Wow, I had no idea "Big Shot" was inspired by a night out with Mick and Bianca Jagger! It's fascinating how Billy Joel can take real-life experiences and turn them into such iconic songs. His storytelling through music is truly unparalleled.
No question that Scenes From an Italian Restaurant is my absolute favorite Joel song. It made me a Joel fan for life, and I saw him in concert as the album was breaking, not quite huge yet, in the medium sized Houston Music Hall. Only a few months later he came back and sold out the Sam Houston Coliseum. The piano solo on that is just other-worldly.
@@FactsVerse It was Bianca that he had to deal with. She was known to scream at government workers who were just doing their jobs, acting like rules are for little people.
I loved Only The Good Die Young. My ex husband and I had friends who would ask them to join them after work to go to their after work hang out. They talked about a guy who played piano and was really a good singer that wouldn't be playing in a little place like this bar for long. The place was The Executive Room and he is Billy Joel. I drunkenly (but politely) put a tip in the jar. Think I said something like I really enjoy your stuff😅
I love Billy! I saw him three times. He buys the first three rows of his shows and gives them to his real fans! He doesn’t want the rich people who don’t like him that much anyway.
Funny because I remember reading in Rolling Stone in the early 1980s that Joel said he wrote the song about himself. Back then he said he got really drunk and obnoxious at a party and afterwards felt horrible about it so he wrote the song.
My actual favorite is the criminally underrated "Matter of Trust" - there may be, probably are, more artistically interesting Joel songs (Allentown, my 2nd favorite, is one) but favorite doesn't always mean best.
I may be alone in this, but I've always felt that Italian Restaurant doesn't really work; that the Brenda and Eddie section really should have been a standalone song, and replaced with a few smaller vignettes. (Yeah, right, like Billy Joel needs to take songwriting advice from me). As it is, it's missing the drift in conversation that you'd naturally get with two old friends catching up, and perhaps more importantly, is implied in the song's title. Vignettes would have also allowed more of the song's main strength, which is the musical shifting from section to section. Instead, it's unbalanced, being almost completely about Brenda and Eddie, and we never learn much about the supposed main characters who are talking. We don't even learn much about whatever became of Brenda and Eddie, which is what old classmates would have been asking, rather than regurgitating their high school back story, which both of them would already be fully familiar with. If the point of the song is to tell a story, then I want the story to make sense. Don't get me wrong, it's still a good song. It's more like when there's a movie you like that has some big plot holes, which you find irritating because they would have been easy to fix.
Most of the content is a rehash of the basic content of each song. If we weren't already very familiar with the song, we wouldn't care about its inspiration.
Only the good die young, Great song, but how I hated it when it came out. High School, Catholic Gir,l Named Virginia, everyone would sing or quote that song to me.
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Listen man, Billy Joel is 1 of the GREATEST song writers and performers of all time! SO many GREAT songs!
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Lo so ... Ed oltre a questo un grandissimo performer 👏🎹👏🎹👏🎹
For me to poop on !!!
Yet the critics hated him. Which is why I never pay attention to the critics.
I agree (coming from a person of color)♥️👍🏾
“Scenes From An Italian Restaurant” is a masterpiece.
My favorite Billy Joel song
Anthony’s Song & Scenes from an Italian Restaurant are two of my favorites!
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The Stranger had always been my favorite album. I love Scenes from an Italian restaurant, mom got this album brand new. 😊
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I did too!!
This artist has so many songs that I and a lot of people have grown to love. How could we ever pick just one song?
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Billy Joel has some great hits and Big Shot is one of my favorites.
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Wow, I had no idea "Big Shot" was inspired by a night out with Mick and Bianca Jagger! It's fascinating how Billy Joel can take real-life experiences and turn them into such iconic songs. His storytelling through music is truly unparalleled.
Thank you for that, you saved me having to watch the whole video just to find out.
The man is a legend. 1 of my top 3 for sure. What a storyteller, and that piano. What more could u ask for?? So talented 👏
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I like all of these songs. Never knew the story about Mick. That's pretty cool.
Great backstories on classic Billy Joel songs-Thanks for posting.
Billy Joel is my Favorite Singer, I enjoyed all of his Songs But My Favorite is We Didn't Start the Fire!!!!
No question that Scenes From an Italian Restaurant is my absolute favorite Joel song. It made me a Joel fan for life, and I saw him in concert as the album was breaking, not quite huge yet, in the medium sized Houston Music Hall. Only a few months later he came back and sold out the Sam Houston Coliseum.
The piano solo on that is just other-worldly.
I have a friend who had to deal with her. This makes total sense.
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@@FactsVerse It was Bianca that he had to deal with. She was known to scream at government workers who were just doing their jobs, acting like rules are for little people.
So it Goes it's beautiful .
Captain Jack is my favorite Billy Joel song and I'm mildly disappointed it got no mention here.
I loved Only The Good Die Young. My ex husband and I had friends who would ask them to join them after work to go to their after work hang out. They talked about a guy who played piano and was really a good singer that wouldn't be playing in a little place like this bar for long. The place was The Executive Room and he is Billy Joel. I drunkenly (but politely) put a tip in the jar. Think I said something like I really enjoy your stuff😅
I use to get lost in his song when I was young. Lots of great tunes! ❤
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@@FactsVerse , I loved “Til Tuesday” as well! There’s a throwback for ya! Haha
A New York state of mind.
My favorite is definitely The Longest Time.
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I read about Good Die Young where before a Philly concert he received a death threat if he played it. He played it twice - f the hater.
