Hey Jamel,brother Billy Joel was in a band before being well known called Atilla.Please react to Atilla-Wonder Woman from 1970,it sounds a bit Led Zeppelin ish
Hey Jamel notice how this tune has the 10CC "I'm Not In Love" ooh's and aah's sound going in the background during some sections of the song. (edit) and the song's over and you mention this, but can't place the song.
Peace to you Jamel. I hope you soon discover his (perhaps) best song entitled And So it Goes even if you can’t upload it. Any playlist without it seems incomplete. ✌️
Perhaps but the biggest difference between them and Billy Joel every song on every album is a hit opposed to the other guys only had one maybe two good songs from each album
@@salsaucedo The difference is, Billy Joel was more American pop which is perfect for the radio format. Bowie was much more accepted and popular in other parts of the world, had cult fans in the US and didn't really become recognized by most in the US until he went mainstream for a short while in the 80's with Let's Dance, China Girl...etc. Most of his music did not fit the US radio format, but he had many "hits" in Europe, Asia, S America and Australia for many years. Billy Joel played only one genre of music, while each Bowie album was completely different than every other so he was difficult to categorize. So Bowie didn't have "hits" like Billy Joel, but most will agree his first 10 or so albums you can play right through without skipping, as the songs are all really good. The one or two songs you refer to are just the ones you are familiar with.
@@NSHM122 Exactly; and "Hits" aren't the true measure of the quality of the music..In fact, Hits are usually toe-tappers aimed to please those who aren't the most discriminating......"Hits" (the least controversial or "easiest to digest") are designed to get you to buy the album, then when you get it home (old days) many times you discover that the hits are your least favorite songs, and the real gems lie within.
@@sjd5750 I don't want to take away from Billy Joel, he's definitely very talented and can write some great songs, but even with his songs, the ones I like the most are the lesser known ones. I've been a Bowie and Elton fan for many decades and I find that I skip the more radio played "toe tappers" when I pay their albums. Toe tapper = 3 to 4 minutes long, with a verse, chorus, verse, bridge then chorus format.
Always a Woman was written about the woman who, with the help of her brother, stole most of Billy Joel's wealth. Billy once referred to the Webers as the Borgias.
@@beatlebrian4404 Yeah, Billy said that he watched The Beatles live on their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show and that was his inspiration to become a musician.
@@otisdylan9532 Very true Otis. In my view the mark of a great songwriter is the number of so called "standards" they manage to write. Lennon/McCartney and Dylan have each written dozens and Joel has at least half a dozen to his name: New York State of Mind Just the Way You Are Until the Night Piano Man An Innocent Man She's Always A Woman Much underrated and a new album long overdue...nothing new for nearly 30 years and fans are starting to petition him, would you believe!!!
@@WilliamCWayne Are you sure? That's getting on for an average song length of 13 minutes. The longest Billy Joel tracks I can think of are in the 7-8 minute range (Italian Restaurant, Captain Jack and Goodnight Saigon).
I'm not sure, but I think a person had to live in New York for a while to really get this song. How could anyone else understand wanting The Daily News.
Hey Jamel! For Billy Joel, please react to "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant". Billy is a wonderful storyteller and that song is a real journey. I'd also suggest "Moving Out". Billy's early records had such a NY vibe. Listening to him is like listening to an old neighborhood friend I knew from back in the day. 😊 ✌🏽 out!
When saxophone music still meant something to the general listening public. One of the greatest saxophone leads. Catching this a couple years late but a fabulous reaction...has there ever been a not- fabulous reaction? No, says I.
Jamal This is Billy Joel at his Finest and his career was on the cusp of Notoriety and this was 1977!!He is a Master Craftsman and I am Very PROUD to be one of His Loyal Fans.I am in the same voice range as Him and I Love Singing His Songs.Im glad that You enjoyed this piece of 1970's Nostalgia.Cheers Brother!
