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  • In 1978, Billy Joel released his album titled 52nd Street. Listen to Billy Joel perform 'Until the Night'.
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    Lyrics:
    I never ask you where you go
    After I leave you in the morning
    We go our different ways to separate situations
    It's not that easy anymore
    Today I do what must be done
    I give my time to total strangers
    But now it feels as though the the day goes on forever
    More than it ever did before
    Until the night, until the night
    I just might make it
    Until the night, until the night
    When I see you again
    Billy Joel's official RUclips channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, 'Piano Man', in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty- three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.

Комментарии • 746

  • @jeffreylehew8744
    @jeffreylehew8744 5 лет назад +437

    This song is a masterpiece and one of my favorites. This is a overlooked and underrated Jewel.

    • @FavoriteBass
      @FavoriteBass 4 года назад +13

      Agree, it is amazing.

    • @barbaraward1058
      @barbaraward1058 4 года назад +10

      Couldn’t agree more

    • @decacards5250
      @decacards5250 3 года назад +12

      It is actually a tribute to The Righteous Brothers.

    • @actionadvocate5765
      @actionadvocate5765 3 года назад +11

      I heard on him say on his sirus radio station show, "What was I thinking", when he stated he was inspired by the Righteous Brothers in writing this, especially "You've lost that loving feeling". Mr. Joel was trying to get that "big sound" and to "borrow" the style of both voices of Bill Medley and Bucky Heard.
      Plus, "Don't get me wrong, I never steal, I borrow; I am a songwriter, not really a singer".
      I agree the orchestration is gorgeous and so are the lyrics.
      On that note:~
      "Until The Night"
      I never ask you where you go
      After I leave you in the morning
      We go our different ways to separate situations
      It's not that easy anymore
      Today I do what must be done
      I give my time to total strangers
      But now it feels as though the the day goes on forever
      More than it ever did before
      Until the night, until the night
      I just might make it
      Until the night, until the night
      When I see you again
      Now you're afraid that we have changed
      And I'm afraid we're getting older
      So many broken hearts, so many lonely faces
      So many lovers come and gone
      I'll have my fears like every man
      You'll have you tears like every woman
      Today we'll be unsure, is this what we believe in
      And wonder how can we go wrong
      Until the night, until the night
      I just might make it
      Until the night, until the night
      When I see you again
      When the sun goes down
      And the day is over
      When the last of the light has gone
      As they pour into the street
      I will be getting closer
      As the cars turn their headlights on
      As they're closing it down
      I'm gonna open it up
      And while they're going to sleep
      We'll just be starting to touch
      I'm just beginning to feel
      I'm just beginning to give
      I'm just beginning to feel
      I'm just beginning to live
      Before I leave you again
      Before the light of dawn
      Before this evening can end
      I have been waiting so long
      Until the night, until the night
      I just might make it
      Until the night, until the night
      I'll just keep holding on
      Until the night, until the night
      When I see you again

    • @carmenbustillostres3099
      @carmenbustillostres3099 3 года назад +6

      Absolutely MASTER of master is the fellow Joel

  • @Joannakathryn
    @Joannakathryn 6 месяцев назад +29

    I was working at CBS Records when this album came out. We’d play all the new ones in the office, and when we heard this song, we all said-he sounds like the Righteous Brothers. This is and will always be my favorite Billy Joel song. Getting to meet him when he came to Dallas was one of the best things I ever experienced.

    • @lucyjones5789
      @lucyjones5789 2 месяца назад +1

      My brother sings this...lower tone ... magic

    • @mercedespernas
      @mercedespernas 23 дня назад +1

      Fortunate story. 🎶❤

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay 10 дней назад

      GOOD TO HEAR. THANKS FOR SHARING.

  • @scotthill8410
    @scotthill8410 7 лет назад +279

    My father and I shared Billy Joel as I grew up - born in '92. This song hits me so hard, we played it at my father's funeral last week. I've been listening to it on repeat and I cry every damn time.

    • @YIASEMIDE
      @YIASEMIDE 6 лет назад +9

      Scott Hill May your father rest ...

    • @volumeturneddown9401
      @volumeturneddown9401 5 лет назад +15

      I heard the song on the radio recently for the first time in a long time - I have been singing it to my son in the mornings. He doesn't even know it's a song ..

    • @KevinKibbe
      @KevinKibbe 5 лет назад +4

      😢😢❤️❤️

    • @josephpiero2834
      @josephpiero2834 5 лет назад +6

      Scott Hill he’ll always be with you, until you meet again, RIP

    • @Shred_The_Weapon
      @Shred_The_Weapon 4 года назад +4

      Remember your father positively, Scott. Sounds as if he enriched your upbringing.

  • @johngilbert4308
    @johngilbert4308 5 месяцев назад +17

    The ‘unheard’ masterpiece. The best kept secret, where the modern and the classical and the ancient and the modern come together in one song, one anthem, one aria……a choral soulful heartfelt heavensent musical miracle. Thank you Billy, ‘ I’m just beginning to feel, I’m just beginning to live ‘. I have been singing with you for my whole adult life and smiling with pure joy…. A Joel Jewel

  • @ForceMaximus84
    @ForceMaximus84 2 года назад +46

    The best Righteous Brothers song the Righteous Brothers never made.

