Billy Joel - Uptown Girl REACTION! Is this Where the BACKSTREET BOYS got their name!?
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Billy Joel - Uptown Girl REACTION! Is this Where the BACKSTREET BOYS got their name!?
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It was a real story for Billy Joel. The uptown girl was his wife, super model, Christie Brinkley.
They had a child together.
@lynnbird5753 When he wrote it he was dating Supermodel Elle McPherson, but they had broken up. He met Christy when they filmed Uptown Girl.
And she looks just like him.@@decolonizeEverywhere
Watch the story Billy Joel tells on Howard Stern. He met Elle McPherson, Christie Brinkley, and Whitney Houston all at the same time in the Bahamas. So he and Christie Brinkley were already a couple here after heb briefly dated Elle McPherson.@@leannmiller7153
Bruh,educate yourself more young man. Westside story
Go look at a pic of Christie Brinkley in her 70's today, your jaw will STILL hit the floor. I was 10 when I became aware of her. She is timeless. NOBODY could believe it when he landed her. She was the TOP model for years.
She's in this video, so he can see Christy here,lol! She's in the limo.
@@bkm2797, don't forget about her in National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase. The girl in the Ferrari.
@@bkm2797 Christie is also on the poster on the inside of the locker door behind Billy, too, but the OP was talking about her now and what she looks like today, having entered her 70s earlier on this year.
She is still a nice looking woman but definitely has had a little help these days though.
He's an impressive man, now and then. People could "believe it" regarding landing her. Everything isn't about looks, and he was also attractive.
Joel was already famous and well known guy at this point and could have any woman he wanted, and he did but I think he was so humble to still think that she was not attainable for a guy from a working class background.
This was Billy Joel's tribute to "Frankie Valli and the Fours Seasons" music.
Frankie Valli Concert at Carowinds closed the park because of max capacity
The whole album (Glass Houses) was a smorgasbord of various genres of rock 7& roll, past and present. This was Joel's tribute to street-corner doo-wop music.
@@gizmo5925 This is off the album "An Innocent Man".
@@ericthuemmel5275 Not the first time I made this kind of error. I need to start verifying what I think I remember.
lots of 50s love going on in the 80s. BACK TO THE FUTURE anyone? ;)
He's working-class, she's high-class. He knows he's punching up.
If you react to all of Billy Joel's hits your unborn daughter will be in high school before you're done!
That was a great ❤
Fact.
Point well taken!!😅
Too funny!
lol!
The White Bred lyric is not talking race. It's talking the about the food -bread. The captioning is incorrect on the video. The phrase "White Bread" means "bland." The uptown girl lives a nice but boring and bland life. Billy is going to change that into something more exciting.
White bread. Bread. Refined flour. No racism here.
Yes, it refers to those who have money.
Correct, "white bread" as in bland/typical/conventional, etc. The CC caption of "white-bred" from RUclips is wrong.
I was thinking the same thing. I have always heard white bread and took it to mean white bread world while poor folks be eatin' that cheap brown bread.
@@jaceywarren1528, yeah I think that's it , because historically that was an thing .
Exactly....sometimes the things that were plain to us (back in the day), aren't so plain to people who have never heard them.
The context is everything, and anyone watching an old movie or video needs to keep this in mind.
( To understand that words may have meant something different in the era of the movie/video, then it does now)
The common quotes or sayings were just that...sayings..a way to say "rich" without saying the word "rich".
Backstreet boys is an old expression for boys from the other side of the track ❤
My understanding is it wasn't "white-bred" but "white-bread" world. High class, nothing but the best, etc. Financial, not racial.
yours and everyone else's. this guy's looking at the woke youtube captions and accepting it verbatim.
for the 80s, in all honesty, it could be interpreted as both. The mega-rich community in the 80s was almost exclusively white (IIRC); but also, financially, white bread was usually more expensive than wheat bread.
Christy Brinkley has been on fire for 50 damn years. So fricking classically beautiful, no surgery BS, sigh. She is the girl in first Vacation movie in red the Ferrari.
She is still breathtaking and looks maybe 50 (and I'm pushing that one!)
I want to know what her secret is
No surgery? Have you seen her?
Yes and no surgery. It is possible to be older and attractive and no surgery.@@NeptuneLady1957
@@NeptuneLady1957 These days yes but not back then.
Lots of surgery in addition to winning the genetic lottery doesn’t hurt!
