THIS SHOULD BE ON BROADWAY!! | "Scenes From an Italian Restraunt" BY Billy Joel
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Maybe 30 years or more ago I was in an Italian restaurant in the Hamptons on a cold ,rainy weekday March night .I was meeting with the owner to sample him on a bunch of wines to put on his wine list for the coming summer season .There was only one couple in the restaurant,sitting over by the window . When I started pulling the corks on the wine the owner said " Would you mind if I invited the couple over there to join us in the tasting ? They're regulars here and I would like to put some wines they pick out on the list " I said I thought that was a good idea , so he invited them over . They tasted through the wines with us and picked out several which they liked .The couple was Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley
amazing!
When I was in high school, my drama club took a trip to New York to spend a week seeing plays. We went to see a new off-Broadway play that was getting lots of buzz - Little Shop of Horrors. I was in the ladies room during intermission and ended up chatting with this beautiful statuesque woman about how terrific the actors/singers were. Afterward, we ran into each other again outside on the sidewalk and we were gushing about the terrific ending when all the vines fell from the ceiling and landed on the audience, scaring the hell out of us. She was with a guy and I was thinking she was really out of his league (not very generous of me). As they were saying goodbye and getting into a black car that had just pulled up, a man jumped in front of them and said “Mr. Joel, Ms. Brinkley, Rolling Stone” and snapped their picture. That’s how I got my picture in Rolling Stone….standing in the background with my mouth gaping wide open.
WOW😮😮😮😮😮 what an honor To sit with a couple unknown who they were and for the honor the restaurant owner to cherish their opinions and choices. WOW😮😮
@@user-mq7ih5yf7x I realized who they were when they joined us. I spent 42 years in the quality wine business in New York , so I was often in the best restaurants , sometimes selling , sometimes dining . where it wasn't unusual at all to see celebrities .
He actually saves the first 2 rows at all his concerts and at some point before the show starts, he has his staff go and pick random people from the back rows to come to the front. He does this because he wants people who are truly fans who otherwise could never afford front row tickets to have an amazing experience. Plus, historically, the first 2 rows were usually sold by scalpers for way too much money to people who didn't really appreciate it. He truly is a peoples artist.
Garth Brooks does the same!
He has a residency at MSG since 2014. Once a month. He has sold out 100 consecutive shows. I've been to 9 of them. All the same section. I'd say about 1/4 of the section did what I did. So we see each from time to time. You see couples, parents with their kids ,friends. We have our arms around one another. Everybody is singing along together. We all know the words. The atmosphere is incredible! There is such joy in the air! It's really remarkable!
Billy is 74 and has been playing 1 concert a month at Madison Sq Garden for the past several years! He's ending his tenure there this summer after a hundred shows or so, but will continue to play intermittently around the country. He recently played in Tokyo. Lately he's double-billing with other artists like Stevie Nicks, Sting, and Rod Stewart. You should definitely go see him if you can! Btw, the woman with the spectacular fro is Crystal Taliefero, she's been with the band since around 1990 -- she's a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist; and Mark Rivera the sax player (also multi-instrumentalist) has been with him since the '80s. Both incredible assets to his live performances.
I saw him with Elton: 2 pianos tour. Incredible.
@@karensilvera6694me too… back in the early 2000’s. That was an awesome show.
Billy admitted this was originally three different song ideas at one point. Brilliant songwriting!
I read where the record company was pressuring him to put out an album so he combined three songs into one.
Is t it funny the same exact thing happened with Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody ❤❤❤
GOODNIGHT SIAGNON really needs to be on your list!!! It's about Vietnam and he has veterans on stage singing the chorus at every concert!! Lyrics are Bars and so raw!!!
When I saw him sing this in concert one time, he had a group of vocalists helping on the song. They were all Vietnam vets in uniform. Not a dry eye in the stadium.
@@greendragonpublishingit’s a good song on its own but that some added impact.
