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BORN: May 9, 1949, Hicksville, Long Island, NY Billy Joel was born William Martin Joel on May 9, 1949 in Bronx, New York. As a young child, his family moved to Levittown, a suburban housing development on Long Island in New York State. Billy discovered classical music at the age of four, a love that has stayed with him to the present day. Billy's early classical piano training provided him with a strong foundation for his future career. Among his early influences, Billy lists Ray Charles, The Beatles, Dave Brubeck, Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones, and Otis Redding. His ambition to become a professional musician began to take shape after seeing the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. At age 14, Billy joined his first band, The Echoes (later known as the Lost More... (Submit New Billy Joel Lyrics) (Submit New Billy Joel Lyrics) Review about Billy Joel Not Jerusalem | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song And So It Goes performed by Billy Joel 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. Touching | Reviewer: Sharon ------ About the song Goodnight Saigon performed by Billy Joel I got to see him play this live and if you think the song tears at your heart on the radio, when it is live and you can feel the helicopter and the room vibrates from the instruments It can make even the coldest heart break My nephew is currently in Afghanistan and although we think of him all the time, today is just a bit different being Veterans Day To All Who Have Served and Put On A Uniform For Us THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US Regardless of your views, you put your life in harms way for those you have never met. For your principles are strong and you deserve respect from all. Even those who did not join to serve at first, you begin to feel the pride of serving your country and you become a soldier Happy Veterans Day to All Who Have Served God Bless To All Those Still In. Be Safe This type. | Reviewer: Candi ------ About the song Vienna performed by Billy Joel I'm young as well as most of you are. I find myself extremely caught up with everything. If I'm not doing something I feel like I have to be doing something. I'm always busy and traveling back and forth. I love this song and all types of songs like this. I think I love this era of the time this song was made more than any other. I'd love to find all kinds of song similar to this type and everything. interpretation | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song She's Always A Woman performed by Billy Joel Songs of Joel's caliber are pure art. The beauty of lyrics this poetically good, is that everyone can interpret this as he or she wants. What Joel thought is hardly of the essence. With true art, the individual decides what he sees in it; there is no 'one' explanation. The beauty is, as is seen in most reviews, that everyone sees something different in it. As so many people like to say, 'this song is about' . I'll do just the same thing. This song is about more than you can imagine. ESTHER!! | Reviewer: Becca DeRoest ------ About the song She's Always A Woman performed by Billy Joel lol ok, for those of you who have seen orphan, this will be hilarious!!!! me and my best friends have been like constantly joking about esther and i looked this song up to post the lyrics on my facebook. well as i was reading it (after talking about esther with my friend) i realized something i never realized of all of the millions of times ive heard this song... its all about esther!!!! go back over it, its soooo funny!!!! :D Unconditional Love | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song She's Always A Woman performed by Billy Joel I love art because it's open for interpretation. I believe everybody who commented is right because a true artist like Billy Joel understands that art is meant for however the interpreter wants to interpret it. My personal feelings I get from this song is love is not perfection until it's unconditional. This song is the essence of true love! Trust is an issue | Reviewer: Kinley ------ About the song A Matter Of Trust performed by Billy Joel Great song and I love the lyrics. I have trust issues. I have trusted and got burned, so how do I go about trusting again? It always a matter of trust, once broken can never be mended to the same degree! best lullabye ever.. | Reviewer: anonymous ------ About the song Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel) performed by Billy Joel when i first heard it, i was very touched.. i remember all the faults that i have done to my parents. i wish that i didn't do those things coz they only what's the best for me.. i'm sorry.. i love you very much mama and papa.. Truely Inspriational | Reviewer: Unknown ------ About the song Vienna performed by Billy Joel I absolutely love this song. It is soo inspriational in everyway. Life in what we make it, and for a song writer to relate this song to such an early audience, we'll he's just amazing. This song has a meaning, and an audience, and I love it <3 this one is personal | Reviewer: inlovewiththelyrics ------ About the song She's Always A Woman performed by Billy Joel I personally love the song. Especially recently, because the man I love told me that it reminds him of me. I think the song means, he sees me deeper than any other and that inspite of my flaws he can't resist loving me. That I'm never perfect, but more interesting than that. That I've proved myself, but I never needed to prove anything to him. That when you're in love you have to power to be cruel or kind but that inspite of that power your love is resigned to only one person. Meaning, simplified | Reviewer: Tommy ------ About the song She's Always A Woman performed by Billy Joel Billy Joel is talking about all women, not just some random woman he's seeing. He bemoans the selfish, narcissistic nature of women. He implies that to be ALL these things is to be a WOMAN. What can you do but accept womankind as-is? Accepting a woman's marginalization at the fringes of her life seems to be preferable to being completely alone, he suggests. Deanna | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Only The Good Die Young performed by Billy Joel Deanna, it seems you like to assert yourself in songs like most people. "I appreciate you standing up for good little Catholic girls, for I portray one. However, I never was nor am a good little Catholic. I take it what you mean is, you 'appear' to be a ‘good’ catholic girl. Good meaning perfect within morals?".../'he'/ meant that /saints/ (as in those who feel they live life by the bible) are always crying for those that are sinners, rather than living their own lives and having a little fun." Can we not live our own life and pity those absorbed in a life of sin leading to tragedy - finding joy in beauty in healing? You speak of how you love to sin and how the saints lock you away. I believe it is you that locks yourself away from God because of sin. All people on this earth sin/have sinned excluding Jesus. "And did you ever think about the fact that you can sin all week and confess on Sunday and you're good again?" Are you to speak for all Catholics and Christians? As humans we sin. "I am lucky