You could do an equal amount of time listening to terrible Billy Joel songs. Don't get me wrong: I love Billy Joel. He put out a ton of good songs. But he also has a TON of duds :P
@@datalink7 I respect your opinion but honestly there are only like 10-15 in his catalogue that I don't like, which given his 130 or so total is FAR better than most others I've listened to.
Billy Joel wrote this because of some of the people he was dealing with in the music industry. There were so many people who wanted a piece of him, including his ex-wife, who was his manager at the time. Billy is one of the most straight-forward songwriters in the world. Everything he's done is outstanding. And you should hear him when he gets that piano cookin'. Next time you do Billy Joel, I suggest Angry Young Man, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Ballad of Billy the Kid, You're Only Human and Goodnight Saigon. Billy Joel is the absolute greatest.
Not to to say that's not true.... he only played bars for about a week or so and that was it and because of the song Piano Man everybody thought it was the
Billy Joel is a master poet, songwriter, performer, pianist and just all round star....you can't go wrong listening to any of his works. I particularly like Goodnight Saigon....a song about the Vietnam war....I heard him perform this, and many others live (a million years ago) in an outdoor arena, on a beautiful night in Melbourne Australia.
Billy Joel is a singer/songwriter. He suffered a lot and numbed himself with alcohol. He is older and wiser now and I hope he is recovered from numbing himself. He was and is one of the best for being profound and honest with his words.
Still making my way through your videos, and I was positively giddy when I came across this one. Absolutely LOVE Billy Joel. And I just love the amount of passion he sings with in this song, and always been among my favorites of his songs. You honestly can't go wrong with Billy Joel, especially his older stuff. An Innocent Man is another good one.
Billy Joel from 1973-1982 is right up there as one of the all-time greats. His best song is probably Laura from 1982, but then again it could be Say Goodbye To Hollywood, Anthony's Song, My Life, Allentown, Just The Way You Are which Barry White covered & had great success with etc.
I do not know if anyone else wrote this already, but it was about his troubled marriage. After the divorce, he went to the Caribbean's and while staying at a high-end motel decided to play the piano. He was a bit intoxicated and after raising his head he noticed two beautiful women had come to the piano... Christy Brinkley and Ell Mcfearson. In time he married Christy and after Christy looked at his Billy's account books, was horrified at how much money had been stolen. Thus came a VERY long tour and new songs so that he could get what he had stolen from him. "Uptown Girl" was written and performed during the tour... just to name one.
Something strange about Billy Joel . . . he was such an artist! His melodies are complex and rich, his lyrics are articulate and well-woven, so many of his songs ring true to us! I can't say he was a favorite of mine, but I sure appreciate his skill. I especially loved The Longest Time. I think this song is probably not about any specific incident, but rather, expressing the need for a REAL relationship. He can get pretty girls to date, has good friends, but he's hungry for the soul mate of a life relationship. He has had enough of shallow, artificial relationships. Maybe someone else knows more of the story. : )
His cousin stole like 10 million dollars from him. Billy was being forced to declare bankruptcy. He had to sue family for his money. He was only able to recover 5 million
I saw Billy Joel in concert in his heyday, back in 1984 at the Fabulous Forum in Los Angeles. People in the standing area around the stage had been gradually moving closer to the stage and during his performance of "Stiletto", some security guys felt they may be getting too close to the stage and began trying to ease some fans back. Billy noticed this while in the middle of the song and shouted "Leave them alone!", at which point the people charged to the edge of the stage. It was a great concert.
With Billy, you'll find that everyone has a favorite. Why? Cuz he can put his finger anywhere and any time and make you feel it. Believe it. His songs are your soul which is totally different than making you feel your own. He pulls your soul out, looks at it, holds it close, then puts it back with a comforting, I know. I've been there before. You're not alone. Soooo many of his songs prove that. Even if a person doesn't know his name (I can imagine THAT) they have a favorite song.
From Wikipedia: Honesty" is a song by American singer and songwriter Billy Joel. Columbia Records released the song as the third single from his sixth studio album 52nd Street (1978) in 1979. "Honesty" was solely written by Joel, while production was handled by Phil Ramone.