I love Billy Joel! He was playing on Grammys on the night Sinatra was honored for lifetime achievement and the producers cut off to commercial during Sinatra's speech. When Joel did his set of River of Dreams, he stopped his band and stopped singing looked at his watch and started saying "valuable advertising time going by" multiple times!! 😂
Priceless!!
You know it’s a banger when BP is dancing😂😂
Nothing special at his age, but in 27 years, we'll see
"Goodnight Saigon" is a great one from Billy Joel
I love that when uses this song in concert he finds local Vietnam and other vets to sing in the song.
Such a powerful song.
When he wrote the song it was for his girlfriend at the time Elle McPherson, by the time he decided to record and release the track he was dating Christie Brinkley (the woman in the video) who he went onto marry. Billy has definitely had his share of uptown girls.
You NEED to do Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.
It has a story like Piano Man and you can picture the couple he sings about going from high school sweethearts to married life to divorce and beyond. It's a great song and you will picture a couple you know as you listen. Especially if you grew up in NYC because we all knew a couple like this one.
His concerts are incredible. He always plays at least one ACDC song because he says that they write the complete songs and he loves their music. He even m has had Brian Johnson come and sing it with him when he performs it.
I always thought it was "bread" not "bred" White Bread makes more sense.
It is Bread.
Your right.... It's Bread. Sometimes lyrics aren't right on some of these videos.
White bread, it means a boring, bland life, unexciting life. Basically, she leads an unexciting life, and a backstreet guy can give her excitement that the other guys can't give her.
Billy Joel is an American treasure! His music videos were legendary! He ended up marrying the beautiful woman he meets in this video. That’s the lovely Christie Brinkley, supermodel. He’s amazingly talented in every possible musical way. Composer, lyricist, pianist, multi instrumentalist, vocalist and video creator. You will be blown away as you explore more of his catalogue. His live performances are amazing too. I’m sure your other subscribers will recommend all the best songs. I thoroughly enjoy your videos and look forward to more reactions to Billy Joel. I hope you will also revisit Linda Ronstadt. 🌺✌️
It's official: Favorite Reaction Of All Time!!! Your utter delight and joy over this song and video is everything!!
😂😂😂brilliant reaction 😂
There is also River of Dreams as another style of song from Billy.
You were looking away so I don't think you noticed the billboard for Uptown Cosmetics at the beginning.
I'm pretty sure the lyric is "white bread" not "white-bred" as shown (an obvious mistake by a ill-educated and youngster seeing racism everywhere). It references the old stereotype of the upper crust being able to afford white flour while the lower classes ate whole wheat. This was reversed around the 1900's as commercial processing brought down the cost of white flour and the introduction of Wonder Bread pre-sliced bread brought 'rich people's bread' to everyone in the 20's. The upper crust realizing the health benefits of whole grains through the 50's and 60's then eschewed white bread and it is now the reverse situation. But Billy was definitely referencing the older trope.
Bred=money. 😅
Actually, the sign is visible, upper left corner, at the very end of the video-- after Billy and Christie disappeared on their motorcycle.
I LOVE when you get up and start dancing! You did to to Devil went down to Georgia and I spit out my beer!
I love how much you got into this video..... Got up and danced and everything
In case you didn't know it, he got the girl. Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley were married. Now they are divorced.
Love that you love this so much!! Such a GREAT song!!!!
It's Still Rock N Roll To Me is another fun Billy Joel song if you want good mood music 🎶
Backstreet Boys name - Pearlman decided to call them Backstreet Boys, after Orlando's Backstreet Market, an outdoor flea market near International Drive which was also a teen hangout
Dude just reads wayyyyyy too much into absolutely nothing. 😂😂😂❤
And that's why I so enjoy your reactions -- no dystopia here, no matter the song, the lyrics, or the group!
The Backstreet Boys were named after the Backstreet Market in Orlando where a lot of kids hung out. Billy's singing about backstreet guys who were just dudes in lived in the rougher parts of town.
Another fun Billy Joel song is "A Matter of Trust". One of my favorites and very underrated. 🔥❤️
Checkout all of the Billy Joel you can! He's my favorite solo artist. If you want another one of his do-whop songs with high harmonies, I recommend "The Longest Time".
Yes definitely I was gonna recommend this one too the longest time is on of my favorite’s
The "harmonies" are with Billy himself, as he sings all of the parts and voices on The Longest Time.
He might be considered a solo artist but his band is fire!!
That uptown girl in the video Christy Brinkley became his first wife
Brinkley was his second wife.
His second wife his first wife was Elizabeth Weber Small from 1973-1982 He married Christie Brinkley in 1985-1994 then went on to marry Katie Lee (Food network) from 2004-2009 and is now married to Alexis Roderick.
