Billy is not only versatile, he's also a true poet and storyteller while also being a great musician. If he wrote a full on opera, my reaction would be "of course he did."
Billy Joel did write a full album of classical pieces for piano called Fantasies & Delusions. He also wrote and recorded a classical sounding piano instrumental called Nocturne from his debut album Cold Spring Harbor from 1971 when he was only 22 years old and wrote a instrumental piece called Elegy: The Great Peconic, which is the third part of a never-released 40-minute orchestral suite, The Scrimshaw Pieces, that evokes the history of Long Island. All of those should be in RUclips too.
Billy is doing his 100th concert at Madison Square Gardens tonight, which is what my wife is watching in the living room right now. I believe he's done a concert there once a month for over ten years consecutively, and every show sold out.
If you want to see him cover other genres I recommend "Longest Time" which is a acapella song, "Still Rock n Roll to Me" which is a rockabilly song, "Big Man on Mulberry Street" which is a blues rock song, and "Baby Grand" which is a blues song. I also recommend "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" which are three songs which weren't so he combined them into one song made of vignettes with the framing device of being set at an Italian restaurant.
I don't know how old you are, but every time I hear "Big Man On Mulberry Street" it always makes me think of the TV series "Moonlighting". They used the song in a dream sequence.
FYI, Billy used to get bullied when he was a kid because of his size, and he decided to do something about it and became amateur Golden Gloves boxer. Also, he didn't want to take piano lessons (another reason why he was bullied), but his Mother pushed him to do it (and I'll be he is so thankful that she did - and so is the rest of the world).
Billy Joel is THE goat of the last 50 years. "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" is his culminate anthem. Lyrical storytelling at its finest and multiple genres of incredible music in one song! As a kid, my first concert in 1983 was to see Billy Joel with my family. Parents bought the tickets and as a teenager I expected it to be LAME. It was anything but and to this day he is my favorite artist. Consider reacting to "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant." You won't be disappointed. At his concerts he can stop mid-song and the entire arena will sing it from start to finish 😊
Apart from his first amazing album Cold Spring Harbour, every album is a reaction to/ or tribute to a generational or genre type he loves. Genuinely one of the greatest songwriters in the Western canon. A genius!
My band used to do “You May Be Right”, which is one of Billy’s Bangers! Also check out River of Dreams if you want to get blown away again. The song that makes me tear up every time - and those who have young children will get hit even harder - is called Lullabye. It’s devastatingly lovely.
Guys This Is A "Love Ballad" thats What Sets it Apart From Many Others By Billy Joel He Did A Few if tham but He Did Everything Wbich Boggles The Mind All Are Excellent !!
FYI - Billy Joel does the voice of Dodger in Disneys Oliver & Company.. he plays the piano.. he sings.. he wears sunglasses.. exactly what Billy Joel as a dog would be..
Every Billy Joel album is different from every other one. But Billy Joel always sounds like Billy Joel. For another twist, see the official video for River Of Dreams.
Obsessed with this song to this day. They actually did do that live so everything they’re showing in that video is what happened real time and that lady screaming out the window is timeless.
Great videos: Tell Her About It, Pressure, River of Dreams. You should also check out Goodnight Saigon - - it's so beautiful. Two other recommendations: Old Grey Whistle Test performance of Root Beer Rag (no singing/just amazing piano) and a song called A Room of Our Own which is almost hard rock/funk/blues - - really cool. Billy wrote Uptown Girl for Christie Brinkley, when they were dating. They have been divorced for a while but are still friends. There's footage from a concert he did last week where he and the audience serenaded her with Uptown Girl, and she was dancing and stuff. She still looks - - wow.
p.s. Billy is his own genre - - kind of like Elton John. They've toured together. This street scene was truly impromptu for the people there - - just a free, surprise concert. This was somewhere near St. Mark's Place, Lower East Side NYC.
