Billy Joel - And So It Goes (Official Video)

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  • @SuspiciousMind28
    @SuspiciousMind28 11 місяців тому +1262

    Who else is here because Billy Joel said this is his favorite song while on the Grammys red carpet. I love and grew up listening to B.J. I Iove all his music.

    • @MarioBusters
      @MarioBusters 11 місяців тому +28

      Just heard him say it, and I thought I should come back to check this out. Great decision!

    • @karmiccorvidae2133
      @karmiccorvidae2133 11 місяців тому +12

      😂😂😂
      Me !!!
      I heard it earlier today.. but here to listen. It's been a long time since I've heard it.

    • @tinageraghty8083
      @tinageraghty8083 11 місяців тому +11

      He still sounds good!

    • @doloreschansey9556
      @doloreschansey9556 11 місяців тому +7

      That would be me. How cool!

    • @PsychicOnADiet
      @PsychicOnADiet 11 місяців тому +8

      I had to come listen.., I just pray he writes more! His new song is Fantastic!

  • @ascales30
    @ascales30 2 роки тому +224

    This Is Us - Got this 6'2" 290lb black man bawling...... Where's the damn tissue???

    • @nancywright4430
      @nancywright4430 8 місяців тому +1

      So you heard it on This Is Us ..?? This songs been around for a while . ..

    • @ascales30
      @ascales30 8 місяців тому +5

      @@nancywright4430 First heard the song around '89-'90 in high school during a senior class assembly, but it's definitely something you don't hear often. I know I hadn't in at least 25 years. It was a great song for that moment in the episode....

    • @orbison
      @orbison 7 місяців тому +2

      Before This is Us, the song was Denny Crane's theme song on Boston Legal. The song's lyrics fit Denny's struggle with not only the shadow of memory loss but the still strong knowledge of who he had once been.

    • @chriskellison3468
      @chriskellison3468 3 місяці тому +3

      Many years past your post. I do hope you have found some peace and solis in your life. Your not alone my brother. Keep your eyes on the prize. Life is precious. Period!!

    • @FamilyExodus
      @FamilyExodus 2 години тому

      @@nancywright4430not every market plays the same songs. I didn’t know this song until This is Us.

  • @christophercostello696
    @christophercostello696 Рік тому +340

    This song is pure poetry. There is not a note or word that could be added or removed to improve it. An absolute gem.

    • @edwardsullivan7055
      @edwardsullivan7055 Рік тому +10

      Yes, I couldnt agree more. Billy Joel is a national treasure.

    • @EPA18
      @EPA18 Рік тому +2

      Please. It's a decent song. But it ain't poetry.

    • @christophercostello696
      @christophercostello696 Рік тому +10

      @EPA18 go read just the lyrics. It's absolutely poetry

    • @arnoldlueders7500
      @arnoldlueders7500 11 місяців тому +3

      It is boring and likely his worst song

    • @27hfd
      @27hfd 11 місяців тому +4

      In a recent interview with Howard Stern, he explained that the song was about a model he really liked, who went to Europe and became very successful, and when she returned to NYC, he hoped to continue a strong romance but it was not going to be.

  • @scotchman8977
    @scotchman8977 5 років тому +2348

    My dad showed me this song when I was very young, but I never really cared for Billy until a few years ago when my dad passed. I looked through his old Vinyls and found a little gem named "Storm Front." I cried for a good while. I sang this song at one of my choir concerts in high school for him, and cried again when I went to my first concert, and the crowd sang this song into the open night sky.
    I love Billy Joel now, almost as much as I love my dad. Thanks Billy, thanks for reminding me of an old friend, and an even better father.

    • @canadiangirl2839
      @canadiangirl2839 5 років тому +117

      This is one of the most heartfelt comment I've ever read. You made me cry and somehow peaceful at the same time.

    • @coorslight2007
      @coorslight2007 4 роки тому +42

      This is beautiful. Crying as well...

    • @andrewbluebells2370
      @andrewbluebells2370 4 роки тому +32

      thnks for sharing, its great to see what a song means to us...god bless x

    • @louiseluna4024
      @louiseluna4024 4 роки тому +30

      Music can touch a heart....when nothing or no one else can. Peace Be!

    • @saifhallem1275
      @saifhallem1275 4 роки тому +13

      Thanx for sharing your feelings with 💓 us

  • @sfalcon4389
    @sfalcon4389 8 років тому +1216

    "My silence is my self defense..." idk why but that lyric gets me so emotional

    • @brynn9448
      @brynn9448 8 років тому +35

      SFalcon cuz its relatable

    • @jillimmekus2605
      @jillimmekus2605 6 років тому +7

      Life!

    • @cornstorm666
      @cornstorm666 6 років тому +16

      Silence has both saved me and splayed me at the same time..."and so it goes"

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 5 років тому +3

      I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classic compositions ALLENTOWN and VIENNA on my channel in tribute to the master. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.

    • @juliebiddle1636
      @juliebiddle1636 4 роки тому +17

      For me the line is "And you can have this heart to break". The vulnerability in that line gets me. He's giving her his heart, knowing that she might turn it down, knowing that she might break it, knowing the pain it would cause him, but willing to risk it.

  • @Gmoney-u8l
    @Gmoney-u8l 11 місяців тому +273

    Billy Joel himself said that "And So It Goes" is the definitive song of his entire catalog.

    • @arnoldlueders7500
      @arnoldlueders7500 11 місяців тому +4

      And he would be wrong

    • @buzziband9535
      @buzziband9535 11 місяців тому +4

      Nah. Movin Out.

    • @chrisgeorge4325
      @chrisgeorge4325 11 місяців тому +4

      I'd say it's his second most beautiful song after Souvenir...that is one underrated gem!

    • @arnoldlueders7500
      @arnoldlueders7500 11 місяців тому +3

      @@chrisgeorge4325 Really? I am a BIG fan but Billy's voice is just OK and the entire song is the same cord and a monotone voice. I would say it is one of his worst songs. The lack of play time and down loads in the world agree with me. He likes it because he rarely sings it at concerts because no one likes it.

    • @chrisgeorge4325
      @chrisgeorge4325 11 місяців тому +4

      Opinions...and all that

  • @TheEssentialHughJazz
    @TheEssentialHughJazz 9 років тому +1860

    There's something about the tentative pacing of the chords that really speaks to the insecurity of the narrator and makes the whole piece so much more vulnerable and amazing.

    • @shmikeymo
      @shmikeymo 9 років тому +43

      well put

    • @landondemand
      @landondemand 8 років тому +10

      Indeed

    • @judibulanowski5368
      @judibulanowski5368 8 років тому +78

      He wrote this song about a relationship he was in with a young model at the beginning of her career, and he knew he felt more for her than she did for him and that she wouldn't stay. The chords are called "unresolved" -- some he resolved with a single note after the chord, others he left unresolved. Just as his love was unresolved.

