Billy Joel is so amazing. His catalogue is extensive and quite varied. This song always struck me as having come from a deep heartbreak. It just seems that he was betrayed and hurt by someone. “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant” and “Goodnight Saigon” are two more powerful songs to check out from this amazingly talented guy. 🌺✌️
I read an old review of 52nd St. that read "the sweet music of Honesty is sabotaged by trite lyrics." I've read other places where Honesty is criticized for having weak lyrics. I disagree but to each his own.
The most mind-blowing thing to me about Billy is, I heard him in an interview talking about how he only ever really wanted to compose music when he was first starting out. He had no desire to write lyrics to his music until he was told he would never get any airplay for strictly instrumental music. He then started writing lyrics and it turns out he's as good of a lyricist as he is a composer. Truly a musical genius.
He's a good singer and better pianist than an overwhelming majority of pop artists. He's great to listen to in those aspects honestly he doesn't hold a candle to the highest standards set in those categories, his songwriting however is outstanding and why people really love him, and his humility and how he's learned from others is inspiring.
You get the feeling I do also. In retrospect, it sounds like someone asking for honesty, but he already knows the truth he isn't hearing. This one always got me. Really sings it in such a heartfelt way.
I LOVE Paul McCartney too as well as Billy Joel and they admire each other's song writing. I ALWAYS WISHED that they would compose a song TOGETHER! It would be INCREDIBLE!!! The last concert at Shea Stadium before it was demolished, was done by Billy Joel, and Paul McCartney also appeared on stage with him, since he did a concert at Shea with the Beatles in 1965 and 1966. They did Back in The USSR together.
I listened to the American station AFN in Germany at the end of the 70s. I didn't understand much English as a child but I always listened to the music in the evenings. The songs accompanied me as a teenager and I was proud to understand the name Bily Joel and his album 52nd Street. So I bought the then current record and came into contact with this brilliant musician. I am very glad that by this coincidence I discovered Billy Joel for myself. Many albums by him followed. This is one of my favorite songs which never loses its fascination.
His voice, range and inflection are rarely talked about because he's such a prodigious pianist. This man is truly a gigantic talent that gets slept on quite a bit these days because of the shifts of popular music.
I chuckled when you found out Joel wrote the song " Just the Way you Are. " An accomplished pianist and songwriter, he was also a consummate performer on stage. His autobiographical " Piano Man " hit a nerve with any musician who had played in bars for a living.
Billy is SOOOO good. Massive catalog but I mostly prefer his early stuff to his later stuff in the 80s that was more "popish". The later stuff still was good, and a few great ones even, but the earlier stuff has really stood the test of time.
I've seen him twice in concert when he was younger , also his album the stranger has to he over all in the top 10 best albums ever jmo . It's extremely deep Extremely well written. Extremely well sung
You nailed it. That's exactly Paul & Linda McCartney at the same period. And I'm convinced he did it self- conscientious . They built a mutual respect for eatchother ☯️✌
Good stuff isn't it ?! He is just so , so good ! Captain Jack , and You May Be Right are among his endless hits . love your reactions ,they are so "honest"
Subbed because you are the first person I have seen react to this song. It's one of my top two favorites of his. As to sounding like Paul, Billy got into music partially because of seeing the Beetles on TV and saying to himself that is what he wanted to do with his life. He had a lot of influence from them. Nice reaction. Take care.
What a great words = I DONT WANT SOME PRETTY FACE TO TELL ME PRETTY LIES ALL I WANT IS SOMEONE TO BELIEVE thanks Billy Joel. and sadly = everyone is so untrue.
Billy Joel has a ton of great songs. New York State of Mind is a must listen! Goodnight Saigon and Leningrad are two very touching songs that I think you'd appreciate as well.
He does resemble Sylvester Stallone. You are not crazy. Thankfully he doesn’t sound like Stallone. Check out his epic masterpiece “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant”.
