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Interesting fact..when Joel was a teenager, he became a very successful boxer..making it all the way to the Golden Gloves Tournament. You can tell that his nose was broken a time or two.
Interesting. An old friend David Douglas who lived in Southwater near Horsham who was (and i'm sure still is) a Massive Billy Joel fan, told me once that I HAD Billy's nose! I've never forgotten it ... what a compliment! Thank you David!😀
There is an old movie about a pianist who also was a boxer.. He was a genius at both but piano players need their hands to be flexible with joints that work well. Everntually boxing will destroy a pianist's hands.
New jersey
This guy was super big 80’s music
Or late 70’s
Billy Joel is to Long Island as Bruce Springsteen is to New Jersey. His work has spanned decades, and is influenced by everything from jazz to '50s doo wop to gospel. He's covered serious subjects like Vietnam ("Goodnight Saigon"), unhealthy relationships ("Laura," "The Stranger"), blue collar economic woes ("Allentown," "The Downeaster Alexa"), modern day anxiety ("Pressure," "Captain Jack"), etc. He's also released some of the greatest love songs ever written, like "Tell Her About It," "She's Always a Woman," and "The Longest Time." Definitely worth a deep dive.
BRRRUUUUUCCCCCE!!!!! 🫡
And influenced greatly by classical music. His father is a pianist, and Billy was classically trained. The verse to his song, "This Night," is a direct lift from Beethoven, whom he credits on the record!
Honestly…Springsteen is very overrated. Billy Joel ROCKS❤
Except he’s way more talented than Springsteen
@@cinnamon962I like Bruce, he’s just woke now as an old miserable performer.
He’s too political and he way to leftist for me these days.
Plus he he bought 2 chickens and had his house registered as a farm to beat his taxes. 😂
The more you dig into Billy Joel, you’re likely to find that his fans will name songs that never charted as their favorites. It’s because his albums had no filler material. His catalog is really deep.
Until the Night.
@@seanscanlon9067 Through the Long Night.
Where's The Orchestra
@@thesolitaryadventurerthis is one of my favorites as well.
So true. The Entertainer
You would love him singing New York State of Mind. He’s dripping with talent! ❤️ Enjoy your reactions.
Yes! New York state of Mind is my favorite 👍
New York State of Mind is a great tune, like so many other hits Billy has. However, to get the best experience, please watch the live version from the Old Whistle Test; the saxophone in that is amazing!
Angry Young Man is a song that will astound you with respect to Billy’s ability to play piano!
Especially the Old Grey Whistle Test video of that when a much younger Joel actually gets up from the piano to walk over and acknowledge the brilliant sax solo toward the end of that song
@@debbiehanson9201 for me that's the definitive version of the song
Especially if you want ivories and sax...😵💫
Billy Joel is a New York City boy, born and raise in that area..
Yes, the Sax is def part of the original song when it was released. Music of the 70's, probably some of the best music ever made.. including my Eagles!!
Mark Rivera, on sax, has been with Billy since early 80's.
Don't forget America , they have some beautiful songs as well.
Noooooo.... not NYC, Long Island. Quintessential LI!
Yes. This is one of Billy Joel’s best from the 1970’s.
This song was my very first girlfriend's and mine's song. I was 19. We were together for about 5 or 6 years. And even after we were over, it was still "our" song. No matter where I was in the World, whenever I heard this song, it reminded me of her. We had no contact since the mid 80s. About 20 years go, I was walking into my local supermarket and this song was playing. I smiled instantly and thought of her. Finished my shopping and went home. Turned on my computer, checked my emails and there was an email from HER. And we've been in contact ever since.
I certainly wouldn't say all of his music is "wholesome". "Only the Good Die Young" and "You May be Right" come to mind.
Yep Billy is all over the spectrum of subjects he covers, love, war, blue collar life in America, sex, religion, getting busy on the road, politics, race, heartbreak, he covers it all
Captain Jack is quite wholesome, especially the line about:
"And you just sit at home and chew your food".
lol yes, Captain Jack came right to mind!😂
I'd add, "The Stranger." There's a great scene in Crichton's novel, State of Fear, where a guy is giving a speech, but he gets hammered first, and ends up being carried out singing, "You May Be Right."