    • @shmikeymo
      @shmikeymo 8 років тому +50

      +Judi Bulanowski He created his music first then wrote the lyrics which everyone says is backwards but I think the music will tell you the words if you really listen. I think Billy Joel is a great listener

    • @maureencollins5177
      @maureencollins5177 8 років тому +13

      It was Elle MacPherson.

  • @dvduadotcom
    @dvduadotcom 5 років тому +309

    My fiance and best friend died suddenly on March 26, 2018 from a heart attack the week we were moving in together. I dedicate this song to her now and forever.

  • @letitrest4662
    @letitrest4662 9 місяців тому +178

    I hope Billy lives to the age of one hundred, because the world won't be the same without him. He's a gift to humanity, from God.

    • @michekids
      @michekids 5 місяців тому +2

      Indeed, a treasure to me for many years

    • @letitrest4662
      @letitrest4662 5 місяців тому

      @@michekids And he'd feel the same about you...

    • @MrGavinspoppop
      @MrGavinspoppop 4 місяці тому

      I feel the same for Josh Groban ... a gift from God

    • @mercedespernas
      @mercedespernas 4 місяці тому +1

      He's healed my tragedies ❤

    • @letitrest4662
      @letitrest4662 4 місяці тому

      @@mercedespernas Dame here...

  • @abbydutoit1375
    @abbydutoit1375 7 років тому +1085

    I am an eighty two year old woman who still sings and enjoys beautiful music and I will be singing this very shortly in our music club concert. One of my favourites!

  • @MCMNasty2
    @MCMNasty2 2 роки тому +1038

    This song has always made me emotional and then they had to go and use it on This Is Us tonight and got me full on sobbing. Rest easy, Miguel.

    • @katemorgan2464
      @katemorgan2464 2 роки тому +66

      That's why I'm here now, listening to this song. Of all the many episodes of This is Us, who knew that the one about Miguel would be the most gut wrenching of all. The deeply meaningful words of this song was so apropos. Rebecca and Miguel gave their hearts to each other when no one else approved but in the end, it didn't matter. Miguel never left her side.
      And so it goes, and so it goes
      And so will you, soon, I suppose...

    • @melonydervin5463
      @melonydervin5463 2 роки тому +35

      I’d never heard this song until I watched This Is Us. It made me weep. It touched my heart so deeply. I told my husband I want that song for my funeral. I’m including it in my funeral program.

    • @MCMNasty2
      @MCMNasty2 2 роки тому +9

      @@melonydervin5463 it’s a lovely song.

    • @bigralph1554
      @bigralph1554 2 роки тому +32

      " I don't know. But it's a good question. Ask me again later." I'm not crying, you're crying...

    • @lisaaleo9110
      @lisaaleo9110 2 роки тому +7

      I know!!! 😭😭

  • @DrewNiemannsYoutubeChann
    @DrewNiemannsYoutubeChann 7 місяців тому +150

    A girl I briefly dated in the summer of 93 played this to me before she went off to college. She was one of the sweetest girls I’ve ever known. Every so often, I listen to this song and think of simpler times with her. Far away from these complicated times.

    • @katedwyer8383
      @katedwyer8383 6 місяців тому +10

      I hear you and understand. Somethimes I wonder do we make things more complicated than what they are. Learning to let go of what we can't have is a freedom we can only give ourselves.

    • @anniecallahan3945
      @anniecallahan3945 5 місяців тому +5

      made me cry... that was my summer with a love I will never forget...

    • @katedwyer8383
      @katedwyer8383 5 місяців тому +6

      @@anniecallahan3945 You can hopefully cherish those memories. That’s all we have sometimes.

    • @alamea50
      @alamea50 5 місяців тому +7

      The last time I saw him… but never stopped loving ~

    • @spideyboi7893
      @spideyboi7893 10 днів тому +2

      it's funny, i dated a girl briefly, only a few short months till she left to college, this isn't one of the songs she showed me but it does make me think of her, I do miss her sometimes. iv'e accepted it and I think I've moved on okay, its been longer since we've last spoke than we dated, but I do think of how much she did for me personally, ya know? so far the healthiest relationship i'd ever seen in my 18 years of being around here on earth, and I'm nothing but grateful for how it helped me, how she helped me like myself a little more, and taught me about what I'm deserving of in a relationship. did you ever fully move on, sir? do you miss her still?

  • @alanmcneill2407
    @alanmcneill2407 6 років тому +434

    The words, the piano chords, are like drops of blood from a heart, a heart that failed.. This song is the saddest, most beautifully, and painfully truthful, of any I have ever heard. He is a genius, of pain.

    • @robertfoley9801
      @robertfoley9801 5 років тому

      Alan oooo sorry

    • @rfphill
      @rfphill 4 роки тому +8

      I was kinda high when I read this comment, while the song was playing, you sort of stole the show for my attention a bit with this comment.. Definitely, in the moment, well done.. thanks.

    • @BobCat623923
      @BobCat623923 3 роки тому +3

      "Melodrama's so much fun.....in black and white for everyone to see!!" Your post made me think of that line instantly.

    • @BobCat623923
      @BobCat623923 3 роки тому +1

      @@ToddMcKean31 Now I'm pretty neutral on Joel's song here...
      but in your estimation how is it a rip off off "Hallelujah"?Because they're both quiet songs??

    • @eddarby469
      @eddarby469 3 роки тому

      @@BobCat623923 I guess ol Todd went away. AFAIK this song was released before Hallelujah was written. Hallelujah uses a long established chord progression, which is part of the point of the song, and this song uses some of the same ideas.

  • @LouisL-q8z
    @LouisL-q8z 6 місяців тому +68

    He has written a lot of great music but he will NEVER write a song this beautiful again.

    • @moose99moose
      @moose99moose 5 місяців тому +4

      His new song, "Turn the Lights Back On" is stiff competition 😊

    • @flowwithspirit
      @flowwithspirit 2 місяці тому +1

      never say never. he‘s still alive, you know 😊

  • @wept_in_the
    @wept_in_the Рік тому +149

    I have no idea how someone can use their emotions to create something so heartfelt. Most of us would just eat ice cream and cry.

  • @thegamingpigeon3216
    @thegamingpigeon3216 10 років тому +2950

    I think deep deep down..... everyone knows this is Billy Joels best work

    • @speedrcer1
      @speedrcer1 10 років тому +100

      No doubt one of his best.

