Billy Joel is a good singer / songwriter. Piano Man and the Stranger albums sum him up well. Great lyricist.
Who is the Millenial version of Billy Joel?
Satanic? LOL! No, Hillary is Satanic. Joel just plays a piano.
I saw him last year at Tokyo Dome. It was an extremely boring gig.
I respect his musicianship a lot, but the show was dull as heck. I miss his 70s and 80s work. I wish him well.
I lost a lot of respect for Billy, because he did his long-time band dirty, especially Libery DeVitto.
Billy owed much of his success to having a kick-ass live band.
There’s a market for these 60s/70s acts because the music from the mid 80’s on can’t hold a candle to those hundreds of great acts. But clearly age is catching up which is why I go to as many as possible knowing it may be the last. Case in point, I’ve seen Steely Dan 4-5 times and I believe the second to the last time was with Walter Becker, and the last without.
I always liked him. Thought his end of the Cold War stuff was great. I wish him well.
He is a gifted musician.
Favorites:
‘She’s Got a Way’
‘Piano Man’
‘The Ballad of Billy the Kid’
‘New York State of Mind’
‘I’ve Loved These Days’
Every track on ‘The Stranger’
Every track on ‘52nd Street’
‘Allentown’
‘Goodnight Saigon’
‘An Innocent Man’
‘The Downeaster Alexa’
Saw him live in 1990 and 1996.He was excellent both times. Not sure why people would pay to see these guys in their late 70’s. That includes The Rolling Stones, ACDC, and all the other geezer bands. Time to hang it up