Billy is a hell of an entertainer and that's coming from a metal head. I got dragged to see him once thinking I would hate every minute but ended up becoming a life long fan. Actually had tickets to see him in Sept.. thanks Covid
A lot of babies were made to this song! "Just the Way You Are" garnered the two biggest Grammy Awards of 1979 -- for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
This song is kind of a passive/ aggressive put down. You ain't all that great ... but I like you anyway. Great song for our modern day low expectations society, if you can't jump that high we'll just lower the bar for ya.
Hands down... I am a bitter younger than most Billy Joel fans, but when I was 16 (around 2001), while the other kids were listening to the latest rock/pop, I was listening to The Stranger everyday on repeat 🙂 It shaped my teenage years. ❤
This man changed my life. I had serious family issues and whenever I put his albums on, everything was O.K for those glorious few minutes. I saw him in 1978 and 38 years later brought my grown children to see him at Wrigley Field. It was hard not to cry, but they were happy tears because life has a way of coming back around and I have music to thank for that...especially my man, Mr. Billy Joel
This kind of love isn't dead. 24 years and counting married to my high school sweetheart, and looking forward to many, many more. We both love this song.
IF I tried to name my favorite 3 Billy Joel songs, I'd get into a fight with myself... He's that good... has that much material. This rabbit hole is deeeep.
I love how Jazz legend Phil Woods was in the studio next to Billy when this was being recorded, and when passing by he heard the track and asked to play on it! Magic!!
This is a great album. "Moving Out", "The Stranger", "Vienna", and, "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant." Same with Billy's album, "Glass Houses." Track after track pure gold. ✌
The Billy Joel Rabbit Hole. It's deep! The horn player, Mark Rivera, is good friends with my family. Billy has a great band behind him to match his talents. Phenomenal singer/songwriter and a beast on the keys. Gotta love the Piano Man!
Billy Joel was the romance sound track of the late seventies, early eighties. This Night, She's Always a Woman, The Longest Time, She's Got A Way are all classic! Thank You!
If he can, Jamel should watch the live version. Amazing to see Billy banging the keys on this one! th-cam.com/video/XUp9RuUSdvM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=billyjoelVEVO
Billy Joel wrote some of the best lyrics. Now, in my old age, it’s become “ I want you how you once were, and how you are now.” A person never stays the same, life happens and changes things.
You had to be a Big Shot ... by Billy Joel .. so many great songs. Saw him in concert in the early 90s and he was great, great, great. He had such fun playing live.
Mm-mm-mm-m-mm... Love me some Billy Joel! Another lifetime favorite here! He is another great from the era of singer/songwriters that we took for granted! If you ever get to see him in concert, please do so, he is still amazing live!
Back when I was seriously into songwriting, this song was often held up as an example of an "evergreen". It's a song that has been recorded thousands of times. A timeless song that can be done in any genre. keeps earning money for years and years, every year. An evergreen.
In before the Block... in 3-2-1...who cares...from the same album is Billy’s own all time personal track he ever did, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant- gotta try it Jamel! Yeah he wrote this for his FIRST wife 😄
Hey Jamel! that's the incomparable Phil Woods on alto sax. What a sound that man got out of the alto, very rare to get that kind of full bodied tone. A Giant in the jazz world.
I just realized. Jamel, I choose your reacting channel because I feel like you’re really into it, but more importantly, you know music. Even just the fact that you wait until the first chorus is done to pause, is something that not everyone out there can find. I much appreciate that about your work 😊
I highly recommend going to one of his concerts if you ever have the chance. He is a true showman and entertainer. When I saw him he got off the piano bench, crawled up on top of the grand piano on his stomach with this head and hands hanging over the keyboards and played it that way for part of the song (that's essentially playing the keys with the hands switched).
Best reaction to Billy Joel I've ever seen. And, I've loved his music since I was one yr old - before I could talk. Raised on Billy Joel - glad for it.
Jamel, I think the song you're remembering is "I'm Not in Love" by 10cc. They both have that multi-tone "ahhhhh" being sung in the background. Billy Joel's catalog is deep. "Summer Highland Falls" is an early gem.