    • @jenniferfelix5045
      @jenniferfelix5045 10 років тому +46

      Hunter Mirr, never truer words written. I like that it isn't as well known as some of his others.

    • @nanciehoffman3642
      @nanciehoffman3642 10 років тому +67

      Couldn't agree more. This song is perfection, in the depth of its lyric and simplicity of its melody. It's like a hymn of the heart...reminds me of the Gettysburg Address - says so much in so few words. Just genius...

    • @dani010203stor
      @dani010203stor 10 років тому +6

      totally agree!

    • @thegamingpigeon3216
      @thegamingpigeon3216 10 років тому +72

      Jennifer Felix I remember in like 2009 or 2010 he had an interview with Howard Stern on the radio, and Howard asked Joel what he thought his most unappreciated song was. Joel was about to say something but stopped himself, then played And So It Goes on the piano.

  • @NERSkate
    @NERSkate 10 місяців тому +34

    My husband’s declining health and current hospitalization brought me here this morning- I hear the refrain - And so it goes, and so it goes-
    Day 30 - ICU. Writing another update to my 3 closest friends- every day it’s more of the same - with very slow gains . “Recovery” will bring us both challenges - adapting to andas needs for assistance and accepting this is a there will be more until the inevitable.

    • @piaitaly59
      @piaitaly59 8 місяців тому +4

      So sorry

    • @allisonjacobs2615
      @allisonjacobs2615 7 місяців тому +4

      Saying prayers for you and your husband. My hubs spent 2 weeks in ICU so I know how you feel. Unfortunately, mine didn’t make it home. We lost him 6 years ago. I pray for health and happiness for your family. You’ve got this! ❤

    • @juneburkin4817
      @juneburkin4817 3 місяці тому

      I am here because I heard this beautiful song on The Lost Letter Mystery's. I didn't know who sang it, never heard it before. I so love it now. Wish I had heard it years ago.Love to you all.

    • @nostromo7928
      @nostromo7928 Місяць тому +2

      My deepest sympathies are with you. You wrote this post 9 months ago. I pray that you are surrounded by love and support wherever you are in this arc of life. ❤️🫂

  • @latinoburger123
    @latinoburger123 9 місяців тому +69

    When I divorced my husband, my mother came over, said nothing & played this
    I’ve never cried so hard, I’m 6’3” & I broke down in my moms arms
    I still cry when I hear this 🥺🥹🥺

    • @squaretriangle9208
      @squaretriangle9208 4 місяці тому +2

      Mum❤

    • @hittitecharioteer
      @hittitecharioteer 2 місяці тому +1

      I hope so much you've found happiness. 🤝🕊from 🇮🇪☘

    • @adpropono181
      @adpropono181 Місяць тому

      So do I, my sister ...

    • @Onelegisenough
      @Onelegisenough Місяць тому

      A woman who's 6'3 damn. Why do women always divorce

    • @jills7498
      @jills7498 22 дні тому

      ​@@Onelegisenoughwhy do you assume the commenter is a woman.
      Kevin, we got you 😢 I'm sorry for the pain you went through. Good on Mom ❤

  • @jeffdecagna8241
    @jeffdecagna8241 10 місяців тому +28

    For me, this is the saddest song of the 1980s. It always gets me.

  • @elizabethdevries8028
    @elizabethdevries8028 4 роки тому +294

    In every heart there is a room
    A sanctuary safe and strong
    To heal the wounds from lovers past
    Until a new one comes along
    [Verse 2]
    I spoke to you in cautious tones
    You answered me with no pretense
    And still I feel I said too much
    My silence is my self defense
    [Chorus]
    And every time I've held a rose
    It seems I only felt the thorns
    And so it goes, and so it goes
    And so will you soon I suppose
    [Verse 3]
    But if my silence made you leave
    Then that would be my worst mistake
    So I will share this room with you
    And you can have this heart to break
    [Chorus]
    And this is why my eyes are closed
    It's just as well for all I've seen
    And so it goes, and so it goes
    And you're the only one who knows
    [Verse 4]
    So I would choose to be with you
    That's if the choice were mine to make
    But you can make decisions too
    And you can have this heart to break
    [Outro]
    And so it goes, and so it goes
    And you're the only one who knows

    • @elizabeths4371
      @elizabeths4371 2 роки тому +12

      I've always liked Billy Joel's music however I never really listened to this song or knew the lyrics until now- simple, poignant and straight to the heart.

    • @martinamaguire8271
      @martinamaguire8271 2 роки тому +6

      Beautiful

    • @markjoyce1720
      @markjoyce1720 Рік тому +17

      Thank you for taking the time and trouble to post the lyrics just fantastic

    • @jaysway9251
      @jaysway9251 Рік тому +1

      Holy shit, that 3rd verse really hit home

    • @debrajohnson9348
      @debrajohnson9348 Рік тому +1

      Thanks ..❤

  • @SuperWayneyb
    @SuperWayneyb 10 років тому +244

    One of the greatest song writers of all time. Fact. :)

  • @JanewayDar
    @JanewayDar 5 років тому +312

    This is one of the best songs that has ever been written. Billy Joel at his heartbreaking best.

    • @fairplayer7435
      @fairplayer7435 4 роки тому

      It's a simp song. A man should never allow himself to be so vulnerable to the unstable female.

    • @padmeamidala5161
      @padmeamidala5161 3 роки тому

      @@fairplayer7435 such a chad ✋😬

    • @pamelasherman524
      @pamelasherman524 10 місяців тому

      I cry every time I hear this. But I keep listening over and over. Powerfully vulnerable.😢

  • @christiecall09
    @christiecall09 2 роки тому +474

    This song made me bawl my eyes out as it played on Miguel's story on This Is Us. So beautiful!

    • @michelleanderson7280
      @michelleanderson7280 2 роки тому +8

      Christie call me to .I cried like a baby 🥲

    • @arnoldwalley1501
      @arnoldwalley1501 2 роки тому +19

      That's why I'm here

    • @janetmajor1152
      @janetmajor1152 2 роки тому +17

      I've probably listened to this 20 times since they played it on Miguel's episode! It speaks to my heart so well!

    • @1kojeyboy
      @1kojeyboy 2 роки тому +13

      @@janetmajor1152 ....Funny thing is this, my wife and I were watching this episode and I fell asleep but this song woke me up.......I had to rewind the show a couple of times and finally pulled the song up on youtube and have played it almost everyday......we "hear' alot of songs but when you can 'feel' the song, its special

    • @MsABee1
      @MsABee1 2 роки тому +13

      It was a GREAT episode…. However it totally makes sense that it would have been a classic song from Billy Joel that brought the well of tears out of my eyes!! I am really going to miss This is US! 💙 Every episode, every season… well done!!

