Billy Joel - Uptown Girl REACTION! Is this Where the BACKSTREET BOYS got their name!?
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Billy Joel - Uptown Girl REACTION! Is this Where the BACKSTREET BOYS got their name!?
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It was a real story for Billy Joel. The uptown girl was his wife, super model, Christie Brinkley.
They had a child together.
@lynnbird5753 When he wrote it he was dating Supermodel Elle McPherson, but they had broken up. He met Christy when they filmed Uptown Girl.
And she looks just like him.@@decolonizeEverywhere
Watch the story Billy Joel tells on Howard Stern. He met Elle McPherson, Christie Brinkley, and Whitney Houston all at the same time in the Bahamas. So he and Christie Brinkley were already a couple here after heb briefly dated Elle McPherson.@@leannmiller7153
Bruh,educate yourself more young man. Westside story
White bread. Bread. Refined flour. No racism here.
Yes, it refers to those who have money.
Correct, "white bread" as in bland/typical/conventional, etc. The CC caption of "white-bred" from UA-cam is wrong.
I was thinking the same thing. I have always heard white bread and took it to mean white bread world while poor folks be eatin' that cheap brown bread.
@@jaceywarren1528, yeah I think that's it , because historically that was an thing .
Exactly....sometimes the things that were plain to us (back in the day), aren't so plain to people who have never heard them.
The context is everything, and anyone watching an old movie or video needs to keep this in mind.
( To understand that words may have meant something different in the era of the movie/video, then it does now)
The common quotes or sayings were just that...sayings..a way to say "rich" without saying the word "rich".
This was Billy Joel's tribute to "Frankie Valli and the Fours Seasons" music.
Frankie Valli Concert at Carowinds closed the park because of max capacity
The whole album (Glass Houses) was a smorgasbord of various genres of rock 7& roll, past and present. This was Joel's tribute to street-corner doo-wop music.
@@gizmo5925 This is off the album "An Innocent Man".
@@ericthuemmel5275 Not the first time I made this kind of error. I need to start verifying what I think I remember.
lots of 50s love going on in the 80s. BACK TO THE FUTURE anyone? ;)
Go look at a pic of Christie Brinkley in her 70's today, your jaw will STILL hit the floor. I was 10 when I became aware of her. She is timeless. NOBODY could believe it when he landed her. She was the TOP model for years.
She's in this video, so he can see Christy here,lol! She's in the limo.
@@bkm2797, don't forget about her in National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase. The girl in the Ferrari.
@@bkm2797 Christie is also on the poster on the inside of the locker door behind Billy, too, but the OP was talking about her now and what she looks like today, having entered her 70s earlier on this year.
She is still a nice looking woman but definitely has had a little help these days though.
He's an impressive man, now and then. People could "believe it" regarding landing her. Everything isn't about looks, and he was also attractive.
Joel was already famous and well known guy at this point and could have any woman he wanted, and he did but I think he was so humble to still think that she was not attainable for a guy from a working class background.
If you react to all of Billy Joel's hits your unborn daughter will be in high school before you're done!
That was a great ❤
Fact.
Point well taken!!😅
Too funny!
lol!
He's working-class, she's high-class. He knows he's punching up.
My understanding is it wasn't "white-bred" but "white-bread" world. High class, nothing but the best, etc. Financial, not racial.
yours and everyone else's. this guy's looking at the woke youtube captions and accepting it verbatim.
The White Bred lyric is not talking race. It's talking the about the food -bread. The captioning is incorrect on the video. The phrase "White Bread" means "bland." The uptown girl lives a nice but boring and bland life. Billy is going to change that into something more exciting.
I always thought it was "bread" not "bred" White Bread makes more sense.
It is Bread.
Your right.... It's Bread. Sometimes lyrics aren't right on some of these videos.
I love Billy Joel! He was playing on Grammys on the night Sinatra was honored for lifetime achievement and the producers cut off to commercial during Sinatra's speech. When Joel did his set of River of Dreams, he stopped his band and stopped singing looked at his watch and started saying "valuable advertising time going by" multiple times!! 😂
Priceless!!
Christy Brinkley has been on fire for 50 damn years. So fricking classically beautiful, no surgery BS, sigh. She is the girl in first Vacation movie in red the Ferrari.