Billy Joel is a true music chameleon. You haven’t even touched upon his absolutely beautiful ballads. And so it goes is pure poetry. She’s always a woman, she’s got a way, And just the Way you are are some of the most beautiful songs you’ll ever hear
So many songs by Billy Joel to check out. The diversity of his music and the style that he incorporates is incredible. He cannot be pigeon hold into a specific category. Check out - "Pressure", "Allentown", "Laura", "Goodnight Saigon", "Big Shot", "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", "My Life", "The Stranger", "Still Rock n Roll to Me". The catalog of music is huge
Hello, great reaction. I am watching this video of the presentation of the Award of Merit to Billy joel and the live compilation of Billy Joel's hits at the 1998 American Music Awards. It starts at 2:15 minutes of the video. Several artists and groups sing sections of his songs with reworked lyrics directed towards him. "Billy Joel's the pianoman."... You've only reacted to some of them, but you will still enjoy it. The first 2:14 minutes are the awarding of Garth Brooks for best country album of 1998.
Billy Joel is one of the greatest. I saw him in concert in the 80s, at Madison Square Garden. It was a great concert. I was a teen when I went with my sister, who was a teen as well. Memories. Lol. You should listen to Wild Cherry, Play that Funky Music. I think you would enjoy it. You should also listen to Barbara Streisand, The Way We Were, anything from Carol Kings Tapestry album... So many greats! I grew up in the 70s and 80s. We had such diverse music. We didn't particularly listen to any one type of genre. We were familiar with them all. I grew up in NYC and country was played, disco, funk, r&b, jazz, musicals, instrumental, oldies but goodies, rap, everything! We were exposed to it all.
"The Longest Time" is one of my favorite songs by him. It's from an ablum he did as a tribute to Do-wop and music from the 50's and 60's (it was the same ablum that had Uptown Girl on it.) The reason it's one of my favorites is because of how he recorded it. Every voice on it, in every range, is his. No one else sang that song on the Album.
My favorite Billy Joel song! Music is the best, and the lyrics outstanding. Love the line "I won't hold back anything and I'll walk away a fool or a king." You've gotta commit to it, no matter how it turns out!
I hadn't heard this one in ages. I must not have been introduced to "This is Spinal Tap" movie at the time because I don't remember Billy's reference to the classic "amp turned to 11" part. Anything by Billy Joel is awesome. I still remember his song "My Life" being the theme song from the TV show "Bossom Buddies" which launched Tom Hanks' career & was NEVER missed by my family. That beginning of the show was great.
So thankful to have been born in the sixties, the great music we got to enjoy in real time. This generation of people doing reaction videos have just barely scratched the surface. The rabbit hole is deep, but the musical ride is fantastic.😊 Goodnight Siagon is must listen. One of the best tributes to Vietnam veterans.
Another great reaction from the FUQ Boyz! You can't go wrong with Billy Joel, and you never know what genre you're gonna get. Please react to The Stranger.
You really need to hit River of Dreams! Been a BJ fan since The Stranger album in the 70’s, but Dreams gets me spiritually…incredible. He will always be my Piano Man!!
The River of Dreams is another whole vibe. He is an incredible song writer. He once said on one of the late night talk shows that has never considered himself a real vocalist. Who ever the host was laughed out loud & told him that the whole world would disagree!
Billy Joel is a master at doing impressions - I once watched him sing a Bruce springsteen song while doing a springsteen impression, and you'd swear you were listening to Bruce. I also once went to one of his concerts where he kept interacting with his band and the audience while doing an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression
Billy was a boxer and in a metal band before his career took off. Every album he’s made has its own vibe. And Pegasus, you nailed it with Uptown Girl. That whole album, “An Innocent Man,” was a tribute to 50’s music. Guy can do anything he wants.
This song came out around 1986 or so, my teen age years, always had a love and appreciation of this tune, not the first song you think of with him obviously, but a true top 3 for me of his song's!
Saw him in Lexington Ky I think it was 1984 or ‘85. He stopped playing and jumped up on his piano, laid on his side and started talking to the crowd. He told us a tornado was hitting Lexington. The crowd screams Yay!!! Thinking he was referring to a storm of music. He talked a while longer than jumped up and continued jamming and the crowd cheered and the party continued. When he completed his final song the lights came on to a voice on the speaker tell us all to remain seated because part of the roof had actually been blown off Rupp Arena. I’ve always thought he handled it like a pro.