  • @dianefischer-stuthmann3163
    @dianefischer-stuthmann3163 10 років тому +970

    "And So It Goes"
    In every heart there is a room
    A sanctuary safe and strong
    To heal the wounds from lovers past
    Until a new one comes along
    I spoke to you in cautious tones
    You answered me with no pretense
    And still I feel I said too much
    My silence is my self defense
    And every time I've held a rose
    It seems I only felt the thorns
    And so it goes, and so it goes
    And so will you soon I suppose
    But if my silence made you leave
    Then that would be my worst mistake
    So I will share this room with you
    And you can have this heart to break
    And this is why my eyes are closed
    It's just as well for all I've seen
    And so it goes, and so it goes
    And you're the only one who knows
    So I would choose to be with you
    That's if the choice were mine to make
    But you can make decisions too
    And you can have this heart to break
    And so it goes, and so it goes

  • @hotelbroker
    @hotelbroker 2 роки тому +137

    I just watched This is Us on my DVR. I always loved this song but it absolutely kicked my ass tonight. I'm a 54 year old man ugly crying at the end of a TV show. It was just so damn visceral. Thanks Billy. RIP Miguel.

  • @TheDontflinch
    @TheDontflinch 2 роки тому +84

    This song was beautifully used in tonight's episode of This Is Us.

  • @ckhunt99
    @ckhunt99 2 роки тому +178

    “And you can have this heart to break.” For me, this song embodies courageous vulnerability. Despite every past loss, I will rise again and open my heart to love again. And again. Come what may. By far my favorite Billy Joel song. Sublime.

    • @thyyu1874
      @thyyu1874 11 місяців тому

      Hey hello, I just turned 20 and I'm finding it hard to be vulnerable because I don't see how it's worth it. Can I ask for some advise? This is my situation:
      I don't think i have a problem with being vulnerable if I know that a person cares for me. The thing is that I usually don't believe people care, I guess I'm kind of cynical, although not 100%. And for that reason I don't see why it's a good idea to "rise again and open my heart again to love". I mean, if nobody cares, there's no point in hoping for love and getting hurt for something that doesn't exist - you'll just be hurt for nothing.
      If I may ask for your thoughts and advise on this matter, it would be very much appreciated.
      Thanks!

    • @antrivers46
      @antrivers46 7 місяців тому +1

      That line, it’s a killer. It’s the ultimate sacrifice because you love somebody so much that you would offer that.

  • @algirl504
    @algirl504 8 років тому +270

    "And you can have this heart to break...." gives me chills. What a beautiful lyric.

    • @Topkatt88
      @Topkatt88 8 років тому +4

      My favorite line from the song. Had it happen not so long ago.

    • @kennethcook8857
      @kennethcook8857 3 роки тому

      When this song was on the charts, I had just begun a very precarious relationship, shortly after having been left by my wife... In other words, the song fit my current situation to a "T".

    • @solojohno1
      @solojohno1 2 роки тому

      Yep. This lyric is one that stands out not only in this song, but it is one that stands out for me in all music. It is one of the best lyrics I can think of in any song. The vulnerability of love -- captured in a single 8-word line.

    • @andrewr.sendall7131
      @andrewr.sendall7131 Рік тому

      to think, 6 years later i read this comment literally as it was being sung. That is why i like the internet.

  • @acooke
    @acooke Рік тому +32

    It blows me away that the same artist that wrote 'we didn't start the fire' constructed this absolute master piece that goes straight for your heart.

  • @ILoveMagic15
    @ILoveMagic15 4 роки тому +207

    This may be the most underrated song of all time. How have I only discovered this now?

    • @MikeTheOutsider
      @MikeTheOutsider 4 роки тому

      Isn't it a great song?

    • @terrancehanley8530
      @terrancehanley8530 4 роки тому +9

      But discover it you did!

    • @flatsamiscool
      @flatsamiscool 3 роки тому +3

      I don't know, but this may be Hallelujah part 2

    • @AllieOop1920
      @AllieOop1920 3 роки тому +1

      Same for me, after hearing the last phrase which was used in a Boston Legal episode. Just that last phrase and the music...I was hooked. What a hauntingly beautiful song!

    • @samuelelazzarin297
      @samuelelazzarin297 2 роки тому +4

      Because it's now that you need it

  • @michaelcasey5155
    @michaelcasey5155 9 місяців тому +22

    Perfection !

  • @randelurbano
    @randelurbano 9 років тому +721

    I have been listening again and again to this song for several hours now. The metering is hymnal. The words: conditional and subjunctive. Transactional at the last plea. It's like an unsent love letter which was accidentally read.

    • @colind3273
      @colind3273 8 років тому +34

      +Randel Urbano What a beautiful description!

    • @technotable
      @technotable 7 років тому +1

      Randel Urbano
      Door

    • @carolynbabicci2045
      @carolynbabicci2045 7 років тому

      Kara Collins m

    • @mrsmacca126
      @mrsmacca126 7 років тому

      Randel Urbano ...dude...just close your eyes, open your ears and heart and enjoy.

    • @dazzahoward7104
      @dazzahoward7104 7 років тому

      Did he write the melody? I have a feeling he didn't. But it's a beautiful song.

  • @WildsideSky
    @WildsideSky 11 років тому +208

    ...so I would choose to be with you, that's if the choice were mine to make...
    has me tearing up almost every time

  • @brucegelman5582
    @brucegelman5582 7 місяців тому +24

    This a religious hymnal as only Billy could write it.Confessional and heartfelt

  • @TheShotenZenjin
    @TheShotenZenjin 4 роки тому +347

    After Life might make this a hit again.

    • @DaTa-wm5yc
      @DaTa-wm5yc 4 роки тому +12

      TheShotenZenjin came here because of After life too

    • @bluebrave3655
      @bluebrave3655 4 роки тому +3

      Saja 09 me too

    • @slas2570
      @slas2570 4 роки тому +3

      Me too. Beautiful song. 😥xxx

    • @dani.b.5581
      @dani.b.5581 4 роки тому +9

      I had relegated this tune to a dark corner in my mind, but my heart knee it instantly when I heard it queue up. All thanks to AfterLife.

    • @strrstar5034
      @strrstar5034 4 роки тому +7

      The song is heard with my ears, but felt so much deeper in my heart.

  • @odiajulius2349
    @odiajulius2349 9 років тому +375

    These are the real Musicians! Shit , I need a mop and Bucket for my tears!

    • @JoseAlvarez-kz7wu
      @JoseAlvarez-kz7wu 9 років тому +11

      *car gets towed* And so it tows

    • @sandralee6404
      @sandralee6404 8 років тому +4

      i agree, sad song

    • @jdlovesmusic32
      @jdlovesmusic32 8 років тому +5

      +odia julius So very true Odia. True/real musicians purely speak from their heart and soul.