Billy Joel is one of the prolific American masters of the art of singer songwriters of the past several decades. He and writers like Bernie Taupin over the past few decades have inspired thousands of buding musicians and singers and have healed millions more of heart ache and sorrow with there ability to put words and music together. MRM, I know you do not research before you review, but now that you have listened to Billy, go check out some more of his work. Bernie Taupin is and has been Elton John's writing partner since late 69 or early 70s' when I first became acquainted with their music. Good luck and have fun with your endeavors and god bless, and easy listening.
My Long Island boy love him he has so many great tunes. He is such a great song writer and musician.I think sometimes he doesn’t get the recognition of his talent that he really deserves. This song was written around the time his marriage to his first wife was done.
I went to a Billy Joel/Elton John concert in Philadelphia. Dueling pianos! Was Epic!! Two music geniuses in the same building playing together. Not enough words to say how truly great the experience was. Ashame it will never happen again.
Great honest tune!! Great reaction as usual Ty! 🎤👍 Billy Joel doesn't have a bad song!! He is a legend!! He also used to be a boxer, a real good one!! 💥👍
Great song! Billy Joel is so talented. My high school girlfriend gave me this "52nd Street" album for Christmas 1978. I read that the lyrics mean that you want the person you love to always tell you the truth, the good and the bad. And that in the record business, he was constatntly surrounded by yes men and yes women.
He built his career back in the 1970s on songs like this. Yeah he wrote it. He was a wordsmith. check out "The Entertainer." And most of his songs require more than one listen to get the lyrics. "No Man's Land" more recently.
"To all you Liars out there" Still laugh😂 my ass off Ty when you came in with that first comment after this truthful song! Hilarious brother!🤣Not everyone's a liar but there's a lot out there! Keep keeping on Ty, your awesome man!👍
Our song in High School was "Only the good die young" we used to sing it in the halls and every time,the part came,on about you Catholic girls start much too late. We would sing that really loud. Then again we went to Catholic Central lol
One of my favorite singer/songwriters. He wrote numerous love/anti-love songs, such as "Travelin' Prayer" & "You're My Home" off of the Piano Man album, "Just the Way You Are" & "Shes' Always A Woman" from The Stranger, "Rosalinda's Eyes" off of 52nd Street, "Shameless" (which has been covered by several artists) & "And So It Goes" (which is probably his saddest song, immediately predating his divorce from super-model Christie Brinkley "And so it goes, and so will you soon, I suppose") and "Lullabye" on Field of Dreams, a song for his daughter Alexa. I would recommend reacting to "And So It Goes". Makes me cry every time.
I go back to 1975 with Billy Joel... one of 23 times seeing his shows. It’s hard for many of us to understand how you don’t know Joel at all. 33 top 40 hits 23 Grammy noms 150 million records sold A few of my faves: Summer, Highland Falls & New York State of Mind from Turnstiles. Just the Way You Are & Only the Good Die Young from The Stranger. It’s Only Rock & Roll to Me & You May Be Right from Glass Houses. And So It Goes & Lullaby are beautiful songs that can make you cry. Anyway, that’s just the starter set!
Billy Joel's album The Stranger is one of the greatest achievements for a singer/songwriter. Vienna, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, and She's Always a Woman are my favorites.
Billy did write this and here is what was said about it. This song makes the case that truth is harder to find than love. Joel sings about how he can find someone to comfort him with promises, but honesty is far more rare. You can be in love with someone, but it doesn't mean you're going to have truth.
Fun fact: when he initially had a melody but no words, Liberty DeVito (drummer) kept singing "sodimy". So Billy changed it to "Honesty" just to shut him up.