Thanks for another thoughtful reaction. Your example about "honey do I look fat in this?" is one of the most examples I give for my premise that honesty is the right policy about 97% of the time. Another example that fits in the 3% exception include if nazis come to your door asking if your hiding a family in your attic. Regardless of the truth, the answer is not, "Yeah, totes!" It's "Nah man, nothing to see here."
I love this Billy Joel train you are on! He is one of my favorites. I don't know how much background you have read or heard about him, but he has had a string of relationships and marriages with famous and not-so-famous women, and have had his share of heartaches with each. I have seen him on a lot of talk shows over the years. A lot of his songs come from personal experiences. As a woman, I have imagined over the years that he would be a little hard to live with. Lol! Great reaction! Thanks!
Billy Joel was a great fan of the Beatles and of course of Paul Mc Cartney. And it's true he sometimes sounds like him. They perfomance together on stage in a Billy Joel's concert in New York. It was so cool cause Paul just arrived on a flight and went straight to the concert to peform a Beatles's song with Billy. Besides, i also think Billy Joel looks like Stallone at Rocky movie. But, this song it's not only about a couple relationship, also is about a work relationship cause Billy went throught a lot of disapointed situations with some managers who took avantage of his business. He lost much money because of it. So Honesty is very important in this industry. Billy Joel is one of my favorite artist ever. He is so talented writing, composing music and performance piano and guitar. He is complete musician.
Another great song by Billy Joel is his cover of Freddie Scott's "Hey Girl" his official video. He and the band, including sax player Everette Harp, were outstanding. Hope you get to this one. Love all your reactions.
I just looked it up again and found out that Billy Joel asked Everett Harp to join him on this song. Maybe that was the only time the two worked together.
Since you're down a Billy Joel AND a John Denver rabbit hole at the moment, check out Billy's "You're My Home"... it's always sounded like a John Denver song to my ears.
My favorite Billy Joel songs are She's Got a Way and Goodnight Saigon. Very very different from each other. I would definitely suggest a lyric video for Goodnight Saigon. And yes, I do see the resemblance between young Billy and Sylvester Stallone.
Hi Harri . I love your channel. Just a suggestion for ya. When you find the time, listen to Joel's The Stranger & 52nd Street albums in their entirety . You will be glad that you did. 👍😎
Written by Billy Joel. I like playing this on the piano and singing it too! 🎹 1 of my favorite Billy Joel songs ❤ although this is a break up song. 😢 Suggested next Billy Joel ballad: Shameless. He released this before Garth Brooks made his version. 🤠
Harri, Billy Joel was heavily influenced by the Beatles and admired their songwriting. My dear friend, Larry, was his first bass player. Lucky for me, I got to go to the early shows.
Do you know that Billy has a song called Roberta on his Streetlife Serenade album from 1974? And if you mean Larry Knechtel then I think he played on that album too.
@@seanscanlon9067 No, Sean. It was Larry Russell. We were kids from the Bronx. I'll never forget the day he played a song by Billy on his Tandec reel to reel, and said he's going to play with this guy. We knew he was going to blow up. And, no. Never heard "Roberta". Going to find it. Thanks!
@@robertasirgutz8800 Oh OK Roberta, that must have been quite an exciting time in life for you and I am jealous lol, but not in a begrudging way. I am a long-time Billy Joel fan from London in the UK and usually go to see his shows whenever he is over.
Billy took classical piano lessons from the age of four and his teacher also taught ballet and so he would get picked on by some of the other kids. His dad was European and left the family home and America because he could not settle and Billy later took up boxing to learn how to defend himself. On the album cover to The Stranger, Billy is sitting on a bed and there is a mask and also a pair of boxing gloves hanging on the wall and the album and the film Rocky were both released in 1977, with one reviewer accusing Billy of trying to cash in and jump on the boxing bandwagon by having Sylvester Stallone on the album cover!
He already has about a week prior to your request but did not know Billy wrote it and recorded the original because it was a bigger hit here in the UK for Barry White in the late 70s, about a year after Billy's version charted.
