say Goodbye to Hollywood
The Longest Time
New York State of Mind
The Downeaster Alexa
She's Always a Woman
My Life
Only the Good Die Young
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum cover)
Sometimes a Fantasy
The River of Dreams (with 'Tush' by ZZ Top interlude)
Nessun dorma (Giacomo Puccini cover) (Mike DelGuidice Vocals)
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Piano Man

Encore:
We Didn't Start the Fire
Uptown Girl
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
Big Shot
You May Be Right (with “Rock & Roll” by Led Zeppelin interlude)

I’ve listened to a bunch more songs—Zanzibar, Stiletto, Summer HF—and I have a new theory about the appeal of the classic Billy Joel character: Naïve Guy Acting Cynical.

(Will listen to 20 more songs to confirm.)

— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) March 24, 2022

damn that’s a great setlist

search : "say goodbye to hollywood", "matter of trust"

destroy : pretty much anything else, & especially "piano man"

i may have answered this already 20 years ago - haven't got time to read whole thread right now - & if i did i bet my answer back then was exactly the same

Apparently there really is a William Joel Show - and channel! – on Sirius-XM.

That diner now seems even less impressive than the food has made it seem.

Just saw Fred Hersch - great jazz pianist - and after a performance involving his trio and a string quartet, for an encore he told the audience he was going to play “an ‘80s pop tune…by Billy Joel.” I can’t say I’ve ever been a fan and others in the audience snickered, but Hersch said (not angrily) “don’t laugh, he’s a great songwriter, and this is called ‘And So It Goes’” to which a few people applauded. I didn’t realize Hersch had already recorded and released his own interpretation, but he made a solid case for it - without knowing the words, there were times where I could picture Ella Fitzgerald singing the melody beautifully.

Here’s the studio recording he made:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYo-5QSAwzM

(applauded as in to the announcement of the song’s name, but of course everyone applauded afterwards too)

Wait, where did you see Fred Hersch?

92NY

https://www.92ny.org/event/fred-hersch

Nice