@@seanscanlon9067yep, captain Jack!
"she's always a woman to me" will melt your heart!❤❤
My husband said it perfectly, he makes love to the keys. He caresses the keys lovingly, he doesn't have to force them to make sound.
I love all of Billy Joel's music.He is one of the greatest . One of my favorites is New York State of Mind. Hope you enjoy his music as much as my generation did.
I was going to suggest “New York State of Mind” because 1) it’s like a love letter to his hometown of NYC, 2) it has a great sax solo, and 3) the version from “The Old Grey Whistle Test” (a British TV show) really shows what a great performer he is. He’s totally at home onstage but he shares the spotlight with the incredible members of his band. Class act, true musicianship.
That will answer her question of where he's from.
NY State of Mind NY State of Mind NY State of Mind NY State of Mind NY State of Mind NY State of Mind❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Baby Grand, a collaboration with Ray Charles, is another goody in that R & B style.
@@terri2494yes, this! My favorites are NY State of Mind from Old Grey Whistle Test, and Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Live from Long Island, which shows the amazing skill of his band, he has one of the best ever, IMO.
***IT'S STILL ROCK **-N-** ROLL TO ME*** Find that one, too! 1980 , I was 9... :)
2 other songs from that album "glass houses" is worth a listen "you may be right" and "sometimes a fantasy"
I still have the glass houses album.
My wife and I got the pleasure of seeing him play at Fenway Park back in 2018 when he was 69 years old. We were FLOORED at how good his voice was! He hasn’t lost any of his magic!
Billy Joel is my favorite solo singers. He is not always as wholesome as you have seen so far, but everything he does is Unique and memorable.
Now THIS is a great Billy Joel song. An amazing love song.
Nice reaction. This song earned Billy Joel two Grammys for “Song of the Year” and “Record of the Year.”
This and "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" were two of my wife's favorites. I was always more partial to "Uptown Girl" and "New York State of Mind". I heard that he was walking in New York with one of his teenage kids and humming the tune to a song he was working on and the kid got embarrassed. He told them to understand that a lot of people pay him to make those sounds in public. Kids. Good reaction. They aren't all mellow listening, just enough of them.
Definitely listen to his songs, "She's Always a Woman," and "Honesty." Trust me on this.
I wholeheartedly agree! These two songs and "Just the Way You Are" are some of songs on the soundtrack of my love life!
The saxophonist is Mark Rivera, he has been in the band since 1981 at least. Yes it was in the original song, Billy uses saxophone nearly as much as piano. He has had two brilliant sax players since 1975 Richie Canata and Mark Rivera.
I would only add that the saxophonist that actually recorded the album solo (which Canata and Rivera would conceptually draw their inspiration from in live concerts) was Phil Woods, one of the top jazz session players (alto sax) in NYC at the time. That Woods' sax solo helped elevate the song "Just the Way You Are" and the album, The Stranger (1977), to two Grammy Awards (Song of the Year, and Record of the Year) in1978.
Ironically, Joel originally did not want to include it on The Stranger because he did not want to be branded a "wedding singer"... but on an evening visit to the studio by Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow, while Joel and Phil Ramone (producer/engineer) were still mixing, Joel played them the song, and told them that he probably would not include it on the album. After hearing the song, and of Joel's intentions, Ronstadt & Snow were emphatic about including the song, saying 'Are you crazy? That's the hit. You're out of your minds if you don't put it on the album.'
Well, Joel and Ramone listened to them, "and the rest is history!" Besides "Piano Man," "Just the Way You Are" is Joel's most requested song.
“Scenes from an Italian Restaurant “!!❤️🤘🏻
Billy Joel is a great singer songwriter & composer from the 70's-90's. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The whole "Stranger" album is great. "Just The Way You Are" is my favorite song from that album. Other songs are "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "Only The Good Die Young", "She's Always A Woman", "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" etc.