Another excellent “movie” music video of Billy’s is “Don’t Forget Your Second Wind” (also known as “Only Human”). He wrote the song to speak to people who are seriously considering giving up on life. He had tried to take his life when he was very young and that experience changed his outlook. It’s a really neat music video with a.
When I was 13-16 Billy Joel’s biggest hits were all rock. The Glass Houses Album is an absolute classic & both Still Rock Roll to Me and You May Be Right are the stand outs. Even his 1st huge album with piano man and other ballads had the rocking Only The Good Die Young.
Billy Joel is a fascinating song writer and an artist. Anyways check also out another classic group Fleetwood Mac. For example THE Chain live from The Dance 1997😊
That blond in the background with the baby is Christy Brinkley, his wife with their baby Alexa. And he has sold out Madison Square Garden 100 times.
Alexa is full grown now!Boy am I old!
I was gonna say that!
Also, she was named Alexa Ray, the second name after Ray Charles with whom he duetted on a song called My Baby Grand - definitely worth a listen.
"Longest time" is friggin acapella, and actually good. He's one of those GOATs.....
Not only is it acappella, it’s all Billy Joel.
It’s not 100% a capella. There’s a bass line playing throughout.
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Ummmmm... a bass line can be done acapella. & it is in many many groups & songs. Thus, acapella. 😂😂❤@@Calinicus72
I sang that in 7th grade chorus for my final exam. We teamed up in groups of 4 and all had to pick a song. 😂
It's called "versatility" and what is sorely lacking today in most music.
I also call it talent 😉
@@analuisahering2043 Absolutely!
andrea - You are a cliche!
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, and Longest Time
Live From Long Island.
Billy is not only versatile, he's also a true poet and storyteller while also being a great musician. If he wrote a full on opera, my reaction would be "of course he did."
Billy Joel did write a full album of classical pieces for piano called Fantasies & Delusions.
He also wrote and recorded a classical sounding piano instrumental called Nocturne from his debut album Cold Spring Harbor from 1971 when he was only 22 years old and wrote a instrumental piece called Elegy: The Great Peconic, which is the third part of a never-released 40-minute orchestral suite, The Scrimshaw Pieces, that evokes the history of Long Island.
All of those should be in RUclips too.
@@seanscanlon9067 I did not know that, but it doesn't surprise me. Thanks for the info, I guess my intuition knew. 😄
Just the Way you are~ The Stranger~Anthony's Song~Always a Woman. Billy Joel is THE piano man !
Defintely "The Stranger" but I would add "Until The Night", "Stiletto" and "In the Middle of the Night."
And “Honesty”
@@goosebump801 Not forgetting Goodnight Saigon - a true tear jerker
@@stevedarragh I agree - that and Allentown are a couple of his most poignant 😢
And The Angry Young Man, Downeaster Alexa, An Innocent Man, Only The Good Die Young, Scenes from An Italian Restaurant and so many more 💕
Wait ‘til you hear Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind”! With your family being from NYC, you’ll relate and enjoy.
Most keep forgetting "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" which will give you yet another side to Billy. Peace, Love!!
Billy Joel - Pressure - Moving Out - My Life - Only the Good Die Young - Just the Way You Are
THIS! ☝🏻
Tutti gioielli i pezzi suoi
Billy is doing his 100th concert at Madison Square Gardens tonight, which is what my wife is watching in the living room right now. I believe he's done a concert there once a month for over ten years consecutively, and every show sold out.
Yes that was Christy and their daughter. She was in several of his videos including Uptown Girl!!!!
If you want to see him cover other genres I recommend "Longest Time" which is a acapella song, "Still Rock n Roll to Me" which is a rockabilly song, "Big Man on Mulberry Street" which is a blues rock song, and "Baby Grand" which is a blues song. I also recommend "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" which are three songs which weren't so he combined them into one song made of vignettes with the framing device of being set at an Italian restaurant.
I don't know how old you are, but every time I hear "Big Man On Mulberry Street" it always makes me think of the TV series "Moonlighting". They used the song in a dream sequence.
Specifically, I'd love for them to check out Big Man on Mulberry Street live from Russia
He wasn't "acting"...he was just being Billy.