Thanks for this Jamel - check out Uptown Girl, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Only The Good Die Young, Big Shot - all very popular, really fun songs of his. Relationship songs would be Honesty, She's Always A Woman, She's Got A Way. An INCREDIBLE serious war song is Goodnight Saigon, you'll be in tears as with the Johnny Cash Hurt song you reacted to.
Billy Joel is my favourite 'modern' Americana songwriter ... his lyrics and amazing musicality are incomparable really. Who else has written songs like this in the last 30 years??
Billy's most magical and beautiful among many greats, IMHO. The first song that introduced me a snot nosed kid to Billy. He is so talented! This one just takes me away. And, oh yeah. let's give some props to the sax player on this. Whoa!
Good morning friends! ❤️ I saw Billy Joel in concert with Elton John many years ago. I had seats that overlooked both pianos. Watching those two play and sing was magical.
Seeing Billy Joel has been on my bucketlist forever, I finally got to see him live at Diamondback stadium in 2017, did not disappoint. Amazing performance,
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Hey Jamel,brother Billy Joel was in a band before being well known called Atilla.Please react to Atilla-Wonder Woman from 1970,it sounds a bit Led Zeppelin ish
Hey Jamel notice how this tune has the 10CC "I'm Not In Love" ooh's and aah's sound going in the background during some sections of the song. (edit) and the song's over and you mention this, but can't place the song.
Billy Joel She's always a woman to me another one just like this song
Peace to you Jamel. I hope you soon discover his (perhaps) best song entitled And So it Goes even if you can’t upload it. Any playlist without it seems incomplete. ✌️
Great song
Billy Joel is a legend up there with the likes of Elton John and David Bowie. A trip worth taking
Hear, hear. 🦻👍
Perhaps but the biggest difference between them and Billy Joel every song on every album is a hit opposed to the other guys only had one maybe two good songs from each album
@@salsaucedo The difference is, Billy Joel was more American pop which is perfect for the radio format. Bowie was much more accepted and popular in other parts of the world, had cult fans in the US and didn't really become recognized by most in the US until he went mainstream for a short while in the 80's with Let's Dance, China Girl...etc. Most of his music did not fit the US radio format, but he had many "hits" in Europe, Asia, S America and Australia for many years. Billy Joel played only one genre of music, while each Bowie album was completely different than every other so he was difficult to categorize. So Bowie didn't have "hits" like Billy Joel, but most will agree his first 10 or so albums you can play right through without skipping, as the songs are all really good. The one or two songs you refer to are just the ones you are familiar with.
@@NSHM122 Exactly; and "Hits" aren't the true measure of the quality of the music..In fact, Hits are usually toe-tappers aimed to please those who aren't the most discriminating......"Hits" (the least controversial or "easiest to digest") are designed to get you to buy the album, then when you get it home (old days) many times you discover that the hits are your least favorite songs, and the real gems lie within.
@@sjd5750 I don't want to take away from Billy Joel, he's definitely very talented and can write some great songs, but even with his songs, the ones I like the most are the lesser known ones. I've been a Bowie and Elton fan for many decades and I find that I skip the more radio played "toe tappers" when I pay their albums. Toe tapper = 3 to 4 minutes long, with a verse, chorus, verse, bridge then chorus format.
Billy Joel has so many good songs, "Always a Woman" is a favorite.
Always a Woman was written about the woman who, with the help of her brother, stole most of Billy Joel's wealth. Billy once referred to the Webers as the Borgias.
Yes. Really love Piano Man.
@@willdwyer6782 still a beautiful song. (out of context.)
This is morbid, I want this song played at my funeral. Goosebumps and tears every time I hear it.
"She'll promise you more than the Garden of Eden...
She'll carelessly cut you and laugh while you're bleedin".
Paul Mccartney was once asked if there was one song he wished he'd written. This was it.
Yes I remembered seeing that interview, a long time ago, high praise indeed, the two are great friends.
@@beatlebrian4404 Yeah, Billy said that he watched The Beatles live on their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show and that was his inspiration to become a musician.
