A lot of great pop music gets played in muzak arrangements. So what? Joel has always been a Broadway/ Tin Pan Alley style tunesmith masquerading as a Rocker. To claim he has no musical talent is not be very knowledgable about what musical talent is. Even critics who don’t like him concede that he was a natural.
Actually, I've never been a slave to critics, so my definition of musical talent is whatever I can stand listening to. Billy Joel makes my ears bleed, and I am not alone.