She is still breathtaking and looks maybe 50 (and I'm pushing that one!)
I want to know what her secret is
No surgery? Have you seen her?
Yes and no surgery. It is possible to be older and attractive and no surgery.@@NeptuneLady1957
@@NeptuneLady1957 These days yes but not back then.
Lots of surgery in addition to winning the genetic lottery doesn’t hurt!
It's Still Rock N Roll To Me is another fun Billy Joel song if you want good mood music 🎶
You know it’s a banger when BP is dancing😂😂
Nothing special at his age, but in 27 years, we'll see
"Goodnight Saigon" is a great one from Billy Joel
I love that when uses this song in concert he finds local Vietnam and other vets to sing in the song.
Such a powerful song.
This song is literally real life for Billy Joel. The song is really about him dating his supermodel girlfriend who ended up becoming his wife Christy Brinkley. He also dated supermodel Elle McPherson right around the same time too. Apparently, being the piano man is a good way to get the ladies.
When he wrote the song it was for his girlfriend at the time Elle McPherson, by the time he decided to record and release the track he was dating Christie Brinkley (the woman in the video) who he went onto marry. Billy has definitely had his share of uptown girls.
He’s celebrating the sound of The Four Seasons which explains the beat and harmonies. Also places video back to the 60’s.
That uptown girl in the video Christy Brinkley became his first wife
Brinkley was his second wife.
His second wife his first wife was Elizabeth Weber Small from 1973-1982 He married Christie Brinkley in 1985-1994 then went on to marry Katie Lee (Food network) from 2004-2009 and is now married to Alexis Roderick.
Just the way you are was written for his 1st wife Elizabeth and her brother was the one who managed Bully's early career and stole millions from him.
Must check out ......Billy Joel - Pressure - Moving Out - Only the Good Die Young - My Life
This past weekend in New York City, Billy Joel performed his 100th show at that venue in his 40 year career! Yes, he performed Uptown Girl, and the cameras were showing on the huge screen, yup, Christy Brinkley, the Uptown Girl herself, singing along! It was incredible! Also, their daughter came on stage and performed for her dad! U must look it up on UA-cam!❤❤
His concerts are incredible. He always plays at least one ACDC song because he says that they write the complete songs and he loves their music. He even m has had Brian Johnson come and sing it with him when he performs it.
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A Matter Of Trust
Always liked Billy Joel and this is one of my favorite songs by him. Like someone else mentioned, Christie Brinkley and and Billy Joel actually did become a couple & married. She was a supermodel, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, etc and is still quite beautiful today.
If you like this song, you'll also like "For the Longest Time". The vocals on that are awesome.
Great song been listening to Joel since Piano man debut 1973.
Billy Joel is an American treasure! His music videos were legendary! He ended up marrying the beautiful woman he meets in this video. That’s the lovely Christie Brinkley, supermodel. He’s amazingly talented in every possible musical way. Composer, lyricist, pianist, multi instrumentalist, vocalist and video creator. You will be blown away as you explore more of his catalogue. His live performances are amazing too. I’m sure your other subscribers will recommend all the best songs. I thoroughly enjoy your videos and look forward to more reactions to Billy Joel. I hope you will also revisit Linda Ronstadt. 🌺✌️
Great reaction. Johnny Rivers “Poor Side of Town” has a poor boy welcoming a poor girl back to the other side of the tracks. A #1 song from 1966.
Billy Joel is one of the best live performers ever. The wife & I just saw him on tour, and he still sings fantastically, and still hits all the high notes like he did in the eighties.
He still plays amazing piano, as well as guitar and harmonica.
And what a charismatic entertainer. The man is a great musician.
But if you ask me, Billy Joel's lyrics are his best thing.
Just listen to a deep cut called LAURA.
I LOVE when you get up and start dancing! You did to to Devil went down to Georgia and I spit out my beer!
Great song! - has the hook, the lyrics, the musicianship, the video. Billy brought his "A" game for this one.
I still say For the Longest Time is my favorite Billy Joel song.
Backstreet Boys name - Pearlman decided to call them Backstreet Boys, after Orlando's Backstreet Market, an outdoor flea market near International Drive which was also a teen hangout
Dude just reads wayyyyyy too much into absolutely nothing. 😂😂😂❤
Such a great song that my dear grandmother loved it! It made her happy she would always say.