It would be interesting to hear Paul sing that one.
Paul McCartney would've also answered "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.
@@JohnBonini I mean... he didn't 🤷
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is a must as is "Allentown" and "Until the Night". But so many of this guys song are just wonderful.
Those are 3 great ones. I love "New York State of Mind" too.
@@otisdylan9532
Very true Otis.
In my view the mark of a great songwriter is the number of so called "standards" they manage to write. Lennon/McCartney and Dylan have each written dozens and Joel has at least half a dozen to his name:
New York State of Mind
Just the Way You Are
Until the Night
Piano Man
An Innocent Man
She's Always A Woman
Much underrated and a new album long overdue...nothing new for nearly 30 years and fans are starting to petition him, would you believe!!!
"Movin Out" live
I own all of Billy Joel's studio albums. I made a playlist of just my favorite songs, and it's 42 songs and something like 9 hours long.
@@WilliamCWayne
Are you sure?
That's getting on for an average song length of 13 minutes. The longest Billy Joel tracks I can think of are in the 7-8 minute range (Italian Restaurant, Captain Jack and Goodnight Saigon).
Billy Joel is a master craftsman of songs. I love all his music
Please consider Billy Joel's 'New York State Of Mind' as well.
My favorite Billy Joel song!
Yeah play that one at my funeral please 🗽🗽🗽
Absolutely a favorite of all time 😎
I'm not sure, but I think a person had to live in New York for a while to really get this song. How could anyone else understand wanting The Daily News.
Yeah, one of my favourites... Also very nicely done by Babara Streisand..
THIS WAS ME AND MY WIFE'S WEDDING SONG BACK IN SEPTEMBER 15TH 1979. AND YES WE ARE STILL ROCKING IN 2021
That's beautiful
Billy Joel is one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time. You could devote an entire month just to listening to him.
Everything on The Stranger album is a gem. Peak Joel in my opinion.
The whole Stranger album gets regular play in my household.
Amen,,,,,
Top album alright! 😄
Not a bad song on that album
The Stranger and Stormfront are his two best albums
I can't imagine music without Billy Joel. It's a life long love affair.
YES!!!!
Coming from a rock/metal head he is one of my absolute favorites loved him since I was a kid had his uptown girl 45 when I was a kid lol
AMEN!
Truly is my dear
“”I love songs that teach love. Preach love.” I have never heard anyone phrase any better how much music means to my own life.
"Uptown Girl," "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant," "A Matter of Trust," "Allentown" - your Billy Joel journey is still just beginning.
Those are excellent choices.
Gotta include You May Be Right
Honesty
Try "Captain Jack" and "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" if you really want to go on journey with his lyrics.
My same choices. Top two of oh so many favorites.
Hey Jamel! For Billy Joel, please react to "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant". Billy is a wonderful storyteller and that song is a real journey. I'd also suggest "Moving Out". Billy's early records had such a NY vibe. Listening to him is like listening to an old neighborhood friend I knew from back in the day. 😊 ✌🏽 out!
Just react to all of the stranger. Every song is a banger.
This x10.
And “She’s Always a Woman”
Love that song!
Billy Joel wrote this song about his first wife, Elizabeth. A pure expression of unconditional love, he gave it to her as a birthday present.
Wow!
When saxophone music still meant something to the general listening public.
One of the greatest saxophone leads.
Catching this a couple years late but a fabulous reaction...has there ever been a not- fabulous reaction? No, says I.
Jamal This is Billy Joel at his Finest and his career was on the cusp of Notoriety and this was 1977!!He is a Master Craftsman and I am Very PROUD to be one of His Loyal Fans.I am in the same voice range as Him and I Love Singing His Songs.Im glad that You enjoyed this piece of 1970's Nostalgia.Cheers Brother!
52nd street album is top gold too.
