In 1987 The Russian Government invited Billy Joel and his band to come and perform.....he accepted and the rest is history.....my favorite part of all the videos from the six shows is Liberty DeVitto on drums.....without his backbeat Billy's music would not have been the same.....What a great Rock Drummer, amazing musician.....
It took me a whole year to learn that song when I was 19. I learned every Billy Joel song back then but that one took me a year. Never took a lesson of piano in my life till I saw his first concert in 85 in Oakland California. Plus I got to meet Christie Brinkley. Was the best night of my life. Thanks to my good friend that took me. I was sitting right behind him in the 5th row from the stage. He was the one that got me playing the piano. Plus I did a lot of Elton John also. They were my 2 favorite bands.
Amen! I say he’s the greatest singer songwriter to ever step foot on this earth & there’s not really a close 2nd. I can also easily back up this claim.
@@BigPapa0610 Liberty is great but this is a Billy Joel concert, not a Liberty DeVitto one. The rest of Billy's band back then were great too but without Billy's songwriting, none of them would have anything to play here and some of them are still making a career and a living from playing Billy's songs.
Possibly because Liberty is a very high energy drummer who likes to push tempos, but with Billy getting up in age, he would prefer a slower pace that doesn't use as much energy to play.
Legend has it (ie; some story I read on the Internet a while back) was that it was related to money. Basically, the story said that Billy's manager told him he could get musicians as good as his existing guys, but for a lot less money. So Billy basically replaced several of his guys with other guys who did it for less. Not sure how true this story is, but I played drums for well over 30 years and LD was one of my all-time favorite drummers...and he sort of alluded to this explanation in an interview I read over the years. So it wouldn't surprise if it were true. That said, Chuck Burgi is a fine drummer. But I can play those tunes as well as I've heard him play them. But I could only *hope* to bring the sort of energy to them as Liberty DeVitto did. He's the master of 1) playing the right thing for the tune, 2) with an incredible level of energy, and 3) coming up with some really innovative fills using the 'e' and 'ah' 16th notes. Go listen to his fill coming out of the bridge in "Shameless" once...or at the intro to "Only the Good Die Young." It's very difficult to evenly space those 16th notes the way he (seemingly) effortlessly does it. He's a machine.
One linguiring question- How is this picture quality even possible for an 80's concert? This looks like high def. Most concerts where shot on video. But even if this was shot on film you would expect some aging. The picture quality is beyond me. No grain, no shimering. Just amazing.
And to think that he was once told he would amount to nothing in music. Yet history will illustrate him as a Rushmore level musician. Worthy of being carved in stone and history itself.
These new uploads keep getting better and better!! This concert deserves to be uploaded in full like the other recent ones. I can't wait for the rest!!
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There's a place in the world for the angry young man With his working class ties and his radical plans He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl He's always at home with his back to the wall And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross And he likes to be known as the angry young man Give a moment or two to the angry young man With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood It's a comfort to know his intentions are good And he sits in a room with a lock on the door With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor And he likes to be known as the angry young man I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage I found that just surviving was a noble fight I once believed in causes too I had my pointless point of view And life went on no matter who was wrong or right And there's always a place for the angry young man With his fist in the air and his head in the sand And he's never been able to learn from mistakes So he can't understand why his heart always breaks But his honor is pure and his courage as well And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man There's a place in the world for the angry young man With his working class ties and his radical plans He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl He's always at home with his back to the wall And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross And he likes to be known as the angry young man
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It's hard to say who is the better pianist as Elton John never plays anything beyond accompaniment. Trust me though, he can - he went to the Royal College of Music at a very young age. That is a big thing amongst musicians here in the UK. He must have been a seriously good player. My money would be on Billy Joel for what it's worth. However, the idea that Elton John couldn't play this is preposterous. It's a show piece and looks really impressive but it isn't hard to play at all. I could play this when I was 14 and I was worlds away from the Royal College of Music.
![Billy Joel: Prelude / Angry Young Man [Live in Frankfurt, 1994]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/56fdUeUEMuI/mqdefault.jpg)
The first rock concert I went to.
Дмитрий Гербольдт Me too - same tour, but in Birmingham, England
And I went in 1987, when he came to us in Leningrad.
That's a great start! Ha! Cheers, chuvak!
@@ДмитрийГербольдт Lucky guy, that;s part of the history of the Rock.
In Russia???
He had a sore throat during the recording of this. He still sounds amazing
What a talent!
.....and a bandaid on his finger😁😁
I watched the video they were trying to interview him and he said the more I talk the worse the concert will be
In 1987 The Russian Government invited Billy Joel and his band to come and perform.....he accepted and the rest is history.....my favorite part of all the videos from the six shows is Liberty DeVitto on drums.....without his backbeat Billy's music would not have been the same.....What a great Rock Drummer, amazing musician.....