From the 60's he was in a band called The Hassles album Hour of the Wolf
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant is his masterpiece.
Facts! I would definitely ask her to check out “Scenes” just so do can see another side of his music.
Vienna is my favorite by Billy, Honesty is another great one…but after that they are all up there
@@rickwelch8464Yes!!👍✌️
many billy joel fans will tell you his best song is scenes from an italian restaurant. if you're liking his music, it's one you have to listen to.
vienna is another one on the same level for me. but frankly he has a whole discography of great songs lol.
nice reaction btw:) makes me happy to see some1 enjoying a song this much haha
For someone who has never heard the songs before, it would help if you at least capitalize the first letter of the names of the songs. Even better, put quotation marks around it like, "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant". It will be easier for her to understand.
Billy himself has stated ‘Scenes from An Italian Restaurant’ is his best song.
Between the length of that song, and her incessant pauses and babbling, the video would be about 40 minutes long 🤦🏻♂️
@@johncurtis7186 So don’t watch it.
He said in one interview his favorite part of a song are bridges. Ever since I heard that, I seem to pay more attention to them.
Permit me to say that you, Britt, are the Billy Joel of music reactors on RUclips. I was one of many who suggested "Just the Way You Are" to you following your discovery of "Piano Man" and Billy Joel this week. I am so thrilled you have your first sample of his amazing catalogue of music. You love lyrics, so you will love "Only the Good Die Young." "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is great storytelling with great musical arrangement. I think "River of Dreams" is magical. Oh, you will appreciate "Uptown Girl." It features a former wife of Billy, Christy Brinkley in the music video.
This song came out the year I was met my husband. I can’t tell you how many times we danced to it. Every time I hear it I see his green eyes smiling down at me. I think I will surprise him and have it playing this evening with our dessert. Thank you Britt! Your channel is a joy.
He was married to Christie Brinkley, a gorgeous model, who is in a few of his videos. Certain songs are about her: Uptown Girl for instance.
Billy Joel is a New Yorker through and through. Awesome singer songwriter from the early 70s through the mid to late 80s, haha stop listening right before you get to We didn't start the fire. That's just my feelings. Must listen to songs: She's always a woman, Moving out, Only the good die young, The Stranger, My Life, Honesty, New York State of mind, Baby grand, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, The Stranger....
I was at the Madison Square Garden when he did his 100th concert there, it was by far the greatest concert I've ever been to, it also pretty much wiped out my bank account but it was worth it.
Nice reaction. Saw Billy 4 times in the 70s, brilliant! Billy would turn the stadium into a cozy bar every time.
i remember seeing you at all those shows.
It always stuns me when people don't know Billy Joel and his music; of course it's inevitable his career soared in the 70s and that was half a century ago but he wrote all his music and everything he does is literally a masterpiece of songwriting. He is a true wordsmith. And this song is one of the most romantic songs ever written. He was nominated for 23 Grammys and won 6; he wrote 33 top 40 hits including three number ones. Just listen to anything at all and you're going to be amazed and delighted. He is a deep man and the songs he writes are deep. And unique -- no one else sounds like him in any sense.
Go down that rabbithole, girl! Billy Joel is from Long Island, NY, and he sings so many different genres, definitely not all wholesome, but you will love his music. I've seen him many times in concert and he just gets better and better!
This girl, she's so sexy, oh so sexy. I think I'm proud of that love. I'm thinking i'm falling in love l o v e?
Love the sax! Gotta be the sexiest instrument out there and Billy 's lyrics never disappoint
Billy Joel is a super legend in his own right!; one of the greatest performers even today!! 😅
Billy is from Hicksville Long Island and still has a home on Long Island. A true local hero with enough great songs to last a weekend
Other great Biily Joel songs to check out are, "My Life", "Uptown Girl", "The Longest Time", "New York State of Mind" & "We Didn't Start The Fire" to name a few.
This was Grammy song and record of the year. Many use this song as their wedding song.