@@oreally8605 I have the album on Compact Disc, Sheldon."My Life" "Big Shot" "Stiletto" "Zanzibar"👍👍👍👍
Billy is a hell of an entertainer and that's coming from a metal head. I got dragged to see him once thinking I would hate every minute but ended up becoming a life long fan. Actually had tickets to see him in Sept.. thanks Covid
I was supposed to go see Ringo:(
I was supposed to see Burton Cummings and Bachman.
Yeah was going to see him in Cindy on his ballpark tour.
Felt the same, but good music is good music!
Art Prince yea we were going to Cinci too. Had great seats
Billy is an American legend. So many good songs.
Someone may have already mentioned it, but he's got the 10cc "I'm Not In Love" type harmonies going on in the back!
I think this came out before 10cc.
@@TheDivayenta After
Was going to say the same.
Yes !!! You beat me to comment !
A lot of babies were made to this song! "Just the Way You Are" garnered the two biggest Grammy Awards of 1979 -- for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
This song is kind of a passive/ aggressive put down. You ain't all that great ... but I like you anyway. Great song for our modern day low expectations society, if you can't jump that high we'll just lower the bar for ya.
The Stranger is easily his best album.
I'd have to agree, but 52nd Street comes close for me!
The Stranger is a great album but I would not say it is "easily" his best considering An Innocent Man too but my own favourite is Turnstiles.
Best one no doubt!
Hands down... I am a bitter younger than most Billy Joel fans, but when I was 16 (around 2001), while the other kids were listening to the latest rock/pop, I was listening to The Stranger everyday on repeat 🙂 It shaped my teenage years. ❤
that and "Turnstiles" are my favorites
Billy Joel! A legend. So much great music over three decades.
This man changed my life. I had serious family issues and whenever I put his albums on, everything was O.K for those glorious few minutes. I saw him in 1978 and 38 years later brought my grown children to see him at Wrigley Field. It was hard not to cry, but they were happy tears because life has a way of coming back around and I have music to thank for that...especially my man, Mr. Billy Joel
I loved his older stuff...Only the Good Die Young, Moving Out, etc.
Yup.
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, clever song, superb 👌
me to
This one is a mood. Imagine a sultry New York night in the '70s...
After dining at an Italian Restaurant.
A sultry new York piano bar
@@green917 Which he did
Always a pleasure to hear the great Phil Woods as part of this tune.
This kind of love isn't dead. 24 years and counting married to my high school sweetheart, and looking forward to many, many more. We both love this song.
IF I tried to name my favorite 3 Billy Joel songs, I'd get into a fight with myself... He's that good... has that much material. This rabbit hole is deeeep.
Lol yeah I'd be fighting with myself too. Sooooo much great music 🎶 💞
“Like smellin grandma’s cookin “ 🎧🎶love that Jamel
Love, love, LOVE this song. One of my faves by Billy Joel and I have MANY...
I never tire of this fabulous man. He’s a storyteller. Love’em❣️
Takes me back to the 70s, and hearing this on the radio in the car on our way to my grandparents house.
77 ABC AM The best days
Billy Joel - "Only The Good Die Young" love that one
"The Stranger" is one of the Best... Albums... EVER.
I love how Jazz legend Phil Woods was in the studio next to Billy when this was being recorded, and when passing by he heard the track and asked to play on it! Magic!!
We all "love you just the way you are," Jamel.
Don't go changing!
Vienna from the same album is extraordinary, a deep cut that gets overlooked. Just the way you are is a little too yacht rock for me.
Now that is a beautiful song
Vienna is the greatest song Billy ever wrote ... and that is saying a lot because there are so many fantastic ones and many were not ever hits
@@kenmoss2506 i think he's said as much too
This one is still good poetry despite the fancy dressing and bright trappings.
The sax solo is played by Phil Woods, a legendary jazz musician. ❤️
Gracias! Por el dato
@@alflazz2443 De nada!
For me this is the most beautiful and meaningful love song out there 😍
The whole stranger album is great every song is fits perfectly with all the other.
