Watching this is really bittersweet; such a great song and performance… and I don't think I've ever seen Doug Stegmeyer so happy 😭💔 RIP, sir. You'll not be forgotten ❤️
1:46 My old friend Galina Jerohhina (May 3, 1970 - September 7, 2020) was at this concert (in the middle from above, on someone's shoulders). I miss you so much. 💔
@@jimmyx2616 Thanks! I knew she was at one of Billy's three concerts in Leningrad. She told me about it. It was lucky that this particular show was filmed, and particular in Leningrad (There were three more shows in Moscow). In those days she entered the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics (now St. Petersburg State University of Economics). Unfortunately, she did not see these footages. After all, the DVD/Blu-ray in such good quality was released only in May 2014 and we did not know about it. After she passed away, I bought this DVD/Blu-ray and found this footages of with her. 3 seconds...
Oh to be able to understand the process of making music and come up with something like this and then to be able to perform that same something in just this fashion. I think I could die well satisfied.
Wasn't this just amazing historic Rock and Roll and world History... This was the begining of the fall of the Communist Regime... And nobody even talks about it today. Sad.
@@somena Well said. I find it difficult to express just how incredible this event was & still is! I'm so thankful it's available to watch & enjoy - can't get enough of it 💖🌟💝
Love this from Billy Joel, Ray Charlesish shuffle vamp with unrestrained joy ! G13 and F13 chords bounce. No pop vain Ego, just pure flow. Divine. Especially that gangsta bounce in D minor/ A7 walkdown. You musicians hear this phrasing. Love it 🥳
He played in Sydney immediately before going to Russia and the band was at least this good. They returned 2-3 months after their tour of Russia, maybe less, by then Billy’s voice was needing a rest, but him and the band were still fantastic.
@@iainsmith2434 The tour of the Soviet Union (now Russia) consisted of six shows, three in Moscow and three in Leningrad. In Leningrad, the tour took place on August 2, 3 and 5, 1987. Shooting for this video was conducted on August 2, 1987 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). I know about this because a close friend of mine was at this show and she kept the ticket from this concert. In this video, she is three seconds in the frame... «Joel had played a tour in Europe prior to the tour in the Soviet Union, and was being interviewed during the day. As a result, his voice became hoarse... It has been estimated that Joel lost more than US$1 million of his own money on the trip and concerts.» (Wikipedia)
@@Aleksei.Jakuba okay, so he played Sydney on May 22nd, I was there, and played 8 in total just in Sydney, and others in each state capital. He returned in November for an encore tour (I just checked ) and played another 8 sell out concerts in Sydney ( I went again). So if he did a European tour then Russia before returning it’s no wonder his voice was a little hoarse. He might have lost money on the tour, but sales of Kohupet CDs and videos and the high grade videos on TH-cam have surely made at least that much over the years.
@@iainsmith2434 He lost money only on tour in the USSR. Western artists weren't paid much in the Soviet Union. Billy made good money on touring Europe and Australia. On May 19, 2014 this show was issued on DVD/Blu-ray Disc: «Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia: The Concert (1987)». I bought it because it featured footage of my close girlfriend. I would like to ask you about the differences between the show in Sydney and the show in Leningrad. Big difference?
@@Aleksei.Jakuba I have that DVD and the show was basically the same with a few extras like Back in the USSR and Times They Are Changing. They actually incorporated those in the encore show and possibly dropped a couple of songs that required high range, but still did Uptown Girl but using a backup singer on the high register, which he didn’t do on the first tour. Apologised for doing so, but I don’t believe there were any complaints. Actually the sound was fantastic quality, better than other shows I had been to before that.
I see David Brown on stage and it brings me back. We were in high school band at Pentucket Regional High School in Massachusetts together. After graduation he moved to New York. Playing in a dive bar one night a guy approached him and said "Billy Joel is looking for a guitarist" Dave said something like "Sure and by the way my name is Jesus Christ." A couple months later David was in Japan, not only Billy's guitarist but his musical director. I remember many concerts attended with David's family, his brother Derek and back stage craziness. I went on the run to get beer for Billy's thirty fifth birthday bash. But what I remember most was a guy who seemed amused by his fame. Billy saw himself as a piano player and beer drinker. He thought "Piano Man" was nothing more than a simple Irish limerick put to music. He kind of made fun of the whole thing. But he went on to be a national treasure.
