Absolutely! He tells stories with his lyrics that are universally true emotions, bringing the audience into the moment. He is a history buff and does reference historical events and people in some songs (Beau Brummell in ‘It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me’) and lots of them in “We didn’t Start the Fire.”
He complains though that he really didn't write a way for the song to end. It could go on and on and on. I don't think there is a musical genre that he has NOT written music for.
😉 We hired him for a few Bar/Bat Mitzvahs since he was hiding on the Island for awhile! 🤔 Probably met Virginia during that time and found out "those Catholic Girls start much too late".... 😂🤣😂🥰🐰
@@phillychick4196😄 My best friends dad played hockey for the 🏒 NY Islanders back when they 😱 didn't wear Helmets. They'd rent houses in the Summer out on Long Island, The Hamptons, Fire Island. Billy played a few parties for Birthdays, Bat/Bar Mitzvah, but mostly played Bars/Lounges before the first Album had 😳 the Piano player from the Island on SNL singing 'She's Always a Woman to Me'! Same with Bruce Springsteen who was a regular at the Stone Pony. A few players had houses on the Jersey Shore! 😂 The real one, not the fake Jersey on MTV! 😂🤣😂🤣😁🐰
This came out in 1973. I was in college in the late 80s. It was played on the juke box every night in the bars. Everyone would stop what they were doing, link arms, and sing along. Good times. The song stands the test of time.
@@briansmith48 Me either; I always thought it came out in the 80s. I think because the video revived it again. I was shocked to learn it was released in 1973!
Released in 1973. Billy writes all his music and lyrics himself. He’s an all around musician, great playing, singing, music and lyrics. The man can do it all. His catalog is a very deep rabbit hole, but well worth diving in. He is very eclectic in his writing so no one particular style. He still gives a great concert at 74.
It's hard to fathom that a massive hitmaker like Billy Joel is unknown to the younger generations. When I was a kid there weren't many radio stations and the one I listened to played all genres and most decades of music. This is a rabbit hole worth going down. He is one of the best songwriters, singers, and musicians of all time.
This is Billy encore after every concert, for over 40 years now. As amazing as his musical catalog is, this song is special. You ever go to a karakee night, or an old time juke box joint, or a piano bar...and this song is a given. Is so catchy and tells such an amazing song, Billy hardly even sings it anymore. He just plays the music, and the audience does the rest. So good.
Hi, I'm visiting from the future (late 2024) and can't help but notice how much you have grown in confidence, musical knowledge, music language, and musical appreciation. This is a perfectly fine reaction video, but your current work is light years beyond. Carry on!
My husband took me to see him in concert this year in March and got front row seats. There were serious goosebumps when the audience of over 64k people singing this chorus back to him.
Nice, Billy Joel is America's Elton John and they toured together for years. Over 30 hits, one of the best selling artist of all time. If you like this song you will love so many others.
I've never heard Billy Joel singing anyone but his own songs. There's a real story behind this song. These are real people he met when he played the piano in a bar.
"...when I wore a younger man's clothes", "....as the smile ran away from his face", "....sharing a drink they call loneliness". Amazing lyrics! Billy Joel is a rabbit hole you definitely need to explore.
An Innocent Man. (Lyrics are deep but great meaning) Only The Good Die Young. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me. Billy has soooo many great songs. Incredible song writer.
My first concert, in 1973. I was 11. Billy Joel had just released this song (and album) and he was opening act for The Beach Boys. He was PHENOMENAL! It was so clear that he was going to be a huge rock star (spoiler alert: he was). (The Beach Boys were incredible, too, btw)
I'm a hard core rock and roller who literally cries at the last verse of Piano Man every single f'n time...... not ashamed lol. ( 67 yr old usa rocker)
Billy Joel just recently (June 2024) ended a residency at Madison Square Garden in NYC where he played a concert every month for 104 months Almost 10 years. In total he has played MSG 150 times, more than any other artist.
After the Beatles, Billy Joel, is my favorite musical act of all time. I’ve been lucky enough, to see him in concert 3 times. Many, many more great hits, to react to, by him!