    • @vitaliyabogomolova6792
      @vitaliyabogomolova6792 8 років тому +6

      me too man, me too.

    • @sejrec56
      @sejrec56 7 років тому +10

      The first time I ever heard that song, And So It Goes, I could identify with it, and I stopped in my tracks like OMG!
      And I actually began to cry. When I got married I had my brother perform this song at the church, and he had told me, he had such a hard time even rehearsing the song, because he would cry too!
      It's a very deeply heartfelt song, and honest to his vulnerabilities he felt at that time! Gives you a real idea of his true feelings. There's nothing fake about these lyrics!

  • @lizdowner14
    @lizdowner14 Рік тому +35

    I was listening to this when my girlfriend came in distraught that our beautiful cat ‘Renwee’ had died... He was beautiful, intelligent, and a completely bonkers little guy and we adored him so much. We will never forget him, this track will always help us remember that place and time and just how special he was. It’s not always the human interaction, the loss of our furry, feathered and scaly friends are equally traumatic. We planted a ‘Renwee’ tree soon after we lost him, the sad thing is that it is now almost as tall as my wife, but the positive thing is that we still love and miss him just as much.... we will never forget Renwee and we thank Billy for playing such an important role. Xxx

    • @antrivers46
      @antrivers46 7 місяців тому +1

      Beautiful but sad story. RIP Renwee from a cat lover and Billy Joel fan

    • @Positivekitten
      @Positivekitten 5 місяців тому

      @@antrivers46 Likewise, from another cat lover and Billy Joel fan.

  • @SurvivorBri
    @SurvivorBri 9 років тому +534

    He must have really been in pain when he wrote this. You can hear the agony in his voice. Just so real.

    • @maxl.b.m.y.g.5918
      @maxl.b.m.y.g.5918 9 років тому +13

      Brian Vetter i cry for a day every time i listen to this song

    • @jamesashcroft6637
      @jamesashcroft6637 9 років тому +3

      Max Baum Me too

    • @angiepiracha4938
      @angiepiracha4938 9 років тому +16

      +Brian Vetter he wrote this to his ex- long term girlfriend

    • @michaelmakesmusic4970
      @michaelmakesmusic4970 9 років тому +12

      +Angie The Killjoy it was actually written 6 years before he released to to Elle McPherson, shortly before meeting Christie Brinkley:) i'm sure you can find the demo of it on UA-cam from 1983.

    • @christineg.6006
      @christineg.6006 7 років тому +10

      He's said that he wrote it due to his relationship with Elle McPherson.
      This song and This Night were written about her.

  • @Loccutus28
    @Loccutus28 6 років тому +173

    This is without a doubt Billy Joel's most beautiful song. There is nothing else he has done that compares with it. It is obviously sad, but so lyrical and moving. Thank you Billy for all the wonderful music you have given us. We can never repay you enough!

    • @annedonnellan6876
      @annedonnellan6876 2 роки тому +9

      Its really beautiful. So also is lullaby. Both very beautiful

    • @hashtagonlykris293
      @hashtagonlykris293 2 роки тому +1

      I agree

    • @sonalichaudhuri3497
      @sonalichaudhuri3497 2 роки тому +5

      My all time fav... nothing describes a broken heart better❤️❤️...my silence is my self defence

    • @seanscanlon9067
      @seanscanlon9067 Рік тому +3

      Honesty, I've Loved These Days, Leave A Tender Moment Alone, She's Got A Way, Souvenir, Temptation, Through The Long Night. Vienna, Where's The Orchestra and the instrumental Nocturne.

    • @TelBil2010
      @TelBil2010 Рік тому

      Iv loved billy for years but never really took notice of this song but its beautiful

  • @ccmcgee9062
    @ccmcgee9062 10 місяців тому +23

    My mothers love for Billy has brought me here and bonded us. This has been a favorite of mine for over 25 years.

    • @1nvisible1
      @1nvisible1 10 місяців тому

      *My mother is Elle Macpherson. I love this song.*

  • @scottrussell2281
    @scottrussell2281 9 років тому +387

    The vulnerability of entering a relationship, and how profoundly we can touch one another has rarely been so poignantly expressed in a song. The tone is soft, but the message so powerful. Billy Joel is an absolute MASTER story teller.

    • @saraheeeeeee4552
      @saraheeeeeee4552 8 років тому +5

      Just saw him in concert tonight. He was amazing. He didn't sing this song though which was a bummer. But just as well to not cry.

    • @Harbaksh1234
      @Harbaksh1234 7 років тому +1

      Perfectly put.

    • @amydopson2946
      @amydopson2946 7 років тому +4

      Scott Russell.....you could not have been more right......
      The most beautiful sadness ever set to music.....
      It's almost everything....

    • @hotdiggitydog9157
      @hotdiggitydog9157 6 років тому +1

      Sooooooooooo true. Every song has one. Every. Single. Song. And I love it.

  • @ashsmith3695
    @ashsmith3695 6 років тому +284

    Since hearing this song for the first time it’s had a profound affect on me. It took me awhile to grasp the song’s concept but all I had to do was look inward. Love is good, it’s bad, it’s indifferent. When it works it’s invincible. When it doesn’t it’s crippling.
    Everybody just wants to be loved for who they are. That’s it.
    Love is about exposing yourself to someone else, warts and all. Taking that leap of faith.
    Or I should say believing in it enough to take that first step in the first place.

    • @BarrySeymour
      @BarrySeymour 5 років тому +7

      "Everybody just wants to be loved for who they are. That’s it."
      Says it all.

    • @lorainelambert8548
      @lorainelambert8548 3 роки тому +3

      I fell in love with this song when Oliver and Shane dance to this on Signed Sealed and Delivered. I had to search to find it, and I listen to this and other Billy Joel's songs.❤️❤️❤️

    • @lyndenwallis8183
      @lyndenwallis8183 2 роки тому +4

      @@lorainelambert8548 Yes same here. I’ve just discovered Signed Sealed Delivered in New Zealand. This song is absolutely beautiful.

    • @jamesbarton3155
      @jamesbarton3155 2 роки тому +2

      Crippling is the word.

    • @eileengarcia803
      @eileengarcia803 2 роки тому +1

      wow, so nicely written

  • @JimBobH13
    @JimBobH13 2 роки тому +47

    This is my favorite Billy Joel song, and I'm grateful to "This Is Us" (5/3/22) for giving it new life.

  • @danielcropp8553
    @danielcropp8553 8 років тому +296

    I sang in an a capella choir version of this song for the last concert of my senior year in high school. it was an emotional moment that I will never forget.

