Billy Joel - Q&A: Do You Like Garth Brooks' "Shameless"? (Nuremberg 1995)
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- Throughout the years, Billy Joel has become known for his willingness to hold Q&A sessions with fans in settings across the globe. Here Billy answers a question about his opinion of Garth Brooks' cover of 'Shameless' in Nuremberg, Germany in 1995.
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Billy Joel's official TH-cam channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, 'Piano Man', in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty-three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.
Billy Joel's impression of a country western song is gold. Even staunch fans of country have to admit the guy he was playing there exists in droves in the U.S. I don't think he gets nearly enough credit for not only being a great musician but for also wickedly funny and a great satirist when he so chooses.
Hes also a great impressionist.
Love that he goes into his own 'Country Song'
Man, the comments sure are full of people who are super mad that Billy didn't like country once upon a time, even though he has nothing but praise for Garth. Did you people even watch to the end of the video?
I am a semi-pro Country musician. This video is hilarious. Billy Joel is a flat out genius and very funny.
Nothing better than Billy singing ..But God dang I love to hear him speak on all things musical ..Brilliant artist and speaker.
There's something beautiful and raw in all forms of music.
Love they admire each other and are best friends 😍💟
older country told a story while drinking some beers, newer country talks about drinking beer and thats the story
BRNING50CAL says the non typing moron
LOL! Love Billy, his music and his sense of humor.
Hes on point about it opening up a door to a different audience cause I only heard of Billy joel in passing until I tried to download shameless by garth Brooks on Itunes but it only had a billy joel version. I downloaded and the version doesn't even compare to Garth's version granted I'm alot more country then 80s by far I grew up in the 90s. Then today I decided to download amazon music just cause I really wanted that garth version so bad. The song moved me so much I decided to search TH-cam for the latest version of shameless live and I ran across the live version of them singing it together and I opened the comments come to find out billy wrote the song. So I start looking up songs hes wrote and I'm impressed and a bit of a fan now. So moral of the story he has a new fan in 2020 cause of the song he wrote that was turned into a country song. So thank you Billy for writing this song and being opened minded enough to let a country singer put his vocals on it!
Cool story, dude. I love it when musicians cross between genres with the same song like Shameless did, as it's cool to see different takes on the same piece, how they are really different pieces depending on how you sing them, and that it brings in new fans sometimes, like you said.
I also wanna say that I agree that Garth's version is the better of the two. For me, it just has more energy and passion in his performance I think
Billy was up there just having fun, and he did a good job!
Garth Brooks and Travis Tritt should both be pretty impressed that Billy Joel mentioned them along with Ray Charles. I am because both Brooks and Tritt are my favorite singers in CW....
I remember CMT's Crossroads did an episode with Ray Charles & Travis Tritt and their voices were so similar
Mine too .. Met Travis in Saginaw MI on his bus.
@@rhondaserges5136 was he nice?
@@thomf7840 yes both Travis Tritt and Kenny Rogers were very nice. I met them both at the same show.
@@rhondaserges5136 cool!
Many of us listened to rock and country our entire lives. Your version of Shameless is the best.
Thanks Billy Joel! and Thanks for your interview of Don Henley!
I like how he keeps saying “Country Western”😅
@@datguitarplayer1656 no we didn't. 60's maybe
Jason Compton Garth had a western persona and a country rock sound
Haha glad you finally got it! It took me a few years too, but once it clicks, it clicks. Lol
Qualifier: I’m a huge country music fan. This is freaking hilarious!
One of the beat youtube videos I have seen....I met his Mother before she passed away such a nice lady!
So his first impression of country music was Johnny Cash.
I've never heard Johnny Cash do that. The first few notes he played were Folsom Prison Blues, I believe, but that song he sang was not the same. I think he just made it up.
Cash is better than Billy
3:45 is effing hilarious.
Brilliant artist and entertainer. I wonder what he thinks of Hank Williams...
Hilarious spoof on John Cash lol. He can sound like any singer, I've heard him do Lennon, McCartney, Springsteen, Paul Simon, Cocker, Sinatra, all sorts.
His first version of country was very Johnny cash sounding lol
Sure was
Good call. So true!
To this day, Bill is still stocked with so much more talent than even he can manage.
Short answer it made me lots of money
Jason Robbins Haha, right?
Jason Robbins Yeah think, genius.
It wasn't the money, Billy already had a fortune. It was the fact that his words reached out to new listeners. Shameless is not even in his top 30 songs. Let Garth have this one, Billy has a shit load of others.
I'm a huge Billy Joel fan, and a huge country fan, so this is gold. The fact that he just riffed that fake country song, completely off the cuff, is beyond impressive. Beyond being a good singer, the man is a genius.
It should be a real appraisal to cover somebody's song, but only with as much real feeling for the song you can personally express.
I love Garth Brooks! Been a huge fan since his first album came out in 1989.
i agree with him 100% i thought country music was dumb too until 65-65.. and his ray charles is fantastic!!
"Country & Western" is not a music style. Early on, there was Western Swing. It got a lot of airplay on radio stations leaning toward the Western music genre. When the likes of Hank Williams came along with "Country" music, it was Western stations that played it. Thus the term Country AND Western.
He summed up todays country lyrics.
now I'm going to Ray Charles's channel.. 😂 lol
OMG, his Ray Charles! Billy is a fantastic impressionist
you ask for my opinion on garth brooks? he use to be my favorite country singer,. friends in low places was and is still the best. dont diss him please.
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2:01-2:18... lol 😁
Greatest answer to any question ever asked, hilarious
His analysis of c&w music is amazingly accurate.
Didn’t Dolly Parton record his song “Travelin’ Prayer?”
