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  • In 1974, Billy Joel released his album titled Streetlife Serenade. Listen to Billy Joel perform the track 'The Entertainer'.
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    Lyrics:
    I am the entertainer
    And I know just where I stand
    Another serenader
    And another long-haired band
    Today I am your champion
    I may have won your hearts
    But I know the game, you'll forget my name
    And I won't be here in another year
    If I don't stay on the charts
    I am the entertainer
    And I've had to pay my price
    The things I did not know at first
    I learned by doin' twice
    Ah, but still they come to haunt me
    Still they want their say
    So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
    I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
    And they go their merry way
    Billy Joel's official UA-cam channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, 'Piano Man', in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty- three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.

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  • @michaelbaucom4019
    @michaelbaucom4019 5 років тому +319

    Despite the happy melody, this is quite a scathing, bitter indictment of the music " business " at the time Mr Joel wrote this. This was the life he was living, which makes the song ingenious, happy sound conveying a bitter message. The sad thing is, not much has changed, save the medium( no longer records/tapes, downloads/clicks now, music quality still being watered down). Mr. Joel didn't know how wise these lyrics would be( I'd bet he still cynically smiles about this song today).

    • @thezombiecreeper
      @thezombiecreeper 4 роки тому +28

      Michael Baucom don’t forget his personal peeve with the shortening of Piano Man, or the accidental production of Cold Spring Harbor, which was probably still fresh in his mind

    • @gregoryroessner9635
      @gregoryroessner9635 3 роки тому +11

      @@thezombiecreeper Or getting ripped off for millions by his manager , brother of his wife , Elizabeth Webber .

    • @KyleCourounis
      @KyleCourounis 2 роки тому +7

      @@gregoryroessner9635 That was years after this was written. That happened in the late '80s, early '90s, which probably changed and enhanced the meaning of this song for him.

    • @eddiehauser6661
      @eddiehauser6661 Рік тому +5

      I never knew that was his wife’s brother. Wow that makes it even worse!

    • @eddiehauser6661
      @eddiehauser6661 Рік тому +4

      I feel like this whole album is kind of like that and I’ve always thought intentionally. I’ve always looked at it like it has this flashy upbeat sound but ultimately that’s not the real sentiment it’s kind of “fake” like LA which from what I’ve always thought was a pretty negative experience for him hence moving back and Turnstiles

  • @felicciasc
    @felicciasc 10 місяців тому +17

    The line ,"Things I did not know at first I learned by doing twice" that's my life.

  • @alexl.1643
    @alexl.1643 2 роки тому +43

    “ I won’t be here in another year” my brother in Christ you are literally Billy Joel

    • @Bombergames615
      @Bombergames615 2 місяці тому +2

      Lol

    • @Theorpo
      @Theorpo 2 місяці тому +2

      He was successful, but this is "Pre-Piano Man" Billy Joel. Definitely not the 6th highest selling artist in the U.S Billy Joel we know

    • @Frigidblood
      @Frigidblood Місяць тому +1

      It's because he stayed on the charts long enough.

  • @krucker1045
    @krucker1045 4 роки тому +147

    "It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long. If ya gonna have a hit, ya gotta make it fit. So they cut it down to 3:05"...My favorite lyric of this song. I hear ya Billy.

    • @mouthy_maestrod2992
      @mouthy_maestrod2992 Рік тому +3

      What song is he referencing with that line? I've always wondered

    • @MichaelSheehy75
      @MichaelSheehy75 Рік тому +6

      @@mouthy_maestrod2992 Piano Man

    • @mouthy_maestrod2992
      @mouthy_maestrod2992 Рік тому +1

      @@MichaelSheehy75 interesting! Thanks

    • @toxicdefault6753
      @toxicdefault6753 Рік тому +1

      @@MichaelSheehy75Yeah but piano man is 5:40

    • @MichaelSheehy75
      @MichaelSheehy75 Рік тому +5

      @@toxicdefault6753 Yes, and the 1973 single is 4:30. I always saw the song as figurative- with some hyperbole- vs. factual, and probably not completely about Billy himself. 3:05 may just a be time representing a typical 7" 45 single release which was commercial radio friendly.

  • @JamesStreet-tp1vb
    @JamesStreet-tp1vb 11 місяців тому +15

    The talent to write and perform this song and others like "We Didn't Start the Fire" (which contained over 100 events over a 40 year period,) is completely off the charts. How can you possibly remember the lyrics even if you wrote the song? Billy Joel is one of the most talented musicians of all time.

  • @Awfki
    @Awfki 9 років тому +360

    "But I know the game, you'll forget my name
    And I won't be here in another year
    If I don't stay on the charts"
    Given that he hasn't made album since the early 90s and he's still my favorite artist I guess he was wrong about this.

