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For me, Just the Way You Are, I knew this version but not the full concert. Well done reuniting the songs altogether. Definitely one of the top best concerts, with the « Allentown », « My Life » entrance which sound splendid !
How come nobody ever mentions what an amazingly great singer Billy is, with outstanding breath control, perfect pitch, a true song stylist who matches his style to the meaning.
Indeed, he is a great singer. Usually singers like Elton John, Freddie Mercury, among others tend to crack their voices after singing and touring a lot. Which is completely fine; in Billy's case, I think that there were just two times when his voice was at his worst moment: Between September and Octuber 1978, and Russia 1987 tour.
This is a message from Japan. This live show was broadcast on TV in Japan on September 19, 1983, the following year. It was an edited version, but during prime time, it was a groundbreaking program, sponsored solely by SONY at the time. As a child, I was fascinated by it, and I still remember being thrilled to reunite with it now. Thank you very much.
02/10/24: Hello, Japan! Thank you for the advice. Billy Joel is America's Beethoven. I could not have written anything better than your contribution. ありがとう!
I was gonna comment how Liberty's drumming was ,to me,a driving force behind Billy's sound..... I do miss it. I heard Billy let him and 2 other original members go on bad terms.
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my low-fi acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics HONESTY, ALLENTOWN, and VIENNA on my YT in tribute to the master of lyricism & composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace & stay safe.
Hey I know you guys have to brag cause you grew up on Long Island, and I would too!.. But it's really the times the baby boomer times...I lived all these stories he tells out in the midwest, Ohio...and he's just about my favorite singer/writer/pianist I "get it"...but sure go ahead and pat yourselves on the back , Billy came from your neck of the woods, be proud!!! Just as I am proud of local Clevelander Eric Carmen who is just 3 months younger than Billy.
@@brucetowell3432 My neighborhood was Italian/Irish Catholic and Jewish. I was always the odd one out because I was Protestant. Only The Good Die Young is spot on! Hahaha! I'll have to take a look at Eric Carmen's stuff. Never heard of him. Ohio is a beautiful state, by the way.
@@mlorthio Thanks mine in Ohio was , Catholic Irish, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian and German....Eric Carmen was the lead singer and writer with a group called the Raspberries, they had numerous hits in the early to mid 70's.....I knew Eric cause I used to go to 'teen night spots"' where his bands played in the late 1960's....Eric still lives in a burb of Cleveland, Mayfield Hts. I put Billy right up there with McCartney, Lennon, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb and Brian Wilson!!!
Never understood the point of watching live performances until today. The live performances tend to sound rough and not as good as the recordings. Billy’s vocals are AMAZING, recorded or live
I got to see Mark Knopfler live. (Tell me you're an 80's kid...) Not too bad. But yeah, seeing Joel play Angry Young Man live was sublime. Pressure was fun too.
I truly think that most people do not realize how incredible of a performer Billy Joel is, especially back in his prime. I cannot think of another person on this planet that can sing, play piano, harmonica, and guitar, and write songs all at a masterful, almost virtuoso-type level. I believe he's one of the most well-rounded, gifted, and incredible people to ever grace a stage. Absolutely God-given talent!
The guys a flat out genius That’s all there is to it. He’s not my favorite but you’d be hard pressed to find a more gifted and talented performer. Scenes from an Italian restaurant is one of the greatest songs ever written and especially performed
You realize his concerts would sell out in hours and that would be for not one night but multiple nights. When extra shows were added they were sold out in hours as well. This would happen in many cities and not just in NY. He sold out the stadium in Sunrise FL in a matter of hours for four nights.
I was 21 and I was there! Only good thing about being old is that I got to see and hear the greats (Billy, Elton, Bruce etc) when they were in their prime.
Oh so would i !!! If only I could I turned 21 in August 1980 it was the best times in my life Billy was and still is my favorite artist musician and performer then and still is today.
'Allentown' is so brilliant... its rhythm is so catchy, the strumming piano is unique. 'The Stranger's funky feel is irresistible. 'Goodnight Saigon' is heartbreaking. 'Movin' Out''s Supertramp-like structure turns me on. 'Pressure's tension is tough. 'Sometimes a Fantasy' is tight and straight. 'Big Shot' is dramatically rock. 'Just the Way You Are' sends me straight to 1978. In one word, I love 'im.
Billy Joel is always very modest about his piano playing and singing…… he shouldn’t be. 😆 Amazing musicianship from all on stage. Truly amazing concert.
