Now, about Billy Joel. Remember him? He goes to extremes. Read the full post.
Jan 31
2007
09:38 PM ET
Billy Joel re-starts the fire
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The very first “grown-up” album (I am dating myself with that term) I ever bought with my own money was Billy’s “52nd Street.” I was 10.
I like his stuff from the 70s, and can tolerate his stuff from the 80s. Who knows – this could actually be a gfood thing!
Ditto on Melanie’s comment! I’m a jerzey girl who grew up loving Billy Joel, and look forward to some new tunes!!!
Dude, Ilike Billy Joel, but if you think this song has a chance on top 40 radio, you are dreaming. He’ll have to go the Rod Stewart route….
I second the comment. BJ’s from Nassau, idiot.
Billy is still fantastic in concert, I look forward to the new song. And yes, I’m from Long Island, Hungington to be exact.
I will always have fondness for him, but this song is just…sleepy.
This song is anything but sleepy. It has a lot of bite to it. If you were expecting another “Uptown Girl” or “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me” then you are pretty shallow. While these and most of his others are great songs, once again Mr Joel has given us something different once again. Ok, it does have that Sinatra sound but while I love Linda Ronstadt Carly Simon, Natalie Cole & Rod Stewart covering the standards, Billy gives us an original. No cover here. The guy is a genious. His songs will be played on the radio for years to come. The timing of this release is a bit too coincidental. I recently met the girl I’m going to marry and Billy Joel, my favorite artist, writes his first pop song in 14 years and it describes my life to a “T”. I’m sure many other men feel the same way. Billy Joel is simply one of the last of the great singer/songwriters. Elton John, another great, never wrote a song in his life. He writes the music and Bernie Taupin writes the lyrics. Billy does both.
Quote: “It’s a rule with Billy, every wife gets a song. Uptown Girl was for Christie Brinklie and Just the Way You Are was for wife #1.”
Close, but no cigar — Just the Way You Are was written about a fling of his, not his first wife. He’s said he doesn’t like performing because the love he said would last “forever” in the song lasted “about two weeks.”
HOWEVER, he did write a song about his first wife, and that is “You’re My Home” off of his first album. That was his anniversary gift to her because he couldn’t afford anything else.
And, not only is Uptown Girl about Brinkley, but pretty much that entire album, An Innocent Man. There’s even a song on it called “Christie Lee.”
Billy is still fantastic in concert,
I look forward to the new song. And yes, I’m from Long Island, Hungington to be exact.
I love that he has so many different styles in his music.