    • @ClassicTVMan1981X
      @ClassicTVMan1981X 7 років тому +13

      Though he hadn't released a new pop album since 1993, in 2001 he released a classical album called _Fantasies and Delusions_ but although he wrote the music for it, Billy didn't think he could play the piano well on every song, so he drafted in Korean-Brit pianist Richard Joo, who was recommended to him by Billy's younger half-brother, Alexander.

    • @lesliehall2694
      @lesliehall2694 7 років тому +1

      Anyone listening to xm spotlight Billy Joel channel (#4)?
      Really enjoying for the last month!

    • @ThatNathDude
      @ThatNathDude 4 роки тому +3

      And I havn't even been alive that long. Yeah, just a bit wrong.

    • @edgey_rouges7498
      @edgey_rouges7498 4 роки тому +4

      But I have found him on the discount rack...

    • @fuegodrinkscauseusuck6100
      @fuegodrinkscauseusuck6100 4 роки тому +1

      omg RIGHT??

  • @cneterer
    @cneterer Рік тому +40

    Growing up with Billy on the radio, I didn't know of this song until I bought a 2 disc set. It shocked me. It's angry. It's self-aware. And it's a marvelous representation of the love-hate relationship successful musicians endure if they have any integrity about them.

    • @marcschneider4845
      @marcschneider4845 Рік тому

      Maybe, but he seems upset about "laying all kinds of girls." Most guys wouldn't complain about that. I understand about the issues, but you should also acknowledge the privileges and perks that come with the lifestyle.

    • @JamesStreet-tp1vb
      @JamesStreet-tp1vb 11 місяців тому

      ​@@marcschneider4845And "I make all kinds of money when I get on the stage." Most guys would love a life where you "lay all kinds of girls and "make all kinds of money." It's possible even if you're only 5'5" tall. Lol.

  • @StopBeingLiedTo
    @StopBeingLiedTo 2 роки тому +149

    One of his best songs, yet grossly underrated - never a big hit. Guess he should've cut it down to 3:05

    • @jollyrodgers7272
      @jollyrodgers7272 2 роки тому +4

      The Mexican Connection, Los Angelinos, Last of the Big Time Spenders, Streetlife Serenader, Souvenir, etc. - this whole album is a Gold Mine.

    • @Mardenrique
      @Mardenrique 2 роки тому +1

      😂

    • @Masterdebater1313
      @Masterdebater1313 2 роки тому +4

      This comment is grossly underrated.

    • @eddiehauser6661
      @eddiehauser6661 Рік тому +3

      Every song on this album I’ve clicked on says something along the lines of how underrated it is! Lol

  • @rafaelalves4770
    @rafaelalves4770 6 років тому +169

    I am the entertainer
    And I know just where I stand
    Another serenader
    And another long haired band
    Today I am your champion
    I may have won your hearts
    But I know the game, you'll forget my name
    And I won't be here in another year
    If I don't stay on the charts
    I am the entertainer
    And I've had to pay my price
    The things I did not know at first
    I learned by doin' twice
    Ah, but still they come to haunt me
    Still they want their say
    So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
    I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
    And they go their merry way
    I am the entertainer
    Been all around the world
    I've played all kinds of palaces
    And laid all kinds of girls
    I can't remember faces
    I don't remember names
    Ah, but what the hell
    You know it's just as well
    'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
    It all becomes the same
    I am the entertainer
    I bring to you my songs
    I'd like to spend a day or two
    I can't stay that long
    No, I've got to meet expenses
    I got to stay in line
    Gotta get those fees to the agencies
    And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
    So I just don't have the time
    I am the entertainer
    I come to do my show
    You've heard my latest record
    It's been on the radio
    Ah, it took me years to write it
    They were the best years of my life
    It was a beautiful song
    But it ran too long
    If you're gonna have a hit
    You gotta make it fit
    So they cut it down to 3:05
    I am the entertainer
    The idol of my age
    I make all kinds of money
    When I go on the stage
    Ah, you've seen me in the papers
    I've been in the magazines
    But if I go cold I won't get sold
    I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
    Like another can of beans
    I am the entertainer
    And I know just where I stand
    Another serenader
    And another long haired band
    Today I am your champion
    I may have won your hearts
    But I know the game, you'll forget my name
    I won't be here in another year
    If I don't stay on the charts

  • @AlexDiesTrying
    @AlexDiesTrying 3 місяці тому +8

    One of his "Bolero" songs. Slowly layering the intensity. So much fun. Oh, Mr Joel, how much beauty have you brought into my life...

