My dad practically raised me on this song, he always wanted to be a pilot or an F1 driver but never could do he ended up as a poor teacher. He gave me a good life so I could become the piano man and do what I wanted to do and that I am. I go to college for art and animation next year
That’s really amazing! It’s so sweet you think of your dad like this, and I just know that you will be one of the best animators out there! You’ve got this!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!😊
A long time ago, I read a comment that said "This song is the most beautiful way to say 'life sucks'." Can't seem to find his comment anywhere so Ima just put it right here so I dont forget. Edit) Happy to tell you that I found the comment you all were talking about, and I think I have to say that I had no intention to steal the comment, but to share the impression I had from this comment and how much I related to it. Love you all, and I hope you all a happy and fulfilling life that brings all the good thing this sucker of a life brings to you. Be happy, and may God bless you all! Edit 2: So a lot of people have taught me that this comment can be found in the piano tutorial of this song by *sheet* *music* *boss* ! Thank you all for pointing that out! I would have never done it by myself! You all are amazing, and I am happy to be in such an amazing part of youtube! These are perilous times, but I wish that you never lose hope, and that may the best of health and safety be with you all! Love you!
My brother was a piano man. He was born in 1973. His middle name was Joel. He passed away in 1993. He loved this song, he loved music. Today is his birthday. Happy birthday, Cocoy. I miss you like hell.
Recently a bud of mine ended his life. He was a great friend, just like he said I was in his last message to me. He listened to this song a lot, and I remember sitting in his room with him while he played it. At the time I just knew of the song as a meme. But now the song holds an entirely different meaning. I really miss him. Any of you who read this, please have a good day. Never say it's the end. You have a bright life ahead, even if you may not know it yet. I hope the sun brightens your day. I love you all. And if you can't find the light in life. Say hey to Jack for me please.
It's made even more apparent by the last lines of the last verse: "And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar And say 'Man, what are you doing here?'" They're truly average people, living an average life, but every once in a while they get to experience something quite wonderful.
Savanah, your observation are so true. The author takes simple thing simple observations about things that are happening around him, in a simple place. He or she uses simple words, yet when they are combined and ordered into simple thoughts magic happens. A simple yet beautiful, expression and chronicle of a fragment of life is captured. This tune could easily be called poetry. This is why I call this period in music "THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUSIC!" peace and a happy life to you!!
I'm 17 years old and today I'm studying to get into the biggest theater college in the country, because when I was 5 years old, I dreamed of being a great theater actress, and I remember that every day, on the way to school, my parents would play this song, and today, listening to it again, I only think of this verse, "Bill I believe this is killing me, as a smile ran away from his face, well I'm sure that I could be a movie star, if I could get out of this place". For me, this place is my country town 😢. But I'm still going to make my dream come true and listen to this song on a big theater stage.
This is not that impressive for a 24 year old? 24 year olds are capable young adults at that core part of their life where they have the accessibility to create great things thanks to the foundation theyve built over their years AND they make refined things
jfdb59 because drinking when you are alone and feeling lonely is depressing whereas if you have someone else who is lonely to drink with and share each other's problems it feels better, relatively.
Yes, he is saying is that shallow company is better than none at all. People hang out in bars with strangers to not feel alone, but they still feel lonely because they're not with real friends with whom they have a personal connection. Cheers.
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my YT channel in tribute to the master of lyricism & composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and don't forget to put some bread in my jar if you can spare it.
It's not about how 'Life sucks, but what can you do?' It's more about how 'Life isn't always what you want it to be, but it's up to you what to do with it. So do your best and be happy, whatever it may be.'
So fucking true I get that so much. It's called precognitive nostalgia. Some believe it's from past lives. Some think it's the brain knowing one day the memory will happen and it becomes excited for the memory. Very common in sensitive or depressed people who don't have currently happy lives, so they hope that their future will be better. Hi, I'm Jack. And I'm too interested in my own psychology. Good day.
He's fantastic! I just got out of the shower and this song said sing me 😄 I gave it my best and it brought me so much joy 👍 Thank you for sharing your immense talents Billy Joel ♥️
Yeah-The Hoplesness of it all. Saddest part in Interviews hes given about the song, he says this was actuall peopole he knew when he played in a Piano Bar. Somehow that just hits harder.
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my YT channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and don't forget to put some bread in my jar if you can spare it.
@Harry Johnston-Smith Specific strategy. The comments are made purposefully idiotic and fake-looking so only the most vulnerable would go through with it. That makes the rest of the scam easier and filters out those who would drop out of the scam halfway through and waste the scammers time.
same. Also I think bittersweet songs in general resonate much better, thus making them better in most cases. I would also say the bittersweet feeling is very similar to nostalgia, which is something we seek at least every once in a while. Have an amazing day. :)
this was my dad's favourite song when he was in the hospital, unable to move, still recovering from his coma He LOVES this song, and now I can say proudly that my dad can now walk and always has a smile on his face
How come I never see any Billy Joel songs in any "Greatest Songs of All Time" lists? I mean Piano Man, Goodnight Saigon, New York State of Mind and Leningrad are for me easily in the greatest 100 songs of all time!
No one knows him where I live! I come from Israel... I spent some time in upstate New York and that's how I got introduced to Billy Joel... But no one knows him around these parts...
What is normal? I went through a painful period bc I was unlike my peers. Decades later, I am so happy I never became like them! Normal is just being "who" you are and "what" you are and accepting that. Be you and enjoy it.
But there is also something else. Its not completly sad. Hard to describe. They are still all together in this which makes it wholesome in some way. Its just life...
