Billy Joel
by I am declaring this Billy Joel Week, because I have an intense love for his music, and though he isn't really putting new music out right now....he is still completely amazing, because his old music never gets old. So, talk about your love for him, your hate for him, post lyrics to your favorite songs, or just talk about his pretty ex wife (pictures acceptable). Billy Joel Week has now begun.
Oh, and one more point, he's from Long Island. This is so cool, because he makes so many references to the city and different parts of the island...he even named one of his cds Cold Spring Harbor. And, I had the same piano teacher as him, I think that's pretty cool.
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BJs sis IS a JW. My daughter usta hang out with hers from time to time. They live in Suffolk LI NY
that's cool, what were they like?
Nicole says they are very nice and have a big house. Billys mom lives in Jericho, she was over one day (her daughters house)and gave Nicole a stuffed animal that was destined for Billys kid Alexa.
wow, awesome
please, just dont listen to *Captain Jack*.
Why? I enjoy that song.
read the lyrics its about self abuse =(
i love you just the way you are..............
great song. was my wedding song.
i really like scenes from an italian restaurant...its like three songs in one
and lenigrad...its so sad, but good
and every other billy joel song
i can never get the whistling down.
I like the Downeaster alexa a lot...he talks about going to Block Island. I also enjoy "The Two Thousand Years", which is about the New System. Andddd I like the River of Dreams video, where Christie Brinkley is shown making out with some random guy for no reason.
And lastly...it's all about SOUL...wow. amazing
please negros. you no naught.
SHE'S ALWAYS A WOMAN TO ME .. is the JOINT
she's alwayssss a womann to meeeeeeeeeeee
I think songs about women who do their men in but they love them anyway are hilarious:
-Meet Virginia - Train
-Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
-A Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart
and there's others.
i heard that Meet Virginia song acoustic once (ok i downloaded it, you got me) and it was SOOOO amazing. just that dude and a guitar. Smokes a pack a day...wait...that's me...but, anyway...
i love meet virginia!! "she don't own a dress. hair is always a mess. catch her stealing and she won't confess. ain't the beautiful. smokes a pack a day, wait that's me but anyawy."
woah woah woah woah, for the longest time... woah woah woah.. for the longest time!
aww..I just love that song so much.
I remember when "We didn't start the fire" came out. I made it my mission to know all the words. That song was so cool when I was in elementary school.
it's still cool! and i still don't know all the words!
Me either! I can get a few words in that long stream of different things part.
can someone post the lyrics here? i can't find them
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye"
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser aand Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy hn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez
CHORUS
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"
Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo
CHORUS
Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say
CHORUS
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodsto/ck/, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
* Its cool because its all historical...my brother knows every word and can sing it along with billy
SUGAR RAY???? That's gotta be some famous person. No way it's the group. Does anyone have info on this?
wasn't he a boxer. well that's why they named their band sugar ray...
AHHH...that must be it.
Sugar Ray Leonard was a VERY famous boxer. thats where the band name comes from. Gab! you learned two things relating to boxing today! what the saying "in your corner" means and who sugar ray leonard is! i'm sorry i made you watch that mexican boxing match that one time tho.
those lyrics are awesome! i love it
All I can sing along to when te song is going is JFK, blown away! aahhhh, so morbid and fun to sing
haha, i remember hearing those lyrics when i was younger and asking my dad, "they blew the airport up?"
yay! thanx tinser!
that was my goal to learn all the words. i finally did accomplish it but i didn't understand all of them and i remember asking my grade school who this person was, what he did. but i didn't feel bad cuz they didn't know either.
Yeah, I remember memorizing these song lyrics and the books of the bible. That's what happens when you don't buy your kids Nintendo.
hey, nintendo was probably pretty expensive back in the day
But as a result, I will never be able to play video games with the boys. Just another aspect of my life that my parents have ruined. Thanks Mom, thanks Dad.
ME 2!!! i know all the bible books AND my mom paid me $20 to teach them to my little sister.. we weren't allowed to play with video games :(
Wow, I didn't see a dime for my hard work. Did you get paid for A's on report cards too?
yea, when i got a good report card, not only did my parents give me money, but they mailed it to my grandparents so they could c it and they always sent me more money! lol it was great... i kindda wish they still did that, i think i would do much better in school if i got paid for it..
PLAY USSSS A SONG, YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN!!....hey, he has a song where he mentions Hackensack
something something house in hackensack..cause that's all you get for your money.
its from the song movin' out: "Who needs a house out in Hackensack?
Is that all you get for your money?" I was listening to the cd today...and i heard that song and thought of you guys...cause i just learned you lived in hackensack this weekend
no no, I live in Hackensack, Lindsay lives in Hackettstown....they're pretty far appart
Actually, I used to live near Hackensack and now I love near Hackettstown, like 20 minutes away from all the cows (I'm not calling the people who live in Hackettstown cows..just that there are lots of cows in the area)
thats what i meant
our kingdom hall is there too
In the middle of the niiiiight..I go walking through my sleep!
I was raised on Billy and have immense love for him.
these are the times to remember was my high school graduation song. i love billy joel.
classic hs grad song...it always makes me a little sad :::TEAR:::
are we the only ones that care about him??
no, everybody loves him...just not everyone will admit it...they are afraid it will age them
ok ok you got me... i'll admit it... i dig billy joel. my sister and i used to rock some wicked harmonies on "uptown girl" and "the longest time". and i remember once a long time ago my friend telling me that "you may be right" was going to be 'our song'. great memories i tell ya.