This whole album was fabulous - Billy Joel has been going strong for over 30 years, love how varied his songs are! I believe he writes all his own stuff, know he's written songs for other artists, I think he's been writing classical rather than pop lately. I could list songs forever you should have the chance to enjoy, but I know the most popular will be suggested by others. The one that always touches my heart is "Until the Night" because it helps me feel not so alone hanging on through tough days. "Matter of Trust" talks about different kinds of love - that's the song my husband and I call ours
Not trying to split hairs here but it's not so much a case of Billy has written songs for other artists and more that they have covered his songs after he has recorded them. For example Beyonce has covered this very song and yet wasn't born until 3 years after Billy's version was recorded and Ariana Grande, who I think is only in her mid-20s covered his song Vienna about 35 years after him.
This goes into grand company of great songs that explore a single word concept. Time. Imagine. Money. Honesty. Great explorations or ideations on a theme.
From what I recall in his interviews, he felt he had said all he needed to say in music and it was time for new people to be heard. I believed he continued to compose music but didn't write any lyrics to them.
@@CraigKostelecky Well, yes, he said that he thought other artists just keep on making more albums into old age, and they get worse and worse. And he doesn't want that happening to him. But what I don't get is how he can be such a creative artist, and then just go: "Nah, fuck it."
On a side note, the acoustic guitarist is playing an Ovation Acoustic Sunburst guitar made in Connecticut. My dad bought me one for my 16th birthday. Lost it in a divorce. On the outside chance - Model #1117-1. That was 40 years ago.
Of course he wrote it. Billy Joel is one of the greatest singer/songwriters in history. Dozens and dozens of great hits. He was awarded the Kennedy honors for songwriting a few years ago. He had so many great songs that there would be too many to list. Go on line and pull up Billy Joel songs and you will see what I mean. He does a monthly sold out show at Madison Square Garden in New York.
What a talent - what a voice, our piano man. If you haven't listened to much of his stuff, keep going. So much amazing, iconic music. Some are quick, some are slow... always enjoyable.
A musical genius and very passionate singer with an astonishing voice..one of my influence..thank u very much sir billy joel..and as u have see bruno mars is similar to his style and looks do u agree..its honesty is the same of when i was ur man of bruno mars and they both have same title song of "JUST THE WAY U ARE" a classical one for billy and modern pop version of bruno mars....
@@MariaLouisaBrennan With few exceptions, yes, it's all his own. To Make You Feel My Love was written by Bob Dylan, though Billy Joel was the first to record it.
Thank you, MRM! Another sip of gold. I hope you get to react to more of his music, truly an American Music Icon. Stay Blessed. With love from Pam & LoLa❤️🐾❤️
he does a master class and someone asked him why he no longer performs Just the Way You Are.Which he says, was written for his 1st ex wife. "I meant it at the time," he said. It's a great look at some of his lesser known songs and stories about his biggest hits.
This is an amazing song. It's been one of my favorites from way back. It was released around the time his first marriage broke up so I always suspended it had something to do with that. To the best of my knowledge, Billy wrote his own stuff.
C"Mon Man! Did he write this song? Yeah! To the best of my knowledge Billy wrote every damn song he ever sang (other than covers), that's what make him so damn great! IMO...Probably the greatest pop / rock Song writers of all time!
Billy Joel is by far & wide my all time favourite artist, hands down (hometeam, NY!).. ive seen him over 200 times from ‘81-‘17 (only 2nd to Metallica lol).. and BJ writes all his own music. He wrote this about his first ex wife, although the best song (or diss) he wrote about her is Big Shot. Her brother had been his manager & robbed him blind from the 70’s-early 80’s, he had to start all over after he’d had several hit records, so he was pretty raw around this time with divorce & finding out he was bankrupted by family. I think the Stranger album is a 100% perfect album of his, although the only album i wasnt enthralled with was Innocent Man. This album is very jazz oriented. I saw him at Yankee Stadium, close down Shea stadium, in Russia, with Elton John tour, & the 9/11 concert, in which he stole the audience, easily (i lived 5 blocks from WTC & was there &’lost many friends, & never left NYC) anytime i could, i have. He never lets you down :-) .. probably one of the all greatest songwriters & musician that ever existed. Hes just real, raw, & totally relatable.
