Posted on 05/09/2018 4:39:05 PM PDT by dead
Critics used to give you a hard time. But it seems like in the past few years you've become cool.
Look, man, Trump is president, so all kinds of weird shit can happen.
What do you make of that?
I'm still flabbergasted. I try to stay out of politics. I am a private citizen and I have a right to believe in my own political point of view, but I try not to get up on a soapbox and tell people how to think. I've been to shows where people start haranguing the audience about what's going on politically and I'm thinking, "You know, this isn't why I came here." As a matter of fact, one of the biggest cheers of the night comes when we do "Piano Man" and I sing, "They know that it's me that they're coming to see to forget about life for a while," and the audience lets out this huge "ahhhh" and I say, "OK, yeah, don't forget that." We're more like court jesters than court philosophers.
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To bad all of entertainment can’t understand this. They were all traveling vagabonds a few centuries ago.
Not bad for a cat who couldn’t sing his way outta paper bag
As far as I know, there were only two actors who could speak their mind about politics, and politicians, and still remain successful in their profession...Will Rogers and Bob Hope. And unfortunately, Will Rogers didn’t live long enough. I’d love to know what these two men would make of what’s going on in Washington today.
Exactly, you are an entertainer... folks don’t come to be preached at or to, they come to hear you play.
All kinds of “weird shit” is happening all right! Probably not the kind he had in mind, though.
Maybe so, but everyone can sing his songs and never worry about those hard notes or pesky key changes. LOL
“Billy Joel mentions Trump in a casual aside, and then refuses to alienate either half of his audience. Well done, Billy! “
He’s come a long way since one of his earlier evaluations of Trump :
http://www.newsweek.com/billy-joel-trolls-trump-wears-star-davd-latest-msg-concert-nyc-653533
I’m a fan of the guy’s music, but I won’t be wasting any time or money at one of his concerts ever again. I know I won’t make any kind of impact on his ticket sales, but that ‘gold star’ comment was frigging ridiculous.
“Not bad for a cat who couldn’t sing his way outta paper bag”
FWIW, he’s not a fan of his voice either :-).
I never really liked him, but the world would be a much better place if everyone had a bit of self-awareness and humility like this.
Add in National sports athletes, too. Michael Jordan doesn’t comment on politics as he has said ‘Republicans buy shoes, too’. So, he’s a Dem, and maybe is only straddling the middle to make money, but he obviously would like to get along. Billy Joel is taking the high road. (No pun intended)
We’re more like court jesters than court philosophers.
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More of them need to have this epiphany.
Be nice if he patched things up with Liberty DeVitto. One of the best drummers out there.
He did? He married a super model once, but not sure it was Elle.
Women were hotter in the 90’s. Way hotter.
He had to be a big shot.
Christie Brinkley
It is like 8 years under Obama was a mirage like Obama's life.
All of the Trump fear and phobia and nobody comes out with ANY substance or merit. Things overall are pretty damn stable foreign and domestic or being worked on. When was the last time we could say that?
Good for Billy, not falling into the trap. And what he said isn't off-base:
"Look, man, Trump is president, so all kinds of weird shit can happen."
Billy ain't wrong here. Just 4 years ago, Trump was a punch-line with bad hair. He was a D-list Reality TV personality. He was not much different from a Kardashian, overall. Had you asked me about his politics 4 years ago, I would presume the famous and wealthy New York celeb would be screamingly Liberal, and I would be highly unlikely to vote for him.
(As it turns out, he may have single-handedly saved us from a very real and very terrible collapse by turning out to be one of the two best Limited Government Conservatives to hold the office in the last 70 years. Whodathunk THAT? It's just as unlikely as a Kardashian getting elected President... and President Trump did both, thank the Almighty.)
Whenever I hear jim fo Angry Young Man I think of Springsteen. Politics aside, and that’s hard to do, the difference vetween Joel and Springsteen is that Springsteen rarely if ever wrote a song that was joyful. Joel has his dark side but for every Allentown there’s Uptown Girl, The Longest Time and Goodnight My Angel
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