  • @Sunlight_Moonbeams
    @Sunlight_Moonbeams 10 місяців тому +22

    🎵He misjudged the game, no one forgot his name, we're all still here after 50 years, though he's long gone from the charts🎵

    • @TechGirlTiff
      @TechGirlTiff 7 місяців тому +5

      I don't think he was saying that about him specifically. More of a scathing criticism of the industry in general

    • @TechGirlTiff
      @TechGirlTiff 7 місяців тому +1

      You are right he is the goat I just bought tickets to see him again (saw for the fourth time in Tampa recently) I wish I had seen him live more than 4 times

  • @stevek13941
    @stevek13941 23 дні тому +1

    They cut it down to 3:05….Legendary 👏👏.Never were more truer words said about the music industry.

  • @YonOtto
    @YonOtto 11 місяців тому +26

    I'm 38. Started on Joel when I was 26. I'm into rock and metal but the energy his songs provide. Not heard anything like it. Forever a Billy fan!

  • @Porcf81
    @Porcf81 Рік тому +25

    This song hits me in such a strange way. It’s extraordinarily jubilant and uplifting to hear, but the lyrics are telling such a contrasting story. Struggle, frustration, manipulation, and wearing a façade to stay relevant and survive in the industry. Having your best and most meaningful work, picked apart and packaged into a predetermined box. My mind feels sad while my soul feels happy. The juxtaposition of this song is brilliant and I cannot get enough of it. It is musically, extraordinary, and lyrically, compelling. The accompaniment building and growing and changing with every verse to a spectacular climax, then stripping it back to re-state the meaning of the song when the lyrics repeat for the first time. What a composer!

    • @randy5655
      @randy5655 Рік тому +5

      Almost every artist has written a song about how they got ripped off by the music industry.

  • @MrEnvenom00
    @MrEnvenom00 3 роки тому +98

    One of the truly brilliant "build up" songs. Just listened to it for the first time in a few years and still gives me goosebumps how all the instruments come in and build up to the big finale.

  • @GreyGuerillaNetwork
    @GreyGuerillaNetwork 2 роки тому +68

    The best Billy Joel song of all, in my opinion. Almost all of his ranges are put to the test, both instrumenally and vocally. Joel doesn't fail to hit a grand slam at all! 💖💖💖

  • @astarteswillum5259
    @astarteswillum5259 Рік тому +36

    Nothing better than passive aggressive Billy Joel.

  • @chrisevans8957
    @chrisevans8957 8 років тому +103

    He still is one of the top ten singer,'s ever

    • @MrTayloreh
      @MrTayloreh 8 років тому +16

      His voice hasn't aged, I thank him tremendously for taking care of his pipes - and for seeming like a relevant badass despite not releasing a true full studio album in over 20 years.

    • @amazed66
      @amazed66 8 років тому +13

      I'm sure Billy will be amused to hear anyone thinks he took care of his pipes. :)

    • @carencollins500
      @carencollins500 6 років тому +1

      One of best

    • @aprammus9580
      @aprammus9580 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrTayloreh which is hilarious since he used to smoke so much lol

    • @groofoot
      @groofoot 3 роки тому +1

      @@aprammus9580 it's ironic; some of the most popular singers of the 20th century are New Yorkers who smoked multiple packs per day for decades; Billy ... Barry Manilow .... Neil Diamond .... and probably a few more

  • @paddynevs5885
    @paddynevs5885 4 роки тому +66

    2:15 it’s a reference to piano man as it was 5 mins on the album
    And 4 min 30 on the single
    And 3:05 on the radio

    • @yellowlabrador4918
      @yellowlabrador4918 3 роки тому

      Lol

    • @TheBoomhahaha
      @TheBoomhahaha 3 роки тому

      No

    • @8BigBubba13
      @8BigBubba13 3 роки тому +2

      @@TheBoomhahaha yes it is dawg

    • @GrowlyBear917
      @GrowlyBear917 Рік тому

      The 45 rpm single of "The Entertainer" has a timing of 3 minutes and 5 seconds on its label. How did he know that in advance? Genius I guess. Also file this song in the "Based On A True Story" category. Great tune dude.

    • @astarteswillum5259
      @astarteswillum5259 Рік тому

      That would piss me off too.

  • @unwritten_zephyr
    @unwritten_zephyr 6 років тому +60

    That synth gives the song this really giddy feeling, its wonderful

    • @taowaycamino4891
      @taowaycamino4891 5 років тому +4

      I think Billy Joel was a big fan of ELP(Emerson Lake & Palmer). That's where I think the synth idea comes from. Or at least that's where I would guess the idea of the synth for this songs comes from. Sounds almost exactly lika ELP synth sound. But I agree, that's one of the best parts of the song.

    • @neil73
      @neil73 5 років тому +1

      @@taowaycamino4891 It's definitely a mini moog synth, popular back then (and now!) in music

    • @taowaycamino4891
      @taowaycamino4891 5 років тому +2

      ​@@neil73 Maybe part of your point is basically that it probably has nothing to do with Joel being an ELP fan. Maybe, but I would need further facts to confirm your point since I heard a Billy Joel interview where he mentions being a big fan of YES and ELP(Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and the song, at least on the synth section, has an ELP beat to it in addition to using the same synth as ELP.