They probably schedule their releases for a certain time in their own time zone... it is pretty cool that in your time zone it happens exactly as the new day begins
Gemster18 Absolutely superb! Their joy is infectious & heartwarming to watch. No mobile phones either, just completely immersed in the wonderful performance. Thank you Billy Joel & all involved in this underrated yet unique historic event 💖🌟💝
Good G-d! With all of the fabric from those oversized, big-shouldered 1980's outfits, Billy Joel could have just left behind the band's clothing, which could have helped fund the USSR's needs for Y-E-A-R-S!! LOL Great, great song! Great, great version!
Che talento smisurato ... Nessuno può far meglio di Piano MAN ... Purtroppo nemmeno lui stesso ... Da più di 40 anni lo seguo ... È' il migliore ... Dopo di lui Elton John e Stevie Wonder
Why can't I lay low Why can't I say what I mean Why don't I stay home And get myself into some boring routine Why can't I calm down Why is it always a fight I can't get unwound Why do I throw myself into the night I'm on the outside I don't fit into the groove Now I ain't a bad guy So tell me what am I trying to prove Why can't I cool out Why don't I button my lip Why do I lash out Why is it I always shoot from the hip I cruise from Houston to canal street A misfit and a rebel I see the winds talking to themselves And I can understand Why is it everytime I go out I always seem to get in trouble I guess I made an impression on somebody North of hester and south of grand And so in my small way I'm a big man on Mulberry street I don't mean all day Only at night when I'm light on my feet What else have I got That I'd be trying to hide Maybe a blind spot I haven't seen from the sensitive side But you know in my own heart I'm a big man on Mulberry street I play the whole part I leave a big tip with every receipt I'm so romantic I'm such a passionate man Sometimes I panic What if nobody finds out who I am
@@jeannineasselin2804 THANK YOU! That doesn't look like Cybil Shephard dancing to me. And Willis is clearly not a natural, but does a passing job of it. 😊
@@jeannineasselin2804 yes, me, too. I saw a comment that referred to her dancing skills and being an all-rounder. That's when i went back and had another look. Dancer is def not her imo.
@@narrabeenstudent7027 The videotape was so well processed that I saw my girlfriend among the audience. I would not have seen her on the video cassette.
in the parts where you can hear 2 voices, Billy drops the octave and the person singing the higher part is Peter Hewlett; you can see him in the very back on the right, behind billy, wearing a blue button up and a black shirt behind the other other keyboard
No words. This is fantastic. Video quality is insane. Can't believe this is a live performance.
Crazy great photage 🎁🎄💝
Liberty Devito might be my favorite drummer. He's a muppet but he swings like it's nobody's business but his own. Truly talented.
John Hamler Yeah absolutely. He IS 'Animal' from 'The Muppets' in human form! Just brilliant 💖
Preach it there my friend yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
This is the definitive version of this song in my opinion
Love Billy's energy. This is the best version of the song ever!
Love this so much, one of my favorites I can listen to over and over again.
This is the best live rendition of any billy Joel song ever. So clever how Liberty did his little solo right back into the main song.
This video is insanely crisp and high definition for the year it was recorded
Most likely shot on 35mm film. They must have gone back to the original negative to make this version of the Russia concerts.
The closest Billy Joel ever came to writing big band jazz.
IMHO, this iteration of the Billy Joel Band is the best...
Watching this is really bittersweet; such a great song and performance… and I don't think I've ever seen Doug Stegmeyer so happy 😭💔 RIP, sir. You'll not be forgotten ❤️
God I miss the '80s.
just a bunch of Soviets partying to one of his best songs. Fantastic.
Billy Joel and his band really enjoy ed his concert 'The Bridge to Russia' much joy.❤
Best music performance of Billy Joel's without a shadow of a doubt. Mans a masterclass.
