Billy Joel

by **kylestyle** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:04 am

Code of Silence - that's a fantastic song!! I too have The Bridge album!! Yeah that was with Cyndi Lauper, and I remember there was a great song with Ray Charles on it too, and Stevie Winwood was also on that album. A Matter of Trust - one of my favourite songs from '86... next to Stranglehold of course!!! :wink:

by **maccastheman** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:35 am

After this Billy Joel discussion I can't get the image of Bill Murray the lounge singer performing "Just the Way You Are" out of my head. :lol:

by **RickStark79** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:39 am

Yeah, I always thought The Bridge was a pretty good album, but a lot of Billy fans consider it his worse. This Is The Time, A Matter Of Trust and Big Man On Mulberry Street are classics!! I was never a big fan of Baby Grand with Ray Charles though! Code Of Silence is my favorite song from '86... next to Livin On A Prayer of course! ;-)

by **maccastheman** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:59 am

One other note - Macca, of course, sampled "Tell Her About It" on Strawberries, Oceans, Ships, Forrest

by **UsagiAndMamoru** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:41 pm

kylestyle wrote:and Stevie Winwood was also on that album.

Really????? I gotta get that album then!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **2 of 3** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:04 pm

I remember seeing a tv interview of Billy Joel discribing his first meeting with Macca. He said he could barely get a word out, and just started babbling. Macca said to him, don't worry, I did the same thing when I met Phil Everly.

I used to get a lot of flack from my friend for liking Billy Joel. The guy married Christy Brinkley.....how cool that? :wink:

by **kylestyle** » Tue May 23, 2006 9:44 pm

Yep, gotta give him props for having the guts to walk up to a hot chick! :oops:

by **Laura** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:53 pm

I like the songs from Storm Front
and from 52 Street the songs Stiletto and Until The Night

by **maccastheman** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:33 am

EddieV wrote:Didn´t he do Back In The Ussr??

He's also done "Hard Day's Night" live before.

When I saw him here in Dallas several years ago he did a whole medley of heavy metal covers mixed in with other songs - "Purple Haze" by Hendrix, "Good Times, Bad Times" by Zeppelin, "Hard Day's Night," "Tush" by ZZ Top, "Suspicous Minds," "Don't Be Cruel" and "Highway to Hell."

I knew he had a heavy metal background, but I'm sure many folks in the audience were caught off guard by some of those covers after they were mixed in with songs like "Just the Way You Are" and "This is the Time." He also did a lot of Christmas Carols that night because it was in December - "The First Noel," "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "Silent Night," Greensleeves," and "Jingle Bells."

Really a great show. I've said it once, I'll say it again - he's a master showman.

by **pianoguy123** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:07 pm

He IS GREAT!! My top favorite musician! Then comes the Beatles!!! He is just Amazing!!!

cool to see other Billy fans here!! :mrgreen:

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