New York State of Mind-
the Billy Joel masterpiece
This is a great album. "Moving Out", "The Stranger", "Vienna", and, "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant." Same with Billy's album, "Glass Houses." Track after track pure gold. ✌
The Billy Joel Rabbit Hole.
It's deep!
The horn player, Mark Rivera, is good friends with my family. Billy has a great band behind him to match his talents. Phenomenal singer/songwriter and a beast on the keys. Gotta love the Piano Man!
This song won the Grammy awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1979.
‘Honesty’ and ‘River of Dreams’
Honesty is a great song!!
River of Dreams is great
The background harmony reminds me of 10CC's "I'm Not In Love"... magic.
The vocal harmonies were inspired by 10CC’s “I’m Not In Love”
I heard that for the first time just now, before I read your comment😗
Now please listen to ‘the longest time’ by billy Joel
Billy Joel in concert is one of the best I've ever seen
Billy Joel was the romance sound track of the late seventies, early eighties.
This Night, She's Always a Woman, The Longest Time, She's Got A Way are all classic! Thank You!
If you don’t love this...... something is definitely wrong with you. This is a beautiful song. Thank you Jamel 🇺🇸☮️👍👍👍
"smelling Grandma's cooking" brilliant ,sums it up so well :-)
Try "And So It Goes" by Billy Joel. Great lyrics!
One of my favorites!!
Oh yes. Had Billy not subsequently recorded his famous Lullaby, And So It Goes would be my favourite Joel melody...
Love this song!!! Totally agree
The song that the harmonies reminded you of is "I'm not in love". Virtually all of that song was done with vocal looping.
I grew up with the best music! Billy Joel is iconic. 💕💕
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Vienna, Zanzibar and The Stranger are other great songs from Billy Joel that you should react to.
This is another good one. Should do "Angry Young Man" for some furious piano action. Thanks again!
If he can, Jamel should watch the live version. Amazing to see Billy banging the keys on this one! th-cam.com/video/XUp9RuUSdvM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=billyjoelVEVO
Billy Joel wrote some of the best lyrics. Now, in my old age, it’s become “ I want you how you once were, and how you are now.” A person never stays the same, life happens and changes things.
You had to be a Big Shot ... by Billy Joel .. so many great songs. Saw him in concert in the early 90s and he was great, great, great. He had such fun playing live.
This song is 🔥. Makes you feel good. Billie Joel made great music. I feel he did it right like Elton John.
Scenes from an Italian restaurant. NUFF SAID!
I suggested that before he started down this rabbit hole. Hopefully he will check it out
Mm-mm-mm-m-mm... Love me some Billy Joel! Another lifetime favorite here! He is another great from the era of singer/songwriters that we took for granted! If you ever get to see him in concert, please do so, he is still amazing live!
I got married in 2001 and had this song in my wedding! One of my all time favorite songs by Billy Joel!
"An Innocent Man" - brilliant lyrics
The river of dreams please by billy joel .its my fave
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" He has many, many you could listen to though.
Back when I was seriously into songwriting, this song was often held up as an example of an "evergreen". It's a song that has been recorded thousands of times. A timeless song that can be done in any genre. keeps earning money for years and years, every year. An evergreen.
Do "You May Be Right" and "The 'Downeaster' Alexa" both by Billy Joel!!!
In before the Block... in 3-2-1...who cares...from the same album is Billy’s own all time personal track he ever did, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant- gotta try it Jamel! Yeah he wrote this for his FIRST wife 😄
"Always a Woman" and "She's Got a Way". Great Billy Joel songs.
My grandfather used to sing this to me when I was really little. I miss him so much.
💙
Why does no one ever ask for "Stiletto" by Billy Joel? Has he already listened to it?
yes the 52nd Avenue has great songs Big Shot, Honesty, My Life, Rosalinda's Eyes, Stiletto, and Zanzabar
Love that song.
Because it's a deep cut that mainly only diehard fans are aware of.
@@seanscanlon9067 But it's a song that, when Jamel hears it, hell love it.
The Stranger was my first Billy Joel album and one of my favorites I was 13 and bought it and damn every song is amazing.