    • @manco828
      @manco828 2 года назад +3

      The Righteous Brothers never wrote any songs.

    • @gkmmlc
      @gkmmlc 2 месяца назад +1

      You are right, my friend,.

    • @prestige2000rider
      @prestige2000rider 23 дня назад

      @@manco828 Brilliant tribute to the Righteous brothers. You can almost hear youve lost that lovin feeling, right on top of it. !

  • @4everyanks748
    @4everyanks748 4 года назад +50

    The first Billy Joel album I owned was 52nd Street in 1978 (I was 13 years old) My grandma bought it for me at a Woolworth's department store basement. Then we had lunch at the snack bar. THANK YOU Grandma for always treating me better than I ever deserved. I still think of you everyday and love you. Anyway, I always thought that THIS was the best song on the album.

    • @JohnSparkmanandBlackTopHerd
      @JohnSparkmanandBlackTopHerd Год назад +3

      An uncle of a buddy of mine bought it for my birthday, I was your age and loved my grandma and our music, but my buddies uncle came through for me with this gift, and I loved every song, but this one was more like a vocal event! pure beauty!

    • @elizabethwitt2621
      @elizabethwitt2621 6 месяцев назад +2

      Aw! Grandma's always knew how to make everything special for us as kids. I am who I am because of mine. Miss her every day, as well.

    • @lindaguida4074
      @lindaguida4074 23 дня назад

      Grandma’s are the best!
      Loved Woolworth’s!

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay 9 дней назад

      @@JohnSparkmanandBlackTopHerd Virtually all popular music is about love affairs, new, or broken. BUT NONE, have ever been so descriptive ; going into so much imotional detail, by describing their day to day story, and their background to the break-up. I'm so glad, that the producer ,didn't surcombe to clock watching, and shorten it.

  • @georgejetson795
    @georgejetson795 2 года назад +86

    chills go down my spine every time it goes to that bridge 4:05 -5:05 then the sax !!!!!

    • @jgrothou
      @jgrothou 2 года назад +9

      I love how it builds at that point.

    • @dibianco64
      @dibianco64 Год назад +3

      The sax on the studio version by Richie Cannata is so much better than Marc Rivera (Sorry Marc) Goose bumps!

    • @RobertLansing-mg8kc
      @RobertLansing-mg8kc Год назад +8

      that sax is pure magic

    • @annejacks3995
      @annejacks3995 Год назад +5

      And his scream! Goosebumps

    • @mouchiecat1
      @mouchiecat1 Год назад +1

      YES!!!!

  • @joelmcnultymusic
    @joelmcnultymusic 6 лет назад +89

    Billy Joel is a genius in many ways. This is his Righteous Brothers tribute and one of many gems he has written.

    • @bradmccullough8240
      @bradmccullough8240 4 года назад +4

      A hidden gem that got almost no airplay. I was 10 yo when the album was released. His ability to change his voice in the song shows how much of a musical genius he is

    • @katydalton4759
      @katydalton4759 3 года назад +5

      Billy Joel has always been savaged by the critics, and it makes me sad, and bewildered. I even am pretty burned out on him in recent years. Sure, there are lots of hits that leaned on the bouncy, commercial side. Some that, at this point, I can't listen to anymore. But, his deep cuts are the ones that rarely get airplay, and frankly, some of his best, musically, lyrically, and technically. Prelude To An Angry Young Man is stellar. It shows off his instrumental brilliance in a nutshell. Like him or not, one must admit, he's a helluva piano man.

    • @joelmcnultymusic
      @joelmcnultymusic 3 года назад +8

      @@katydalton4759 Even his "bouncy" commercial stuff is quite good. Any musician can hear the brilliant chord progressions even in a song like in Uptown Girl. Modulations abundant.

    • @katydalton4759
      @katydalton4759 3 года назад +3

      Thanks for recognising that! His critics slay him for his commercial output. That's what I meant by "bouncy".
      His musicianship is incredible.

    • @danger2374
      @danger2374 3 года назад +6

      An absolutely perfect Righteous Brothers tribute

  • @MACATTACK108
    @MACATTACK108 4 года назад +65

    Absolutely my favorite Billy Joel song❤

  • @rebeccavictor7037
    @rebeccavictor7037 9 лет назад +212

    One of Billy Joel's best! This is a masterpiece, and is undoubtedly one of those underrated songs and hidden jewels that deserves its claim to fame. Thank you, Billy, This is a beautiful tune from the late 1970's that is perfect for any genre.

    • @timbrennan6790
      @timbrennan6790 6 лет назад +5

      Right with you, Rebecca! My favorite song of his!

    • @MACATTACK108
      @MACATTACK108 4 года назад +4

      Yes! My very favorite!
      So underrated....