This is one of the best songs ever written, it’s a punch to the gut to the melancholy music. With the music sounding light and bright it’s a nice balance of life. No one will see this comment, but if they do, thank you and have a nice life, cheers. Edit: there was a typo. nothing was added or removed
Hielt das Stück immer für einen von Bob Dylans und dachte schon, er könne auch wirklich gute Sachen hervorbringen. Als ich merkte, dass es nicht von ihm war, war die Enttäuschung ziemlich groß. Da hatte ich mich geirrt und kann zu meinem Irrtum stehen. So ist das im Leben! Es ist und bleibt ein gutes Lied!
jika kamu membaca ini, i hope u know that u r worthy. kamu udah ngelakuin semuanya dengan baik sejauh ini. kamu hebatt. proud of u. we will get better soon. thank you for staying alive 🫂
Billy Joel is amazingly talented. This song isn't a story he made up, however. This is based on his real life experiences with real people. His talent comes in expressing that with his songwriting and performances.
@@reesearnett4802 the way he presents all of their stories in song however is entirely his talent. Basing things on real life doesn’t mean someone can’t be a good director baby
This song makes you feel like an old person, even if you're a kid, and ur just bombarded with a huge wave of nostalgia that you don't even know or have.
My dad used to play the harmonica, when I heared this for the first time through a meme, the amount of nostalgia overflowing my brain and heart was unimaginable. My dad passed away a year ago, just wanted to say that. Thank you
Lyrics It's nine o'clock on a saturday Regular crowd shuffles in There's an old man sittin' next to me Makin' love to his tonic and gin He says: "Son can you play me a memory?" I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete When I wore a younger man's clothes La-la-la de-de da La-la de-de da da-da Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feelin' alright Now John at the bar is a friend of mine He gets me my drinks for free And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke But there's someplace that he'd rather be He says Bill I believe this is killing me As a smile ran away from his face Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star If I could get out of this place Oh, la-la-la de-de da La-la de-de da da-da Now Paul is a real estate novelist Who never had time for a wife And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy And probably will be for life And the waitress is practicing politics As the businessmen slowly get stoned Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness But it's better than drinkin' alone Sing us the song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feelin' alright It's a pretty good crowd for a saturday And the manager gives me a smile 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see To forget about life for a while And the piano it sounds like a carnival And the microphone smells like a beer And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar And say man what are you doin' here? Oh, la-la-la de-de da La-la de-de da da-da Sing us the song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feelin' alright
“They’re sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it’s better than drinkin’ alone”-Billy Joel One of my favorite and most relatable lines in this song.
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would give a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classic compositions ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
I once upon a time was one of these men. I got out of the marines in Sept 71 and people really didn't like us Vietnam veterans too well. For 10 years I worked during the day and closed the bars at night and then one day this lovely woman walked into my life. I've loved her ever since. Within 3 months of our first date we were engaged and 9 months after our first date we were married. We have been happily married since Sept 3, 1981. For some time she would when we went to bed have to listen to my rants about the war and coming home. After a while when I calmed down she would kiss me and hold me. I guess I had PTSD and just didn't know it. Now she is in a nursing home with dementia and MS. I see her every day but I miss her so much.
Poetic We all have people in our lives that resonate with this song, including ourselves. A masterpiece and such memories. Takes me back to bars and pubs in Preston.Happy times.
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early2000s.He sounded just like his albums,didn't need anything to make him sound good.Sang a verse of a song to me.A totally awesome concert!!!
Piano man, it tells the stories of how people lost their dream and ended up got trapped in life. The old man, John, Paul, Davy, the waitress, businessman, manager and probably Billy himself and everyone here, didn't we all forget something important just for making a living?
It’s 2020 and while music culture has changed so much everyone can agree that this is one of the greatest of all time and that Billy Joel was/is one of the greatest as well.
Elite 18 don’t worry you have your future to make up for it. You can make more memories. Good memories make us sad because we cant relive the past. Now if the sad memories come up it’s not your fault. If the song makes you feel sad it’s just the melancholic affect it has on you. I believe we all feel it too. I’m 20 and I’m also confused.
Joethegamer I dint understand why everyone loves Michael Jackson, a lot of music that gets talked about with him I like but I’ve never liked Michele Jackson
I’ll still never understand how Billy Joel doesn’t know why this is such a big hit. It’s literally one of the greatest songs of all time. It tells a story, it’s bittersweet, it’s extremely catchy, it’s an easy sing-along, and everyone can relate to it. Deep down music is our escape from reality and it always will be…and that is exactly what the song is all about.
of course he knows why this is a hit. his message "pretending to not know" is, that you shouldnt be like the protagonist. dont indulge in nostalgia and past broken times, but look forward. same as ed sheeran "not understanding" how people want "happier" on their wedding. they know they made sad masterpieces. but they dont want people to be sad.
In my country the Netherlands we have every year at new years evening a radio show called top 2000 of all time. And in this show there are 3 songs always in the top 3 for decades. "the pianoman" is one of them. The others are Bohemian Rhapsody and Hotel California. So here they concider this as the greatest song ever been made.
One of the most truthful quotes I think... At the local bar I always make a point of chatting to the old men and women who are by themselves not by choice, but because their spouses have died..One day that might be me.....