Billy rocks and Liberty rolls
there is nowhere near enough of Liberty on camera in this video. his drum playing is amazing!
He carried this damn concert!
lib rocks just seen him last week
Billy Joel you are part of my life.
Love your music .
Mine too!!!
Great piano playing I'm 15 and i listen to a lot of billy joel songs they are just so good
@@alhassanchoubassi2441 come fight me
It took me a whole year to learn that song when I was 19. I learned every Billy Joel song back then but that one took me a year. Never took a lesson of piano in my life till I saw his first concert in 85 in Oakland California. Plus I got to meet Christie Brinkley. Was the best night of my life. Thanks to my good friend that took me. I was sitting right behind him in the 5th row from the stage. He was the one that got me playing the piano. Plus I did a lot of Elton John also. They were my 2 favorite bands.
My first Billy Joel concert was June 1978 at Madison Square Garden. It was unbelievable. All the videos you put up are just amazing! Thanks!
Billy Joel is the best musician of all time. End of story.
Story checks out
100% nuff said
Him and Elton John are my favorite solo musicians
Don't be silly. 🙄
Amen! I say he’s the greatest singer songwriter to ever step foot on this earth & there’s not really a close 2nd. I can also easily back up this claim.
This was Billy in his prime years. Only saw him once during the Storm Front Tour, so glad I got to see such talent
Amazing quality
Genio
Damn his band was tight! It is amazing to think this is a a live performance! Every player is right on, and Billy Joel is so damn great!
Could not have done it without Liberty on the drums!
@@BigPapa0610 Liberty is great but this is a Billy Joel concert, not a Liberty DeVitto one.
The rest of Billy's band back then were great too but without Billy's songwriting, none of them would have anything to play here and some of them are still making a career and a living from playing Billy's songs.
This takes strength... like physical strength.
Few things are as satisfying as watching Billy Joel's hands playing this song on the piano
The best Performance of thus Song. Just awesome!!!!!
The Brilliant Billy Joel, seen him live more times than most people have hot dinners. Love this guy!
That little "meh, it couldn't be that great" at 4:39 😄
I love Billy Joel!
Platonically
I have a crush on Billy Joel.
amazing
Thanks for all the wonderful songs ❤️
I love it!!
Finally! A filmed recording of the 1987 concert!
Billy you are amazing. Playing the piano a just knocks me out
Monster drumming.
Wow
Billy is fabulous still. The man has enormous talent. He's a living legend
He is s amazing! How fast was he playing at the end? So fast and accurate! Wow!!
The piano whisperer I went to a concert in the 90's loved it he reminds me of my childhood
I never understood why Billy dumped this drummer.
I KNOW
Possibly because Liberty is a very high energy drummer who likes to push tempos, but with Billy getting up in age, he would prefer a slower pace that doesn't use as much energy to play.
Worst mistake he ever made. I stopped seeing Billy live once he dropped Liberty
Legend has it (ie; some story I read on the Internet a while back) was that it was related to money. Basically, the story said that Billy's manager told him he could get musicians as good as his existing guys, but for a lot less money. So Billy basically replaced several of his guys with other guys who did it for less. Not sure how true this story is, but I played drums for well over 30 years and LD was one of my all-time favorite drummers...and he sort of alluded to this explanation in an interview I read over the years. So it wouldn't surprise if it were true.
That said, Chuck Burgi is a fine drummer. But I can play those tunes as well as I've heard him play them. But I could only *hope* to bring the sort of energy to them as Liberty DeVitto did. He's the master of 1) playing the right thing for the tune, 2) with an incredible level of energy, and 3) coming up with some really innovative fills using the 'e' and 'ah' 16th notes. Go listen to his fill coming out of the bridge in "Shameless" once...or at the intro to "Only the Good Die Young." It's very difficult to evenly space those 16th notes the way he (seemingly) effortlessly does it. He's a machine.
It was about money. Liberty was a fucking beast of a player. Worst decision Joel ever made.
One linguiring question- How is this picture quality even possible for an 80's concert? This looks like high def. Most concerts where shot on video. But even if this was shot on film you would expect some aging. The picture quality is beyond me. No grain, no shimering. Just amazing.
theres algorithms and automatic grain remover programs and all kind of stuff that fixes that
This concert looks better than MJ's 1992 Bucharest concert
And to think that he was once told he would amount to nothing in music. Yet history will illustrate him as a Rushmore level musician. Worthy of being carved in stone and history itself.
The piano man he is amazing
2:00 Reminds me of "Scenes from Italian Restaurant" a lot
Masterful rendition of this classic song from the summer of 1987!
Great artist
What a Crew ....Cool as furrrrkkkk !!!! Go Billy old school cool
Just freaking amazing love Billy Joel, you must 🤗that was my x
Звуковой кайф! Это невероятно и восхитительно! Просто бомба! 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️😎👍
(Sonic thrill! This is incredible and amazing! Just a bomb!)