Your allusion to McCartney's influence is interesting. Joel was fourteen when he saw the Beatles on Sullivan in 1964. He was one of countless future musicians attracted to their iconic appearance on that show.
I am a bit of a Billy Joel, Beatles and Paul McCartney fan. I never 'heard' the similarities between Biilly and Paul's voices though. While we are on Sir Paul, I'd like to recommend three of his songs: Goodnight Tonight (my favourite) Take It Away Somebody Who Cares
That was one set of ironic observations. He was influenced by the Beatles, like many musicians of his day. He is good friends with Paul McCartney. Paul joined Billy for his first show at Shea stadium in New York and then again at his last appearance at Shea. You say he looks like Stallone. Billy was a Golden Gloves boxer in his younger days.
Billy was highly influenced by the Beatles (among others) and famously performed with Paul much later in his career. This song is also reminiscent of '70s Elton John.
Nominated for a Song Of The Year Grammy and absolutely should have won it. Believe it or not, this song game him terrible writers block...Billy writes music first and then lyrics, which is different from what many artists do. He was stuck on this one for a while, and his drummer (Liberty DeVitto) started jokingly making up some rather offensive lyrics of his own 😂, so Billy had to scramble a bit to get a proper song. I'd say he did pretty well in the clutch. 😉
This was one of the first Billy Joel songs I heard. If you want one that really shows off his piano skills, listen to “Root Beer Rag.” There are live performances out there.
So, first off, glad you've reacted to these excellent Billy Joel songs. I would like to recommend the following live concert video of Billy Joel performing his song "Angry Young Man". You should see how well he performs as a musician, live. Also: note that he is performing with a broken left thumb; look close & you'll see the white bandage. th-cam.com/video/XUp9RuUSdvM/w-d-xo.html Secondly, as far as getting honesty from those around you, here are my thoughts: Some people lack confidence and just want support from those around them; those people most need praise like oxygen. They doubt themselves enough that criticism from others is not helpful; they need support more. Some people are confident enough in themselves that they can accept criticism and in fact prefer the education that comes with well-meant critique. They want a PARTNER who joins them in their goal to better themselves. If you ask how you look, you want the truth. You can weigh out the critic's bias or embrace their wisdom, satisfied that the critic means you no harm. Personally, I would want truth over flattery. I'm a woman, I have no illusions over my looks, and I would want to know if my choices adversely impact what I have to work with. If I get bad news when it's truthful, I can better trust the good news as being true. But that's me. And if my opinion is requested, not only do I deliver the truth, but I offer help if I can, because I mean to help. My caring, I believe, makes critique easier to swallow. Out of respect for the other person's intelligence & desire to present/perform the best, I try to be honest. Unless what they're obviously looking for is flattery & support instead of honesty, then I give them what they are depending on me for. In a relationship, you show love by giving the person what they most need, and some have no use for criticism; they criticize & beat themselves up enough that another criticism, even if honest, is no help at all. A critic has to read both the question and the questioner.
Joel has real devotees...folks who like to put an album on and just listen. Simon and Garfunkel, Elton John, and others...make modern music worth listening and not just dance music. Not coincidence they are well trained musically...tho' not all.
Billy Joel is so amazing. His catalogue is extensive and quite varied. This song always struck me as having come from a deep heartbreak. It just seems that he was betrayed and hurt by someone. “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant” and “Goodnight Saigon” are two more powerful songs to check out from this amazingly talented guy. 🌺✌️
This sounds so simple, but it is such a musically complex song... Perfection!
Lyrically this song is perfection....and his delivery is so good 🎶🎵
I read an old review of 52nd St. that read "the sweet music of Honesty is sabotaged by trite lyrics." I've read other places where Honesty is criticized for having weak lyrics. I disagree but to each his own.
Anyone who has not seen this man live and is a lover of music owes it to themselves to go. Billy puts on an amazing show and always gives it his all!!
I hope you do a whole lot more of Billy Joel reactions. He is a genius lyricist and piano player!