    • @pagesandleaves
      @pagesandleaves 8 років тому +14

      we started doing it today in my choir and i was hit like a truck with how good and deep this song is

    • @danielcropp8553
      @danielcropp8553 8 років тому +1

      yeah, it's awesome.

    • @djonez16
      @djonez16 8 років тому +5

      Daniel Cropp I did too! at Buena high school, years ago. had the auditorium in tears I heard! good times, high school

    • @danielcropp8553
      @danielcropp8553 8 років тому

      +D JoneZ yeah!

    • @rocketpoweredunicorn
      @rocketpoweredunicorn 8 років тому +5

      Gentlemen songsters a cappella group did this at my high school like 8 years ago and it was so beautiful I fell in love with the song it's why I'm on this page lol

  • @SyydRaven
    @SyydRaven 2 роки тому +58

    Played this when my Dad passed. We didn’t have much of a relationship. In the last hours of his life we had a brief moment of understanding. For a minute or two it seems, he recognized my gifts. He had a room too, a sanctuary. I hope he’s at peace.

    • @qasion
      @qasion 2 роки тому +1

      Probably he just read your notes,,,🥲

    • @nostromo7928
      @nostromo7928 Місяць тому

      I hope that you are at peace too.
      I feel certain your dad would want that for you.

    • @nostromo7928
      @nostromo7928 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@qasion
      That's a wonderful thing to think about. I'm sure you're right. 🙂

  • @heydeanie
    @heydeanie 3 роки тому +104

    This isn't a song... It's the world's most beautiful poem...
    "... So I will share this room with you, and you can have this heart to break..."

    • @antrivers46
      @antrivers46 8 місяців тому +4

      I completely agree, and I search the earth for songs like this

  • @timothydraycott9279
    @timothydraycott9279 11 років тому +28

    "And i will share this room with you. And you can have this heart to break".
    that lyric is incredibly beautiful.

  • @TheNickel1964
    @TheNickel1964 11 років тому +35

    When the audience starts singing along with you, it's magical. But then, this is Billy Joel. He IS magical.

  • @marshalledwards7311
    @marshalledwards7311 2 роки тому +38

    The TV series "This Is Us" bought me here this evening with the "Miquel" episode and this song playing near the end of the episode. Just beautiful

  • @derianjones1730
    @derianjones1730 8 років тому +176

    This could be his greatest composition. Simple but with chords like that. Wow. The crowd can be proud also as I think they really add to the chorus with a smooth topping of choral mellowness. A sheer delight to listen to. He will be an immortal.

    • @samaduampoma2449
      @samaduampoma2449 8 років тому +4

      Derian Jones: I agree totally! This song is so heart felt, extraordinary and simple, all at the same time. If there was ever a definition in the dictionary as to what a well written song should sound like, this song would be "Exhibit A" for real! Thanks to the piano man himself, for a great song/performance. Enjoy! Cheers, Sam.

    • @StripeRich
      @StripeRich 7 років тому +2

      Goodnight My Angel would be my pick, but also She's Got A Way About Her. But then...with his repertoire, how does one choose?

    • @Leisasm62
      @Leisasm62 6 років тому +1

      Derian Jones is this similar to The Lulaby for his daughter? The 2 songs remind me of each other.

    • @simonhodgetts6530
      @simonhodgetts6530 3 роки тому

      I think personally that Souvenir is quite possibly his best work, but this comes very close in my opinion.

    • @steffanhoffmann
      @steffanhoffmann Рік тому

      Tbh it's difficult to pick one.
      🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸

  • @rajarshighosh1857
    @rajarshighosh1857 2 роки тому +62

    Thank you Miguel, for your selfless part in This is Us. Rest easy, you won our hearts in the end.
    Fantastic usage of this classic.

  • @alexandriaocasio-smollett5078
    @alexandriaocasio-smollett5078 10 місяців тому +14

    He said this is the song of which he was most proud. Who am I to argue with Billy Joel? Just an absolute masterpiece.
    As an aside, there’s such a lesson in the fact that this is also arguably one of the simplest songs in his entire catalog.

  • @zoepi9
    @zoepi9 9 років тому +156

    This song is amazing. Billy sings it beautifully. No extremeties, no nothing. He just sings through his heart to ours. One of his best performances ever.

  • @myownchannel247
    @myownchannel247 5 років тому +60

    if there are better songs than this they haven't been written yet

  • @contemporaryschoolofpiano
    @contemporaryschoolofpiano 4 роки тому +36

    Like an Irish hymn, nostalgic, major keys, minor soul.

    • @bcummings2187
      @bcummings2187 11 місяців тому

      Yes.......Raglan Road vibes.

  • @popvinnik
    @popvinnik 10 років тому +1519

    I was dating a girl right after this came out and I could tell she was thinking of breaking up. So one day while having lunch and discussing it, I sang the line "And so it goes...And so it goes. And so will you soon I suppose." Her eyes welled up and I knew it was over. But I still love the song. Memories of my youth - both happy and sad.

    • @readingamy7547
      @readingamy7547 10 років тому +72

      That made my eyes well up. Bittersweet.

    • @jakekelk531
      @jakekelk531 10 років тому +67

      That is the best way to end a relationship. Beautiful words from a beautiful song

    • @hasuramapa4639
      @hasuramapa4639 6 років тому +14

      Bittersweet :')

    • @thetraindriver01
      @thetraindriver01 6 років тому +18

      Nice story 👍 pitty it was a sad ending for you both.

    • @Bock.
      @Bock. 6 років тому +7

      :) i have no other words but, insperational

  • @parispoet
    @parispoet 2 роки тому +73

    I heard this beautiful song for the first on the show "This Is Us" this week. They play the most amazing songs! This song is so beautiful & it made me cry. What powerful lyrics! I grew listening to Billy Joel in the 80s but had never heard this song. Glad I know it now. ❤❤

  • @DarinHudson
    @DarinHudson 9 місяців тому +7

    One of the most beautiful songs Billy ever did…

  • @Annahoustonofficial
    @Annahoustonofficial 9 років тому +295

    They don't make enough music like this now a-days.

    • @hiimjorj6896
      @hiimjorj6896 9 років тому +15

      *Justin Beiber starts singing in the distance*

    • @happykatau
      @happykatau 7 років тому +14

      There aren't so many equivalents of Billy Joel in any era.... and bear in mind too that it's not always the best songwriters whose music becomes famous!

    • @alexspectre962
      @alexspectre962 7 років тому +3

      They don't make ANY music like this anymore (sadly).

    • @alextomas8946
      @alextomas8946 7 років тому +2

      You don't like snare drums and auto tune?!?!?!?!??!?!?