This is one of the best concerts by one of the best bands ever. My friend and I had this concert video memorized back in the 80s. It is perfection. Absolutely beautiful.
Let me tell you. Billy Joel is DEFINITELY in the top 10 Rock and Roll artists, bands in the HISTORY of Rock n Roll PERIOD. Where IDK but he's up there. Who the hell can sell out MSG every month FOR YEARS, and the fans keep coming back for more. Many have probably seen him multiple times. Watching this from 1982 you can see this guy was LOVED back then and the fans STILL 40 + years later. AMAZING 😉
Mr Billy Joel, talented, those piano skills, big man still got them. Thank you for all tou give us musically. As a retired music educator at 65 years old, I still love. "Allentown Pennsylvania", is all over our country now. People react to losing positions, families to feed clothe.
What a fantastic concert! I was able to see him in Detroit in 1980! It was unbelievable! Everyone was able to see him because he was on a circular stage!
Still the best concert, in my humble opinion! I bought this on VHS from the Florida Mall, whilst on holiday in 1992. It's title was Live from Long Island. It was several years before I could play it, as the format in the USA was different. I bought a Sony Video recorder/player that could play either the UK or USA formats. It was worth the wait. I remain hopeful that one day an official Blu-Ray will be on sale.
Man, the way Billy had to keep shaking life into that thumb...that motorcycle accident (lady ran a red light)...it wasn't for sure if he was going to be able to play again...can you imagine that? No.
I have to comment- I have seen many bands Growing up including Rush- I am all about the music and less about the stage show BS. I dont care about that.....we all know how great the music is for RUSH....well next to them this Particular group of guys in this Billy Joel Band are up there...Liberty DeVitto is one of the best Drummers in the world next to Neil Peart....Bar None, Billy Joel is a Genius....I have listened to him as a kid in the 70s...but this band is INCREDIBLE.....
The quality of this video is amazing. I first saw him before this, in a much smaller venue, at CW Post College, also on Long Island. It was so great back then when regular people could actually afford to go to a concert and you could see the entertainer without huge jumbotrons.
Scandinavian Skies… wow. New song from a new album and almost prog rock meets pop. Wow. Top artist in top form with a band that is more than ready for the challenge. Great. Nylon Curtain is the artistic pinnacle of BJ in the 80’s.
A CONCERTO !!! OUR MAESTRO !!! OUR PIANO MAN IN THAT BAR AROUND THE WORLD IN EVERY TIME ZONE AS IT TURNS "SO IT GOES" >>> I'D X >HE IS RIGHT THERE WITH THOSE GUY'S ,YOU KNOW BACK THEN , HE'S LIKE ME >A RENAISSANCE MAN ...I JUST HEARD THAT MY FAVORITE SONG IS HIS >> "AND SO IT GOES" ...
Saw him last year in Phoenix in December with the roof open at Chase Field (man I love living in Arizona) and he was great. But my God listen to him 40 years ago. Wow.
Супер!!!Браво Billy!!! Впервые услышала его в 1987году-по тв шел концерт.С того времени он покорил мой слух ,глаза и сердце!!! Долгих лет в здравии и благоденствии!!!
I appreciate and listen to all kinds of music and musicians - classical, jazz, folk, calypso, but in my book, Billy Joel is the #1 all-time musical genius. What other singing instrumentalist is as outstanding on every single level - singing, playing, writing, composing, performing - and has produced such "accessible"/universal music at the highest possible level of craft? No one. Not Prince, not MJ, not Bowie, not Elton, not Joni Mitchell.... No one.
I think even Billy would say that Elton is wayyyy up there. They probably had the same number of hits or close to it. I think Billy's songs are more sophisticated and he did his own Music AND Lyrics, but much of this IS opinion and there are many who would argue that Paul McCartney is still the all time #1. Wings AND The Beatles? C'mon!
Amazing! In fact, that was a motorcycle accident that Billy had and he needed surgery, because he broke his hands. Impressive that it happened back in April 1982. Billy is the best.
I was born April 1981... I've seen Billy 4 times now, more recently... as amazing as he was now, I would have given anything to go back in time and see this version. Thank you for sharing.
I was born March 81. Grew up on LI (Suffolk). You can see something very close to this still. Mike DelGuidice and band Big Shot still play on LI! Mike is also now in Billy’s band. Billy heard Mike singing with Big Shot, and he thought it was himself. True story. Mike is an amazing musician! Definitely worth the check out.