Ok son, you hooked me. I say son only because judging by your face you could be one of my grandsons. It wasn't the song that hooked me it was your fair acknowledgement that you do like older songs. Most young people absolutely refuse to listen to older music just because of arrogance, but you're refreshingly different. Your parents should be proud, they did a good job. Personally, I have a whole lineup of songs I'd like to get your reactions to and they've made reactors' legends by pulling in the largest subscribers and unique viewers. Trust me. The first one I'd wish for is by a giant singer, song writer and actor. He's won multiple awards from different genres and Hollywood acclaim. Sadly, being also a pilot he crashed his experimental aircraft in the ocean and died. His name if you haven't already guessed is John Denver and most reactors start with Rocky Mountain High, but if you research John Denver titles you can close your eyes and pick with a dart and be sure to strike gold. Anyway I'm all subscribed and buckled in. Take me home.😊 PS. Love the MLB hat.
Billy writes all of his own songs, they are mostly about parts of his life and how he reacted to them. WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE was when his birthday made him feel there so many things that had happened since he was born and he recorded them. Great songs that I like are IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL, UPTOWN GIRL, FOR THE LONGEST TIME, and his song about Viet Nam GOOD NIGHT SAIGON!!!
Saw Billy in concert at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles a few years ago. He was amazing! This song was part of his encore and of course all 50,000+ in stadium sang the chorus back to him. Truly incredible.
I saw Billy joel on my first date with my husband. We broke up after some years but anytime he came to Florida even if we were in other relationships, we always went to see him, neither of us remarried. It was crazy. He passed 22 years ago and wish we could go to one last Billy Joel concert. ❤❤
This is one of the three songs that I can't listen to anymore because the hit too close to home for comfort. Every time I get to the part where he speaks of the barman I break down in tears. Masterpiece
Billy Joel is an immensely talented American treasure. Composer/poet/singer/pianist/storyteller/lyricist; he does it all and he does it exquisitely. His catalogue is deep and diverse and well worth your time to explore it. Nice reaction. Good luck with your channel 🌺✌️
@MollyBoyTV Molly lad bro, I'm glad that you like to listen to old school music by Billy Joel Piano, man. Bro, check out this other song by Billy Joel it's called We didn't start the fire (please react to the official music video). The song has a upbeat somewhat rock music feel mixed with a rhyme rap feel I think but either way it's very catchy and the lyrics are interesting
@@MollyBoyTV Molly lad bro, it's ok to pause the video on and off, that's your way of waiting and wanting to say what you think feel and like about a music video. People will complain but guess bro, pause when you feel like it, if it helps you to understand and analyze a music video, then I say hey, go for it bro, Mad respect for you young lad. Be yourself and don't change bro.
Yes they're sharing a drink they call "lonelines"... ...but it's better than drinking alone So powerful, chokes me up every time. Billy Joel's lyrics are unreal: He said "Son, can you play me a memory? I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad and it's sweet, and I knew it complete When I wore a younger man's clothes"
I watched part of a reaction video from a person more interested in hearing themselves talk than hearing the music. I did not Subscribe to them. So glad to see a young man who will keep Rock Rolling...
So, let's talk about those lyrics a bit. We start out with the old man who can't remember the song, but he knows that it made him feel good when he was younger. And he's still there. And then we're introduced to a series of regulars whose lives are going nowhere they really want to be going. They'll probably still be there thirty or forty years from now when they're the old man's age. And even our piano man is frustrated by his situation and cynical about the praise he's receiving. It's a sad song, but it was insanely popular when it came out, partly because the lyrics are so moving, partly because each character is made recognizable and sympathetic in just a few lines, and partly because the chorus is so rousing that you could "forget about life for a while."
I was visiting friends in Miami several years ago and saw him in concert on a Saturday night, at around 9pm he sang “it’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday”, for a second people didn’t notice it, then I screamed *YEAH!* and the whole place went 🦇 💩 crazy. It felt GREAT! It was a great concert.
Billy is a hell of a storyteller. If you get a chance, listen/watch the live performance of "New York State of Mind". Billy's piano genius, and a red-hot sax player will do you in🔥I so love your enthusiasm and appreciation for all kinds of music - when you have an open mind about music, you will always be rewarded. Thank you for sharing your reactions. You make my day happy!