  • @danco35
    @danco35 6 лет назад +80

    Maybe the most beautiful songs ever done by Joel, and I never heard it once on the airways.

    • @MichaelSorbello-yo4nl
      @MichaelSorbello-yo4nl 4 месяца назад +1

      An absolute shame this masterpiece never got the airplay; the recognition for excellence it so deserved (and deserves still).

    • @scottmarsh7932
      @scottmarsh7932 4 месяца назад +1

      Too long for radio back then

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay 9 дней назад

      @@scottmarsh7932 THE ONLY POSSIBLE REASON--BUT NOT, AN ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE. BUT THAT'S COMMERCIAL STATIONS FOR YOU--WHAT ? 6 MINUTES WITHOUT A ADVERT ???

  • @shanghaijeff
    @shanghaijeff 9 лет назад +270

    He had so many great singles during this era that it is easy to overlook at how great the other album tracks were. He made complete records, no filler, all killer.

    • @jeffreymiller9808
      @jeffreymiller9808 8 лет назад +12

      +Jeff Lindstrom Definitely_ Stiletto, Rosalinda's Eyes and this song were B side Gems of my lifetime!

    • @njsven
      @njsven 7 лет назад +5

      Jeff Lindstrom luv Billy Joel hits! The "b" sides are better !!

    • @felpin
      @felpin 7 лет назад +11

      on 52nd street the singles were actually not the best songs on the record.

    • @jamesfalkner2713
      @jamesfalkner2713 7 лет назад +5

      Jeff Lindstrom i agree.. All killer no filler! Best phrase of the day! Maybe 2017!!

    • @owentranchemontagne7799
      @owentranchemontagne7799 6 лет назад

      James Falkner it’s a reference from sum 41’s greatest hits album

  • @theMoodytheDoodle
    @theMoodytheDoodle 5 лет назад +63

    I can´t get tired of this song, its just brilliant

    • @Pezzonovante916
      @Pezzonovante916 4 года назад +3

      If your avatar is an image of you, una bella donna.

    • @nigelcoleman2636
      @nigelcoleman2636 13 дней назад +1

      It's my favourite too, and that saxophone is breathtaking.

  • @kevinbrunton9835
    @kevinbrunton9835 10 лет назад +90

    One of the best things about Billy Joel...the passion that comes out in his lyrics.I could listen to this song over and over.

    • @cindylouwill
      @cindylouwill 10 лет назад +10

      I did just listen to this song over and over.

  • @ricotubbs432
    @ricotubbs432 5 лет назад +47

    Maybe his masterpiece. So underrated.

  • @dennisholtyn8500
    @dennisholtyn8500 4 месяца назад +6

    52 street was one of the best albums of that time
    And probably the best he ever recorded in my opinion

  • @BARMYPANTS
    @BARMYPANTS 5 лет назад +39

    Just cannot get enough of this song! Not only does it remind me of the yearnings of my youth, but also the endless ache of such strong physical attraction... aaaahhhhhh! A pure masterpiece Billy!

    • @alanbeever7869
      @alanbeever7869 2 года назад +2

      Well said

    • @helenrainelle
      @helenrainelle Месяц назад

      Absolutely!!!! It will always be my favorite from Billy Joel. The lyrics touch deep - so deep !!!!

  • @steve620
    @steve620 5 лет назад +68

    Even though I owned the album, if this song came on the radio, I would stop whatever I was doing and listen/sing along. Really gets to your soul.

    • @sha11235
      @sha11235 2 года назад +4

      I never heard it on the radio.

    • @elizabethwitt2621
      @elizabethwitt2621 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@sha11235it was never released as a single in the US, so if it was ever on the radio it was very rarely.

  • @brendagonzalez4226
    @brendagonzalez4226 5 лет назад +85

    this song is a work of art

    • @bjornkugler472
      @bjornkugler472 3 года назад +2

      Guess every song is. Doesnt matter what you personally think about it. For the artist his song is a piece of art.

    • @Dream09997
      @Dream09997 2 месяца назад +1

      Absolutely

  • @concord327
    @concord327 10 лет назад +130

    one of the best songs ever that few people know

    • @ronjeremy65
      @ronjeremy65 9 лет назад +5

      I agree.

    • @YourFavoriteOneBand
      @YourFavoriteOneBand 7 лет назад +4

      YOU, have very very good taste in music.

    • @bridgetsclama
      @bridgetsclama 6 лет назад +5

      I've been listening to it since that album was released, thinking this exact same thing. Emotionally deep, this song just attaches to the soul of the person listening to it.

    • @giovannidebiase8479
      @giovannidebiase8479 5 лет назад +1

      I know this song, i'm italian and bought this records in england in 1978 or 1979.

    • @petergarcia589
      @petergarcia589 3 года назад

      The few and the proud.

  • @tmalone2530
    @tmalone2530 4 года назад +32

    Such an underrated song that truly shows Billy's amazing vocal ability!

  • @tonymolina1820
    @tonymolina1820 2 года назад +9

    My girl died 2 years ago. Billy and Elton comforted me. God bless you both.