This is just fantastic Billy Joel is one of the best artists of all time!❤ His music and words flow like real life just incredible. Love you Billy such a big part of my teen years and more
Been a fan of Billy Joel for many years and I love that this concert introduced me to songs I wasn't aware of already. "Sometimes a Fantasy" and "Angry Young Man" 😘
I have nothing but kudos to you (the poster) for your work. Everything is improved here. We could still wish for some more bottom end weight in Doug's bass and Liberty's drums (probably impossible from the original sources) then it would be close to perfection. This is close, if not exactly, Billy's zenith as a live act. The additions of Riv as a multi instrumentalist and LeBolt on added keys only adds more depth to the core original band while taking nothing away. Anyone here from the B'ham AL area remember Marc Phillips and Hotel's cover of Angry Young Man live? They really did it total justice back in those late seventies days at The Cobblestone.
I remember seeing this on HBO, came out right after I got out of college. This was the classic Billy Joel band (slight nit-no Richie Canata, whom I loved, but still). Great set list and wow peak Liberty on the drums.
I was at this show! I was 17 and a senior in High School! Thank you for posting this! I came on here looking for Goodnight Saigon. I was remembering how moving it was that night, I googled it and I found this video. Amazing! I remember being slightly annoyed that they were filming it. They ( the directors ) told us not to stand up at certain points and the show seemed staged and short compared to a previous time that I had seen of him in 1980 on the Glass Houses tour. But of course it came out great!
He did shorten the shows on his tours from around 140-150 mins on 52nd street and glass houses to about 120-130 for nylon curtain and then even a bit shorter for the innocent man tour.
My first Billy Joel concert was at MSG NYC 12/31/82 New Years Eve show was great. He had a wonderful band for this tour. The set list was pretty much the same but for a Led Zeppelin song that you thought the real band was on stage. Wonderful memory from this great music artist. Thank you for posting this concert Matthew.
This was the best band format he ever had. This is pure, no autovoice correction, thank you for reuniting us with this concert in Long Island, took 42 years for me to see this again, bless ya. Long live rock and roll !!!
Really? One of my favorite obscure Joel songs of all time! He played it on the Nylon Curtain Tour, in Philly for an intimate show with a full orchestra and the last time was at MSG in on 2014 and I happened to be there!!!! I was almost went into cardiac arrest!!!! Here you go…, th-cam.com/video/s-G6nVpWC_M/w-d-xo.html
my mum had this on video and watched it often. I always loved it and watching play piano started my obsession with it. He's such an incredible performer! It's so nice to see this again
It was love at first listen. I was 6 years old when I saw this. Didn’t know obviously until years later that he did Until The Night and songs like Where’s The Orchestra that night.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECT THIS IS THE TOUR MY FRIEND FRANK AND I GO TO THE MAD. GARDEN ON DEC.31 NEW YEARS EVE ! THATS WHEN THAT NEW ALBUM WAS OUT . WE DID IT ANOTHER NEW YEARS EVE AGAIN ! > THE ONE THING THAT I WAS IN AWWWE ! THE PHYSICALITY OF THE PERFORMANCE AND HIS VOICE ,THE VOICE > SOMEWHERE THERE IS A PIANO MAN AND HE IS THAT VOICE ,AND YET HE IS THE PIANO MAN !
Just incredible. What to say here. Angry young man is a progressive masterpiece. Live and recorded... both. Billy Joel is a futurist or just got lucky? I think both. I think whoever is still standing today living and breathing at least got a chance and LET"S GO... If you are southern/cajun then "LET"S GEAUX"! IF you are Chinese, Japanese, French, Latin, Spanish then "LET'S ......I cannot spell your language. I need to go to Rosetta Stone and learn your language. I am with you . We are all with you. Can we all admit that we all got duped and that our rulers failed us all. We do not need to rebuild from scratch. We just need a fixer upper here. An Awakening.
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For me, it would be Big Shot
Surprises
For me, Just the Way You Are, I knew this version but not the full concert. Well done reuniting the songs altogether. Definitely one of the top best concerts, with the « Allentown », « My Life » entrance which sound splendid !
Plus,I think this is truly the best rendition of « Goodnight Saigon ».
Great job. This is the best quality most complete version I have ever seen
If this isn't the best Billy Joel concert on the Internet, it's certainly a finalist. Anyone who was there was very fortunate.
