Although the album is older than I am, I still have the original vinyl. All credit to my father (a pianist himself) for introducing me to Billy Joel and for the opportunity to see him in concert. I was a teenager unashamed of going places with my parents, and I smiled and clapped just as much as my dad. Miss him, this album is easily one of Joel's best.
I love this song. My name is Anthony and I grew up with my papa jamming this song out. It was great having him look at me and sing it when it came on. I miss him so much.
浜田明志 i grew up listening to this song playing on the radio , was one of my favorites back then , hadnt herd it in a long time and somehow popped in my head last nite.
Found this song from Kanye sampling it and I gotta say I like this version even better. This song has literally been stuck in my head all day and I have it on repeat. Glad I found an amazing song!
This is a straight up banger bruh i come back after 3 years and am jumpscared by my deadname and a bunch of comments lmao, love you hope you’re doing well 4 years, thanks mr joel i’m on estrogen
Growing up in an Italian family in Brooklyn this song came out right when the “successful” in my family were moving to Jersey. There were also more painful things happening within the family. This song captured that inner knowing that just making good $$ was never going to be enough for me… I was going to have to leave home and ultimately the East Coast to find out what else was really important in my life. What a great song.. I just shared it w/ my daughter.. she’s at that age when the emptiness of school and societal expectations is something she’s grappling with. Good songwriting is one of the most essential forms of human creativity. Thanks BJ!
I never knew this song was about that. What an insight take on this. This is why Billy is so big on the East Coast. We on the West Coast like the music but dont have the same POV.
Yup same experience in my family growing up in Queens. Those who "made it" went to Florida. Now only a few of us remain and the rest of the family has scattered to the winds.
Can y’all imagine Billy’s stories from the 1970s in NYC? Absolutely incredible and unimaginable when Studio 54 was around. This dude was a king in the city.
@@lookingoverhisshoulder Yeah, I've been trying to find which "medical center" he was talking about though. Cacciatore's on Sullivan Street apparently became Song'e Napule and still exists, but I can't find that there was ever a hospital near there. The closest was St Vincent's Catholic Medical Center which closed in 2010, but that's 5 blocks away.
I suggest you start discovering the music of Billy Joel. Try some tunes. He is one of the best composers ever. I am no joking : he is one of the greats.
My boyfriend is moving out of his house for the first time and into my home. He doesn't work at a grocery store (although he did about a year ago), but his name is Anthony, so this song has been on repeat in my mind as of late. Whatever the song truly means, that fact in itself makes it special to both of us. ❤
My 11 year old sister's favorite artist! She got Billy's "Greatest Hits" vinyl for her birthday and was ecstatic! Thank you Billy for bringing us great music!!!!
That’s mad crazy I can’t imagine going back to the comments over a 9 year time span bet it made u think about the past lol and this truly was a banger still some top tier music
Did you initially think "across from the medical center" meant the one in Hackensack? It's like the biggest hospital in New Jersey. Meanwhile I can't find that there has ever been a hospital on Sullivan Street in NYC.
This Billy is like that first date, that first love, that never leaves you. He moves out but always manages to pop up again with that sweet fragrance of the good old times he's given you, almost 50 years! His music is so damn close to the working class, so down to earth and so refined. His lyrics are authentic poems woven with simple words and common situations, performed with an unforgettable energy and a tremendous talent. I mean, how can you do art with normal ingredients for such a long time without failing. He's got his ups and downs, made his mistakes like we all have and who cares if that guy next door made songs like this! I wish there's Billy for many years! Thanks man.
Uh guys I hate to burst yalls bubble but I didn't write the original comment, my older brother (who is a fan of Billy and all that kinda music from that era) wrote the comment. Personally I think the song kinda sucks.
As a kid, whenever I heard "My life" on the radio, I would have such a feeling of well-being over my whole body. Something about the chords and rhythm I guess, but now I am an adult I can never seem to get that happy vibe the same way.
Funny you say this, because this song always made me feel kinda bad. Basically a song putting down blue collar people, telling them their life sucks while gloating about "making it big" himself.
@@theoneandonlycrackhead4177 - This is a song from the 70s, you hush. Also, a 40 year old in 2021 was 20 when 9-11 happened, and 16 in 1997. He wasn't the same 40 year old teacher you knew in grade school.
