The Ballad of Billy The Kid - Billy Joel | The Midnight Special

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  • Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024
  • Billy Joel aired October 10, 1975
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  • @josephroman8568
    @josephroman8568 Год назад +49

    A very underrated song. Billy Joel has always been a phenomenal talent! 🎶🎶🎶🎶

    • @josephbennett4236
      @josephbennett4236 11 месяцев назад +1

      No, it isn't 'underrated'. Do you understand the meaning of the word?

    • @calebjames3590
      @calebjames3590 8 месяцев назад

      omg this is so true it also annoys me when people us overrated as bad like overrated does not equal bad​@josephbennett4236

  • @lindasmith3978
    @lindasmith3978 20 дней назад

    My current favorite Billy Joel song.🎉

  • @howtodoitdude1662
    @howtodoitdude1662 3 месяца назад +2

    His playing and singing is amazing! Also his composition and arrangement is outstanding!

  • @jnadle1
    @jnadle1 Год назад +15

    The original drummer of this song was Elvis' drummer Ron Tutt. But, a lot of people have been more familiar with Liberty DeVitto, and now, Chuck Burgi, being there for Billy.

    • @jnadle1
      @jnadle1 Год назад +1

      Rhys Clark@@delbertgrady413

    • @carlosconesa
      @carlosconesa 6 месяцев назад +1

      I don't enjoy Chuck's drumming, too stiff, lacks passion. Liberty all the way!

    • @jnadle1
      @jnadle1 6 месяцев назад

      @@carlosconesa Liberty tends to be very aggressive with his drumming.

  • @that70sgirl90
    @that70sgirl90 Год назад +18

    Phenomenal performance... he's so young here. Married the "Uptown Girl."
    Billy is still doing shows! Keep on doing what you love! ❤
    Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁
    Happy Tuesday... thank you for sharing! 💖

  • @scottamori3188
    @scottamori3188 Год назад +13

    These were great albums of his laundry list of amazing albums. The audience is literally mesmerized.

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 11 месяцев назад +1

    Had his .45 record “Piano Man” as a young teen; Billy Joel’s a fantastic soothsayer who weaves stories in our mind. Great performance here 🎹🌟

  • @DidYouReadEULA
    @DidYouReadEULA Год назад +4

    As a teen saw these amazing Maestros a few years later in Memphis,TN at the Mid-South Coliseum, where thankfully they did this one. Until that point I had never seen anyone hit as hard and in control as Liberty DeVitto - changed my playing style entirely. One reason I got a ticket for one of the first five rows was to watch and learn from Liberty.

    • @fernandoperdomomusic
      @fernandoperdomomusic Год назад +1

      And liberty got alot of his style from this guy who he replaced. Rhys Clark

  • @leefreed2060
    @leefreed2060 Год назад +3

    One of the very best Billy Joel songs ever.

  • @Oklahoma-Dreaming
    @Oklahoma-Dreaming Год назад +5

    I had a friend who was a big Billy Joel fan. We were in high school when “Glass Houses” (GH) came out. But that friend played that cassette tape in his car - I don’t think CD players were available for a few more years - until he wore it out. I’m a minor Billy Joel fan - get it? - but GH is easily my favorite album of his.

  • @adamphillips6747
    @adamphillips6747 Год назад +4

    We watched Midnight Special every week when I was a kid. It inspired me to have a long career in music and I am very grateful. We need more shows like this where the artists actually writes the music, plays the instruments and shows kids there is more out there. Sadly I think learning is to difficult for kids in this "right now" society.

    • @themidnightspecialtvshow
      @themidnightspecialtvshow  Год назад +1

      Thank you for the wonderful compliment, Burt Sugarman

    • @jiffin1
      @jiffin1 11 месяцев назад

      Our generation was the generation of the "singer-songwriter" ... Until Lennon-McCartney came along, almost wrote their own material ... I also think you understand the level of creativity in today's kids - the difference is that they now all have the toys we wanted when we were kids, because we had them made ... Finally, "learning is to difficult" doesn't make your case very well ...

  • @fernandoperdomomusic
    @fernandoperdomomusic Год назад +16

    Rare Band ... Transitional period between the Rhys Clark/Larry Russell era to the Liberty DiVitto era... Doug Stegmeyer's first tour!!! Rhys leaves and Doug brings in his friends from the band Topper to fill out billy's band .. .thats the classic lineup of Javors, DiVitto, Brown, Stegmeyer, and Cannata... the best motherfuckers ever.