He invited First Responders from 9/11 to his concerts.
makes me cry every time I listen and watching the video ... 💔💔💔
Movin Out was a Broadway play using Billy Joel’s songs. It follows the life of Brenda and Eddie. It was choreographed by Twyla Tharp and is more like a very acrobatic ballet. I loved it.
I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing.
Was it really in 2002 I saw this? Goddamn, I’m old!
It was great lasted a few years on Broadway
Movin Out was absolutely amazing. Saw it in Birmingham, AL back in the day. (2007)
And that was a soprano saxophone (straight light a clarinet….or oboe)
Billie's performance of this tune at his Long Island Concert in 1982, which is on CZcams, was a lot better because he didn't ridiculously rush the lyrics as he does in this performance. That was 42 years ago & he has the same saxophone player in both performances, which is a good thing. That 1982 concert was one of the best concerts of all time. BRITT SHOULD WATCH IT in its entirety.
I put that in the comments after her first reaction to Billy Joel…Oh well…at least we got the same sex I mean sax player. 😂😂😂 his voice, being at an older age, he’s singing in a lower key which also takes away from the original.
Bippity boppity
Yup blows this away I wish she would do songs with him in his prime
1982. Was that the nylon curtain tour? I saw that, if it was.
It's so funny! I was watching and actually thinking Mark Riveria has played this song with Billy for 42 years since "Live from Long Island, 1982"😂
Two theories on this song. The first is that this is a couple meeting for dinner after a long time, and reminiscing about their teen years, and specifically remembering Brenda and Eddie. the second is that the couple IS Brenda and Eddie. Always been my favorite Billy Joel song since it came out. The song is actually a combination of two or three songs Billy was writing. The line "whatever kind of mood you're in tonight" was an actual waiter's comment to Billy at a restaurant.
I have two more theories. Since the title starts with “Scenes” (plural) it’s either picking up on conversations at different tables or it’s picking up on the same couple meeting there for dinner on multiple occasions. The beauty of the writing is that it’s open to interpretation so everyone is right.
It’s both. They are Brenda and Eddie reminiscing.
I’ve always thought it was old friends catching up after not seeing each other for years. You’re looking great after so much time….do you remember the fun we had as teenagers?….Whatever happened to Brenda and Eddie?
@@WBCROI think this is the one that makes the most sense. Its a couple discussing various 'scenes.' But it could also be from the point of view of a 3rd person, such as a waiter, going to a different story at each table.
Remember when this came out. my buds and me quickly learned the words and took turns singing the verses. Teenage years and memories fit the song. Love it when a song does that.
Please watch Billy Joel’s New York state of mind, at the old gray whistle test
When you've written a song that's also been recorded by Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey Oleta Adams and Tony Bennett - as well as the Muppets - You KNOW you've written a great American classic!.
Yes please! Great call! That is a fantastic performance. I think I'm gonna watch it right after this. Thanks for that.
Absolutely Amazing!
The Saxophonist was part of Joel's trademark sound. A partnership. He was doubling on Clarinet. Tickling the Ivories. Billy was about 59 years old here, and kicked butt.
He's playing different saxophones. That's a Soprano Saxophone.
it is for certain, a clarinet. not a soprano saxophone. you should refrain from correcting people when you arent sure or dont know. i promise that is a clarinet, and if you dont believe me, you can look it up. while a soprano sax is about the same size as a clarinet, and pitched the same, they dont look the same at all, and sound similar but not identical. the confusing thing isnt that someone might GUESS thats a soprano sax, but that they would feel certain enough to falsely correct a statement from someone else.@@tjj300
he used phil woods on reeds for recodings, but didnt tour with him.(that isnt him here) so im not sure what you are calling a partnership.
Mark Rivera on saxophone
@@ice-iu3vv Not trying to be a dick here but Phil Woods only ever played on one song on a Billy Joel recording and that was on alto saxophone in 1977 on Just the Way You Are on Billy's Album, The Stranger.
