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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about She's Always A Woman (page 3/ 10) ------ performed by Billy Joel It's never good enough as Freud might tell you | Reviewer: Michael | 12/8/08 Very true. The victim only knows how to seek lousy relationship, and on the other hand the predator knows how to seek its prey as well. Who's the egg and the chicken? But the sufferings are real. Shadows throws at you, but somehow painful enough you'd rather be drinking furniture polish. He may have issues of his own, but he has a good heart. Every word and melody is carefully chosen. It's forgiving, non-judgemental, and loving. The sound is bittersweet, because he decides to love and accept. If she were the guy giving blackeyes and bruises would people have thought differently? Why would there be a truth, if someone simply can't accept the truth and want some other truths? Anyone who's been through this can relate the lyrics, but not everyone can come out, accept and be thankful to life itself as he did. And not everyone can be so witty, and musically talented to come out with such wonderful lyrics and melody to fit every word and his intentions. Btw, note that "The most she will do is to throw shadows" at you. He uses "will", rather than "could". And he chooses to blame himself, because he accepts and forgives, and because he chooses to respond that with love (which sometimes does not necessary mean being together). I just wish more people will like this song and get to appreciate why it was written. It's positive and has a very good message. well... | Reviewer: Anna | 11/3/08 Before we decide that Billy's describing ALL women, or that his lyrics describe the only possible relationship with a woman, we should review the relationship he was in at the time he wrote this (the album came out in 1977): Joel married his business manager, Elizabeth Weber Small, on September 5, 1973. She was the former wife of his music partner, Jon Small, in the short-lived band Attila. They divorced on July 20, 1982, though he kept her on as his business manager, a move that would prove to be a mistake, according to his Behind the Music interview, as her brother, Charles Weber, embezzled almost all of Joel's savings. Sooo.... I'm thinking that as great as he is at songwriting, Joel isn't so great at choosing partners for relationships, and maybe we shouldn't look to him to define what women are or aren't. We all know Joel married Christie Brinkley in 1985 and that ended less that 10 years later. His current wife is 27 (!! - and she was only 23 when they married) and he's 59. So -- it's a beautiful and haunting song, that to me is about a guy who is in a pretty lousy relation ship woth some kind of child-woman who isn't intertested in being a true and responsible partner, and - for whatever reason - is exactly what he wants. C'est la vie. so true.. | Reviewer: Olga | 9/11/08 this song wasn't part of my culture-i just recently moved to this country.. but when i first heard it, it caught me and now i re-listen and re-listen and feeling while listening never changes... MEN! I am talking to you.. i don't know if it's about all the women, but so far, about the most women i know.. Not always when we're sharp, and hurt you, we mean to.. not always when you feel we're breaking your heart, we mean to.. just you have to remember that we're SO different, and consider different things in different ways, and also we're a hormonal thunderstorm ALWAYS :) but if we do love you, we DO. This is exactly what is meant in the song, imho.. Wise man understands his woman's weaknesses and takes her as she is, even if she seems to be an evil.. she also goes through hard times with him though sometimes.. so they're equal.. it's definitely song about true love, and patience, and about understanding how different we are-which is sometimes VERY hard, but VERY important. response to Gilly and A Woman | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/28/08 I have just had my heart ripped out, torn to sheds and trampled, by a heartless Gilly, who I still think of as an angel, I always will no matter how hard she tries to wound me; however, when I said to myself: "she doesn't mean to hurt me, she can't help it, she loves me really I know she does" then I thought if a woman came to me with a black eye and said the same thing, I would advise that that is NOT love, you do NOT hurt the ones you love. I reiterate, I will never in my life stop loving this woman, but I will not put up with the abuse. Fabuulos :] | Reviewer: mandy | 8/3/08 I think this song is bout how he loves her no matter how many times she hurts him no matter how severe she is no matter how careless I think [personally] he's trying to say if u truly truly love someone wut they do or hav done to you pales in comparison to how much u love them ur love surpasses pain and though people may question ur sanity of staying wit them u don't care it all comes down to something each and every one of us hopes to hav .... undying , uncercumstansial ... LoVe =] I love this song by the way haha I wish I had someone like him I can be as cold as ice yet one of the most loving generous people I'll hurt the people I love so bad and wonder how come ur not running like a bat outta hell? Then u realize....Huh... guess u do love me <3 It goes both ways | Reviewer: Tim | 7/30/08 Billy Joel is singing about a real woman. Real women fit his bill completely - I should know, my wife and true love is a real woman with all her wondeful flaws (just as I have mine). Carelessly cutting and laughing while men bleed is not cruel or mean - it is our women unknowingly making us better men - being entertained while we mend our flaws and the wounds that we get with our flaws (if women were intentionally cutting then laughing then they would be mimicking the female half of the dog species - he doesn't mention that brand of woman). A song could be written about us men as well - it would talk of how we carelessly cut then ignore while our women bleed. It's who we are. Unfortunately. And wonderfully so. If you think she's anything other than a woman, blame it on yourself - She's always a woman to me. So true | Reviewer: Miggzy | 7/24/08 My wife recently shared this song with me. I remember hearing it throughout my life an never paying much attention to it. My only thoughts might have been something like "This poor sap is really getting beat up by a real nasty chick" Now, having listened again, I find this song striking me in a totally different way. It speaks to how I feel about my wife. We've been through some really rough stuff (you wouldn't believe me if I told you haha) but as I consider what my heart feels for her, I can't help but to love her no matter what. My head might say "hey these flaws, those actions, this pain, etc" but that stuff just fades away in the light of her goodness and beauty. I used to question myself "What's wrong with me for loving her after all of this?".. but hey, she's always a woman to me. That's just the way it is! It's really neat to just find myself relating so closely to such a beautifully composed and honest song. So true | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/24/08 I feel somehow that the woman in this song has created a wrong image for herself to protect her fragile soul, and slices other's hearts to seem stronger. It is a sharp, prickling force of a feeling that she uses to defend herself from sadness. Now, noone is ready to be cut be her sour sarcasm and laughing brutality. What she wants, but doesn't let anyone know, is just a little compassion. Someone who is devoted and someone who she can be devoted to. Someone who can stand her anger and still come out madly in love. And, yes, just to be cliche, I'm going to include that I do belive this song describes me. I know that I can push someone away with blunt force and sharp words. I'll create an insult on the spot, because I know that if I let the rong person get too close, I'll be shattered. So, the woman, just like I, wears a mask of apprehension and paranoia. Long lasting memories | Reviewer: Gilly | 7/20/08 My late partner once performed this long, out of the blue at a small gig for me. I can remember how my breath was taken away, this song is about a man falling so deeply for this woman that all her flaws, all her carelessness means nothing. And I dont find "Then she'll carelessly cut you And laugh while you're bleedin'", I think she either doesnt mean to hurt him, or she doesnt know how he loves her. A song for a real woman | Reviewer: gilly | 7/20/08 My late boyfriend performed this song for me and i will always remember it almost like a lullaby. I think it is a beautiful, emotional song about the hold woman can have over men. "Then she'll carelessly cut you And laugh while you're bleedin'" I know a lot of people think this portrays woman badly, but I think it means that this woman doesnt know that she is hurting him, or doesnt even know he loves her at all. 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