@@RafaelXd23 when will you realize Vienna waits for you? When you’re young you always think every smallest mistake is the end of the world when in reality you have time and everything will set into place when it’s time to.
Right, right..."take your time, don't rush, relax". But then before you know it, you're 40 years old and you haven't done anything with your life. Like me.
True I feel so anxious coz I'm late to catch up with everything But listening to his voice and this song nake me appreciate everything and just have a solid second without feeling like my heart is going to stop thank you for this amazing work ❤️
I'm brazilian. I'm 24 years old and I've worked my ass off for the past 7 years trying to pay and finish my flying course. Now , thaks to God, I just finished it. Timing couldn't be worse. Aviation, during corona days, can't get any worse. I have no job, no other expertise other than flying and here I am, as anxious as any man can get. So I decided to light up a cigarette (I know, i must stop), and watch the sunset. Then I remembered, out of nowhere, this song that my dad used to listen during my childhood roadtrips. God. I feel like brand new. The lyrics touched my hearth like the boost I needed to keep on going, like I always did. Thank you, Billy Joel, you might not have changed the world around me, but you sure did change my day.
Paris is a better choice, but after the Olympics. Prague is the most beautiful large city in Europe, but the food is not very good. I have lived in both.
Vienna symbolises the ultimate true realisation of your life. A single coffee in a bar can be the combination of all your ambitions. All the bullshit that you’ve been through and all the poses that you’ve presented to the rest of the world culminate in a walk down the street in.Wien.
I too struggle with severe anxiety disorder, living on the edge of a non stop panic attack is no fun. People dont realize how serious and debilitating it is. Everything snowballs, then you become unable to deal with, cope or focus in the smallest ways.
C Leigh ah i am so sorry! i have never been diagnosed, but i try my best to cope with what i feel. therapy and good friends have been a godsend for me. i do agree with you that most people do not understand how hard it is
@@Stephanie-ml5eo Mine started 4 months before I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago. My anxiety and inner non stop shaking, migraines,eye pain along with some fine motor skills glitches in hands then tripping over words lead to Dr then Neurologist. These symptoms began and were triggered by a huge emotional/psychological trauma of the sick betrayal of my husband being involved and engaging in hard core internet porn. It eventually destroyed me and our marriage after 32 years, to find out 6-7 years later after the first big blow, he hadnt stopped, but was only deeper and more involved. Paid sex solicitation and video porn memberships, sex and porn profiles of himself,.. I discovered a porn video he made of himself. He conned others, friends and family that he was squeaky clean and he was no longer doing it. I had a 3 year legal battle, which only took a huge toll on me mentally and physically. No one wanted to believe he or it was that bad. I had to be over reacting, he just "wasnt that kind of guy" Here's the kicker, 2 months after I was diagnosed, and needed him the most for support, he did a huge career change within the same company, went from working on the Union side for 23 years to taking a job as company management into Human Resources. Which that was what he became obsessed with and for his whole life. He threw away vacation time he always took, worked much longer hours to be a company suck up and had no time or availability for me being newly diagnosed with MS or family. The big IRONY, is now the porn whore is a top Senior HR Manager, for this large company. He is now remarried, and is still in full swing of his sick addiction also is into "cash services" All of this is going on right under the new little woman's nose, she is clueless about his spending because they dont share any banking or credit card accounts,..( its her 4th marriage and she finally landed her cash cow) During our whole marriage I managed all of finances for absolutely everything and we had all shared accounts, in both of our names, When I separated from him a year before, to shake a turd out of him, wake him up, that he was destroying our marriage and loosing me,.. It hit him finally about a month later that he HAD lost his wife, that he needed to get help and make changes, he needed to earn my love and trust back. But it was short lived and all a show and a facade, and the "New him" lasted about 4 months, Then came the betrayal of him tangling up with another woman who thought "he was single" that blinded sided me since we were supposedly working on out marriage, she discovered that I was still very much in the picture and confronted him, of Why is you wife still here?" He threw it in my face about her, and that she saw him for "the wonderful person he was", ,.. sadly I reached a breaking point,.. couldnt take any more betrayals deciet and lies,..became suicidal. I had family abandoned me, friends were not there, it was like I had the plague,.. I was deemed the broken one and he was still the good guy, ( but they didnt know or care to know what all it entailed) less than a year later the legal process had to start, to end it with him,.. It was discovering how more in-depth his addiction and engagement was, was finding charges on a credit card I gave him to use separate from the one I used (both names were on his card as users) thats when some masked charges appeared, when questioned of course he lied, I started doing some serious digging into all of it, and unraveled everything that brought it to me ultimately calling him out and confronting him, saying,.. He was a sick bastard, more than I ever could imagine,.. He then started calling me every name in the book, UNTIL I called him by his PORN USER NAME. Oh he shut up, FAST, backtracked, saying "Hun, can we talk about this?" I said hell NO! WE ARE DONE. But my life has never been the same, friends who should have been there for me werent and even had betrayals by them. I have had to take him back to court 2 times in last 7 years, which was debilitating. And NOW just 4 months ago, on Mar. 20th, 2020,.. I was in a serious car accident, a guy speeding, running a red light, T-boned me totaling my car, my body and a mess. I was in the hospital on trauma floor for 10 days then a rehab/ nursing facility for another 11. I suffered cervical fracture, a severe concussion syndrome, migraines, nausea, injuries to my ribs, (more injury to an already degenerative bad hip) and a meniscus tear in knee. I wear a cervical collar most of the day, and am on a walker, I cant take more than a couple (painful) steps on my own. I live alone and dont have family or outside help let alone any real human contact, other than when delivery people from restaurants that show up. I am so stranded, I now have no car (it was totaled, had to hire an attorney to deal with insurance companies) so I have been a stress mess. I have a long road ahead of recovery, or if i will recover fully which is highly doubtful being 64. The isolation has been terrible, my first steps out of the house in 4 months was going to hospital for xrays and neurosurgeon appt. I come to You Yube to escape and watch music video that I lpve and enjoy... Im sorry, I have rattled on and vented so much,.. I didnt mean to,.. I guess I needed to though. Im glad Stephanie you have good support, because as from the experiences of not having any of that,.. It is HELL!. You take care of yourself, my thoughts are with you!
@C Leigh Sayjng this isn’t much, but I hope you’re alright. Stay strong. I suffer from anxiety too, just know that you aren’t alone in this world. People care about you and are willing to help. You’ve got this.
Now I'm on the way to Vienna and listening to this. Life is anything but predictable. Things may not seem perfect right now, but it all works out somehow in the end. And if it doesn't, it's not the end. Looking forward to a memorable 2024.
Vienna isthe most outstanding great city I've ever seen, apart from all the other great cities. Back in I guess the Eighties I took a road trip with my Catalan girlfriend of the time to Salzburg, Vienna, Prague, Berlin and home again home again, jiggety jig (we were both living in Brussels at the time. I'm still there. I don't know where she is now, but I'll never forget her and that road trip. PS: the whole trip busted me financially, but I was riding on her dime, we were young, and besides it's only money. I can't imagine in 25 years I'll be telling some whippersnapper how i used to have more cash than I knew how to spend. But we'll always have Paris.
JustusTubes I have my own interpretation of what that line means as *I'm sure* you do too. I'd just love to hear what Billy Joel meant by that line. 😕🔞🛫💳🗯🛏
That’s my new favorite quote, alongside “intelligence is hitting the marks no one else can hit, while genius is hitting the marks which no one can even see.”
"Slow down, you're doing fine. You can't be everything you want to be before your time." I think I really needed to hear that right now. EDIT: So...two years later, I've just been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and I find myself returning to this song. I'm not sure exactly where to go from here, and I don't know how my life will change after this, if it will change at all, but this makes me feel comfortable in a time where I feel very lost and confused. Like I said, I'm not sure where to go from here, but I hope I can let myself take everything one step at a time. And I hope to have this song with me, wherever I go.
Slow down, you crazy child You're so ambitious for a juvenile But then if you're so smart, then tell me Why are you still so afraid? Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? You'd better cool it off before you burn it out You've got so much to do And only so many hours in a day But you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you get old You're gonna kick off before you even Get halfway through When will you realize, Vienna waits for you Slow down, you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be Before your time Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight Tonight, Too bad but it's the life you lead You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need Though you can see when you're wrong, you know You can't always see when you're right. you're right You've got your passion, you've got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? Slow down, you crazy child And take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? And you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get half through Why don't you realize, Vienna waits for you When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
I’m graduating college in five days, came to this song for a breather and reminder that I don’t have to know everything for everything to be alright in the end.
It’s 2am…I just turned 31 two hours ago. Feeling a little lost these days. Can’t sleep so I started silently praying for guidance, then mid prayer this song pops into my head. He knew what I needed.
I played this song for my daughter many years ago. She was so ambitious, so full of conviction. All grown up now. She is the purpose in my life, a love I was completely disarmed by the first time I held her in my arms as a newborn. I fear to imagine what could have been had it not been for her mother and her, so long ago, saving me from what surely would have been a miserable existence. This will be our father daughter dance song at her wedding this Saturday.
As a girl who's nearly 17 and still doesn't have a clue what they want to do for a career and everyone is constantly asking you about college and such, this is such a comforting song. Especially the second verse. It makes me feel better about everything :))) I love Billy Joel
You seriously don't know how lucky you are! Youth is King. You have your whole life in front of you. What I wouldn't give to be 17 again. Enjoy every minute of it sweetie, you will be just fine. God bless and Good luck, you got this.
It's ok to feel that way, my advice would be don't take rushed decisions, you are pretty young and maybe you see a lot of people aroud you that already knows what they want, but it´s different for everybody; hey maybe there are others just like you but they are to afraid to show it ,but in the inside they are really lost, some of them would feel the way you feel now latter. Just berathe, take your time, and if pople keep asking say the true but in way that tells people it's not because you don't care but rather because you know how importat this decision is, maybe you found someone that feels or felt the same way and can talk about that
It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two. When will you realize? Vienna waits for you. Don't worry about rushing stuff. Enjoy the journey and your life will go just fine. Don't live by anybody else's metrics of what you should be doing or should've done. You've got this.
Enjoy being young. You don't get it back. I'm 30 and glad I had fun when I was young. I feel bad you have to be young in 2020 with all the cancel culture.
This song is my own personal therapy. When I feel overwhelmed about all the things I think I’m not getting, I just put this on repeat, start crying and let the music heal my heart. Works every time! ***Edit- Thanks for the likes, I want you to know that I went to Vienna, my dream since I was 10 yrs old finally came true ❤❤ I cried a lot! Please, don’t stop chasing your dreams. “It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two (oooh) When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? 🥹😭
I just passed my law exam and here I am to thank this song that helped me so much when I had anxiety during my studies for it and having doubts if I could make it.... BUT I DID! I MADE IT!!!! I am a lawyer now!!!!!! SO HAPPY!!!