1:46 My old friend Galina Jerohhina (May 3, 1970 - September 7, 2020) was at this concert (in the middle from above, on someone's shoulders). I miss you so much. 💔
My condolences Aleksei .. ! Great that she got to see Billy live in concert at this special show !👍👌
Great that you found her in all this footage 👍
@@jimmyx2616 Thanks! I knew she was at one of Billy's three concerts in Leningrad. She told me about it. It was lucky that this particular show was filmed, and particular in Leningrad (There were three more shows in Moscow). In those days she entered the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics (now St. Petersburg State University of Economics). Unfortunately, she did not see these footages. After all, the DVD/Blu-ray in such good quality was released only in May 2014 and we did not know about it. After she passed away, I bought this DVD/Blu-ray and found this footages of with her. 3 seconds...
All time favourite version right here.
Oh to be able to understand the process of making music and come up with something like this and then to be able to perform that same something in just this fashion. I think I could die well satisfied.
So well put!
The energy of billy and the band is magnific.
Devitto is a great drummer
One of Billy Joel's EXCELLENT "live" performances from You Tube!
Written especially for the show MOONLIGHTING 😀
Billy Joel...FANTASTIC! probably the most under-rated - yet - most TALENTED musicians of all time. !!!
I love his expressions while playing piano
With FEELING!!
Probably the only guy in the world. That could teach me piano 🎄🍁💕💕💕
Спасибо вам за эти легендарные выступления и за доверие!
Thank you, mr.Joel, for your love, energy and devotion!
i’ll give my first born child to go back in time to see this concert live
Wasn't this just amazing historic Rock and Roll and world History... This was the begining of the fall of the Communist Regime... And nobody even talks about it today. Sad.
@@somena Well said. I find it difficult to express just how incredible this event was & still is! I'm so thankful it's available to watch & enjoy - can't get enough of it 💖🌟💝
😁
How did I never hear this b4?? What a showman! The whole band!
Well you found it about 3 years before I did 😅
Fell in love with Billy Joel in 1986 when I bought The Bridge on cassette.
Liberty is such an animated drummer! I love it!
Liberty is having a blast
Liberty is awesome
So so glad for this upload. Every human is having the time of their lives! Love it! Outstanding performance!
0:38 - This angle is fantastic. Billy and the band are amazing here!
Lol just found you digging through the comments
This is 1987? Are you kidding me? The video quality is crazy. Brings great memories of my teenage years
Have you been to this concert? In Leningrad (St. Petersburg) on August 2, 1987?
so fun to watch every member of the band show off, and the audience loving it. Musicians all
Lots of memories on Mulberry Street
I❤NY - you are missed 🙏🏼💛🙏🏼
Real is always real, Great performance!
Love this from Billy Joel, Ray Charlesish shuffle vamp with unrestrained joy !
G13 and F13 chords bounce.
No pop vain Ego, just pure flow. Divine.
Especially that gangsta bounce in D minor/ A7 walkdown.
You musicians hear this phrasing.
Love it 🥳
I can't do those the 13's for the life of me
@@danielcrofts5181 😄 you dont have to play every note in the chord ! Just get the sound and the groove and you're good
Fantastic composition and fantastic performance. He is so inhabited by his music. His musicians are so in synch with him .So cool to watch them.
Hello Jeannine,
Is nice meeting you here.
How're you doing?
Thanks for the love and support for years ❤️.
These were the days!
can't believe this is a live performance! amazing! every musician is spot on!
He played in Sydney immediately before going to Russia and the band was at least this good. They returned 2-3 months after their tour of Russia, maybe less, by then Billy’s voice was needing a rest, but him and the band were still fantastic.
@@iainsmith2434 The tour of the Soviet Union (now Russia) consisted of six shows, three in Moscow and three in Leningrad. In Leningrad, the tour took place on August 2, 3 and 5, 1987. Shooting for this video was conducted on August 2, 1987 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). I know about this because a close friend of mine was at this show and she kept the ticket from this concert. In this video, she is three seconds in the frame... «Joel had played a tour in Europe prior to the tour in the Soviet Union, and was being interviewed during the day. As a result, his voice became hoarse... It has been estimated that Joel lost more than US$1 million of his own money on the trip and concerts.» (Wikipedia)
@@Aleksei.Jakuba okay, so he played Sydney on May 22nd, I was there, and played 8 in total just in Sydney, and others in each state capital. He returned in November for an encore tour (I just checked ) and played another 8 sell out concerts in Sydney ( I went again). So if he did a European tour then Russia before returning it’s no wonder his voice was a little hoarse. He might have lost money on the tour, but sales of Kohupet CDs and videos and the high grade videos on TH-cam have surely made at least that much over the years.