Sure is
The most mind-blowing thing to me about Billy is, I heard him in an interview talking about how he only ever really wanted to compose music when he was first starting out. He had no desire to write lyrics to his music until he was told he would never get any airplay for strictly instrumental music. He then started writing lyrics and it turns out he's as good of a lyricist as he is a composer. Truly a musical genius.
He's a good singer and better pianist than an overwhelming majority of pop artists. He's great to listen to in those aspects honestly he doesn't hold a candle to the highest standards set in those categories, his songwriting however is outstanding and why people really love him, and his humility and how he's learned from others is inspiring.
Billy has so many great songs. He's certainly one the all time greatest. It's sad how true this song is.
This has always been one of my favorite songs. Another great one from Billy Joel is An Innocent Man.
One of my favorites songs.
NOW THIS IS MY FAV BY HIM I LOV IT🎧💋👍😉
OMG I SAID SAME THING Stvista Staloam( ROCKY ) SOMEONE ELSE LOOKS LIKE HIM Frankie Valli
You get the feeling I do also. In retrospect, it sounds like someone asking for honesty, but he already knows the truth he isn't hearing. This one always got me. Really sings it in such a heartfelt way.
I LOVE Paul McCartney too as well as Billy Joel and they admire each other's song writing. I ALWAYS WISHED that they would compose a song TOGETHER! It would be INCREDIBLE!!! The last concert at Shea Stadium before it was demolished, was done by Billy Joel, and Paul McCartney also appeared on stage with him, since he did a concert at Shea with the Beatles in 1965 and 1966. They did Back in The USSR together.
Billy Joel is one of my all time favorites for sure. Recommend Matter of Trust, my favorite Billy Joel song.
And sometimes we aren’t truthful because we want to protect ourselves.
Yes, he reminds me of SylvesterStallone.
I listened to the American station AFN in Germany at the end of the 70s. I didn't understand much English as a child but I always listened to the music in the evenings. The songs accompanied me as a teenager and I was proud to understand the name Bily Joel and his album 52nd Street. So I bought the then current record and came into contact with this brilliant musician. I am very glad that by this coincidence I discovered Billy Joel for myself. Many albums by him followed. This is one of my favorite songs which never loses its fascination.
I grow up with Billy’s music and this is one of my favorite song, I’ll never get tired of this amazing artist!, love him!
You're the one that I'm depending onnnnnnnnnnnnnesty.... what a great lyric and delivery.
Have always absolutely loved this song❤
He is amazing
His voice, range and inflection are rarely talked about because he's such a prodigious pianist. This man is truly a gigantic talent that gets slept on quite a bit these days because of the shifts of popular music.
Another great one. Didn't think you would. Glad you did. Honestly.
I LOVE BILLY JOEL...peace and love from Canada. xo
Always loved this song and it is so true
I chuckled when you found out Joel wrote the song " Just the Way you Are. " An accomplished pianist and songwriter, he was also a consummate performer on stage. His autobiographical " Piano Man " hit a nerve with any musician who had played in bars for a living.
BEST REACTION OF THE NIGHT!!!!!👍👍👍👍💯💯❤️❤️🎤
Glad you're giving another listen at Billy Joel ,especially his 70s catalogue.
One of my favorites from Billy Joel.
Billy Joel is a huge Beatles fan - and sung with Paul McCartney as a guest in several concerts
Billy is SOOOO good. Massive catalog but I mostly prefer his early stuff to his later stuff in the 80s that was more "popish". The later stuff still was good, and a few great ones even, but the earlier stuff has really stood the test of time.
I've seen him twice in concert when he was younger , also his album the stranger has to he over all in the top 10 best albums ever jmo .
It's extremely deep
Extremely well written.
Extremely well sung
His catalog is very varied. This is a great song and pick. Great analysis Harri!
My favorite by Billy Joel. I'll never understand why people lie :(
Honesty was written in the late 70’s by billy joel and debut live in Houston in 1979.
You nailed it. That's exactly Paul & Linda McCartney at the same period. And I'm convinced he did it self- conscientious . They built a mutual respect for eatchother ☯️✌
My favorite Billy Joel song. Hands down.