Richie Cannata played organ, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute, tuba on the same album, having joined Billy's band in 1975 and leaving in 1981. Mark Rivera is playing saxophone during this performance and having joined Billy's band in 1982 he is still with him today.
Mark is currently the longest serving member of Billy's band and the only band member still with him from the days of the Live From Long Island show.
Billy's favorite song to perform. Two more great songs live are Goodnight Saigon and Allentown.
You can actually find videos of him talking to a small audience explaining a lot of his songs. I could be wrong but I thought he said he had these different stories & wasn't sure what to do with them so he made them into one song. In my opinion, his writing is unmatched. He writes so many genres & if you don't recognize his voice, you might never know it's him. He also has always said he's not a singer.
Seeing him perform live is such an incredible experience
The rabbit whole of billy Joel is immense,you haven't even scratched the surface. Been listening to him for48 years. Started listening while my mom played his albums,folded clothes and I built Legos on the floor. Truly one of the best
It was recently announced that Billy will release his first new single in nearly 20 years on Feb. 1.
😮😮😮
So far, I can just get a teaser, a few notes at the beginning. I can't wait!
Wow! He said he was done with pop song writing. Thanks for posting.
Love Billy Joel and pretty much anything he made, but this and New York State of Mind... just beautiful.
Tickle the ivories!😊
My favorite Billy Joel song is "This Night" co-wrote with L.V. Beethoven. Also love "Innocent Man", "Longest Time", "Keeping the Faith", "She's Always a Woman", "My Life". There are so many to choose from, once while on a 5 hour drive was listening to the Billy Joel channel on Sirius and never heard the same song twice and all were good.
The scenes in your mind are endless. That’s the magic of music and one reason I’m glad I grew up pre video.
Yes! Especially with so many great storytellers in the sixties and seventies. Lyrics are often open to interpretation and therefore more people can personalize and identify with them.
This live version is from his concert in 2008 called the Last Play at Shea. The two shows were played on July 16th and 18th and were the last concerts played at Shea Stadium in Flushing, NY before they demolished the stadium at the end of the Mets season that year. Citifield was opened the following spring.
The badge he's wearing was the Wells Fargo badge worn by Ringo Starr when The Beatles played Shea Stadium in 1965.
Many guest musicians came out to play with Billy during those two shows including Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, Roger Daltrey and John Mayer. But at the end of the second show Sir Paul McCartney hit the stage and the stadium just erupted!! They played the Beatles classic "I Saw Her Standing There" together and it was magic. Billy played the song this reaction is about and "Piano Man" before stepping aside and allowing Sir Paul to close the show, and the concert life of Shea Stadium, with the iconic song "Let It Be'. If memory serves, it was Billy who said that it was only fitting that McCartney close the show because he was the one who played the first concert ever at Shea Stadium with The Beatles in 1965. That fact wasn't lost on every native New Yorker who grew up in the shadow of that stadium, myself included.
I was there on the night of July 16th, 2008 and watched this performance as it happened. I had never seen Paul McCartney live and this was a show I'll never forget. What a way to commemorate the final show in a beloved stadium.
So glad you enjoyed it #BrittReacts ☺☺
And, conversely, a few years ago, at the new Citifield Stadium, at a Paul McCartney concert, the guest appearance was... Billy Joel! We were so thrilled to see both icons perform together. It was magical!
@@lindazee I was there for that as well. What a show!!
Absolutely wonderful! Even the rain during the beginining didn't dampen our spirits!
He does still play live and he is still amazing
Billy Joel said that his top 5 songs of his were:
1. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant.
2. She's Right On Time
3. You May Be Right
4. And So It Goes
5. Vienna
Hard to argue!!😂😂
#6 has gotta be AN INNOCENT MAN from the album of the same name, which is sadly overlooked.
I loved his Alec Baldwin interview where he pulled "Where's The Orchestra" out of the satchel when asked what he thought was an underrated gem he was proud of.
An iconic top five. I’d try to find room for Honesty. So many outstanding songs to pick.
Greatest songwriter of all time in my opinion.