    • @neil73
      @neil73 5 років тому +1

      @@taowaycamino4891 Many different musicians in this period used the Moog. It wouldn't surprise me at all to know Joel was a prog rock fan: his musical talent and influences are enormous.

    • @BrBill
      @BrBill 2 роки тому

      It's almost Celtic sounding.

  • @Syprone
    @Syprone Рік тому +11

    I’ve been waiting a long time for this, but we’re finally at a million views

  • @aprammus9580
    @aprammus9580 3 роки тому +40

    Hands down top 3 billy Joel song for me. Love the lyrics and they always make me laugh

  • @UpIrons777
    @UpIrons777 2 роки тому +31

    These are some of the most honest lyrics I have ever heard in a song. This is song perfectly describes what the music industry is all about.

  • @fieldingm1969
    @fieldingm1969 8 місяців тому +5

    I love it when the piano kicks in.

  • @Tom-dl5gs
    @Tom-dl5gs 4 роки тому +146

    "Played all kinds of palaces, _and laid all kinds of girls_-BADOM BAMDOM DODO" -those drums killed me, such a great line lol

    • @robertsevers6251
      @robertsevers6251 4 роки тому +9

      If my memory serves me, Billy was using studio musicians, the drummer was Ron Tutt, who played with Neil Diamond for years.

    • @sdhwang68gmail
      @sdhwang68gmail 4 роки тому

      I hope you servived lol

    • @nutloaf
      @nutloaf 4 роки тому +2

      @J G I had to look into what you said. There were so many accusations of inflated ego and narcissism that I was confused. Billys ex then her new ex and he probably has a huge ego himself. Egos everywhere but narcissism? I wonder.

  • @robstramy6982
    @robstramy6982 10 днів тому

    This album came out in 1974. I was 9 at the time. But my sister, who is 8 years older than me, would play this album before she went out. I loved the song instantly, and she taught me how to use the stereo. I think I was blessed because my brother likes the Stones. Same deal. Not many people my age got introduced to the best so young. There is a Bob Segar story in there as well.

  • @jrooch4997
    @jrooch4997 5 місяців тому +3

    As old as he is now, Billy Joel still puts on a fantastic live show. Saw him in Ohio last year, and he literally did not miss a single word in any of his songs - even hit all the high notes beautifully. While this is probably my favorite song of his, getting to watch him perform Piano Man live was other-worldly. Talent like his has all but died off. There are only a handful of artists still alive that are on the same skill level as Billy.

  • @Enclave99
    @Enclave99 11 місяців тому +3

    The best and most inspiring song in my life, before I had a phone I had a greatest hits cd, and I couldn’t stop listening to this song, still can’t, it’s that good 👍

  • @shawnaiszak4032
    @shawnaiszak4032 2 роки тому +5

    Billy Joel is my hero, has been since I listened to his lips when I was 7 years old. He has warmed many a dark hour and his lyrics ring of truth and resound with the essence of his beautiful soul. Thanx for everything Billy

  • @GrafVonTirol
    @GrafVonTirol 5 років тому +52

    This was released in the mid-seventies, and the music scene is hardly any different 45 years later.

  • @keplerTycho
    @keplerTycho Рік тому +11

    Ironically, I'd say he has transcended a lot of the lyrics in this song. A true legend.

  • @wehtam4807
    @wehtam4807 4 роки тому +84

    I wish some of the entertainers of today knew where they stood.

    • @garyjones2561
      @garyjones2561 2 роки тому

      True. He's still more relevant than some of those arrogant pricks.

    • @donaldloehr4300
      @donaldloehr4300 5 місяців тому +4

      Amen - doubled. Many belong with those cans of peas that Billy sings about. As my dad use to say about their singing "That's noise, not music, and bad noise at that"- RIP Dad.

  • @colossalidiot
    @colossalidiot 2 роки тому +4

    Billy Joel's lyrics have never been matched

  • @ByongGJun
    @ByongGJun Рік тому +6

    Most underrated song ever, 💕 this song, 👍😃.

  • @LauraTheFanGirl
    @LauraTheFanGirl 10 років тому +39

    This song is the truth

  • @randalklein9611
    @randalklein9611 3 роки тому +9

    Great sounds brings back memories!

  • @JB1877-z8b
    @JB1877-z8b 19 днів тому

    What a strong and powerful voice he had and still has to this very day.

  • @malone76
    @malone76 11 років тому +15

    A classic Billy Joel song! One of my all time favorites!

