Big Shot, Vienna, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, New York State of Mind, River of Dreams, You May Be Right, Movin’ Out. Hard to find a bad Billy Joel song.
Dude, in case you haven’t figured it out yet, you’re listening to one of the greatest musical geniuses of the past 50 years. Any track of his you’ll find is epic. Plenty of others above have recommended his stuff….go for any one of them, you won’t be disappointed!
I was literally just thinking that every time I hear a Billy Joel song, even though I know them all by rote, I am re-amazed. Dude seriously has a gift.
Billy Joel said in an interview once that "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is the most favorite song that he ever wrote. I highly recommend checking that out.
VIENNA, SCENES FTOM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT, BIG SHOT, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, and SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT. These are some of his best songs. The songwriting is superb on these stories. Keep going and enjoy
It's impossible for him to write a bad song (if you ignore Uptown Girl) , his story telling is second to none and his vocal range and voice is so good. He is just in a league of his own.
As a father I would check out Vienna. It's a beautiful song to listen to with children, it's about slowing down you'll get where you're going but it's okay to slow it down and not worry about everything. It's something I hope my daughter will understand
perfect react/analysis, BP!!! This era of Billy Joel is otherworldly...so many great jams...I know you love and appreciate our veterans as do I, check out "Goodnight Saigon" it is moving and gutwrenching...you'll love it
I think you'll like his song "Big Shot". Billy Joel's lyrics are always straight up, telling it like it is. Usually when I listen to his songs, I can picture two people having a conversation, saying exactly what he's singing...
You said Billy has been consistent for about 30 years. It's a lot longer than that. His first album was back in the early 1970's! He is still performing today over 50 years later! The man is a legend. ❤
He has so many great songs!! Still rock and roll to me, She's always a woman, The longest time, The river of dreams, Movin out, Only the good die young, You may be right, My life, Vienna! I could go on and on!! Lol
Billy Joel is an excellent songwriter/singer. My generation fueled the explosion of so many excellent songs, singers, bands and lyricists ever. We knew good music when we heard it and we supported the record industry. Everyone my age bought all the latest and best records
Continue your BJ journey with „always a woman“. its the most honest, selfless, beautiful songs about love ever written. Its about loving someone with all faults. You can never ask for more in life ❤
This colossus of a singer songwriter has so so many killer tracks. I highly recommend Billy’s 1976 album 'Turnstiles'...Say Goodbye To Hollywood, Miami 2017, Prelude/Angry Young Man, Summer Highland Falls…simply sublime storytelling.
such a great song. that and 'the great suburban showdown' are two from those early albums that nobody's ever heard of but for me they just marked him out so hard as someone special, because of the things he elected to write entire songs about.
Do the live version of "New York State of Mind" that he did live on the Old Grey Whistle Stop. Not only a great song, but an incredible live performance!
A really, really great BJ video for you to watch is his concert from The Old Grey Whistle Test! It will gift you with a wide variety of his and his bands wonderful talents. I hope you enjoy it! 🦋
I was high one night, early 80's, 18 year old punk. There was a late night tv show with Billy Joel live in concert. There was nothing else to watch so I lay on the floor and watched that. It was one of the greatest things I had watched on TV. Blew me away.
Billy is is of our generation's greatest singer/songwriters.Great reaction.Checkout his songs Allentown,and Good Night Saigon.Awesome music from a great entertainer.
Billy Joel is an incredible song writer and performer. One of the finest. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, She’s Got A Way, Still Rockin Roll To Me, Movin Out, Big Shot, Just The Way You Are, Allentown, just too many songs to list. He’s iconic, a total Legend. So glad you’re checking him out!!
Billy Joel and Elton John. Two great songwriters/ singers/performers. They paired up for a special concert tour with the two of them on stage, each sitting at a piano facing the other. So incredible. I wish I had been there!
Waiting for him to discover Elton John. Just today I heard Elton John and Bernie Taupin receivde the Library of congree Gershwin Prize for popular song
@@markvanderstelt8999 Bernie writes the lyrics and then Elton sets them to music. There have been times in the past when they were not even on the same continent so Bernie would at the time, fax a new 'song' to Elton.
There are two artists I know of who speak German. Sandra Bullock is one and the other is Billy Joel. This from a quick at the computer: “Joel, whose father was a German Jewish immigrant, was raised in Hicksville, a middle-class suburb on Long Island, New York. He was steered toward classical music by his parents and began piano lessons at age 4. At age 14, enamored of the British Invasion and soul music, he began playing in bands.” Keep up the good work. You’re a good listen. A 80 year old knows these kind of things.