@@chrisrj9871 lmao 9/11 traumatized you. yet you’re the type of person to call people snowflakes? mhmm might wanna check urself there. so what they were alive when 9/11 happened. “oh no they were on the earth when a tragedy happened…i’m shivering in my timber’s” like what? and idfk how old they are, i’m just tired of the boomer humor of “kids these days don’t get music” hate to break it to you but it’s a little something called ur music fucking sucks. sorry not sorry
Billy Joel, you have no idea how much you've been getting me through life lately, and I thank you for your music. You have truly touched many generations.
I love the imagery this song has, I can just picture all the people and places he talks about, even though I've never been there. NYC/NJ in the 70's, it's such a neat experience for that reason.
I remember these songs as a young man. My son, 36 now, just went to one of his concerts. He, and his wife, loved it. Billy rocks all generations! "Momma if that's moving up then I'm moving out!"
I just heard a very heart rending acoustic version of this last night, played by one man with a well worn guitar (which he broke a string on an changed himself) filling in for a cancelling band. Here's to the musicians like him, giving it all up single-handedly.
I was in the 6th grade when this song came out. I remember discovering that it was one of the first songs I ever listened to that was life affirming before life affirming became what it is today. I looked forward to moving out and into another place away from home. I love this song.😎👏🎷✌️
Im a die hard metal and hard rock guy but I always love when Billy Joel songs come on. His songwriting ability is top notch and his melodies are second to none. Its one of my guilty pleasures dont tell my anyone. ;)
I just saw him for his hundredth show during his residency at MSG. Fantastic. Sting and Seinfeld came on stage, Sting played Every Little Thing She Does is Magic. Fantastic night. This song has woken me up everyday in my brain.
This music transcends generations. Well written, great voice, the music. This is why these songs endure the test of time. Billy Joel one of the all time greats. Go see a show if you can while he’s still out there performing.
i think this song is about how people conform to society. everyone wants to make it big with lots of money and fancy, fast cars. we as humans don’t need all of this to be happy. simple lives is what we were made to have. lots of materialistic things like money and cars and clothes and technology just lead to fighting and wars.
to me, there's four types of simple lifes: 1. the people who have no choice but to live a simple life, 2. the people who had it all, but realized that it's all a rigged psychopathic game, and left. 3. the people who fake living simple while still being rich. and finally 4. understanding that the workers who create the work can and should own the workplace.
@@General_Grievance but would it be better to depressed in a 3 bedroom in London, or not to be depressed in a one bedroom in Lancaster? I'm not saying that we shouldn't be focused on resources, but there are emotional and social resources as well as material resources, and that we need to be focused on our health as much as we do wealth, in order to have a prosperous life.
The end of the song hit so hard for me. The sound of the motorcycle taking off has a message behind it. It’s a lot like life, when it’s time to move on from a situation/cycle, just pull off…. Don’t turn back keep going forward.
Anthony works in the grocery store Savin' his pennies for some day Mama Leone left a note on the door She said "Sonny, move out to the country" Oh but workin' too hard can give you a heart attack You oughta know by now Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money? And it seems such a waste of time If that's what it's all about Mama, if that's movin' up, then I'm movin' out Sergeant O'Leary is walkin' the beat At night he becomes a bartender He works at Mister Cacciatore's down on Sullivan Street Across from the medical center And he's tradin' in his Chevy for a Cadillac You oughta know by now And if he can't drive With a broken back At least he can polish the fenders And it seems such a waste of time If that's what it's all about Mama, if that's movin' up, then I'm movin' out You should never argue with a crazy mind You oughta know by now You can pay Uncle Sam with the overtime Is that all you get for your money? And if that's what you have in mind Yeah, if that's what you're all about Good luck, moving up, 'cause I'm movin' out I'm movin' out
Absolutely incredibly song, recently I was handed down my folks Vinyl collection and amongst them are four early Billy Joel LP's, it's been over 40yrs since I heard these whilst growing up in the 1970's & early 80's and what an amazing treat, along with Streetlife Serenader and Goodnight Saigon, I thanked my Mum gave her a kiss and promised her that those 4 Billy Joel albums will stay will me until my days are done. Thanks for the music Mr Joel, I'm 50 now and rediscovering your talent that I heard for the first time when I was in single figures!