Great album (52nd Street) as is the one before it (The Stranger). As stated below, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant is a great tune and you need to have it with the lyrics as it is a story.
You are correct. Every song he's done has something to do with what he's gone through in life. Billy Joel wrote EVERY song he's done. Just watched not to long ago, an interview where he said no one writes his music or lyrics but him and every song has a heartfelt meaning of a particular journey in his life.
Billy definitely wrote this wonderful song. Who knows what the inspiration was? He was still married to his first wife at the time so maybe they were having troubles or it could just be about someone else's relationships, etc.
That's the genius of Billy Joel. That man could write a song! Piano Man is probably his most recognizable song but he had so many hits from his first few albums you could spend all week reacting to them. *She's Always A Woman To Me* is still my all time favorite Billy Joel ballad. He had many good ones though.
You could spend a week listening to Billy Joel’s greatest hits.
You could do that. And then you'd go insane.
You could do an equal amount of time listening to terrible Billy Joel songs.
Don't get me wrong: I love Billy Joel. He put out a ton of good songs. But he also has a TON of duds :P
@@datalink7 I gotta, strongly, disagree with that. Uptown girl is the only one I don't love.
He even has his own channel on Sirus/XCM lol
@@datalink7 I respect your opinion but honestly there are only like 10-15 in his catalogue that I don't like, which given his 130 or so total is FAR better than most others I've listened to.
fyi ... Mr. Joel is one of the greatest song writers of all time !
Ikr. You cant have the best singer songwriters convo without him in the Top 10
@@gauravarya5649 roflmfao now now children roflmfao
Without a doubt, I'm constantly hearing songs that I forgot that I loved from the man!
He was a great song writer
I couldn’t agree more!
Billy Joel wrote this because of some of the people he was dealing with in the music industry. There were so many people who wanted a piece of him, including his ex-wife, who was his manager at the time. Billy is one of the most straight-forward songwriters in the world. Everything he's done is outstanding. And you should hear him when he gets that piano cookin'.
Next time you do Billy Joel, I suggest Angry Young Man, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Ballad of Billy the Kid, You're Only Human and Goodnight Saigon.
Billy Joel is the absolute greatest.
Also Allentown, She’s Got a Way, and Matter of Trust.
This man does not have a bad song
Always a Woman is one of my favorites by Billy Joel.
Billy Joel is one of the best singer song writers ever. Listen to River of Dreams.
@mark anderson Piano man's my favorite.
Ding Ding Ding! That and " Piano Man " ... ...Peace - Jazz
For sure, this is his own song. He started out in a bar as the singer/piano man. And reached the top of music royalty.
Not to to say that's not true.... he only played bars for about a week or so
and that was it and because of the song Piano Man everybody thought it was the
@@danielastor9177 I was going to say the same
Billy Joel's 'Scenes from an Italian Restaurant' is awesome...try that one.
Yes
Ikr. Its in my top5 of his best.
Agreed, an epic musical tale.
I think that the it was Christianos in Syosset, NY. It closed. I met Billy and Katie Lee at a bbq that his boat captain was having.
This is the Billy Joel that I love. Young, raw, and uber-talented. 52nd Street is my favorite album of his! Good pick from the bingo ball Ty!
Billy Joel is a master poet, songwriter, performer, pianist and just all round star....you can't go wrong listening to any of his works. I particularly like Goodnight Saigon....a song about the Vietnam war....I heard him perform this, and many others live (a million years ago) in an outdoor arena, on a beautiful night in Melbourne Australia.
Billy Joel Scenes from an Italian Restaurant is a must!!!
Billy Joel has an awesome catalog.
This is one of the best songs ever written....straight from the heart....and Billy is such a great songwriter....one of the best
Billy Joel is a singer/songwriter. He suffered a lot and numbed himself with alcohol. He is older and wiser now and I hope he is recovered from numbing himself. He was and is one of the best for being profound and honest with his words.
Still making my way through your videos, and I was positively giddy when I came across this one. Absolutely LOVE Billy Joel. And I just love the amount of passion he sings with in this song, and always been among my favorites of his songs. You honestly can't go wrong with Billy Joel, especially his older stuff. An Innocent Man is another good one.