I love Billy! I saw him three times. He buys the first three rows of his shows and gives them to his real fans! He doesn’t want the rich people who don’t like him that much anyway.
Glad to know that you're a fan of Billy and you had a chance to saw him three times! Never knew this about Joel.
Favorites, gee. Not crazy about Italian Restaurant but just LOVE all the others. I have most of his albums. Love billy.
‘New York State of mind’ all time classic!
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I'd really love to hear the story behind Captain Jack - one of my favorite Billy Joel songs. I kind of makes me think about Catcher in the Rye.
Funny because I remember reading in Rolling Stone in the early 1980s that Joel said he wrote the song about himself. Back then he said he got really drunk and obnoxious at a party and afterwards felt horrible about it so he wrote the song.
My favorite Billie Joel song is Just a Fantasy, on Glass Houses album.
My actual favorite is the criminally underrated "Matter of Trust" - there may be, probably are, more artistically interesting Joel songs (Allentown, my 2nd favorite, is one) but favorite doesn't always mean best.
Moving Out (Anthony's Song)
Like them all!
Piano Man is a string of Limericks according to Billy. Once you notice it, you cannot unhear it.
There's no song better than "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant."
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@@FactsVerse How about infamous mob hits, like Sam Giancana for example?
Everyone knows uptown girl was about Christie Brinkley
It wasn't though, and Billy himself has said as much.
No it was about that other model whose name escapes me and I'm not looking it up.
@@anakina1 It was about Elle McPherson initially and was called Uptown Girls, as in plural.
@seanscanlon9067 Yes, I was just tired lol. I saw the interview he did regarding the song. Thanks.
They were all impressed with your Halston dress and the people that you knew at Elaine's
hahaha, I always saw Mick in my mind's eye whenever I heard the song.
I would of loved to hear a collaboration with Phil Collins 😊
I love Movin out! Ack ack.
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Bianca was a regular at studio 54 I had a crush on her 😅
Going to a Joel concert is 2 hours of hits. Not an ounce of filler.
My Life and We didn't Start the Fire
My cousin was attending Seton Hall University at the time the song was banned
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Big shot was written about Mick Jagger and Bianca
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I'm so vain, I thought this song was about Mick, not Bianca...😅
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@@FactsVerseJust more of the same rocks bands, television and movie stars!
Quite a few songs there about Mick
You lost me at Howard Stern. 🤗🙄🤗
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Agreed pound sand stern
The sound effects don't add anything, dude. Just tell the story.
According to Billy, you can't have a simple drink at a bar, buying a home in Hackensack, or self pleasuring.
seems such a waste of time.
I always thought it was about Christie Brinkley.
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I may be alone in this, but I've always felt that Italian Restaurant doesn't really work; that the Brenda and Eddie section really should have been a standalone song, and replaced with a few smaller vignettes. (Yeah, right, like Billy Joel needs to take songwriting advice from me). As it is, it's missing the drift in conversation that you'd naturally get with two old friends catching up, and perhaps more importantly, is implied in the song's title. Vignettes would have also allowed more of the song's main strength, which is the musical shifting from section to section. Instead, it's unbalanced, being almost completely about Brenda and Eddie, and we never learn much about the supposed main characters who are talking. We don't even learn much about whatever became of Brenda and Eddie, which is what old classmates would have been asking, rather than regurgitating their high school back story, which both of them would already be fully familiar with. If the point of the song is to tell a story, then I want the story to make sense.
Don't get me wrong, it's still a good song. It's more like when there's a movie you like that has some big plot holes, which you find irritating because they would have been easy to fix.
If you’re not going to play any music, it’s half the video. Bowing out 3:01
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Billy Joel was the first to wear white tennis shoes with a suit.
You put x everywhere on the Howard Stern video so you wouldn’t get caught using it.
I always thought big shot was about someone who was told something private and decided to tell someone hence open your mouth. Guess I was wrong.
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…about WHOM he wrote…
All prepositions (about) take objective case!
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@@FactsVerse How about how entertainment today exists with no gatekeepers. Will it lead to more artists giving it a go?
Long Island's Elton John.
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Of the four songs you discussed,my favorite is "Uptown Girl" because of its homage to The Four Seasons.
…about WHOM he wrote…
(All prepositions take objective case!)
Sorry; been here before
Nah, it's about my buddy Matt back when he drank. That's what we used to say anyway.
The amateur flashy transitions in this video makes it unwatchable.
Most of the content is a rehash of the basic content of each song. If we weren't already very familiar with the song, we wouldn't care about its inspiration.
Only the good die young, Great song, but how I hated it when it came out. High School, Catholic Gir,l Named Virginia, everyone would sing or quote that song to me.
Lemme guess, Warren Beatty, or Dave Coulier😂
Wow. I thought “Big Shot” was about Billy’s ex-wife.
How do you do 10 minutes of a video about songs....and NOT play a single note of ANY SONG!?!
Captain Jack
They gotta put that DEI crap in everything. 2:25
It's hard to believe that a guy with such a great, thick head of hair is now bald! WTH happened!
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@@FactsVersebaldness, duh
The same thing that happened to my hair and millions of other guys hair.
@@amcasanaveMarriage?
You don't sing a song that confrontational from another person's perspective. Gimme a break.
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@@FactsVerse I like stuff from the 1970s
I'm so glad this song wasn't about Trump.
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Good lord... yet another video about a musician without a single note of their music. Useless!.
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Then it get de-monetized.
@@justayoutuber1906 One would think they have something better to do than monetize celebrity images and information copied from other sites.
who really cares
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Get a Life!