If it's any consolation, he doesn't have a hairline like that anymore either. He is everything you're saying he is though. He's a great songwriter, a great singer, and a great piano player! All his songs demonstrate what a great songwriter he is. He has a song called For the Longest Time, which is an acapella song with multiple part harmony in which he sings every part in the studio version, which demonstrates what a great singer he is, and he composed a ragtime song called Root Beer Rag, which is just an old ragtime, piano instrumental, which shows what a great piano player he is. You're gonna love New York State of Mind. There's a video that all the reactors use of Billy Joel and his band performing it live in a club, which is the coolest thing you've ever seen. He gets to showcase all of his abilities in that one. His saxophone player is incredible in that video too!
Yeah, this song dropped and hit like a hammer. Hard to argue with those who feel that Billy Joel is the greatest singer-songwriter of our lifetimes. Musically powerful, and tells a story that speaks straight to the heart.
NY State Of Mind, The Longest Time, Just the Way You Are, Downeaster Alexa, Anthony's Song (Movin Out), Only The good Die Young, The Stranger, You May Be Right, Still Rock & Roll To Me, Always A Woman, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, She's Got A Way, Allentown... the rabbit hole is endless. Goated.
A Matter of Trust... The live clip with everyone on the street below.. Brilliant & True & Up Beat & the ppl just hearing from below everywhere!! A Classic!! Much Love n Respect Aussie Girl Mate!!👍🦘💯👍😀❤️
Hey man... Billy Joel can rock-and-roll, too! I'll never forget riding with my older cousin, Dave, in his convertible back in 1979 with the top down, the radio blasting... and him singing "You May Be Right" at the top of his lungs, and thinking that was just about the coolest moment I had ever experienced in my 11-year-old life.
Oh wow. I completely and utterly forgot all about this incredible song. It brought back a flood of memories. It also remined me how great of a song writer Billy Joel is. Thanks for reacting to this one.
Check out Billy Joel - Pressure - Moving Out - My Life - Only the Good Die Young - Just the way you are.......... please check out these bangers!! Starting with Pressure in order
This song reminds me a lot of Freddie Mercury. Soft, melodic, and sweet, interrupted by some gritty, powerful lines. Love how he changes his tone to take the song through a journey.
While everyone is 'fan girling' Billy is also a human. When I saw him in Pittsburgh at the Dome, he joked about (1982/83) the fact that the fire chief was on stage with a fire extinguisher so that he could smoke throughout the show. Got to meet him, my roommate was his neighbor
Billy has been making music for about 50 years. He's a old school kid from New York. His music paints pictures of moments of time. He was also the first American artist to play a huge concert in Russia.
Not the first by a long shot. Paul Robeson and Marion Anderson in the 1930s. Benny Goodman and his orchestra toured the USSR for two months in 1962. Duke Ellington and his orchestra in 1971 played to huge crowds. I think Billy Joel is fantastic. But American musicians played big concerts in Russia long before rock stars got there.
This is a great suggestion for you and your wife. Make a great spaghetti dinner. Get a bottle of Red or a bottle of White . It all depends upon your appetite.( You will get the meaning😊) Start with the first album. Listen to them together in chronological order As he sings his stories use your imagination. Make listening to Billy Joels catalog date nights. You will deepen your knowledge of history,friendship and intimacy. I call it The Billy Joel project. My husband and and I did this before he passed from cancer. We were married for 23 years ❤
I've heard this tune for years and I'm 60 yrs old and still in tears listening to it. It has a message for every period of life.
Always a Woman, Just the Way you Are, The Stranger, Only the Good Die Young, Still Rock & Roll to me, so many truly fabulous absolute hits!
Hell yeah
Still Rocking N Roll to Me! Is a great Billy Joel song!! He was married to Supermodel Christie Brinkley. I think that's who he sang Uptown Girl about.
Awesome once again brother. Everything rainbow said, you gotta go down this rabbit hole. Can't stop now. Here till the end mate.
All awesome! Hit after hit with Billy Joel!
Big Shot, Vienna, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, New York State of Mind, River of Dreams, You May Be Right, Movin’ Out. Hard to find a bad Billy Joel song.
His lyrics were always amazing and so on-target.
One of the BEST song ever written!!! Just the Way is another awesome one but you have to do New York State of Mind...SOOON!
Dude, in case you haven’t figured it out yet, you’re listening to one of the greatest musical geniuses of the past 50 years. Any track of his you’ll find is epic. Plenty of others above have recommended his stuff….go for any one of them, you won’t be disappointed!