Congratulations for passing! That must be a hell to get through. I'm proud of you for that. I still have remaining 3 years till I'll start practicing 😊
@@nurulaqilah9643 I am sure you will do very good in it! Everyone has their own time 🎉 Study, have faith, relax and trust yourself! It will happen in the right time just like it did to me ❤️
@@danielhkhk7283 that's so cool! Do you know if they have jobs for foreigners lawyers there? 😂 That would be a dream! But unfortunately law is a difficult area to work outside of my country
This was music. I’m either too old, or you’re too young. Fits with the song. Either way. We didn’t have “good ol days.” Life has always sucked and been hard, but at least we used to have something. I don’t know where that sentiment went.
I'm fucking crying righ now. I'm 27 years old, I used to have so many dreams, I used to think I could do everthing. But somehow, this hope desappear, I can't see a step towards, I'm unployeed over 6 month, I cant find a way to go on, I feel like my life just end. This song hit me so strong that I cant stop crying and I'm not sure if its bad or good, I justa wanna cry as much as I can.
“Don’t ever give up on something you can’t go a day without thinking about” - Winston Churchill Wish you the best. Remember no one improves feeling sorry for themselves. Keep your head up and don’t ever quit.
Course he realizes how much his music touches people people this is the ( piano man) classic. I am thankful as a long islander we have it solo good and a ultimate gift we got Billy Joel thank you Mr.joel
too bad he didn't help himself with it, he didn't take his own advice to "slow down you crazy child"... I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal interpretations of VIENNA and ALLENTOWN on my YT channel in tribute to the master. No autotune or digital editing. Peace and stay safe.
I‘m 16 years old. One thing I love about phones and the internet is that I can find such songs. I‘d probably never ever have heard such bangers. Love you all
Reading Billy's autobiography, he explains who he wrote this song about and I was shocked a bit. He wrote it for his father who left his mother and went back to live in....Vienna.....after they had come here to get out of Europe years ago. He did visit his father in Vienna although they didn't really reconcile. He resented his father leaving his mother especially going back to a place that held bad memories for his ancestors. The song is so beautiful, and I used to tell my daughter it reminded me of her since she was always burning the candle at both ends....always doing, doing, doing. So much to do and only so many hours in a day.
My daughter is exactly the same as yours. And now she has heart disease. I tried to tell her to slow down but she has the fear of missing out syndrome.
A song ahead of its time. It never gets old. It's just mind-blowing how this song can be a slap on our faces and, at the same time, it can calm our minds.
To me this song is about how we want to see ourselves “making it” in the future… but there is so much self-doubt, fear and both external (and internal) pressure on the path to it. I have a keychain that says “vienna” to remind me that, even though I’m not always 100% sure of what I’m doing, I’m determined and I will do anything to live the life I deserve. I’ll get to my personal Vienna one day.
In 10 minutes I’ll be turning 19. This is my favourite song. It’s comforting, even tho I feel like I’m wasting my youth away. I always feel like some place is waiting for me, far away from here.
Whoever you are, whatever is going on in your life, no matter how you feel, in the name of all inhabitants of Vienna we love you and we're waiting for you
Yes. I've always loved this song and listened dozens plus of times but I here it now it brings tears to my eyes. When I was in my 20s I was offered a scholarship in England and a couple years later a job teaching in Kenya and turned them them down because I didn't want to "slow down and put down the phone for awhile " wish I could I have heard this great song first. Masterpiece of song
I'm 17 years old. I'm currently in high school studying a technician degree (you can do that in Mexico), and I loove daydreaming about the future, but I really don't know what to do with my life yet. Still, I'm learning and working for my future, but sometimes I get desperate or impatient and feel like I could do better. And my mom showed me this song and showed me you just need to take a breath, and realize the future (Vienna) waits for you.
Slow down, you crazy child You're so ambitious for a juvenile But then if you're so smart, tell me why are you still so afraid? Where's the fire? What's the hurry about? You better cool it off before you burn it out You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day Don't you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you can just get old? You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through When will you realize? Vienna waits for you Slow down, you're doing fine You can't be everything you wanna be before your time Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonight Too bad, but it's the life you lead You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need Though you can see when you're wrong You know, you can't always see when you're right, you're right You've got your passion. You've got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true When will you realize? Vienna waits for you Slow down, you crazy child Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while It's all right you can afford to lose a day or two When will you realize? Vienna waits for you Don't you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you can just get old? You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through Why don't you realize? Vienna waits for you When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
Lyrics: Slow down you crazy child You're so ambitious for a juvenile But then if you're so smart tell me, Why are you still so afraid? (mmmmm) Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? You better cool it off before you burn it out You got so much to do and only So many hours in a day (Ay) But you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want Or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (Oooh) When will you realize... Vienna waits for you? Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight (tonight) Too bad, but it's the life you lead You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need Though you can see when you're wrong You know you can't always see when you're right (you're right) You got your passion, you got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true (Oooh) When will you realize... Vienna waits for you? Slow down you crazy child Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two (oooh) When will you realize... Vienna waits for you? And you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (oooh) Why don't you realize... Vienna waits for you? When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?
i'm 17 years old and this song comforts me SO MUCH, the pandemic came and my adolescence passed in the blink of an eye and this year I'll be 18. i was so sure about life at 15 and now it's all an uncertainty after the pandemic (which we're still). The pressure of being 18 torments me every single day, the pressure of being an adult and acting like one..i don't know if I'm going to live an unhappy life in a job I don't like with superficial loves and bad friendships or a life totally the opposite of that. I hate feeling like an adult at just 17 (18 in a few months)… i'm scared, very scared to have grown up so fast, I just want to be held by my parents again, sleep on the couch and wake up in bed... growing up sucks and to make it worse I'm in this process totally lonely :( edit: i want to thank everyone who took the time to write me these beautiful and sincere words, i'm reading everything and keeping it in my heart... 💗 i really appreciate your story. and for those who are asking, my birthday is already on the 18th of august, i'm sad to arrive so fast but even more because i have little time left of ABBA's dancing queen hahaha idk many cool songs about eighteen so i accept suggestions
Oh man I feel you. I am also a young adult and the pandemic brought my life to a halt for far too long and continues to limit me a lot now, and I feel like I'm behind on everything and struggling to catch up and be an adult like I'm supposed to be. But hey. It sounds like you are too. So it's not just me. And it's not just you. Good luck stranger. I really do believe Vienna waits for us.
We were all scared growing up because inside we still feel like a kid. Don't worry too much though, eventually you will figure it out. Find a good companion to share your life with and don't be too hard on yourself when you screw up sometimes. We all do :-) I am pushing 50 by the way, so I learned a little along the way
22 in 2 months and I remember how I felt the same way turning 18. Life goes by quick it feels like just a year ago I was 15. Anyways I’m doing what I love, making middle class wage doing it, taking care of my mental and physical health, have my own place and found the girl I want to marry. I still have time to be a child. Hell just the other day I went to the trampoline park and went ham. Everyone was looking at me and my girl like we were crazy because we’re the only 2 adults jumping. Time goes by quick but it’s about the choices you make and what you’re doing to still embrace your inner child.
We’re the same age! I seen a beautiful girl listening to this song and I just wanted to scream over her music but my light changed. I turned left, she was going straight. Once again I’m stuck in the middle while Everyone is going forward with their lives.
this is me and my Mama's song. the day she dropped me off at the airport to move to Louisiana with my grandma we sat in the parking garage and listened to it together one last time. I love her so much
1:40 the lyrics You've got your passion, you've got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
i have no idea how to be an adult. I feel like i raised myself and now i have to raise an adult too. I’m really scared. I’m 18 and i feel like i need a parent more than ever. I would like to make 100 steps in 1. But i get lost in thought. I guess Vienna waits for me , and you, and every terrified child. Thank you, Billy Joel.❤️
I've been listening to this song when it came out in the movie 13 going 30. I will now be 30 in a month. It hits right in the feels. I'm still a kid living a adult life..
same, i just finished watching 13 going on 30 again now & it left me feeling so weird. i love that movie, but it made me realise how much of myself i've lost over the years. i'll be 30 soon too, but damn sometimes i miss the kid i once was.
I had a mental breakdown today. As a last year university student I have anxiety about the future. Over the past months I never tell my parent about this because I don't want them to know that I struggle to finish my final assignment, but today I had the courage to call my dad about my anxiety. The conversation calm me down and reassure me to not give up. After the call I went straight to spotify to sing away my sadness and this is the first song that played randomly when I clicked my playlist. It feels like someone just pat my head and say that everything will work out well. Thank you for this beautiful song
It’s 3am and you know you can’t trust your thoughts at this time -all your worries and anxieties will start to creep in. Somehow listening to this song just comforts me that everything’s gonna be okay. Thank you Billy Joel.
Keep on, please, things will get better if you keep pushing on believe me. I know this is 2 months old i just saw your comment i hope you are doing at least 1% beter than 2 months ago.
Vienna Billy Joel Slow down, you crazy child You're so ambitious for a juvenile But then if you're so smart Tell me why are you still so afraid? Where's the fire? What's the hurry about? You better cool it off before you burn it out You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day Ayy But you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through When will you realize Vienna waits for you? Slow down, you're doing fine You can't be everything you wanna be before your time Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight Tonight Too bad, but it's the life you lead You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need Though you can see when you're wrong You know, you can't always see when you're right You're right You've got your passion, you've got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true When will you realize Vienna waits for you? Slow down, you crazy child And take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two When will you realize Vienna waits for you? You know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through Why don't you realize Vienna waits for you? When will you realize Vienna waits for you?
This song hits me because of how as a teenager I wanted to grow up so quickly and didn’t get to enjoy it. My dad would always tell me to slow down and enjoy being a kid… now I’m here at almost 24 with 2 kids and married and wondering where all the time went. I miss my dad
i just turned 19 yesterday. time reallly flies by way too fast. i think about the times when i was a kid and there’s so much to go back on and i wish i was more ambitious and outgoing with all my decisions but hey i’m very happy with the way i turned out 😌
"You got your passion you got your pride, but don't you know only fools are satisfied." "Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true." Great lyrics from this song!
This song saved my life. I was going through a really hard time and I was so close to ending it all over the dumbest thing, but I turned this song on and it helped me so much. Whenever i'm upset, I listen to it. It makes me feel calm. happy. I wish I could thank Billy personally for making such wonderful music that people can actually relate to. If I ever get the chance, it would be the best day of my life. I'm only 17 years old and he's the only person I really want to meet, just so I could tell him how much of an impact he had on me. This song stopped me from cutting it short. Ah I love it so much
Is it just me or do Billy Joel's songs make people feel better? Even that very depressing piece, Tomorrow is Today, can cheer up anyone. Amazing, to say the least.