  • @rexahdar4199
    @rexahdar4199 7 лет назад +84

    If this is not one of the greatest romantic ballads ever written ...

  • @iraweinberg9829
    @iraweinberg9829 3 месяца назад +3

    I have heard this song 100 times, easily. It still strikes me as one of them most beautiful and meaningful things I've ever heard.

  • @lisazarkower1203
    @lisazarkower1203 7 лет назад +77

    One of my very favorite Billy Joel tunes. Just gets me every single time.

  • @robertollier3085
    @robertollier3085 4 года назад +20

    If Billy Joel ever created an anthem, this is it. It's a genuine masterpiece.

  • @MrDaiseymay
    @MrDaiseymay 9 лет назад +402

    A TOTAL mystery to me, why this superb song/recording, is SO neglected. This is a mini masterpiece, a marvelous reflection on modern relationships, and could have fitted into many modern stage musicals so well, as a show stopper. In the last 10 years, there have been several compilation C.Ds of Billy's musical 'Best of ' /' Greatest hits' etc, but NONE of them included this outstanding track. SO frustrating. What was his record company thinking of, or were they thinking at all?

    • @MilesAnastasios87
      @MilesAnastasios87 9 лет назад +20

      Totally agreed ! Strongly reminiscent of "You've lost that loving feeling" .

    • @lebarosky
      @lebarosky 9 лет назад +9

      This is not a rock song. It's a soul song from the 50s. He's imitating the material The Righteous Brothers did. Actually, it doesn't fit his voice very well. I'd love to hear somebody cover it who has the chops to really belt it out. It's a great song, and I've always loved it. But it's out of the mainstream of his material.

    • @amazed66
      @amazed66 9 лет назад +22

      Philip Croft It was a beautiful song, But it ran too long, If you're gonna have a hit, You gotta make it fit.

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay 9 лет назад +6

      +amazed66 I DON'T AGREE WITH THE POINT YOU ARE MAKING. THE 3 MINUTE 'POP' SINGLE DISAPPEARED A DECADE BEFORE THIS . I COULD MENTION SEVERAL HUGE SINGLE HITS LASTING 5-6 MINUTES BEFORE THIS ONE, WHICH MADE NUMBER ONE'S TOO.

    • @amazed66
      @amazed66 9 лет назад +24

      Philip Croft I was quoting Billy's line from his song The Entertainer:
      I am the entertainer
      I come to do my show
      You've heard my latest record
      It's been on the radio
      Ah, it took me years to write it
      They were the best years of my life
      It was a beautiful song
      But it ran too long
      If you're gonna have a hit
      You gotta make it fit
      So they cut it down to 3:05

  • @donnarawiri1204
    @donnarawiri1204 7 лет назад +64

    I think this is the best track on the album, it's the reason I bought it..

    • @rosalinhares5488
      @rosalinhares5488 5 лет назад

      Donna Rawiri
      congratulations is wonderful

    • @rosalinhares5488
      @rosalinhares5488 5 лет назад

      This song is superb

    • @utub1473
      @utub1473 5 лет назад +1

      I'm more of a Zanzibar man... but this song is also amazing

    • @Shred_The_Weapon
      @Shred_The_Weapon 4 года назад +1

      Donna, had you heard this song already when you picked up your copy of the LP?

  • @emjaytee01
    @emjaytee01 11 лет назад +48

    You don't get any better than this.

  • @donnarawiri1204
    @donnarawiri1204 7 лет назад +38

    Best track on the album in my opinion

    • @bradmccullough8240
      @bradmccullough8240 4 года назад +1

      I totally agree.

    • @theonewhodoesstuff548
      @theonewhodoesstuff548 4 года назад +4

      @@bradmccullough8240 Over "Honesty"?

    • @bradmccullough8240
      @bradmccullough8240 4 года назад +1

      @@theonewhodoesstuff548 yes

    • @user-kt9bl4mp2e
      @user-kt9bl4mp2e 3 года назад

      @@theonewhodoesstuff548 I agree Honesty is the best.
      For me it goes :
      1. Honesty
      2. Until the Night
      3. Big Shot
      4. Rosalinda's Eyes
      5. My Life
      6. Zanzibar
      7. Half a Mile Away
      8. Stiletto
      9. 52nd Street
      But I really love all the songs on this album, it's hard to rank such masterpieces.

  • @Margocarr
    @Margocarr 8 лет назад +56

    One of Billy's best ever. Wish I would see him sing it live. He's just the best ever and no one will touch him. Fantastic.

    • @davidvedder6372
      @davidvedder6372 6 лет назад +1

      Margo Carr
      Jeff Buckley pearl jam powder finger and hundreds of other artists

    • @jackthompson864
      @jackthompson864 4 года назад +1

      David Vedder no

  • @cathycornette9323
    @cathycornette9323 3 года назад +19

    I danced to this version on my wedding day. It was our first dance. It says all I wanted to say to my husband 40 years ago. I still feel the same way. Great song.