  • @bkm2797
    @bkm2797 4 роки тому +18

    So gifted, and hits the nail right on the head! Nothing like real honesty with music, helps it go down a bit easier.

    • @eddiehauser6661
      @eddiehauser6661 Рік тому +1

      Mmm ya honesty! Unfortunately it’s such a lonely word! Hardly ever heard!

  • @DavidMeese-sr6ci
    @DavidMeese-sr6ci 4 місяці тому +1

    I heard this song today after many years. He has so many good ones its hard to pick a favorite. For the musicians out there listen to his piano playing in I think the 5th verse. Its inexplicable (and he does it live) how he plays that and sings simultaneously. Insane talent.

  • @bennydemario4624
    @bennydemario4624 2 роки тому +6

    love that banjo!!!!

  • @TeamRemForever
    @TeamRemForever 3 роки тому +17

    One of his happiest and catchiest songs!

  • @indychoate8350
    @indychoate8350 Рік тому +3

    Just Excellent!

  • @carloscastro5703
    @carloscastro5703 5 років тому +6

    after a while and a thousand miles, it all becomes the same. True Billy....so true

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 3 роки тому +3

      I've heard truck drivers echo that sentiment...

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 6 років тому +13

    Still ahead of its time

  • @seha6391
    @seha6391 Рік тому +2

    Saw him Live Front Row on Soldiers' Field In Nuremberg AND HE STAGE DIVED He is a hell of a man we Held Him Up Like A KING

  • @markbottrell2262
    @markbottrell2262 2 роки тому +7

    Magnificent!Nothing else to be said

  • @Burkutace27
    @Burkutace27 3 роки тому +11

    Every snot-nosed wannabe music snob who talks about how music used to be driven by "passion" and "the artist" needs to listen to this song on loop for a few hours.
    The music industry was all sizzle and no steak then as now.

    • @malevolence89
      @malevolence89 3 роки тому +4

      Even if it was just as driven by money then as now, music was still better then than it is today.
      I don't know if it is from the aid of technology to streamline music production, laziness, or just degradation of culture, but songs today are objectively worse.
      The most popular songs today are generally either pop or rap, both of which primarily center around sexual acts, drugs, or violence. They also repeat lyrics a lot, use a lot of autotune, and generally don't have any deeper meaning to understand. Most of the "good songs" from more recent are often the ones that don't fit in these groups.
      Yeah there were songs that fit in these groups earlier, though they would generally only commit one of these offenses as opposed to WAP, which likely commits all the offenses listed and really shows how far our culture has declined.
      At least the artists slaved over their songs with interesting themes instead of slapping some lyrics together, adding auto tune and calling it a day.

    • @Burkutace27
      @Burkutace27 3 роки тому +1

      @@malevolence89 Dat survivorship bias

    • @Burkutace27
      @Burkutace27 3 роки тому +1

      @@malevolence89 You think you have a compelling argument here? This reads like a greatest hits compilation of every teenager who picked up a best of Queen CD in the shop one time.

    • @malevolence89
      @malevolence89 3 роки тому +3

      ​@@Burkutace27 Why must I be stupid? Is that the easiest way to defend your argument, if all who critique it are stupid?
      Sure, survivorship bias. That is why we specifically narrow down on the years 70s-80s as opposed to the thousands of other years of human history. You might disagree but I don't think even the best of the 1960s or 1950s compare to the 1970s.
      Songs may have been just as focused on money then as now, but they couldn't just press buttons on a computer to auto generate lyrics and use auto tune to change their voices. Singers today can rely on technology as a much bigger crutch which negatively impacts their music.
      In fact I would wager the reason you even made this comment to call everyone wannabe music snobs is to feel like a hipster and go against popular opinion, which is that music used to be better than it is now.
      And just the fact that this is even believed to be popular opinion would support the idea that there is a valid point here, that music today sucks.

    • @michaelmorris1741
      @michaelmorris1741 2 роки тому +1

      @@Burkutace27 The song says that the industry was crap then, so not sure what your point is. It think it's quite clever that he utilized very 'sizzle' to say his piece. If you can't see the intentional cynicism, well, sorry. And no, I don't think he's the 'greatest' of all time, but he is pretty good.

  • @SAHogan-ih3bo
    @SAHogan-ih3bo 7 років тому +26

    author of THE DEATH TAX sez: BJ at his impassioned best, with a GEM of a song that fights well above its 3:42 weight. Lyrically, vocally, musically--including a synth that adds a nicely melancholy touch--the music biz's most underrated songwriter packs a musical wallop with this tight, compelling arrangement.

  • @srtjhsrzdfhkgdf9961
    @srtjhsrzdfhkgdf9961 2 роки тому +1

    聴けてよかったです!ありがとうございます

  • @ms.capricorn4540
    @ms.capricorn4540 2 роки тому +6

    Great song.