Prelude/Angry Young Man and also The Ballad of Billy the Kid are two more great songs. Honesty is a beautiful, heartbreaking song.
"The Longest Time" is a different *a capella* song of his you should listen to.
Good stuff isn't it ?! He is just so , so good ! Captain Jack , and You May Be Right are among his endless hits . love your reactions ,they are so "honest"
Subbed because you are the first person I have seen react to this song. It's one of my top two favorites of his. As to sounding like Paul, Billy got into music partially because of seeing the Beetles on TV and saying to himself that is what he wanted to do with his life. He had a lot of influence from them. Nice reaction. Take care.
A boatload of great songs by Billy. A nugget not as well known is: “All For Leyna”.
One of my favorites.
My favorite Billy Joel song is "Only the good die young "
He wrote one about a friend of his who just returned from Vietnam called “ Goodbye Saigon “
Tremendous song
What a great words = I DONT WANT SOME PRETTY FACE TO TELL ME PRETTY LIES ALL I WANT IS SOMEONE TO BELIEVE thanks Billy Joel.
and sadly = everyone is so untrue.
I love your channel!! You always have something poignant to say...really like your personality!
Billy Joel has a ton of great songs. New York State of Mind is a must listen! Goodnight Saigon and Leningrad are two very touching songs that I think you'd appreciate as well.
Billy, was a boxer for real. They are both very Italian.
He does resemble Sylvester Stallone. You are not crazy. Thankfully he doesn’t sound like Stallone. Check out his epic masterpiece “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant”.
And I think he's aged differently and better:)
I always said if I learned they were cousins, I would not be surprised. Especially if you see Frank Stallone, Sly"s brother, in the mix.
It's the eyes . They both have large eyes and of course dark hair.
While the Night is Sill Young is my favorite Billy song
Your Going To Love This Album .We All Do ! Lol
Thanks for another thoughtful reaction. Your example about "honey do I look fat in this?" is one of the most examples I give for my premise that honesty is the right policy about 97% of the time. Another example that fits in the 3% exception include if nazis come to your door asking if your hiding a family in your attic. Regardless of the truth, the answer is not, "Yeah, totes!" It's "Nah man, nothing to see here."
Your reactions are top notch. You really get into it and get a lot out of it.
I love this Billy Joel train you are on! He is one of my favorites. I don't know how much background you have read or heard about him, but he has had a string of relationships and marriages with famous and not-so-famous women, and have had his share of heartaches with each. I have seen him on a lot of talk shows over the years. A lot of his songs come from personal experiences. As a woman, I have imagined over the years that he would be a little hard to live with. Lol! Great reaction! Thanks!
Billy Joel was a great fan of the Beatles and of course of Paul Mc Cartney. And it's true he sometimes sounds like him. They perfomance together on stage in a Billy Joel's concert in New York. It was so cool cause Paul just arrived on a flight and went straight to the concert to peform a Beatles's song with Billy. Besides, i also think Billy Joel looks like Stallone at Rocky movie. But, this song it's not only about a couple relationship, also is about a work relationship cause Billy went throught a lot of disapointed situations with some managers who took avantage of his business. He lost much money because of it. So Honesty is very important in this industry. Billy Joel is one of my favorite artist ever. He is so talented writing, composing music and performance piano and guitar. He is complete musician.
Another great song by Billy Joel is his cover of Freddie Scott's "Hey Girl" his official video.
He and the band, including sax player Everette Harp, were outstanding. Hope you get to this one. Love all your reactions.
In his video of Hey Girl I thought Mark Rivera played the sax. He's still with him today.
I just looked it up again and found out that Billy Joel asked Everett Harp to join him on this song.
Maybe that was the only time the two worked together.
Since you're down a Billy Joel AND a John Denver rabbit hole at the moment, check out Billy's "You're My Home"... it's always sounded like a John Denver song to my ears.
