Billy Joel flips out in Moscow in 1987.
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2013
- Well, let's just say that when you're a member of Joel's lighting crew and you decide to light the audience, random people get thrown out, and you do not want to be around Joel.
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The way he regulates his freakouts to the breaks in lyrics is killing me
Ha. I was gonna say the same. He fits in the lyrics between smashing stuff. What's he even pissed about?
@@TheJollycoppers the audience was being lighted up by officials if they started dancing too much because it was during Soviet rule, this was his protest to that.
Lmao! It didn't hit me until I read your comment. Lmao!
He's the piano man
The show must go on, I love the passion. I wish more musicians were like this. He didn’t stop the show to talk to the audience
The audience is like "man those new lyrics and his new heavy metal persona is bold!!!"
He really is a [BIG SHOT], if he’s versatile in multiple music genres lol.
Fr though! Look up Monsters of Rock in Moscow 1991! It was a massive Rock/Thrash Metal festival that happened literally days after the fall of the Soviet Union. You could see 1.5 million head-banging Russians embracing the freedom of music in real time. Many of the soldiers at the event (still decked in Soviet-Era attire) even took off their uniforms and joined the crowd. Metal AF.
He's going full 90's Trent Reznor here 😂🤣
I laughed so hard at your comment, my side cramped up, I wound up rolling around on my living room floor laughing hysterically. Thank you!
Billy's first act was metal. He failed miserably and contemplated suicide.
I love how literally no one acts like anything is wrong. The band keeps playing like normal and the audience keeps cheering and rocking out.
Audience thought it's part of the show 😂
Probably used to his antics.
In Russia, concert breaks you.
@@northernavenue6426 "So this must be what Americans refer to as punk rock!"
It's Billy Joel. They're used to this from him. Lol
(The band I mean, not the Russian audience)
0:00 I love especially how he loses control of his emotions after singing the line "When am I gonna take control get a hold of my emotions"
I see ur perspective in It, but what if he was feeling angry and decided to do that, taking control if the situation lol, and getting a hold or in touch with his emotions hehe. Does that make sense? 😂
STOP LIGHTING THE AUDIENCE
@@19spearking93why does it seem to always hit me in the middle of the ni-i-i-ight
@@bonbonbonbonsSTOP IT!!!
@@19spearking93told me there's a number I can always dial. LET ME DO MY SHOW FOR CHRIST SAKE
Damn didn't know a Billy Joel concert could go this hard
That made me laugh 🍻
I busted up laughing out loud when I read that.
Some friends of mine saw him at a show in Nashville. This was when he was married to Christie Brinkley. A bunch of drunk guys were yelling "Say hi to Christie for me" and stuff like that. He came over to them, covered his mike and said "Tonight after the show I'm gonna be f*cking her, what are you guys gonna be doing"? Apparently they quieted down after that.
@@prime8nate bahahahahahaha that’s amazing if true, you can’t argue with that
But you notice how NO ONE cares. 🤣😂🤣😂
When you only play 80's Joel and someone wants Piano Man.
Hahahaha oh my god.
Such an underrated comment
I was just thinking if this inspired the scene in stepbrothers haha
“Play something from the strangerrrrrr!” “What’d I just say man?”
I took a dump that smelled like I ate Taco Bell for a week straight oh wait I DID
While performing "Sometimes a Fantasy," the audience kept getting attention from spotlights, which angered Joel as he felt it was making it harder to connect with them:
The Soviet crowd, raised by decades of Iron Curtain austerity, stopped dancing and froze like deer in headlights when they were lit up, petrified that the security guards would crack down on them. Then the lights would go out again and they'd resume dancing. Lights off, dancing. Lights on, frozen stiff. This went on and on like a game of red light, green light, one-two-three. With each flick of the lights, the perfectionist Joel saw his hard earned connection fading away.[5]
He yelled, "Stop lighting the audience!" He then trashed his instruments, overturning his piano and breaking his mic stand.[5] He later claimed that, "People like their privacy. They go to a concert to get that, to be in the dark and do their own thing."[3]
Uh, everything that guy just said is bullshit. Thank you.