This is a spectacular live version! The horns in particular are stunning . As Joel has aged his voice has deepened but he has retained the passion and fire. One of the great artists in the history of music.
Billy Joel and Elton John did a tour together in 1992.
I was there. Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ. They blew the proverbial roof off the place
That isn't a song...it's four songs glued together. And you're right, Britt...all his songs tell stories. Here's another word for Billy Joel: genius.
As a girl born in Long Island, you should be instilled with Billy Joel!!!
Yeah, she should be mainlining the stuff :P
Is that "LonG island....with a G"?
@@maybedrinkin3241 LOL, not necessarily. I grew up there, I don't say it that way. I did listen to Billy Joel before he got super famous, though.
@@Historian212 Haha, I just had to ask. I had a good friend from Long Island and he always said it that way when someone asked where he was from. Saying you were from there brought back good memories. He had a lot o' flava, that guy.
Born in Long Island possibly after Billy Joel stopped putting out new music, or at least she will have been very young when he did.
I like this version a lot. I think he has an official video that goes along with the song. Anything he does is worth taking the time to go see. He is still performing. We are the same age and he must get a lot of energy from the show. I'm exhausted just listening to his songs. Another artist that you should check out is Joe Cocker. He has a video of his cover of Randy Newmans song "You can leave your hat on". I know you will enjoy it.
"Tickle the ivories" is the phrase. Great reactions, love it.
Okay one last time: 'James' , 'Honesty' , 'She's always a woman to me'. Those are the ones you will love
And I will add New York state of Mind
This song came out on his incredible album, The Stranger. It dropped in 1977, when i was in high school, and I've been hearing the ill-fated story of Brenda & Eddie ever since. So yeah, experiencing him performing it live would be a life experience. While I enjoy this version, he's not in as good a voice as he was coming up on 50 years ago, so it might have been harder to catch all of the lyrics, but truly an epic song.
I've always said that Billy Joel feels like he writes music because he has something to say, not just because his contract says that it's time to
The man is incredible! You still have to react to "We Didn;t Start the Fire" for a taste of Billy the history teacher! It may be his most genius composition yet.
Yes! The VIDEO
This is the one I suggest all the time.
tickling the ivory = playing the keyboard
Cool guy too. Worked security at a small college in the 70's... Sat 10 feet away from him performing. During setup we smoked with him. Shot the shit. Great person.
He wrote these songs a long time ago but he still sounds just as good now as he did when he wrote them.
Billy Joel is the Prince of Madison Square Garden, now that Shea Stadium has shut down. If you are in New York, you'll eventually see him. And yes, his concerts are incredible.
👍🏻
" NEW YORK STATE OF MIND "
" YOU MAY BE RIGHT"
Keep up the good work 👍
Live concert video 💯
My favorite Joel song of all time!! Now go listen to the studio version on your own time with the lyrics. You'll understand what happened to Brenda & Eddie.
I bought my Mom & her niece concert tix to Billy Joel & Elton John in Vegas about 20 years ago. She said it was the best she's ever seen. She had her 80th birthday last weekend.
Billy has made few changes to his band over the last 30+ years. They are outstanding and all solid musicians. The two you mentioned Mark Rivera on the sax and Crystal Taliefero on percussion are both simply amazing. I have been lucky to see him in concert on more than one occasion and he never disappoints.
I was at this concert in 2008 at Shea Stadium. Last concert there. It was amazing, but it was also very hot and humid. Everyone was sweating like crazy. I’ve seen him about 15 times, most recently in Minneapolis just two months ago. He’s still got it. Going to see him at The Garden in NYC in April and in Denver in July. He’s the best!! Check out the song And So it Goes.
I was there, too. It may have been hot and humid but I wouldn't trade the experience of this show (and McCartney showing up) for anything.
I went the following year to the first concert at Citifield. Of course, it was McCartney and the show was amazing
@@karlbelzjr5555 You are absolutely right. Wouldn’t trade it in for anything. Best concert ever!!