Billy Joel from 1973-1982 is right up there as one of the all-time greats. His best song is probably Laura from 1982, but then again it could be Say Goodbye To Hollywood, Anthony's Song, My Life, Allentown, Just The Way You Are which Barry White covered & had great success with etc.
Garth Brooks also has a huge hit with Shameless which is a billy joel song.
I do not know if anyone else wrote this already, but it was about his troubled marriage. After the divorce, he went to the Caribbean's and while staying at a high-end motel decided to play the piano. He was a bit intoxicated and after raising his head he noticed two beautiful women had come to the piano... Christy Brinkley and Ell Mcfearson. In time he married Christy and after Christy looked at his Billy's account books, was horrified at how much money had been stolen. Thus came a VERY long tour and new songs so that he could get what he had stolen from him. "Uptown Girl" was written and performed during the tour... just to name one.
Something strange about Billy Joel . . . he was such an artist! His melodies are complex and rich, his lyrics are articulate and well-woven, so many of his songs ring true to us! I can't say he was a favorite of mine, but I sure appreciate his skill. I especially loved The Longest Time.
I think this song is probably not about any specific incident, but rather, expressing the need for a REAL relationship. He can get pretty girls to date, has good friends, but he's hungry for the soul mate of a life relationship. He has had enough of shallow, artificial relationships. Maybe someone else knows more of the story. : )
If I remember correctly, I think he wrote this after finding out he had been seriously ripped off by his manager at the time.
His cousin stole like 10 million dollars from him. Billy was being forced to declare bankruptcy. He had to sue family for his money. He was only able to recover 5 million
He still is a great artist!
I saw Billy Joel in concert in his heyday, back in 1984 at the Fabulous Forum in Los Angeles. People in the standing area around the stage had been gradually moving closer to the stage and during his performance of "Stiletto", some security guys felt they may be getting too close to the stage and began trying to ease some fans back. Billy noticed this while in the middle of the song and shouted "Leave them alone!", at which point the people charged to the edge of the stage. It was a great concert.
Joel is one of the greatest song writers of all time, of course he wrote it.
With Billy, you'll find that everyone has a favorite. Why? Cuz he can put his finger anywhere and any time and make you feel it. Believe it. His songs are your soul which is totally different than making you feel your own. He pulls your soul out, looks at it, holds it close, then puts it back with a comforting, I know. I've been there before. You're not alone.
Soooo many of his songs prove that. Even if a person doesn't know his name (I can imagine THAT) they have a favorite song.
From Wikipedia:
Honesty" is a song by American singer and songwriter Billy Joel. Columbia Records released the song as the third single from his sixth studio album 52nd Street (1978) in 1979. "Honesty" was solely written by Joel, while production was handled by Phil Ramone.
Billy Joel is amazing. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame, as well as the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. And, yes, he did write this song.
Man. Haven’t heard this in years. Has a new meaning for me these days. Hang in there. You have been a good touch stone for me these days...
In my honest opinion this is one of the best songs ever written. Keep safe from across the pond x
Billy Joel is one of the prolific American masters of the art of singer songwriters of the past several decades. He and writers like Bernie Taupin over the past few decades have inspired thousands of buding musicians and singers and have healed millions more of heart ache and sorrow with there ability to put words and music together. MRM, I know you do not research before you review, but now that you have listened to Billy, go check out some more of his work. Bernie Taupin is and has been Elton John's writing partner since late 69 or early 70s' when I first became acquainted with their music. Good luck and have fun with your endeavors and god bless, and easy listening.
My Long Island boy love him he has so many great tunes. He is such a great song writer and musician.I think sometimes he doesn’t get the recognition of his talent that he really deserves. This song was written around the time his marriage to his first wife was done.
I guess it’s obvious Ty that Billy Joel is one of the greatest song writers and performers of all time. Thx for playing. Give us more Billy.
I had almost forgotten how good this song is. Billy Joel. "Nuff said. Thanks, man for all you do. Thumb up for it.