45 years and 3 months ago. The old man has died. John at the bar became a movie star. The waitress is running for president. And legend says Davy is still in the Navy.
sorry but Davy is definitely not in the Navy any more, they force those guys to retire at 62... I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classic compositions ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
“Davy who’s still in the Navy” refers to David Heintz, a man Joel met at a bar in Spain. David’s daughter Lisa explains: "[Dave] met Billy Joel in a pub in Spain in 1972 while he was in the Navy. He married while he was in the navy, had three children. He passed away in 2003 of ALS. It really hurts when I hear this song played on the radio and they leave this part out."
the story of how Billy got run into the ground by his first wife could be a movie in itself... I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my YT channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and don't forget to put some bread in my jar if you can spare it.
The dude sung a song... about singing a song. Bro... This is genius
You got it 💯
What an amazing view!! I never thought about that :D
One forever song :)
@floop me too
Woah
This is the most depressingly happy song I've ever heard.
The worst bit is I feel I'm gonna end up like John at the bar and Im only 16
Same
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Now we need a movie about Billy Joel’s life called Piano Man
Cali Clara Yes!!
Don't really know that much about billy joel except that he made this song but how intresting is his life?
Like the idea though.
starring Robert Downey Jr. as Billy Joel
GriffVicious omg Robert would kill that role! I’d love to see it happen
This is very big brain
I'm 14 years old and live in Japan. I just discovered this song and I've been listening to it on weekend mornings while drinking coffee.
is there a berserk cafe over there bro PLEASE GIVE ME AN ANSWER 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏
@@batman23687 bruh tf
blud joined youtube when he was 4
@@TrityCale he's using someone else's account
I really appreciate your support
hopefully john is now a movie star
After I heard that he was he got the role for Jaba the hut
Davie's probably still in the navy, though
Heard he shot himself
@micheal Roberts wow 😮
1 like is another movie role played by John
If you play this song at 8:59:29 on a Saturday (PM or AM if you rock it that way) it will be 9 o’clock when he sings “It”s 9 o’clock on a Saturday”
Robert Veerman looooool
Thank you for this infromation
Thank you...
Shit its 9:36 on a saturday too late
Just did this perfectly
if you re reading this then i hope something good happens to you today
Thank you
Well you too
@@syarana2rinadsa906 the world needs more people like you who proclaim universal love.💞❤
Thank u man i hope you had a good day
Thank you bro i hope you too have a good day!
My dad practically raised me on this song, he always wanted to be a pilot or an F1 driver but never could do he ended up as a poor teacher. He gave me a good life so I could become the piano man and do what I wanted to do and that I am. I go to college for art and animation next year
That’s really amazing! It’s so sweet you think of your dad like this, and I just know that you will be one of the best animators out there! You’ve got this!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!😊
I LOVE this for you! I know you’ll make your dad proud.
I really appreciate your support
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A long time ago, I read a comment that said
"This song is the most beautiful way to say 'life sucks'."
Can't seem to find his comment anywhere so Ima just put it right here so I dont forget.
Edit) Happy to tell you that I found the comment you all were talking about, and I think I have to say that I had no intention to steal the comment, but to share the impression I had from this comment and how much I related to it. Love you all, and I hope you all a happy and fulfilling life that brings all the good thing this sucker of a life brings to you. Be happy, and may God bless you all!
Edit 2: So a lot of people have taught me that this comment can be found in the piano tutorial of this song by *sheet* *music* *boss* ! Thank you all for pointing that out! I would have never done it by myself! You all are amazing, and I am happy to be in such an amazing part of youtube! These are perilous times, but I wish that you never lose hope, and that may the best of health and safety be with you all! Love you!
This is something that I would do. lol i like the comment though!
Dongju Heo believe or not, its very deep
next level comment stealing
@ZapejoMC hahaha. did you say the same thing? where'd you say it? like how long ago. id like to see it XD.
Oh yeah I think I know what comment you’re talking about
This is probably the most literal music video ever.
no, no it's artistic metaphorical interpretation of a modern art painting played over Billy Joel's piano man
+schoolsout901 Well, the song was about him being a piano man at a club so, yea lol
hahahah so literal
+DeForest
I agree. It was quite effective, too.
land down under?
“they are sharing a drink they call loneliness but it's better than drinking alone"
That shit actually hit me not gonna lie
Certified Retard same here...
That name tho
Same
My advice to you is not to follow my advice there for you follow my advice to not follow my advice and at the same time follow my advice
Same here
Hold up!! His writing is this fire???
You were on twitter today. I guarantee it.
@@Awsomeguy145we all seen that one tweet 💀
When he said “It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday”, I really felt that.
SAME SIS
Traktorized wait that’s pretty accurate
Yeah its depressing somehow
true
7:52 on a Tuesday
My brother was a piano man. He was born in 1973. His middle name was Joel. He passed away in 1993. He loved this song, he loved music. Today is his birthday. Happy birthday, Cocoy. I miss you like hell.
Happy birthday Cocoy
late happy birthday cocoy
Happy birthday Cocoy
Happy birthday Cocoy from this world !
Happy late birthday Cocoy
Recently a bud of mine ended his life. He was a great friend, just like he said I was in his last message to me. He listened to this song a lot, and I remember sitting in his room with him while he played it. At the time I just knew of the song as a meme. But now the song holds an entirely different meaning. I really miss him. Any of you who read this, please have a good day. Never say it's the end. You have a bright life ahead, even if you may not know it yet. I hope the sun brightens your day. I love you all. And if you can't find the light in life. Say hey to Jack for me please.
My deepest sympathies to you, friend. May your friend rest among the heavens.
You may not see him now but you’ll see him some time most important is to not forget him
u made me cry in happiness. may ur friend rest in peace and fly high
My deepest condolences to you on your loss, Sir.
I can relate how Jack felt. May he be in a better place now.