This song was one of his first from 1970’s. It was so good. He is a great pianist and songwriter as well. He went out touring with Elton John in the 1990’s. They had their pianos facing each other and played each other’s songs. My brother got to that concert and loved it!
Oh your smile when you heard those first few lyrics… ❤❤
I don't remember the year, but Billy Joel and Elton John toured together. Both played separately, then they joined each other on stage with pianos facing each other! It was just a magical night of really great music, both laying it all out for the audience!!&! ❤
Billy is from Long Island NY I grew up a few miles from him and we both lived in the saame style Levitt home. He was trained classically and when hee stopped doing rock and pop went on to do that type of music. He is still touring and has sold the 4th most records by an American arist . He is an incredible story teller and a legen here on LI where he still lives Let me give you 3 of my favorite live performances by him Innocent Man from the matter of trust a bridge to Russia which i think is hgis best live vocal performance done in Russia , Scens from an Itallian Resturaunt live from Long Island ,I was a union stagehand here on LI and worked this show and finally New York state of mind from the old grey whistle test you can go wrong with any of them. You aint heard nothing yet untilyou try those :) Oh 1 moree thing he was married to super model Christy Brinkley who this song was written about. Another about her is Uptown girl
he has alot of conviction in his songs and many are indeed quite wholesome.
"Honesty" is hugely touching and wholesome.
"Italian Restaurant" is fun and lively
"Only the Good Die Young" is sassy and super upbeat and saracstic
"Goodnight Saigon" is deeply profound and touching and very very heartfelt
But if you watch one more - check out the Live version of "New York State of Mind" that he did for a tribute to NYFD after 9/11. Billy Joel - New York State of Mind (from "America: A Tribute to Heroes") So so moving.
What makes Billy Joel so famous is how much of versatile artist he is. He is a little Pop, Rock, DooWop and R&B, he can do it all. 'Just the Way you Are' (1977) won Joel two Grammys for Song and Record of the Year. You should hear the recorded versions more.
As I got older, the "I just want someone to talk to" had a lot more significance.
There are soooo many songs from his repertoire to name that you should hear. New York State of Mind, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, and of course Piano Man just to name a few. His hit list goes on and on.
Elvis and Billy are my go-tos for music that feeds my soul. Billy is Mr. Long Island and we love him here. He's also a grest guy. We all have a Billy story.
I am so excited you're going down the Billy Joel rabbit hole. He has many great cozy songs like this, but he also has upbeat jams like "Uptown Girl"
Billy Joel was born and raised in New York City, born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island. His catalog is huge, of his 12 albums of non-classical music, he has 3 nearly perfect albums in: "52nd Street" and "The Bridge", plus 4 perfect albums in: "The Stranger", "Glass Houses", "An Innocent Man", and "Storm Front" (by perfect albums I mean you can just press play and not want to skip a song. Nearly perfect you may want to skip a song or two). Scattered among the other 6 albums are massive hits as well.
The studio version had Phil Woods on sax. My favorite of all time.
Billy did one show a month at Madison Square Garden,a residency that lasted 10 years. In total he has played there 150 times over his Career.
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Billy is ending a ten yr residency at Madison Square Garden this yr. Sold old every month for a decade. Saw him in 22 at Notre Dame. Selling out stadiums at 73! He also has a rocker, banger, all type sound. For gospel feel "River of Dreams". For an edge "Pressure". He was first rock act invited to old USSR in 87. You got to see "You May Be Right". Live from USSR and "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant". Live from Long Island. From his run down apt in New York he wrote "Captain Jack". About an "H" dealer and his customers. Tony Bennett said that Billy Joel IS the new American song book. P.S. 3 daughters a 30 something and 2 under ten! You tube has his little ones on stage singing Jingle Bells. As you can tell. I LOVE BILLY! 😎
My wife and I saw his New Year's Eve concert at UBS Arena on Long Island a month ago. Great show, and our last chance to see him before he moves to Florida.
Listening to this song I've heard so many times, thinking about my wife, got some water in my eyes.