Billy is a chameleon! So many songs in different styles. Amazing songwriter, pianist, singer, performer crossing so many genres!
Your Only Human (Second Wind) is another great song.
FYI, Billy used to get bullied when he was a kid because of his size, and he decided to do something about it and became amateur Golden Gloves boxer. Also, he didn't want to take piano lessons (another reason why he was bullied), but his Mother pushed him to do it (and I'll be he is so thankful that she did - and so is the rest of the world).
One of my favorite Billy Joel songs!
Not movies, this is what I call Real Music videos, first three years of MTV played all these great videos....I miss it.
Yes! More Billy Joel!
We Didn't Start The Fire
Still Rock N Roll To Me
Honesty
And Don... [giving Don The Mom Look 🤨]
Billy Joel "Pressure", great song and video.
Billy Joel is THE goat of the last 50 years. "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" is his culminate anthem. Lyrical storytelling at its finest and multiple genres of incredible music in one song! As a kid, my first concert in 1983 was to see Billy Joel with my family. Parents bought the tickets and as a teenager I expected it to be LAME. It was anything but and to this day he is my favorite artist. Consider reacting to "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant." You won't be disappointed. At his concerts he can stop mid-song and the entire arena will sing it from start to finish 😊
Billy joel is the soundtrack to my life and years of memories with my dad who passed in 86..... Billy is a legend
Longest Time is another great one. He also has some great love songs like just the way you are!!!
Great suggestions ❤😊
Don is correct, that was Christy Brinkley his wife and she had their child in her arms.
My favorite Billy Joel song. The lyrics are so good.
"Innocent Man" is a MUST!
Apart from his first amazing album Cold Spring Harbour, every album is a reaction to/ or tribute to a generational or genre type he loves. Genuinely one of the greatest songwriters in the Western canon. A genius!
My band used to do “You May Be Right”, which is one of Billy’s Bangers!
Also check out River of Dreams if you want to get blown away again.
The song that makes me tear up every time - and those who have young children will get hit even harder - is called Lullabye. It’s devastatingly lovely.
Guys This Is A "Love Ballad" thats What Sets it Apart From Many Others By Billy Joel He Did A Few if tham but He Did Everything Wbich Boggles The Mind All Are Excellent !!
New York loves their Billy Joel !
Still Rock n Roll, You May Be Right, Big Shot, Movin Out,
Its still rock and roll to me by him is yet another tipe off vibe.
Man i loved being a child in The 80’s 🖤
FYI - Billy Joel does the voice of Dodger in Disneys Oliver & Company.. he plays the piano.. he sings.. he wears sunglasses.. exactly what Billy Joel as a dog would be..
❤ Cannot go wrong with Billy's songs.
Enjoyed this reactions video.
Reaction videos to Billy Joel songs people will come to you're channel.
His style changes over time. He has so many hits that are amazing!
Every Billy Joel album is different from every other one. But Billy Joel always sounds like Billy Joel. For another twist, see the official video for River Of Dreams.
Love this reaction! Billy Joel has so much variation in his music! Growing up I noticed this really stood out with he and Elton John!
Obsessed with this song to this day. They actually did do that live so everything they’re showing in that video is what happened real time and that lady screaming out the window is timeless.
Being a Gen X, I had to listen to him on the radio everyday on the radio! 👍🤙🇺🇸❤️
One word for Billy Joel..timeless. You may be right is a banger.Peace out ✌️☮️
Great videos: Tell Her About It, Pressure, River of Dreams. You should also check out Goodnight Saigon - - it's so beautiful. Two other recommendations: Old Grey Whistle Test performance of Root Beer Rag (no singing/just amazing piano) and a song called A Room of Our Own which is almost hard rock/funk/blues - - really cool. Billy wrote Uptown Girl for Christie Brinkley, when they were dating. They have been divorced for a while but are still friends. There's footage from a concert he did last week where he and the audience serenaded her with Uptown Girl, and she was dancing and stuff. She still looks - - wow.
p.s. Billy is his own genre - - kind of like Elton John. They've toured together. This street scene was truly impromptu for the people there - - just a free, surprise concert. This was somewhere near St. Mark's Place, Lower East Side NYC.