  • @ems4687
    @ems4687 6 лет назад +42

    I've never realized how wide of a range he has with his voice!

    • @rahowherox1177
      @rahowherox1177 4 года назад

      Lol. For the longest time ... Were bj does all the singing (despite vid seeming otherwise)

  • @shaunbat5097
    @shaunbat5097 2 года назад +6

    Probably my favourite!!!
    Fantastic...

  • @yadhushriraman970
    @yadhushriraman970 6 лет назад +38

    Listening to this song after 25 years, a blast from the past, nothing can compare to this one!!

  • @ttny60
    @ttny60 4 года назад +7

    This song is so underrated.

  • @ellisehackshaw
    @ellisehackshaw 7 лет назад +44

    Oh man! I just love this album

  • @annettelukashevich795
    @annettelukashevich795 5 лет назад +12

    You haven't lived until u have seen Billy perform this live.. best ever!

  • @mikewillis4824
    @mikewillis4824 8 лет назад +48

    love this dedicated to The Righteous Brothers such a wonderful song

  • @user-fi3xg1dr8z
    @user-fi3xg1dr8z Год назад +6

    My favourite song from the great Billy Joel

  • @TheMickvee
    @TheMickvee 7 лет назад +26

    That sax! Man alive! Outstanding performance by all involved!

  • @michaelharned8741
    @michaelharned8741 5 лет назад +26

    One of billy Joel’s
    Best songs

  • @alexanderhagert189
    @alexanderhagert189 6 лет назад +28

    Love this, a masterpiece. Fav. Billy Joel song, so beautifully arranged and performed.

  • @annettelukashevich795
    @annettelukashevich795 5 лет назад +22

    Can't ever get enough of this one. Billy at his absolute best. Love it.

  • @upstatescliving6865
    @upstatescliving6865 10 лет назад +80

    I saw BJ do this live at Littlejohn Coliseum in early 79 on the 52ed Street tour. At the end of the song, the crowd was stunned by the performance. It was momentarily quiet, then the crowd rose and gave a long ovation. Incredible.

    • @YIASEMIDE
      @YIASEMIDE 6 лет назад +6

      Upstate SC Living! I hope he felt the love at that moment ...

    • @deadre
      @deadre 4 года назад +1

      I went Judy to see this at MSG in ‘82. Just a masterpiece.

    • @tonephillips3898
      @tonephillips3898 4 года назад +2

      I just wish I was there to see that.

    • @gerilennert4545
      @gerilennert4545 2 года назад +1

      same tour only vancouver coliseum! same reaction!

  • @paulineharris5701
    @paulineharris5701 Год назад +4

    Just the most beautiful song from a genius

  • @davidtosh7200
    @davidtosh7200 4 года назад +6

    It is underrated ballad by Billy Joel.

  • @MRVISTA-wz7vj
    @MRVISTA-wz7vj 3 года назад +21

    I never ask you where you go
    After I leave you in the morning
    We go our different ways to separate situations
    It's not that easy anymore
    Today I do what must be done
    I give my time to total strangers
    But now it feels as though the day goes on forever
    MOre than it ever did before
    Until the night, until the night
    I just might make it
    Until the night, until the night
    When I see you again
    Now you're afraid that we have changed
    And I'm afraid we're getting older
    So many broken hearts, so many lonely faces
    So many lovers come and gone
    I'll have my fears like every man
    You'll have your tears like every woman
    Today we'll be unsure, is this what we believe in
    And wonder how can we go on
    Until the night, until the night
    I just might make it
    Until the night, until the night
    When I see you again
    When the sun goes down
    And the day is over
    When the last of the light has gone
    As they pour into the street
    I will be getting closer
    As the cars turn their headlights on
    While they're closing it down
    We're gonna open it up
    And while they're going to sleep
    We'll just be starting to touch
    I'm just beginning to feel
    I'm just beginning to give
    I'm just beginning to feel
    I'm just beginning to live
    Before I leave you again
    Before the light of the dawn
    Before this evening can end
    I have been waiting so long
    Until the night, until the night
    I just might make it
    Until the night, until the night
    When I see you again

  • @martianshoes
    @martianshoes Год назад +7

    I always believed that this was Joel’s homage to an influence… the Righteous Brothers….
    A terrific tip of the hat, for real.

  • @leahshannon5550
    @leahshannon5550 7 лет назад +31

    Beautiful, brilliant song......absolutely love it........story of my life. :-(

  • @user-fi3xg1dr8z
    @user-fi3xg1dr8z 10 месяцев назад +6

    My favourite Billy song. Wonderful vocals.

  • @nigelcoleman2636
    @nigelcoleman2636 13 дней назад +2

    Until The Night by Billy Joel is a master piece of music.
    It is by far my favourite song of his.

  • @mercyprosperity9732
    @mercyprosperity9732 8 лет назад +48

    Talk about flexible. The man can do any genre. i had this album when it came out (I was fourteen) It was my musical coming of age. Phenomenal album.

    • @YIASEMIDE
      @YIASEMIDE 6 лет назад

      mercyprosperity Mine too!