BILLY JOEL "THE STRANGER"
My favorite Billy Joel songs are She's Got a Way and Goodnight Saigon. Very very different from each other. I would definitely suggest a lyric video for Goodnight Saigon.
And yes, I do see the resemblance between young Billy and Sylvester Stallone.
Hi Harri . I love your channel. Just a suggestion for ya. When you find the time, listen to Joel's The Stranger & 52nd Street albums in their entirety . You will be glad that you did. 👍😎
Written by Billy Joel.
I like playing this on the piano and singing it too! 🎹
1 of my favorite Billy Joel songs ❤ although this is a break up song. 😢
Suggested next Billy Joel ballad: Shameless. He released this before Garth Brooks made his version. 🤠
Great song great lyrics. Check out She's Always a Woman to Me.
He is an excellent lyricist
"Pressure" and "Sometimes a Fantasy" are also great songs.
One of my favorite tunes and I love to sing along with it.I usually hit the high notes.😄
That is a great album. I love Rosalinda's Eyes and Until the Night from the same disc
I may be cursed with honesty...I tell her "You may not look like you did at 25, but you still look good to me".
Nice catch Harri, my impression was the same , he looks a bit like Stallone, he really does :)
Harri, Billy Joel was heavily influenced by the Beatles and admired their songwriting.
My dear friend, Larry, was his first bass player. Lucky for me, I got to go to the early shows.
Do you know that Billy has a song called Roberta on his Streetlife Serenade album from 1974?
And if you mean Larry Knechtel then I think he played on that album too.
@@seanscanlon9067 No, Sean. It was Larry Russell. We were kids from the Bronx.
I'll never forget the day he played a song by Billy on his Tandec reel to reel, and said he's going to play with this guy.
We knew he was going to blow up.
And, no. Never heard "Roberta". Going to find it.
Thanks!
Beautiful song. All true,
except I was not a prostitute.
Thanks for the heads up. Roberta
@@robertasirgutz8800 Oh OK Roberta, that must have been quite an exciting time in life for you and I am jealous lol, but not in a begrudging way.
I am a long-time Billy Joel fan from London in the UK and usually go to see his shows whenever he is over.
@@robertasirgutz8800 Er yeah, no problem and I thought it might be best to leave out the finer detail behind the song lol.
Moon is the significator of your loved ones. They are compassionate towards us do yhey do jot tell uou the truth 100% in one blob.
70's Billy Joel is the best Billy Joel imho, although Glass Houses and The Nylon Curtain are very strong albums as well.
Billy took classical piano lessons from the age of four and his teacher also taught ballet and so he would get picked on by some of the other kids. His dad was European and left the family home and America because he could not settle and Billy later took up boxing to learn how to defend himself.
On the album cover to The Stranger, Billy is sitting on a bed and there is a mask and also a pair of boxing gloves hanging on the wall and the album and the film Rocky were both released in 1977, with one reviewer accusing Billy of trying to cash in and jump on the boxing bandwagon by having Sylvester Stallone on the album cover!
Be honest with yourself first, then you can be honest with another.
This Would Be My Pick To Send Out On An Eternal Radio Signal To All The Eternal Worlds-
Please react to Billy’s “Just the Way You Are”. Such a beautiful song.
He already has about a week prior to your request but did not know Billy wrote it and recorded the original because it was a bigger hit here in the UK for Barry White in the late 70s, about a year after Billy's version charted.
Can't really go wrong with Billy Joel. His list of good songs is prolific.
Have you or Heidi ever heard of the term 'fair weather friends?"😯 Just curious....
Trust me,.....if you liked this, "Vienna" is the next one to check out. Great reaction!
Ballad of Billy the Kid.... pleASE
Your allusion to McCartney's influence is interesting. Joel was fourteen when he saw the Beatles on Sullivan in 1964. He was one of countless future musicians attracted to their iconic appearance on that show.
I am a bit of a Billy Joel, Beatles and Paul McCartney fan.
I never 'heard' the similarities between Biilly and Paul's voices though.