    • @kaileewalden3586
      @kaileewalden3586 6 років тому +9

      +alex spectre You're looking in the wrong places if you don't think there's any music like this anymore.

  • @GavinWandersee
    @GavinWandersee 4 роки тому +34

    She left me after depression was taking over and I’d isolate myself “if my silence made you leave” will 10/10 times make my eyes tear up

  • @nixthelatter
    @nixthelatter 10 місяців тому +6

    The way he chose to voice these chords with that dissonance is beautiful.

  • @assbiteutube
    @assbiteutube 10 місяців тому +7

    My favorite Billy Joel song as well

  • @williamjbruno6839
    @williamjbruno6839 7 місяців тому +13

    This was performed at the memorial service for a young friend of my daughter. I heard it three times that day and now I have the image of Julia in my mind every time I hear it. A beautiful song for a beautiful soul.

  • @angelavalentino203
    @angelavalentino203 4 роки тому +74

    "And you can have this heart to break" is such a powerful sentence, the willingness to offer oneself to the possibility of pain because that is the only way to open up to the possibility of love. I will be singing this with my choir soon.

  • @martinpowell8813
    @martinpowell8813 8 років тому +135

    I'm Jamaican but I am a true lover of good music, and I've been fan of billy Joel all my life, he is truly a legend , his music is timeless

    • @danielcropp8553
      @danielcropp8553 8 років тому +34

      "I'm a Jamaican but. . ." ? Hey Martin, you are a Jamaican AND. Being a Jamaican doesn't prevent you from doing ANYTHING. :)

    • @ellisehackshaw
      @ellisehackshaw 6 років тому

      Trinidadian and feel the same way

    • @salrusso1233
      @salrusso1233 5 років тому

      @@danielcropp8553 Any clue on how racist we know you truly are?? You comment was a statement lol. You believe the exact opposite of what you just said. Also how did his comment garner that reply?? 🤔😂😂😂😂

    • @seanscanlon9067
      @seanscanlon9067 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/b8VIte9KTZw/v-deo.html

  • @LambentOrt
    @LambentOrt Місяць тому +4

    One of my exes played this song for me. When we broke up, I played this song countless times and cried silently. There's not another song like it.

  • @andrewbluebells2370
    @andrewbluebells2370 2 роки тому +12

    In every heart there is a room
    A sanctuary safe and strong
    To heal the wounds from lovers past
    Until a new one comes along....💔😭

  • @adart2496
    @adart2496 8 років тому +65

    This is positively one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. The purity, the unalloyed aim of the music and lyric together are at the very highest level.

  • @EPCRh
    @EPCRh 10 місяців тому +6

    My favorite song of all time.. Brings a tear to my eye every time.

  • @davidledbetter4840
    @davidledbetter4840 2 роки тому +53

    Most amazingly written song ever. Close your eyes and absorb the lyrics.

    • @lisawhite9256
      @lisawhite9256 2 роки тому +1

      I did just that, and the tears came...amazing song..I played it after watching This is Us..😢

    • @Justdessertsforme
      @Justdessertsforme 2 роки тому +2

      I closed my eyes tonight and just cried. Not only are the lyrics superb (heartache)...but the haunting melody has been my life. I have a fresh start with love....grateful for another chance. ❤

  • @KyleTheMaestro
    @KyleTheMaestro 9 років тому +90

    One of the most romantic songs ever written. Anyone who has ever laid down next to another with an invisible wall between somehow will know what that lasting love can break that wall down with one embrace is everything. Don't wait... love today, tomorrow may never come. That's if the choice were mine to make..

    • @josefinaalmarza3520
      @josefinaalmarza3520 7 років тому

      Kyle Brown so will be mine, but life is unfair ,many times.

    • @scovs420
      @scovs420 7 років тому +1

      Tomorrow came for me my man. Still a great song though.

    • @jeffreygranger6913
      @jeffreygranger6913 5 років тому +2

      The wall doesn't protect; it isolates. I'll take the chance of being hurt to avoid the pain of aloneness.

  • @marycjackson6170
    @marycjackson6170 9 місяців тому +13

    Absolutely love this song. Especially since my loving husband, Dick, is gone for 17 years now.

  • @mitchwade2001
    @mitchwade2001 4 роки тому +24

    One of the best song writers of our modern times

  • @marybethelmer5033
    @marybethelmer5033 10 років тому +46

    I have loved Billy Joel since I was a teenager and heard his album. "The Stranger." Yet I had not heard this song until recently with the limited Billy Joel channel on Sirius FM. I had to stop the car to listen to every word and note. It is so very hauntingly true in lyrics and in minor chords. With every love, you risk a broken heart. Are you strong enough to take the risk? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. This has now become my favorite Billy Joel song. I think he is a master musician in all ways.

  • @KathleenFrosina
    @KathleenFrosina 10 місяців тому +5

    The saddest song written bravo Billy bravo

  • @fbotpa
    @fbotpa 10 місяців тому +6

    Most beautiful song. Period.

  • @treita
    @treita 8 років тому +51

    Songs like this make me wonder what's going through their mind as it goes.
    The crowd disappears, memories of people they've known and places they've been take their place. People they've loved, friends passed on, all return and given tribute through the chords that ring out.

  • @swish6754
    @swish6754 4 роки тому +183

    Anyone else here because of the Netflix show "After Life" Season 2? I hadn't heard this song in years; always brought a tear to my eye. 💖

    • @louiseluna4024
      @louiseluna4024 4 роки тому +8

      Ricky Gervais is beyond talented. I cried much during 'After Life'.......and then there is 'Derek'. True creative energy there!

    • @marcoliverfeuring8592
      @marcoliverfeuring8592 4 роки тому +3

      It was wonderfully compatible. :')

    • @046designerjane
      @046designerjane 4 роки тому

      Yep. 😊🙁

    • @susanpazera1093
      @susanpazera1093 4 роки тому +1

      Yup - guilty as charged! Love this song.

    • @elisabethfung658
      @elisabethfung658 4 роки тому

      Yes. So beautiful

  • @martinhoffmitz2502
    @martinhoffmitz2502 7 місяців тому +12

    Iconic
    Billy Joel has many great songs
    But this one
    Rises above them all.
    It is a beautiful
    Poem
    With layers and layers of meaning...
    It is only by breaking one's heart
    Truly breaking it
    that one comes to true, pure Humility
    and in that Humility
    a Deeper, vast Hall of love
    Opens up.

  • @AuthorDiva
    @AuthorDiva 7 років тому +43

    I LOVE this man's music. He is not only a musician, he is a poet. His words, combined with just the right melody and harmony, hit me right in my core.