I have quite an uncommon problem. I’m a dreamer with a bad (sometimes not so bad) habit of romanticizing life. And while I’m blessed enough to not have given up on life, I often feel overwhelmed by all the things I want to do. There’s so much to learn yet only many hours in a day (lmao). And somehow I’ve developed the misconception that I have to start right now at this moment and do everything I want at the same time, or else wont become as good as the ones ahead of me. This song kind of pulls me back down to earth, telling me it’s okay to dream but that I should stop imagining it all come true. I can’t do everything and I have to realize that. But at the same time it reassures me that as long as I keep my calm and do my best, Vienna will be waiting for me.
I grew up listening to this in Phoenix. All I can say is this song got plenty of airplay in Phoenix. Probably later at night, or shows like Delilah, but I absolutely know this inside out (though I haven't heard it in years). Glad to hear younger listeners are enjoying a contemporary blues classic.
I knew this song before I had discovered it. If that makes any sense... the kinda song you hear when you’re younger and fades away with time, But then you’re reintroduced years later. And now realizing what the words actually are. I needed this.
Bought this record in 78 at the age of 13. Vienna was then, and has always been since, my very favorite Billy Joel song. And I'm a dude lol. Props to the girls out there embracing this wonderful tune...
In moments like these, when I'm feeling completely loss and utterly defeated at 23 years of age... this song feels like a warm cup of cocoa in a cold day.
I am 24 and lately life's been pretty rough. Nothing is working for me. At times I feel like nothing will ever gonna work as I want in my life. Everything seems bleak
20s are so confusing and life seems to become certainly like a "race". Every decision we take seems to be definitive and days start to run in such a crazy way, but everything takes its right place eventually (I'm in my mid-forties now and it is until now that I understand so many things). Just take day by day and as Baz Luhrman said ..."Sometimes you are ahead, sometimes you are behind. At the end the only race that matters is the one against yourself". Best wishes from Mexico!...
I felt like that before I started going to the Orthodox Church in Edinburgh last November. Its not even been a year and my life has transformed. Not necessarily materially, but in my outlook, Glory to God. You're special and loved, never forget that. Put your trust in something greater than you, easier said than done, I know, and hope for the best)) i hope you're doing okay
Hits hard. I'm one of those teenagers at my school, who others see as smart. It is exhausting trying to maintain my "role", i feel like i constantly push myself to my limits just to be seen as smart. I feel like if i lost my status as "smart", i wouldn't have anything to offer. I have put myself in a never ending loop.
My best friend from elementary school was always the smartest girl in the class, we all knew that, but when she enrolled in college she started failing, i was doing so much better than her back then, she gave up after three years and dropped out and we all still consider her the smartest of all, if you're smart once you'll always be the smart one trust me. But that's not even the point, im sure there's so much more to you and if your colleges can't see it, that just shows how they are not capable of recognizing the real stuff, you don't have to be pressured by others around you, just focus on yourself and you'll see how amazing you really are and people around you that actually matter always know what a great person you are!
I know this is 2 months later, but try to back off just a bit from that identity. I’m in my 50s now but remember what it was like to have just about my whole self-image be tied to my academics and intelligence. As you said it’s exhausting to keep it up. If you can, please try to find another thing you enjoy. Let yourself be known for it too. This will pass but it’s really hard going through it.
I named my daughter Vienna Rosalie. This song always makes me cry, and now when I hear it, it is an ode to myself and to her. Ive been waiting for her my whole life and the lyrics are rich with wisdom and lessons I wish I had learned earlier. I have always been the over achiever who sacrifices too much. I faced the Great Recession through my 20s when trying to kick off a career and now im my 30s had her during the covid pandemic, in extreme isolation, working from home and pining for the opportunities and freedoms I traded for work in the past, believing them too expensive and always planning for the future. Anyway, what a beautiful and wise song. I will dance with my daughter to this on her wedding day, if I get to be so fortunate.
With all this coronavirus going on in this world. I listen to this song for hope and relief. I was told today that everyones hours got cut at work and be working little hours. Barely enough to cover my rent but Idk what might happen later. I'm just hoping I still continue to work and get a paycheck. But besides that, I will overcome. As long I have my health and family that's what matters the most.
Hello everyone, welcome to the meeting of the traumatized children all grown up now realizing how much of their young years were lost to terribly coping with said trauma now that you're an adult you might be a little better than before and you're crying realizing "omg I was so young when that happened" bc you had to grow up so fast so soon and you were also the gifted kid at some point with some topic and you felt like you burned out at some point amidst all the tragedy but never truly loosing ur talent and your finally finding some joy in life bc life did get better (ifykyk) but now you're reflecting How are you all? Got ur stuffed animals? Got ur water? Snacks good now let's all proceed with our together crying sesh
This comment made me extremely happy, it's nice to see people are going through the same things that you are going through, in the day and age it's extremely hard to feel connected to people but I'm glad that there are moments like this that people can bond of their hard ships in life, so thank you for this :)
@@miasanwick9827 bestie I said the same thing I was raised by a military brat Good luck in life seriously ur young you got a whole ass life ahead of you
CNN is touting this song as one of Joel's lost masterpieces, saying that it was at risk of being cut from his discography. But that was never the case. Fifty years ago, it got lots of air play, and it was always one of my favorite Joel songs. There was a lot of wisdom in Joel's music.
Stephen Myles sure do! Top 5 as ranked by Billy himself: 5. Vienna 4. And so it goes 3. You may be right 2. She’s right on time 1. Scenes from an Italian restaurant God bless 🙏
@@seanreynolds1843 Wow, you really do pretty much have to be Billy Joel to write Vienna, for me the single greatest work of popular music ever recorded, and have *four* other songs that you prefer. That said, I am a massive sucker for And So It Goes and You May Be Right, myself, so it's just awesome to see them on the list (not that the other two aren't great as well).
I recently got out of a mental hospital due to my struggles with extreme anxiety, ptsd, ocd, and depression. In one of the music groups the instructor played this song on guitar and sung, and I just *stared* at the lyrics. I grew up too fast. I’m barely a teen. This song really hits hard, yet for some reason I can’t listen. I can never slow down. Wish everyone on the path I’m on luck, and even if I fall please keep going. 💜
You made falling impossible when you wrote this :) You've risen someone, even if it is by a bit it matters and some are not gonna fall which makes you immortal
I’ve recently got through inpatient, php and iop. At 18, i’m just a kid really. This year has brought a lot of people into a similar situation. Take it one day, one hour, one minute at a time. We got this. We can make it through this.
Sometimes heavy metals can cause those. You can get them out. I’ve severely helped my metal health issues from medical medium’s info and I felt this urge to tell you just in case there’s a small chance it can help you too
Spent 4 hours everyday this summer training my ass off in hopes to reach my dreams. I’ve done it. I’m going to Vienna. Literally. I promised myself I’d make it somewhere and here I am at an international level. This song just makes me so proud of myself, which is all I really need.
This song hit hard for my 29 year old son when he heard it for the first time, brought tears to his eyes. Been listening to Billy for 40 years, thank you
I am only 16, going through a crisis of "where will I be in the future?". In one day I devised a step by step plan of how I will get out of here and become (enter my dream job) only problem is that it wasn't cheep, and no way on earth it was going to happen so I fell into a months load depression. This song hits me so hard. "Slow down you crazy child!" Will always be what I hear when I freak out again.
I'm 14 and I've never listened to a single Billy's song before, I've only came here cuz a friend told me that this song is amazing and, mate, I couldn't agree more
I’ve known him for 7 of my 12 years here and now I have a love hate relationship with piano man cus it was played at a very close family member’s funeral
I'm 66 and just learned of this song. I wish I'd heard it when it was originally issued. It's written about people like me I don't even remember anything about the 1980's or 1990's because I work obsessed me. Can't go back to do it over again but I hope kids today comprehend the significance of the message. They'll live a happier life.
(Here is the lyrics) (Aqui esta la letra) (Hier ist der Text) (هذه هي كلمات) -Slow down, you crazy child -You're so ambitious for a juvenile -But then if you're so smart, tell me why are you still so afraid? -Where's the fire? What's the hurry about? -You better cool it off before you burn it out -You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day -But you know that when the truth is told -That you can get what you want or you can just get old -You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through -When will you realize? Vienna waits for you -Slow down, you're doing fine -You can't be everything you wanna be before your time -Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonight -Too bad, but it's the life you lead -You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need -Though you can see when you're wrong -You know, you can't always see when you're right, you're right -You've got your passion, you've got your pride -But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? -Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true -When will you realize? Vienna waits for you -Slow down, you crazy child -Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while -It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two -When will you realize? Vienna waits for you -You know that when the truth is told -That you can get what you want or you can just get old? -You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through -Why don't you realize? Vienna waits for you. -When will you realize? Vienna waits for you.
I did the same. Now I’m 17 and letting myself crack up with my inner child. Mostly by myself since people just don’t know how to treat me after they see my childish side. It’s gonna be ‘A’ okay kid
At 58, looking back, this song captures so perfectly being in your early years, feeling the need to do everything, be everywhere and succeed and 'have a plan' for making it somehow. Seemed easier when I was that age, maybe we had less awareness of the stakes and pressure and uncertainties than now. Didn't really think about a Vienna, just the now. But today, I think of my 20+ year old kids and the pressures they feel about the future, and it makes this song super poignant. I'd say: Take a breath. Take a beat. Relax. Don't beat yourself up. Take a step at a time -- but keep taking steps, and it will work out. Trust and believe in yourself and above all realize that that life is LONG. There are lots of paths up the mountain, some slow and some fast. I was there once with no great plan and stress and many decades later I've seen IRL Vienna (tbh I could happily live there), but it's just the metaphor for a secure future. I so hope it waits, is out there, for my kids and everyone, literally and metaphorically. And maybe even still for myself, in various ways. I think we all do, and always will. I love that someone actually wrote a song that so captures such a common human feeling. F'in Billy Joel! Beautiful, remarkable.
Absolutely love how most of the people here are teenagers coping with life. We are going to get through this and do great wonderful things in the future !
This song hits different when you are almost 30 and feel anxious about not conquering anything yet, every time I hear this song, it makes me wanna cry. Too much pressure.
Same here. I'm 29, but I decided to move in to Germany next year. Although I'm a polyglot and I need a job, I can't find a job. Then there's no working future here in Italy and for someone who's almost 30 years old and should feel fulfilled it's really sad, frustrating and anguished. I keep my fingers crossed.