I am 72 years old listing this song from last many years today 12.9.24 any body with me
Yes 😅. Am 77 going on 42 again. Love love his music. Am dancing 💃 on my own feeling so young. 22/9/24
Im 46 but i can still relate. Weʼre all young at heart thanks to music
not even an adult yet, but this is one of my favourite songs ever, something about those instruments and his voice soothes me
24, united by music. This song is generational. 🥃 Cheers to you pops!
Sure buddy sure
The lyrics are so simple but true. It's him observing the average life of average people, yet the song is so above average.
Savanah Nuñez I agree!
It's made even more apparent by the last lines of the last verse:
"And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say 'Man, what are you doing here?'"
They're truly average people, living an average life, but every once in a while they get to experience something quite wonderful.
I guess you could say it was so ordinary, it was "extraordinary"!
musicas international
Savanah, your observation are so true. The author takes simple thing simple observations about things that are happening around him, in a simple place. He or she uses simple words, yet when they are combined and ordered into simple thoughts magic happens. A simple yet beautiful, expression and chronicle of a fragment of life is captured. This tune could easily be called poetry. This is why I call this period in music "THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUSIC!" peace and a happy life to you!!
How is no one talking about how the most famous harmonica is in a song called "Piano Man"
Let Alanis Morissette know.
Harmonica man doesn't have the same ring to it
Blues Travelers - Runaround
Let Bob Dylan know.
@MUFC Idk why you put that here (you're probably some stupid bot) but it's ironic that most of the world calls it football and you called it soccer
Legend.
Billy Legend Joel?
Expert Setting no totally not! you know that Joel billy wrote this song RIGHT ??! he's so famous
MPT *Queens you meant Queens (Freddy Mercury mostly)
Wily garte
The Legend 27?
I'm 17 years old and today I'm studying to get into the biggest theater college in the country, because when I was 5 years old, I dreamed of being a great theater actress, and I remember that every day, on the way to school, my parents would play this song, and today, listening to it again, I only think of this verse, "Bill I believe this is killing me, as a smile ran away from his face, well I'm sure that I could be a movie star, if I could get out of this place". For me, this place is my country town 😢. But I'm still going to make my dream come true and listen to this song on a big theater stage.
I believe in you!! chase your dreams and make them come true :)
Don't give up! You'll find a lot of roadblocks on your way, but hard work will pay off, in ways you might not imagine just yet. Best of luck!
Billy Joel is literally behind every song you like but can't remember the name or lyrics
True
Except for we didnt start the fire
"I'm not really sure how it goes."
For me it’s uptown girl lol
& queen
How the hell did a 24 year old write one of the greatest songs of all time as his first single.
ong
he don't know
Anyone can write a good song :D
Where's yours?
This is not that impressive for a 24 year old? 24 year olds are capable young adults at that core part of their life where they have the accessibility to create great things thanks to the foundation theyve built over their years AND they make refined things
I like how the song is called "Piano Man" yet most people remember this because of the iconic Harmonica melody
@@djcease1996 Wait, this wasn't original? .-.
Well, I guess it's pretty inevitable. Someone has probably said this 5 years before me.
It's pretty much destiny that someone would definitely say it again even if they didn't know it was unoriginal. History repeats itself.
True dat
Quentin didn't have to be such a son of a bitch either. But history repeats itself like you said and here we fuckin are.
@@walterphillips8537 Calm down, Walter.
Man, for a song called "The Piano Man" that harmonica player sure does a lot!
I really appreciate your support
He is the harmonica player
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For a song called "Piano man", they sure play the hell out of that harmonica
I mean that's the point of being a piano man
That doesn't make sense sorry
"Harmonica Man"
Yes because can't sing and play harmonica together.
🤣🤣🤣
The line
“They’re sharing a drink called loneliness, but it’s better than drinking alone”
Hits hard
Jack The Creepy Janitor yes it does
Want to thumb you up but I don’t want to spoil your 69 likes
i feel like ive seen you somewhere. i think youre the monster under my bed
Jake Jeter maybe or maybe I am your long lost brother
Jack The Creepy Janitor could be you do look oddly familiar
"They're sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone."...
jfdb59 because drinking when you are alone and feeling lonely is depressing whereas if you have someone else who is lonely to drink with and share each other's problems it feels better, relatively.
Yes, he is saying is that shallow company is better than none at all. People hang out in bars with strangers to not feel alone, but they still feel lonely because they're not with real friends with whom they have a personal connection. Cheers.
jfdb59 best line ever in a song we have all been there
my favorite line is "the waitress is studying politics while the business man slowly gets stoned"
i bet that was also the favourite line of the buisness man...ba dum ts
Imagine going to a bar and the singer sings about your deepest insecurities
Lmaooo
Lmafao
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while making intense eye contact with you and only you, with a smile creeping across his face.
“This is the opposite of why I came here, Bill”
Producer: "So do you want this song to make people feel happy or sad?"
Billy Joel :"yes"
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my YT channel in tribute to the master of lyricism & composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and don't forget to put some bread in my jar if you can spare it.
What is up with your semicolon?!
@@HarrisonBorbarrison its not a semicolon lmao
exactly lmao
What if he wants us to have the power over if its happy or sad
2018: Bohemian Rhapsody
2019: Rocket Man
Coming soon: Piano Man
O C E A N M A N
Honestly I would watch both Ocean Man and Piano Man!
I approve
Also Yesterday
It better:)
It's not about how 'Life sucks, but what can you do?'
It's more about how 'Life isn't always what you want it to be, but it's up to you what to do with it. So do your best and be happy, whatever it may be.'