Another fun Billy Joel song is "A Matter of Trust". One of my favorites and very underrated. 🔥❤️
His album Glass House's, for me, was the soundtrack of my senior year 79/80
Every single song on this album was fire 🔥
Same for me, senior year was 80/81. Got to see him in concert in 82. He’s still fire today!
Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" was the first EIGHT TRACK! album I ever bought with my own money! "It's Still Rock-n-Roll to Me" was one of the first absolute jams of my life! Wore that sucker out!💯
This song brings back loads of nostalgia. I remember when we were teenagers, my sister used to love this and played it loads, lol. 👍🏻
Yesssss! More billy joel! MOOOOOAR! 😊💜💜
Great song!!! Love that his wife WAS the Uptown Girl that he got!!!
It's official: Favorite Reaction Of All Time!!! Your utter delight and joy over this song and video is everything!!
😂😂😂brilliant reaction 😂
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And that's why I so enjoy your reactions -- no dystopia here, no matter the song, the lyrics, or the group!
I love your reaction!! We were happy in the 80's! MTV rocked back then with the best videos and songs! I was raising little kids then and MTV was my entertainment! Billy Joel rocked it!
There is also River of Dreams as another style of song from Billy.
You were looking away so I don't think you noticed the billboard for Uptown Cosmetics at the beginning.
I'm pretty sure the lyric is "white bread" not "white-bred" as shown (an obvious mistake by a ill-educated and youngster seeing racism everywhere). It references the old stereotype of the upper crust being able to afford white flour while the lower classes ate whole wheat. This was reversed around the 1900's as commercial processing brought down the cost of white flour and the introduction of Wonder Bread pre-sliced bread brought 'rich people's bread' to everyone in the 20's. The upper crust realizing the health benefits of whole grains through the 50's and 60's then eschewed white bread and it is now the reverse situation. But Billy was definitely referencing the older trope.
Bred=money. 😅
Actually, the sign is visible, upper left corner, at the very end of the video-- after Billy and Christie disappeared on their motorcycle.
Pearlman decided to call them Backstreet Boys, after Orlando's Backstreet Market, an outdoor flea market near International Drive which was also a teen hangout.
yeah this is one of those songs that will just put a smile on your face
BJ’s album “The Stranger” is absolute perfection from beginning to end.🥂
I love Billy Joel. Garth Brooks is also a big Billy fan and Billy let him do a cover of Billys song Shameless. For what ever reason Shameless wasnt a huge hit for Billy, but it was a mega hit for Garth. You should do a rea tion on it. Shameless written by Billy Joel and preformed by Garth Brooks. Its really great!
I got to go to a concert with Billy Joel and Elton John in college. It was incredible!
Must react to Keeping the Faith, A Matter of trust and the Longest time from Billy Joel next.
That was the beauty of growing up in the 70s and 80s when music came on vinyl and cassette and you had album covers with lyrics printed on them and magazines that came out weekly with some lyrics in them. Something that streaming will never be able to recreate
LOVE LOVE LOVE this reaction, yes this is such a feel good song that just makes ya wanna dance and smile
That’s Turbo, but not Ozone (from Breakin’). And the woman is supermodel Christie Brinkley. They were engaged and ended up married for years.
This song was HUGE, catchy, and especially popular because Christy Brinkley was in it. (They were married) This was totally a pop chart song and not like "Piano Man" "We Didn't Start the Fire" nor "New York State of Mind" Thank you for your great reaction. Billy Joel writes so very many more songs than he ever recorded for himself.....look in the writing credits of some of the great songs from 1980 to present.
Hell yes he was a very lucky man to have Christy. All men envy him so much.
@Renee-Suzanne - Not trying to be a dick here but it is not really the case when you say:
"Billy Joel writes so very many more songs than he ever recorded for himself.....look in the writing credits of some of the great songs from 1980 to present".
He records himself what he has written but several others then go on to also do covers of his songs and some of those covers go back to the 1970s too.
@@seanscanlon9067 I agree that he has recorded so very many songs he penned himself and that many have been covered. I only meant that he has also written many songs for other artists.