As a son of immigrant parents I feel the immense self destructive pressure of having to be someone great and making them proud. At times you forget to enjoy looking at the wind play with the grass or the birds taking a bath in a puddle on the ground, the beauty of life isn’t in any other place but only inside of yourself, and when you find it you can go anywhere and be in paradise. First time I heard this, I was holding back tears, it sounded like something I needed at that exact moment. I looked the song up just from the chorus and it had spoken to me. I put so much pressure on myself to the point where I sabotaging my relationships and forgetting the blessings God has given me. Enjoy the gift of life.
help what if i decided to let go for a day and a half but something negative happened because of it? like the only time i decided to rest a bit and that happens, messed me up man
I highly relate- my parents are immigrants who started with nothing but brought themselves up with hard work and determination. I constantly feel the pressure of being the best, most successful version of myself to make my parents proud, but I sometimes forget to do the things that make me proud. As others have said- this song hits different when you're depressed, lonely, and disappointed.
Slow down you crazy child You're so ambitious for a juvenile But then if you're so smart tell me Why are you still so afraid? (mmmmm) Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? You better cool it off before you burn it out You got so much to do and only So many hours in a day (Ay) But you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want Or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (Oooh) When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight (tonight) Too bad, but it's the life you lead You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need Though you can see when you're wrong You know you can't always see when you're right (you're right) You got your passion, you got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true (Oooh) When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? Slow down you crazy child Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two (oooh) When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? And you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (oooh) Why don't you realize, Vienna waits for you? When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Vienna= calm, paradise, the moment where you can relax, where you finally meet everyone’s needs, your own needs💕 To me this song represents we will get to what ever Vienna is in our own time. Be gentle with ourselves.
Its been forever since I heard this song, all I can remember is my dad singing it in our house when we would have karaoke night. I couldn't stop crying because it felt like my dad was singing it to me right now. Everything in my life has been going so fast for me, I just feel so overwhelmed. I miss you, dad.
when I was addicted to Meth for many years this song made me feel a nice reminder to quit. I have been sober since 2018. "You know when your wrong but you cant always see when you are right.."
This was the first song I listened to when I travelled solo for the first time. I remember I was smoking a cigarette outside the apartment I was staying at with a bunch of people I had only just met. I felt as if this song was a message from my future self who either knew what she wanted to do with her life, or was at peace with not knowing. A vision of that self emerged in the screen of my mind, and all I could see was a courageous, compassionate woman at peace. However knowing, that as she was guiding me, I was the one giving life to her, birthing her at that exact moment. It hasn't been so long since that night, but out of all my past selves, that brave girl on her first night of solo travelling, anticipating how that trip will unravel, is the one I will miss the most.
I'm solo traveling out of the country for the first time next week, coincidentally to Vienna. I'm really scared, but your comment makes me feel like it'll be okay.
@@maliamaynard5879 I'm so excited for you, and so happy I could make you feel even a bit safer! Keep an open heart, take care of yourself, and remember that feeling scared is the first stepping stone for your courage and bravery to manifest
Hi there fellow solo traveller! Enjoying the decisions you've made and not thinking about what others might think is just so satisfying and liberating! I started solo travelling when I couldnt get my friends to travel w/ me cause they have kids. Now that I have a kid of my own, I still dream to travel solo soon even if it's not faraway...and bringing my toddler with me as i'm a solo parent. Met lots of solo travellers that somehow didnt know what to do next in life & we've all been there, and we can still laugh it off
This has got to be one of the most criminally underrated songs ever...
agreed
billy joel for president please
agreed for the last comment and the first comment
Cameron Stone
Ye man
This song hits the kids who try’s so hard to be everything everyone wants them to be but never enough for themselves. Alone, tired, and disappointed
it isn’t possible to describe it better than you did sir
I’m broken.... don’t know if I can do this anymore
@@RafaelXd23 when will you realize Vienna waits for you? When you’re young you always think every smallest mistake is the end of the world when in reality you have time and everything will set into place when it’s time to.
Oh that's me, except I'm not alone
It’s true I’m the kid
"You'd better cool it off before you burn it out", "Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while" - Billy Joel was so ahead of his time!
If he really was, he'd know that phones in the future wouldn't have a hook
@@fernmann7 may not have one but surely we're all hooked to them
@@fernmann7unless you have a Xiaomi phone. That battery is so bad. shit only works in wire.
He'd been there done that. The best lyrics come from experience and knowledge.
@@LeoKinhg nice try chinese diplomat
The most poetic way anyone has ever said “stop and smell the roses”
ringo starr
@@silvobrecelj7208 stop and take the time to fill your noses
The song for those of us who rush through life thinking we’re always two steps behind.
@@billyjoel2064 fake
Right, right..."take your time, don't rush, relax". But then before you know it, you're 40 years old and you haven't done anything with your life. Like me.
True I feel so anxious coz I'm late to catch up with everything
But listening to his voice and this song nake me appreciate everything and just have a solid second without feeling like my heart is going to stop thank you for this amazing work ❤️
@@Glowstone_Guy atopy and I'm
Time sure slips away from us. One day we're rushing to find the answer. The next, much of that time is in the review mirror.
this song is like a mom's hug
You deserve more likes for this.
Ask and ye shall receive
Such an underrated comment
What a blessed comment. Oh my god.
My mother hates me for being gay-
I'm brazilian. I'm 24 years old and I've worked my ass off for the past 7 years trying to pay and finish my flying course. Now , thaks to God, I just finished it. Timing couldn't be worse. Aviation, during corona days, can't get any worse.
I have no job, no other expertise other than flying and here I am, as anxious as any man can get. So I decided to light up a cigarette (I know, i must stop), and watch the sunset.
Then I remembered, out of nowhere, this song that my dad used to listen during my childhood roadtrips. God. I feel like brand new. The lyrics touched my hearth like the boost I needed to keep on going, like I always did. Thank you, Billy Joel, you might not have changed the world around me, but you sure did change my day.
wholesome, I hope all turn out well for you!!!!!!
Boa cara
Esse é o poder da arte! Como diria o grande Ferreira Gullar: a arte existe porque a vida em si não basta! Abração e boa sorte...
Fly high, brother. Someday I may join you in those clear skies. Keep your head up and you'll soon fly free.
You're strong. We all need to keep going. Soon we'll see the sun rising again.
60 years. I am FINALLY going to Vienna. Wished I would have embraced this song years ago. ♡
🎉
58 and I’m finally going to Vienna…
Paris is a better choice, but after the Olympics. Prague is the most beautiful large city in Europe, but the food is not very good. I have lived in both.
Things happen when they do for a reason!!! Enjoy. 😉
Vienna symbolises the ultimate true realisation of your life. A single coffee in a bar can be the combination of all your ambitions. All the bullshit that you’ve been through and all the poses that you’ve presented to the rest of the world culminate in a walk down the street in.Wien.
This song hits different when you're depressed, lonely, and disappointed
Sure does
Hang in there
@@saraannmarie7428 hang in there sara
@@mangohallucinates thanks hun! I appreciate that so much! I'm trying
@@saraannmarie7428 no problem, I'm trying too 🌈
as a person who struggles with anxiety, this song is a godsend to me.
I too struggle with severe anxiety disorder, living on the edge of a non stop panic attack is no fun. People dont realize how serious and debilitating it is. Everything snowballs, then you become unable to deal with, cope or focus in the smallest ways.
C Leigh ah i am so sorry! i have never been diagnosed, but i try my best to cope with what i feel. therapy and good friends have been a godsend for me. i do agree with you that most people do not understand how hard it is
@@Stephanie-ml5eo Mine started 4 months before I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago. My anxiety and inner non stop shaking, migraines,eye pain along with some fine motor skills glitches in hands then tripping over words lead to Dr then Neurologist. These symptoms began and were triggered by a huge emotional/psychological trauma of the sick betrayal of my husband being involved and engaging in hard core internet porn. It eventually destroyed me and our marriage after 32 years, to find out 6-7 years later after the first big blow, he hadnt stopped, but was only deeper and more involved. Paid sex solicitation and video porn memberships, sex and porn profiles of himself,.. I discovered a porn video he made of himself. He conned others, friends and family that he was squeaky clean and he was no longer doing it. I had a 3 year legal battle, which only took a huge toll on me mentally and physically. No one wanted to believe he or it was that bad. I had to be over reacting, he just "wasnt that kind of guy" Here's the kicker, 2 months after I was diagnosed, and needed him the most for support, he did a huge career change within the same company, went from working on the Union side for 23 years to taking a job as company management into Human Resources. Which that was what he became obsessed with and for his whole life. He threw away vacation time he always took, worked much longer hours to be a company suck up and had no time or availability for me being newly diagnosed with MS or family. The big IRONY, is now the porn whore is a top Senior HR Manager, for this large company. He is now remarried, and is still in full swing of his sick addiction also is into "cash services" All of this is going on right under the new little woman's nose, she is clueless about his spending because they dont share any banking or credit card accounts,..( its her 4th marriage and she finally landed her cash cow) During our whole marriage I managed all of finances for absolutely everything and we had all shared accounts, in both of our names, When I separated from him a year before, to shake a turd out of him, wake him up, that he was destroying our marriage and loosing me,.. It hit him finally about a month later that he HAD lost his wife, that he needed to get help and make changes, he needed to earn my love and trust back. But it was short lived and all a show and a facade, and the "New him" lasted about 4 months, Then came the betrayal of him tangling up with another woman who thought "he was single" that blinded sided me since we were supposedly working on out marriage, she discovered that I was still very much in the picture and confronted him, of Why is you wife still here?" He threw it in my face about her, and that she saw him for "the wonderful person he was", ,.. sadly I reached a breaking point,.. couldnt take any more betrayals deciet and lies,..became suicidal. I had family abandoned me, friends were not there, it was like I had the plague,.. I was deemed the broken one and he was still the good guy, ( but they didnt know or care to know what all it entailed) less than a year later the legal process had to start, to end it with him,.. It was discovering how more in-depth his addiction and engagement was, was finding charges on a credit card I gave him to use separate from the one I used (both names were on his card as users) thats when some masked charges appeared, when questioned of course he lied, I started doing some serious digging into all of it, and unraveled everything that brought it to me ultimately calling him out and confronting him, saying,.. He was a sick bastard, more than I ever could imagine,.. He then started calling me every name in the book, UNTIL I called him by his PORN USER NAME. Oh he shut up, FAST, backtracked, saying "Hun, can we talk about this?" I said hell NO! WE ARE DONE. But my life has never been the same, friends who should have been there for me werent and even had betrayals by them. I have had to take him back to court 2 times in last 7 years, which was debilitating. And NOW just 4 months ago, on Mar. 20th, 2020,.. I was in a serious car accident, a guy speeding, running a red light, T-boned me totaling my car, my body and a mess. I was in the hospital on trauma floor for 10 days then a rehab/ nursing facility for another 11. I suffered cervical fracture, a severe concussion syndrome, migraines, nausea, injuries to my ribs, (more injury to an already degenerative bad hip) and a meniscus tear in knee. I wear a cervical collar most of the day, and am on a walker, I cant take more than a couple (painful) steps on my own. I live alone and dont have family or outside help let alone any real human contact, other than when delivery people from restaurants that show up. I am so stranded, I now have no car (it was totaled, had to hire an attorney to deal with insurance companies) so I have been a stress mess. I have a long road ahead of recovery, or if i will recover fully which is highly doubtful being 64. The isolation has been terrible, my first steps out of the house in 4 months was going to hospital for xrays and neurosurgeon appt. I come to You Yube to escape and watch music video that I lpve and enjoy... Im sorry, I have rattled on and vented so much,.. I didnt mean to,.. I guess I needed to though. Im glad Stephanie you have good support, because as from the experiences of not having any of that,.. It is HELL!. You take care of yourself, my thoughts are with you!
word, it’s fucking amazing
@C Leigh Sayjng this isn’t much, but I hope you’re alright. Stay strong. I suffer from anxiety too, just know that you aren’t alone in this world. People care about you and are willing to help. You’ve got this.