Billy Joel is a great storyteller. On another note, I'm on a mollyboy binge watch session tonight and I just watched a recent video where you are at 80k subs and this is 4.5k. Congrats on your growth and success! You deserve it
At a point in Billy\s life he was in a fight with his record label. He wasn't allowed to play his own music. So, out of boredom he started playing "Piano Bars" a few nights a week. It was his experiences while doing this that inspired him to write and record this song.
This song is about a talented artist who plays in a bar. People are like why are you here? At the end of the day everyone there is still there. Not realizing there own talent, which may not equal his talent but...HE has learned something from it❤❤❤❤
The song is from 1973, but they recorded this video about ten years later. I just recently saw the original video for this song from 1973. It definitely looks like '73 and makes you realize this one is from the 80's. Thanks for listening and sharing, mate! Peace from SF
One of the best song writers of the past century. Try conjuring up the story of a roomful of people in less than 3.5 minutes. Anybodys story. Everybodys story. The local pub or piano bar.
Billy Joel is one of the best singer/songwriters there is. His songs all have deep meanings, and are stories. He plays the piano, and the harmonica when he preforms this live. He is known as the piano man. My favorite song of his is We Didn't Start the Fire. It is a history lesson of things that happened from his birth to forty years later. My favorite album of his is Glass Houses.
This song was released in 1974 . One of his first huge hits . Great storytelling ballad. If you want to hear a great Billy Joel song watch the official video for " Matter of Trust". you will love it .
Long before we met, way back in the 1980s, my husband listened to heavy metal in high school while I was listening to Billy Joel. He had no idea how great Billy Joel was until he took me to a concert just a few years ago. Now he says it’s the best concert he’s ever been to! Please react to Vienna! It’s so beautiful and so meaningful.
Saw him at Old Trafford in 2018. It was actually a Saturday night & when he did this song, 25k people sang the whole song with him. It was a night i’ll never forget ❤🎶
Billy wrote this song himself, and it was release in 1973. Billy Joel had a contract dispute and took some time off from touring, but he loved playing and performing so he played in a piano bar under a fake name. This experience inspired him to write this song and it was a massive hit on his next album after his contract dispute was resolved. Note especially the lyric, "Man -- What are you doing here?" Some of his fans ran into him while he was doing the piano bar work and were shocked to see such a big star play in such a tiny bar.
Sorry, not trying to be a dick here as you have most of the details right but the "man what are you doing here" line was more about customers recognising that Billy had too much talent to just be playing piano in a bar rather than they were fans recognising him, which he had to do to make ends meet and his wife at the time was waitressing there too......"And the waitress is practising politics". He only did the job for six months after his debut album flopped due to the master tapes being recorded at the wrong speed and so it made his voice sound too high-pitched. The album did not sell well and he was not really famous at the time of playing piano in the bar, in order for anyone to recognise him.
Billy Joel's songbook is Gigantic! I'm pretty sure he writes most, if not all, of his songs. He singsvin many styles and sounds. He's been at it for about 50 years now. This is a huge rabbit hole if you decide to enter.
If you've never heard Billy Joel before this; wow; you are in for a rabbit hole full of musical genius and really entertaining videos, too. I don't know where to start with suggestions. Try some of these: Innocent Man, A Room Of Our Own, Pressure, Tell Her About It, Goodnight Saigon, We Didn't Start The Fire, River of Dreams; You May Be Right, Matter of Trust (really fun video) and New York State of Mind (Old Grey Whistle performance). If you're into mad piano, also from Old Grey Whistle Test, check out Root Beer Rag. Glad you loved this. He's a total badass; lyrics, music, musicianship, piano (including classical) and a performer, too. And what a band as well; masters, all.
Saw him in concert had the stage set up to sing even to the people behind the stage. Class act. Think there's a song called Your My Home, my late wife loved. He wrote Piano Man while working a NY bar as the piano player.
Every song of his you listen to, the lyrics will be awesome. Billy is the man and has a prolific career. So much amazing stuff to choose from. I would recommend the official video for Pressure and the live on Long Island performance of Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. Huge rabbit hole, so get ready.