Love your words.
One of the best songs of all time !
Moonlight Sonata is better
You can't compare them there mega hits from their own era's
IfTheApocalypseComes BeepMe Yeah, i know it and Beethoven is the best composer ever !
dhiemart32 but there completely different peices, and about 200 years apart from each other, you cant compare them
Bob PlaysMC Yes, i like both songs
This song makes me nostalgic of memories I don't even have.
You feel the nostalgia from your life before this one
Yep 🤣🤣
Yet of memories u missed
So fucking true I get that so much. It's called precognitive nostalgia. Some believe it's from past lives. Some think it's the brain knowing one day the memory will happen and it becomes excited for the memory. Very common in sensitive or depressed people who don't have currently happy lives, so they hope that their future will be better. Hi, I'm Jack. And I'm too interested in my own psychology. Good day.
When I was a kid my dad would play Billy Joel all the time and now whenever I hear his song's I have flashbacks
The older you get, the harder this song hits you!
That is the truth.The older I get,the more it hit me..Magnificent song.Thanks Billy
He's fantastic! I just got out of the shower and this song said sing me 😄 I gave it my best and it brought me so much joy 👍 Thank you for sharing your immense talents Billy Joel ♥️
Si Senór!!!
Hated it as a child, 24 now play it nearly daily
Yeah-The Hoplesness of it all. Saddest part in Interviews hes given about the song, he says this was actuall peopole he knew when he played in a Piano Bar. Somehow that just hits harder.
0:37 everytime he starts "theres an old man" i always remember neil young "old man look at my life".
This man needs to live forever.
Don't let him leave the Navy.
Happy Birthday Billy!!!!!!
Viel Glück!
Yeah
Die Nosor Po u no because most likely scientists will want to study on him and end up killing him
I guess we all come here to forget about life for a while.
Tell us your story :)
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my YT channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and don't forget to put some bread in my jar if you can spare it.
Damn you 100% right
Ryan Ed 😢
Ryan Ed
Nah I’m just unloading the dishwasher
"They share a drink called loneliness. But it's better than drinking alone."
It hits hard.
Better THAN drinking alone...as I usually did..
@@GusUngar Whoops. Typo
im used to drink alone in my house watching netflix until i get full asleep.
2 or 3 shots will have rolling on the ground in sorrow while this song plays in your head on loop.
@@dios-kun4895 go to a bar get drunk and make drunk friends 😂 probably betger then drinkin alone
This song is so beautifully depressing!!! Rips my heart out!!!
Fun fact
Davey is still in the navy
And he probably will be for life
And afterlife
Lyrics video of this masterpiece ruclips.net/video/ZrNfjmtghCI/видео.html
Real Shreya Maloo :D As a NAVY captain.
What happened to the bartender
This song is quite literally a lyrical masterpiece.
Indeed
@@williammartinbillyjoel1704 lmao nice try
@@williammartinbillyjoel1704 holy cow I get to email billy Joel himself!!!!!!!!!!!
@@williammartinbillyjoel1704 seems legit 🤣🤣🤣
@Harry Johnston-Smith Specific strategy. The comments are made purposefully idiotic and fake-looking so only the most vulnerable would go through with it. That makes the rest of the scam easier and filters out those who would drop out of the scam halfway through and waste the scammers time.
This is the most legendary song ever
epic just epic. you can listen to this a million times and it is still pleasing. Bill is the best storyteller of all time
Johnny luchador him and Kenny rogers
ElevenTN legen.....wait for it dairy
Nathan Taylor himym
ElevenTN excuse me.... BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Masterful, absolutely stunning composition
I really appreciate your support and comment
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Y’all hating the harmonica, but it ain’t that bad I can’t imagine the song without out. It almost makes the song.
Who would hate that though
@@lambsaucefinder7407 yeah why
@@sirvillar007 ikr
Lambsauce Finder yeah I truly could not imagine it without. It just brings out the mood of the time they are in
Nice comment but I disagree with the Account username and your profile picture
1973: masterpiece
2024: masterpiece
Stills speaks to me after 50 years. Incredible
same.
Also I think bittersweet songs in general resonate much better, thus making them better in most cases.
I would also say the bittersweet feeling is very similar to nostalgia, which is something we seek at least every once in a while.
Have an amazing day. :)
@@dwarian5252 You aswell! To the amazing day part-
I agree
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@dwarian5252 have a nice day my friend! Its good to bring some good memories back. Once in a while😊
If there ever is plans for a movie biography on Billy Joel, Like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman...
It has to be called “The Piano Man.”
bro u are so true
William we should both audition for the part xxx your a will I'm a billy xxx steal the show kidda xxx
Just “Piano Man” sounds better
my opinion
@@oopsallberries69420 I never leave the house with out our Monica xxx
Obi-Wan Kenobi General Kenobi
There will never be a decade that had limitless possibilities both bad and good like the 1980's. Thank You God for blessing to live in those times.
1930s
He wrote this in 73.
@jellyfishattack You are correct.
this was my dad's favourite song when he was in the hospital, unable to move, still recovering from his coma
He LOVES this song, and now I can say proudly that my dad can now walk and always has a smile on his face
That's great :)
🖤⚘
@@harre9876 :D
Good to hear , greetzz straight out of belgium
@@Alejandromichael84 thank you for the support
Billy Joel looks like someone's dad. He looks fatherly. He has a dad face.
He looks like this Italian you know and always meet but you always forget to write down his number
He can be my daddy.
I mean...
You right...
He is multiple someones' dad
He actually looks kinda like my dad lmao
@@putriscool are you his child irl?