I went to a Billy Joel/Elton John concert in Philadelphia. Dueling pianos! Was Epic!! Two music geniuses in the same building playing together. Not enough words to say how truly great the experience was. Ashame it will never happen again.
Billy Joel back in the day. Good stuff. Piano Man is one of my favorites of his
Shameless is one of my favorites of his but his whole catalog is tremendous.
A fave since 1979! An old boyfriend, Jeff Davis, turned me on to this song!
Great honest tune!! Great reaction as usual Ty! 🎤👍 Billy Joel doesn't have a bad song!! He is a legend!! He also used to be a boxer, a real good one!! 💥👍
I love this song it is truly hard to find honest people in this world.
Great song! Billy Joel is so talented. My high school girlfriend gave me this "52nd Street" album for Christmas 1978. I read that the lyrics mean that you want the person you love to always tell you the truth, the good and the bad. And that in the record business, he was constatntly surrounded by yes men and yes women.
He built his career back in the 1970s on songs like this. Yeah he wrote it. He was a wordsmith. check out "The Entertainer." And most of his songs require more than one listen to get the lyrics. "No Man's Land" more recently.
Billy Joel has an awesome voice and a lot of great songs!
Uptown girl, he was the downtown boy. Christie Brinkley was one of the hottest supermodels when they married.
"To all you Liars out there" Still laugh😂 my ass off Ty when you came in with that first comment after this truthful song! Hilarious brother!🤣Not everyone's a liar but there's a lot out there! Keep keeping on Ty, your awesome man!👍
Our song in High School was "Only the good die young" we used to sing it in the halls and every time,the part came,on about you Catholic girls start much too late. We would sing that really loud. Then again we went to Catholic Central lol
We are the same age lol
That song was banned in Boston by the Arch Diosis because of "content"
One of the best musician and song writers around....he’s written for the best in the business.
His eldest daughter (with ex-wife Christie Brinkley) is also an accomplished pianist, singer and songwriter! ALEXA RAY JOEL.
And she is mentioned in several of his songs.
Buy,Rent or Steal...Billy Joel's Music is TIMELESS. Sad I haven't saw a Live performance from him
One of my favorite singer/songwriters. He wrote numerous love/anti-love songs, such as "Travelin' Prayer" & "You're My Home" off of the Piano Man album, "Just the Way You Are" & "Shes' Always A Woman" from The Stranger, "Rosalinda's Eyes" off of 52nd Street, "Shameless" (which has been covered by several artists) & "And So It Goes" (which is probably his saddest song, immediately predating his divorce from super-model Christie Brinkley "And so it goes, and so will you soon, I suppose") and "Lullabye" on Field of Dreams, a song for his daughter Alexa.
I would recommend reacting to "And So It Goes". Makes me cry every time.
I go back to 1975 with Billy Joel... one of 23 times seeing his shows.
It’s hard for many of us to understand how you don’t know Joel at all.
33 top 40 hits
23 Grammy noms
150 million records sold
A few of my faves:
Summer, Highland Falls & New York State of Mind from Turnstiles.
Just the Way You Are & Only the Good Die Young from The Stranger.
It’s Only Rock & Roll to Me & You May Be Right from Glass Houses.
And So It Goes & Lullaby are beautiful songs that can make you cry.
Anyway, that’s just the starter set!
What a great writer, musician and singer! Very awesome! More Billy Joel please.
Billy Joel's album The Stranger is one of the greatest achievements for a singer/songwriter. Vienna, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, and She's Always a Woman are my favorites.
A true song writer. He has written songs for a lot of big names....like “Shameless” for Garth Brooks!!
A beautiful voice, and beautiful and honest words.
This really touched a nerve for me....it was popular when my first marriage was dissolving into flames...
Wow! Sorry to hear that
Great artist....check out his song Piano Man....be blessed
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52nd Street is a classic album. My mom won it for me in a radio station giveaway in about 1978. I played it to death. 😄
Billy did write this and here is what was said about it.
