[WhiskeyX]

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[Norm Lenhart]

So they went to herculean effort to fix and capture the sonic integrity of this album...and then after hyping it to heaven...destroyed the fidelity with youtube compression to show how great it sounds.

America. What a country!

[verga]

BFL

[Dr. Ursus]

Great show at MSG!

[pookie18]

You may know, but he sang the National Anthem at last night’s World Series game...

[P.O.E.]

[Mozilla]

Billy Joel reveals the real reason he’ll never make another album: http://www.ew.com/article/2014/10/21/billy-joel-new-yorker

Billy Joel on Not Working and Not Giving Up Drinking:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/magazine/billy-joel-on-not-working-and-not-giving-up-drinking.html

Billy Joel insists his battle with alcohol is due to depression:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2330629/Billy-Joel-insists-battle-alcohol-depression-drinking-problem.html

Billy Joel tells of suicide attempt:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/billy-joel-tells-suicide-attempt-dating-2-supermodels-bio-article-1.1987147

[Squawk 8888]

Not a Billy Joel fan myself but his work is better than 99% of what's out there.

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