I was never really a fan of Joel, but I REALLY liked the song “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant”.
However the article is ludicrous on the face of it. Billy Joel is very talented. He is a good songwriter, good musician and good singer. He isn’t as good as Frank Sinatra, but few are.
He’s better than most lead singers in popular rock bands from the last several decades. I don’t buy the articles argument one iota. Billy Joel must’ve gotten his sister pregnant.
The author merely proves the phrase: Art is subjective.
I think it also illustrates that thing about people despising excellence and talent.
Joel isn’t really a vocalist. He’s a songwriter who happens to sing. Sinatra wasn’t a songwriter. He was a vocalist who actually recorded a Joel composition (Just the Way Are).