I'm 44 and live out west, and Country&Western was a familar term in the 70's and 80's to describe people like Charlie Daniels, Conway Twitty, and Jerry Reed. The term isn't used anymore, but I can attest to that. The days of Alabama, The Oak Ridge Boys, and The Statler Brothers are long gone. I don't listen to anything past 1996 in any genre. 60's-96.
he should have made a country album just for the hell of it !! kid rock , jessica simpson tried being country same way 🤢vomit swift moved into pop crap when she had been country ....billy seems he can sing any genre even if he is saying how he heard it or how it came off in his time .
So no Shameless?? This search is off.
His first impression isn’t too far off lmao
Sounded like Joaquin Phoenixs "johnny cash" lol
You know what Garth turned this piece into a legendary piece he does need too give you credit and teaching interpretation in the classic way gives you credit for sharing the talent😔
Why does he sound exactly like the guy from that movie about Johnny Cash's life lmao what's his name? Joaquin Phoenix?
"I changed my opinion about country music"...'when the royalties from "Shameless" made me a shitpile of money.'
snidelywhiplash 😂😂😂
Billy joel sold 60 million records before Garth sold his first. That shitpile of money you're referring to is a drop in the bucket compared to what he's made in his 45 year career.
@@fitzgivesfits1 obviously you forget how much he lost from his crooked manager/ex brother in-law. Joel was nearly broke in the late 80's. He sued him for something like over $90 million
Billy...stop referring to it as Country Western. Garth Brooks was modern Country. Not at all traditional Western.
Someone always knows better. I recently learned that there are even “elitists” in heavy metal who bicker about genre nuances. Haha. Truth is i know what you mean and I agree with you, just thought that was funny.
"Country Western" doesn't mean anything; it's not a term used to describe a music genre.
I agree that Garth Brook's music is not "western" as he is from Tennessee but the genre he plays (country) is indeed a western genre of music.
Though I'm assuming you just subjectively don't like Garth Brooks since he's more modern and wanted to make your opinion seem more "objective" when its not.
I don’t think they really called it modern country back in the 90s. Plus he obviously didn’t listen to that stuff too much being from New York
Garth Brooks is/was Country Pop. It was certainly enjoyable and I have owned a lot of his stuff in various formats. But it's Country Pop.
There's no country stations in NY?
Whn.... 1970s
Not in NYC but the rest of NY is fairly rural, I’m from upstate NY (6hours from NYC) and if I blind folded you and dropped you off in any part north of NYC you would think you’re in the middle of Kansas lol
0:32 With a blue shirt..............
1:00 that is not a blue shirt!!
= Fail..
That's because it was all set-up before hand.
Not a blue shirt? Well the 2 on either side have white in their clothes, and the woman's shirt is NOT white, and is certainly more blue than white. What other color could it possibly be?
Dee Tate Hey, you're right. Compared to those clearly white ones, her shirt does start to appear... _light blue._ Plus the fact that Billy had a clear, naked-eye view of it, (as opposed to low-res, twenty-year-old camera footage)... Hey, I think we might be able to officially switch this from a "Fail" to a big "Win" for the Joelster, right here and now. _Are you with me, people?!_
omnipop - I am with you! I'm pretty sure that the reason I even replied to the blue comment was because I was drinking, because otherwise why would I care? Pretty much I just think what a waste of time it's been for all of us in this little thread. But then again I decided to have another drink tonight and here I am once again responding to comments about the blue versus white! GO Jolster!
omnipop tie
Barf Brooks...Garth Crooks 🤣🤣🤣
Country WESTERN, your dating yourself!
With more practice, he can do Johnny Cash! L🤣L
If BJ ever gets writer's block + just wants to tour, he can do a ton of impressions! L🤣L
Garth has more record sales than billy Joel. Not bad for a country western boy. Played a free show in NYC at Central Park to over 900,000 fans. Some say a million. Took over Billy’s hometown.
Garth Brooks did it 10 times better
How the worm turned!! Billy brought out Garth to sing Shameless at Shea stadium in 2008....After Garth later dwarfed (not just physically) in every aspect of the business!! And still does!!!! Garths version is and always will be better!!
play the damn song
So what, Billy is culturally biased. His views of country music offends some people. The question was for HIM, not anybody else. It was his personal opinion. He spoke from his heart and mind, he's not a puppet that says what someone wants him to. At least he didn't sing about incest. JLL
Garth Crooks??? Lmao
It looks like he was on the verge of having cocaine nose collapse.
Oh so he thought all country music was written by Hank Williams Jr.?
Not that it was all written by him, it just all sounded like it could have been, lol!
+James Aikins this started as a boy names Sue or another johnny cash tune...not HWJR
No -- by Hank William's the Original.
Garth Crooks
It's NOT country/western music. Just country music.
i hate that garth crooks 'covered' his song.. he never writes his own..Garth i mean.. i love billy he is a true artist,and i like his explanation to them of c&W music it is what is left of folk music.. billy i playing a girl named sue btw..
It's "A Boy Named Sue".. and that is not what he played. He played the intro notes to Folsom Prison Blues, and then he made something up himself.
You don't know what you're talking about! Garth has written, if not co-written his own songs. Sure there are some he did not write but he wrote the majority of the songs he has recorded. Get your facts straight before you speak.
Not to mention the fact that there are lots of song writers who don't sing their own songs. Nothing crooked about it.
RodneyisGodney preach!
Also it's not going to set you back 500 bucks to see Garth!
Most city slickers don't like country
Fuck em
Don't change your accent. Just speak how you speak normally.
Bryan Herber Yeah you tell him! I mean this happened in 1995 and it's Billy freaking Joel, but yeah you tell him!
What a useless language if Billy Joel can't understand it.