Billy Joel has some serious hits. Piano Man, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Vienna, Only the Good Die Young & New York State of Mind would be a good start.
I saw an interview with Billy Joel and the interviewer asked him how he remembered the lyrics when performing this song. His answer? "I don't remember all of them. I look at the audience and they remember them." lol ☻☺
The song chronicles from Billy Joel's 1949 birth to 1989, when he turned 40. Here's a vid of him telling the story behind the song; ruclips.net/video/Dx3T8pbDcms/видео.html
This song covers world events during my childhood. I was born in 1954, and I remember most of what he mentions. If just 2 or 3 years earlier, I would have remembered it all.
Yeah Billy was born in 1949 and turned 40 in 1989 when he wrote this and it covers the key events and people during his lifetime at that time, after someone around 20 years or so younger than him said nothing much happened during his youth.
The man is a genius. The great story teller and just one of the greatest performers of all time. A library of hit songs too many to mention. A great history lesson with this song.
Billy Joel is a master story teller. You must take a dive into his catalogue. Piano man, Miami 2017, New York State of Mind, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Still Rock ‘n Roll to me, and so, so many more.
There was still plenty of good stuff from him in the 80s from the Glass Houses, The Nylon Curtain, An Innocent Man, The Bridge and Storm Front albums too.
Billy Joel is the king of changing up his style song to song, so you'll be surprised when you listen to other great songs by him that none will sound like the next one, and he has sooooo many great ones
Not trying to be a dick here but the only actual song Billy Joel has won Grammys for is Just The Way You Are. He has won others too but not in the song or record category, but in ones like best album, best male pop vocal, best male rock vocal and legend award instead.
He wrote this song after he ran into Sean Lennon and a friend in the recording studio. They got to talking and told Billy that growing up during his era was so much easier because nothing really happened. The song starts with history from 1949, the year Billy was born. This was also the only song he ever wrote the lyrics first to,. As a result he says the melody is pretty lame, but he sure carries it off with his creativity. Billy is also a huge history buff.
Most of the people "reacting" to Billy Joel's genius weren't even born when the song was released. Looks its its two history lessons at one time...Amazing, isn't it?
Ooh so excited to watch :) Love the brilliance of these lyrics! Please react to some Foo Fighters.. Run, The Pretender, Best of You.. All bangers my friend ✌🤘
Billy Joel had hits in the 70's and 80's and is know as the Piano Man. My favorite album of his is Glass Houses. Here are some song suggestions: Don't Ask Me Why, Pressure, River of Dreams, Only the Good Die Young, You May Be Right, Honesty, Sometimes a Fantasy, It's Still Rock and Roll to me.
So very much agree, like that you don't talk over song/video. Suggestion = Billy Joel - My Life (Official Video) My Life, really hit home for me after my husband died so many people telling me what to do, and it's MY LIFE
Billy Joel the Piano Man..... You should do lots of Billy Joel. 'Piano Man" ," Scenes From an Italian Restaurant", " You may Be Crazy"." The Pretender" Enjoy
@@bethhowton5768 Oh right, yeah I can see how when the theme of the song is putting on a pretend face or persona. The Entertainer was the only song of Billy's that I could think of off the top of my head at the time, that started with "The" and then only had one other word in the title.
I can't believe he didn't recognize any of the names in the song, it was a history lesson done in melody. It has nothing to do with your generation, it's what you learned in school, and what you learned in world events that are going around every day.
Great song. And, yeah, the damn fire is still burning. You may want to dip into some Billie Eilish. Her music and some of the covers she has done. Particularly, her cover of Michael Jackson's song "Bad" - on Like A Version - and her brilliant cover of "End of the World" on BBC Radio One. Both live and both amazing.
The 2020 song from the 70's you should check out is 'Stuck In The Middle With You' by Steelers Wheel. The title tells you where you are headed AND its a fun jam.
What is weird is that I was listing to Billy Joel when I was driving today thinking that I haven't seen anyone react to him. And then I login to my computer and you are reacting to him. Anyway, someone made a video with this song and put the images of what he was referring to in the song, such as, who is Doris Day and the cola wars: ruclips.net/video/cDPnsTRAvIM/видео.html Someone else also did it with the song The Day the Music Died: ruclips.net/video/QmyGZ64J9yg/видео.html I'm not usually big on fan videos, but these videos help explain what the these singers were singing about.
Great lyrically though this legend of legends has many songs that are much better musically such as The Ballad of Billy the Kid,Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, Stiletto,New York State of Mind,Honesty,, The Longest Time, Goodnight Saigon, And The Downeaster Alexa. You need to react to all of these and many more!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️☮️
Basically, a Boomer talking about all the things Boomers went through. Like, the world isn't just screwed up, it's always been screwed up. It was screwed up before them, it will be screwed up after us. The world will always be screwed up.