So many young peeps here stressing out so much. It breaks my heart. You have time. Everything will be OK just hang in there and I love you.
Thank you,I needed to read this❤️
thank you
You do?
Wow you sound like a sweet grandmother who makes pies for the local kids haha thank you ♡
thank you, i needed to hear that. you stay safe out there
Now I'm on the way to Vienna and listening to this. Life is anything but predictable. Things may not seem perfect right now, but it all works out somehow in the end. And if it doesn't, it's not the end. Looking forward to a memorable 2024.
This hit so deep and I hope you have a very safe trip and great life stranger
this is deeeep Jesus loves you pal have a good one :)
Hope you had (or have?) a pleasant stay. And some chill visits in our coffee houses.
Thank you so much, I'm in really bad times, but reading your comments is like a breeze of cold fresh air.
Vienna isthe most outstanding great city I've ever seen, apart from all the other great cities. Back in I guess the Eighties I took a road trip with my Catalan girlfriend of the time to Salzburg, Vienna, Prague, Berlin and home again home again, jiggety jig (we were both living in Brussels at the time. I'm still there. I don't know where she is now, but I'll never forget her and that road trip.
PS: the whole trip busted me financially, but I was riding on her dime, we were young, and besides it's only money. I can't imagine in 25 years I'll be telling some whippersnapper how i used to have more cash than I knew how to spend.
But we'll always have Paris.
"Don't you know that only fools are satisfied"
(: THIS ALBUM THOUGH
Dr. Heinrich Faust
JustusTubes I have my own interpretation of what that line means as *I'm sure* you do too. I'd just love to hear what Billy Joel meant by that line. 😕🔞🛫💳🗯🛏
That’s my new favorite quote, alongside “intelligence is hitting the marks no one else can hit, while genius is hitting the marks which no one can even see.”
That was literally the one line that really stuck with me. Guess we think alike.
"Slow down, you're doing fine. You can't be everything you want to be before your time."
I think I really needed to hear that right now.
EDIT: So...two years later, I've just been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and I find myself returning to this song. I'm not sure exactly where to go from here, and I don't know how my life will change after this, if it will change at all, but this makes me feel comfortable in a time where I feel very lost and confused. Like I said, I'm not sure where to go from here, but I hope I can let myself take everything one step at a time. And I hope to have this song with me, wherever I go.
Sameeee
Hope you’re doing ok :)
@@beatricefox937 Yea I'm good, thanks for asking
Vienna waits for you, friend.
Very similar to Cat Stevens Father to Son w that theme
Slow down, you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart, then tell me
Why are you still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You'd better cool it off before you burn it out
You've got so much to do
And only so many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you get old
You're gonna kick off before you even
Get halfway through
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you
Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
Tonight,
Too bad but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know
You can't always see when you're right. you're right
You've got your passion, you've got your pride
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you crazy child
And take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile
It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
And you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get half through
Why don't you realize, Vienna waits for you
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Thank You Bis! Semangat terus kakk atikah
Thanks for this!!!
My 4am song🙇🏻♀
It’s in the description
@PW's Dedicated Student no
I’m graduating college in five days, came to this song for a breather and reminder that I don’t have to know everything for everything to be alright in the end.
Amen!
Wow!! Damn good stuff Well written
You might also be interested in Billy's 1976 song "James."
Please, tell your friends and anyone that will listen ❤️
All is not lost for Gen z. Lots of them were taught and understand common sense.
It’s 2am…I just turned 31 two hours ago. Feeling a little lost these days. Can’t sleep so I started silently praying for guidance, then mid prayer this song pops into my head. He knew what I needed.
Ay happy bday g
@@finnyp2055 thanks friend!
Happy Birthday x
It gets better I promise , love a 40y xxx
@@chantelleflynn9984 I needed to hear that, thank you❤️
I played this song for my daughter many years ago. She was so ambitious, so full of conviction. All grown up now. She is the purpose in my life, a love I was completely disarmed by the first time I held her in my arms as a newborn. I fear to imagine what could have been had it not been for her mother and her, so long ago, saving me from what surely would have been a miserable existence. This will be our father daughter dance song at her wedding this Saturday.
Lovely
@James What???
that’s so sweet!! i hope the wedding and the father-daughter dance was amazing n special ❤️
@James i don’t even need to read your full comment to know you really need healing and prayers, i wish the best for you James
@@chrispaul1326 I'm back. What you wanna say to me now, Chris? Huh?
this had me realize that im thinking about my future too much
I know right mee too
Did you, umm, maybe, umm, START THE FIRE
@@tejetski what does that mean
@@alexabrackett5052 Im referencing a song
it's difficult not to atm since there's very little good happening in the present
Relax in the moment, you know where you're heading. There's only one end to it. You die enjoying yourself and the universe. Good luck, have fun
No one gets out of here alive - Jim Morrison
This song really says “slow down” for all of us crazy ambitious children who always pressure ourselves to achieve one goal after another.
We gotta smell the roses.
I agree
yes it literally says that
@@mallbratgirl_3005 Rude and unnecessary. Were you having a bad day?
@@Bubba__Sawyer no i was being sardonic
I wish I could meet everyone listening to this song.
Edit: the replies are so heart warming. Sending love to you guys.
i wish too
we all can meet up in Vienna someday hah
Virtual hi five for now 🙂
Same!
♥️
As a girl who's nearly 17 and still doesn't have a clue what they want to do for a career and everyone is constantly asking you about college and such, this is such a comforting song. Especially the second verse. It makes me feel better about everything :))) I love Billy Joel
You seriously don't know how lucky you are! Youth is King. You have your whole life in front of you. What I wouldn't give to be 17 again. Enjoy every minute of it sweetie, you will be just fine. God bless and Good luck, you got this.
Chill I'm 24 and feel the same way. It's always a new struggle or path to face
It's ok to feel that way, my advice would be don't take rushed decisions, you are pretty young and maybe you see a lot of people aroud you that already knows what they want, but it´s different for everybody; hey maybe there are others just like you but they are to afraid to show it ,but in the inside they are really lost, some of them would feel the way you feel now latter. Just berathe, take your time, and if pople keep asking say the true but in way that tells people it's not because you don't care but rather because you know how importat this decision is, maybe you found someone that feels or felt the same way and can talk about that
It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two. When will you realize? Vienna waits for you.
Don't worry about rushing stuff. Enjoy the journey and your life will go just fine. Don't live by anybody else's metrics of what you should be doing or should've done. You've got this.
Enjoy being young. You don't get it back. I'm 30 and glad I had fun when I was young. I feel bad you have to be young in 2020 with all the cancel culture.
If you're also listening to this in 1977 right now, you are not alone.
Can't believe I found you bro. Fucking Jimmy Carter amirite?
I bought this album when it first came out. Still a great album.
Wow...yes I am.
I might be
This song is my own personal therapy. When I feel overwhelmed about all the things I think I’m not getting, I just put this on repeat, start crying and let the music heal my heart. Works every time!
***Edit- Thanks for the likes, I want you to know that I went to Vienna, my dream since I was 10 yrs old finally came true ❤❤ I cried a lot! Please, don’t stop chasing your dreams. “It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two (oooh)
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? 🥹😭
I do the same. It works like magic to my heart
I couldn't understand the words, and check out the words, there have Picture sense
oh my god this is exactly how I feel right now. Such an amazing song, touches me so deeply for some reason. I love it.
Same. This song is therapy! ❤
This song is so powerful ❤️
I just passed my law exam and here I am to thank this song that helped me so much when I had anxiety during my studies for it and having doubts if I could make it.... BUT I DID! I MADE IT!!!! I am a lawyer now!!!!!! SO HAPPY!!!
Congratulations for passing! That must be a hell to get through. I'm proud of you for that. I still have remaining 3 years till I'll start practicing 😊
Gratulations! I'm a laywer too. In Vienna. 😊
@@nurulaqilah9643 I am sure you will do very good in it! Everyone has their own time 🎉 Study, have faith, relax and trust yourself! It will happen in the right time just like it did to me ❤️
@@danielhkhk7283 that's so cool! Do you know if they have jobs for foreigners lawyers there? 😂 That would be a dream! But unfortunately law is a difficult area to work outside of my country
@@beatriz0231 thank you for your words ❤ I'll keep that in mind!
If you're watching this in 2024, I love you and you're not alone.
Edit 1: 2022
Edit 2: 2023
Edit 3: 2024
I just watched it in 2020, only eight minutes left until 2021! Clearly a song for all times.
Vienna will wait for you
i always see you commenting today :) i saw u on led zeppelin earlier and now this:)) you’re so sweet and u r loved
I already don't know if I'll make it
I love you too
This was music. I’m either too old, or you’re too young. Fits with the song. Either way. We didn’t have “good ol days.” Life has always sucked and been hard, but at least we used to have something. I don’t know where that sentiment went.
I'm fucking crying righ now. I'm 27 years old, I used to have so many dreams, I used to think I could do everthing. But somehow, this hope desappear, I can't see a step towards, I'm unployeed over 6 month, I cant find a way to go on, I feel like my life just end. This song hit me so strong that I cant stop crying and I'm not sure if its bad or good, I justa wanna cry as much as I can.
Everything will get better dude
You got this, keep your chin up.
“Don’t ever give up on something you can’t go a day without thinking about” - Winston Churchill
Wish you the best. Remember no one improves feeling sorry for themselves. Keep your head up and don’t ever quit.
Hope you are okay now. God bless
Everythings gonna be fine dude just be patient
Joel probably has no clue how many people he has helped with this song
He does.....he told David Letterman this was in his personal top 5 songs of his. Dont forget his daughter attempted suicide as teen.
