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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 Krissy | Reviewer: The Zombie ------ About the song We Didn't Start The Fire performed by Billy Joel It's awesome to read about a kid your age so into music. A teacher at my ex girlfriends school used this song to teach about all these things. I'm 35, and most of these things are before my time also. Here is a cool website that is devoted to this song. http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm Now as far as these people arguing about what band is better, it's all subjective. Don't waste your time. It's a great song. Very clever, upbeat, and well written. Later... i love it!! | Reviewer: krissy ------ About the song We Didn't Start The Fire performed by Billy Joel i just finished memorizing this song moments ago, and i love it. im only twelve, so i havent heard of alot of these things, but some of them i have. take the british beatlemania, i got there poster this weekend, and its on my wall! this song at first just seemed like a bunch of words, but then one of my friends memorized it and told me about it, i got interested, and about a month later i memorized this song! i think billy joel is a genious. this song will live on for a really long time, and un-like my mom, i WONT get tired of this song. Delving too deep? | Reviewer: Josh ------ About the song She's Always A Woman performed by Billy Joel I think you all might be looking a little too much into the background of this song. I'm not saying that isn't a clever, thoughtful way of reviewing its content, but this song resonates with me, and I've drawn my own interpretation which is far simpler. In my opinion, at the core of this song lies the fact that the author loves the subject unconditionally, and I think that's what's really important to take away from it. In any kind of relationship, one partner can unwittingly hurt the other through small actions that are easily misinterpreted. Saying that it's a "lousy relationship" is ridiculous, because if any of you have been in a relationship, you probably know that to be true. The lyrics are powerful and paint a beautiful picture because they are vague: when I hear "carelessly cut" I imagine one partner acting in any way that might make the other second guess his/her true feelings. It's difficult to know someone's real feelings on anything, and the true impact of emotion can't be delivered by saying something like "I love you." Naturally, one or the other often wonders, "am I really loved? How can I truly know?" Honestly, it bothers me a little that so many of you think of this as sexist, or look into Joel's personal relationships at the time as an indicator of what the song is attempting to communicate. You can never TRULY know the inner workings of an intimate relationship between two people anyway, no matter what you think you know about love. As far as being a responsible partner is concerned, neither he nor she is doing anything wrong by not spending every waking moment thinking about the other, but sometimes, one cannot help but feel "cut" by that. I think it's a beautiful song that wonderfully depicts the wonder that is unconditional love, and if Joel was swayed by any particular event, if a particular force manipulated his emotions and this song was the result, I doubt you'll be able to read about it on Wikipedia. Wow | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song We Didn't Start The Fire performed by Billy Joel Wow, I can't even believe that someone would try and compare REM to Billy Joel. No contest, the real talent is Billy Joel. Sorry, man, but you need to be cultured. REM has a few good songs, but is nothing like Billy Joel. Human Nature and the Joel | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song The Stranger performed by Billy Joel Many songs are made every day but few are fitted with so many great combos that it sticks for ages. I didn't even know much about this song until it was requested by a man in the movie "Stepbrothers". Joel puts the truth of human nature ,meaning a face aka personality that we hide from everyone else, in such a solid punch with the catchy'ist of melodies ive ever heard. I love songs that dont have to have a rhym setups and still sound great. I agree with all other comments. What I think... | Reviewer: Serafina ------ About the song She's Always A Woman performed by Billy Joel I think this song is so beautiful! I think it's about a man who loves a woman very much- truly and deeply. She's very independent and very unique, and despite flaws that the world sees, he'll let her be because he loves her. It's such a haunting song... when I first heard it, I fell in love with it... Tis song is amazing. | Reviewer: Shelby ------ About the song Vienna performed by Billy Joel I am only 13 and i love this song. It is so beautiful. The first time i heard it was when i watched 13 going on 30. This song almost brings tears to my eyes. It is so beautiful and so full of emotion. It also makes you realize that life is to short and to not try to grow up to fast. shes always a woman to me | Reviewer: karin ------ About the song She's Always A Woman performed by Billy Joel in my opinion this song is sexist, many men and women "love" this song and do not read the lyrics. Joel sings about the negatives and positives about a woman and at each verse states "but she is always a woman to me" no matter what she does, that is all she will be, nothing more. annoyed lyrics browser!! | Reviewer: Paisley LaVerne ------ About the song We Didn't Start The Fire performed by Billy Joel MR SMART, It seems to me that since you know as much about your spelling as you do about anything to do with music and a little thing called "hypacritical comments", i would strongly advise that before you go shooting people down for having a (deserved,nonjudgemental, personal) opinion, you should really reobserve your own literature. Because, as you spent the first 5 lines of your statement saying that "Anonymous" was being biast and then finished the 5th line with,"that was theyr preference", followed by another 9 lines stating exacly why Billy Joel was better than REM, wouldnt that be stating your preference... sir? Now... I just came on here because i was looking up the lyrics because im assisting a young man with his homework. And to find this bullshit on here is absolutely disgusting. Slagging someone for having an opinion is so wrong, and you really feel embarrassed for putting your name to such an angry, hate filled, non truthful, unfactful piece of writting. This is a forum for people to ask questions, answer questions, find out information, give information, and to generally chat about anything