There are no concerts like this anymore. He has a perfect voice
before Pro Tools there were pros
There are. I went to one on Friday night in Cardiff!!
How come nobody ever mentions what an amazingly great singer Billy is, with outstanding breath control, perfect pitch, a true song stylist who matches his style to the meaning.
Ironically, he doesn’t consider himself a good vocalist even through he’s better than 90% of the rock vocalists out there.
Indeed, he is a great singer. Usually singers like Elton John, Freddie Mercury, among others tend to crack their voices after singing and touring a lot. Which is completely fine; in Billy's case, I think that there were just two times when his voice was at his worst moment: Between September and Octuber 1978, and Russia 1987 tour.
And, he's an amazing story teller too!
you're so right. SO underrated as a phenomenal singer especially in his prime. AND he was a smoker back then too. Unbelievable.
"How come nobody ever mentions..." Billy Joel at all in 2024? Because he doesn't appeal to the Swift-Beyonce-DUNCE generation.
This is a message from Japan. This live show was broadcast on TV in Japan on September 19, 1983, the following year. It was an edited version, but during prime time, it was a groundbreaking program, sponsored solely by SONY at the time. As a child, I was fascinated by it, and I still remember being thrilled to reunite with it now. Thank you very much.
02/10/24: Hello, Japan! Thank you for the advice. Billy Joel is America's Beethoven. I could not have written anything better than your contribution. ありがとう!
obrigado!@@Ellany1982
Billy Joel is a signature of the US for us. 💖 Greetings from Tokyo.
@@smiley8449 Japan has excellent taste. Greetings from USA (tiny little New Jersey!).
Western North Carolina says thank you 🌹❤️
No offense to the current drummer, but I used to love watching Liberty drum.
Me too😊
I was gonna comment how Liberty's drumming was ,to me,a driving force behind Billy's sound..... I do miss it. I heard Billy let him and 2 other original members go on bad terms.
Yeah, they had a bad situation back then, it went thru the court and lawyers, etc. But as far as I know, they are in good terms now.
@@MatthewBillyJoelBootlegs Thats good to know.....thanks for the info!
@@MatthewBillyJoelBootlegs glad to hear that. 👍
Grew up on Long Island. There's so much about his music that you "get" when you've been raised in the culture. Great memories!
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my low-fi acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics HONESTY, ALLENTOWN, and VIENNA on my YT in tribute to the master of lyricism & composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace & stay safe.
Hey I know you guys have to brag cause you grew up on Long Island, and I would too!.. But it's really the times the baby boomer times...I lived all these stories he tells out in the midwest, Ohio...and he's just about my favorite singer/writer/pianist I "get it"...but sure go ahead and pat yourselves on the back , Billy came from your neck of the woods, be proud!!! Just as I am proud of local Clevelander Eric Carmen who is just 3 months younger than Billy.
@@brucetowell3432 My neighborhood was Italian/Irish Catholic and Jewish. I was always the odd one out because I was Protestant. Only The Good Die Young is spot on! Hahaha! I'll have to take a look at Eric Carmen's stuff. Never heard of him. Ohio is a beautiful state, by the way.
@@mlorthio Thanks mine in Ohio was , Catholic Irish, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian and German....Eric Carmen was the lead singer and writer with a group called the Raspberries, they had numerous hits in the early to mid 70's.....I knew Eric cause I used to go to 'teen night spots"' where his bands played in the late 1960's....Eric still lives in a burb of Cleveland, Mayfield Hts. I put Billy right up there with McCartney, Lennon, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb and Brian Wilson!!!
Yep. Kings Park
Never understood the point of watching live performances until today. The live performances tend to sound rough and not as good as the recordings. Billy’s vocals are AMAZING, recorded or live
He sounds even better than the recordings.
Totally agree with you on this performance 👍
Billy is, by far, the best performer I've seen in my life.
Michael Jackson? (Billy is good though)
I think it depends on taste, personally I would say it's Freddie Mercury, but all three are very good. (And there are still more to mention)
Why even compare. They are all fuckin' brilliant. And thank God they are aren't all the same.
I got to see Mark Knopfler live. (Tell me you're an 80's kid...) Not too bad.
But yeah, seeing Joel play Angry Young Man live was sublime. Pressure was fun too.
Going to see him in Cardiff uk in August!. Cant wait!
Back when music was real and people loved it!