I was literally just thinking that every time I hear a Billy Joel song, even though I know them all by rote, I am re-amazed. Dude seriously has a gift.
All of Billy Joel's songs are amazing. Check out his songs from the Old Grey Whistle, like New York State of Mind and Angry Young Man to name a few.
“Just the Way You Are” is a Must Listen!
Billy Joel is a class act.
Billy Joel said in an interview once that "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is the most favorite song that he ever wrote. I highly recommend checking that out.
It’s my favorite Billy Joel song, shows the best in his storytelling, piano playing and vocal range
Probably my favorite song of his, but honestly I might say that about 15 of his songs.
just brilliant craftsmanship in a song.
You cant go wrong with the Billy G.O.A.T.!
Please react to GOODNIGHT SIAGNON! ❤ The lyrics are Bars!!! Its about Vietnam and every concert he has veterans on stage singing the chorus.
VIENNA,
SCENES FTOM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT,
BIG SHOT,
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
and SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT.
These are some of his best songs. The songwriting is superb on these stories. Keep going and enjoy
One of the first concerts I saw as a young teenager was Billy Joel - what an epic performer ❤
Billy Joel "Big Shot" is a banger!
It's impossible for him to write a bad song (if you ignore Uptown Girl) , his story telling is second to none and his vocal range and voice is so good. He is just in a league of his own.
Is not his best song, but I like the lyrics, is simple not as great as majority of his songs
My favorite ❤ a masterpiece
River of Dreams will knock you on your ass! Great song from a mature Billy Joel.
Billy Joel the GOAT. Apologies, let me take that out of my vocabulary; he's just a LEGEND.
Billy Joel... One of the deepest of rabbit holes to explore.
Billy's about to do his 100 th concert at the garden it's going to be epic don't miss it
He is one of great American song writers of all time.
As a father I would check out Vienna. It's a beautiful song to listen to with children, it's about slowing down you'll get where you're going but it's okay to slow it down and not worry about everything. It's something I hope my daughter will understand
perfect react/analysis, BP!!! This era of Billy Joel is otherworldly...so many great jams...I know you love and appreciate our veterans as do I, check out "Goodnight Saigon" it is moving and gutwrenching...you'll love it
I think you'll like his song "Big Shot".
Billy Joel's lyrics are always straight up, telling it like it is. Usually when I listen to his songs, I can picture two people having a conversation, saying exactly what he's singing...
You said Billy has been consistent for about 30 years. It's a lot longer than that. His first album was back in the early 1970's! He is still performing today over 50 years later! The man is a legend. ❤
Exactly since the 70's just an incredible musician and composer.
I was rechecking my own personal age when he said that 😂
yes, I wish it was only 30 years ago, lol. @@jennhurl
"I can have security until the bitter end. Anyone can comfort me with promises again."
He gets you on an emotional level, aswell as an intellectual level all whilst entertaining you.
Anything Billy Joel does is great. His story telling is like no other. The only piano man 🎹 🎶🎶❤️
It’s awesome to watch someone experience these songs for the first time
In my household he's not Billy Joel, he's Billy THE Joel. Love his music. I was a teenager when Piano Man was released.
He has so many great songs!! Still rock and roll to me, She's always a woman, The longest time, The river of dreams, Movin out, Only the good die young, You may be right, My life, Vienna! I could go on and on!! Lol
You should hear this song just on the saxophone. It’s awesome! The words really ring true.
Like you said, Billy Joel, "straight from the soul". I have been a fan for so long. His new release still makes me tear up.
Billy Joel is an excellent songwriter/singer. My generation fueled the explosion of so many excellent songs, singers, bands and lyricists ever. We knew good music when we heard it and we supported the record industry. Everyone my age bought all the latest and best records
Scenes from an italian restaurant! Love!!! Soooo many good ones!!!!
Continue your BJ journey with „always a woman“. its the most honest, selfless, beautiful songs about love ever written. Its about loving someone with all faults. You can never ask for more in life ❤
If you ever get around to reacting to his song “River of Dreams”, you should do the version where he performed it at The Grammys”. It’s fantastic!
This colossus of a singer songwriter has so so many killer tracks. I highly recommend Billy’s 1976 album 'Turnstiles'...Say Goodbye To Hollywood, Miami 2017, Prelude/Angry Young Man, Summer Highland Falls…simply sublime storytelling.
Tell Her about it is another one of Billy Joel's excellent songs, with an equally amazing MV
One of his best songs, he's been out for over 50 years. Billy Joel can do it all, got to love his music...