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This song slaps so hard
Amen
facts
I love this song and I love your channel
Bro what are you doing here 😉
Even in 2024❤
This album is just ridiculously amazing. Hit after hit on it. Joel’s unreal.
Probably one of the greatest of all time. Couldnt agree more.
Although the album is older than I am, I still have the original vinyl. All credit to my father (a pianist himself) for introducing me to Billy Joel and for the opportunity to see him in concert. I was a teenager unashamed of going places with my parents, and I smiled and clapped just as much as my dad. Miss him, this album is easily one of Joel's best.
@@theedmee Thanks for sharing this. That’s so cool you still have the vinyl. 🙂
yknow is wife would also agree, hits on hits
Great effort
He's tradin' in his Chevy for a Caddilac-ac-ac-ac-ac-ac" I love this stuff. Billy Joel is my all-time favorite.
"If you can't drive with a broken back, at least you can polish the fenders...." - So much brilliance in one simple lyric.
Incredible Artist, He should have included his own name in the Lyrics for "We didn't start the fire"!
and you bought a house out in Hackensack
He's a good-ole-boy from Levittown! His Dad must have been a GI?
What I don’t understand is why you aren’t posting on your RUclips channel, I think you sold me with your pfp
I love this song. My name is Anthony and I grew up with my papa jamming this song out. It was great having him look at me and sing it when it came on. I miss him so much.
I'm a Anthony too actually. God bless! 👍
thats very wholesome. i appreciate the breath of fresh air away from the ignorant gen z posers.
So many people with the same name. Small world isn't it!
I have a son named Anthony
I'm Buddhist monk in Japan.
I love this song
This song has a magical atmosphere.
Some of the lyrics, there is a word yoga.
I understand you man. This track has been playing to me in my dreams had to track it down on the lyrics. Very powerful song.
浜田明志 i grew up listening to this song playing on the radio , was one of my favorites back then , hadnt herd it in a long time and somehow popped in my head last nite.
dangerous toys56 less exactly like you my friend 20 years old in 1978 first holiday abroad with the boys ,we played this to death😊
hi from Texas, love his music to.
with all due respect, but why is it important the fact that you're buddhist? ._.
I truly love that older music like this has been inherited by the type of people that say this is a straight up banger.
ding ding ding*
hector
Still a straight up banger.
absolute banger.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ hermosa
My van ate this CD and so now its installed permanently. It's fine, I really like this song.
Every single car my family has ever owned eats CDs, lol
Ask it if it will mix you a martini hahahah
My Jeep cassette player did that to Aerosmith's Greatest Hits.
Found this song from Kanye sampling it and I gotta say I like this version even better. This song has literally been stuck in my head all day and I have it on repeat. Glad I found an amazing song!
Man's got bangers for days, dont stop with one song!
@@vaporsaver I didn't lol I've been listening to his albums recently too. They are great!
@@vaporsaverreal shit
Of course a full song will be better than a snippet of it lol. Which Kanye song?
@@kevinzhang6623 mama's boyfriend. It's unreleased but you can find it on yt
Actually one of the best songs Billy Joel ever wrote, and probably one of the best songs ever made
@@scitsalcoryp they’re right and they should say it
Agreed. I love the part where he "moves out" and the tires squeal 😂😂
Yelawolf's Why Everything I Love the most used it as a sample! :)
@ Tom Johnson Wow! I 👍🏼
Great song, sure, but... one of the greatest songs ever? Cmon man. Does your scope of music go anywhere beyond 70s-90s western music?
As a man once said "this is a straight up banger bruh".
Ian Reed?
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@@ekayim yes.