@@jflesh8673 Please explain
@@Holygiant this whole fantasy/supposition about Soviet crackdowns at a Billy Joel concert is pure conjecture and Joel himself was interviewed about this particular performance and it weren’t the case, according to him, so…
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@@jflesh8673average redditor
I think Michael Keatons doing a perfect Billy Joel tribute! 🤣
Best comment in here!
You my friend are a comment artist
LET’S GET NUTS
Glad I'm not the only one who got the "Michael Keaton" vibe when seeing this
Do ya wanna get nuts? Let’s get Nuts!
Love how the band keeps playing like Billy does this everyday.
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@@AxxLAfriku do not drop out
Because they're absolute pros who I'm sure got paid well...
@@AxxLAfriku who the fuck asked wtf this is a a damn billy joel freakout vid
🤣😂🤣😂
i like how billy joel is flipping out and the band is just having the time of their life
They’re just staying in time lol
"He's paying us good money, just act natural"
The way the guy with the keytar screwed the notes up after he kicked whatever he kicked really added to moment. I wish the camera caught everything. Then he just grabs that mic stand, and it’s like “wtf is he doing?” Is it still rock and roll to you? It better be. I wouldn’t piss this dude off.
And you better believe that his fans absolutely loved the entire outburst 😂
@@marventos8104 you gotta stay in time with the rage
Dude is a CONSUMMATE performer, he knows what instruments he can destroy whilst still performing and keep going. The kick of the guy doing the keyboard solo is PRICELESS.
Wow he look like Jesus turning over the tables in front of the synagogue
when i sing along to sometimes a fantasy i always add in the outbursts. its just not the same without them
"...get a hold of my emotions"
Loses control of his emotions.
If you hear the back story, it's NOT about emotions but security scaring the crowd.
Anger and disappointment is still an emotion
@@SkeletonWord what if the reason was to keep the spotlight on him instead of the crowd
@@OffGridInvestor thanks.
@@cypherusuh you're an asshole.
i’ve been to a bunch of metal concerts and this is the most metal thing i have ever seen
Especially back when the Iron Curtain was still up.
Even more humorous and entertaining than Axl,s meltdowns. Actually this reminds of a video from time ago where buddy is sitting in his cubicle and loses it on his computer. Smashes the crap out of everything and shoves it off his desk
Hahahahhaa that’s hilarious
@@ianthestithead what about cobain and his boiz?
I've alway been afraid of billy joel concerts..too violent. I usually opt for Metallica 😁
I can’t stop cracking up at this!! Especially him shouting out in line with the rhythm, as well as that guy with the Keytar who is just totally unphased by it all!
My first concert was Billy Joel in L.A. in 1990. He closed the top of the grand piano at some point and then started jumping on top of it....it was insane! But the boom that sound made throughout the arena was an incredible thunderous bass sound I'll never forget......
ruclips.net/video/Ui-xsWZq4fk/видео.html ,
Awesome....he even screamed in the same key as the song. Thats talent!
Maybe that's why no one noticed his demands
Doesn't really same like a huge talent tbh
Lol he didn’t, and no that isnt
It's not talent. Literally anyone can do that.
@@briancherry1 His piano playing requires massive talent. That's for sure
I love that the “LET ME DO MY SHOW FOR CHRIST SAKE” was in perfect time
Reminds me of Spamton neo freaking out during his fight lol.
He even continued to sing it!
I thought bringing an Abrahamic comment into a show played in a country where organized religion was outlawed was pretty based
@@ShogunMedicalDoctor so based
Bahaaa
He does all this without missing a beat. Legend.
Sadly Chirag Gupta missed a beat when playing capture the flag in the doawk movie when he got tackled even when the singer was telling him to never miss a fucking beat.
Those people went to see Billy Joel and ended up seeing The Who instead.