"....they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinking alone...'
Thats a very deep and simple line at the same time
i literally cry every time it gets to this part lol fml
Bruhhh 🤣🤣
Only other line that affects me is, "And I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday..........to mine." I'd rate them 1 and 1A
666
The best line ever in a song we've all been there
HOLD UP!!! HIS WRITING IS THIS FIRE?!?!?! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yes the kids think so too
One of the greatest songs ever written.
easily
David Minear true
this and turtle power by partners in kryme
You are correct sir.
Howe R. U. Thatdum ?!
How come I never see any Billy Joel songs in any "Greatest Songs of All Time" lists? I mean Piano Man, Goodnight Saigon, New York State of Mind and Leningrad are for me easily in the greatest 100 songs of all time!
Forgot about "only the good die young"
+Rudy_Eila Yeah, he never gets played in the radio in my country, never really did. A bit annoying isn't it? Good songs.
+bouyaharumuchi what country is that?
No one knows him where I live! I come from Israel... I spent some time in upstate New York and that's how I got introduced to Billy Joel... But no one knows him around these parts...
+Rudy_Eila We didn't start the fire!
Sing me a song Piano Man. I need to feel normal again.
I wanna feel alive
Alex back please now soon when
@@dread3165 same!
What is normal? I went through a painful period bc I was unlike my peers. Decades later, I am so happy I never became like them! Normal is just being "who" you are and "what" you are and accepting that. Be you and enjoy it.
@@jamesryan6224 Normal for me is not normal for everyone. Trust me...the least "normal" I am the happier I become
Anyone here in November 2024 listening to this absolute masterpiece?
Me😘
Cheapest like-fishing comment.
@@FuzzyFoot58 think what you want pal
@chrismillward1621 Not your pal. Im just stating facts.
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This is the only reason why I bought a harmonica.
Same
pignosis nut same for my friend
same!
SAME
johnny cash for me but i get it
I HATE melancholy, it's worse than sadness, it's kind of empty, kind of lost potential. But I love this song, although it's full of it.
Humor of it all too much s d tlruek
I feel melancholic from time to time. I don't know how to feel about it to be honest
But there is also something else. Its not completly sad. Hard to describe. They are still all together in this which makes it wholesome in some way. Its just life...
Me hate it
No one asked
This is one of the best songs ever written, it’s a punch to the gut to the melancholy music.
With the music sounding light and bright it’s a nice balance of life.
No one will see this comment, but if they do, thank you and have a nice life, cheers.
Edit: there was a typo. nothing was added or removed
you too, bud.
You too!
you too. i wish you the best :)
You too buddy cheers 😊
You too bud
Hielt das Stück immer für einen von Bob Dylans und dachte schon, er könne auch wirklich gute Sachen hervorbringen. Als ich merkte, dass es nicht von ihm war, war die Enttäuschung ziemlich groß. Da hatte ich mich geirrt und kann zu meinem Irrtum stehen. So ist das im Leben! Es ist und bleibt ein gutes Lied!
“They’re sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it’s better than drinking alone”
Beautiful
Kuany Bros bruh I was scrolling through comments then I saw yours and as soon as I saw it it sang it lmao
It's actually genius that
It gets me every time...
CAnDA7D2 true lol
CAnDA7D2 &
“They’re sharing a drink called loneliness but it’s better than drinking alone” why does this line deliver a Tyson uppercut to my emotions?
Why does it turn me on
@@kelsiewashington3470 Come in dispatch, we've found the horny, over.
@@kelsiewashington3470 ayo???
Why indeed ♥️
My favorite is "and the piano sounds like a carnival"....
I wonder if John ever became a movie star ?
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
nothing
so true
Did the waitress get into politics?
Was someone really making love to their tonic and gin? :: shudders ::
jika kamu membaca ini, i hope u know that u r worthy. kamu udah ngelakuin semuanya dengan baik sejauh ini. kamu hebatt. proud of u. we will get better soon. thank you for staying alive 🫂
Hahaha shipment not moving
John looks like a guy you would be friends with immidiately.
Oh my god, is that the real son of car?
*immediately
But there’s someplace that he’d rather be
Who wouldn't? Since he gets you drinks for free...
I agree! He’s like the jolly fat guy you see in every movie with comic relief!
If billy wasn't a singer i feel like he would be a movie director because he is so good at creating these stories in his songs.
He didn't completely make it up, most if not all people r baised off real people he knew
Billy Joel is amazingly talented. This song isn't a story he made up, however. This is based on his real life experiences with real people. His talent comes in expressing that with his songwriting and performances.
@@reesearnett4802 the way he presents all of their stories in song however is entirely his talent. Basing things on real life doesn’t mean someone can’t be a good director baby
Don't make me think of a world without Billy Joel as a singer! :o
@@reesearnett4802 a lot of movies arent completely make it up either.
after 28 years listening to heavy rock, this song makes me feel like ive missed something.
fucking beautiful.
Jolly, you speaking wisdom.
Sorry, your speaking wisdom - I'm quite drunk now. Cheers!
*you're
Kerwin Williamson
XD you know what? Drunk, fools or toddlers are speakin truth. Cheers
i listen to metal. it doesn't mean a thing. enjoy every genre. in every genre, i believe, is at least one thing that you'll love. :) AT LEAST
Good Piano Player..Met Him In Person Good Guy
"They are sharing a drink, they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone"
Well, that is poetry...