    • @rahowherox1177
      @rahowherox1177 4 года назад

      Lol u just gave me a giggle imagining BJ singing death metal and mumble raps ... Cheers!

    • @soniafaye9919
      @soniafaye9919 4 года назад

      Me too- it was such a tender time and he soothed my soul with this song. Wow. 14years old.......

  • @drwho3821
    @drwho3821 9 месяцев назад +3

    Played this song every time I went off to work in the morning

  • @alvickijo
    @alvickijo 5 лет назад +14

    Memories of my friend Dave who sang the heck outta this song ..........goodnight god bless mate

  • @lpgft
    @lpgft 11 лет назад +17

    a very underplayed and under appreciated Billy Joel greats !!

  • @ronjeremy65
    @ronjeremy65 9 лет назад +19

    Bought this when it first came out, and it still takes me back to that time. It was one contemporary lp my father and I listened and enjoyed. This song always stood out for me.

  • @intentionaloffside8934
    @intentionaloffside8934 5 лет назад +9

    Lyrics are so profound about love:
    I'm just beginning to feel
    I'm just beginning to give
    I'm just beginning to feel
    I'm just beginning to live

  • @mpghow
    @mpghow 3 года назад +22

    The thing that makes a great song a masterpiece is the nuances: Less is more! All great masterpieces have multiple parts (movements/scenes). This song has numerous scenes from a extremely basic start to a great crescendo!!!! Also the drummer is one of the best ever - just the right touches at just the right moment!

    • @rascoehunter3608
      @rascoehunter3608 2 года назад +2

      Also combined with a really good story about the struggles of being married while on tour.

    • @johnhix9678
      @johnhix9678 Год назад +1

      Liberty DeVito was the energy behind that band. If you watch him in videos you can't help it be super impressed with him.!

  • @lordkoopus
    @lordkoopus 8 месяцев назад +1

    the build up starting from 4:36 is my favorite part, its so beautiful, i seriously cant get enough of it

  • @katydalton4759
    @katydalton4759 3 года назад +13

    I have always loved this song. The lyrics are filled with such longing and anticipation, and the music is so soulful. An album gem!

  • @midgee1201
    @midgee1201 7 лет назад +23

    This song is so haunting. I heard it many years while driving on the back roads in Victoria, Australia and it took me years to work,out who sang it.

  • @laurenrogers
    @laurenrogers 2 года назад +4

    Billy Joel was always so good at writing love songs, because he looks at love from an unsentimental, unidealized perspective, but one that’s no less beautiful. Billy’s music taught me that even if love can never be perfect, it’s still absolutely what makes life worth living.

  • @JayDeeIsMyName
    @JayDeeIsMyName 8 лет назад +37

    I dare you to try listening to those brilliant backing vocals. I'm at this very moment busy with a cover of the song and it's outstanding, I can't even replicate them in any way whatsoever. Marvelous.

    • @mercyprosperity9732
      @mercyprosperity9732 8 лет назад +2

      i will be glad to do the backing vocals for you. Just say where and when.

    • @Espmass1
      @Espmass1 8 лет назад +9

      So many times, unfortunately, people are only listening to the main part of the song and then when they hear the background vocals, these realize what else helps make the song great.......Like that single bell sound at the end of the song.

    • @mcdermottlaw
      @mcdermottlaw 7 лет назад +1

      Russell Javors on back up vocals..... Fantastic.

    • @JillKnapp
      @JillKnapp 4 года назад +4

      @@mcdermottlaw Russell only did the backing vocals live, but not on the album recording. He wasn't in the band yet when 52nd St was recorded, but he joined shortly afterwards since he's on Songs in the Attic and Glass Houses. But you can see/hear Russell singing Until The Night on the Live From Long Island concert which was December '82. The song was cut from the HBO special and the VHS release of that concert back in the day, but it's on RUclips and is spectacular! Russell is freakin' awesome, and I was totally in love with him as a teenager. :)
      On the album recording, Billy is singing with himself on two separate tracks for a lot of the song, but I read somewhere that some of the lines are actually sung by a woman: an uncredited Phoebe Snow. I remember reading that Phil Ramone (Billy's producer) was working with Phoebe on her own albums, and in fact, some of Billy's band members played as session musicians on her records, thanks to Phil. I should mention that I haven't been able to find any corroboration of that story anywhere, but I'm sure I read it in a book I was given about Billy in the 80s. I wish I could remember the name of the book or what I did with it. Anyway, take the Phoebe Snow thing with a grain of salt... but the Russell bit is totally true. :-)

    • @prestige2000rider
      @prestige2000rider 3 года назад

      The song was also gifted with Phil Ramone at the desk. It could have been the way he had it dialed in, or overlapped it like Phil SPector did.. a wall of sound kind of thing. THis song was Joels answer to The Rightous brothers .. loving feeling.. Thus the wall of sound .. No less that 30 players in the string section alone. Simply perfection. You could also try using a fairlight CMI to emulate those BG Vocals. Perhaps thats why they used to replicate the sound of the original tune Would love to hear some of your work sometime man

  • @WalkerHoundGal
    @WalkerHoundGal 2 года назад +5

    Came out when I was 14 and SO in love. Listened a million times, sang harmony to Mr. Joel without him having a thought. Still love it, and always will.