This man has a HUGE catalog - HUGE! I went to see him in concert twice and everybody sings along to his songs - especially this one swaying to it as if you have a beer mug in your hand. But, yes, keep on going with him. You will continue to love each one!
Billy Joel’s “100th Anniversary Concert at Madison Square Garden” aired on CBS in April 2024. One of the absolute best recorded concert performances ever! Find it, watch it, love it.🎶
New York State of MInd is my favorite. He is a nyc guy and played every month at Madison Square Garden. for years so we could all get a chance to see him. Huge catalog. He actually started out at piano bars.
The great thing about Billy Joel his songs approach life through lyrics that read like a story in Piano Man he introduces various "working stiffs" who go to that bar to hear The Piano Man to take a breather from the pace of life. The song is brilliant and highlights Billy Joel's singing and his musicianship on the piano. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't tap a foot or dance in some way to this great tune
The song is from 1973 and reflects a job he had as a young man, early in his career. I think this video was made in the 80s, based on his age, the fashions, and the fact that music videos didn't become common until then. He's an extremely mainstream pop star in the U.S., but his songs have never been focused on teenage themes. He's always written about adults, in this case middle aged people who hang around in a bar.
There are so many songs by Billy Joel that you could listen to. My Life, You May Be Right, Big Shot,River of Dreams ,Moving Up ......,..the list is long and worth a listen
Great reaction. Billy is a brilliant artist, writer and performer. He sold out over 100 shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. He has 3 greatest hits albums. One of my favorites.
Billy Joel is one of the greatest lyricist in the history of music.
Absolutely! He tells stories with his lyrics that are universally true emotions, bringing the audience into the moment. He is a history buff and does reference historical events and people in some songs (Beau Brummell in ‘It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me’) and lots of them in “We didn’t Start the Fire.”
He complains though that he really didn't write a way for the song to end. It could go on and on and on. I don't think there is a musical genre that he has NOT written music for.
This song is about a job he did when he was hiding from his producer for 6 months, so this song is about his real life.
😉 We hired him for a few Bar/Bat Mitzvahs since he was hiding on the Island for awhile! 🤔 Probably met Virginia during that time and found out "those Catholic Girls start much too late".... 😂🤣😂🥰🐰
NO FUCKING WAY!!❤love Billy! So like myself!❤
Hey! You’re fucking High! AWESOME ❤❤❤❤
@@phillychick4196😄 My best friends dad played hockey for the 🏒 NY Islanders back when they 😱 didn't wear Helmets. They'd rent houses in the Summer out on Long Island, The Hamptons, Fire Island. Billy played a few parties for Birthdays, Bat/Bar Mitzvah, but mostly played Bars/Lounges before the first Album had 😳 the Piano player from the Island on SNL singing 'She's Always a Woman to Me'! Same with Bruce Springsteen who was a regular at the Stone Pony. A few players had houses on the Jersey Shore! 😂 The real one, not the fake Jersey on MTV! 😂🤣😂🤣😁🐰
@@phillychick4196 😏 for the record: I'm retired & 🤪 Gummies are legal in NYC now! 😌🐰
I honestly don’t think any original singer/songwriter does it better than Billy Joel. He has SO MANY songs in so many different styles.
"They're sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone." is a damn brilliant and heart crushing line.
Best lyric I have ever heard…
One of my favourite lyrics too, along with James " you may have oysters, but you'll never find a pearl".
If this song comes on in a bar everyone sings! It’s just that kind of song!
This came out in 1973. I was in college in the late 80s. It was played on the juke box every night in the bars. Everyone would stop what they were doing, link arms, and sing along. Good times. The song stands the test of time.
It isn't a family get together, unless we're all drunkenly singing along to this song by the end of the night 😆
@@always420blitzed Awesome!
1973... 🤔 Well the video must have come out much later.
I don't remember it until MTV showed it around 84.
@@briansmith48 Me either; I always thought it came out in the 80s. I think because the video revived it again. I was shocked to learn it was released in 1973!
A song about loneliness, disenchantment and lost dreams.
Released in 1973. Billy writes all his music and lyrics himself. He’s an all around musician, great playing, singing, music and lyrics. The man can do it all. His catalog is a very deep rabbit hole, but well worth diving in. He is very eclectic in his writing so no one particular style. He still gives a great concert at 74.
