Artist of the Week: Billy Joel! - VGF

Koga · 04-24-2006, 01:01 PM

Billy Joel

Genre: (Piano) Rock
Years active: 1970-present

Discography:
Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
Piano Man (1973)
Streetlife Serenade (1974)
Turnstiles (1976)
The Stranger (1977)
52nd Street (1978)
Glass Houses (1980)
The Nylon Curtain (1982)
An Innocent Man (1983)
The Bridge (1986)
Storm Front (1989)
River of Dreams (1993)

Koga · 04-24-2006, 01:05 PM

This is one of the singers I really like, who I didn't get into because my parents listened to them. I liked a couple of his songs, and when I saw a parody of Goodnight Saigon I started to download some of them. I also dowloaded titles I didn't recognise and I was suprised to learn that I knew quite a lot of his songs. And even the ones I didn't know, I quite liked.

Some of my favourites include: Goodnight Saigon, Leningrad, We Didn't Start The Fire, Captain Jack, Uptown Girl, She's Always A Woman and many more. My favourites are Piano Man and The Longest Time, which I both really like to sing along to

Codiekitty · 04-24-2006, 01:50 PM

My mom has the Innocent Man disc.

I've never heard Piano Man, but I like Weird Al's Spiderman parody of it.

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

Shine Dude · 04-24-2006, 05:49 PM

Lets just say i'm not Billy Joels biggest fan. I'm sorry to say that.

**Crazyswordsman** · 04-24-2006, 06:20 PM

I have all of Billy Joel's albums, including Movin' Out. That was an awesome show, by the way.

"Big Man on Mullberry Street," "Captain Jack," "Prelude/Angry Young Man," "Say Goodbye to Hollywood," "Big Shot," "Only the Good Die Young," "Piano Man," "Sometimes a Fantasy," "River of Dreams," "We Didn't Start the Fire," "The Downeaster Alexa," and my personal favorite "New York State of Mind," are all great songs. -CSM

The Famous Mr. Horsehead · 04-24-2006, 07:05 PM

Billy Joel was fan-freaking-tasgreat. Love his music, and I sing along to all of his songs, especially Movin' Out and She's Always a Woman. Great, great songwriter.

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 04-25-2006, 12:41 AM

I really enjoy Billy Joel's music... Piano Man, Uptown Girl and Only the Good Die Young are probably my favourites.

***CaptHayfever*** · 04-25-2006, 09:20 AM

Gonna add "The Stranger" and "Ballad of Billy the Kid" to the mix.
I can't stand "We Didn't Start the Fire", though.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

cell84 · 04-25-2006, 04:37 PM

He played for the college here last month or so. It was the first time he had played here in..About 20 years I think, so tickets were sold out on the 2nd day. I got offered tickets from a friend one day and never managed to recieve the tickets. Oh well. I think some footage from it was on that American Chopper show, since they gave him a custom bike or something.

04-24-2006, 01:01 PM	#1
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,094 Thanks: 105 Thanked 177 Times in 119 Posts Points: 103,673.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 121,425.82 Donate	Artist of the Week: Billy Joel! Billy Joel Genre: (Piano) Rock Years active: 1970-present Discography: Cold Spring Harbor (1971) Piano Man (1973) Streetlife Serenade (1974) Turnstiles (1976) The Stranger (1977) 52nd Street (1978) Glass Houses (1980) The Nylon Curtain (1982) An Innocent Man (1983) The Bridge (1986) Storm Front (1989) River of Dreams (1993)

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Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,094 Thanks: 105 Thanked 177 Times in 119 Posts Points: 103,673.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 121,425.82 Donate	This is one of the singers I really like, who I didn't get into because my parents listened to them. I liked a couple of his songs, and when I saw a parody of Goodnight Saigon I started to download some of them. I also dowloaded titles I didn't recognise and I was suprised to learn that I knew quite a lot of his songs. And even the ones I didn't know, I quite liked. Some of my favourites include: Goodnight Saigon, Leningrad, We Didn't Start The Fire, Captain Jack, Uptown Girl, She's Always A Woman and many more. My favourites are Piano Man and The Longest Time, which I both really like to sing along to

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cell84 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Jai Guru Deva Om Gender: Posts: 1,505 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,530.38 Bank: 1,332.73 Total Points: 3,863.11 Donate	He played for the college here last month or so. It was the first time he had played here in..About 20 years I think, so tickets were sold out on the 2nd day. I got offered tickets from a friend one day and never managed to recieve the tickets. Oh well. I think some footage from it was on that American Chopper show, since they gave him a custom bike or something.