Right below you homie
lmaooo his comment is right below yours
This is a straight up banger bruh
i come back after 3 years and am jumpscared by my deadname and a bunch of comments lmao, love you hope you’re doing well
4 years, thanks mr joel i’m on estrogen
A real pollywhopper, if you will.
a genuine bop sir
a scintillating arrangement of musical instruments composed in quite a way that makes it very pleasing, if you so desire
A real tangible hoot if you wish
A superb jam
HE WALKED IN OUR LIVES, I WAS ONLY 5, SUPER MAN PYJAMAS I WAS SUPER DUPER FLY🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥
I'm a Kanye fan but stfu bruh this shi corny asf to be on the movin out video and not a mamas boyfriend video 😭 💀
SITTIN HERE LIKE "WOW HE AT LEAST SUPER SIZED"🗣🗣
YOU KNOW I SCRUTINIZE LIKE "WHO THIS NEWER GUY" 🗣
@@decentdaysIM MY MAMA BOYFRIEND IM HER LITTLE HUSBAND I WAS THE MAN OF THE HOUSE WHEN HE WASNT
@@AugustberglindYOU AINT TRYIN TO GET TO KNOW ME HOMIE JUST KILL THE CHARM
The comments are all full of “Ack-Ack-Ack-Ack!!”
But nobody is talking about that one “Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma!
Show momma some love guys she’s earned it.
who would argue with a crazy mind mind mind mind mind mind mind mind?
🙏🙏 ur right.... I'm sorry
Is it mama or mind? I am confused
@@conserztasfia0078 mind 👌
It’s not momma. It’s “you should never argue with a crazy mi mi mi mi mi mind…”
This was the last song I sang and played on my piano before I moved out of my ex's life. Man, it felt good!
Johnny P Damn you can play this on piano that’s so cool.
Played "Movin' Out" before moving' out?
Johnny P 😄👍
That’s too good😂😂✌🏻✌🏻
Savage!
Growing up in an Italian family in Brooklyn this song came out right when the “successful” in my family were moving to Jersey. There were also more painful things happening within the family. This song captured that inner knowing that just making good $$ was never going to be enough for me… I was going to have to leave home and ultimately the East Coast to find out what else was really important in my life.
What a great song.. I just shared it w/ my daughter.. she’s at that age when the emptiness of school and societal expectations is something she’s grappling with. Good songwriting is one of the most essential forms of human creativity. Thanks BJ!
Thanks (for the) BJ!
Blah blah blah
@@jl2937 Lmao, you seem like the type of person most people would avoid irl.
I never knew this song was about that. What an insight take on this. This is why Billy is so big on the East Coast. We on the West Coast like the music but dont have the same POV.
Yup same experience in my family growing up in Queens. Those who "made it" went to Florida. Now only a few of us remain and the rest of the family has scattered to the winds.
ビリー・ジョエルの中で一番好きな曲です！！！最後のバイクの音が堪らなく好きです！♪！
Is Billy Joel big in Japan?
Japanese people love rock n roll a lot, most of the rock artists are pretty popular in japan@@Oh_the_humanity
@@Oh_the_humanity In a word....Yes
@@xraider927really? I’d have never thought that 😭
中毒性半端ない！
Can y’all imagine Billy’s stories from the 1970s in NYC? Absolutely incredible and unimaginable when Studio 54 was around. This dude was a king in the city.
And he was good at including landmarks when he gave out directions
@@lookingoverhisshoulder Yeah, I've been trying to find which "medical center" he was talking about though. Cacciatore's on Sullivan Street apparently became Song'e Napule and still exists, but I can't find that there was ever a hospital near there. The closest was St Vincent's Catholic Medical Center which closed in 2010, but that's 5 blocks away.
@@japanpanda2179 yeah but was it on the same side of the street or across
well duh. He had the skids greased for him
Entire album is a masterpiece! Love it.
I'm buying this! There's not a single bad track on this entire album.
Only 3 songs in and im excited
Definitely amazing to have so many great songs on one album
Vienna waits for you…
ANY TIME i HEAR IT, i THINK OF aRIZONA i WAS LIVING IN tUCSON THE FIRST TIME i HEARD IT
I'm not even that big of a fan, but this song has possessed me. I wake up hearing it. I find myself humming it constantly. He may have something here.
I think it must play on the radio at one of the places I play, because it's been in my head for weeks and now I just have to add it to the repertoire.
I suggest you start discovering the music of Billy Joel. Try some tunes. He is one of the best composers ever. I am no joking : he is one of the greats.