to do with Billy Joel or associated with. Different people have different opinions Mr Smart, and a negative approach to someones opinion is a direct attack towards their self esteem, confidence, self worth, and to anything they ever believed in, not to mention ever having the courage to speak out about anything again. So next time you have something to say that if said to you would make you feel uncomfortable, dont say it at all. Whether your opinion be right or wrong, everyone has the right to one!! Paisley goodnight my angel | Reviewer: RPATTZLOVER ------ About the song Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel) performed by Billy Joel i thought thatthe song goodnight my angel is sung amazingly its so heavy and healing to me every time im upset, angry or annoyed i listen to the twilight soundrack RPATTZ songs and this one it heals my heart i first started listning to it when i ended a relationship with a lad but your song helped me and so did the others that were mentioned before i love this song anyway its super i dont care if people think its corny i love music like that especially piano and gutiar songs so keep it up ok xxxxxxx all my love and luck amanda xxxxxx You don't know talent | Reviewer: John Smart ------ About the song We Didn't Start The Fire performed by Billy Joel Well, Anonymous, I don't think you've ever heard heard Billy Joel play the piano, but since you know so little about music I don't suppose you know what a piano is. Let's look at the facts: Joel wrote all his songs himself, he's a fantastic singer, and fantastic piano player. REM are a band. It takes several of them to write some simple ass songs, and they can play simple stuff on their stereotypical instruments. You're just stating preference, not technical proficiency. Billy Joel wrote more than the 15 songs of his you've heard on the radio; and as you said, anyone who knoes "real music" knows that any song that becomes a hit on the radio isn't worth an atistic ****. Also, Billy Joel didn't knock anyone off, he wrote original songs in an existant style; THAT'S HOW THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAS ALWAYS WORKED YOU IDIOTS, and REM didn't revolutionise anything either. When he wrote "the longest time", i don't think anyone in the world thought he invented doo-wop, but he created something new from a 30 year dead genre, surely that's worth something. Wonderful | Reviewer: Narumi ------ About the song Leningrad performed by Billy Joel First, to Olga: While that may be true, Billy could quite possibly be talking about the American view of the Soviet Union. You see, when we hear that, we were pretty much taught to think "Evil Commies! Those poor people need resuuuuued!" So even if we don't mean to, I'm sure a lot of us do sometimes... especially if you were from Cold War times. =/ Now, I'm NOT from Cold War times, but I'm really touched by this song. Not only because of the general message, but because Billy Joel was one of the first big American stars to go over to Russia for music and stuff.... I say that's pretty darn awesome. Doesn't anyone see a hint of sarcasm? | Reviewer: Wes robbins ------ About the song She's Always A Woman performed by Billy Joel He is revealing her for who she is which is a selfish, ruthless person and although she may have charm and allure it is this man who is finally coming to his senses and seeing her in her true light. I think this song is brilliant. a deeply felt song! | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song And So It Goes performed by Billy Joel 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. vienna | Reviewer: Renee ------ About the song Vienna performed by Billy Joel Wow...By far my favorite song. This never fails to make me cry. I am only 16 and I have realized just by listening to this song that I am trying to grow up to fast, Im not taking advantage of my teenage years and rushing to adulthood to fast. People wonder why I am connected to this song soo much, they listen to it, and still they dont understand. I try and make people realize to take things slow in life. But I mean they still seem to rush it all...It also reminds me of my parents, always telling me to take things slow. I think that is what gets to me the most. Vienna | Reviewer: Amanda ------ About the song Vienna performed by Billy Joel this song is wonderful. it is teaching me at this moment to be strong. i've been through so much just this last week, from rushing life and stuff. i've been crying non-stop. this song just makes me wish for my old life, and wish that i had never tried to get out of it. it's also teaching me right now, that even tho i'm going through some rough times, i don't want to rush by them, they'll get better in time, so i want to enjoy having my petty high school drama, before i grow up and have to deal with real problems. thank you billy joel, you a huge inspiration B.J. < REM | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song We Didn't Start The Fire performed by Billy Joel I don't really care whether Joel ripped REM off. What I do care about is people saying Billy Joel is BETTER than REM, which, if you know real music, is a JOKE. Joel makes trashy pop, while REM makes REAL music, hit up the album Murmur on Youtube. Radio Free Europe > We Didn't Start the Fire. REM > Billy Joel. Beautiful song ♥ | Reviewer: Melina ------ About the song Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel) performed by Billy Joel I have to admit I came up with this song while looking for Twilight songs. But once I heard it, I fell in love with it. It's so touching, so deep. Whenever I listen to it, I start crying, don't know why... ... | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel) performed by Billy Joel This song was a dedication to me from my mom, she would sing this song every night to me when I was a baby, and I remember her telling me one night a couple years back, "I want you to sing this song to your children" then the next day, she was sent to the hospital for a mysterious illness that killed her in a couple weeks. This song is the world to me and reminds me of my mom, I most definetly will sing this to my children mom! Anarkin | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Goodnight Saigon performed by Billy Joel This song is great!, conveys a lot of emotion and although it makes me feel sad for all solders in all countries, it also reminds me of the good feelings of honor and friendship. I try not to hear it too often so it doesn't loses it's appeal. ps: everything else about war that is not this song, is just the same old story (hot air). 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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