Goodnight Saigon (official video ) will blow you away. It effects me now as it did when I first heard it in 1982.
More Billy! lol
Hands down, the greatest concert I have been to in my life. Billy Joel
BJ and elton john together was my first concert at age 16.
I adore this song!! I have watched the video probably 100 times and always notice something new that I previously missed.
He is a artist
Yes! More billy joel! 😊💜💜
Billy Joel is a true music chameleon. You haven’t even touched upon his absolutely beautiful ballads. And so it goes is pure poetry. She’s always a woman, she’s got a way, And just the Way you are are some of the most beautiful songs you’ll ever hear
So many songs by Billy Joel to check out. The diversity of his music and the style that he incorporates is incredible. He cannot be pigeon hold into a specific category. Check out - "Pressure", "Allentown", "Laura", "Goodnight Saigon", "Big Shot", "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", "My Life", "The Stranger", "Still Rock n Roll to Me". The catalog of music is huge
Such a super talented singer song writer!!! You are also right, none of his songs sound the same !! Great review ❤
Billy Joel is awesome. Deep deep rabbit hole.
The range and poetry of Billy Joel is absolutely incredible. I have seen him live twice and it was insanely amazing!
Hello, great reaction.
I am watching this video of the presentation of the Award of Merit to Billy joel and the live compilation of Billy Joel's hits at the 1998 American Music Awards. It starts at 2:15 minutes of the video. Several artists and groups sing sections of his songs with reworked lyrics directed towards him. "Billy Joel's the pianoman."...
You've only reacted to some of them, but you will still enjoy it.
The first 2:14 minutes are the awarding of Garth Brooks for best country album of 1998.
Once again... The"Canyons of NYC" The Revirb is phenomenal
Billy Joel is one of the greatest. I saw him in concert in the 80s, at Madison Square Garden. It was a great concert. I was a teen when I went with my sister, who was a teen as well. Memories. Lol. You should listen to Wild Cherry, Play that Funky Music. I think you would enjoy it. You should also listen to Barbara Streisand, The Way We Were, anything from Carol Kings Tapestry album... So many greats! I grew up in the 70s and 80s. We had such diverse music. We didn't particularly listen to any one type of genre. We were familiar with them all. I grew up in NYC and country was played, disco, funk, r&b, jazz, musicals, instrumental, oldies but goodies, rap, everything! We were exposed to it all.
I love a bunch of Billy Joel songs for different reasons, but this one and “All About Soul” are my personal anthems - so glad you enjoyed it!
So much more for you to discover with Billy Joel. The greatest ever.
"The Longest Time" is one of my favorite songs by him. It's from an ablum he did as a tribute to Do-wop and music from the 50's and 60's (it was the same ablum that had Uptown Girl on it.) The reason it's one of my favorites is because of how he recorded it. Every voice on it, in every range, is his. No one else sang that song on the Album.
The lyrics of this one is so, so deep!! My favorite.
These are the times to remember is an amazing song. A nice little reminiscing tune about how time moves so fast but memories are forever
So glad you guys enjoy Billy. He is a MASTER songwriter/composer. Please consider Billy Joel’s DUET w/RAY CHARLES, “BABY GRAND”. 👍🥂
Yes most definitely check out the longest time it’s my favorite by him It’s very nostalgic I think you’ll love it ty
My favorite Billy Joel song! Music is the best, and the lyrics outstanding. Love the line "I won't hold back anything and I'll walk away a fool or a king." You've gotta commit to it, no matter how it turns out!
I'll always love his song Vienna!!! Just beautiful!!
i love the lyrics and the drive of this song. it barely takes a breath.
Scenes from an Italian restaurant is what Billy Joel says is his favorite song that he does
Keeping the Faith ❤
I hadn't heard this one in ages. I must not have been introduced to "This is Spinal Tap" movie at the time because I don't remember Billy's reference to the classic "amp turned to 11" part. Anything by Billy Joel is awesome. I still remember his song "My Life" being the theme song from the TV show "Bossom Buddies" which launched Tom Hanks' career & was NEVER missed by my family. That beginning of the show was great.
The Good Die Young, The Longest Time, Scenes from and Italian Restaurant.