  • @frankzimmerman3213
    @frankzimmerman3213 4 роки тому +7

    The things I did not know at first
    I learned by doin' twice
    Ain't is so!

  • @jimdarden4686
    @jimdarden4686 2 місяці тому +1

    one of his best alblums and most fans don't seem to know it

    • @PatrickCorbett-h4r
      @PatrickCorbett-h4r 4 дні тому

      I ordered it on cd which just arrived today. Haven't heard it for so long. Now have all his 70's albums as well as Glass Houses. Saw him here in Vancouver in 1979

  • @brettkoeshall2325
    @brettkoeshall2325 6 років тому +7

    Billy Joel back in 1974 with a showmanship song like the Entertainer.

  • @robertjuliano7968
    @robertjuliano7968 4 роки тому +7

    One. Of. Many. Many. Great. Songs. From. Billy. Joel. Thank. U. Mr. Joel. For. All. The. Great. Music. U. Gave. All. Of. Us. Timeless. Misic

  • @jellysnacc
    @jellysnacc 7 років тому +68

    Only problem with this song? It's too short ;D

  • @scottburton9701
    @scottburton9701 5 років тому +8

    His second top forty hit from early 1975-Great song!

    • @thezombiecreeper
      @thezombiecreeper 4 роки тому +1

      Scott Burton this song was recorded and released in 1974

    • @aprammus9580
      @aprammus9580 3 роки тому

      @@thezombiecreeper oh no a whole year off??? CALL the police

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 3 роки тому +1

      @@aprammus9580 , wouldn't be the first time a song became a hit way after it was recorded.

  • @gibvods2
    @gibvods2 3 місяці тому +2

    It's fitting that the song about the industry and writing hits is the only hit song from this album. He jokes at his concerts that no one knows any other song from the album, and that he doesn't own a copy either.

  • @bttrflygal
    @bttrflygal 4 роки тому +4

    I had forgotten this one. Its great.

  • @dannilaser16
    @dannilaser16 2 роки тому +7

    My favorite part is the banjo picking, but all in all great musicians and vocals.

    • @michaelmorris1741
      @michaelmorris1741 2 роки тому +3

      It really adds to the menagerie.

    • @jonathanfeirman7722
      @jonathanfeirman7722 2 роки тому +2

      I just realized before I read this about the banjo in the later verses. fantastic!

    • @Chrisocrat
      @Chrisocrat 2 роки тому +2

      Always puts a little smile on my face at 1:33 when it comes in.

    • @gracie99999
      @gracie99999 2 роки тому

      love the banjo instrument

  • @randy5655
    @randy5655 2 роки тому +3

    Listening to him saying it was a beautiful song but it ran too long, so they cut it down really strikes me now that I see how many songs I've heard on the radio have been shortened from the album version.

  • @scottburton9701
    @scottburton9701 21 день тому

    Can't believe this outstanding song stalled at # 34-Should've been a way bigger hit.

  • @petemoss8522
    @petemoss8522 Рік тому +3

    This album was underrated, by Billy Joel, himself!
    He felt the pressure from the record label, to rush to market a follow-up to his huge hit, "Piano Man."
    It's sad that he didn't recognize his own genius, during his creative prime.
    Lennon & McCartney rushed out their first few albums, with a stellar percentage of classic hits.
    It's also true that great artists always think they could've done a better job, if given more time.

  • @mavblue
    @mavblue 5 років тому +4

    What. A. Song.

  • @jonpayne4931
    @jonpayne4931 3 роки тому +4

    Brilliant.

  • @vincesardine
    @vincesardine 10 років тому +28

    Very cool early Joel. The song is a limerick, not verse, chorus, bridge.

  • @jamesweston2714
    @jamesweston2714 2 роки тому +1

    Greatest living talent in the world. Period.

  • @rs3457
    @rs3457 4 роки тому +3

    first introduced and played this song in Milwaukee

  • @tashjubilee
    @tashjubilee 10 років тому +7

    Malone76, I agree with you 100%! This is one of my favorites!

  • @oma15
    @oma15 7 років тому +6

    One of my favorite BJ tracks for sure

  • @dalleneldredge6923
    @dalleneldredge6923 3 роки тому +12

    It's hilarious that BILLY JOEL was worried about becoming obsolete.

  • @noahlacaillade4777
    @noahlacaillade4777 5 років тому +4

    best song ever!

  • @DarkSideGeranium
    @DarkSideGeranium 7 місяців тому +2

    How does this song have less than 7k likes????