I truly think that most people do not realize how incredible of a performer Billy Joel is, especially back in his prime. I cannot think of another person on this planet that can sing, play piano, harmonica, and guitar, and write songs all at a masterful, almost virtuoso-type level. I believe he's one of the most well-rounded, gifted, and incredible people to ever grace a stage. Absolutely God-given talent!
Indeed!
The guys a flat out genius That’s all there is to it. He’s not my favorite but you’d be hard pressed to find a more gifted and talented performer. Scenes from an Italian restaurant is one of the greatest songs ever written and especially performed
Prince
Paul McCartney….but who’s counting? Joel in the pantheon for sure.
If I had a Time Machine, I would use it to go back in time to go to this concert! Nothing else.
I was getting ready to say the same thing
Totally
You realize his concerts would sell out in hours and that would be for not one night but multiple nights. When extra shows were added they were sold out in hours as well. This would happen in many cities and not just in NY. He sold out the stadium in Sunrise FL in a matter of hours for four nights.
I was 21 and I was there! Only good thing about being old is that I got to see and hear the greats (Billy, Elton, Bruce etc) when they were in their prime.
Oh so would i !!! If only I could I turned 21 in August 1980 it was the best times in my life Billy was and still is my favorite artist musician and performer then and still is today.
This was incredible to watch,
Billy was 33 here. This was also in the middle of The Islanders Stanley Cup Dynasty (that was their home arena)
Thanks for the info❤didn’t know…
Which Billy? Joel or Smith?
@@mikestevenson576 Yes! hahaha
But Smitty had just tuned 32 that month.
🎉 1/3 of a life 😊
Butch Goring is still offsides 😊
Liberty DeVito on drums is a monster here, this guy is so great and Billy is in obvious top form here. This is an outstanding concert.
"Until the Night" was killer! The band the vocals jusr superb. My favorite.
OMG! That wasn't on the VHS! If it's not my favorite Billy Joel song it's in my top 3.
'Allentown' is so brilliant... its rhythm is so catchy, the strumming piano is unique. 'The Stranger's funky feel is irresistible. 'Goodnight Saigon' is heartbreaking. 'Movin' Out''s Supertramp-like structure turns me on. 'Pressure's tension is tough. 'Sometimes a Fantasy' is tight and straight. 'Big Shot' is dramatically rock. 'Just the Way You Are' sends me straight to 1978.
In one word, I love 'im.
me too homie me too ✊️😔
Love that at the end 😂 "Don't take any shit from anybody!!!"🤣💯😁🍻💖💪✊👊🤜🤛✌️🤘🤟👉👈🫵👌😜😉
42 years later, and still an astounding performance. Goosebumps.
Billy Joel is always very modest about his piano playing and singing…… he shouldn’t be. 😆
Amazing musicianship from all on stage. Truly amazing concert.
This is one of the best concerts by one of the best bands ever. My friend and I had this concert video memorized back in the 80s. It is perfection. Absolutely beautiful.
Billy is an American icon , a legend. His songbook is vast and treasured. God love ya, Billy, you're the best!
This night Billy was in fire and so was his band. Doug, Dave, and Russel really had their own sound with Liberty as the backbone of the band.
Definitely the best band and sound!!!
What about Mark Rivera the sax player?
he's amazing, also Dave LeBolt on keyboards is fire
@@MatthewBillyJoelBootlegs I miss this classic lineup.I think Billy should get Liberty back on the drums
Let me tell you. Billy Joel is DEFINITELY in the top 10 Rock and Roll artists, bands in the HISTORY of Rock n Roll PERIOD. Where IDK but he's up there. Who the hell can sell out MSG every month FOR YEARS, and the fans keep coming back for more. Many have probably seen him multiple times. Watching this from 1982 you can see this guy was LOVED back then and the fans STILL 40 + years later. AMAZING 😉
OMG! What a energetic performance and yet touching my heart❤️ Billy is the legendary singer song writer. I'm so lucky to be living in his era.
Many don't know it, but this; this is the music of our lives. Long live Billy Joel!!!
Got to love how hard Liberty slams those high hats. Man did those shows pack energy.
Just learned that the full show is getting released as a 3 LP set as part of The Vinyl Collection Volume 2.
素晴らしい
ビリージョエルをステージを✨
共有Upしてくれてありがとう
そしてビリージョエルさん
日本に着てコンサートしてくれて
ありがとう🌹👍
一生に一度、ビリーのコンサートに行ってみたかったなぁ。しかし、この頃のビリージョエルの楽曲の素晴らしさ。凄すぎて言葉にならない。
スカンジナビアンスカイとか…ライブでやったん？！
サマー、ハイランドフォールズが大好きで、生で聴いてみたかった曲の一つ。
Magnificent performance from a great artist at the height of his powers.