    • @MrSheymie
      @MrSheymie Год назад +2

      Superb band. Now, that's live music. I'm not familiar with his band musicians. Was wondering who the guitar player is. Absolutely on it.

    • @fernandoperdomomusic
      @fernandoperdomomusic Год назад +5

      @@MrSheymie don Evans

    • @nickrizzi4927
      @nickrizzi4927 12 дней назад

      No aregument here, your honor!

  • @guskatounas2129
    @guskatounas2129 Год назад +7

    Excellent 👍

  • @tessmoks3434
    @tessmoks3434 Год назад +4

    So ypung. I remember him like this❤

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 11 месяцев назад +1

    Very interesting, Young Joel with a different band and as always an incredible song.

  • @1969EType
    @1969EType Год назад +28

    If modern music is so superior, how come there’s no modern version of Midnight Special? Answer: Modern music is cooked up in a lab and served to us lukewarm.

  • @metalsaurus1933
    @metalsaurus1933 26 дней назад +1

    Great!

  • @parzooman
    @parzooman Год назад +6

    Great version of the song. Perfect tempo. His piano playing is impeccable. The band is tight.

  • @Oklahoma-Dreaming
    @Oklahoma-Dreaming Год назад +10

    I guess that Billy’s dad Howard - born Helmut in Germany - moved to the US and was a classically-trained pianist. But then Howard later moved back to Europe and lived in Vienna as he didn’t like America. In 1957 Howard considered Americans “uneducated and materialistic.” I wonder what Howard would think of us now. I shudder to think about it.

    • @jenbloom6848
      @jenbloom6848 Год назад +5

      Howard might be sounding the warning bell.

    • @davidcampau5117
      @davidcampau5117 11 месяцев назад +2

      He was and is 1000% CORRECT✅💯

  • @ChrisMolinari-t7r
    @ChrisMolinari-t7r 17 дней назад +2

    Before liberty

  • @rebeccawagner4167
    @rebeccawagner4167 7 месяцев назад

    An awesome artist and an amazing song 🎉🎉, gracing the stage of the Midnight Special 🎉🎉

  • @Luca___________
    @Luca___________ 5 месяцев назад +3

    Oyster Bay ❤ My home town

  • @artisticbloodflow
    @artisticbloodflow Год назад +1

    Incredible performance, as always, and incredible song!

  • @carmaaa8508
    @carmaaa8508 Год назад

    Billy Joel all the way back from the midnight special. Up to Billy Joel doing twin concerts with elton john in stadium's across the united states. REMEMBER. ?
    Billy Joel was phenomenal then and still is today
    . Billy joel and elton john are my two favorite artist of all time

  • @gregoryduncan3067
    @gregoryduncan3067 Год назад +11

    It's too bad he didn't do this show more. I think this is the only time he did it.

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne Год назад +1

      Oh, man! 😢

    • @kylitothemidcreator
      @kylitothemidcreator Год назад +2

      Because this show soon started having all the performances be playback, and I’m sure Billy Joel would never ever do that

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne Год назад +9

    One of the greatest storytellers in rock! I got to see him in 2016. He was still amazing then! I love him! 🤩👏👏💜

    • @gregoryduncan3067
      @gregoryduncan3067 Год назад +3

      He sounds the same in his old age.

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne Год назад +3

      @@gregoryduncan3067 He sure does!😍

    • @themidnightspecialtvshow
      @themidnightspecialtvshow  Год назад +5

      He is the best!

    • @curtisphilumalee1447
      @curtisphilumalee1447 Год назад +7

      I saw him in 79 only because my gf at the time wanted to see him. Big Shot was on the radio every hour it seemed. I still have the concert program. The concert was over three hours long and it was outstanding. Actually happy my gf talked me into it.

    • @DrummingMan1
      @DrummingMan1 Год назад

      ha ha ha Stephanie you love everybody! 👍🤣😘

  • @nickbruni8041
    @nickbruni8041 Год назад +5

    Bach , Beethoven ,Billy …✔️

  • @artisticbloodflow
    @artisticbloodflow Год назад +1

    Yes!!! Billy!!