Oh wow I did not know that
Course he realizes how much his music touches people people this is the ( piano man) classic. I am thankful as a long islander we have it solo good and a ultimate gift we got Billy Joel thank you Mr.joel
hahahaha yeahh seriously. There is NEVER a bad time
to siddown, deep breath, and listen to this song
too bad he didn't help himself with it, he didn't take his own advice to "slow down you crazy child"... I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal interpretations of VIENNA and ALLENTOWN on my YT channel in tribute to the master. No autotune or digital editing. Peace and stay safe.
My mom unexpectedly passed March 19th and she told her 5 daughters this was her song to us.. I cry every time.. miss you mommy 🧡
I am sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you and your family❤
So so sorry 😔
Take time to heal and be there for each other ❤
My dad passed away at the end of January and this was the sone we danced to at my wedding. I feel you!!
eugh now your making me cry, I’m sorry for what happened and I hope you guys have a good and fun life ahead!
❤
I‘m 16 years old. One thing I love about phones and the internet is that I can find such songs. I‘d probably never ever have heard such bangers.
Love you all
I lived in a time before the internet, music/record stores were much better.
“You can afford to lose a day or two” I’ve been really trying to give myself a break these days, at 18 I should not be stressing this much
I am 17 and also trying to remind myself that sometimes I should just give myself a break of worring over life this much.
even tho I'm giving myself enough breaks, i never feel not tired
Maaaaan this is the perfect song for everyone who has been chasing some really big dream and hates themselves.
Aka me :(
@@brianmaysprettycooleh9271 ditto
Reading Billy's autobiography, he explains who he wrote this song about and I was shocked a bit. He wrote it for his father who left his mother and went back to live in....Vienna.....after they had come here to get out of Europe years ago. He did visit his father in Vienna although they didn't really reconcile. He resented his father leaving his mother especially going back to a place that held bad memories for his ancestors. The song is so beautiful, and I used to tell my daughter it reminded me of her since she was always burning the candle at both ends....always doing, doing, doing. So much to do and only so many hours in a day.
One of the best I have heard
His daughter was actually the same I think. Im pretty sure she tried to kill herself and that’s why this is one of his favorite songs he’s ever made
@@kni9ne600 ❤️❤️
no because we have the exact same name-
My daughter is exactly the same as yours. And now she has heart disease. I tried to tell her to slow down but she has the fear of missing out syndrome.
Greetings from Vienna. We're waiting for you ❤
A song ahead of its time. It never gets old. It's just mind-blowing how this song can be a slap on our faces and, at the same time, it can calm our minds.
That’s the bittersweet quality of grief
if you know songs like this can you please reply to me the names of such songs ? thanks
@@archangelmichael8209Summer Highland Falls From Songs in The Attic Billy Joel, different style but every bit as good lyrically.
@@nedleyolpal thanks
@@archangelmichael8209Mona Lisa’s and Madhatters by Elton John
To me this song is about how we want to see ourselves “making it” in the future… but there is so much self-doubt, fear and both external (and internal) pressure on the path to it.
I have a keychain that says “vienna” to remind me that, even though I’m not always 100% sure of what I’m doing, I’m determined and I will do anything to live the life I deserve. I’ll get to my personal Vienna one day.
I love this. Such a good way to look at life. I needed to hear this today, thank you
@@niamhw8853 my pleasure ❤️
No one cares what you think.
@@efeklau6502 shut up.
Thank you for this message, right now I'm not 100% sure about what I'm doing, but this comment makes me feel less alone.
I wish more teens would listen to these types of songs. This song specifically is so beautiful and the meaning behind it is so huge.
Honestly all kids listen to is stuff about hurting people this is real music
@@jacobsecker1212 I'm 16 and I love this song
I discovered Billy when I was 12, him and his lyrics have helped me a lot. I treasure this album, I can’t express how much I appreciate it.
Linda musica
15 year old here :)
This song reminds me that even when the world is moving fast, sometimes we need to slow down and not catch up with people and their expectations.
In 10 minutes I’ll be turning 19. This is my favourite song. It’s comforting, even tho I feel like I’m wasting my youth away. I always feel like some place is waiting for me, far away from here.
happy birthday friend! hope you find your Vienna
@@felipesaad9275 thank you so much! Same to you
Happy belated Birthday!
Best wishes from another 19-year old from Vienna 🫶🏻🇦🇹
@@OskarFCB Thank you so much!
Happy late birthday
Whoever you are, whatever is going on in your life, no matter how you feel, in the name of all inhabitants of Vienna we love you and we're waiting for you
On my way
♥️
@@zandithshloper2005 geez dude
🌹
Thank you
I cry every time I hear this song. I get this strange feeling that is all-consuming that it makes me cry. Anyone else?
this song is too much. It's a bunch of found-feelings. I totally understand you.
Quinn Chipman it gives you the same feeling as when you see a video or something of when you were younger. Inexplainable
@@aj3198 this is so factual
Yes. I've always loved this song and listened dozens plus of times but I here it now it brings tears to my eyes. When I was in my 20s I was offered a scholarship in England and a couple years later a job teaching in Kenya and turned them them down because I didn't want to "slow down and put down the phone for awhile " wish I could I have heard this great song first. Masterpiece of song
Yeah, Elton John songs do that to me too
I'm 17 years old. I'm currently in high school studying a technician degree (you can do that in Mexico), and I loove daydreaming about the future, but I really don't know what to do with my life yet. Still, I'm learning and working for my future, but sometimes I get desperate or impatient and feel like I could do better. And my mom showed me this song and showed me you just need to take a breath, and realize the future (Vienna) waits for you.
this is seriously my favorite song ever. it instantly makes me feel so much better about myself when i’m feeling down
The worst thing about prison is the dementors
Thanks prison mike
I've always wanted to meet you, Prison Mike! Glad it happened in this comment section 💞
same I found it just recently and i listen to it almost everyday
My nigga prison mike🤝
Slow down, you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart, tell me why are you still so afraid?
Where's the fire? What's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day
Don't you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you can just get old?
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you wanna be before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonight
Too bad, but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong
You know, you can't always see when you're right, you're right
You've got your passion. You've got your pride
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
Slow down, you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It's all right you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
Don't you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you can just get old?
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
Why don't you realize? Vienna waits for you
When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
Thank You!
Thank you Maria
Thanks
Thank you, you’re a star
Danke Schon Maria!
You ever go for a drive with tears in your eyes?
that hit deep
Going to work yeah
when I was 15 I heard this song on 13 going 30. I bought the song and it didn‘t leave me. I‘m 31 now and everytime I‘m in a bad mood i listen to it.
Are you also enjoying editing Poise ? 🙂
Lyrics:
Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart tell me,
Why are you still so afraid? (mmmmm)
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only
So many hours in a day (Ay)
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (Oooh)
When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?
Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight (tonight)
Too bad, but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong
You know you can't always see when you're right (you're right)
You got your passion, you got your pride
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true (Oooh)
When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?
Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two (oooh)
When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?
And you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (oooh)
Why don't you realize... Vienna waits for you?
When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?
Thanks
This comment needs to be higher up
Thanks.
i'm 17 years old and this song comforts me SO MUCH, the pandemic came and my adolescence passed in the blink of an eye and this year I'll be 18. i was so sure about life at 15 and now it's all an uncertainty after the pandemic (which we're still). The pressure of being 18 torments me every single day, the pressure of being an adult and acting like one..i don't know if I'm going to live an unhappy life in a job I don't like with superficial loves and bad friendships or a life totally the opposite of that. I hate feeling like an adult at just 17 (18 in a few months)… i'm scared, very scared to have grown up so fast, I just want to be held by my parents again, sleep on the couch and wake up in bed... growing up sucks and to make it worse I'm in this process totally lonely :(
edit: i want to thank everyone who took the time to write me these beautiful and sincere words, i'm reading everything and keeping it in my heart... 💗 i really appreciate your story.
and for those who are asking, my birthday is already on the 18th of august, i'm sad to arrive so fast but even more because i have little time left of ABBA's dancing queen hahaha idk many cool songs about eighteen so i accept suggestions
Oh man I feel you. I am also a young adult and the pandemic brought my life to a halt for far too long and continues to limit me a lot now, and I feel like I'm behind on everything and struggling to catch up and be an adult like I'm supposed to be. But hey. It sounds like you are too. So it's not just me. And it's not just you. Good luck stranger. I really do believe Vienna waits for us.
We were all scared growing up because inside we still feel like a kid. Don't worry too much though, eventually you will figure it out. Find a good companion to share your life with and don't be too hard on yourself when you screw up sometimes. We all do :-) I am pushing 50 by the way, so I learned a little along the way
Hang in there, don't let negative people into your life, and shoot for the stars. Oh and be humble, you will be fine.
@@floydfanboy2948 you’re 18 with 32 years of experience.
22 in 2 months and I remember how I felt the same way turning 18. Life goes by quick it feels like just a year ago I was 15. Anyways I’m doing what I love, making middle class wage doing it, taking care of my mental and physical health, have my own place and found the girl I want to marry. I still have time to be a child. Hell just the other day I went to the trampoline park and went ham. Everyone was looking at me and my girl like we were crazy because we’re the only 2 adults jumping. Time goes by quick but it’s about the choices you make and what you’re doing to still embrace your inner child.
13 going on 30. I was 10 when it came out in 2004.
I’m 28 now and this song actually means something to me.
I’m 26 going on 27, and that’s where I first heard this song, too. I love that movie and this song.
I was 16 when the movie came out and thats where I first heard it too.
I'm the same age and that movie is the first time I heard this song ❤
ya holy time flies by im 12 but this song is something :)
We’re the same age! I seen a beautiful girl listening to this song and I just wanted to scream over her music but my light changed. I turned left, she was going straight. Once again I’m stuck in the middle while Everyone is going forward with their lives.
this is me and my Mama's song. the day she dropped me off at the airport to move to Louisiana with my grandma we sat in the parking garage and listened to it together one last time. I love her so much
Looking at the comments makes me see how we all on the same boat dealing with real life shit. Thanks
1:40 the lyrics
You've got your passion, you've got your pride
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
From ryu's playlist right? 🙌😂
@@user-xl7sh2jn3i ?
A happy surprise, wasn't expecting this... Grab a seat everyone, and listen❤
Depression was knocking at my door and this song made me feel so much better. It always does.
Are you okay now?
Same. I’m very depressed but music (mostly oldies and not modern shitty music) makes me feel happy. It fills me with purpose
yeah me too.
Did you open the door when it came to your house? Or did it just wait?
...I cry....I don’t know...
i have no idea how to be an adult. I feel like i raised myself and now i have to raise an adult too. I’m really scared.
I’m 18 and i feel like i need a parent more than ever. I would like to make 100 steps in 1. But i get lost in thought. I guess Vienna waits for me , and you, and every terrified child. Thank you, Billy Joel.❤️
I undertand you in every word you said. I'm in the same situation. Carry on, man. Vienna waits for us!
I've been listening to this song when it came out in the movie 13 going 30. I will now be 30 in a month. It hits right in the feels. I'm still a kid living a adult life..