Just the way you are was written for his 1st wife Elizabeth and her brother was the one who managed Bully's early career and stole millions from him.
This song brings back loads of nostalgia. I remember when we were teenagers, my sister used to love this and played it loads, lol. 👍🏻
His album Glass House's, for me, was the soundtrack of my senior year 79/80
Every single song on this album was fire 🔥
Same for me, senior year was 80/81. Got to see him in concert in 82. He’s still fire today!
All for Leyna!
My Dad was literally born on the wrong side of the tracks & my Mom was the daughter of the richest family in the town they grew up in. They got married & were married 58 years before my Dad died. I admired their marriage & made sure that my husband & I worked on our marriage of 31 years before he died. Love Billy Joe songs .
Great reaction. Johnny Rivers “Poor Side of Town” has a poor boy welcoming a poor girl back to the other side of the tracks. A #1 song from 1966.
Pearlman decided to call them Backstreet Boys, after Orlando's Backstreet Market, an outdoor flea market near International Drive which was also a teen hangout.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this reaction, yes this is such a feel good song that just makes ya wanna dance and smile
Billy Joel is one of the best Story Tellers in Songs, a Genius Musician
This song was HUGE, catchy, and especially popular because Christy Brinkley was in it. (They were married) This was totally a pop chart song and not like "Piano Man" "We Didn't Start the Fire" nor "New York State of Mind" Thank you for your great reaction. Billy Joel writes so very many more songs than he ever recorded for himself.....look in the writing credits of some of the great songs from 1980 to present.
Hell yes he was a very lucky man to have Christy. All men envy him so much.
@Renee-Suzanne - Not trying to be a dick here but it is not really the case when you say:
"Billy Joel writes so very many more songs than he ever recorded for himself.....look in the writing credits of some of the great songs from 1980 to present".
He records himself what he has written but several others then go on to also do covers of his songs and some of those covers go back to the 1970s too.
@@seanscanlon9067 I agree that he has recorded so very many songs he penned himself and that many have been covered. I only meant that he has also written many songs for other artists.
@@Renee-Suzanne Yeah I thought that was perhaps what you meant but again, not meaning this in a bad way but that is not really the case though.
Billy has never written anything for other artists per se to record, he has written songs for him to do so but then others have covered them later on, even if some songs might be more familiar as the covers rather than Billy's original recordings.
Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" was the first EIGHT TRACK! album I ever bought with my own money! "It's Still Rock-n-Roll to Me" was one of the first absolute jams of my life! Wore that sucker out!💯
I absolutely loved this song as a small child.
Hello BP !! I LOVE IT when you "trip out" over old song that you are familiar with from the radio but now you are really interested in all of the details and I am learning a lot from you, so thank you. So, I think what these guys in the garage singing reminded you of, might none from the film "Grease". That is what comes to my mind, every time I see this. Also, the girl inn the video is Christie Brinkley who was one of the top models back in the 80's (one of the earlier Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models). I am not sure if they knew each other before this video or not, but they ended up married to each other, if I am remembering correctly. Also, if you have ever seen the original "Vacation" movie with Chevy Chase,( NOT the Christmas one but when the Griswalds drive across the U.S. to go to Wally World), Christie Brinkley is the blonde girl in the sports car that Chevy Chase Flirts with on the interstate and eventually ends up skinny dipping with her in a pool. That's all I've got for you on this one. Thank you!!
Billy Joel
A Matter Of Trust
I think it says white bread world, meaning the good and back then fancy stuff. The lovely lady in the video was his then or soon to be wife model Christy Brinkley.
I got to go to a concert with Billy Joel and Elton John in college. It was incredible!
The video was released in 1983, the girl in the video is Super Model Christie Brinkley it's said the song was inspired by her. They got married in 1985.
That’s Turbo, but not Ozone (from Breakin’). And the woman is supermodel Christie Brinkley. They were engaged and ended up married for years.
This song and video are as fresh & exciting as when I first heard them in 83!!!
New york state of mine is my all time favorite by Billy Joel.
Your happiness is contagious! I have lived Billy for decades! Seen him in concert three times. He is INCREDIBLE live. !!!🩷💜🌷
Great reaction! (And I rarely say great reaction.) You were jamming, you were dancing, you were reacting. And you had good commentary! (Yeah, forget that dystopia 💩) This was FUN! Thanks BP!