enough to be able to have stood up to it with a peace sign on one hand, and a middle finger on the other.” I would hope that you come to realize the irony in this statement. "And that goes for all of you over-think-it idiots. Learn to live." I believe you will find that God only pushes you as far as you want him to. The stronger you become the harder he encourages you to better yourself and in turn the world around you. a catholic opinion | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Only The Good Die Young performed by Billy Joel Ok well I am a teenage catholic girl and I have always liked this song. It has a catchy melody and I like billy joel's music in general. However I have always had disagreement with the lyrics and I think it is naive to pretend that billy joel had no meaning behind what he was saying. One review that really disgusted me was by the name 'only the good?' where the reviewer argued that people who worry too much about being good miss out on life and never achieve anything. I think that this could not be further from the truth. All my family are catholic and aim to lead good lives and they have all achieved so much in their lives in many different areas. If you really think about it it the components of our society that are against being good such as drugs, violence, pornography etc that cause all the pain and misery and lead to people not reaching their full potential. Furthermore, considering Billy Joel has been married twice and has recently coming out of rehab, I think it is ridiculous to look to him for guidance on how to live life. Despite what I have said I don't have a problem with this song, I believe people should be strong enough to decide their path of life for themselves and not be so easily influenced by celebrities who often have the most troublesome lives of all. I realise that no-one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes in life. However, I would certainly argue that someone who has lived a good, principled life would look back with much less regret and a greater sense of contentment than someone who has to face the consequences of always choosing the most instantly gratifying option. a catholic opinion | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Only The Good Die Young performed by Billy Joel Oh and just to that really bitchy girl who started off by saying she is a catholic but then went on to some anti-catholic rant. I have news for you. You're not really a catholic, stop calling yourself one. You may have been baptised and had a confirmation but you obviously couldn't care less about any of the teachings of the catholic church. It's like saying 'i'm a vegetarian' but then only eating meat. Just having the title of catholic means nothing on its own. So stop going around acting like you are one, you're giving the rest of us a bad name. Thanks :) A moving song about a tragedy | Reviewer: Dr Paul Harris ------ About the song Goodnight Saigon performed by Billy Joel I was only recently introduced to this song by a friend. I Youtubed a number of performances of it by Billy Joel and they are all moving. Whatever your political views on the Vietnam war, and I opposed it at the time, Joel's song captures the everyday reality (and tragedy)of being Please, Walker P. | Reviewer: Deanna ------ About the song Only The Good Die Young performed by Billy Joel Okay, well I just so happen to friggen love this song. And I am Catholic. I always have been. I had a nice white dress and a party on my Confirmation. Walker P., I appreaciate you standing up for good little Catholic girls, for I protray one. However, I never was nor am a good little Catholic. I have made and continue make straight-A's my whole life and have done both sports and every nerdy club imaginable but I too have sinned several times on several different levels and I don't intend to stop. When Billy Joe said: "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints the sinners are much more fun...," he meant that "saints" (as in those who feel they live life by the bible) are always crying for those that are sinners, rather than living their own lives and having a little fun. I love being a sinner and not letting them "build a temple and locked me away." And did you ever think about the fact that you can sin all week and confess on Sunday and you're good again? Funny how that works, isn't it? You, Walker, remind me of too many of my cousins that have let their parents throw their prime away. And many people, in fact. I am lucky enough to be able to have stood up to it with a peace sign on one hand, and a middle finger on the other. Something that you should have tried years ago, I suspect. Billy Joel is an amazing artist. Stop attacking his songs. And that goes for all of you over-think-it idiots. Learn to live. Oh, and P.S. If you think to say a prayer for me? Don't. I don't want to end up like you. Thank you, and have a nice day.:) Mourning | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song She's Always A Woman performed by Billy Joel I heard this song soon after ending a relationship with a lovely women not long ago and it reminds me so much of her. She was very independent, emotional, feminine, secretive, sharp but sensitive, warm and spiritual. This song will always remind me of her. The melody is beautiful. THIS SONG IS MY LIFE!!!! | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song The Longest Time performed by Billy Joel Oh mi gosh....this song is SO UNBELIEVABLY AMAZING I just cannot stand to go a single day without hearing it. I listen to it each and every day. It's the perfect song for acapella. I proposed it to my acapella group and they loved it...they said yes right away. If anyone is out there who is looking for an amazing song that sticks.....RIGHT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If anyone is out there who doesn't like this song--listen to it again, and again, and again...slowly, you will learn to worship this song~~!!!!! I love this song and BILLY JOEL!!!! Thank you!!! Thank you for creating this song!!! Fantastic Song! | Reviewer: Basil Hmnar ------ About the song Prelude/Angry Young Man performed by Billy Joel This describes me perfectly. It's sad that it does but it's as if it was written about me. I never took the time to think about what I was doing but after hearing this song I'm taking a second look at my life. Thanks again Billy Joel LOL | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song We Didn't Start The Fire performed by Billy Joel BIlly Joel "bedding his daughters friends" i dont even know if there is any truth to that, but ill say this. 1- he could "bed" me anytime, and im 26. why? because he is absolutely amazing. so maybe theres a reason he can "bed his daughters friends", just a thought. haha. sounds like you are just jealous that hes a pimp. :-P 2- comparing him to REM is a complete joke. seriously dude. hes billy freakin joel. that'd be like comparing the beatles to 98 degrees or something, theres no comparison. You could review the artist/band Billy Joel in Biography page You could review Billy Joel album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Billy Joel song by clicking the song which you like  Download "Billy Joel" Music | |
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