r/BillyJoel

I think it very well may be his most powerful song. So I can catch my breathe to face the world again. That and surviving all those lonely nights where I felt I didnt have a friend resonated a lot with me.

I always got pissed most of the comments on Youtube on the music video are about Adam Savage

it’s like receiving an OBLONG object between the ears it makes me want to STOP existing

Like for example I love Get It Right The First Time more than The Stranger.

Sleeping With The Television On is another banger. I'm Getting Closer is my fave on The Bridge along with Code of Silence.

To me songs like Moving Out, NY State of Mind and Scenes From An Italian Restaurant are good but way too played out at this point IMO. I love discovering or re-discovering his deep tracks.

He had lots of good ones in the 80s. I love this one for the Rodney Dangerfield feel.

Other good ones: Pressure, Allentown, Keeping The Faith, and A Matter of Trust (love the NYC scene) are just a few that come to mind.

But yeah I don't think anyone ever really associates him with music videos per se.

One of my favorites of his and most raw.

If anyone wants to play, the game is connecting 2 or more titles of songs together to make sense (play on words, puns, humor encouraged) Someone in the comments writes a title, then replies to the title are the various connections. For example, Where's The Orchestra? Half a Mile Away. Have fun.

Curious about your thoughts on this.

1. Sleeping With the Television On

2. She’s Right On Time

3. Summer, Highland Falls

4. The Great Suburban Showdown

5. Pressure

6. Allentown

7. Rosalinda’s Eyes

8. Stiletto

9. Where’s the Orchestra?

10. Just the Way You Are

HM: Keeping the Faith

I’ve seen a lot of these recently and I’m gonna jump on the bandwagon and say mine as when I tell my friends they couldn’t care less.

1. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
2. Miami 2017
3. Until the Night
4. Half a Mile Away
5. No Man’s Land
6. I Go To Extremes
7. Close to the Borderline
8. Last of the Big Time Spenders
9. Captain Jack
10. Tomorrow is Today

Honourable mentions: The Entertainer, Surprises, Stiletto, Sleeping with the Television on, Somewhere Along the Line.

1. The Nylon Curtain (Key Track: Scandinavian Skies)

2. The Stranger (Key Track: Scenes From an Italian Restaurant)

3. The Bridge (Key Track: Baby Grand)

4. 52nd Street (Key Track: Stiletto)

5. Turnstiles (Key Track: Prelude / Angry Young Man)

6. Streetlife Serenade (Key Track: The Great Suburban Showdown)

7. Piano Man (Key Track: The Ballad of Billy the Kid)

8. An Innocent Man (Key Track: This Night)

9. Cold Spring Harbor [HAVEN'T LISTENED TO FULL ALBUM] (Key Track: She's Got a Way)

10. River of Dreams (Key Track: The Great Wall of China)

11. Storm Front (Key Track: Shameless)

12. Glass Houses (Key Track: C'etait toi (You Were the One))

1. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

2. Until the Night

3. Captain Jack

4. Pressure

5. The Longest Time

6. This Night

7. Piano Man

8. Vienna

9. The Entertainer

10. Don’t Ask Me Why

Ik Piano Man is #7 but it’s nothing less than a masterpiece and one of Billy Joel’s best songs it’s just that I personally would put other songs above it

would you change anything about my top 10

Finally! Rick Beato just mentioned that he interviewed Billy! I can't wait.

2:25 mark of the video.

https://www.youtube.com/live/NZe7Nj91wvY?is=gbba-UVSZCJRvA2d

1. All for Leyna

2. Close to the Borderline

3. Prelude / Angry Young Man

4. Captain Jack

5. A Minor Variation

6. Leningrad

7. Laura

8. While the Night is still young

9. I've loved these days

10. Stop in Nevada

Most of these are interchangeable. My favourite album is Glass Houses, my least is Piano Man.

13. Big Shot

14. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

15. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me

16. Scandinavian Skies

17. My Life

18. Allentown

19. Pressure

20. The Stranger

21. Zanzibar

22. Movin' Out

23. Laura

24. Don't Ask Me Why

25. Vienna

I’m a 29 year old guy and I’m a little embarrassed to say that I’ve just recently started listening to Billy Joel’s music. Not embarrassed in a bad way, but that it’s taken me this long especially since I’m from the USA. Now, before I say more, I should mention that yes, I’ve heard Billy Joel’s songs before, but mainly just his more popular hits like Piano Man, New York State of Mind, We Didn’t Start the Fire, and Uptown Girl. While those are all great (and catchy) songs, I never actually dove more into his albums and other songs.

Now you might ask what made me just start diving into his music finally? It’s actually not what you think. My supervisor is actually a HUGE Elton John fan. Like HUGE. Has been to tons of his concerts and knows like all of his songs. What’s even more ironic, is that he’s from Long Island, NY. The catch… he hates Billy Joel. Always talks bad about him and his music. Him and another coworker of mine butt heads a lot comparing the two as the other one loves Billy Joel. While I’ve heard lots of Elton John songs and enjoy them, I just had to listen to Billy Joel of course fully expecting his music to be garbage. Well, not the case at all.

The other famous Billy Joel song I always hear people refer to is Scenes From an Italian Restaurant. So that’s where I started. Instantly, it got stuck in my head and I started playing it on repeat. Next I found Zanzibar. Once again, hooked and started paying it on repeat. Tbh, I was jamming to that one. Next up, Stiletto. Also Hooked. Then Vienna, The Stranger, and She’s Always a Woman. She’s Always a Woman is definitely more on the slower side, but still imo a beautiful song.

So then I saw everybody saying how great of an album “The Stranger” is so I decided to just play through the album from the beginning. Holy cow, Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) is my new favorite! I’ve been jamming to that on repeat for 24 hours straight now! Where has this music been all of my life?! I know Elton John is an icon, but man Billy Joel’s got some real hits and bangers!

I know I’ve only scratched the surface of his music, but I’m really enjoying finding hit after hit of his. Just thought I’d share this! Let me know some of your other favorites of his that I haven’t listed here if you want!