@@iainsmith2434 He lost money only on tour in the USSR. Western artists weren't paid much in the Soviet Union. Billy made good money on touring Europe and Australia. On May 19, 2014 this show was issued on DVD/Blu-ray Disc: «Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia: The Concert (1987)». I bought it because it featured footage of my close girlfriend. I would like to ask you about the differences between the show in Sydney and the show in Leningrad. Big difference?
@@Aleksei.Jakuba I have that DVD and the show was basically the same with a few extras like Back in the USSR and Times They Are Changing. They actually incorporated those in the encore show and possibly dropped a couple of songs that required high range, but still did Uptown Girl but using a backup singer on the high register, which he didn’t do on the first tour. Apologised for doing so, but I don’t believe there were any complaints. Actually the sound was fantastic quality, better than other shows I had been to before that.
One of the best performers in concert. Live him. ❤
The cuality is so good, this looks like an movie
This entire show is amazing.
Billy Joel is the Grand
Dont forget Rivera papa
@@MrZeshawn41 indy indy, Mark is also the grandest of the grand
The world needs more baritone sax...
This song by far is his biggest jazz number his heart and soul has attitude all Mr Joel you got so much freaking attitude you go dude
Fav song
Keep your bliss, there's nothing wrong with this...
I'M ON THE OUTSIDE
I see David Brown on stage and it brings me back. We were in high school band at Pentucket Regional High School in Massachusetts together. After graduation he moved to New York. Playing in a dive bar one night a guy approached him and said "Billy Joel is looking for a guitarist" Dave said something like "Sure and by the way my name is Jesus Christ." A couple months later David was in Japan, not only Billy's guitarist but his musical director. I remember many concerts attended with David's family, his brother Derek and back stage craziness. I went on the run to get beer for Billy's thirty fifth birthday bash. But what I remember most was a guy who seemed amused by his fame. Billy saw himself as a piano player and beer drinker. He thought "Piano Man" was nothing more than a simple Irish limerick put to music. He kind of made fun of the whole thing. But he went on to be a national treasure.
David Brown is not on this tour.
Kevin Dukes I think
From way back I've loved this song!!!!!!
Talento musicalità brio .... Per Piano Man la musica e' un gioco facile 🎹👏
It's so nice to see old music footage on TH-cam that was shot on film and so isn't mud quality compared to what we get now.
Fantastic song, superb performance!!
In my top 3 from Billy, and a damn fun song!
TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT! Yeah!
My idol ❤️
@Joel Billy Thank you for your talent ,Mr Billy...
Billy has awesome enery. Man Billy has skills
Awestruck!
Just found out that Billy Joel got inspired to write this song after watching Moonlighting
Incredible 💯💯
Unforgetable, amazing visit and concerts! (watching my dvd very often)
the billy joel account posts at exavtly 12:01 am for me and i love it
They probably schedule their releases for a certain time in their own time zone... it is pretty cool that in your time zone it happens exactly as the new day begins
Wish I was this energetic when i sing.
This performance was powered by cocaine
@@BillyWhizzle In Leningrad?))) In Soviet Union?))) In 1987?))) Cocaine?)))
Nice
Artista impressionante .
Contagiante na beleza energia sem igual. Só wonderful.
great band .great artist.
Piano Man può TUTTO
Wow....so amazing..Joel is timeless.. also it seems so weird seeing all the people in the audience! A world without Covid-19...🤔
It was a world with a police state. :). USSR...
Gemster18 Absolutely superb! Their joy is infectious & heartwarming to watch. No mobile phones either, just completely immersed in the wonderful performance.
Thank you Billy Joel & all involved in this underrated yet unique historic event 💖🌟💝
Gold
also billy is so good in this performance ))),: ugh i love him
Great Tune.
Good G-d!
With all of the fabric from those oversized, big-shouldered 1980's outfits, Billy Joel could have just left behind the band's clothing, which could have helped fund the USSR's needs for Y-E-A-R-S!!
LOL
Great, great song!
Great, great version!
Super increíble 👏👏👍
Hello Clara,
Is nice meeting you here.