This song makes the case that truth is harder to find than love. Joel sings about how he can find someone to comfort him with promises, but honesty is far more rare. You can be in love with someone, but it doesn't mean you're going to have truth.
Fun fact: when he initially had a melody but no words, Liberty DeVito (drummer) kept singing "sodimy". So Billy changed it to "Honesty" just to shut him up.
I'm 47 and this guy wrote what could be described as my generation's great American songbook
Billy Joel is, without question, the greatest pop music "storyteller" of all-time.
Great song Love Billy Joel songs it was deep listening to
I love how Billy uses all his voices in this brilliant performance.
This whole album was fabulous - Billy Joel has been going strong for over 30 years, love how varied his songs are! I believe he writes all his own stuff, know he's written songs for other artists, I think he's been writing classical rather than pop lately. I could list songs forever you should have the chance to enjoy, but I know the most popular will be suggested by others. The one that always touches my heart is "Until the Night" because it helps me feel not so alone hanging on through tough days. "Matter of Trust" talks about different kinds of love - that's the song my husband and I call ours
Not trying to split hairs here but it's not so much a case of Billy has written songs for other artists and more that they have covered his songs after he has recorded them.
For example Beyonce has covered this very song and yet wasn't born until 3 years after Billy's version was recorded and Ariana Grande, who I think is only in her mid-20s covered his song Vienna about 35 years after him.
This goes into grand company of great songs that explore a single word concept.
Time.
Imagine.
Money.
Honesty.
Great explorations or ideations on a theme.
Billy Joel River of Dreams is amazing.
Yeah. Too bad he stopped composing after that. I don't get why he'd do that.
From what I recall in his interviews, he felt he had said all he needed to say in music and it was time for new people to be heard. I believed he continued to compose music but didn't write any lyrics to them.
@@CraigKostelecky Well, yes, he said that he thought other artists just keep on making more albums into old age, and they get worse and worse. And he doesn't want
that happening to him. But what I don't get is how he can be such a creative artist, and then just go: "Nah, fuck it."
On a side note, the acoustic guitarist is playing an Ovation Acoustic Sunburst guitar made in Connecticut. My dad bought me one for my 16th birthday. Lost it in a divorce. On the outside chance - Model #1117-1. That was 40 years ago.
The stranger. Billy Joel has gotten me through many dark times in my life. He is magnificent.
Love this song and the meaning behind it. Scenes from an Italian restaurant is another GREAT song from Billy.
Of course he wrote it. Billy Joel is one of the greatest singer/songwriters in history. Dozens and dozens of great hits. He was awarded the Kennedy honors for songwriting a few years ago. He had so many great songs that there would be too many to list. Go on line and pull up Billy Joel songs and you will see what I mean. He does a monthly sold out show at Madison Square Garden in New York.
I think I missed this video earlier. Billy Joel has an astonishing voice. I always liked this song, an honest song (pun intended).
What a talent - what a voice, our piano man. If you haven't listened to much of his stuff, keep going. So much amazing, iconic music. Some are quick, some are slow... always enjoyable.
Mr. Billy Joel!!!!! You need to devote sometime to more of his playlist. He's out of the singer/songwriter era that went huge in the 80's.
Billy Joel is one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
A legend. So talented.
The quintessential American songwriter! Please give us more Billy Joel! Try Vienna or Big Shot. His catalogue is one of the largest.
A musical genius and very passionate singer with an astonishing voice..one of my influence..thank u very much sir billy joel..and as u have see bruno mars is similar to his style and looks do u agree..its honesty is the same of when i was ur man of bruno mars and they both have same title song of "JUST THE WAY U ARE" a classical one for billy and modern pop version of bruno mars....
Such a graceful era of elegance!
Maybe he didn´t write the song ..... ?? It is Billy Joel... c´mon, man...
He wrote all of his music...
🙄😂
@@MariaLouisaBrennan With few exceptions, yes, it's all his own. To Make You Feel My Love was written by Bob Dylan, though Billy Joel was the first to record it.
tristan flynn I’m a huge BJ fan but out of all the facts I know, I didn’t know that one
One of Joel's most perceptive lyrics. His musicality is superb. Great vocal performance here!