  • @cynthiaeyiuche2141
    @cynthiaeyiuche2141 2 роки тому +13

    I hand not heard this song in a long time...I heard it this week on my favorite show " This is Us". I called my eyes shut! I love this song, first heard it in Onitsha Nigeria when on my way to the Cathedral to get married. My soon to be husband was driving. He stopped at a store to buy cigarettes,and kept car running. This song came on. I don't know if it was a tape, or radio...way back in 1992.
    I listened to the lyrics. I remembered my husband to be did say to me many times, " you gonna leave me".
    I never understood why he felt that way! Listening to the lyrics, I thought to my self he must have got the idea from the song. We did get married, but marriage didn't last. Good thing that came from our marriage was our handsome 2 son's. We have 3 beautiful grandchildren from our youngest son.
    Everytime I hear this song I cry uncontrollably. I love the song, like I loved my husband back then in Ontisha, Nigeria...." And so it goes"❤️🌴🏝️🌴
    So, every time

  • @jeremyparsons4940
    @jeremyparsons4940 2 роки тому +15

    A song full of truth. At 70 it resonated with with my past. How many times have I made myself vulnerable and how many times has it brought that mutual love… sometimes ….but even now I still seek … still get hurt but still try. Our hearts are always young

  • @thomastaylor2326
    @thomastaylor2326 Рік тому +8

    I played this song for my girlfriend who in turn ended up becoming my wife. One of my all time favorite Billy Joel songs. “You can have this heart to break.”

  • @Eudamoniae
    @Eudamoniae 5 років тому +33

    This song makes me feel the sorrows from the years deep in my bones.

  • @michelleradice8953
    @michelleradice8953 2 роки тому +17

    This song had been used in several of the Hallmark “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” movies. The song is used perfectly.

    • @junelongoria5833
      @junelongoria5833 2 роки тому

      Very much so.

    • @annthompson2583
      @annthompson2583 2 роки тому

      Yes that's the Hallmark movies I've been watching. Every episode of the Sign Sealed Delivered series leaves me in tears. The stories are deep and endearing. Nice reading your comment....

  • @Bailey2006a
    @Bailey2006a 2 роки тому +24

    “And every time I’ve held a rose it seems I’ve only felt the thorns”… that line always breaks my heart. Joel wrote this after a breakup yet the words obtain to myriad human events. The melody, itself, owes so much to traditional Celtic folk tunes that always have a touch of sadness about them. So, this choice for “ Miguel’s Story” was a touch of genius.

  • @amandaredd3057
    @amandaredd3057 3 роки тому +10

    Jesus, nobody breaks my heart like Billy

  • @kathykeller849
    @kathykeller849 2 роки тому +14

    I just watched "This is Us" and I stopped to find Billy Joel's song. I just listened to it and yes, I was weeping. Love his music and his voice.

  • @lindahickman
    @lindahickman 6 місяців тому +6

    One of the greatest songs. I so love it.

  • @SuperMcabral
    @SuperMcabral 3 роки тому +24

    This is by far his best! I started hearing it on "Signed, Sealed and Delivered" as the theme song. I looked it up and was actually surprised. It matches well with this Hallmark series.

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 3 роки тому +5

      Great song, my wife watched it on Hallmark too. We love the "Signed Sealed Delivered" series so much we bought the whole box set. We watch an episode each evening

    • @marilynteichman3060
      @marilynteichman3060 2 роки тому +5

      Marti Cabral, that's how I found it, too! One of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I've ever heard.

    • @colleen5872
      @colleen5872 2 роки тому +1

      This song describes what happened to me as I waited for my marine to come back after boot camp😒 When I heard it on SSD I was brought to my knees. Thank you hallmark❤️

  • @That1robloxplayer
    @That1robloxplayer 9 місяців тому +4

    Thank you for such a beautiful song!! I can’t help but cry pretty much every time!!! ❤

  • @elizabethmuratore9865
    @elizabethmuratore9865 10 років тому +44

    I sang this in high school choir last year. Probably one of the best pieces our choir has done while I've been there. It got me interested in Billy Joel's music, and it made me appreciate and admire him a lot more than I did previously.

    • @petemoss8522
      @petemoss8522 10 років тому

      Check out his first five albums, which I believe to be his best work, although he has some gems in every album.

  • @patriciasmith267
    @patriciasmith267 6 років тому +40

    The simplicity of this song really is magnificent. That is the gift Billy Joel brings us. Thank you Billy. A true poet.

  • @karenvanderburgh429
    @karenvanderburgh429 3 роки тому +32

    Just got done with Season 2 of AFTER LIFE by Ricky Gervais and this song was at the end of episode 5....so fitting and oh so sad....deep in the feels. I just had to come here and listen to the full song. My dad is a BIG Billy Joel fan! Thank you for the music Piano Man 💖

    • @mattchany8036
      @mattchany8036 2 роки тому +2

      Same story…just finished season 2 and looked up the song…fitting

    • @fade7755
      @fade7755 2 роки тому +1

      Yep same reason ….. cheers

    • @shirleyyoung1517
      @shirleyyoung1517 2 роки тому +1

      Afterlife is where I have found this beautiful song

    • @Boothby171
      @Boothby171 2 роки тому

      That's why I'm "here," too. I lost my dad about a year and a half ago; I heard this song at the close of "After Life," and just felt I needed to hear it from beginning to end.

    • @laurasultan4987
      @laurasultan4987 Рік тому

      Same!!!

  • @amymarieca
    @amymarieca Рік тому +28

    One of the most beautiful songs ever composed ❤️

  • @loripatrick4652
    @loripatrick4652 6 років тому +6

    No more. No one will ever break my heart again. Silence is my self defense. This heart is in permanent lock down.

  • @nostromo7928
    @nostromo7928 Місяць тому +2

    A person has to endure a lot of sorrow to write a song from such a pure place. Bless you, Billy. ❤

  • @tracywestwater4931
    @tracywestwater4931 3 роки тому +12

    I'm here because of Shane & Oliver from Signed, Sealed Delivered. ❤️

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 2 роки тому +2

      Me too. My wife and I bought the whole box set. We are watching this episode tonight 10 Feb 22. We watch an episode every night. Greetings from Charleston, West Virginia and Semper Fidelis

  • @tracyt4327
    @tracyt4327 6 місяців тому +5

    This song was given to Billy by his angels to influence humanity in a way to wake humanity up to the ways of love. Humanity should be more humble.... In every way. Or, there is no hope.

  • @ikerina
    @ikerina 2 роки тому +3

    *In every heart there is a room*
    *A sanctuary safe and strong*
    *To heal the wounds from lovers past*
    *Until a new one comes along*
    Oke, Mr Joel. Stab me!!