Hey Jamel! that's the incomparable Phil Woods on alto sax. What a sound that man got out of the alto, very rare to get that kind of full bodied tone. A Giant in the jazz world.
I just realized. Jamel, I choose your reacting channel because I feel like you’re really into it, but more importantly, you know music. Even just the fact that you wait until the first chorus is done to pause, is something that not everyone out there can find. I much appreciate that about your work 😊
I highly recommend going to one of his concerts if you ever have the chance. He is a true showman and entertainer. When I saw him he got off the piano bench, crawled up on top of the grand piano on his stomach with this head and hands hanging over the keyboards and played it that way for part of the song (that's essentially playing the keys with the hands switched).
Yeah, he did that on “Angry Young Man”...awesome, of all songs he coulda done this was one of his toughest technical pieces!
Man I love this song ✌️
Best reaction to Billy Joel I've ever seen. And, I've loved his music since I was one yr old - before I could talk. Raised on Billy Joel - glad for it.
His song “Leningrad” brings me to tears every time I hear it.
Billy Joel is amazing. Another great song of his - "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant"! "Miami 2017" is epic!
The background harmonies in sound and feel owe a lot to "I'm Not In Love" by 10cc which was released a few years before this classic in its own right!
I always thought the same. Very similar sound.
I only just noticed that now! 😀
I hear it too.
She’s Always A Woman To Me...every line hits ya..we all have been there and felt it.
Jamel, I think the song you're remembering is "I'm Not in Love" by 10cc. They both have that multi-tone "ahhhhh" being sung in the background. Billy Joel's catalog is deep. "Summer Highland Falls" is an early gem.
That's what I was thinking too.
The chords are very similar too. You can sing one right over the other.
Thanks for this Jamel - check out Uptown Girl, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Only The Good Die Young, Big Shot - all very popular, really fun songs of his. Relationship songs would be Honesty, She's Always A Woman, She's Got A Way. An INCREDIBLE serious war song is Goodnight Saigon, you'll be in tears as with the Johnny Cash Hurt song you reacted to.
Oh man...between the sax & Billy's beautiful voice and lyrics this is one of the greats! Lovin your channel brother Jamel:)
Billy is one of the all time best. He writes, arranges and performs all of his music.
Billy Joel was sooo young when he recorded this. Always one of my favorites.
Gee whiz, you’re such a doll, Jamel!
Yes!!! We need more men like him for sure!!!
It's just a Fantasy, Billy Joel.
Billy Joel is my favourite 'modern' Americana songwriter ... his lyrics and amazing musicality are incomparable really. Who else has written songs like this in the last 30 years??
One of my favorite songs. This is his best song
This song still has all the feels baby💖
Every song on the stranger is fantastic. One of my favorite albums.
Billy's most magical and beautiful among many greats, IMHO. The first song that introduced me a snot nosed kid to Billy. He is so talented! This one just takes me away. And, oh yeah. let's give some props to the sax player on this. Whoa!
Billy wrote this to his first wife when she was feeling insecure next to him. Beautiful
Good morning friends! ❤️ I saw Billy Joel in concert with Elton John many years ago. I had seats that overlooked both pianos. Watching those two play and sing was magical.
👋🏾🧔🏾
I was supposed to ho to that concert with my mom(she loves Elton I love billy) she told me I wasn't spending $500 on tickets lol
@@tracygalley8713 Ooh yes, that’s too expensive!! I think our were maybe $50 or $75 each at most, back in 2000 or 2001.
Yea I was ready to pay lol and he was coming back here this summer to our football stadium but of course covid happened and I hot screwed again lol
@@tracygalley8713 I’m so sorry you missed it twice. 🥺
I wish you would check out a song of his that nobody has done called a matter of trust
yep. it's a great song and video th-cam.com/video/6yYchgX1fMw/w-d-xo.html
Seeing Billy Joel has been on my bucketlist forever, I finally got to see him live at Diamondback stadium in 2017, did not disappoint. Amazing performance,