  • @seapea127
    @seapea127 2 роки тому +2

    in some ways, this is a metaphor for literally every youtuber with a large amount of subscribers. mostly the '' you'll forget my name'' / ''if i don't stay on the charts''. makes me think of youtube drama

  • @MultiMaker_Studios
    @MultiMaker_Studios Рік тому +2

    I don't think magnum opus is the right word but this has that same feeling of "It's not his best work (that would be Scenes From An Itallian Resturaunt), but it is one of the greatest"

  • @braddotson1326
    @braddotson1326 Рік тому +3

    The groovy version of the piano man

  • @keithleeuwen877
    @keithleeuwen877 5 років тому +5

    Good Stuff !

  • @raysun2be
    @raysun2be 11 років тому +4

    A great one, love it.

  • @Prengle
    @Prengle 2 роки тому +6

    Essentially a middle finger to the industry after they did him dirty with his debut album Cold Spring Harbour.

    • @crosslink1493
      @crosslink1493 2 роки тому +3

      The second verse describes it perfectly. I bet that's a 'dig' at his first manager who screwed him out of album royalties when he started selling millions of albums.

  • @rodrikofharlaw6848
    @rodrikofharlaw6848 4 роки тому +6

    Ironically he sings about his songs getting cut for radio time and then this song was cut down too.

    • @yellowlabrador4918
      @yellowlabrador4918 3 роки тому

      Lol

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 3 роки тому +2

      After the success of "Piano Man", which AM stations played at 3:05 while FM stations played the album cut, Joel didn't have a follow up hit. This song came out in the summer of 1975 and stations in Pittsburgh didn't play it. I was into AM DX then and heard it often on the smaller stations in the counties around town.
      Then came the disco tsunami. It would take a few years but eventually he started charting more frequently.

  • @marianbest3566
    @marianbest3566 3 роки тому +2

    I just put my bike in the Carlton Hotel Edmonton Alberta Canada hallway up for grabs.

  • @QUICKBOOKS1
    @QUICKBOOKS1 7 років тому +4

    Good Teaching Tool for ANYONE going on stage! I am considering Public Speaking and had my first Speaking Engagement last Wednesday! Everything went VERY well, until I saw my photo on Facebook and realized how much I faded into the Background! NO, Not The correct clothes! I need to crack the wallet and do ANOTHER Speaking Engagement on Wednesday!

  • @randy5655
    @randy5655 2 роки тому +1

    This song was done over 40 years ago when he realized how the music industry sucks you in and then spits you out.

  • @nathanbrooks4546
    @nathanbrooks4546 3 роки тому +6

    If anyone wants the lyrics:
    I am the entertainer
    And I know just where I stand
    Another serenader
    And another long haired band
    Today I am your champion
    I may have won your hearts
    But I know the game, you'll forget my name
    And I won't be here in another year
    If I don't stay on the charts
    I am the entertainer
    And I've had to pay my price
    The things I did not know at first
    I learned by doin' twice
    Ah, but still they come to haunt me
    Still they want their say
    So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
    I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
    And they go their merry way
    I am the entertainer
    Been all around the world
    I've played all kinds of palaces
    And laid all kinds of girls
    I can't remember faces
    I don't remember names
    Ah, but what the hell
    You know it's just as well
    'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
    It all becomes the same
    I am the entertainer
    I bring to you my songs
    I'd like to spend a day or two
    I can't stay that long
    No, I've got to meet expenses
    I got to stay in line
    Gotta get those fees to the agencies
    And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
    So I just don't have the time
    I am the entertainer
    I come to do my show
    You've heard my latest record
    It's been on the radio
    Ah, it took me years to write it
    They were the best years of my life
    It was a beautiful song
    But it ran too long
    If you're gonna have a hit
    You gotta make it fit
    So they cut it down to 3:05
    I am the entertainer
    The idol of my age
    I make all kinds of money
    When I go on the stage
    Ah, you've seen me in the papers
    I've been in the magazines
    But if I go cold I won't get sold
    I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
    Like another can of beans
    I am the entertainer
    And I know just where I stand
    Another serenader
    And another long haired band
    Today I am your champion
    I may have won your hearts
    But I know the game, you'll forget my name
    I won't be here in another year
    If I don't stay on the charts
    I got to the last verse and my friend told me I could just copy and paste. -\_(:))_/- ? Does this pass as Shruggy?

    • @wess__art8040
      @wess__art8040 3 роки тому

      There's already 50 other people that have typed this.

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 3 роки тому +1

      I think about this song every time I eat beans.