  • @mandysampieri5720
    @mandysampieri5720 Год назад +12

    Billy Joel is just pure magic.👌

  • @msjesuswoman
    @msjesuswoman 10 лет назад +27

    wow..
    What a song~

  • @leonardlloyd1089
    @leonardlloyd1089 2 года назад +7

    WOW! I've loved this song since I first heard it in the seventies!
    Why it wasn't a huge hit stumps me. This is one of MANY, MANY of Billy's great songs!!!!!

  • @mischelleambrosio7375
    @mischelleambrosio7375 4 года назад +13

    Will always remind me of a special love I once had. I would drive hours to just be with her. It didn't last long but it burned white hot. 40 years later I still remember her. This epic song seems to have been written just for us. Thank you Billy!

  • @scottharrison2839
    @scottharrison2839 9 лет назад +23

    An amazing song by an amazing talent.

  • @user-fu2oy6dp4j
    @user-fu2oy6dp4j Месяц назад +3

    A masterpiece song sung by a genius!!! Blessings

  • @pepe184i4c
    @pepe184i4c 7 лет назад +24

    Great Song.

  • @bat2275
    @bat2275 Месяц назад +3

    As they're closing it down ... I'm going to open it up. WOW. Best part of the song, that one minute near the end.

  • @benjieduke3693
    @benjieduke3693 5 лет назад +4

    1978 Grammy Album of the year!

  • @thomaswhite3829
    @thomaswhite3829 5 лет назад +8

    I've been blessed to have grown up , to hear such talent.

  • @olivermoriarty1603
    @olivermoriarty1603 4 месяца назад +2

    The song I asked my mum to buy me when I was 8/9. It was never released as a single . She bought the album 52nd Street for me. Still to this day my favourite album ever.

  • @johnaddeo2251
    @johnaddeo2251 7 лет назад +17

    To think this song was not commercially successful. A more beautiful ballad was ever written and put to music.

    • @YIASEMIDE
      @YIASEMIDE 6 лет назад +3

      John Addeo You said it. Let it be the secret of all of us who know ...

    • @rahowherox1177
      @rahowherox1177 4 года назад

      Because he never released it, as a single.

  • @paulamoses408
    @paulamoses408 5 лет назад +9

    Whenever I hear this I am back in the moment! My favorite of all Billy’s songs. The lyrics, the music, that sax!

  • @ddesongs
    @ddesongs Год назад +3

    @Billy Joel for every “hit” you have, you’ve got at least 5 other songs that IMO are at least as good if not even better and more amazing…this is one of those under the radar songs.

  • @debclassyfied9723
    @debclassyfied9723 8 лет назад +44

    This song take me back to my angst filled teen years wailing along with those harmonies....... The neighbors had to have heard as Billy and I sang to the climatic end "when I see you again" aaaaaah sweet memories!

  • @sydneycarton9973
    @sydneycarton9973 Год назад +2

    The B Side of the 52nd Street LP was incredible. Until the Night, Rosalinda's Eyes, Half a mile Away, Stilleto, all great songs

  • @jennifercreech3345
    @jennifercreech3345 3 года назад +5

    This has been my favorite song on this album since I was little! Such a wonderful example of real love and finding comfort in a person and just being with them

  • @Dana-jj4wf
    @Dana-jj4wf 11 месяцев назад +2

    By far is Billy Jose very very best. This song ropes me in every single time I plan. Mr. Joel you got it going on !

  • @DavidDarrow
    @DavidDarrow 2 года назад +2

    Bring you to tears emotion. One of his absolute best!!!

  • @georgeseniormackay1
    @georgeseniormackay1 2 месяца назад +1

    Fantastic rendition don’t think anybody could write songs and sing them like Billy Joel

  • @ITPMark
    @ITPMark 9 лет назад +28

    ♪♫ This Day in Music: November 18, 1978 - Billy Joel went to No.1 on the US album chart with his sixth studio album, '52nd Street'. His first US No.1 album was also the first commercial album to be released on compact disc (by Sony Music Entertainment) and won Joel the 1979 Grammy for Album of the Year. ♪♫

    • @giovannirenor8267
      @giovannirenor8267 4 года назад

      Amém

    • @bradmccullough8240
      @bradmccullough8240 4 года назад +1

      He so richly deserved the Grammy

    • @angelamoore1898
      @angelamoore1898 3 года назад

      @@bradmccullough8240 I couldn't agree more. We had this on 8 track and it's been one of my favorites ever since then.

  • @virginiawilliams9998
    @virginiawilliams9998 5 лет назад +4

    My favorite song from one of my favorite albums of all time. Listening again in honor of Billy's 70th birthday on May 9. 2019. Best wishes, Billy!