It's hard to fathom that a massive hitmaker like Billy Joel is unknown to the younger generations. When I was a kid there weren't many radio stations and the one I listened to played all genres and most decades of music. This is a rabbit hole worth going down. He is one of the best songwriters, singers, and musicians of all time.
This is Billy encore after every concert, for over 40 years now. As amazing as his musical catalog is, this song is special. You ever go to a karakee night, or an old time juke box joint, or a piano bar...and this song is a given. Is so catchy and tells such an amazing song, Billy hardly even sings it anymore. He just plays the music, and the audience does the rest. So good.
Hi, I'm visiting from the future (late 2024) and can't help but notice how much you have grown in confidence, musical knowledge, music language, and musical appreciation. This is a perfectly fine reaction video, but your current work is light years beyond. Carry on!
Brilliant ❤❤😊
I agree. There will always be critics, you be you. I'm 71 and get a real joy watching you.
@@pamelaevancha4337 I'm 65 and totally agree!
I concur!
He has a tribute song for the Vietnam veterans, " Good Night Saigon".
It's A MUST listen💯🔥🇺🇸👏🤘
My husband took me to see him in concert this year in March and got front row seats. There were serious goosebumps when the audience of over 64k people singing this chorus back to him.
When he performs this live, he plays the piano and harmonica ! Incredibe !!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
1973 and he just kept going decade after decade
Nice, Billy Joel is America's Elton John and they toured together for years. Over 30 hits, one of the best selling artist of all time. If you like this song you will love so many others.
Damn I never thought of it like that 😂
You're absolutely right
He has sold over 150 million albums. This song is pure poetry.
Billy Joel always has a Story to Tell.... he is Fantastic
I've never heard Billy Joel singing anyone but his own songs. There's a real story behind this song. These are real people he met when he played the piano in a bar.
"...when I wore a younger man's clothes", "....as the smile ran away from his face", "....sharing a drink they call loneliness".
Amazing lyrics! Billy Joel is a rabbit hole you definitely need to explore.
Billy Joel has a huge catalog…great artist!!!
"We Didn't Start the Fire" is my favorite Billy Joel song. He is brilliant and this song showcases it plus his mastery of writing lyrics!
Saw him in concert 40 yrs ago and then again 10 years ago, man, he really puts on such a show. Has never disappointed.
As far as I know he wrote every one of his masterpieces.
When you are in your 70th you will get this song.......you doing all right
Yes. BJ is a legend. He wrote all his songs and he's a genius.
An Innocent Man. (Lyrics are deep but great meaning)
Only The Good Die Young.
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me.
Billy has soooo many great songs. Incredible song writer.
"The waitress is practicing politics" is a brilliant lyric
My first concert, in 1973. I was 11. Billy Joel had just released this song (and album) and he was opening act for The Beach Boys. He was PHENOMENAL! It was so clear that he was going to be a huge rock star (spoiler alert: he was). (The Beach Boys were incredible, too, btw)
I'm a hard core rock and roller who literally cries at the last verse of Piano Man every single f'n time...... not ashamed lol. ( 67 yr old usa rocker)
Billy Joel wrote all of his own songs. Fun fact about Billy Joel. He plays the piano and the harmonica at the same time.
Billy Joel said he wanted to be a songwriter. Turning into a rock star never entered his mind.
Released in 1973; I was 20 years old. He has an enormous body of work. Dive deep.
Billy Joel just recently (June 2024) ended a residency at Madison Square Garden in NYC where he played a concert every month for 104 months Almost 10 years. In total he has played MSG 150 times, more than any other artist.
After the Beatles, Billy Joel, is my favorite musical act of all time.
I’ve been lucky enough, to see him in concert 3 times.
Many, many more great hits, to react to, by him!
Ok son, you hooked me. I say son only because judging by your face you could be one of my grandsons.
It wasn't the song that hooked me it was your fair acknowledgement that you do like older songs.
Most young people absolutely refuse to listen to older music just because of arrogance, but you're refreshingly different.
Your parents should be proud, they did a good job.