My boyfriend is moving out of his house for the first time and into my home. He doesn't work at a grocery store (although he did about a year ago), but his name is Anthony, so this song has been on repeat in my mind as of late. Whatever the song truly means, that fact in itself makes it special to both of us. ❤
My 11 year old sister's favorite artist! She got Billy's "Greatest Hits" vinyl for her birthday and was ecstatic! Thank you Billy for bringing us great music!!!!
did she enjoy it?
How is she doing now
Shes 20 now
That’s mad crazy I can’t imagine going back to the comments over a 9 year time span bet it made u think about the past lol and this truly was a banger still some top tier music
If I was American I would regard Billy as a national treasure, But being European I will admire him from afar!
A World Treasure. But we, Americans, are pretty proud of him.
We are of one nation my friend, and I love you as a brother!
WORD!
Love this comment lol! I’ve seen him live at MSG. He gets treated like a National Treasure don’t worry!
@@thomashughes55 Kind regards from Ireland.
Being from Hackensack New Jersey makes this song hit different on so many levels
Go Hackensack Bulls!!! And Monte Brewster... NONE OF THE ABOVE
My sister lives in Rochelle park and my mom grew up there too! Went to Hackensack highschool when this song was released lol
Did you initially think "across from the medical center" meant the one in Hackensack? It's like the biggest hospital in New Jersey. Meanwhile I can't find that there has ever been a hospital on Sullivan Street in NYC.
I love that the younger generation is starting to understand the oldies and older music.
One of all time favorites by Billy Joel
Kanye giving us the old stuff through his samples😤
The really great music has a way of surviving and Billy will be remembered
This Billy is like that first date, that first love, that never leaves you. He moves out but always manages to pop up again with that sweet fragrance of the good old times he's given you, almost 50 years! His music is so damn close to the working class, so down to earth and so refined. His lyrics are authentic poems woven with simple words and common situations, performed with an unforgettable energy and a tremendous talent. I mean, how can you do art with normal ingredients for such a long time without failing. He's got his ups and downs, made his mistakes like we all have and who cares if that guy next door made songs like this! I wish there's Billy for many years! Thanks man.
Beautiful words
This is a song that you could listen to like a million times and it never gets old
Agreed. But at one million and one times, the songs crumbles into a fart dust paste and explodes into the sun
@@lookingoverhisshoulder what 💀
And it certainly influenced the teenage girl I was... Still am 😂❤🎉
Uh guys I hate to burst yalls bubble but I didn't write the original comment, my older brother (who is a fan of Billy and all that kinda music from that era) wrote the comment. Personally I think the song kinda sucks.
@@m.s.aviation7065 that bursted my bubble
*He protecc*
*He attacc*
*But most importantly*
*he don't need no house out in Hackensacc*
Achla lame attempt to be funny
916mw over here spreading negativity😂
This comment made my day, thank you.
Technically he already made that rhyme with the "heart attack" lyric in the first verse
All peace and love here though!
If that's what you call moving up, I'M MOVING OUT! God, I love this man. How does he speak my soul?
Billy Joel is a master at making people feel good
oh my you commented on this song so much
As a kid, whenever I heard "My life" on the radio, I would have such a feeling of well-being over my whole body. Something about the chords and rhythm I guess, but now I am an adult I can never seem to get that happy vibe the same way.
Funny you say this, because this song always made me feel kinda bad.
Basically a song putting down blue collar people, telling them their life sucks while gloating about "making it big" himself.
@@LastBastian I know that's what it's about, but as a kid, the overall vibe was intensely happy and upbeat, as the words meant nothing to a young kid!
Are you speaking from personal experience? If so, how could i, uh... contact him?
Why isn't this song more popular? I was expecting at least 15 million views
Because it's not Justin Bieber
@@stoneytheclown sir we do not want 40 year olds on youtube for this reason, please hush lmao
@@theoneandonlycrackhead4177 - This is a song from the 70s, you hush.
Also, a 40 year old in 2021 was 20 when 9-11 happened, and 16 in 1997. He wasn't the same 40 year old teacher you knew in grade school.
@@chrisrj9871 lmao 9/11 traumatized you. yet you’re the type of person to call people snowflakes? mhmm might wanna check urself there. so what they were alive when 9/11 happened. “oh no they were on the earth when a tragedy happened…i’m shivering in my timber’s” like what? and idfk how old they are, i’m just tired of the boomer humor of “kids these days don’t get music” hate to break it to you but it’s a little something called ur music fucking sucks. sorry not sorry
People don't know the name or artist. This song is sampled a lot
I love when he says "and it seems such a waste of time. But that's whats its all about." Just love the way he says that part!!