That's so sweet ❤
Billy Joel was blessed with talent in so many areas...his lyrics, his voice, and to paraphrase some of his lyrics, the way it's like he's making love to his piano when he plays.
It’s a good thing he failed as a boxer, otherwise we would’ve missed out on all his great music.
Tickling the Ivory. One of favorite concerts, growing up in metro Detroit, was a contest of Ivory tickling was Billy Joel and Elton John playing together on the same stage.
In an interview once he told a story of when he first realized that he was top tier, He was at a benefit dinner and was telling his wife "THAT'S Paul McCartney , and THAT"S Paul Simon" and she told him "And you're BILLY JOEL".
Please don't miss "and so it goes" Reportedly it's one of his favorites (and mine). He has such a deep catalog.
New York State of mind. You will be so glad you did.
Billy Joel has written a few of the most romantic love songs I have ever heard. This is a big one, but I also recommend "You're My Home" and especially "She's Got a Way." I would also point you to "New York State of Mind" and "River of Dreams" just because they're great songs. I could go on all day, I'll stop there for now! :) He's one of my favorite artists of all time. He's definitely worth the price of a concert ticket, even in his 70s he's still fantastic!
Your my home is amazing. Had it playing as I proposed to my wife.
This is a classic Billy Joel Song Just get the studio and lesson close your eyes and lesson it will be so clear to you his tones he rocks he is from NY USA
I seen Bill in Glasgow Scotland in the early 2000s and it was and still is one of the best gigs I’ve been to. Oh he’s a New Yorker
He has a residency at Madison Square Garden and he always sells it out. He was married to Christie Brinkley. He is the man.
I agree with ya. This song is like a sonic hug.
One of the best love songs ever. Great musician, great songwriter, great singer. Love him so much! 🎶
One of the greatest minds in music, its amazing how he stopped releasing music in the 90s, yet all these years later he can still sell out MSG with no issue
He can paint you into a place and time in your experience or in your imagination, close your eyes and your eyelids become the movie screen.
I've seen him dozens of times
He's like me , Ageless 🍀🐧🐧
You should check out him and Ray Charles singing Baby Grand. They are both playing piano, and it is beautiful.
To all the hopeless romantics, he has our music,and always will. He is one of the few greats across many years and spans generations.
Billy is from New York, born in the Bronx and grew up Oyster Bay Long Island. My sister actually dated him in high school.
The saxophonist was in his a capella group in college. He has a few guys from college that he's carried w/ him throughout his career. He actually sings some other songs w/ him, like "the longest time".
Beautiful music. Needs no explanation. And yes, it played at my wedding
Billy Joel
It's A Matter of Trust
Always A Woman To Me
I heard this song many times when I was a young man, but I had no idea that it was Billy Joel
Wholesome...Listen to Stiletto, or Sometimes a Fantasy, or Roberta, or Captain Jack. For Love Songs - You're my Home and Until the Night.
Dude had a permanent residence at Madison Square Garden..he's iconic. An awesome rabbit hole to go down
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (live from Long Island). He played that with an injured hand, and it's still insane! He's got songs in so many styles about so many people and places and things and feelings and - - he's written so much. An Innocent Man, Pressure, Goodnight Saigon, Big Shot. So many more. These are a pretty good variety.
Amazing to me that you have never been introduced to Billy Joel who has been delivering incredible music since the 1970s but welcome to my favorite artist. The Piano Man has literally put Long Island on the top 40 map. After twenty years he just released his first new song "Turn the Lights Back On" yesterday. A few times a year he gets his own channel on Sirius XM. Keep up the great work Britt! A few more for your listening pleasure: New York State of Mind; Vienna; Captain Jack; and Only the Good Die Young
Billy Joel has New York running through his veins.
I've seen him twice in concert - one time solo back in the late 80s and once in a dual concert with Elton John in the early 2000s. Great concerts both times. Here are a few songs from him I would recommend - "Honesty", "The Stranger" "Big Shot", "Italian Restaurant"
Allentown is such an good song (and almost no one reacts to it). About poverty, unemployment and broken dreams. Just brilliant and harrowing.
