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Billy Joel's daughter overdoses, in hospital
The New York Post ^ | 12-5-09

Posted on 12/05/2009 1:42:47 PM PST by Justaham

Billy Joel’s 23-year-old daughter was rushed to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan today after allegedly ingesting a large number of sleeping pills in what police consider a suicide attempt, The Post has learned.

Medics were called to Alexa Ray Joel’s apartment at 19 Bethune St. apartment in the West Village at approximately 12:21 p.m. this afternoon, sources told The Post. The 911 call came from a roommate who reported that Joel had taken too many sleeping pills, sources said.

Joel was conscious at St. Vincent’s Hospital, and is expected to survive. Joel is the only daughter of piano man Billy Joel and his supermodel wife, Christie Brinkley. Brinkley and Joel married in 1984, and divorced in 1994.

A prolific songwriter since her young teens, Alexa Joel is also a talented pianist and singer. She’s among several celebrities scheduled to appear in a tree-lighting ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange this Thursday.




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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: alexajoel; billyjoel
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To: Borges

How did you ocme up with thinking I was referring to HIM? What I said was (I think) pretty clear: “I’ve come to see Brinkley as despicable.” Someone else posted about his being insufferable even before he gained fame and fortune.

So, is it any wonder their adult child would be messed up, suicidal even? Alexa Joel may have had all the bling a kid could want, but she got the short end of parenting. So I would wish for her some inner peace and maybe finding a new fulfilling direction in her life. This near-miss suicide could be the best thing that ever happened to her. Ya just never know.


101 posted on 12/05/2009 11:20:15 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA
"So now it sounds like her dad is, too"

If it's a misunderstanding my apologies.
102 posted on 12/05/2009 11:26:24 PM PST by Borges
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To: Justaham
Sing us a song, you're the Bananaman
Sing us a song or fight,
For we're in the mood for some Mexican food,
And you've got us feeling uptight.
103 posted on 12/05/2009 11:30:36 PM PST by stboz
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

It’s the song equivalent of teen sex comedy like ‘American Pie’.


104 posted on 12/06/2009 8:23:04 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges
It’s the song equivalent of teen sex comedy like ‘American Pie’.

You like swimming in the cultural sewer don't you?

Terrible taste in music and terrible taste in movies.

105 posted on 12/06/2009 8:54:33 AM PST by grand wazoo
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To: grand wazoo

Keep up with the baseless aspersions. It makes your points all the stronger.


106 posted on 12/06/2009 5:50:11 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Only the Good Die Young is one of my favorite songs (and I’m a practicing Catholic, heh).


107 posted on 12/06/2009 5:56:06 PM PST by Twink
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To: Twink

You must be a bigot! /sarc


108 posted on 12/06/2009 6:10:04 PM PST by Borges
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To: Twink

I know what my screen name means. Do you know what Twink means? Do a google video search with the safe search off.


109 posted on 12/06/2009 6:57:14 PM PST by grand wazoo
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To: Borges
Either a self-loathing Catholic or someone that doesn't understand their faith.

It doesn't change the fact that you are a bigot without the guts to admit it. I posted the lyrics. Anyone with a brain can see they are full of bigotry. I also read a blurb in Wikipedia where BJ discusses the song and says "the point of the song wasn't so much anti-Catholic as pro-lust." Meaning that the song was anti-Catholic, it just wasn't the main point of the song. Your previous explanation is probably total fiction. If it's not, attach a link to the interview.

You can fool some of the people some of the time, but the rest of us know what you are.

110 posted on 12/06/2009 7:07:40 PM PST by grand wazoo
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To: grand wazoo

At this point you’re just trolling this thread and hassling me but I’ll play along...the interview I mentioned is on film. It’s part of the ‘The Stranger’ 30th Anniversary CD/DVD package. He said the song was about a Catholic girl who kept her honor and couldn’t understand what the fuss was about. Joel writes from various points of view all the time. His long time fans know this.

Just curious, do you think Martin Scorsese is a bigot because of ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’? Or Ron Howard because of The Da Vinci Code?


111 posted on 12/06/2009 7:24:39 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Of course, lol ;)

I’m a middle aged married mother of 4 now but I still love this song.


112 posted on 12/06/2009 7:51:15 PM PST by Twink
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To: Borges
Your mask has slipped and now you are trying desperately to put it back in place. Keep trying to pedal your spin. You've exposed your true self.

I won't play your game.

113 posted on 12/06/2009 7:57:10 PM PST by grand wazoo
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To: Twink
It has a wonderful good timey flavor...especially in contexts like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM5U9muV8sg

114 posted on 12/06/2009 7:57:30 PM PST by Borges
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To: grand wazoo

“And she should have YOUR looks and MY talent.” Billie

“Yeah, but what is she has YOUR looks and MY talent?” Christie


115 posted on 12/06/2009 7:59:48 PM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be RE-distributed?)
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To: grand wazoo
I answered your question precisely. You didn't answer mine however. But I love the personal attacks though...I'm a bigot because I like a classic and extremely popular song (LOL!). It's the same line of thinking that anyone who likes Lolita is a closet pedophile. One meets all kinds online...
116 posted on 12/06/2009 8:03:01 PM PST by Borges
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To: grand wazoo

Oh gosh. This again.

Yes, I know what my name means...childhood nickname...

And a freeper, a couple years ago was kind enough to tell me what some thought it meant.

So is this all you got, sweetie? I don’t need to do a google search for this one.

Bite me.


117 posted on 12/06/2009 10:23:21 PM PST by Twink
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To: Borges

Why bother? She/he won’t get it anyway.

BTW, I can’t stand Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code movie and don’t get me started on The Last Temptation of Christ. But again, they’re movies. Just like some songs are just songs. And I enjoy them.

As for Billy Joel and this song, Only the Good Die Young, all I can say is it’s awesome. Nothing bigoted about it.

Have you listened to Kid Rock’s All Summer Long? I like that one too. I wish I knew how to post a video. I’d like to listen to Only the Good Die Young now.

:)


118 posted on 12/06/2009 10:36:22 PM PST by Twink
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To: grand wazoo

LMAO! Okaaay.


119 posted on 12/06/2009 10:38:36 PM PST by Twink
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To: Twink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJBoHa3GArA

Anything slse?


120 posted on 12/06/2009 10:40:51 PM PST by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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