It's been said a hundred times, but this band is absolute fire. No one can play these songs like these guys. Magical.
I was there...also there in 2017 for the first concert after the reopening. Billy always played LI with sold-out crowds.
Mr Billy Joel, talented, those piano skills, big man still got them. Thank you for all tou give us musically. As a retired music educator at 65 years old, I still love. "Allentown Pennsylvania", is all over our country now. People react to losing positions, families to feed clothe.
Saw him in Hyde Park last year. He still got it.
Billy Joel at the absolute PRIME of his career. Liberty on the drums this was his premium band
@@leokimvideo that band was brutal
All songs are my favourites, he probably at her highest peak.
The drummer stands out, I have always enjoyed that.
Liberty is pretty good 👍
What a fantastice performance! I have always liked Billy, but I have a new found and profound respect for him now!
It is an amazing performance, one of the best shows he ever did.
素晴らしい！！ これアップしてくれて感謝しかない。
I was born on this day and Billy Joel is one of my favourite musicians ever ❤🎵
What a fantastic concert! I was able to see him in Detroit in 1980! It was unbelievable! Everyone was able to see him because he was on a circular stage!
Oh. Amazing! Do you have any picture, footage or audio recording from that show? You're lucky!
@@MatthewBillyJoelBootlegs No I wish I did! Those are the days of no cell phones!
Still the best concert, in my humble opinion! I bought this on VHS from the Florida Mall, whilst on holiday in 1992. It's title was Live from Long Island. It was several years before I could play it, as the format in the USA was different. I bought a Sony Video recorder/player that could play either the UK or USA formats. It was worth the wait. I remain hopeful that one day an official Blu-Ray will be on sale.
True I agree with you 100 percent
Long Along!...
Always been searching for that show...part of me..
Yeah..but my childhood sounds remain the best records...
This era of Billy Joel and his band is so fun not to mention world class musicianship.
Love billy's live, I think its better than the recording😊
I totally agree with you on that one
Man, the way Billy had to keep shaking life into that thumb...that motorcycle accident (lady ran a red light)...it wasn't for sure if he was going to be able to play again...can you imagine that? No.
I have to comment- I have seen many bands Growing up including Rush- I am all about the music and less about the stage show BS. I dont care about that.....we all know how great the music is for RUSH....well next to them this Particular group of guys in this Billy Joel Band are up there...Liberty DeVitto is one of the best Drummers in the world next to Neil Peart....Bar None, Billy Joel is a Genius....I have listened to him as a kid in the 70s...but this band is INCREDIBLE.....
Thanks TH-cam good selections for a Saturday.
Liberty's drumming is a perfect fit for this band.🥁
He's the beast at drums
Билли! И его команде! Bravo! Bravissimo!)))
The quality of this video is amazing. I first saw him before this, in a much smaller venue, at CW Post College, also on Long Island. It was so great back then when regular people could actually afford to go to a concert and you could see the entertainer without huge jumbotrons.
Thanks for your comment! I have that concert posted, a great one.
Scandinavian Skies… wow. New song from a new album and almost prog rock meets pop. Wow. Top artist in top form with a band that is more than ready for the challenge. Great. Nylon Curtain is the artistic pinnacle of BJ in the 80’s.
It was a tribute to John Lennon and I think that Billy did a great job
I was at this show. It was wonderful. Still remember it well.
A CONCERTO !!! OUR MAESTRO !!! OUR PIANO MAN IN THAT BAR AROUND THE WORLD IN EVERY TIME ZONE AS IT TURNS "SO IT GOES" >>> I'D X >HE IS RIGHT THERE WITH THOSE GUY'S ,YOU KNOW BACK THEN , HE'S LIKE ME >A RENAISSANCE MAN ...I JUST HEARD THAT MY FAVORITE SONG IS HIS >>
"AND SO IT GOES" ...
A blu ray release of this complete show is LONG past due. Until then, thanks Matthew. I still have my original VHS copy recorded from HBO.
Saw him last year in Phoenix in December with the roof open at Chase Field (man I love living in Arizona) and he was great. But my God listen to him 40 years ago. Wow.
Everybody we ever knew in our whole life is here!
I think that was his Jimmy Durante impersonation.