Fav part ❤
...um, but that's not what he says. (It's "if that's what it's all about.)
@@dianemeredithbelcheryou know what he meant 😒
He walked in our lives I was only five🗣️🔥
SUPERMAN PAJAMAS I WAS SUPER DUPER FLY 🗣🗣
Sittin there like wow he atleast hooper size 🙏🗣️
Literally the BEST
You know I scrutinise like 'Who this newer guy?'
Did you know Kanye also was responsible for painting the Sistine chapel?
I could like this song a miiiiiillion times.
One of Billy's best IMO.
Classic! Timeless!
The way music is supposed to be.
This song should give everyone some feels!!!
I saw him in concert yesterday and this was his opening song and it was AMAZING
It would have been cool if it was his last show of the night, cause you know… he’d be movin’ out lol.
His last song was a new one called Movin' In (Your Mom's Song)
lyrical structure, innuendo, message, akk akk theme
(and of course the music) .. just phenomenal song.
Billy Joel, you have no idea how much you've been getting me through life lately, and I thank you for your music. You have truly touched many generations.
This song is so refreshing to hear.
Hell yea shit gives me the goosebumps
:)
Ukraine belongs to Russia
Change ur profile Sikhs don’t support khusras
@@JSacc SOVIET UNION YEAH!
I love the imagery this song has, I can just picture all the people and places he talks about, even though I've never been there. NYC/NJ in the 70's, it's such a neat experience for that reason.
Lived thru the 80s and 90s. Trust me, this song is it. I'm movin' out....I moved out....!
DELIVERING GROCERIES AT AGE 11 ON THE DELIVERY TRUCK ENJOYING songs from this lp. Thank you BILLY JOEL for the music; ESP. during the bad years....
I remember these songs as a young man. My son, 36 now, just went to one of his concerts. He, and his wife, loved it. Billy rocks all generations!
"Momma if that's moving up then I'm moving out!"
I just heard a very heart rending acoustic version of this last night, played by one man with a well worn guitar (which he broke a string on an changed himself) filling in for a cancelling band. Here's to the musicians like him, giving it all up single-handedly.
WORKING TOO HARD CAN GIVE YOU A HEART ATTACK-ACK-ACK-ACK *disk gets jammed* ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK
XDDD
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0:32
Press this over and over again
*punches the jukebox and fixes it*
Love this song I've been playing it every time I move out of an apartment or house since I was 24 I'm 42 now never gets old!
I was in the 6th grade when this song came out. I remember discovering that it was one of the first songs I ever listened to that was life affirming before life affirming became what it is today. I looked forward to moving out and into another place away from home.
I love this song.😎👏🎷✌️
I saw him play this song and he drove his motorcycle on stage. He’s awesome!
we are 4 students in a chemistry lab and we LOVE! this song.
you're all too young to know about anything real .
@@garywinthorpe8156 What is that supposed to mean?
@@garywinthorpe8156 excuse us. we are college students who just happen to know great music. what do YOU know about anything real gary winthorpe??????
@@commanderAnakin thank you for having our backs in this time of need. we appreciate you!
Me leaving widowhood behind and moving on and out with my second husband.
RIP Sam. I miss you every day, every moment.
Michael's rendition is superb on AH Radio
I just knew somebody would come from that video
I’m here from that too lol
"is the radio on?"
if you know, you know
Nah I’m sure Michael wrote it. This must be a cover.
What I like most about Billy Joel are his lyrical takes on modern materialism.
I could listen all night to the ack ack ack ...............brilliant from Billy take a bow
I love this part so much hahahaha also cadilac ac ac ac ac and crazy mi mi mi mi mi mind ^^
Jontron cover
Working to hard can give you a heart att-ech ech ech ECH
My mama's boyfriend is gonna love this song
And I will hate him
KanYe West reference???
Great song by Billy Joel this song take me back to the 1980
*1977
Still 2024
So do I ...