He had said he was getting mad because the first night the audience wasn’t responding to the music because they would be thrown out by security. The second night, everytime the lights were pointed on them they would just freeze so they wouldn’t be seen by security which was why he got pissed and asked them to stop because they were slowly beginning to be less excited everytime the lights were on and off of them.
get this pinned to the top
Why the security was ejecting them in the first place?
@@evyuser russian was very strict back in those days. Even more than now
@@evyuser They were still the Soviet Union then.
This explains everything, especially after watching it again and listening to what he's shouting. Good for Billy, communist Russia was an authoritarian nightmare.
The *"STOP IT"* kills me everytime lmao
I know right it sounds like a dad yelling at his kid doing something stupid.
That shit is funny as hell
🤦♂️🤣
Me too!!! Looool
Let me do my show the christ sake!! 😂😂😂
His bands members and the audience acted like it's all part of the show. 👍😂
which I think it was
The algorithm did not disappoint 👏
I love how he casually keeps singing between rage moments lol
Shyt has me fkn rolling over here lmao
Billy Joel is the one of the very few performers who can simultaneously perform, scream, smash the stage, and STILL not miss a beat.
Like him or hate him, that's talent. Plain and simple.
I'm not sure very many have even tried.
@@last808 iggy pop
I'm beginning to think that maybe he DID start the fire.
@@DrumWild Well done.
You don't go to many shows, do you
"Stop Lighting the Audience" is Joel's best hit from that era
Here is what VICE says of the incident: "The Soviet crowd, raised by decades of Iron Curtain austerity, stopped dancing and froze like deer in headlights when they were lit up, petrified that the security guards would crack down on them. Then the lights would go out again and they'd resume dancing. Lights off, dancing. Lights on, frozen stiff. This went on and on like a game of red light, green light, one-two-three. With each flick of the lights, the perfectionist Joel saw his hard-earned connection fading away. Mid-song, he started screaming at his crew to cut it out and, like a consummate professional, didn't even miss a beat as he barked orders between lyrics."
“Consummate professional”
I’m just impressed how well that microphone held out
An sm58 could be swallowed and shat out by an elephant and still work.
@@jamesadam4415 You could ride into war with that shit
@@jamesadam4415 Yup, And on the back of a sm58 box, it states "built to Billy Joel durability".
Jp, it should state that tho.
@@jamesadam4415 shat out and run over too and probably still work
She smashing the stand not the microphone
"The Soviet crowd, raised by decades of Iron Curtain austerity, stopped dancing and froze like deer in headlights when they were lit up, petrified that the security guards would crack down on them. Then the lights would go out again and they'd resume dancing. Lights off, dancing. Lights on, frozen stiff. This went on and on like a game of red light, green light, one-two-three. With each flick of the lights, the perfectionist Joel saw his hard earned connection fading away. Mid-song, he started screaming at his crew to cut it out and, like a consummate professional, didn't even miss a beat as he barked orders between lyrics."
- Dan Ozzi
Vice
Unfortunately there are many in the usa advocating for communism. People dont learn from history. Scary.
@@TDL-xg5nn Communism is about distribution of wealth. Nobody in America is advocating for an authoritarian government to ban dancing.
@@drewmathews7555 redistribution of wealth is stealing what isn't yours under the guise of the legal system and a mask of twisted morality.
The wealth angle is the candy they use to bait people to buy into an ideology which comes with its own overbearing nature that always involves censorship.
@@drewmathews7555 dude... You are dangerously ignorant of what communism brings.
@@huntergrant6520 People just want what many countries in europe have, social democracy. Communism is something completely different. First thing is about worker rights like paid sick leave, social benefits like universal healthcare and the other thing is about not having private businesses and no free choice of what you study or work.
Saw him at the Capital Center in DC in 1986. I was a metal fan. He blew us all away. Brought down the house!
ruclips.net/video/wtbcaWnybzs/видео.html .
"When am I gonna take control, get a hold of my emotions"...proceeds to destroy stage! 😂😂
His adrenaline must've really been pumping. He's not a big guy, and a Yamaha CP70 is a big, heavy keyboard!! He totally flipped the thing!