Personally, I have a whole lineup of songs I'd like to get your reactions to and they've made reactors' legends by pulling in the largest subscribers and unique viewers. Trust me.
The first one I'd wish for is by a giant singer, song writer and actor. He's won multiple awards from different genres and Hollywood acclaim.
Sadly, being also a pilot he crashed his experimental aircraft in the ocean and died.
His name if you haven't already guessed is John Denver and most reactors start with Rocky Mountain High, but if you research John Denver titles you can close your eyes and pick with a dart and be sure to strike gold.
Anyway I'm all subscribed and buckled in. Take me home.😊
PS. Love the MLB hat.
Billy Joel has one of the deepest libraries and he runs the gamut in musical style….
The deepest rabbit hole you’ll ever go down😂🎉❤🇺🇸🇬🇧
He's the American Elton John.
He's a master story teller..❤
Billy writes all of his own songs, they are mostly about parts of his life and how he reacted to them. WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE was when his birthday made him feel there so many things that had happened since he was born and he recorded them. Great songs that I like are IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL, UPTOWN GIRL, FOR THE LONGEST TIME, and his song about Viet Nam GOOD NIGHT SAIGON!!!
Yep he wrote it. Actually Billy didn't think it was a good song. But his fans loved it
Saw Billy in concert at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles a few years ago. He was amazing! This song was part of his encore and of course all 50,000+ in stadium sang the chorus back to him. Truly incredible.
I saw Billy joel on my first date with my husband. We broke up after some years but anytime he came to Florida even if we were in other relationships, we always went to see him, neither of us remarried. It was crazy. He passed 22 years ago and wish we could go to one last Billy Joel concert. ❤❤
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This is one of the three songs that I can't listen to anymore because the hit too close to home for comfort.
Every time I get to the part where he speaks of the barman I break down in tears.
Masterpiece
Billy Joel is an immensely talented American treasure. Composer/poet/singer/pianist/storyteller/lyricist; he does it all and he does it exquisitely. His catalogue is deep and diverse and well worth your time to explore it. Nice reaction. Good luck with your channel 🌺✌️
Thank you very much I’m glad you liked it!
@MollyBoyTV Molly lad bro, I'm glad that you like to listen to old school music by Billy Joel Piano, man.
Bro, check out this other song by Billy Joel it's called We didn't start the fire (please react to the official music video). The song has a upbeat somewhat rock music feel mixed with a rhyme rap feel I think but either way it's very catchy and the lyrics are interesting
@@MollyBoyTV Molly lad bro, it's ok to pause the video on and off, that's your way of waiting and wanting to say what you think feel and like about a music video. People will complain but guess bro, pause when you feel like it, if it helps you to understand and analyze a music video, then I say hey, go for it bro, Mad respect for you young lad. Be yourself and don't change bro.
Yes they're sharing a drink they call "lonelines"...
...but it's better than drinking alone
So powerful, chokes me up every time.
Billy Joel's lyrics are unreal:
He said "Son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet, and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
Everybody has a story, and he told us theirs.
Nineteen seventy-three, and i was a senior on high school. That was 50 years ago and i still.hear this song everywhere. That's staying power!!!
this is just one of those iconic songs, timeless classic
I watched part of a reaction video from a person more interested in hearing themselves talk than hearing the music. I did not Subscribe to them. So glad to see a young man who will keep Rock Rolling...
My top 10. The musician.
Billy is an absolute icon. His catalog is unequalled in its uniqueness and musicianship.
So, let's talk about those lyrics a bit. We start out with the old man who can't remember the song, but he knows that it made him feel good when he was younger. And he's still there. And then we're introduced to a series of regulars whose lives are going nowhere they really want to be going. They'll probably still be there thirty or forty years from now when they're the old man's age. And even our piano man is frustrated by his situation and cynical about the praise he's receiving. It's a sad song, but it was insanely popular when it came out, partly because the lyrics are so moving, partly because each character is made recognizable and sympathetic in just a few lines, and partly because the chorus is so rousing that you could "forget about life for a while."