I came across this hit on our playlist at work and immediately fell in love. It was the chopped not screwed part ✌🏾🤘🏾💫.
Im a die hard metal and hard rock guy but I always love when Billy Joel songs come on. His songwriting ability is top notch and his melodies are second to none. Its one of my guilty pleasures dont tell my anyone. ;)
if you like heavy metal and billy joel, check out the mashup “nightmovin” by neil ciceriega. you won’t regret it
I love this song !!! Genio Billy Joel !! Saludos de Mendoza Argentina en cuarentena 🙋
Can't get enough of this song
Me nether
@@elMore1107 It's like breathing in the smell of the either.
I just saw him for his hundredth show during his residency at MSG. Fantastic. Sting and Seinfeld came on stage, Sting played Every Little Thing She Does is Magic. Fantastic night. This song has woken me up everyday in my brain.
A living musical legend. First heard his music on the FM in '77. A huge fan ever since. William Joel is the MAN.
Finally found this song! It was stuck in my head for days.
EVERYDAY
Theres something about this song, that makes you return over and over
The line “cause working too hard can give you a heart attack-ack-ack-ack” is so good!!
This music transcends generations. Well written, great voice, the music. This is why these songs endure the test of time. Billy Joel one of the all time greats. Go see a show if you can while he’s still out there performing.
I will be seeing him on Saturday
@@patrickwilliams5173 have a great time. I’m a little jelly. 😂
Of all of Billy Joel's greatest hit, this is my favorite Billy Joel song.
Genius song writer; a real wordsmith.
This song simply makes sense for a multitude of reasons and that’s why it’s so awesome😄
Billy Joel’s music is the soundtrack to my adolescence. This takes me back. Am I getting old or is the world just crappy these days
Your getting old but they still bangers
People are predisposed to not like new music after they hit a certain age.
Maybe both haha
I’m just 19 year old girl and I think is amazing
Brokie
ALRIGHT YOU FELLAS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🏿
i think this song is about how people conform to society. everyone wants to make it big with lots of money and fancy, fast cars. we as humans don’t need all of this to be happy. simple lives is what we were made to have. lots of materialistic things like money and cars and clothes and technology just lead to fighting and wars.
As a scapegoat of an NPD family obsessed with materialism, status and image who moved out, this is my song.
to me, there's four types of simple lifes: 1. the people who have no choice but to live a simple life, 2. the people who had it all, but realized that it's all a rigged psychopathic game, and left. 3. the people who fake living simple while still being rich. and finally 4. understanding that the workers who create the work can and should own the workplace.
@@ethanstump
SPOT ON! 💘✊✌
Yeah, but somehow it's better to be depressed in a multi-million dollar mansion than in a crappy one bedroom apartment.
@@General_Grievance but would it be better to depressed in a 3 bedroom in London, or not to be depressed in a one bedroom in Lancaster? I'm not saying that we shouldn't be focused on resources, but there are emotional and social resources as well as material resources, and that we need to be focused on our health as much as we do wealth, in order to have a prosperous life.
The end of the song hit so hard for me. The sound of the motorcycle taking off has a message behind it. It’s a lot like life, when it’s time to move on from a situation/cycle, just pull off…. Don’t turn back keep going forward.
Anthony works in the grocery store
Savin' his pennies for some day
Mama Leone left a note on the door
She said
"Sonny, move out to the country"
Oh but workin' too hard can give you a heart attack
You oughta know by now
Who needs a house out in Hackensack?
Is that all you get for your money?
And it seems such a waste of time
If that's what it's all about
Mama, if that's movin' up, then I'm movin' out
Sergeant O'Leary is walkin' the beat
At night he becomes a bartender
He works at Mister Cacciatore's down on Sullivan Street
Across from the medical center
And he's tradin' in his Chevy for a Cadillac
You oughta know by now
And if he can't drive
With a broken back
At least he can polish the fenders
And it seems such a waste of time
If that's what it's all about
Mama, if that's movin' up, then I'm movin' out
You should never argue with a crazy mind
You oughta know by now
You can pay Uncle Sam with the overtime
Is that all you get for your money?
And if that's what you have in mind
Yeah, if that's what you're all about
Good luck, moving up, 'cause I'm movin' out
I'm movin' out
Hilde Trying to get this to the top of the comments section.