While we are on Sir Paul, I'd like to recommend three of his songs:
Goodnight Tonight (my favourite)
Take It Away
Somebody Who Cares
This album (52nd Street) is my favorite BJ album.... ZANZIBAR my favorite track
I think your spot on I've always thought he looked a lot like Sylvester Stallone
This is from the Grammy Album of the year “52nd Street”.
"Maybe I'd like to, um, wallow in my own delusions..." 7:10 I hear ya, brother! 😂😎🤕
His resemblance to Stalone is why there are boxing gloves on "the stranger" album cover
That was one set of ironic observations. He was influenced by the Beatles, like many musicians of his day. He is good friends with Paul McCartney. Paul joined Billy for his first show at Shea stadium in New York and then again at his last appearance at Shea. You say he looks like Stallone. Billy was a Golden Gloves boxer in his younger days.
Beautiful song! ... You should pick a fast song by Billy Joel next, like "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" or "Only the Good Die Young."
Great album...should take a first listen to "Stilleto" as well
Billy was highly influenced by the Beatles (among others) and famously performed with Paul much later in his career. This song is also reminiscent of '70s Elton John.
Nominated for a Song Of The Year Grammy and absolutely should have won it. Believe it or not, this song game him terrible writers block...Billy writes music first and then lyrics, which is different from what many artists do. He was stuck on this one for a while, and his drummer (Liberty DeVitto) started jokingly making up some rather offensive lyrics of his own 😂, so Billy had to scramble a bit to get a proper song. I'd say he did pretty well in the clutch. 😉
This was one of the first Billy Joel songs I heard.
If you want one that really shows off his piano skills, listen to “Root Beer Rag.” There are live performances out there.
This song is the mirror image of the song "Tenderness" by Paul Simon, who asks what's the good of honesty if the person is cruel?
I agree, looks like Stallone, sings like McCartney and writes like Dylan
Genius
Check out the song she's got a Way
When I'm Deep inside of me...
YEEES! His best. Thank you. Now, ya gotta play John Lennon's "Gimme some Truth." Lol!
Lol, that calls for a playlist!
So, first off, glad you've reacted to these excellent Billy Joel songs. I would like to recommend the following live concert video of Billy Joel performing his song "Angry Young Man". You should see how well he performs as a musician, live. Also: note that he is performing with a broken left thumb; look close & you'll see the white bandage.
th-cam.com/video/XUp9RuUSdvM/w-d-xo.html
Secondly, as far as getting honesty from those around you, here are my thoughts:
Some people lack confidence and just want support from those around them; those people most need praise like oxygen. They doubt themselves enough that criticism from others is not helpful; they need support more.
Some people are confident enough in themselves that they can accept criticism and in fact prefer the education that comes with well-meant critique. They want a PARTNER who joins them in their goal to better themselves. If you ask how you look, you want the truth. You can weigh out the critic's bias or embrace their wisdom, satisfied that the critic means you no harm. Personally, I would want truth over flattery. I'm a woman, I have no illusions over my looks, and I would want to know if my choices adversely impact what I have to work with. If I get bad news when it's truthful, I can better trust the good news as being true. But that's me. And if my opinion is requested, not only do I deliver the truth, but I offer help if I can, because I mean to help. My caring, I believe, makes critique easier to swallow.
Out of respect for the other person's intelligence & desire to present/perform the best, I try to be honest. Unless what they're obviously looking for is flattery & support instead of honesty, then I give them what they are depending on me for. In a relationship, you show love by giving the person what they most need, and some have no use for criticism; they criticize & beat themselves up enough that another criticism, even if honest, is no help at all. A critic has to read both the question and the questioner.
They both have the droopy eyes. Stallone and Joel.
If you haven't already listened to it, you should check out "The Stranger".
LP.... Lost On You
Joel has real devotees...folks who like to put an album on and just listen. Simon and Garfunkel, Elton John, and others...make modern music worth listening and not just dance music. Not coincidence they are well trained musically...tho' not all.
SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT
His favorite of his own songs! Mine also.