English teachers (WHY why , why does he say this WAT DO THISK MEAN)
lol
not everyone in a bar is lonely...so this and your comment are not true
@@jadezee6316 don't overthink it
@@jadezee6316 And not everyone was in the mood for a melody, but fuck them, this song is awesome
THIS IS A STRONG MESSAGE
This song makes you feel like an old person, even if you're a kid, and ur just bombarded with a huge wave of nostalgia that you don't even know or have.
Anemoia: Nostalgia for a time you've never known.
There's a specific way you can play a song that gives you this sort of "fake nostalgia". A song that does something similar is HOME - Resonance
i felt like i lived before
My dad used to play the harmonica, when I heared this for the first time through a meme, the amount of nostalgia overflowing my brain and heart was unimaginable.
My dad passed away a year ago, just wanted to say that.
Thank you
7uring I get that feeling when I listen to the Beatles, especially hey Jude
Once I get drafted for WWIII I’ll let you know if Davy is still in the Navy
Let’s be honest: he is.
Thanks
This is legendary.
I luv u
I got drafted I'll tell you don't worry
He's telling a story and it's about how life goes most of the time... So sad and it's poetry.
I heard someone say “For a song called Piano Man, the guy with the harmonica won’t shut the hell up”.
little did they know billy plays both
😆
aidan browning Simultaneously.
aidan browning Simultaneously... while singing... because he’s an overachiever.
When you comment the same thing 4hrs ahead of this person but the algorithm is broken so more people see his. 💋
“Yes they’re sharing a drink they call Loneliness, but it’s better than drinking alone” is beyond a shadow of a doubt my favourite lyric ever written.
So DeEp
@@Exportasjpeg ok
stfu
Have you heard Hallelujah? Or is this just poorly written sarcasm?
wait, why am I criticizing people's opinions if they don't contradict science or ███? I thought it was a good verse too.
It's November 2020 and this looks like a dream world.
How fast time flies. Hard to see now that this is how it was back then.
Yeah man too true.
Yup, no social distancing, no face masks, no curfew. And most importantly, people not sitting there detached staring into their mobile phones
Look at the People carefully! It ist Western People among themselves. Oh god, please bring back the time.....
All of them in the video, present, enjoying the moment. And with no screens showing other things like sports or news.
발음이 정확하다.. 그래서 더욱 좋다
Came for the iconic harmonica, stayed for the tears
True
Amen.
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*song called piano man*
‘yeah i came for the harmonica’
Too real dude
Lyrics
It's nine o'clock on a saturday
Regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sittin' next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says: "Son can you play me a memory?"
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes
La-la-la de-de da
La-la de-de da da-da
Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says Bill I believe this is killing me
As a smile ran away from his face
Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place
Oh, la-la-la de-de da
La-la de-de da da-da
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
Sing us the song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
It's a pretty good crowd for a saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say man what are you doin' here?
Oh, la-la-la de-de da
La-la de-de da da-da
Sing us the song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
You’re a good man
He really is
Omg love ur pfp
I swear, wherever I go I see one direction...
How long did it take you to comment to lyrics??
“They’re sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it’s better than drinkin’ alone”-Billy Joel
One of my favorite and most relatable lines in this song.
Lol I commented roughly the same thing. I felt that line in my soul.
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would give a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classic compositions ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
Same here
I don’t think I get that
have you been to any of my show?
30 december 2024 but this music will come with me in 2025🫶🏻
I once upon a time was one of these men. I got out of the marines in Sept 71 and people really didn't like us Vietnam veterans too well. For 10 years I worked during the day and closed the bars at night and then one day this lovely woman walked into my life. I've loved her ever since. Within 3 months of our first date we were engaged and 9 months after our first date we were married. We have been happily married since Sept 3, 1981. For some time she would when we went to bed have to listen to my rants about the war and coming home. After a while when I calmed down she would kiss me and hold me. I guess I had PTSD and just didn't know it. Now she is in a nursing home with dementia and MS. I see her every day but I miss her so much.
Wow, that's an emotional story I hope things will get better.
thank you for your service to america. god bless you and your wife. i hope you are both doing swell
gay
Than you so much for your service to America! I wish you well!
Robert, you found a true "angel on earth," God smiled on you the day you met her.
One minute silent for John, who could be a movie star :"(
Amen.
If only he could get out of that place
Don’t worry I pointed a gun a billy and made him give money to John to pay for an audition :)
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I discovered this today but it feels like it’s an old memory
Soop I can insure this will never leave your mind
Same here.
me too. never knew there even was a video.
thats because the song speaks pure truth. its an old memory for us all, first time or thousandth
same
Poetic
We all have people in our lives that resonate with this song, including ourselves. A masterpiece and such memories. Takes me back to bars and pubs in Preston.Happy times.
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early2000s.He sounded just like his albums,didn't need anything to make him sound good.Sang a verse of a song to me.A totally awesome concert!!!
Piano man, it tells the stories of how people lost their dream and ended up got trapped in life. The old man, John, Paul, Davy, the waitress, businessman, manager and probably Billy himself and everyone here, didn't we all forget something important just for making a living?
You are so right
Geez it’s an uplifting song!!
@@scottcampbell1377xanadu well different people will have different veiws on a song. Thats just my view. Music is an emotional thing after all
@@scottcampbell1377xanadu And by my words it wasn't meant to be negative, this song remind us not to give up our dream.
@@jackywng1236 what
It’s 2020 and while music culture has changed so much everyone can agree that this is one of the greatest of all time and that Billy Joel was/is one of the greatest as well.
Tdabomb 12 im 16 and this song makes me sad for memories and the past I never experienced, I’m confused.