Billy Joel is a music icon. Another rabbit hole
I was visiting friends in Miami several years ago and saw him in concert on a Saturday night, at around 9pm he sang “it’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday”, for a second people didn’t notice it, then I screamed *YEAH!* and the whole place went 🦇 💩 crazy.
It felt GREAT! It was a great concert.
Billy is a hit maker. He was singing next to Tina Turner in We Are The World
Best. Bar. Sing-a-long. Song. Ever!
Billy is a hell of a storyteller. If you get a chance, listen/watch the live performance of "New York State of Mind". Billy's piano genius, and a red-hot sax player will do you in🔥I so love your enthusiasm and appreciation for all kinds of music - when you have an open mind about music, you will always be rewarded. Thank you for sharing your reactions. You make my day happy!
Billy Joel is a great storyteller.
On another note, I'm on a mollyboy binge watch session tonight and I just watched a recent video where you are at 80k subs and this is 4.5k. Congrats on your growth and success! You deserve it
Billy Joel is iconic!
At a point in Billy\s life he was in a fight with his record label. He wasn't allowed to play his own music. So, out of boredom he started playing "Piano Bars" a few nights a week. It was his experiences while doing this that inspired him to write and record this song.
This song is about a talented artist who plays in a bar. People are like why are you here? At the end of the day everyone there is still there. Not realizing there own talent, which may not equal his talent but...HE has learned something from it❤❤❤❤
A legend Billy Joel, a New Yorker, released the song in 1973 and wrote it himself, and is a contemporary to Elton John. Both incredible piano players.
The Billy Joel "Rabbit Hole" goes DEEP! Each song is better than the last.
Billy Joel is amazing!!! I absolutely love his music. The 70's and 80's had great music. It was fun to be in my 20's and 30's during this music period
You should also do Billy Joel's we didn't start the fire, uptown girl, longest time, my life, you may be right , River of dreams, & so many more
The song is from 1973, but they recorded this video about ten years later. I just recently saw the original video for this song from 1973. It definitely looks like '73 and makes you realize this one is from the 80's. Thanks for listening and sharing, mate!
Peace from SF
Billy Joel is a New Yorker and still sales out Madison Square Garden. And has over 100 times. He has a library of songs. He writes almost all of them.
Very glad you made this 1 mate, enjoyed ur responses. Crazy that Billy Joel was only 24 making this song
One of the best song writers of the past century. Try conjuring up the story of a roomful of people in less than 3.5 minutes. Anybodys story. Everybodys story. The local pub or piano bar.
Billy Joel is one of the best singer/songwriters there is. His songs all have deep meanings, and are stories. He plays the piano, and the harmonica when he preforms this live. He is known as the piano man. My favorite song of his is We Didn't Start the Fire. It is a history lesson of things that happened from his birth to forty years later. My favorite album of his is Glass Houses.
I appreciate that you pause, especially to rewind and that you don't talk over rhe song!! Great job love.
This song was released in 1974 . One of his first huge hits . Great storytelling ballad. If you want to hear a great Billy Joel song watch the official video for " Matter of Trust". you will love it .
Long before we met, way back in the 1980s, my husband listened to heavy metal in high school while I was listening to Billy Joel. He had no idea how great Billy Joel was until he took me to a concert just a few years ago. Now he says it’s the best concert he’s ever been to! Please react to Vienna! It’s so beautiful and so meaningful.
Saw him at Old Trafford in 2018. It was actually a Saturday night & when he did this song, 25k people sang the whole song with him. It was a night i’ll never forget ❤🎶
Billy wrote this song himself, and it was release in 1973. Billy Joel had a contract dispute and took some time off from touring, but he loved playing and performing so he played in a piano bar under a fake name. This experience inspired him to write this song and it was a massive hit on his next album after his contract dispute was resolved. Note especially the lyric, "Man -- What are you doing here?" Some of his fans ran into him while he was doing the piano bar work and were shocked to see such a big star play in such a tiny bar.
Sorry, not trying to be a dick here as you have most of the details right but the "man what are you doing here" line was more about customers recognising that Billy had too much talent to just be playing piano in a bar rather than they were fans recognising him, which he had to do to make ends meet and his wife at the time was waitressing there too......"And the waitress is practising politics".