This was from my late twenties... I keep thinking there should be another 4 or 5 verses with rhymes using "Forest Gump, Donald Trump", "kids in cages, empty stages" & "Morbid president. COVID present". Billy only sang about the history he lived through up to that point in our lives... There's been some shit since then... Wha'dya think?
Billy Joel blocks videos a decent amount, so be careful. "I Go To Extremes" is another banger. More 2020 songs: "Won't Get Fooled Again," the Who; "This Year," the Mountain Goats.
Hey what's up I do have a request for you could you do a country artist by the name of Travis Tritt his newest song that came out it's called When The World Turns slower when you can smoke in a bar
I’m old enough to remember when this song was released. There were a lot of music critics, back when that was an actual job, whereas music critics now it’s just the general internet population, I digress... Yeah a lot of critics hated this song on the basis that he was sing rapping just random historical pop culture and the song had no impact. I always thought that was bullshit. There is lyrical progression in every verse if you know what each and every reference is to. Sadly if you’re younger than 35ish this would require a solid 3 months worth of historical research.
But you didn’t acknowledge the fact that the song is the history of his life. And didn’t understand that it’s important to KNOW history. So…glad you like the song but go deeper, bruh.
Thanks for uploading! If you have a minute, I uploaded a cover of Little Big Town. As a fellow music fan, I'd love if you would check it out. It's on my page. Hope you like it!
To be honest ... I don't like reaction videos where I have to see/hear the whole music-video (i already do know) and just have to wait for the reaction afterwards ... So actually I'm only listening to the intro and skip to the end! Everything else and inbetween is a waste of time for me! Some people give a "thumb up", because they liked the song they like before as well and like that you are reacting to it ... I mean like: "Oh! He does Billy ... Thumbs up and now I start the video!". Don't get me wrong, but I just want you to know! Maybe it's because I am from Germany ... Germans don't like to waste time at all! ;-) ^^+gg Oh yeah! I am gonna give this video a "Thumb down" just for reasons... Sorry!
Song dropped in 1989 and the world is still burning! 😢
The year I graduated high school!!
At least we tried to fight it
Same people in charge, what do you expect.
Billy Joel has some serious hits. Piano Man, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Vienna, Only the Good Die Young & New York State of Mind would be a good start.
Dont forget for the longest time
Don’t forget Summer Highland Falls.
river of dreams is a good song.
I saw an interview with Billy Joel and the interviewer asked him how he remembered the lyrics when performing this song. His answer?
"I don't remember all of them. I look at the audience and they remember them." lol ☻☺
A US history lesson in one song. This was genius.
not just US history... Its 40 years of the world's history (He made this song when he was 40)
The song chronicles from Billy Joel's 1949 birth to 1989, when he turned 40. Here's a vid of him telling the story behind the song; ruclips.net/video/Dx3T8pbDcms/видео.html
World history not just the US 🙄
@@SofaSleuthing you are right. I stand corrected.
@@AbbyC543 Didn't mean to come across as an arse. Sorry
Piano Man is his most iconic song and many many others...The Stranger Album!
This song covers world events during my childhood. I was born in 1954, and I remember most of what he mentions. If just 2 or 3 years earlier, I would have remembered it all.
Yeah Billy was born in 1949 and turned 40 in 1989 when he wrote this and it covers the key events and people during his lifetime at that time, after someone around 20 years or so younger than him said nothing much happened during his youth.
Great piano player. One of the best concerts I've been to. His biggest song is "Piano Man".
same. the best concert i've ever seen was him and Elton together when I was 15. 80k people carrying the chorus of Piano Man was magical.
The man is a genius. The great story teller and just one of the greatest performers of all time. A library of hit songs too many to mention. A great history lesson with this song.
Other Billy Joel songs:
"Just the Way You Are", "Piano Man", "Don't Ask Me Why", "Tell Her About It", New York State of Mind", "Uptown Girl".
all those are great choices
Down Easter Alexa
Gennie Cole Vienna, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
@A S Down Easter Alexa is one of my favorites
You need more Billy Joel, he has so many great songs and you are depriving yourself of gold. This is History set to music.
Billy Joel is a master story teller. You must take a dive into his catalogue. Piano man, Miami 2017, New York State of Mind, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Still Rock ‘n Roll to me, and so, so many more.
The lyrics are about major world events that happened from the day he was born until he recorded it.
Yup, 1949-1989. Here's Billy Joel telling the story behind the song;
ruclips.net/video/Dx3T8pbDcms/видео.html
The Earth is burning, but we did not start the fire, it is not our problem, we have other things to think about.