One thing I have always believed is its so much easier to tell the truth than it is to have to remember a lie
He has many, many, many great hits. He's worth the trip down the rabbit hole. Love him.
Just one of the many reasons he's a Gershwin Prize Honoree. Billy Joel is one of our musical/lyrical treasures.
Just the way you are is a great listen!! 🙂🙂
GOSH - he's JUST.....SO.....GOOD!! His voice is so rich and REAL!! ENJOY the JOURNEY, BP!! He has a MILLION of 'em!! HUGS!
“THE ENTERTAINER”-
As a musician you really need to check out his song about the music industry. It’s called “The Entertainer”.
I second this! But do the Live version from “The Old Grey Whistle”!
such a great song. that and 'the great suburban showdown' are two from those early albums that nobody's ever heard of but for me they just marked him out so hard as someone special, because of the things he elected to write entire songs about.
Loved it...
Billy Joel "SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT" and "GOODNIGHT SAIGON" are amazing. ❤
Do the live version of "New York State of Mind" that he did live on the Old Grey Whistle Stop. Not only a great song, but an incredible live performance!
One of his BEST !
A really, really great BJ video for you to watch is his concert from The Old Grey Whistle Test! It will gift you with a wide variety of his and his bands wonderful talents. I hope you enjoy it! 🦋
I don't know of a bad Billy Joel song. Love the music and tune on "Downeaster Alexa".
I was high one night, early 80's, 18 year old punk. There was a late night tv show with Billy Joel live in concert. There was nothing else to watch so I lay on the floor and watched that. It was one of the greatest things I had watched on TV. Blew me away.
Billy is is of our generation's greatest singer/songwriters.Great reaction.Checkout his songs Allentown,and Good Night Saigon.Awesome music from a great entertainer.
Billy Joel is an incredible song writer and performer. One of the finest. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, She’s Got A Way, Still Rockin Roll To Me, Movin Out, Big Shot, Just The Way You Are, Allentown, just too many songs to list. He’s iconic, a total Legend. So glad you’re checking him out!!
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE is the Quintessential Billy Joel song. Imo the BEST song hes ever Released.❤
one of my favorites by him ❤
Billy Joel and Elton John. Two great songwriters/ singers/performers. They paired up for a special concert tour with the two of them on stage, each sitting at a piano facing the other. So incredible. I wish I had been there!
i love Elton but Bernie taupin writes most of his songs.
Waiting for him to discover Elton John. Just today I heard Elton John and Bernie Taupin receivde the Library of congree Gershwin Prize for popular song
@@markvanderstelt8999 Bernie writes the lyrics and then Elton sets them to music.
There have been times in the past when they were not even on the same continent so Bernie would at the time, fax a new 'song' to Elton.
I saw and experienced this concert a high point in my life.
It was EPIC!!! One of the greatest shows I've ever attended
There are two artists I know of who speak German. Sandra Bullock is one and the other is Billy Joel. This from a quick at the computer: “Joel, whose father was a German Jewish immigrant, was raised in Hicksville, a middle-class suburb on Long Island, New York. He was steered toward classical music by his parents and began piano lessons at age 4. At age 14, enamored of the British Invasion and soul music, he began playing in bands.” Keep up the good work. You’re a good listen. A 80 year old knows these kind of things.
If it's any consolation, he doesn't have a hairline like that anymore either. He is everything you're saying he is though. He's a great songwriter, a great singer, and a great piano player! All his songs demonstrate what a great songwriter he is. He has a song called For the Longest Time, which is an acapella song with multiple part harmony in which he sings every part in the studio version, which demonstrates what a great singer he is, and he composed a ragtime song called Root Beer Rag, which is just an old ragtime, piano instrumental, which shows what a great piano player he is. You're gonna love New York State of Mind. There's a video that all the reactors use of Billy Joel and his band performing it live in a club, which is the coolest thing you've ever seen. He gets to showcase all of his abilities in that one. His saxophone player is incredible in that video too!
An innocent man. Great song that most ppl can testify to.
Yes please!
One of my favorites is "Innocent Man"!
Yeah, this song dropped and hit like a hammer. Hard to argue with those who feel that Billy Joel is the greatest singer-songwriter of our lifetimes. Musically powerful, and tells a story that speaks straight to the heart.
NY State Of Mind, The Longest Time, Just the Way You Are, Downeaster Alexa, Anthony's Song (Movin Out), Only The good Die Young, The Stranger, You May Be Right, Still Rock & Roll To Me, Always A Woman, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, She's Got A Way, Allentown... the rabbit hole is endless. Goated.
