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MorwenEdhelwen Aussie Tolkien freak from Sydney, Australia Since: Jul, 2012
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#26: Oct 19th 2012 at 5:57:26 PM

I always wondered that too.

edited 20th Oct '12 7:37:43 PM by MorwenEdhelwen

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MorwenEdhelwen Aussie Tolkien freak from Sydney, Australia Since: Jul, 2012
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#27: Jul 2nd 2013 at 6:10:30 PM

My favourite Billy Joel song, incidentally, has to be "Downeaster "Alexa." Probably because I have a father working overseas right now. Not quite the same thing as a father who's a commercial fisherman, but there's a similarity.

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morwenedhelwen Aussie Tolkien freak from Sydney, Australia Since: Jul, 2012
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#28: Aug 7th 2013 at 3:06:06 PM

bump

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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#29: Aug 7th 2013 at 8:48:24 PM

Um...here's a cover of Billy Joel's "Shameless" by a friend of mine who works as a musician on Carnival's cruise ships! Personally, I like how he plays it better than Billy's original—it sounds too overproduced in comparison in my opinion.

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morwenedhelwen Aussie Tolkien freak from Sydney, Australia Since: Jul, 2012
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#30: Aug 7th 2013 at 9:23:28 PM

@0dd1: Your friend has a nice voice.

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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#31: Aug 7th 2013 at 10:19:25 PM

He uses that voice to do a lot of Bon Jovi songs the justice they deserve cool

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morwenedhelwen Aussie Tolkien freak from Sydney, Australia Since: Jul, 2012
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#32: Aug 8th 2013 at 3:41:38 AM

Also, Billy Joel has a lot of Tin Pan Alley influence.

edited 9th Aug '13 5:41:42 PM by morwenedhelwen

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morwenedhelwen Aussie Tolkien freak from Sydney, Australia Since: Jul, 2012
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#33: Aug 9th 2013 at 5:42:15 PM

EDIT: I bought Piano Man on Thursday my time. Saddest song ever? "Stop In Nevada." A lot of Billy Joel stuff is sad.

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MorwenEdhelwen Aussie Tolkien freak from Sydney, Australia Since: Jul, 2012
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#34: Nov 21st 2013 at 12:56:40 AM

For some funny reason, I always thought Billy Joel would make a good Fagin in Oliver! If you watch his Q&A sessions he often engages in a bit of stand-up comedy with the audience. Plus he once played the Artful Dodger in Oliver and Company.

  • has mental image of Billy singing You've Got To Pick A Pocket or Two*

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MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
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#35: Nov 22nd 2013 at 5:59:34 AM

I just listened to "Only The Good Die Young". It's another of those songs where a guy sings to a sheltered girl about sexual freedom and giving in to your desires. I always find those songs a bit hypocritical; not that I don't agree with the message, but it's obvious that the singer is only interested in that message because he wants to get in her pants.

Also, what the hell is the title supposed to mean? I can understand that people get confused about the song's subject, with a title that's so far removed from what the song is actually about.

EDIT: I also listened to "The River Of Dreams". It's a good song, but the arrangement really doesn't match the melody. I get the feeling I'm listening to one of Springsteen's moody ballads (say, "Something In The Night" or "Racing In The Streets") covered as an upbeat funk-pop song.

edited 22nd Nov '13 6:16:59 AM by MidnightRambler

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Odd1 Still just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
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#36: Nov 23rd 2013 at 9:18:00 PM

I wouldn't call "River of Dreams" an upbeat funk song. It's more of a gospel song than anything, which I'd say fits its theme of searching and spirituality.

As for "Only the Good Die Young", I've always thought the title could be looked at two ways. One way is that the singer has a "you ain't gonna live forever, so you'd might as well have fun while you're alive to do so" sort of attitude, or looking at it in the sense of "I Just Died in Your Arms" (Tonight).

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MorwenEdhelwen Aussie Tolkien freak from Sydney, Australia Since: Jul, 2012
MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
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#38: Jan 9th 2014 at 5:30:42 AM

Okay, inspired by this thread, I started listening to some more of his songs.

I've definitely warmed up to "River Of Dreams". IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! I GO WALKING IN MY SLEEP!

"Leningrad" and "The Downeaster Alexa" are very beautiful songs as well.

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