You should check out “only the good die young” also by billy Joel
This is quite possibly my favorite Billy Joel song.
Billy Joel is a true musical phenomenon. Brilliant song writer and a wizard on they keys. Love his work and there's so much of it to enjoy!
Joel had some unbelievable concerts.
Mr. Billy Joel is one of the best singer, songwriter, and piano players around! He recorded 12 albums and is still preforming live.
"A New York State of Mind" It's a must.
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Thank you, MRM! Another sip of gold. I hope you get to react to more of his music, truly an American Music Icon. Stay Blessed. With love from Pam & LoLa❤️🐾❤️
he does a master class and someone asked him why he no longer performs Just the Way You Are.Which he says, was written for his 1st ex wife. "I meant it at the time," he said. It's a great look at some of his lesser known songs and stories about his biggest hits.
This is an amazing song. It's been one of my favorites from way back. It was released around the time his first marriage broke up so I always suspended it had something to do with that. To the best of my knowledge, Billy wrote his own stuff.
C"Mon Man!
Did he write this song? Yeah! To the best of my knowledge Billy wrote every damn song he ever sang (other than covers), that's what make him so damn great! IMO...Probably the greatest pop / rock Song writers of all time!
One of the best and most real songs ever made.
River of Dreams is one of his best. He has so many though!
Billy Joel is by far & wide my all time favourite artist, hands down (hometeam, NY!).. ive seen him over 200 times from ‘81-‘17 (only 2nd to Metallica lol).. and BJ writes all his own music. He wrote this about his first ex wife, although the best song (or diss) he wrote about her is Big Shot. Her brother had been his manager & robbed him blind from the 70’s-early 80’s, he had to start all over after he’d had several hit records, so he was pretty raw around this time with divorce & finding out he was bankrupted by family. I think the Stranger album is a 100% perfect album of his, although the only album i wasnt enthralled with was Innocent Man. This album is very jazz oriented. I saw him at Yankee Stadium, close down Shea stadium, in Russia, with Elton John tour, & the 9/11 concert, in which he stole the audience, easily (i lived 5 blocks from WTC & was there &’lost many friends, & never left NYC) anytime i could, i have. He never lets you down :-) .. probably one of the all greatest songwriters & musician that ever existed. Hes just real, raw, & totally relatable.
The only rock concert I ever attended was Billy Joel & Elton John, Atlanta in 1994. Awesome.
This is my favourite songs of him.
What an artist. What a song.
Billy Joel writes all his songs and is a classical pianist. Maybe he wrote the song about fake people using him for his stardom.
Great album (52nd Street) as is the one before it (The Stranger). As stated below, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant is a great tune and you need to have it with the lyrics as it is a story.
React to Billy Joel New York State of Mind.
Billy Joel plays emotions just as well as he plays the piano. One of my favorite artists.
You are correct. Every song he's done has something to do with what he's gone through in life. Billy Joel wrote EVERY song he's done. Just watched not to long ago, an interview where he said no one writes his music or lyrics but him and every song has a heartfelt meaning of a particular journey in his life.
Billy definitely wrote this wonderful song. Who knows what the inspiration was? He was still married to his first wife at the time so maybe they were having troubles or it could just be about someone else's relationships, etc.
Love it,..reminds me of living in NYC and being college🙃in the early 80s
Please do “We didn’t start the fire by Billy Joel❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️”
If you're doing another Billy Joel song, "Vienna" is incredible with a LOT of deep meaning. Great videos, keep up the great vids.
I love this song, this 'honety' and other song named 'just the way hoy are'♡
Billy wrote I think everything he did for 3 decades. One of the best song writers of all time.
That's the genius of Billy Joel. That man could write a song! Piano Man is probably his most recognizable song but he had so many hits from his first few albums you could spend all week reacting to them. *She's Always A Woman To Me* is still my all time favorite Billy Joel ballad. He had many good ones though.