👍Thanks
Thank you
thanks!!!
@@IzaakClifford Hilde bothered, wisegy.
This whole album is an absolute masterclass in the art of songwriting and it may have been equalled by a few but never bettered!.
"I heard they left the studio door open and that's why you hear that car sound in the background" - Joe Swanson (Family Guy)
came to check out lol
But goddamnit, doesnt it fit too well?
@@humter Joe getting drafted into iran
ziuker97 me too lol
Congrats on 300 likes.
This song is a masterpiece. Timeless.
Absolutely incredibly song, recently I was handed down my folks Vinyl collection and amongst them are four early Billy Joel LP's, it's been over 40yrs since I heard these whilst growing up in the 1970's & early 80's and what an amazing treat, along with Streetlife Serenader and Goodnight Saigon, I thanked my Mum gave her a kiss and promised her that those 4 Billy Joel albums will stay will me until my days are done. Thanks for the music Mr Joel, I'm 50 now and rediscovering your talent that I heard for the first time when I was in single figures!
This was one of the biggest and best albums when I was in college. I ran down to the university bookstore to buy it, too.
So frickin’ good. Thank you Billy Joel. You can never argue with a crazy mind. Been there done that.
A song plays to my ears and in my head rolls a video of family. There's times that are sweet and some sour but when the track ends it's magnifico.
i can remember being a small kid in the 70’s. this song would come on. i would have an attitude. i knew i was moving out 😂 at four! 😂 😂
Yep. LOL Awesome observation and comment! :D
The song soon became the epitome of cool for a generation. Thank you for the memorable masterpiece.
I need the full version of Mama's Boyfriend. I need it.
W ALL NEED IT
bruh same i need it so badly with the cleared sampled i just scream kanyes verse during the song to simulate the real thing
Bro I can set you the link if u reply to this I can link it on my pc
Bruh whats so hard about looking up Mamas Boyfriend and clicking like tje first video
SAME HERE
Right after the Billy Joel/Sting concert, I had to find this song again to listen to it
Snubbing a house out in Hackensack. Those were the days! My, my, how times have changed!
Billy Joel is my favorite musician and this is my favorite of his songs
Love this song! So Seventies, so New York.
this song just blows my mi mi mi mi mi mind
Billy Joel's 'The Stranger'. My personal favorite album by him & his best imo. Awesome album cover photo as well!
Heard this on bbc radio 4 at like 00:15, think im in love
Listen to the whole album
Song slaps till this day, Billy Joel underrated -
why not claps?
tell me why you copied everyone else.
everytime i listen to billy's old school songs from early on i think of my father. thank you billy for preserving my best memories.
Nightmovin' bring anyone else back?
Y
Feels so weird to hear the original
@@sasasa1541 Neil's stuff does that to people.
Nightmovin' bring anyone else back ack ack ack ack ack ack ack?
Essa música é um bom exemplo de coisas que envelheceram muito bem... Atemporal.
A masterpiece from Billy. I definitely love this song as I have always love since it was deployed.
One of the weirdest songs I've ever listened to. I'm hypnotized now! In love with it.
A guy once said "As a man once said 'this is a straight up banger bruh'."
you tried atleast?
a quote of a quote of a quote
I think I actually know the comment you're quoting 😂
good song
@@thythethy9590 looked pretty successful to me.
He protec
He attac
But most importantly
He ACK ACK ACK ACK
Thank you
LMAO I'M DEAD 💀
@@mariacruz07 hey
@@linwoodwilliams5319 hey
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Billy Joel is talented,
And really cute too!
OH YOUR NIGHTMARE COMES TO LIIIIIIFE
Cool thing is that this is how I discovered the song. The only bad thing is, while this song is great, it's never going to live up to nightmovin'.
BANGER! I dont even care. It is and always will be 😂. Comes on the radio and my day is instantly better.
Stuck in my head all day! thanks MikeyJay
Such a unique voice
Yeah it is
What does that even mean
@@ruthkatz1998 It means that his voice is unique
@@trogon4503 thanks
Man, this song is amazing, I'm glad I got to listen it tonight
This song inspired me to move out from a 30 plus marriage after finding out about his two other kids while we were married. Best to you Sir.