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2.32am
5 July 2010
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Any other fans of the piano man? I have been a pretty big fan for a couple years now.
2.42am
13 November 2009
Offline I was just thinking that I need to add more of his songs to my playlist.
Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!
5.03am
4 December 2010
Offline “Sing us a song you're the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Well we're all in the mode for melody. And you've got us feeling alright.”
I have my Billy Joel moments. One of my earliest memories is singing to The Longest Time.
Well we all shine on like the moon, the stars, and the sun.
5.55am
14 December 2009
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I like Billy (got his Greatest Hits and a coupla others) but I LOVE Attila! For clarification:
http://allmusic.com/album/attila-r990
GREAT album! Never mind what some know-nothing at Allmusic says.
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
6.47pm
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14 April 2010
Offline I really enjoy his early stuff. The Piano Man album is very good, with my favorite track on it being Captain Jack.
One of my all-time favorite songs is New York State of Mind.
Curse you, RedLennon! Looks like another visit to Amazon.com is imminent.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
6.53pm
25 November 2010
Offline I remember seeing a lot of him on MTV growing up. I still love Allentown and I still love Pressure (especially the video), but I kind of look at him as I do say, James Taylor: I don't doubt their talent, but they both don't do anything personally for me.
1.59am
4 February 2011
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I've loved Billy Joel longer than the Beatles (my parents were college-aged in the late 70s, so they missed the whole 60s rock genre, sadly). I grew up with Billy and Billy grew up with the Beatles… And one thing I noticed rather recently was the lyrics in Piano Man…
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke and he'll light up your smoke
But there's some place that he'd rather be
[…]
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life
Coincidence? The most fun thing I've read in any of the Beatles bio was about Billy Joel watching the Ed Sullivan show (which just celebrated its anniversary!) and thinking John looked utterly bored/uninterested during the early set that was mainly Paul singing.
And in the end
the love you take
is equal to the love
you make.
11.03pm
14 June 2016
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I love Billy Joel. I know all his songs from Attila to River of Dreams. I was lucky enough to see him in concert about 3 months ago.
Here | There | Everywhere
It's ya boi! The one and only Billy Shears (AKA Paul's Replacement)
"Sometimes I wish I was just George Harrison" - John Lennon
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