How're you doing?
Thanks for the love and support for years ❤️.
Billi Joel in his absolute prime.
He's FOREVER IN HIS PRIME!
Love it!
LOVE IT!
l Love Billy Joel,
The album version has a longer ending with Billy exclaiming: "That's all folks" ala Porky Pig.
Very very cool
Piano man is my favorite
It's a song you need to play on the album for weeks to realise it's catchy great Like Bowie's "Stone Love".
Hey now I ain't a bad guyyyyhhhhhh
Che talento smisurato ... Nessuno può far meglio di Piano MAN ... Purtroppo nemmeno lui stesso ... Da più di 40 anni lo seguo ... È' il migliore ... Dopo di lui Elton John e Stevie Wonder
RIP Doug Stegmeyer
2:42 Playing air drums, Viktor the circus clown from the song Leningrad that Billy later wrote about him.
One of my favorite live performances of anyone, ever. Side note: Russel Javers (sp?) looks so much like young Steve Martin it is distracting.
Why can't I lay low
Why can't I say what I mean
Why don't I stay home
And get myself into some boring routine
Why can't I calm down
Why is it always a fight
I can't get unwound
Why do I throw myself into the night
I'm on the outside
I don't fit into the groove
Now I ain't a bad guy
So tell me what am I trying to prove
Why can't I cool out
Why don't I button my lip
Why do I lash out
Why is it I always shoot from the hip
I cruise from Houston to canal street
A misfit and a rebel
I see the winds talking to themselves
And I can understand
Why is it everytime I go out
I always seem to get in trouble
I guess I made an impression on somebody
North of hester and south of grand
And so in my small way
I'm a big man on Mulberry street
I don't mean all day
Only at night when I'm light on my feet
What else have I got
That I'd be trying to hide
Maybe a blind spot
I haven't seen from the sensitive side
But you know in my own heart
I'm a big man on Mulberry street
I play the whole part
I leave a big tip with every receipt
I'm so romantic
I'm such a passionate man
Sometimes I panic
What if nobody finds out who I am
Love this video
Anybody else see the episode of Moonlighting that featurted this great tune? I fell in love with it then.
Nope!! Name of the episode??
@@robynstewardson th-cam.com/video/HXvki5MKPAI/w-d-xo.html
@@jeannineasselin2804 THANK YOU! That doesn't look like Cybil Shephard dancing to me. And Willis is clearly not a natural, but does a passing job of it. 😊
@@robynstewardson We see Cybill Shepherd at the end only. It really is her.
@@jeannineasselin2804 yes, me, too. I saw a comment that referred to her dancing skills and being an all-rounder. That's when i went back and had another look. Dancer is def not her imo.
I love tou💝💝💝💖💖💖
Hello Neide Monterio,
Is nice meeting you here.
How're you doing?
Thanks for the love and support for years ❤️.
If only we could get that time back when music had us on better terms with Russia 😵💫
Great Video
How’d they get that video quality???? They didn’t have 4K back then!
PianoMan 2018 because it was originally shot on film, which can be easily remastered
Not video cassette like most other videos of this time
On May 19, 2014 it was issued on DVD/Blu-ray Disc: «Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia: The Concert (1987)».
@@Aleksei.Jakuba that has no relation to what he said
@@narrabeenstudent7027 The videotape was so well processed that I saw my girlfriend among the audience. I would not have seen her on the video cassette.
De France je l'aime...suis je la seule ?
non :)
Merci Laura, je me sens moins seule 😎
Non pas la seule! Du Québec aussi. Je l’ai vu 2 fois à Montréal. Il est incroyable. Un talent exceptionnel!
Anyone know who is singing back up in this performance? I can’t see them
in the parts where you can hear 2 voices, Billy drops the octave and the person singing the higher part is Peter Hewlett; you can see him in the very back on the right, behind billy, wearing a blue button up and a black shirt behind the other other keyboard
@@CitrusFinnthank you. 😊
Man's a bit effing good.
Very few equals.
Looks like it was yesterday.
I think the backup keyboarder stole the show
The keyboard player is killing ants with his feet at 5:06
Jorge Lorna Marin Brilliantly unique metaphor!!
Al Sassofono?
2:58
6 people don't know what day it is.