Awesome performance!
Best Musical because of heart
These new uploads keep getting better and better!! This concert deserves to be uploaded in full like the other recent ones. I can't wait for the rest!!
I love the little “hi” to the fans
What a performance!!! What a talent!!!
Brilliant and a genius great songwriter and musician love him only one Billy Joel
probably one of the best live performances ive ever seen
The boxer killing it on the keys
This is one of my favorites that he does for sure. Thanks for posting.
Спасибо вам за эти легендарные выступления и за доверие!
Thank you, mr.Joel, for your love, energy and devotion!
shredding
Increíble
just think this song must have taken quite some time to do. Great performance by all the band too
Who would give this a thumbs down?
Perhaps the angry young man at 2:39?
@@hekkoCZ Didn't even catch that! Soviet officer spotted in a concert.
What a musician
Such talent!!!😍🥰😘😄
Fenomeno. Talento.
❤KNOWLEDGE SKILLS ABILITIES COMPARE CONTRAST❤
Just great Billy Joel ,loved this Awsome playing and loved this, your the best.
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Where's the million subs!?!?!?
Hes so close
Can you post Big Shot from this tour please?
Great !!
Pretty cool bro :[)
Maybe the only tour (2 shows) where Billy played a Yamaha piano
There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl
He's always at home with his back to the wall
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross
And he likes to be known as the angry young man
Give a moment or two to the angry young man
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand
He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good
And he sits in a room with a lock on the door
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor
And he likes to be known as the angry young man
I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage
I found that just surviving was a noble fight
I once believed in causes too
I had my pointless point of view
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right
And there's always a place for the angry young man
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand
And he's never been able to learn from mistakes
So he can't understand why his heart always breaks
But his honor is pure and his courage as well
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man
There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl
He's always at home with his back to the wall
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross
And he likes to be known as the angry young man
Artista inigualável
Amazing
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did anybody notice the kid with the Tufts Crew sweatshirt in the audience during “Angry Young Man”? Must have been studying abroad! cool
Bro, his hand is really blend with the piano
Amazing player billy
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Billy Joel his hands move like lightning on the piano keyboard
Great song to open with in the USSR the late 1980s.
Can you upload all pf your performances from 1987 concert? There are only few videos on yt. Thanks Billy!!!
When I listen to Prelude I always feel sorry for that C key on the piano.
"STOP LIGHTING THE AUDIENCE..! He was really an angry young man there xD
A time when it was great to be an American.
Adamım 💥
how the hell they had so good cameras back in CCCP
Unreal
Who can possibly not like this? Go and get yourself checked, please
How.the.fuck.is.the.quality.so.fucking.awesome.?
Mr. Potato Head having fun at 4:55 mark.
Ayo is that Elton’s Yamaha Billy’s playing? It sounds and looks like it
I need that jacket
Billy had those kids cranked up like that so bad that one would think that they were American.
Don't know why they didn't have mark on the baritone sax on the river if dreams tour..
This tour is better musically than river of dreams tour to me!
gênio
I’d love to see Elton try this!
Simon Hodgetts , he’s not as fast. Billy has the better chops!
Simon Hodgetts, he’s not fast enough to do this!
Yeah two different ways of playing piano. Elton's arguably is better for solo shows.
It's hard to say who is the better pianist as Elton John never plays anything beyond accompaniment. Trust me though, he can - he went to the Royal College of Music at a very young age. That is a big thing amongst musicians here in the UK. He must have been a seriously good player. My money would be on Billy Joel for what it's worth. However, the idea that Elton John couldn't play this is preposterous. It's a show piece and looks really impressive but it isn't hard to play at all. I could play this when I was 14 and I was worlds away from the Royal College of Music.
@@garethharrison5797 He does a lot of solos, or Funeral For A Friend. Many of his songs include him having some melodies
Liberty smokes this one. Hate they fell out.
Is a saxophonist Mark Rivera?
@2v_5r Thank you.
Fuckuning awsome intro !
The quality is way too good for a video recorded in 1987
Smoking!!! Even with kgb!
He needs to bring liberty back..he carried the band..listen to last play at shae..it almost cookie cutter with his new drummer..Liberty kicks ass!
I agree Billy needs to ditch Chuck Burgi and bring back Liberty
Again...... Liberty Devitto doing his shit
Sorry?
Liberty carried this concert! Liberty is the man!
Fenenomale in one second five times some six time on the toots of the piano Bart Poppe Belgium.
Billy Joel, Metallica and the Scorpions probably had more to do with bringing down the USSR than any other influence.
Billy tried to teach a robot to play the piano. But it quit.
🎵🍡🎵
eres el puto ammooooo111 billy
The Russian crowds are always the best
McCartneys a melodic maestro.this man rivals him.