Elite 18 don’t worry you have your future to make up for it. You can make more memories. Good memories make us sad because we cant relive the past. Now if the sad memories come up it’s not your fault. If the song makes you feel sad it’s just the melancholic affect it has on you. I believe we all feel it too. I’m 20 and I’m also confused.
Yah and because Hollywood made a movie about Freddy murcury everyone thinks queen was the greatest but in all actuality, they all were.
With queen and the Beatles and Michael Jackson’s oh and almost any one from this time period
Joethegamer I dint understand why everyone loves Michael Jackson, a lot of music that gets talked about with him I like but I’ve never liked Michele Jackson
It's nearly 2018, Davy is still in the navy
>nearly
Phill Dunnagam rip davy
You realise it was not even half way through 2017 when you wrote that right?
Phill Dunnagam Davy is an old man if he's still alive. They discharge you when you get to be too old
wll1500 I think what he was alluding to in the song was that he is obsessed with the fact that he is and is showing it off, and probably will for life
Billy Joel is a genius he sung a song about singing a song about being asked to sing a song
I’ll still never understand how Billy Joel doesn’t know why this is such a big hit. It’s literally one of the greatest songs of all time. It tells a story, it’s bittersweet, it’s extremely catchy, it’s an easy sing-along, and everyone can relate to it. Deep down music is our escape from reality and it always will be…and that is exactly what the song is all about.
of course he knows why this is a hit.
his message "pretending to not know" is, that you shouldnt be like the protagonist.
dont indulge in nostalgia and past broken times, but look forward.
same as ed sheeran "not understanding" how people want "happier" on their wedding.
they know they made sad masterpieces. but they dont want people to be sad.
Beautifully put, sir. It’s an absolute bona fide masterpiece
In my mind, the bar should be half empty, but, yeah, sometimes it's not up to the musician to decide his/her greatest hit.
Music IS my reality, not escape. Makes for a great life.
In my country the Netherlands we have every year at new years evening a radio show called top 2000 of all time. And in this show there are 3 songs always in the top 3 for decades. "the pianoman" is one of them. The others are Bohemian Rhapsody and Hotel California. So here they concider this as the greatest song ever been made.
"They're sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone" I think is one of the great all time lyrics
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One of the most truthful quotes I think... At the local bar I always make a point of chatting to the old men and women who are by themselves not by choice, but because their spouses have died..One day that might be me.....
i was reading the comments while listning to it, and i heard that line as soon as i read this comment. weird coincidence haha
That is an outstanding line in a whole song of great all time lyrics.
feel the same
God....This brings back memories that don't exist..
ikr! so weirdly nosalgic
You mean Anemoia?
Lyrics video of this masterpiece ruclips.net/video/ZrNfjmtghCI/видео.html
I remember that.
@@greenhell7239 No, thanks. [ green hell will remember that ]
평범한 하루도 노래로 부르면, 얼마나 소중한 하루였는지 깨닫게 되네요.
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This song makes me nostalgic about things i have never experienced nor was born to experience.
Hey you can experience these things you were born to experience what comes as well as what you want too;):)
Relatable.
Me too good man, me too. It's called fauxtalgia
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO
I literally used nostalgia as a way to describe this song too in college music appreciation class
Masterpiece.
Agreed.
Agreed
I LOVE this song
That's it. Nothing more needs to be said.
rafalillo_8 it is , ‘cause it describes most New Yorker at all times, and stages of their life.
45 years and 3 months ago. The old man has died. John at the bar became a movie star. The waitress is running for president. And legend says Davy is still in the Navy.
Why did I start reading this in the tune of the song
Paul's still single
sorry but Davy is definitely not in the Navy any more, they force those guys to retire at 62... I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classic compositions ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
@@willritter4076 nah trust me I just got off the phone with Davy, he's definitely still in the navy
Love it!
Still one of the most amazing artists of all our time
I really appreciate your support and comment thanks
You are welcome good sir thank you for helping my parents raise me. @@Billyjoel-c8c
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I wonder if Davy is still in the Navy...
nah hes dead
the real estate novelist shot him
cause davy had time for his wife
think he might os sunk some what.. or decomished.!
“Davy who’s still in the Navy” refers to David Heintz, a man Joel met at a bar in Spain. David’s daughter Lisa explains:
"[Dave] met Billy Joel in a pub in Spain in 1972 while he was in the Navy. He married while he was in the navy, had three children. He passed away in 2003 of ALS. It really hurts when I hear this song played on the radio and they leave this part out."
Boingy Boingy I wish Billy was my bartender
David Ames Billys friend John is the bartender.
“Billy Joel’s music is amazing.” -Gandhi probably
"I slept with young girls and sympathized with Adolf Hitler"
-Gandhi
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Didn't expect that answer but ok.
Willimammoth
God himself said that.
Well, this honestly made my laugh. Thanks.
Watermelon Head ummm
It's 2021, and Davy's still in the navy.. and probably will be for life
I reckon he's probably a retired Admiral by now.
stay strong davy
He acttually is the people in his song were based off of real life : p
I love this comment
I was expecting the 'for life' comment to mean he'd die at sea soon
❤👍👍👏👏👏 Still a great song even after 15 years it has not lost it’s power!
I really appreciate your support and comment
I really appreciate your support and comment
The life of Billy Joel should be made into a movie.
Like “The Piano Man.”
ElliYeet I agree
Ohhh That will be nice
or He didn't start the fire
the story of how Billy got run into the ground by his first wife could be a movie in itself... I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my YT channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and don't forget to put some bread in my jar if you can spare it.
and he will be portray by sylvester? 😂