Billy Joel’s best music came from the 70s. Piano Man. New York State Of Mind. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant.
There was still plenty of good stuff from him in the 80s from the Glass Houses, The Nylon Curtain, An Innocent Man, The Bridge and Storm Front albums too.
Definitely follow the Billy Joel song trail. It is so worth it - 1970's until 1990's.
Billy Joel: She's Always a Woman to me! Story of My life!! Piano man, His best!!
Piano Man is a great song but in my view is not even his best on the Piano Man album.
Billy Joel has a huge music catalog. Enjoy! 🎶🎵
Billy Joel is the king of changing up his style song to song, so you'll be surprised when you listen to other great songs by him that none will sound like the next one, and he has sooooo many great ones
Facts! Still relevant today. ✌🦋
Billy Joel is a master storyteller, check out “Goodnight Saigon” Great!
Piano man is a nother one of his hits he won a Grammy For it
Not trying to be a dick here but the only actual song Billy Joel has won Grammys for is Just The Way You Are.
He has won others too but not in the song or record category, but in ones like best album, best male pop vocal, best male rock vocal and legend award instead.
It mentions people and events that impacted history from the 50 s thru the 80s.
He wrote this song after he ran into Sean Lennon and a friend in the recording studio. They got to talking and told Billy that growing up during his era was so much easier because nothing really happened. The song starts with history from 1949, the year Billy was born. This was also the only song he ever wrote the lyrics first to,. As a result he says the melody is pretty lame, but he sure carries it off with his creativity. Billy is also a huge history buff.
And it still goes on
You are right it will never go away never
Hello, a popular choice you made! Love this song and Billy Joel is ace. Always good to see your smiling face and your reactions....
Most of the people "reacting" to Billy Joel's genius weren't even born when the song was released. Looks its its two history lessons at one time...Amazing, isn't it?
World potted hisrory from when he was 'born'(like me) in the 50s. Chronological order of world events during that period.
HISTORY BABY HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do piano man, allentown...etc
I JUST subscribed yesterday and you were at 9.4K- now you’re at 11??? Cheers
Ooh so excited to watch :) Love the brilliance of these lyrics! Please react to some Foo Fighters.. Run, The Pretender, Best of You.. All bangers my friend ✌🤘
I say it all the time....truth there.....it was always burning since the world was turning
Billy Joel had hits in the 70's and 80's and is know as the Piano Man. My favorite album of his is Glass Houses. Here are some song suggestions: Don't Ask Me Why, Pressure, River of Dreams, Only the Good Die Young, You May Be Right, Honesty, Sometimes a Fantasy, It's Still Rock and Roll to me.
And 90s.
So very much agree, like that you don't talk over song/video. Suggestion = Billy Joel - My Life (Official Video) My Life, really hit home for me after my husband died so many people telling me what to do, and it's MY LIFE
Billy Joel the Piano Man..... You should do lots of Billy Joel. 'Piano Man" ," Scenes From an Italian Restaurant", " You may Be Crazy"." The Pretender" Enjoy
I think you might mean The Entertainer for the last one.
@@seanscanlon9067 No it should be The Stranger, always mix those two up.
@@bethhowton5768 Oh right, yeah I can see how when the theme of the song is putting on a pretend face or persona.
The Entertainer was the only song of Billy's that I could think of off the top of my head at the time, that started with "The" and then only had one other word in the title.
It may be the first truly next level hip hop song? Who could flow like this in 89?
Please! hip hop? 3rd grade level poetry.
Are you saying hip hop is or this song?
I am guessing the former but not asking in a confrontational way and just out of interest.
Great stuff! Thanks for doing it. Try the song “Goodnight Saigon”. Very good.
Billy Joel is top deck.
I can't believe he didn't recognize any of the names in the song, it was a history lesson done in melody. It has nothing to do with your generation, it's what you learned in school, and what you learned in world events that are going around every day.
Best Billy Joel song ever came out in 1989
billy joel "It's just a fantasy"
Great song. And, yeah, the damn fire is still burning. You may want to dip into some Billie Eilish. Her music and some of the covers she has done. Particularly, her cover of Michael Jackson's song "Bad" - on Like A Version - and her brilliant cover of "End of the World" on BBC Radio One. Both live and both amazing.
As to the world situation... Yeah... Life only means something if you are alive to live it,... Right? I say Let's do it, why the hell not? :)
Another good Billy Joel song is, " The stranger"
"We didn't start the fire."
- Gen X
Carpenters - Hurting each other
Nice song . Thanks
The 2020 song from the 70's you should check out is 'Stuck In The Middle With You' by Steelers Wheel. The title tells you where you are headed AND its a fun jam.
