Billy Joel considers himself a liberal, though he seems to live fairly conservatively. He was involved with Obama fundraisers and foolishly says that Allentown was about Reaganomics (recorded in early 1982, it’s not very likely that the effects of Reaganomics had manifested themselves). But, his stated policy is to leave politics off the stage, figuring half his audience would disagree and the rest were there to hear music, not a political screed. I can respect that. I can also respect that I saw him in concert in December of 1999, and this atheist Jew played a handful of Christmas songs without mockery or disrespect. He didn’t have to acknowledge the season at all, but he did and dis so in a kindly fashion.
Billy Joel, poor guy. The Catholic faith bugs the hell into him.