This past weekend in New York City, Billy Joel performed his 100th show at that venue in his 40 year career! Yes, he performed Uptown Girl, and the cameras were showing on the huge screen, yup, Christy Brinkley, the Uptown Girl herself, singing along! It was incredible! Also, their daughter came on stage and performed for her dad! U must look it up on RUclips!❤❤
Very uplifting and fun!! 🔥💝💞
Great reaction.Billy Joel is a genius.
There are so many hits of his. I sincerely hope you do a deep dive. He has an incredible catalog and a fairly sad life story.
What sad story?
@@andreaschmall5560 Dad left the family to return to Austria when Joel was only 4 years old (so grew up fatherless).
Career very nearly killed with his first attempt to record in his early 20s; that's when he hid out on the West Coast playing piano bars under an assumed name (so his contract would time out; wrote "Piano Man" based on his experiences, which was so successful Columbia Records reversed its decision to drop him, saving his career, but still edited "Piano Man" down for broadcast time).
First wife pushed him to perform constantly, her brother managed him and embezzled tens of millions of dollars from him (making up the money meant he had to tour hard, which cost him his second marriage; the betrayal gutted him).
That's just off the top.
@@chris...9497 Add two suicide attempts that later led to his song You’re Only Human (Second Wind) and even before he was born, his family had to flee the Nazis and ended up losing their textile business in Germany. There is a documentary on it called The Joel Files. And I think Billy was nearer seven or eight when his dad left the family home.
And not trying to be a dick here because you have the basis of the story right, but Columbia Records actually took over his contract around the time of Captain Jack and Piano Man, having negotiated a release from his previous record company.
Loved your reaction. This is my era along with Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons - which of course transitioned me to the Backstreet Boys decades later. Loved each of their sounds. Also I agree with someone comment that white-bread refers to 'refined' sugar used to make those little squares of cakes you would see upscaled parties. They are called Petit-fours. Thank you for your open opinions.
If you want some Billy that will make you cry, especially in relation to your new baby girl, check out Billy Joel, Lullaby. It is one of my favorites.
I'm sure you know this but this song was about Christie Brinkley who became his wife.(she's the one at the beginning of the video that's on the calendar or the picture or whatever he's holding in his hand.)
I love Billy Joel. Garth Brooks is also a big Billy fan and Billy let him do a cover of Billys song Shameless. For what ever reason Shameless wasnt a huge hit for Billy, but it was a mega hit for Garth. You should do a rea tion on it. Shameless written by Billy Joel and preformed by Garth Brooks. Its really great!
Great reaction video and to Billy Joel one of the GOAT's... man im back in my teens again.
Awesome. I love this song. Greetings from Brazil.
Billy Joel is one of the top Singer songwriters of the past 60 years- still
going strong. You need to review his FULL albums "The Stranger" which went 11x Platinum and "52nd street" went 7x Platinum....the woman in this video is his now ex-wife Christie Brinkley. When he got famous he had supermodels throwing themselves at him. VERY heavy drinker and smoker with multiple DUIs who stayed sober after a bad accident running into a tree on Long Island in the NY suburbs. He has sold over 160 MILLION albums. He is turning 75 this year and he is still touring. He has won 6 Grammies....a legend
BJ’s album “The Stranger” is absolute perfection from beginning to end.🥂
Please do “Still Rock and Roll to Me”. I can’t help but be sympathetic to the plight of reactors trying to categorize everything by genre … when so much of it is hue and nuance. I think you’ll appreciate the idea.
I remember watching this video as a kid SO many times (as happened to most of us kids home for the summer with MTV). I’ll never forget Billy’s sideways trot at 4:10 , or the fun syncopated rag buffing at 7:38 . 😅 And you’ve hit it on the head with the dystopian nightmare talk … 9:32 - I FEEL so intensely for my kid and his generation and the lack of positivity they are trying to LIVE in. Anyway … good stuff. Thanks!
He married the “Uptown Girl” Christie Brinkley the Cover Girl and they had a daughter together before divorcing a few years later.
Brother BP. Just you know, Billy Joel makes his own motor bikes. Yes, Billy Joel Bikes!
Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley had a daughter Alexa Ray Joel. The middle name “Ray” was to honor Ray Charles, who Billy did a duet with called Grand Piano. Alexa Ray is also a musician taking after her father I believe she does shows in New York City.
This was huge back in the day. You keep reacting to great music, and I love your honest reactions😂.
The woman in the video was his wife before they got divorced
I adore your reactions! This is my feeling today ...sky is downcast and rainy and a song that i recall in the 80s ! Precious!😊
Wanna hear crazy awesome fast piano by Billy Joel then check out PRELUDE/ANGRY YOUNG MAN. Great song and another totally different sound by Billy Joel.
