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"Allentown" is a song by American singer Billy Joel and the lead track on Joel's 1982 album The Nylon Curtain. Released as the album's second single, it was accompanied by a conceptual music video . Upon its release, and especially in subsequent years, "Allentown" emerged as an anthem of blue-collar America, representing both the aspirations ...
Joel wrote the melody for "Allentown" eight years before finishing it, later completing the lyrics in time for inclusion on The Nylon Curtain. According to Joel, the titular character from the song "Laura" was supposed to represent anyone who knows how to "push your buttons" and make you feel guilty. He also explained that the character ...
"Goodnight Saigon" is a song written by Billy Joel, originally appearing on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, about the Vietnam War. It depicts the situation and attitude of United States Marines beginning with their military training on Parris Island and then into different aspects of Vietnam combat.
“Vienna” joins songs like “Uptown Girl” and “Piano Man” as one of Billy Joel’s most streamed tracks. Young women in particular seem to be behind its slow-burn resurgence.
Shameless (Billy Joel song) She's Always a Woman; She's Got a Way; She's Right on Time; Sleeping With the Television On (Billy Joel song) Sometimes a Fantasy; Start the Fire (Alcazar song) The Stranger (Billy Joel song) Summer, Highland Falls
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Billy Joel is coming back with his first new song in 17 years! Though Joel, 74, plans to end his long-running monthly residency at New York City’s Madison Square Garden ...
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" is a song written and recorded by Billy Joel, featured on his 1977 album The Stranger as the opening track. The song critiques the ambitions of working- and lower-middle-class New Yorkers who strive for material success as evidence of social mobility, working long hours to afford the outward signs of having "made it". [4]
Billy Joel has announced the forthcoming release of his first single in decades, “Turn the Lights Back On”.. The Grammy-winning musician, 74, will release the song on Thursday 1 February to ...