The only time it’ll disappear is when the world blows up
For another Masterpiece in the same vein, try Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil.
Stranger album, Glass houses album. Great writer and pianist. 1978 on
Dont miss the miss the message we didnt start the fire we tried to fight it but just couldnt
Piano Man Billy Joel
You have to react to It’s Still Rock & Roll to Me.
Awesome that you didn’t pause it.
What is weird is that I was listing to Billy Joel when I was driving today thinking that I haven't seen anyone react to him. And then I login to my computer and you are reacting to him.
Anyway, someone made a video with this song and put the images of what he was referring to in the song, such as, who is Doris Day and the cola wars: ruclips.net/video/cDPnsTRAvIM/видео.html
Someone else also did it with the song The Day the Music Died: ruclips.net/video/QmyGZ64J9yg/видео.html
I'm not usually big on fan videos, but these videos help explain what the these singers were singing about.
Billy Joel's best song is 'Piano Man'.
Nice history lesson for the US (citizens). At a time when they didn't know it was going to get worse.
For Great vocals:
Peter Gabriel: Here comes THE flood, live in Athens.
Disturbed: Sound of silence. Live Conan.
Yes: Madrigal, live in studio.
The song for 2020 was 'Parasite Eve' by Bring Me The Horizon.
Great lyrically though this legend of legends has many songs that are much better musically such as The Ballad of Billy the Kid,Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, Stiletto,New York State of Mind,Honesty,, The Longest Time, Goodnight Saigon, And The Downeaster Alexa. You need to react to all of these and many more!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️☮️
One minute and fifty seconds of a preamble nah man!
Listen to Summer highland falls, allentown, honesty
You should have done the version with the lyrics and photos: @
Hello my name is Ladonna Williams I'm got the ringtone
baby boom theme song
Basically, a Boomer talking about all the things Boomers went through. Like, the world isn't just screwed up, it's always been screwed up. It was screwed up before them, it will be screwed up after us. The world will always be screwed up.
This was from my late twenties... I keep thinking there should be another 4 or 5 verses with rhymes using "Forest Gump, Donald Trump", "kids in cages, empty stages" & "Morbid president. COVID present". Billy only sang about the history he lived through up to that point in our lives... There's been some shit since then... Wha'dya think?
If you like Billy Joel songs with a story try:
* Piano Man
* Goodnight Saigon
Billy Joel blocks videos a decent amount, so be careful. "I Go To Extremes" is another banger.
More 2020 songs: "Won't Get Fooled Again," the Who; "This Year," the Mountain Goats.
Story of My life regarding, She's Always a Woman. Not a song......
Hey what's up I do have a request for you could you do a country artist by the name of Travis Tritt his newest song that came out it's called When The World Turns slower when you can smoke in a bar
This song says to me that 2020 happened long before 2020. It could and will get worse, you know?
You can tell while he’s watching this, that none of that means anything to him. He had to look it up. He was too young for all that,
I’m old enough to remember when this song was released. There were a lot of music critics, back when that was an actual job, whereas music critics now it’s just the general internet population, I digress...
Yeah a lot of critics hated this song on the basis that he was sing rapping just random historical pop culture and the song had no impact.
I always thought that was bullshit.
There is lyrical progression in every verse if you know what each and every reference is to.
Sadly if you’re younger than 35ish this would require a solid 3 months worth of historical research.
Piano Mam
I do like these reaction videos but I have to wonder if you are actually watching if a shocking image like at 3:20 doesn't even cause a double take?
But you didn’t acknowledge the fact that the song is the history of his life. And didn’t understand that it’s important to KNOW history. So…glad you like the song but go deeper, bruh.
You cannot acknowledge what you do not know.
Thanks for uploading! If you have a minute, I uploaded a cover of Little Big Town. As a fellow music fan, I'd love if you would check it out. It's on my page. Hope you like it!
To be honest ... I don't like reaction videos where I have to see/hear the whole music-video (i already do know) and just have to wait for the reaction afterwards ...
So actually I'm only listening to the intro and skip to the end! Everything else and inbetween is a waste of time for me!
Some people give a "thumb up", because they liked the song they like before as well and like that you are reacting to it ... I mean like: "Oh! He does Billy ... Thumbs up and now I start the video!".
Don't get me wrong, but I just want you to know! Maybe it's because I am from Germany ... Germans don't like to waste time at all! ;-) ^^+gg
Oh yeah! I am gonna give this video a "Thumb down" just for reasons... Sorry!
Not a lot of people catch it, but at the end he says, after we are gone will it still burn on? It did!