@@Renee-Suzanne Yeah I thought that was perhaps what you meant but again, not meaning this in a bad way but that is not really the case though.
Billy has never written anything for other artists per se to record, he has written songs for him to do so but then others have covered them later on, even if some songs might be more familiar as the covers rather than Billy's original recordings.
Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley had a daughter Alexa Ray Joel. The middle name “Ray” was to honor Ray Charles, who Billy did a duet with called Grand Piano. Alexa Ray is also a musician taking after her father I believe she does shows in New York City.
The Backstreet Boys were named after Orlando's Backstreet Market, btw.
I know you've already done another Billy Joel that's on the members page but for your next one I think a live performance is a must, he's such a great live performer and you get the audience reaction to it too
Loved this reaction, and entirely agree with your sentiments. Unity, all one, peace, the way to go.
Billy Joel - River of Dreams!
Very uplifting and fun!! 🔥💝💞
Great reaction video and to Billy Joel one of the GOAT's... man im back in my teens again.
Checkout all of the Billy Joel you can! He's my favorite solo artist. If you want another one of his do-whop songs with high harmonies, I recommend "The Longest Time".
Yes definitely I was gonna recommend this one too the longest time is on of my favorite’s
The "harmonies" are with Billy himself, as he sings all of the parts and voices on The Longest Time.
He might be considered a solo artist but his band is fire!!
I adore your reactions! This is my feeling today ...sky is downcast and rainy and a song that i recall in the 80s ! Precious!😊
In case you didn't know it, he got the girl. Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley were married. Now they are divorced.
This was one of my jams when I was a young teen,lol…Ive always liked the idea of a couple from opposite sides of the track meeting and falling in love against odds.😄
Please do “Still Rock and Roll to Me”. I can’t help but be sympathetic to the plight of reactors trying to categorize everything by genre … when so much of it is hue and nuance. I think you’ll appreciate the idea.
I remember watching this video as a kid SO many times (as happened to most of us kids home for the summer with MTV). I’ll never forget Billy’s sideways trot at 4:10 , or the fun syncopated rag buffing at 7:38 . 😅 And you’ve hit it on the head with the dystopian nightmare talk … 9:32 - I FEEL so intensely for my kid and his generation and the lack of positivity they are trying to LIVE in. Anyway … good stuff. Thanks!
I think it says white bread world, meaning the good and back then fancy stuff. The lovely lady in the video was his then or soon to be wife model Christy Brinkley.
AWWWW! I love you! Rock on!!
Billy Joel is one of the top Singer songwriters of the past 60 years- still
going strong. You need to review his FULL albums "The Stranger" which went 11x Platinum and "52nd street" went 7x Platinum....the woman in this video is his now ex-wife Christie Brinkley. When he got famous he had supermodels throwing themselves at him. VERY heavy drinker and smoker with multiple DUIs who stayed sober after a bad accident running into a tree on Long Island in the NY suburbs. He has sold over 160 MILLION albums. He is turning 75 this year and he is still touring. He has won 6 Grammies....a legend
You're definitely the best reactor to old songs. It's great to see you explore different styles and delve into the old music. I still think the best music ended in the 90s
My sons are 50, 48 & 46. It is so enjoyable watching you watching music you 'know' and where it 'really' came from.
Other great Billy Joel videos: Matter of Trust, Pressure, You May Be Right, Tell Her About It. Goodnight Saigon is a beautiful song, too.
You love dancing you got to listen to YES and a song called Roundabout off the Fragile album. I've been dancing to Roundabout for 53yrs. ✨️🎶✨️ Saw Billy 4 times in the 70s
Hello BP !! I LOVE IT when you "trip out" over old song that you are familiar with from the radio but now you are really interested in all of the details and I am learning a lot from you, so thank you. So, I think what these guys in the garage singing reminded you of, might none from the film "Grease". That is what comes to my mind, every time I see this. Also, the girl inn the video is Christie Brinkley who was one of the top models back in the 80's (one of the earlier Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models). I am not sure if they knew each other before this video or not, but they ended up married to each other, if I am remembering correctly. Also, if you have ever seen the original "Vacation" movie with Chevy Chase,( NOT the Christmas one but when the Griswalds drive across the U.S. to go to Wally World), Christie Brinkley is the blonde girl in the sports car that Chevy Chase Flirts with on the interstate and eventually ends up skinny dipping with her in a pool. That's all I've got for you on this one. Thank you!!
