While I’m not much of a Bill Joel fan, though I did go to one of his concerts many years ago (late 70s, early 80s), and thought that he was a fantastic performer.
This is the sort of dreck I’d expect from “slate.” There is FAR worse pop music out there than Billy Joel’s. The fact that the writer is making a big deal of it is simply to try to tie his fame to a famous name, especially someone in a downward slide of addiction. This writer is doing nothing more than trying to use Billy Joel as a “step up” is his pitiful excuse for a career.
Mark
Joel was one of the few contemporary songwriters to bypass ‘image’ and ‘cool’ and write songs the old fashioned way with traditional pre-Rock song structures and melodies. Pompous rock critics have been having at him for decades but the songs aren’t going away.