It’s a CP80.
@@jjazz22 Sorry.
anguitenens4003 I had to freeze it mid-flip and compare it to my CP70 to be sure.
@@jjazz22 I'd love to have one of those keyboards!
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Gotta admire his professionalism. He didn't allow his meltdown to interrupt the song.
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@@AxxLAfriku Geez, why are you still alive?
@@AxxLAfriku oh my god that was straight 🔥
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@@AxxLAfriku wtf is wrong with you?
@@AxxLAfriku Stop smoking crack this isn’t 1985.
Even when he’s angry and smashing things, this guys timing is still impeccable.
I love how he doesn't just rant into the mic. He only uses the vocal pauses to scream in his normal voice and fuck shit up while not missing any of his lines. Hahaha! 🤣
Dude... he kicked the keyboard player during his solo and him hitting all the notes during his fall fit perfectly in the song. Skill
He didn't kick the keyboard player. He jumped up and kicked off of something
Hahaha!! Just perfect timing 😂 he kicks the object not the guy.
@@johnkaminsky1657 oh man it looked like it though, I laughed so hard.
there was nobody there.
This kinda reminds me of Eric Andre attacking the drummer 🤣
His voice somehow goes from Billy Joel to 42 year-old married plumber who’s a regular at the local bar.
Stop watering down my vodka tonics!!! STOP IT!
His throat was in a lot of pain this night.
@@Smoove_J Let me drink my booze for christ sake!
@@Smoove_J one of the most underrated comments I’ve ever read
he's a new yorker, that's why.
Dude's just living out his 'We didn't start the fire' antics.
I would absolutely LOVE to see an hour-video of those beautiful outrages from the artists
I like how the band never stopped
They just act like this always happens.
Professionals
The incredible 'Billy Joel' Hulk
The Incredibilly Hulk
@@jamesmarno the Incredible Drunk Hulk.
The Billy Joel Neo.
*cocaine
I thought it was funny when he whipped the Mic stand against the floor and broke it
“Schtahp it!” 😂 he went flawlessly from his singing voice to his hardass Long Island accent in between the lines. 😂
I feel like he should've made a song on his next album with random shouts at an imaginary crew dispersed throughout the lyrics
Lost it when he said "Let me do my show for Christ sake"😂
Yep, I’m on the same page. I’m still laughing at it 😂
i cant stop, he sounds like beetlegeuse
Me too, it was really hilarious
@@21stcenturyjesuschrist85 I was also thinking he looks like Michael Keaton in this clip. I saw Birdman breaking character
@@21stcenturyjesuschrist85 he sounds like Stan pines to me
"When am I gonna take control and get ahold of my emotions?"
XD
“STOP LIGHTING THE AUDIENCE!”
@@br6074 it wasnt even a lyric, he was just asking
Apparently not today, Mr Joel
Why does it always have to hit me in the middle of the ni-i-ight?
*STOP IT!*
I watched this like 20 times and it just got more and more funny 😄 🤣 😆
WHEN AM I GONNA TAKE CONTROL GET A HOLD OF MY EMOTIONS AND **STOP LIGHTING THE AUDIENCE!!!!!**
The guy on the keytar was getting it though. That high kick he does kills me every time.
are you sure it wasn't a guitboard?
😂
🤣
The guy on the keytar was carrying the whole show.
I love this because I like how he just blends his madness into his dancing on stage and then the mic slam was just golden.
One of the best performances and perfectly chaotic! Billy Joel rocks!!!
Idk why but it just gets funnier every time
this is as close to an SNL skit, w/o being one, as it can get.
That flying kick to that dude on stage 😂
he kicked a grand piano not the band member
love that i saw him the other night as he was talking about this, and now it randomly pops up in my recommended lol. love this man
Now that’s still rock and roll to me
More like rock, and smash.
@@joshshrum2764 just go home.
You may be right
Imagine if he did this every night and made it part of his act. Dude would've been even more famous than he already is.