31 now and the same.
same, i just finished watching 13 going on 30 again now & it left me feeling so weird. i love that movie, but it made me realise how much of myself i've lost over the years. i'll be 30 soon too, but damn sometimes i miss the kid i once was.
I’ll be 31 crying at 2 am to this. Wish it sunk in back then
33 next Thursday (June 22) and absolutely the same! 🩵
Turned 27 in March. Your comment hits 😭🖤
I had a mental breakdown today. As a last year university student I have anxiety about the future. Over the past months I never tell my parent about this because I don't want them to know that I struggle to finish my final assignment, but today I had the courage to call my dad about my anxiety. The conversation calm me down and reassure me to not give up. After the call I went straight to spotify to sing away my sadness and this is the first song that played randomly when I clicked my playlist. It feels like someone just pat my head and say that everything will work out well. Thank you for this beautiful song
I hope youre doing well wherever you are!
Sending positive vibes your way!
Sending positive vibes your way!
God shows us a way to surprise us 💓
vai da tudo certo.
It’s 3am and you know you can’t trust your thoughts at this time -all your worries and anxieties will start to creep in. Somehow listening to this song just comforts me that everything’s gonna be okay. Thank you Billy Joel.
stay strong you can do this
Keep on, please, things will get better if you keep pushing on believe me. I know this is 2 months old i just saw your comment i hope you are doing at least 1% beter than 2 months ago.
lmaoo i cry more when i listen to this because no one told me stuff like this
I love that he speaks to every age group here from a child - to a teen- to a young adult maneuvering life.
Vienna
Billy Joel
Slow down, you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart
Tell me why are you still so afraid?
Where's the fire?
What's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day
Ayy
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you wanna be before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
Tonight
Too bad, but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong
You know, you can't always see when you're right
You're right
You've got your passion, you've got your pride
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you crazy child
And take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you?
You know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
Why don't you realize
Vienna waits for you?
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you?
❤
Thank you☺
❤
Thank you🥰
Such amazing lyrics
I want this song played at my funeral
It's a great song
I want Zanzibar played at my funeral
Travis C ok
Me, too!
My Mom was born in Vienna!
naaaaa….I just want a lot of crying people. just kidding....I probably would pick something from he Beatles.
This song hits me because of how as a teenager I wanted to grow up so quickly and didn’t get to enjoy it. My dad would always tell me to slow down and enjoy being a kid… now I’m here at almost 24 with 2 kids and married and wondering where all the time went. I miss my dad
I miss my dad too
Don’t worry bro I’m 15 almost 16 n i still think that I’m a 13 year old boy you’re not the only one
i just turned 19 yesterday. time reallly flies by way too fast. i think about the times when i was a kid and there’s so much to go back on and i wish i was more ambitious and outgoing with all my decisions but hey i’m very happy with the way i turned out 😌
@@nurko72 happy birthday❤️
@@nurko72 Happy Birthday brother/sister of May 😇
My big sister turned me on to Billy Joel. Thanks, Tama, God rest your soul.
"You got your passion you got your pride, but don't you know only fools are satisfied."
"Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true."
Great lyrics from this song!
That´s my favorite part
Thanks.
fuck, just when i started reading, that part played.
@@paz1261 same with me
This song saved my life. I was going through a really hard time and I was so close to ending it all over the dumbest thing, but I turned this song on and it helped me so much. Whenever i'm upset, I listen to it. It makes me feel calm. happy. I wish I could thank Billy personally for making such wonderful music that people can actually relate to. If I ever get the chance, it would be the best day of my life. I'm only 17 years old and he's the only person I really want to meet, just so I could tell him how much of an impact he had on me. This song stopped me from cutting it short. Ah I love it so much
good luck. no use in bein sad honey. life's too short to waste it by being upset. happiness is your own mindset.
+Brennan Boltin - one of my BJ faves, too
ellie Vienna is there for you!:)
Btw greetings from Vienna:3
Billy’s a bloody legend ay. Love his music 👊😎
Is it just me or do Billy Joel's songs make people feel better? Even that very depressing piece, Tomorrow is Today, can cheer up anyone. Amazing, to say the least.
I have quite an uncommon problem.
I’m a dreamer with a bad (sometimes not so bad) habit of romanticizing life. And while I’m blessed enough to not have given up on life, I often feel overwhelmed by all the things I want to do. There’s so much to learn yet only many hours in a day (lmao). And somehow I’ve developed the misconception that I have to start right now at this moment and do everything I want at the same time, or else wont become as good as the ones ahead of me. This song kind of pulls me back down to earth, telling me it’s okay to dream but that I should stop imagining it all come true. I can’t do everything and I have to realize that. But at the same time it reassures me that as long as I keep my calm and do my best, Vienna will be waiting for me.
this song is a literal recipe for everyone. it makes me cry yet makes me feel 10x better.
You said a mouthfull.
@@pavlovsunhappydog okay?
@@xtonibx5770 I mean it in a good way. It's the journey, not the destination, as they say.
perception is everything. Peace and love to you .
slow down you , crazy child
you have the same problems as me , no lie :(
I grew up listening to this in Phoenix. All I can say is this song got plenty of airplay in Phoenix. Probably later at night, or shows like Delilah, but I absolutely know this inside out (though I haven't heard it in years). Glad to hear younger listeners are enjoying a contemporary blues classic.
My mom passed very unexpectedly a year ago and this was her song to us five girls. Keeps me pushing. Rest in heaven mommy I'll see you one day 🧡🧡
❤
❤️
❤️
❤️
i'm sorry for your loss. hope you are all doing alright.
I knew this song before I had discovered it. If that makes any sense... the kinda song you hear when you’re younger and fades away with time, But then you’re reintroduced years later. And now realizing what the words actually are. I needed this.
i have the exact same feeling, i don't really know if i heard this song before, it just feels like that
@@JavieraCS_99 You probably heard it from 13 going on 30 this song played in the movie.
Bought this record in 78 at the age of 13. Vienna was then, and has always been since, my very favorite Billy Joel song. And I'm a dude lol. Props to the girls out there embracing this wonderful tune...
In moments like these, when I'm feeling completely loss and utterly defeated at 23 years of age... this song feels like a warm cup of cocoa in a cold day.
I'm also 23 and kinda feels same but have a lot of hope to make things better for everyone. Sending some strength!
I am 24 and lately life's been pretty rough. Nothing is working for me. At times I feel like nothing will ever gonna work as I want in my life. Everything seems bleak
20s are so confusing and life seems to become certainly like a "race". Every decision we take seems to be definitive and days start to run in such a crazy way, but everything takes its right place eventually (I'm in my mid-forties now and it is until now that I understand so many things). Just take day by day and as Baz Luhrman said ..."Sometimes you are ahead, sometimes you are behind. At the end the only race that matters is the one against yourself". Best wishes from Mexico!...
The 23 crisis is how i like to call it, all of us have been there somehow...
I felt like that before I started going to the Orthodox Church in Edinburgh last November. Its not even been a year and my life has transformed. Not necessarily materially, but in my outlook, Glory to God. You're special and loved, never forget that. Put your trust in something greater than you, easier said than done, I know, and hope for the best)) i hope you're doing okay
Hits hard. I'm one of those teenagers at my school, who others see as smart. It is exhausting trying to maintain my "role", i feel like i constantly push myself to my limits just to be seen as smart. I feel like if i lost my status as "smart", i wouldn't have anything to offer. I have put myself in a never ending loop.
me too
My best friend from elementary school was always the smartest girl in the class, we all knew that, but when she enrolled in college she started failing, i was doing so much better than her back then, she gave up after three years and dropped out and we all still consider her the smartest of all, if you're smart once you'll always be the smart one trust me. But that's not even the point, im sure there's so much more to you and if your colleges can't see it, that just shows how they are not capable of recognizing the real stuff, you don't have to be pressured by others around you, just focus on yourself and you'll see how amazing you really are and people around you that actually matter always know what a great person you are!
@@annabelleeurich8822 don’t be that person. The one who goes for the low blow when someone is pouring their heart out. It’s a rotten thing to do.
I know this is 2 months later, but try to back off just a bit from that identity. I’m in my 50s now but remember what it was like to have just about my whole self-image be tied to my academics and intelligence. As you said it’s exhausting to keep it up. If you can, please try to find another thing you enjoy. Let yourself be known for it too. This will pass but it’s really hard going through it.
@@annabelleeurich8822 english is not my native language :)
I honestly refuse to believe a human being wrote this song billy Joel is a angel or alien. The most beautiful song ever written...
I listen to this song whenever i feel overwhelmed. It feels like my safe place.
I named my daughter Vienna Rosalie. This song always makes me cry, and now when I hear it, it is an ode to myself and to her. Ive been waiting for her my whole life and the lyrics are rich with wisdom and lessons I wish I had learned earlier. I have always been the over achiever who sacrifices too much. I faced the Great Recession through my 20s when trying to kick off a career and now im my 30s had her during the covid pandemic, in extreme isolation, working from home and pining for the opportunities and freedoms I traded for work in the past, believing them too expensive and always planning for the future. Anyway, what a beautiful and wise song. I will dance with my daughter to this on her wedding day, if I get to be so fortunate.
Why wait until her wedding day? Don't put off a beautiful moment for a day that may or may not ever come.
I also named my daughter Vienna! And also a pandemic baby! I wish you all the best!
it’s a wonderful name :) my name is Vienna too
What a pretty name
Vienna Rosalie is such a pretty name
With all this coronavirus going on in this world. I listen to this song for hope and relief. I was told today that everyones hours got cut at work and be working little hours. Barely enough to cover my rent but Idk what might happen later. I'm just hoping I still continue to work and get a paycheck. But besides that, I will overcome. As long I have my health and family that's what matters the most.
The world has changed so much in a matter of weeks. I hope you come out the other side healthy and resume work :)
@@wilmaaherne2040 we all will
Hello everyone, welcome to the meeting of the traumatized children all grown up now realizing how much of their young years were lost to terribly coping with said trauma now that you're an adult you might be a little better than before and you're crying realizing "omg I was so young when that happened" bc you had to grow up so fast so soon and you were also the gifted kid at some point with some topic and you felt like you burned out at some point amidst all the tragedy but never truly loosing ur talent and your finally finding some joy in life bc life did get better (ifykyk) but now you're reflecting
How are you all? Got ur stuffed animals? Got ur water? Snacks good now let's all proceed with our together crying sesh
This comment made me extremely happy, it's nice to see people are going through the same things that you are going through, in the day and age it's extremely hard to feel connected to people but I'm glad that there are moments like this that people can bond of their hard ships in life, so thank you for this :)
Wow never been so heard
Bestie I’m thirteen and raised right
@@miasanwick9827 bestie I said the same thing I was raised by a military brat
Good luck in life seriously ur young you got a whole ass life ahead of you
Teddy bear at the ready
CNN is touting this song as one of Joel's lost masterpieces, saying that it was at risk of being cut from his discography. But that was never the case. Fifty years ago, it got lots of air play, and it was always one of my favorite Joel songs. There was a lot of wisdom in Joel's music.