Great song been listening to Joel since Piano man debut 1973.
If you still get traditional TV, you should check your on demand for the Billy Joel special that was on this last week. It was in celebration of his 100th sold out concert at Madison Square Garden. He's been playing there once a month for approx. 10 years. One song he does, he debuted at the Grammys this year. It's the first song he's written in 30 years. It's really good.
Must check out ......Billy Joel - Pressure - Moving Out - Only the Good Die Young - My Life
The Backstreet Boys were named after Orlando's Backstreet Market, btw.
As soon as i saw this I remembered the music video on VH1 ...that's where he met his wife, can't remember her name, the model ....dated and married
Great Video!!!!! Love Billy Joel , his talent is incredible in somany ways!!! Glad he's still with us and performing ❤ 🎶 🎵 🏍 Christie Brinkley thanks for helping me out with her full name !!! White Breed Girl, high class world!!!!
I love it when you get up and dance.😂 you crack me up! Love your heart! You're amazing!
Lol that was awesome, thank you BP, brilliant brilliant brilliant 🙏🦉❤️🐊👍
You're definitely the best reactor to old songs. It's great to see you explore different styles and delve into the old music. I still think the best music ended in the 90s
This was one of my jams when I was a young teen,lol…Ive always liked the idea of a couple from opposite sides of the track meeting and falling in love against odds.😄
Enjoyed your reaction sooooo much! I totally getting everything you’re saying!!!! So true! Thank you for expressing what so many of us feel! ❤
You love dancing you got to listen to YES and a song called Roundabout off the Fragile album. I've been dancing to Roundabout for 53yrs. ✨️🎶✨️ Saw Billy 4 times in the 70s
That was the beauty of growing up in the 70s and 80s when music came on vinyl and cassette and you had album covers with lyrics printed on them and magazines that came out weekly with some lyrics in them. Something that streaming will never be able to recreate
Yes the model in the video was Billy Joel'z wife Christie Brinkley!!😂😂❤❤❤
Saw Billy Joel and Elton a few years ago. Was great!
His ex-Wife Christy Brinkley was on the
Cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Issue Several times. She was and still
Is Stunningly Gorgeous 💗💗💗💗
My daughter several years ago when she was about 16 came out of her room and said, “Mom! I just discovered this singer named Billy Joel! He’s amazing!”😂😂😂I told her to listen to We Didn’t Start the Fire.🔥🔥🔥
I remember when my son "discovered" Jimi Hendrix, Supertramp, & a few others [popular before he was born] when he was 14. 😂 He was shocked when I simply told him to go look at my cassettes & albums. For a few hours I was "cool." 😎
Yup! Saw Billy Joel and Elton John in Orlando, FL , in the 1980's!
It was amazing, both on a piano! My family and friends, my parents, Aunt and Uncle the whole "fam Damnly".
Such a great concert!
It was when "the Lion King" cartoon came out. Pretty sure they collaborated on the lyrics to the theme song of the movie.
Getting so hyped for this song/video is the correct response. ❤
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I could see why you'd thought that "Uptown Girl" was a song by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, as it does have that feel to it
It's actually a nod by Billy Joel to Frankie Valli and the Four seasons.
@@decolonizeEverywhere well, that makes sense as to why it sounds like it could've been his material
AWWWW! I love you! Rock on!!
He’s celebrating the sound of The Four Seasons which explains the beat and harmonies. Also places video back to the 60’s.
Back then, people weren't triggered like they are today.
I don't know if anyone stated this yet but, Christie Brinkley was married and had children with Billy Joel. I believe they divorced some years ago but, they were married.... He definitely got his Uptown Girl!
My sons are 50, 48 & 46. It is so enjoyable watching you watching music you 'know' and where it 'really' came from.
White bread world = plain ordinary
White bread was for the rich, it was seen as kinda pastry for ages, because it took more handling to the floor.
I think the word you're looking for is vanilla, not white bread. White bread was only something rich people could afford. Poor people had to eat the whole grain stuff that usually had little bits of stone in it among other things to extend the profit margin at the Bakers and the mill.
One of my favs is For the longest time by Billy Joel
Love this song. I had not seen the video before. Love this so very much. Love your reaction! ♥❤🔥
As someone born in the late 70's, I'm so impressed that you know of Turbo and Ozone! :D
The woman in the video is his then wife, Christie Brinkley. Also, most people don't know that Garth Brooks hit SHAMELESS was a cover of Billy Joel, who wrote and recorded it first.