Like an easy listening adult contemporary GG Allin
The Who already did that.
i would be a much, much, much bigger billy joel fan then
WHO????
LET ME DO MY SHOW FOR CHRIST’S SAKE
So glad I found this randomly
I've watched this 50 times since finding it last week
The funny thing is that they probably thought that his screaming was a part of the song.
Ian Silent They did
They even thought him breaking instruments was part of it one viewer after the show asked what are you gonna destroy next
I mean, I know that the screaming isn't part of the song and it *still* feels like it is.
I literally thought this was a skit when I first watched this video
I did too
Him yelling "let me do my show!", and flipping the piano went right with the music
i can't stop quoting this oh my god i love it
Lyrics:
When am I gonna take control get a hold of my emotions
STOP LIGHTING THE AUDIENCE
Why does it always seem to hit me in the middle of the night
STOP IT
Told me there's a number I can always dial LET ME DO MY SHOW FOR CHRIST SAKE
It's just a fantasy (Woah)
It's not the real thing (Woah)
Sometimes a fantasy (Oh oh oh)
Is all you need
[Flip over piano, break mic stand]
Sure it would be better if I had you here to hold me
[Break mike stand again]
Better baby but believe me it's the next best thing
Absolutely hilarious meltdown insofar as he managed to interpose it into song.
Still rock and roll to me.
観られてよかったです！ありがとうございます
Awesome. I love the way the band played on as if it was an everyday occurrence !!!! lol 😂🤣😂🤣
It wasn't project Star Wars that destroyed the Soviet Union it was this performance by Billy Joel.
He went from blue collar to punk rock, in less than a minute lol.
Blue-collared punk XD
Most punks never had a real job.
Real punk IS blue collar.
Yeah, maybe in Great Britain, where the economy reeks of European socialism, but not in America.
@@Hollameyah899 you’re so angry but you can’t even spell
Yet another song that i didnt know billy sang n also hes a reall badass. Bring back the 80s
I guess someone start the now legendary flip out performance fire. Can somebody please upload the entire flip out performance completely uncut and unedited and in HD. Because I do love how these celebrities freak out and flip out on and off stage. And this is the best performance by billy Joel back in the day in the 80s 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
i would be a much, much, much, much, much bigger billy joel fan if this is what his shows were like more often
The moment Billy flips the piano and breaks the microphone stand gets me every time.
And singing with said microphone despite the stem being completely broken. I stand by it.
The way he freaks out makes It feel like it’s actually apart of the show
I can feel your anger. It makes you stronger, gives you focus!
I remember my high school music teacher showing us this clip. Ever since I can't imagine hearing the song without the screaming.
Axl Rose had these kinds of meltdowns to fight the audience and had to pause or cancel shows. Not only is Billy Joel's meltdown about fighting FOR the audience but does it while giving a kickass performance and not missing a beat. .
Love or hate his music (personally I love it), he's a true professional and loves his crowd. Even the band knee his devotion to putting on a great show as they kept going without flinching.
This was in the Soviet Union. When they would light up the audience dancing, the audience would stop or they would get thrown out by security. They were so backwards then. Idk what the meltdown was about though.
@@NoOne-kr4jc That was what it was about. He was trying to get the techs to stop lighting the crowd so the audience would feel safe to dance
You just wouldn't think Billy Joel could lose it,that's what makes this video funny
@@NoOne-kr4jc they were not throwing people out. It was a new era in the USSR. But, people were still a bit spooked from the old era. So, when the lights came on, they felt a bit uneasy. Rock music was banned for a while, but Gobachev and his wife loved rock (esp. The Beatles). Dancing to rock was all good at this time.
This. Is. Awesome. Got a new level of respect for this guy now. This just made me a bigger fan. And he wasn't wrong. Lol
A true professional, keeps singing but also raging like a football hooligan in between.
Masterful.
If you listen to his Town Hall with Howard Stern he says in it that the film crew was trying to document everything and kept lighting the audience. He wanted them to turn it off but the light conductors were Russian and couldn’t understand him.