So thankful to have been born in the sixties, the great music we got to enjoy in real time. This generation of people doing reaction videos have just barely scratched the surface. The rabbit hole is deep, but the musical ride is fantastic.😊 Goodnight Siagon is must listen. One of the best tributes to Vietnam veterans.
He does the full 4 part harmony.In the longest time it's only him singing this song but it sounds like four people😊
Yes yes finally thank you, my favorite!
Keeping the Faith is one of my favorites, but they all are reslly. Just keep listening and reacting.
Another great reaction from the FUQ Boyz!
You can't go wrong with Billy Joel, and you never know what genre you're gonna get.
Please react to The Stranger.
YES , we need The Stranger!!!
You really need to hit River of Dreams! Been a BJ fan since
The Stranger album in the 70’s, but Dreams gets me
spiritually…incredible. He will always be my Piano Man!!
For The Longest Time is yet a whole other genre! Definitely, definitely check it out!
Yes, he writes all his music!!
The River of Dreams is another whole vibe. He is an incredible song writer. He once said on one of the late night talk shows that has never considered himself a real vocalist. Who ever the host was laughed out loud & told him that the whole world would disagree!
You're so right about his songs could be movies...Goodnight Saigon, The Downeaster 'Alexa...
Billy Joel is a master at doing impressions - I once watched him sing a Bruce springsteen song while doing a springsteen impression, and you'd swear you were listening to Bruce. I also once went to one of his concerts where he kept interacting with his band and the audience while doing an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression
The album that this song is from also has 2 duets. One with Cindy Lauper called Code of Silence and then Baby Grand with Ray Charles.
We didn’t start the fire. I’d be back for that in New York State of mind.
It's one of my favorites of many.
Billy was a boxer and in a metal band before his career took off.
Every album he’s made has its own vibe. And Pegasus, you nailed it with Uptown Girl. That whole album, “An Innocent Man,” was a tribute to 50’s music. Guy can do anything he wants.
This song came out around 1986 or so, my teen age years, always had a love and appreciation of this tune, not the first song you think of with him obviously, but a true top 3 for me of his song's!
Saw him in Lexington Ky I think it was 1984 or ‘85. He stopped playing and jumped up on his piano, laid on his side and started talking to the crowd. He told us a tornado was hitting Lexington. The crowd screams Yay!!! Thinking he was referring to a storm of music. He talked a while longer than jumped up and continued jamming and the crowd cheered and the party continued. When he completed his final song the lights came on to a voice on the speaker tell us all to remain seated because part of the roof had actually been blown off Rupp Arena. I’ve always thought he handled it like a pro.
Another excellent “movie” music video of Billy’s is “Don’t Forget Your Second Wind” (also known as “Only Human”). He wrote the song to speak to people who are seriously considering giving up on life. He had tried to take his life when he was very young and that experience changed his outlook. It’s a really neat music video with a.
One with a great “island-type” vibe, is River Of Dreams”. Man, it’s great!!!! So many cool instruments and the beat is amazing! 😊
I saw him during The Bridge tour, where he opened with this song. Great intro that set the tone for one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen.
Threemore songs of his that have even crazier range, style wise. In The Middle Of The Night, Innocent Man and Big Shot.
Allentown is another good one ❤😊
HONESTY is soooooo great… and so true.😊
Love it! You got to hear Innocent man. I am an Innocent man, oh yes I am…. An innocent man.
When I was 13-16 Billy Joel’s biggest hits were all rock. The Glass Houses Album is an absolute classic & both Still Rock Roll to Me and You May Be Right are the stand outs. Even his 1st huge album with piano man and other ballads had the rocking Only The Good Die Young.
I'm here for any Billy Joel reactions you got, so start the fire.
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,Innocent Man, Honesty,You May be Right,Still Rock in Roll,Big Shot,River of Dreams,Goodnight Saigon
And So it Goes... yes!
Listen to Billy Joel…..Keeping the Faith
Billy Joel is a fascinating song writer and an artist. Anyways check also out another classic group Fleetwood Mac. For example THE Chain live from The Dance 1997😊
Christy was the model and object of his affection in "Uptown Girl" too.