Fun fact: Out of all the songs he made, this is Billy Joel’s #5 favorite
Do you know the other ones in the top 5?
Stephen Myles sure do!
Top 5 as ranked by Billy himself:
5. Vienna
4. And so it goes
3. You may be right
2. She’s right on time
1. Scenes from an Italian restaurant
God bless 🙏
@@seanreynolds1843 Wow, you really do pretty much have to be Billy Joel to write Vienna, for me the single greatest work of popular music ever recorded, and have *four* other songs that you prefer. That said, I am a massive sucker for And So It Goes and You May Be Right, myself, so it's just awesome to see them on the list (not that the other two aren't great as well).
I recently got out of a mental hospital due to my struggles with extreme anxiety, ptsd, ocd, and depression. In one of the music groups the instructor played this song on guitar and sung, and I just *stared* at the lyrics. I grew up too fast. I’m barely a teen. This song really hits hard, yet for some reason I can’t listen. I can never slow down. Wish everyone on the path I’m on luck, and even if I fall please keep going. 💜
You will not fall!
You made falling impossible when you wrote this :)
You've risen someone, even if it is by a bit it matters and some are not gonna fall which makes you immortal
@@izhan7351 :) I wish that were the case, I appreciate the kind words however
I’ve recently got through inpatient, php and iop. At 18, i’m just a kid really. This year has brought a lot of people into a similar situation. Take it one day, one hour, one minute at a time. We got this. We can make it through this.
Sometimes heavy metals can cause those. You can get them out. I’ve severely helped my metal health issues from medical medium’s info and I felt this urge to tell you just in case there’s a small chance it can help you too
Spent 4 hours everyday this summer training my ass off in hopes to reach my dreams. I’ve done it. I’m going to Vienna. Literally. I promised myself I’d make it somewhere and here I am at an international level. This song just makes me so proud of myself, which is all I really need.
Good luck at the Olympic Hopes Regatta! Cuz you can always use a little luck with the hard work.
Nobody cares.
@@James-if3kc do you just go to this video on new accs to harass people. Seems ur last one got banned since this account is only 3 days old.
@@liasowers4894 Did I talk to you on here before?
@@James-if3kc bruh mate, why did u bring bad vibes here, we don't need ur comment here honestly.
This song hit hard for my 29 year old son when he heard it for the first time, brought tears to his eyes. Been listening to Billy for 40 years, thank you
This is the song of my life. Seriously.
I am only 16, going through a crisis of "where will I be in the future?". In one day I devised a step by step plan of how I will get out of here and become (enter my dream job) only problem is that it wasn't cheep, and no way on earth it was going to happen so I fell into a months load depression.
This song hits me so hard. "Slow down you crazy child!" Will always be what I hear when I freak out again.
Literally same hun. We got this
Leo Ben through*
Haha! Same.
And that question will always be there, but the best we can do is to try to focus on the present
What's your dream job?
I'm 14 and I've never listened to a single Billy's song before, I've only came here cuz a friend told me that this song is amazing and, mate, I couldn't agree more
I’ve known him for 7 of my 12 years here and now I have a love hate relationship with piano man cus it was played at a very close family member’s funeral
I'm 66 and just learned of this song. I wish I'd heard it when it was originally issued. It's written about people like me I don't even remember anything about the 1980's or 1990's because I work obsessed me. Can't go back to do it over again but I hope kids today comprehend the significance of the message. They'll live a happier life.
I came here because.... Billy Joel is One The Greatest Musician of The WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gustavo Garcia YEEESSS
Gustavo Garcia YES HE IS!!!!!!!!!!!
Gustavo Garcia YESSS🎼😎 BEST EVER
*Freddie Mercury left the chat*
Cool
(Here is the lyrics)
(Aqui esta la letra)
(Hier ist der Text)
(هذه هي كلمات)
-Slow down, you crazy child
-You're so ambitious for a juvenile
-But then if you're so smart, tell me why are you still so afraid?
-Where's the fire? What's the hurry about?
-You better cool it off before you burn it out
-You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day
-But you know that when the truth is told
-That you can get what you want or you can just get old
-You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
-When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
-Slow down, you're doing fine
-You can't be everything you wanna be before your time
-Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonight
-Too bad, but it's the life you lead
-You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
-Though you can see when you're wrong
-You know, you can't always see when you're right, you're right
-You've got your passion, you've got your pride
-But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
-Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
-When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
-Slow down, you crazy child
-Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
-It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two
-When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
-You know that when the truth is told
-That you can get what you want or you can just get old?
-You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
-Why don't you realize? Vienna waits for you.
-When will you realize? Vienna waits for you.
thankuu
Lyrics, pff, I can sing this song word from word
My comment was meant as a joke, but I can sing it word from word lmar
Thanks
I need lyrics on wait I've got the darn internet
i'm almost a teenager . i wasted my entire childhood by growing up too fast . i'll never get over it , but at least i have this billy joel song .
Don't worry. Teenagehood is still part of childhood. You're not wasting your time.
you're gonna be okay, champ. You got this too. 32 and still discovering myself. Take your time.
Be happy your childhood is over
slow down your doing fine take the phone off the hook
I did the same. Now I’m 17 and letting myself crack up with my inner child. Mostly by myself since people just don’t know how to treat me after they see my childish side. It’s gonna be ‘A’ okay kid
At 58, looking back, this song captures so perfectly being in your early years, feeling the need to do everything, be everywhere and succeed and 'have a plan' for making it somehow. Seemed easier when I was that age, maybe we had less awareness of the stakes and pressure and uncertainties than now. Didn't really think about a Vienna, just the now. But today, I think of my 20+ year old kids and the pressures they feel about the future, and it makes this song super poignant. I'd say: Take a breath. Take a beat. Relax. Don't beat yourself up. Take a step at a time -- but keep taking steps, and it will work out. Trust and believe in yourself and above all realize that that life is LONG. There are lots of paths up the mountain, some slow and some fast. I was there once with no great plan and stress and many decades later I've seen IRL Vienna (tbh I could happily live there), but it's just the metaphor for a secure future. I so hope it waits, is out there, for my kids and everyone, literally and metaphorically. And maybe even still for myself, in various ways. I think we all do, and always will. I love that someone actually wrote a song that so captures such a common human feeling. F'in Billy Joel! Beautiful, remarkable.
Absolutely love how most of the people here are teenagers coping with life. We are going to get through this and do great wonderful things in the future !
Amen
🙏🙏🙏🙏 I see you love the song ❤
This song hits different when you are almost 30 and feel anxious about not conquering anything yet, every time I hear this song, it makes me wanna cry. Too much pressure.
Then cry - I personally can't help it while listening to this
Same here. I'm 29, but I decided to move in to Germany next year. Although I'm a polyglot and I need a job, I can't find a job. Then there's no working future here in Italy and for someone who's almost 30 years old and should feel fulfilled it's really sad, frustrating and anguished. I keep my fingers crossed.
As a son of immigrant parents I feel the immense self destructive pressure of having to be someone great and making them proud. At times you forget to enjoy looking at the wind play with the grass or the birds taking a bath in a puddle on the ground, the beauty of life isn’t in any other place but only inside of yourself, and when you find it you can go anywhere and be in paradise. First time I heard this, I was holding back tears, it sounded like something I needed at that exact moment. I looked the song up just from the chorus and it had spoken to me. I put so much pressure on myself to the point where I sabotaging my relationships and forgetting the blessings God has given me. Enjoy the gift of life.
help what if i decided to let go for a day and a half but something negative happened because of it? like the only time i decided to rest a bit and that happens, messed me up man
I like your comment
I highly relate- my parents are immigrants who started with nothing but brought themselves up with hard work and determination. I constantly feel the pressure of being the best, most successful version of myself to make my parents proud, but I sometimes forget to do the things that make me proud. As others have said- this song hits different when you're depressed, lonely, and disappointed.
Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart tell me
Why are you still so afraid? (mmmmm)
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only
So many hours in a day (Ay)
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (Oooh)
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight (tonight)
Too bad, but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong
You know you can't always see when you're right (you're right)
You got your passion, you got your pride
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true (Oooh)
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two (oooh)
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
And you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (oooh)
Why don't you realize, Vienna waits for you?
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
❤❤❤❤
Vienna= calm, paradise, the moment where you can relax, where you finally meet everyone’s needs, your own needs💕
To me this song represents we will get to what ever Vienna is in our own time. Be gentle with ourselves.
Vienna is a wonderful city btw, would recommend visiting/living
Its been forever since I heard this song, all I can remember is my dad singing it in our house when we would have karaoke night.
I couldn't stop crying because it felt like my dad was singing it to me right now. Everything in my life has been going so fast for me, I just feel so overwhelmed. I miss you, dad.
He’s with you ❤️
❤❤
A few lines in this song turned out to be so relatable that I went, "OH SHIT" out loud.
absolutely true like i stopped everything and just sat for a while, listening and digesting the lyrics
when I was addicted to Meth for many years this song made me feel a nice reminder to quit. I have been sober since 2018. "You know when your wrong but you cant always see when you are right.."
This was the first song I listened to when I travelled solo for the first time. I remember I was smoking a cigarette outside the apartment I was staying at with a bunch of people I had only just met. I felt as if this song was a message from my future self who either knew what she wanted to do with her life, or was at peace with not knowing. A vision of that self emerged in the screen of my mind, and all I could see was a courageous, compassionate woman at peace. However knowing, that as she was guiding me, I was the one giving life to her, birthing her at that exact moment. It hasn't been so long since that night, but out of all my past selves, that brave girl on her first night of solo travelling, anticipating how that trip will unravel, is the one I will miss the most.
Life can be a mystery but I'm sure you're heading in the right direction!
I'm solo traveling out of the country for the first time next week, coincidentally to Vienna. I'm really scared, but your comment makes me feel like it'll be okay.
@@maliamaynard5879 I'm so excited for you, and so happy I could make you feel even a bit safer! Keep an open heart, take care of yourself, and remember that feeling scared is the first stepping stone for your courage and bravery to manifest
beautiful story, thank u for sharing
Hi there fellow solo traveller! Enjoying the decisions you've made and not thinking about what others might think is just so satisfying and liberating! I started solo travelling when I couldnt get my friends to travel w/ me cause they have kids. Now that I have a kid of my own, I still dream to travel solo soon even if it's not faraway...and bringing my toddler with me as i'm a solo parent.
Met lots of solo travellers that somehow didnt know what to do next in life & we've all been there, and we can still laugh it off