The lighting crew was his...all English speaking Americans... In the documentary that came out he says that when he screamed " stop lighting the audience" his crew thought he said " stop fighting the audience" and were confused...all miscommunication within his road crew and he overreacted...threw a tantrum...but hey that's rock and roll!
Always thought he said stop fighting in the audience. This explanation makes much more sense.
@@brad6420 "Stop lighting the audience..Let me do my show for christsakes!!"
On the Russian Concert LP that was released, there's a bit of gibberish, nonsense sounding talk/scream after one of the songs (can't remember which one)...when you played it backwards it was a recording of him saying that line during the "tantrum"....only included on the LP though. A Little fun fact.
@@BobCat623923 that's really cool man! Dig stuff like that.
Lol...if they couldn't understand the American words "Lights Off" they probably should have had a translator on hand...there's no excuse for that bullshit. Did he really have to learn "Lights Off" in Russian for them to get the point? Cmon now
“LET ME DO MY SHOW FOR CHRIST SAKE!” That fit so perfectly into the song…
That angry skip leap jump strut glare thing over whatever was on the ground was great!!
Just got this recommended thanks algorithms!
apparently he's kicking off the grand piano instead of the guy playing it, but 0:37 is the most hilarious, outrageous moment of this for me...the guy looks like he slides right off in a cartoonish way from Billy Joel's kick, and with that sound cutting off at the same time... x'D
That is brilliant lol I didn’t notice that
Amazing comment 😂😂😂😂
🤣 he got stepped on like in Super Mario
Oh my God, u caught the gold of the already goldest Joel Billying ever!!! Winning!!!!
Maintaining pitch and beat while trashing a stage isn't as easy as it looks.
Well done Sir!
Rock on my dude.
Looks like a normal concert to me. But I’m a metal guy.
Me too slayyyeeer
@@jeanfrancoisrondeau6444 Megadeth goes hard
I'm so in love with 70s/ 1980s Era Billy.
I love Dynamic Banter
I see you I hear you
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Let me do my show for Christ sake has always been my favorite song
I love how the “let me do my show for Christ sake” was on beat
I cried to this video for hours on end because of the Piano Flip. 😂
Dynamic Banter directed me to this video of an angry gentleman
**honk** 📯
An Incredible Temper
If you see the entire concert you'll notice that most of the audience is wearing jeans and t-shirts, just like any western concert goers. But every so often you'll see a couple of guys wearing what, I presume, the authorities think people in the US and Europe wear to these shows. In other words, a shirt, tie and a sports jacket. These men are noticeable by two facts: 1. They aren't joining in with the spirit of the concert, and 2. They seem to be spending as much time looking at the audience as they do the performance.
Les Paul Where i can find the full concert?
How can I get the full concert?
Are they the kgb?
One of the major reasons he was pissed.
Secret service. 😁
God this is so amazing 😂🤣😂🤣🔥
Read about this once, never realised footage of it existed!
Dynamic Banter brought me here :)
I saw him at Madison Square in November and he’s aged pretty well, including his voice.
Did they light the audience
@@ryan-tc3rk They didn't when I saw him, so I guess Russia really made an impact on him
I saw pics just today, looks like he lost a bunch of weight recently too, really happy to see.
Yeah it’s because he’s a [BIG SHOT].
That sound when the microphone gets bounced at 0.33 seconds reminds me of Slipknot's song Duality when Clown starts pounding the beer barrel! Well done sir!
Ok there is something about the dude jamming on his strapped piano while Joel is angry that kills me 😂😂😂
I didn't know anything about this, I found a good article on the web where they explain in detail this situation, it's very interesting, it's called: "30 Years Ago, Billy Joel Had a Meltdown in Moscow". My respects to Billy Joel!
Greetings tobi
@@dancerelle5020 TF?
@@AaronPaige truth hurts bro!!!
@@dancerelle5020 you're sounding antisemitic.
@@AaronPaige Nah just anti Billy Joel.