My one word for Billy Joel, "CLASSIC!!"
Two words: “TOP TIER!”
It’s hard to put into words but once you start it’s hard to stop.
Billy Joel is fantastic artist. Expert musician who writes songs with great lyrics. For another side of him try "Only The Good Die Young" "You May Be Right" "Big Shot" "My Life"
I tell you…..I’m getting so excited to see these Billy Joel reactions coming up on your channel. RIVER OF DREAMS is a great one, with a different kinda reggae vibe. Movin Out (Anthony’s song) is a great one as well.
“AND SO IT GOES” is soooo tender and beautiful.
An Innocent Man…great!
Keeping’ The Faith…wow! 😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
River of Dreams is more gospel than reggae, although one of Billy's lesser known songs called All You Wanna Do is Dance has a reggae sound to it.
The o Italian restaurant he is referring about is one that was located in Syosset, which is on Long Island. The restaurant unfortunately closed down about 10-15 years ago.
This has always been a top favorite of mine, along with "Only the good die young".❤ It has been said that he never graduated from school, but received an honorary diploma.
❤️🔥 this song is an epic journey. Saw him live and the band was phenomenal ❤️🔥
Come to New York and SEE HIM RIGHT NOW. I live in Long Island, we all still love seeing him live
It’s clear.
Keep the train CHOOCHOO’in
Long live Billy the Joel ❤️
You need to do a review of his new song that comes out in a few weeks. First one he’s written in almost two decades.
My wife bought tickets for my birthday to see him at MSG in June. Can't wait to see him.
“We Didn’t Start the Fire” the video!!!!! PLEASE
Loved Billy Joel. He was great in concert!
Your reviews, like Billy Joel and his songs, are phenomenal. This was part of The Last Play at Shea. You should review the last two songs from this concert. He brings on a very special guest. In fact, this guest and his band, not only was the first group to perform at Shea, but they were the first group to perform stadium concerts.
Remember, when you watch almost any performer in concert 40+ years after the original song was released it’s going to sound much different. Voice changes. Some of the musicians change. You definitely need to listen to a different version of this. He was obviously rushing through the song. Kinda seemed a bit winded at times. Check out the studio version also..& of “Just The Way You Are”. & The “Piano Man” official video. You need to check out the version closer to the original release time, 30-40 years later is not the same.
Now I hope you do New York State of Mind - going back to young Billy Joel. There's a live performance from 1978 on a British show called The Old Grey Whistle Test. You will love him even more.
Yes!!!👍🏻 🔥🔥🔥
Yes!!!
Very theatrical! This could easily be adapted into a Broadway show.
Billy is truly a genius songwriter, pianist, performer, lyricist, showman and gifted artist. I saw him many years ago live in an outdoor arena, in the afternoon/evening on a warm summer, Melbourne Australian day. The whole show was amazing, but the standout song was "Goodnight Saigon". The sound of the choppers sounded so real, and it is a song that is so meaningful and moving. He is able to do anything. Please keep up your rabbit hole journey on Billy (it's a huge hole to be explored)
The expression is "Tickling the Ivories" because piano keys were used to be made of ivory. Yes, Billy Joel is touring right now with Stevie Nicks or Sting. Get on that Billy Joel train and check to see if he is coming to a city near you! If you haven't already checkout Stevie Nicks or Sting, react to their music. 😎
I last saw Billy live at Fenway Park in 2014. He was amazing. During the performance of this song, the other musicians brought out a table with a checkered tablecloth and shared some wine during the opening of the song.
I can't see so I'm not positive but this might be the last play at Shea, the Stadium that hosted the NY mets and was torn down after Billy was given the honor of closing it out.
I didn’t know that. What a great send off for a stadium that held so many memories for so many people!
I think you’re right.
