| By Pages: 1 2 3 Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about And So It Goes (page 1/ 3) ------ performed by Billy Joel Not Jerusalem | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/15/09 First let me say I am delighted to see so many reviews by musically knowledgable people, Havving said that, Only 2 bars of AND SO IT GOES is the same as JERUSALEM, 8 beats total. They have a similar progression but it is NOT the same. There are only so many note patterns realistically possible, so to find one in two songs does not mean the whole tune is stolen. Even the nature of the songs is vastly different, JERUSALEM [which can be heard in the movie CHARIOTS OF FIRE, and from which the title of the movie comes] is an upbeat anthem in mostly major chords. AND SO IT OGES is a downbeat ballad with a more minor coloration. I only comment because the implication, if not the intention, is that Joel took a famous hymn, changed the words and copyrighted it, and that's not true. Very Beautiful - Not Like Parry's | Reviewer: James | 9/12/09 Very beautiful song, both melody and lyrics. Nonsense to suggest that it was borrowed from Parry's work. I've listened to both songs several times and compared and although there are a few moments of similarity it's quite a big stretch to suggest the song was lifted from it. Give Joel a break - he wrote a great song - which he's certainly shown he's capable of. breathtaking | Reviewer: braedyn | 8/24/09 This song is one of my absolute favourite songs ever. There is a beautiful four part arrangement for choir or quartet that many have mentioned, which is just stellar and quite haunting. As to the other reviewer likening it to those two earlier pieces - they sound nothing alike! Only a couple notes even match. A deeper meaning | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/13/09 This song is completey gorgeous. To me it means that true love didn't speak out fast enough and lost the one the meant the most. Also that no love story can forever have a happy ending, "And you can have this heart to break" for me translates to, I trust you with my heart and if it were to break I'm glad that it was broken by someone that I love so much. a deeply felt song! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/27/09 3 of our best choir members sang this song at a couple of our whole choir's performances, and I was SO priviledged to hang around after rehearsals to hear them practise it - it just floored me every time... At the time, my (now-ex) wife and I were so distant from each other that it was such a beacon for me of our situation. It was actually a way of me acknowledging it all, and letting go, if only in small ways - compared to when she separated from me. Billy Joels Music | Reviewer: Mike | 5/17/09 Billy Joel willingly admits his music is a collection of different styles of music. As a child he listened to many classical music albums. It would not surprise me if he did borrow the melody from Jerusalem I beg to differ | Reviewer: J.daw | 4/5/09 The previous reviewer announced that Billy Joel's tune for "And So It Goes" is taken from Parry's tune for "Jerusalem". I know both tunes well and love them dearly but apart from a few passing ressemblances they are definitely not the same. I feel sure that any similarity is purely coincidental!! Melody is from a Hymn | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/8/09 See www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/e/r/jerusalem.htm for the origin of the music for this Billy Joel tune. Charles Parry set Blake’s Preface to Milton to music for a rally of the “Fight for the Right” movement in Queen’s Hall. It became more generally known as “Jerusalem” when Parry conducted it in 1918 at a concert to mark the final stage in the Votes for Women Campaign, after which it was adopted by the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (and is still sung at meetings of WI Groups all over Britain). Edward Elgar added an orchestral score to Parry’s rather somber tune in time for the Leeds Festival of 1922, turning it into a popular national hymn which traditionally ends the last night of the annual Sir Henry Wood promenade concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. This work also made an appearance in the Academy Award winning movie Chariots of Fire (1981). The same tune was also used for a hymn in the Anglican Book of Common Praise, called "O Day of Peace that Dimly Shines" which you can hear on the following site: www.oremus.org/hymnal/o/o101.html love this song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/26/08 lol i never sang this in choir but my dad used to litsen to his old billy joel records all the time cause he really loves billy joel and he played this song alot when i was real little so now whenever i hear it i cry <3 i love this song | Reviewer: no comment | 1/19/08 my junior high chamber choir sang this with a four part harmony (saprano, alto, tenor, bass) and it was gorgeous. we had a solo for tenor in stanzas 3 and 5 and he just had such a beautiful way of singing it. it was really amazing. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages: 1 2 3 | |
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