  • @thezombiecreeper
    @thezombiecreeper 4 года назад +22

    Gotta love the whole darn thing. Really glad this was 6 minutes.
    This is my favorite album of all time, despite this going up against The White Album and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

    • @jeffreymiller9808
      @jeffreymiller9808 4 года назад +2

      Incredible Album: The Jazz Influence is unbelievable. Songs Like Zanzibar, Stilletto, Rosalinda's Eyes and this Beauty Until the Night which reminds me of the Righteous Bros...................Most casual fans don't even know these incredible songs!!

    • @thezombiecreeper
      @thezombiecreeper 4 года назад +2

      Jeffrey Miller all of them and “Half a Mile Away” are hidden gems. It’s sad that none of them ever saw a release on a Greatest Hits album. At least this song got a release as a single.

    • @thezombiecreeper
      @thezombiecreeper 3 года назад +1

      @@jeffreymiller9808 also “Until the Night” is Billy’s Righteous Brothers tribute. And it’s gorgeous.

  • @mikehenderson339
    @mikehenderson339 Год назад +4

    Not one dud track on this entire album. So much care and love put into every song. This is a beautiful piece with superb structure and lyrics. Can't believe it hasn't been covered much. I think BJ's voice sounds better on this album than his entire collection.

  • @alisonenglish1333
    @alisonenglish1333 3 года назад +10

    I looked for the album 52nd Street for years (As it was the only way to get this track at the time). I eventually found it. It's pure class. The best track that Billy Joel's ever had, in my opinion. It reminds me of all sorts of people and things that can never be replaced.

  • @alanl1577
    @alanl1577 2 года назад +9

    Billy sings the first half or so in a deep voice as a tribute to Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers. One of his best from 1978!

    • @johnvalencia9927
      @johnvalencia9927 2 года назад +2

      Hilarious, the second i was thinking this reminds me of a phil spector nod I see your comment! Weird how that works sometimes

  • @brandywine0710
    @brandywine0710 7 лет назад +11

    I am glad I am not the only one listening to this song a number times thinking something...feeling something. Reminding me of someone, somewhere

    • @YIASEMIDE
      @YIASEMIDE 6 лет назад +1

      Michael Jones ... someone you've yet to meet, in a place you've never been ...

  • @rosalinhares5488
    @rosalinhares5488 5 лет назад +7

    A masterpiece

  • @Pandoranage4101
    @Pandoranage4101 8 лет назад +131

    When the sun goes down
    And the day is over
    When the last of the light has gone
    As they pour into the street
    I will be getting closer
    As the cars turn their headlights on
    While they're closing it down
    We're gonna open it up
    And while they're going to sleep
    We'll just be starting to touch.....perfect.

    • @sew1835
      @sew1835 8 лет назад +12

      Totally agree with you; it's my favorite part of the song.

    • @Pandoranage4101
      @Pandoranage4101 8 лет назад +5

      Epicness.

    • @canadaman1786
      @canadaman1786 7 лет назад +11

      Pandoran Age Chronicles by Dante D'Anthony absolutely the deepest part of the song. I remember vividly imagining this scene, so perfectly choreographed, hordes of people coming out from work in every level of work clothes to flood the streets, and the twilight fades and every car in the streets turns the headlights on. not sequentiality, but randomly, and all in the few seconds it takes for him to sing the line... purely amazing feeling. and I've never been to New York.

    • @harponercam
      @harponercam 7 лет назад +2

      MY sprinting section, for the 80 Olympic Road race, in my head, anyway.....

    • @cmdiazv
      @cmdiazv 7 лет назад +17

      When the sun goes down
      And the day is over
      When the last of the light has gone
      As they pour into the street
      I will be getting closer
      As the cars turn their headlights on
      While they're closing it down
      We're gonna open it up
      And while they're going to sleep
      We'll just be starting to touch
      I'm just beginning to feel
      I'm just beginning to give
      I'm just beginning to feel
      I'm just beginning to live
      Before I leave you again
      Before the light of the dawn
      Before this evening can end
      I have been waiting so long

  • @raymondhume7498
    @raymondhume7498 4 года назад +6

    In my opinion, this is one of his greatest tracks... happy that some people agree. Play it all the time...totally atmospheric. Standout!!

  • @jeffpell1122
    @jeffpell1122 2 года назад +3

    My favorite song by Billy Joel.

  • @danasimpson9875
    @danasimpson9875 2 года назад +2

    Best song ever written!!!

  • @schulmaniac
    @schulmaniac 3 месяца назад +1

    This could easily be on a WAR album - with all of the instruments, steady beat, and urban vibe. Just outstanding.

  • @Cazagusanos
    @Cazagusanos 10 лет назад +21

    As for me, this is my favourite artist and my favourite song. There are so many things inside these near seven minutes of poetry and music... Going one step beyond, I am not sure if composers are really aware of the feelings they may bring to their public. Cheers to everybody from Malaysia, my temporary home.

  • @michaeldicerto6265
    @michaeldicerto6265 2 года назад +4

    A masterpiece that gets overlooked for some reason. Song gives me chills.