I came upon this video and saw that I was born that day. This is awesome!
Cool buddy! I was born six months before the Beatles hit JFK! Billy was awesome here.
Liberty DeVitto...hands down, the coolest name of any touring musician.
Mary Don and John came over to my house to watch this on HBO
That night I became a lifelong fan at the age of 10
Супер!!!Браво Billy!!!
Впервые услышала его в 1987году-по тв шел концерт.С того времени он покорил мой слух ,глаза и сердце!!!
Долгих лет в здравии и благоденствии!!!
Just incredible - loved the early’80s what a time to be alive ❤
I appreciate and listen to all kinds of music and musicians - classical, jazz, folk, calypso, but in my book, Billy Joel is the #1 all-time musical genius. What other singing instrumentalist is as outstanding on every single level - singing, playing, writing, composing, performing - and has produced such "accessible"/universal music at the highest possible level of craft? No one. Not Prince, not MJ, not Bowie, not Elton, not Joni Mitchell.... No one.
I think even Billy would say that Elton is wayyyy up there. They probably had the same number of hits or close to it. I think Billy's songs are more sophisticated and he did his own Music AND Lyrics, but much of this IS opinion and there are many who would argue that Paul McCartney is still the all time #1.
Wings AND The Beatles?
C'mon!
Good Night, Saigon is an anthem to every person whoever served in Vietnam. God bless them all.
I was at this show a week before in Buffalo. great concert. his thumb was bandaged due to some sort of injury but he never misses a key.
Amazing! In fact, that was a motorcycle accident that Billy had and he needed surgery, because he broke his hands. Impressive that it happened back in April 1982. Billy is the best.
I love the ending, "Don't take any chit from anybody!" It's my motto in life!❤
@@MET4Christ4ever same, I love that too!
Wow this concert is awesome thanks Matthew for creating this amazing Gem ❤❤❤ one of my favorites
You're welcome!
Watching billy and liberty play prelude is just the best
I was born April 1981... I've seen Billy 4 times now, more recently... as amazing as he was now, I would have given anything to go back in time and see this version. Thank you for sharing.
Sameeeee
I was born March 81. Grew up on LI (Suffolk). You can see something very close to this still. Mike DelGuidice and band Big Shot still play on LI! Mike is also now in Billy’s band. Billy heard Mike singing with Big Shot, and he thought it was himself. True story. Mike is an amazing musician! Definitely worth the check out.
I’m all for the favs but saigon tears me and made me learn it on piano. Billy is more than just the piano man 🙏🏼
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I remember renting this video on VHS from the local video store. Nice step back to early teen memories.
This is just fantastic Billy Joel is one of the best artists of all time!❤ His music and words flow like real life just incredible. Love you Billy such a big part of my teen years and more
This is him and his best band at their best
観られてよかったです！
Been a fan of Billy Joel for many years and I love that this concert introduced me to songs I wasn't aware of already. "Sometimes a Fantasy" and "Angry Young Man" 😘
I have nothing but kudos to you (the poster) for your work. Everything is improved here. We could still wish for some more bottom end weight in Doug's bass and Liberty's drums (probably impossible from the original sources) then it would be close to perfection. This is close, if not exactly, Billy's zenith as a live act. The additions of Riv as a multi instrumentalist and LeBolt on added keys only adds more depth to the core original band while taking nothing away. Anyone here from the B'ham AL area remember Marc Phillips and Hotel's cover of Angry Young Man live? They really did it total justice back in those late seventies days at The Cobblestone.
Billy at his best!!! He’s amazing and I was very lucky to see him in concert like 5 to. 6 times in his prime!
I remember seeing this on HBO, came out right after I got out of college. This was the classic Billy Joel band (slight nit-no Richie Canata, whom I loved, but still). Great set list and wow peak Liberty on the drums.
Billy Joel is a national treasure. Such an incredible talent!
I was at this show! I was 17 and a senior in High School! Thank you for posting this! I came on here looking for Goodnight Saigon. I was remembering how moving it was that night, I googled it and I found this video. Amazing! I remember being slightly annoyed that they were filming it. They ( the directors ) told us not to stand up at certain points and the show seemed staged and short compared to a previous time that I had seen of him in 1980 on the Glass Houses tour. But of course it came out great!
He did shorten the shows on his tours from around 140-150 mins on 52nd street and glass houses to about 120-130 for nylon curtain and then even a bit shorter for the innocent man tour.