He only did the job for six months after his debut album flopped due to the master tapes being recorded at the wrong speed and so it made his voice sound too high-pitched. The album did not sell well and he was not really famous at the time of playing piano in the bar, in order for anyone to recognise him.
Billy Joel's songbook is Gigantic! I'm pretty sure he writes most, if not all, of his songs. He singsvin many styles and sounds. He's been at it for about 50 years now. This is a huge rabbit hole if you decide to enter.
goosebump song, the best kind....
the piano sounds like a carnival!
If you've never heard Billy Joel before this; wow; you are in for a rabbit hole full of musical genius and really entertaining videos, too. I don't know where to start with suggestions. Try some of these: Innocent Man, A Room Of Our Own, Pressure, Tell Her About It, Goodnight Saigon, We Didn't Start The Fire, River of Dreams; You May Be Right, Matter of Trust (really fun video) and New York State of Mind (Old Grey Whistle performance). If you're into mad piano, also from Old Grey Whistle Test, check out Root Beer Rag. Glad you loved this. He's a total badass; lyrics, music, musicianship, piano (including classical) and a performer, too. And what a band as well; masters, all.
👏🏼 OMG I am so grateful for young people like yourself saving our music
Saw him in concert had the stage set up to sing even to the people behind the stage. Class act.
Think there's a song called Your My Home, my late wife loved.
He wrote Piano Man while working a NY bar as the piano player.
Every song of his you listen to, the lyrics will be awesome. Billy is the man and has a prolific career. So much amazing stuff to choose from. I would recommend the official video for Pressure and the live on Long Island performance of Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. Huge rabbit hole, so get ready.
First artist to play in Russia ..... pull up 'Back in the USSR' he did while there ........ a young Billy was a wild man!!!
This is one of my all-time favorite songs ever. It's just perfect in every way.
I wouldn’t call this older music. I think it’s timeless.❤
This man has a HUGE catalog - HUGE! I went to see him in concert twice and everybody sings along to his songs - especially this one swaying to it as if you have a beer mug in your hand. But, yes, keep on going with him. You will continue to love each one!
Billy Joel’s “100th Anniversary Concert at Madison Square Garden” aired on CBS in April 2024. One of the absolute best recorded concert performances ever! Find it, watch it, love it.🎶
New York State of MInd is my favorite. He is a nyc guy and played every month at Madison Square Garden. for years so we could all get a chance to see him. Huge catalog. He actually started out at piano bars.
It's a great song you don't have to add anything it speaks for itself.
My first introduction to Billy Joel was We Didn't Start The Fire. Amazing story telling song, with a historical twist. 😉
The great thing about Billy Joel his songs approach life through lyrics that read like a story in Piano Man he introduces various "working stiffs" who go to that bar to hear The Piano Man to take a breather from the pace of life. The song is brilliant and highlights Billy Joel's singing and his musicianship on the piano. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't tap a foot or dance in some way to this great tune
I read an article stating that he hears new songs while he’s dreaming, then he wakes up and writes them. So, he dreams music.
WOW! BRILLIANT!
Billy Joel is a legend. You should react to his song “We Didn’t Start The Fire”
Just one of the great songs on that album.
BILLY IS THE REAL FUCKING DEAL❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The song is from 1973 and reflects a job he had as a young man, early in his career. I think this video was made in the 80s, based on his age, the fashions, and the fact that music videos didn't become common until then.
He's an extremely mainstream pop star in the U.S., but his songs have never been focused on teenage themes. He's always written about adults, in this case middle aged people who hang around in a bar.
There are so many songs by Billy Joel that you could listen to. My Life, You May Be Right, Big Shot,River of Dreams ,Moving Up ......,..the list is long and worth a listen
THIS is a rabbit hole. Billy is being slowly forgotten and you should go back and check him out again, but later. Now is time for metal.
Actually he's been mentioned in The Boyz quite a few times.
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Great reaction. Billy is a brilliant artist, writer and performer. He sold out over 100 shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. He has 3 greatest hits albums. One of my favorites.
I saw him live in 1983 in Jacksonville, Florida, and last month in San Antonio. At age 75, he can still bolt it out! Absolutely amazing talent!
He is the Piano Man after all!