  • @smokinjz
    @smokinjz 5 років тому +1

    I am the entertainer
    And I know just where I stand
    Another serenader
    And another long-haired band
    Today I am your champion
    I may have won your hearts
    But I know the game, you'll forget my name
    And I won't be here in another year
    If I don't stay on the charts
    I am the entertainer
    I'm dressed in the style
    I wear all kinds of sparkles
    I flash the crowd my smile
    But when the night is over
    And I stand without my clothes
    Perspiration stains and varicose veins
    My eyes look shot
    My belly's got a pot
    And there's a pimple on my nose
    I am the entertainer
    Been all around the world
    I've played all kinds of palaces
    And laid all kinds of girls
    I can't remember faces
    I don't remember names
    Ah, but what the hell
    You know it's just as well
    'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
    It all becomes the same
    I am the entertainer
    I bring to you my songs
    I'd like to spend a day or two
    I can't stay that long
    No, I've got to meet expenses
    I got to stay in line
    Gotta get those fees to the agencies
    And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
    So I just don't have the time
    I am the entertainer
    I come to do my show
    You've heard my latest record
    It's been on the radio
    Ah, it took me years to write it
    They were the best years of my life
    It was a beautiful song
    But it ran too long
    If you're gonna have a hit
    You gotta make it fit
    So they cut it down to 3:05
    I am the entertainer
    The idol of my age
    I make all kinds of money
    When I go on the stage
    Ah, you've seen me in the papers
    I've been in the magazines
    But if I go cold I won't get sold
    I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
    Like another can of beans
    I am the entertainer
    And I know just where I stand
    Another serenader
    And another long-haired band
    Today I am your champion
    I may have won your hearts
    But I know the game, you'll forget my name
    I won't be here in another year
    If I don't stay on the charts

  • @Deathsong3
    @Deathsong3 11 років тому +18

    Just shows what he thinks of the music industry...

  • @TheDaniel2483
    @TheDaniel2483 7 років тому +8

    this song went to #34 on the pop charts in 1975!!!

    • @SaginawCareerComplex
      @SaginawCareerComplex 3 роки тому +2

      I was listening to an old Casey Kasem and this song was around number 37 or 38, and the song after it was an Elvis song. It blew me away that Bill and Elvis were on the charts at the same time.

    • @dayokefentse8228
      @dayokefentse8228 Рік тому

      Should have been WAY higher.

  • @HennieBours
    @HennieBours 5 років тому +10

    Thats what you call playing the drums.

    • @Shadowboro2
      @Shadowboro2 4 роки тому

      Ron Tutt (who also drummed on some albums for the likes of Elvis, Neil Diamond, Carpenters and many others) played drums on all the songs on this album. He is a great session drummer and has performed on a lot of albums for many famous artists throughout his career.

    • @edlawn5481
      @edlawn5481 11 місяців тому

      @@Shadowboro2 Liberty DeVitto is better.

  • @user_ejg943jtv0tjt
    @user_ejg943jtv0tjt Рік тому +1

    Came here from some old Canadian local news program.

  • @williamseyfried6574
    @williamseyfried6574 5 років тому +7

    Guitar sounds good the same way that song 39 from Queen sounds

  • @hantaka197404
    @hantaka197404 5 місяців тому

    エンターテイメントの世界は何も変わってないんだな
    今でも通じることばかりだ

  • @nielsdaemen
    @nielsdaemen 4 роки тому +7

    What a great song! Why so little views?

  • @englishmotherfucker1058
    @englishmotherfucker1058 4 роки тому +11

    I came looking for joplin
    and found gold anyway

  • @James-nj5ks
    @James-nj5ks 6 років тому +11

    Listen to the words and they have meaning behind them. That's the beauty of music back then. I am 13. I am completely different when it comes to music. That's why I play this in my solo concerts in school

  • @BlueCometEntertainment347
    @BlueCometEntertainment347 Рік тому +1

    I always got this confused with the Joplin song of the same name! 😆😅🤣😂

  • @peterkirgan6850
    @peterkirgan6850 2 роки тому +1

    Its okay not one of his best !!

  • @dianrubianti6889
    @dianrubianti6889 Рік тому

    This song "The Entertainer" official release by Billy Joel is copyright to Dian Rubianti.
    Original Dian Rubianti's masterpiece by Billy Joel. Song original composed completely by Dian Rubianti officially original Performed by Billy Joel.
    Dian Rubianti's original masterpiece of song melody.
    Lyrics owned by Dian Rubianti & ------
    Letter from the owner of this masterpiece,
    Dian Rubianti
    18-Nov-81

  • @TheAudivisioner
    @TheAudivisioner 5 років тому +8

    IF you want a hit
    You got to make it fit
    So they cut it down to 3:05

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 3 роки тому

      You gotta hear the 3:05 version of Free Bird sometime.

    • @TheAudivisioner
      @TheAudivisioner 3 роки тому

      @@spaceflight1019
      You should remember the single edit oh Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon".
      The album cut was over fifteen minutes long.
      The single was slashed down to 2:52.
      Right around the time Billy Joel recorded this song.

  • @-DEVIL7
    @-DEVIL7 2 місяці тому +1

    Looks like Billy got the song up to 3:41 at least.

  • @bennydemario4624
    @bennydemario4624 2 роки тому +1

    zehr gut