Paul McCartney actually closed the show. I was there. The entire stadium went wild when he hit the stage and he played "I Saw Her Standing There" with Billy. One of the best concerts I've ever been to
The 1st time I saw Billy Joel live, I was so excited when this song started because it’s my fav song of his and I remember thinking it’s crazy how much better it sounded live!! At one point durning the sax solo I remember thinking I can feel the saxophone, the sound was incredible & then I turned my head away from the stage for a moment and realized the sax player was playing right next to me in the aisle! A moment I will treasure forever
One of my favorites by Billy....the joy of sax..lol...what a prolific songwriter and keyboard player.love your reaction by the way.
You really should FIND A CONCERT AND GO…MAKE IT HAPPEN, Girl…I’m not sure he’s still touring, but if I had a chance I’d go to one. It would be something you would never forget. 😊❤
He is still touring and is coming back here in the UK in the summer, playing Cardiff in Wales.
He's doing stadium tour with Sting
12:40 "Baby-making music, y'all." Britt, you absolutely crack me up!
Growing up a piano player, I fell in love with Billy’s music in college. I’m overjoyed reliving that journey - watching you absorb and experience his music.
Try this song when he is younger much much better.
YESS!! Finally someone is reacting to the ultimate Billy Joel CLASSIC 🥂🩷🌷🩷🥂🌹🗽
Billy Joel is America's soundtrack and the artist for the people. Britt is the reactor for the people! Thanks for what you do here, Britt, love your channel! Before you are done with Billy don't miss "Until The Night" and "An Innocent Man" among the many other treasures waiting for you to open and enjoy!
Lol, I remember this same question from before and I know that I did respond by saying that the traditional phrase for that is to "tickle the ivories" ...
Older lives were better but this is still awesome. William Joelseph is a real one
Saw him in concert at the Forum in Inglewood many many years ago. At one point in the show he made that 18,000 seat venue feel like a small piano bar. No pun intended. A mast showman.
Someone else commented that the saxophonist switched to a clarinet. That perfusion was close. It is a soprano saxophone
tickling the ivories-piano keys used to be made of ivory.
I commented on that in the previous video where she couldn’t remember the phrase! I don’t know that mine was the comment she referred to or if someone else also said it.
Gotta do ‘New York state of mind’. Billy is amazing.
This is my favourite Billy Joel song and I’ve watched interviews in which he said it’s his favourite/ best too. I remember hearing it for the first time on my little car cassette player. I was driving home from buying his “The Stranger” tape cassette and “Scenes” blew my mind! I pulled into the driveway and had to rewind it. Actually, the player could only fast forward tapes, so I flipped the tape, ff’d it, flipped it and THEN listened to it a second time sitting in the driveway of my parents’ home. You get something extra from music when you just listen to it without any visual cues distracting you. It’s a beautifully evocative, jazzy, mini musical journey. I would encourage you to listen to his original studio version.
Need to do Vienna or Only The Good Die Young
Billy is a local Long Island Legend!
In many of his older songs, Long Islanders can tell you which local spot he's singing about.
I was in my tweens when I was introduced to his brilliance. A town over from where Billy grew up. Fun rabbit hole to go into!
Some artists just exude music from every ounce of their being, it's electric and crazy to see in person... They have IT. Elton John is another musician who has that effect.
I still think it's funny that the thing Billy loved when touring with Elton is that Elton would play Piano Man, which made Billy happy because he said it was a boring song for him.
Billy is absolutely fantastic. Amazing musician and better songwriter/ storyteller. The emotion he brings to his songs is maybe and I say MAYBE second only to the Beatles
This piece is actually a combination of several unfinished songs that he combined into one piece.
Supposedly he had an album obligation but not enough finished songs. So he took inspiration from The Beatles' "A day in the life" which was also a medley of unfinished material.
I took my future wife to see Billy in Hershey, PA in 1990. We went as co-worker/friends, but realized a few months later there was more, and that was over 30 years ago. It was a great night and we got a chance to see him one more time several years later. I am hoping to see him one more time. We shall see.
Saw him in the 80's in Philly, then again in the mid 2000's and the man hasn't lost a thing.