HE IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST LIVE!!!!!!! WORTH EVERY DIME
😊no greater storyteller than Billy.....listen to Innocent Man and Longest time
One of my favorites is scenes from an Italian restaurant. Brenda and Eddie…
You need to hear "And So It Goes" amazing heartfelt song.
Love Billy's music❤my favorite is You May Be Right😂❤ a must do song😂
A Matter of Trust... The live clip with everyone on the street below.. Brilliant & True & Up Beat & the ppl just hearing from below everywhere!! A Classic!! Much Love n Respect Aussie Girl Mate!!👍🦘💯👍😀❤️
Saw him last month in Tampa. He's 72 and still was amazing. Check out Scenes of an Italian Restaurant next please
I’m going to see him in concert with Sting in April. Flying from the Midwest to San Diego for the concert. I cannot WAIT! 🎉🎉
The one and only ❤
Hey man... Billy Joel can rock-and-roll, too! I'll never forget riding with my older cousin, Dave, in his convertible back in 1979 with the top down, the radio blasting... and him singing "You May Be Right" at the top of his lungs, and thinking that was just about the coolest moment I had ever experienced in my 11-year-old life.
April 14 CBS is airing a concert show from Madison Square Garden
Now you’re speaking my language man! The Billy!
“A New York State of mind “
That’s the one!
You have to listen to..... River of dreams..... It's only rock n roll to me..... Just the way you are and there's more..... great Artist
The 100th Billy Joel concert at Madison Square Garden airs April 14, 2024, on CBS
ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR REACTIONS! 💞 Grew up on this music! What an amazing time to live...I feel so lucky!
He’s still selling out Madison Square Garden, just at his 100th show there this year. Maybe you can catch the man live 😊
The Stranger and Glass Houses are both epic albums. One of my favorites - You May Be Right.
Greatness.
Man I love this song so much! Memories of teenage past love ♥️
Oh wow. I completely and utterly forgot all about this incredible song. It brought back a flood of memories. It also remined me how great of a song writer Billy Joel is. Thanks for reacting to this one.
Check out Billy Joel - Pressure - Moving Out - My Life - Only the Good Die Young - Just the way you are.......... please check out these bangers!! Starting with Pressure in order
"For the longest time!" So much fun!
This might be my favorite song of his. For some reason this just hits me hard.
Love this song. It’s deep.
Billy Joel was my favorite artist as I was growling up in the 70’s. His songwriting, piano playing, and vocal delivery were all outstanding.
So many good songs....one of my favorites is "And So It Goes". One of Billy's favorites too because of the discordant notes on the piano.
He recently released his first new song in 17 years. “Turn the lights back on”. It’s awesome
This song reminds me a lot of Freddie Mercury. Soft, melodic, and sweet, interrupted by some gritty, powerful lines. Love how he changes his tone to take the song through a journey.
As you can tell Billy Joel is a deep catalog filled with great song writing. Enjoy the journey
So much fun to watch you discover Billy Joel. You're helping me to discover him all over again, too, even though I grew up with his music. Fun!
you should listen to Just The way you are. It's soooo good. One of my faves, and Keeping the Faith you will relate to also.
While everyone is 'fan girling' Billy is also a human. When I saw him in Pittsburgh at the Dome, he joked about (1982/83) the fact that the fire chief was on stage with a fire extinguisher so that he could smoke throughout the show. Got to meet him, my roommate was his neighbor
River of dreams by Billy Joel is GREAT
Billy has been making music for about 50 years. He's a old school kid from New York. His music paints pictures of moments of time. He was also the first American artist to play a huge concert in Russia.
Not the first by a long shot. Paul Robeson and Marion Anderson in the 1930s. Benny Goodman and his orchestra toured the USSR for two months in 1962. Duke Ellington and his orchestra in 1971 played to huge crowds.
I think Billy Joel is fantastic. But American musicians played big concerts in Russia long before rock stars got there.
This is a great suggestion for you and your wife. Make a great spaghetti dinner. Get a bottle of Red or a bottle of White . It all depends upon your appetite.( You will get the meaning😊) Start with the first album. Listen to them together in chronological order As he sings his stories use your imagination. Make listening to Billy Joels catalog date nights. You will deepen your knowledge of history,friendship and intimacy. I call it The Billy Joel project. My husband and and I did this before he passed from cancer. We were married for 23 years ❤
Rivers of belief - gospel feel
Love the Billy Joel reactions