Raspyrock Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I'm w/ BMP on the ripperton tune -- song is annoying!! On Brand New Key --- I never knew if it was a spoof tune or not!Hey bahoodore -- sounded good from here -- you pretty much got down the Elvis vocal signature.How obscure --- Werewolves of London? -- A Jammin' little ditty!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAM Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Good job Andy .... looked like a fun gig. The dancin' dude in front musta had whiplash in the neck the next morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Allen Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 I loved that Minnie Ripperton tune. Brings me back to my ski bum days in Vermont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Oh gosh, I remember this song called "Born a Woman" by Sandy Posey from the summer after my freshman year in college. All she did was whine. --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Ditto Keith...Billy Joel...Junk!!!Its amazing to me how people can say they dont like Mccartney, but think Joel is great...Third rate melodies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 While I don't really like Billy Joel...'Allentown' is a great song. Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Allentown IS great, and so are a lot of Billy's other songs. He may not be your cup of tea, but there's no question about his talent. There's a song on one of his later albums, I think it's called "Lullabye", that he wrote for his daughter. I think that's his best song ever and, let me tell you, it's alsolutely heartbreakingly beautiful. I wish I had written it. ec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Matter of fact, I'm gonna go find it on itunes and download it right now. ec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 And Eric Did anyone EVER write a better song about past "Glory Days" than "Scene From An Italian Restaurant" complete with the great New York pronunciation "Brend-er an' Eddie".-Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I just bought it. Trust me on this one. It doesn't get any better than this song. Thanks, Billy. "Uptown Girl" wasn't too shabby either. ec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Nivan Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 EC, and all:I DO like Allentown -- and You May Be Right.First is a has a cool point of view, the latter is a good straight ahead rocker.The rest: Keep it.And "We Didn't ..." is the bottom of the barrel.Billy can also be a little disingenuous about his roots and influences. I'm travelling. If I get the time when I get home I'll dig up the references and post a (brief) follow up."Keith" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Davie Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I liked Joe Piscopo & Eddie Murphy's version of "Ebony & Ivory", as Frank Sinatra & Stevie Wonder, better than the original.FRANK: "You are black, and I am white...you're as blind as a bat and I got sight..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" by Doug Clark and his Hot Nuts.That nasty Disco travesty "Ring my Bell"I love The Knack, but "Mr. Handleman" from their second album is just way over the top. Its about a guy pimping his wife. Alot of folks think "Baby Talks Dirty" by the Knack is a bit much. Any song about a barely legal, bisexual, sado-masochistic young lady with a love of backdoor activity is gonna make a lot of lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 "Lullabye" is a perfect Father's Day song from the father's perspective....especially about a daughter. It's also poignant given the fact that Billy Joel was shortly divorced thereafter. Being the father of two girls...it has a special place in my heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Michael Page Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Allentown is my #1 favorite Billy Joel tune. I'll actually listen to almost as much Billy as I do Eric/Berries. My other favs of BJ are "Big Man on Mulberry Street", "It's All About Soul", "Angry Young Man", and "The Stranger".BMP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor4Life Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Billy gets unfairly maligned. Off the top of my head, I can't think of a single song of his I don't like, including WDSTF...Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 "Which Way You Ggoing Billy"by The Poppy Family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudathunk Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Really, there's no accounting for taste. I always thought good music was the music I liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Really, there's no accounting for taste. I always thought good music was the music I liked. Now THAT'S exactly what I was going to say!Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julesberry Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 They're Coming to Take Me Away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlesteve Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I have seen Billy Joel live more than any other act for a reason, he's great. He can't even fit all his hits into an evening. To prove he can rock he even did a Led Zepplin medly once.Scenes From An Italian Restaraunt.."They got an apartment with deep pile carpetAnd a couple of paintings from SearsA big waterbed that they bought with the breadThey had saved for a couple of yearsThey started to fight when the money got tightAnd they just didn't count on the tears."May sound trite but it sure paints a picture of young struggling newlyweds. I love the line "..just didn't count on the tears"."Only the Good Die Young" My personal fave.BJ's in my top 5 with Macca and Eric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I saw Billy once. Around 1980 or 81 in Winnipeg. One of the best, most energtic fun concerts I've ever attended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I've been a fan of Billy's since "The Stranger" (still one of my favourite albums of all time), and sure he's got some songs that are duds, but you'd be hard-pressed to find any artist who doesn't have some of those in his catalogue. I've seen Billy 3x in Mtl, and each time he put on a fabulous show.Thanks to Billy Sullivan, I got to meet Liberty DeVito (Joel's drummer for 30 years) last year at Billy J Kramer show here in Cgy.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 With no disrespect to Mr Carmen I do see in certain publications "All By Myself" gets mentioned as one of the worst songs. The book "The worst rock n roll records of all time" by Jimmy Gutterman and Owen O'Donnell lists it at #21. Sorry, Eric. Though I got no problem with your best known song. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlesteve Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Billy and Eric, both born in 49, Billy started playing piano at age 4, 1st band at 14, First album contract dispute, went into hiding, piano bars west coast under the name Billy Martin, radio started playing live bootleg Capt Jack, got popular, put together a band, live act became urban legend, Clive hunted him down in 73, signed him, first hit, ballad, Piano Man (story of his time in hiding) The Stranger, biggest selling album in the history of Columbia Records from 77-85. No small feat, big label.Some similarities with another piano player, EC.Can't explain why such a hit machine can go dark for so long, since 1993's The River.With Clive signing Billy in 73 for Columbia, and Eric in 75 for the newly formed Arista, you'd think think the two have met at some Clive party. Eric: Have you met Billy?PS. I think he may be the only adult I know that was born with the name William and still goes by "Billy."He's getting up there, if he's ever in town, and you haven't seen him, don't miss the chance to see Billy live. Just like Eric is far more rock than ABM, Billy is far more rock than Piano Man and Just the Way You Are, live. Clive just liked his signed piano players to pump out piano ballads in the mid 70's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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