Funny story: I was at a party in the '80's and a group of hard-core, outlaw looking bikers showed up. There was some hard-rock playing on the stereo (I think it was Ozzie & Black Sabbath) and one of the bikers comes over to look at all the available music, pulls out an 8-track tape and says, "Now let's listen to something REALLY good". Well I sure wasn't going to argue with him, lol. I was completely stunned when he popped in the tape and Billie Joel came out of the speakers.
He was right. I dont care who you are --that's good stuff right there! 😊
Billy is unique. He is a classically schooled pianist, poet, songwriter, composer, singer and a free spirit. Then you get his. He was asked why he had put 3 songs together. But he had them so he made them to a rhapsody. There is more for you to explore.
And the instrument is a clarinet.
I have seen Billy in concert 5 x!! Every one was better than the one before! And yes he is still touring! And just came out with the first new song in 17 years! He stopped writing songs with lyrics and just started writing for himself.
The tenor saxophone. Alto saxophone and soprano saxophone is great, too, but the growling tenor is fantastic! He’s got a soprano sax in this song.
His "Always a Woman" would blow you away.
I'm riding with you, Britt! I was head over heals. I was born in '66, and we definitely had THE music.
I got to see Billy perform at the Hartford Civic Center in 2006, and it was absolutely incredible. I don't know if he's still touring, but if you have the chance to see him, do anything you can to do so.
The original version on the album "The Stranger" is an amazing album cut. He was probably 27 years hold when he wrote this. That song made me fall in love with the piano and teach myself how to play, and work as a musician for 25+ years. I love seeing reactions to this song. It brings me back to my youth.
Also, I am a saxophone player. Wink, wink!! HA!
after 30 years of touring this country for a living, NYC was about the last I ever wanted to go. Billy Joel's music could make me forget what a cesspool that city was, until I started across the GWB.
You have to do "Goodnight Saigon" totally different vibe especially live version. Tears, crying, tissues.
Also critics always tore him apart and he would read there comments on stage then tear them up especially after he was inducted into The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame!!
You really should see him live, he does one show a month at Madison Square Garden. He does a couple of other cities too. It is worth the wait on waiting list. Life changing concert. Everyone sings to all his popular songs. Piano man at his concert is unbelievable and you need to get your ass to his concert.
Most of his band have been with him for 30 years or more. The sax player (who was also playing clarinet, and can play other instruments as well) is Mark Rivera and has been with him since the early 80s or so.
He is surely one of the best ever. So sad I did not see him live.
Tickle the ivories, not the keys.
BTW - there is a video that shows an animation of what he's singing, and it makes everything so much clearer. The entire song is about Brenda and Eddie, current to past, then back to current
I went to one of his concerts a couple of decades back, and it was incredible. He did, like, six encores, one of which he had to pass out music to his band because it had been so long since they played the song (sorry, I forget which). So it went on for well over two hours, and we all left thinking it was the most incredible concert ever. I heard from a friend who lived in a city about two hours down the highway who went to the Billy Joel concert a day or two after that, and heard that Billy didn't consider the concert I saw to be all that exciting. If so, I can't imagine what counts as an exciting concert for him.
Bily Joel just became the top artist to perform at Madison Square Gardens. He has performed concerts for a record 116 times. He is not so much a singer-songwriter as he is a force of nature.
I saw Billy live for the first time in Houston, TX, in 1987. I was already a fan, but at that point in my young life, there were so many of his songs that I simply did not know. The one that blew me away that night was Angry Young Man. I had never seen or heard a piano played with that type of ferocity. You should definitely check out a live version of that song ,preferably when he was an angrier, younger man.
Billy Joel is the perfect combination of storyteller, poet and musician. I don't believe there's a song of his, across all of his many albums that I don't like. At a time where artists were lucky to have one or two hits on an album, Joel was cranking out four or five per. Dude's the GOAT.
If you’re in the Billy Joel “train” you might as well do “A New York State of Mind” from the Grey Whistle show.