Yep, that man can write songs. He was also one of the first (perhaps even the first) that was allowed to play in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. And wow did he made an impact on the Russian kids.
Well, we're living here in Allentown
And they're closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem, they're killing time
Filling out forms, standing in line
Well, our fathers fought the Second World War
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Met our mothers at the USO
Asked them to dance, danced with them slow
[Chorus]
And we're living here in Allentown
But the restlessness was handed down
And it's getting very hard to stay
Well, we're waiting here in Allentown
For the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
If we worked hard, if we behaved
So the graduations hang on the wall
But they never really helped us at all
No they never taught us what was real
Iron and coke, chromium steel
And we're waiting here in Allentown
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
And the union people crawled away
Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got
But something happened
On the way to that place
They threw an American flag in our face
Well I'm living here in Allentown
And it's hard to keep a good man down
But I won't be getting up today
And it’s getting very hard to stay
And we’re living here in Allentown
Billy was born in the Bronx NY and early in his live his family moved out to Long Island NY. He lived in Long Island for many many years. He may have homes in other states but he's a New Yorker. : )
Every Italian that gets married in Ling Island has to have a Billy Joel song, and a Frank Sinatra song in their wedding! It’s Long Island law!!
Billy is from Hicksville LI. I’m from there myself. He was in High school when I was in Jr High. The Stranger album is basically about all the things and places we went is HS.
I love your reaction! Good friends of mine used this song for their commitment ceremony. The husband played guitar and sang to his wife. It was so beautiful. Together, went to see Billy Joel last year at the SOFI Stadium in LA. It was MAGICAL. He's in his seventies and he plays just as well as he did in his younger days. The crowd was amazing. Our ages raged from senior citizens, baby boomers, gen x, down to kids in their twenties. We all loved it and sang our hearts out. Go see him in concert if you get the chance.
One of my favorites- “Leave a tender moments alone “ live version.
Awesome voice and harmonica play
My favorite quote about Billy Joel is from Randy Newman “…everyone loves Billy Joel…unless you know him…..”
Well, at least one of his ex-wives still likes him.
He did do a rock album called Glass Houses. He was born in NYc in 1949. He released 13 albums. His first in 1971 his last 2001 but he continues to tour. His final album is all classical music.
Billy Joel, Bruce Hornsby, Mark Cohen, three piano masters. Well worth checking out
Great song by great songwriter
the piano perfectly fits in every song. it is the song
What an amazing reaction. You seem like you're having such a good time. It's infectious.
Hey girl, fyi he was one of the first rock stars to marry a super model and kind of started that whole trend...he was married to Christie Brinkley.
Love this song, but it is also one of my favorite covers of all-time done by Diana Krall, jazz singer. Fell in love with her after hearing her version of this song.
The GREAT Mark Rivera on saxophone. One of the best to ever do it.
I hope you get to see Billy Joel in concert.
He is one of the few singers from which I find great songs during his whole career. From "Just a woman to me" over "Pianoman" to "Downeaster Alexa". But my favourite is "Leningrad" for sure - a song which is more important nowadays then ever!
New York State of Mind really needs to be your next Billy Joel experience.
First, I love watching your reactions. You are so adorable and real.
Second, I grew up listening to Billy Joel. He is from Long Island, NY. When he sings about the "village green" (another song), my friends and I all knew it was about the West Village Green (where we lived) in Hicksville, Long Island. The village greens were strips of stores with a playground and pool behind them. There was a store on one end where my friends and I spent time picking out candy, but there was a bar on the other end where Billy hung out as a teen. I was too young to go to the bar, but I remember seeing the guys hanging around outside of it all the time. As we got older, we would often wonder if Billy was one of the guys we saw hanging out there. lol
Billy has had real longevity in his career
This is the way I want a man to think of me. It's a 50th wedding anniversary song.
I've always loved his Leningrad and Downeaster Alexa for some truly soulful singing