Great reaction! (And I rarely say great reaction.) You were jamming, you were dancing, you were reacting. And you had good commentary! (Yeah, forget that dystopia 💩) This was FUN! Thanks BP!
Yup! Saw Billy Joel and Elton John in Orlando, FL , in the 1980's!
It was amazing, both on a piano! My family and friends, my parents, Aunt and Uncle the whole "fam Damnly".
Such a great concert!
It was when "the Lion King" cartoon came out. Pretty sure they collaborated on the lyrics to the theme song of the movie.
I'm sure you know this but this song was about Christie Brinkley who became his wife.(she's the one at the beginning of the video that's on the calendar or the picture or whatever he's holding in his hand.)
Oh What a night ! 1963.
Great reaction.Billy Joel is a genius.
Haha, I think maybe I had a few words wrong, but this song always holds a special place in my heart because when I was in jr high I did some modeling and walked a runway to this song.
One of my favs is For the longest time by Billy Joel
12:07
I could see why you'd thought that "Uptown Girl" was a song by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, as it does have that feel to it
It's actually a nod by Billy Joel to Frankie Valli and the Four seasons.
@@decolonizeEverywhere well, that makes sense as to why it sounds like it could've been his material
Wanna hear crazy awesome fast piano by Billy Joel then check out PRELUDE/ANGRY YOUNG MAN. Great song and another totally different sound by Billy Joel.
Saw Billy Joel and Elton a few years ago. Was great!
The lyrics on the CD is bread.
That's the lyrics everywhere. He just never saw the lyrics before and thought it was white man's world which he didn't want to say because he thought was racist. But white bread world only means that she was wealthy, a term used back in depression times. This song is a nod to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
A Billy Joel concert can last for up to three hours. Plus. And the music covers allll kinds of songs!
I love it when you get up and dance.😂 you crack me up! Love your heart! You're amazing!
Back then, people weren't triggered like they are today.
The song was initially written about his relationship with model Macpherson, but it ended up also being about his soon-to-be wife, Brinkley
He was married to supermodel Christie Brinkley for a while! Another great song from Billy is... Still Rock-N-Roll To Me!!!
Billy does all the vocals and back up vocals
You NEED to do Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.
It has a story like Piano Man and you can picture the couple he sings about going from high school sweethearts to married life to divorce and beyond. It's a great song and you will picture a couple you know as you listen. Especially if you grew up in NYC because we all knew a couple like this one.
My hot take: in a mind-blowing catalogue, this is his best song.
The Backstreet Boys were named after the Backstreet Market in Orlando where a lot of kids hung out. Billy's singing about backstreet guys who were just dudes in lived in the rougher parts of town.
If you still get traditional TV, you should check your on demand for the Billy Joel special that was on this last week. It was in celebration of his 100th sold out concert at Madison Square Garden. He's been playing there once a month for approx. 10 years. One song he does, he debuted at the Grammys this year. It's the first song he's written in 30 years. It's really good.
My daughter several years ago when she was about 16 came out of her room and said, “Mom! I just discovered this singer named Billy Joel! He’s amazing!”😂😂😂I told her to listen to We Didn’t Start the Fire.🔥🔥🔥
I remember when my son "discovered" Jimi Hendrix, Supertramp, & a few others [popular before he was born] when he was 14. 😂 He was shocked when I simply told him to go look at my cassettes & albums. For a few hours I was "cool." 😎
You had me falling in love with this song all over again. What a ride! And you are so right about today’s dystopian/victim centered world. We do live in tremendous abundance and most have no clue! As for movies, this video always reminds me of Grease! Another fabulous classic: white-bred (Aussie - Olivia Newton John) and Italian (from wrong side of the tracks - John Travolta).
Anyway, GREAT reaction video and looking forward to more Billy Joel! ❤
This was huge back in the day. You keep reacting to great music, and I love your honest reactions😂.
If you want some Billy that will make you cry, especially in relation to your new baby girl, check out Billy Joel, Lullaby. It is one of my favorites.
They also have a beautiful daughter. Christie Brinkley was and is a super model!
Billy got the Uptown Girl!