  • @rmz5667
    @rmz5667 Год назад +4

    I was introduced to Billy Joel by my high school buddy, who had Glass Houses on 8-track. (I’m that old). But I have been a fan since then, and I especially love the Songs in the Attic album with his live versions of songs that he thought sounded better in specific live settings. You’ve got to check it out if you’ve never heard it because he’s absolutely correct. The live versions of the songs on SITA are better than the album versions!

    • @bethsmith2534
      @bethsmith2534 11 месяцев назад

      I met Billy as well! We were on vacation in Newport RI, and he was there with a few friends, his saxophone player, Richie Cannata. We met him coming back from one of the bars and he was telling us he was working on his collaboration project, with Richard Joo that turned out to be the Fantasies and Delusions CD, such amazing talent!

  • @minsterhill
    @minsterhill Год назад

    Breathless!!! Thank you TMS!

  • @theidiotsocietymusic
    @theidiotsocietymusic Год назад +1

    Great!:Thanks

  • @dkg249
    @dkg249 Год назад

    Just incredible.

  • @johnbeckett1401
    @johnbeckett1401 4 месяца назад

    Oyster Bay, Centre Island, Bayville-and on out to Huntington and Northport. The rocky North Shore beaches. This album came out when I was in grammar school in Nassau County. How did I get so old? The seems better now than it did then.. Maybe being older gives a new appreciation, perspective, understanding.

  • @steve_rios71
    @steve_rios71 Год назад +1

    Man I hope we get to see the performance of “Travelin’ Prayer” soon, Billy’s band really shines on that track especially the rhythm section, Doug Stegmeyer is an underrated bass player

  • @DrummingMan1
    @DrummingMan1 Год назад +3

    he could sing, he could write, but boy, can he play piano!

  • @stephenharris
    @stephenharris 10 месяцев назад

    Insanely good.

  • @dukedoker8899
    @dukedoker8899 11 месяцев назад

    Damn these boys are tight,liberty snaps and pops like Stewart Copeland.

  • @jacko9138
    @jacko9138 6 месяцев назад +2

    Liberty transforms this song

    • @carlosconesa
      @carlosconesa 6 месяцев назад

      Everything he plays, really.

  • @Mr_Jingle
    @Mr_Jingle Год назад

    billy Joel!

  • @Zzyzx_2112
    @Zzyzx_2112 Год назад +2

    👍👍

  • @daniellaarias7583
    @daniellaarias7583 Год назад

    👏👏👏👏👏❤🙌♥️

  • @kennyjones6369
    @kennyjones6369 4 дня назад

    Richie and Doug are there, was surprised no liberty there

  • @jennifersman7990
    @jennifersman7990 Год назад +1

    IMO Billy doesn’t get enough credit as a pianist, nor do his pre-Stranger albums. This version is so different, there’s no harmonica at the beginning like on the album and the piano sounds like it came out of an old west saloon

  • @Joke-r5w
    @Joke-r5w Год назад +5

    Sing me a song! Your the piano man?

  • @odin2823
    @odin2823 Год назад +2

    is that Liberty on drums?

  • @carlosconesa
    @carlosconesa 6 месяцев назад

    Who's the drummer here?

  • @williambenner701
    @williambenner701 Год назад +1

    I thought Billy The Kid was shot🤔

    • @jomamma1750
      @jomamma1750 Год назад +6

      Did you bother to listen to the lyrics of the song once? It never mentions him being hanged to death does it? Billy the Kid WAS captured, and the Judge DID order him to be hanged to death. He killed 2 deputies and escaped later that night. Pat Garrett caught up with him and shot him down afterwards.

  • @dovbarleib3256
    @dovbarleib3256 2 месяца назад

    Great ballad. But Billy McCarty did not start out in Wheeling, West VA. Not sure why Billy Joel has him starting his life or life of crime from there.

  • @thekivster
    @thekivster Год назад +1

    I don’t think this is actually played live sadly

    • @fretfix1
      @fretfix1 Год назад +4

      It is live. That's how good Billy and the boys are....

    • @hellogengammut2824
      @hellogengammut2824 Год назад +1

      Well you got that wrong - it is

    • @thekivster
      @thekivster Год назад

      @@fretfix1 I’m pretty sure they are just miming

    • @josephbennett4236
      @josephbennett4236 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@fretfix1I think @thekivster is being sarcastic.

    • @jeffreyhain349
      @jeffreyhain349 День назад

      That was the whole premise of the show and why it stood out for being such a phenomenal music show. Every performer played live. You had to perform live. You weren't allowed to lip sync or mime your songs.