There’s definitely more schmaltz than normal
I was at this show also. I was in college. Great show, great energy.
I remember being 10 years old in 1985 and getting a bootleg cassette tape of this. Wore that tape out!!!!
"Don't take any shit from anybody."
You got it, Billy!
Fantastic. Good stuff.
Love ❤️ this music 🎶 🎵 ❤️ ❤ 😊
ok this is superrrr cool, great job Matthew, as always !!!! also the band sound soooo good and Russell has such a good singing voice oml 😭
Billy has a wonderful voice, plus wrote very well and was a great shows man. One of my favorites.
My first Billy Joel concert was at MSG NYC 12/31/82 New Years Eve show was great. He had a wonderful band for this tour. The set list was pretty much the same but for a Led Zeppelin song that you thought the real band was on stage. Wonderful memory from this great music artist. Thank you for posting this concert Matthew.
I have posted that show too!
If you looked at billy Joel here and now youlld not think they were the same people
Gee people change when they get older? Do tell!
Wish I could’ve been there. I was about 100 miles away.
This was the best band format he ever had.
This is pure, no autovoice correction, thank you for reuniting us with this concert in Long Island, took 42 years for me to see this again, bless ya.
Long live rock and roll !!!
He is simply one of the greats … thx so much for bringing me down memory lane!
never before seen a live version of Scandanavian Skies! Wow!
Really? One of my favorite obscure Joel songs of all time! He played it on the Nylon Curtain Tour, in Philly for an intimate show with a full orchestra and the last time was at MSG in on 2014 and I happened to be there!!!! I was almost went into cardiac arrest!!!! Here you go…, th-cam.com/video/s-G6nVpWC_M/w-d-xo.html
I still have this concert on VHS 📼
@@bryancooper2247 Kidding me? Isn't it...dry or something???...
@@PhilRheaume I didn't ask for your smart comeback badly grow hair
@@bryancooper2247 ..was in the air.. have a good year, 2247..
I'm 47 at Feb 22nd...2024.. thank you for your shots!..
He was a genius Mr B. Joel from around the world 🙂👍
my mum had this on video and watched it often. I always loved it and watching play piano started my obsession with it. He's such an incredible performer! It's so nice to see this again
Have my original VHS in perfect condition.
Oh, that's nice! Have you transferred it to digital? I've been looking for a much more decent version to re-make the video for a long time.
Good night Saigon. Den Song hörte ich als junges Mädchen, die gerade Englisch lernt. Ist mir total unter die Haut gegangen. WOW
It was love at first listen. I was 6 years old when I saw this. Didn’t know obviously until years later that he did Until The Night and songs like Where’s The Orchestra that night.
Supreme performance . Amazing !
This has been so good to watch . Thank you ❤
IF I REMEMBER CORRECT THIS IS THE TOUR MY FRIEND FRANK AND I GO TO THE MAD. GARDEN ON DEC.31 NEW YEARS EVE ! THATS WHEN THAT NEW ALBUM WAS OUT . WE DID IT ANOTHER NEW YEARS EVE AGAIN ! > THE ONE THING THAT I WAS IN AWWWE ! THE PHYSICALITY OF THE PERFORMANCE AND HIS VOICE ,THE VOICE > SOMEWHERE THERE IS A PIANO MAN AND HE IS THAT VOICE ,AND YET HE IS THE PIANO MAN !
Yeah, this was the tour. I do have the audio from that night on the channel if you want to check it, also there's a footage of Auld Lang Syne
Thank you for your service to Billy Joel fans. This is excellent 🎉
Rivera Saxophone @53:16 till the end of JTWYA is one of my favorite solos ever. Truly classic.
Billy you are my favorite singer/songwriter. Loved you ever since you were first in the radio..
This concert film is astonishing all round for the quality of the upload, but for me watching Liberty in full flow on the drums is truly jaw-dropping
Just incredible. What to say here. Angry young man is a progressive masterpiece. Live and recorded... both. Billy Joel is a futurist or just got lucky? I think both. I think whoever is still standing today living and breathing at least got a chance and LET"S GO... If you are southern/cajun then "LET"S GEAUX"! IF you are Chinese, Japanese, French, Latin, Spanish then "LET'S ......I cannot spell your language. I need to go to Rosetta Stone and learn your language. I am with you . We are all with you. Can we all admit that we all got duped and that our rulers failed us all. We do not need to rebuild from scratch. We just need a fixer upper here. An Awakening.