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Christopher Bonanos of Vulture ranked "I've Loved These Days" as Joel's 28th-best song, referring to it as "one of the better songs" from Turnstiles and stating his surprise at the song not being "more of a standard". [7] Eagles drummer and vocalist Don Henley has listed the track as one of his ten favorite Billy Joel songs. [8]
"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 ...
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man", he has been making music since the 1960s ...
Billy Joel is officially back!On Thursday, the legendary singer, 74, dropped "Turn the Lights Back On," his first official song since 2007. The single features Joel's piano skills, voice, and ...
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger. It has been described as "a characteristic Joel observation on New York life." [2] In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the 324th [3] greatest song of all time. The song was also described as "a seven-minute epic" [4] by American Songwriter.
At the beginning of the video, Joel plays "Piano Man" on his harmonica.The entire video pays homage to the film It's a Wonderful Life, [2] as the angelic Joel shows a suicidal young man named George Young, (played by Jason Andrews) [6] threatening to jump off a bridge because of a break-up with his girlfriend what life will be like without him, as his family and friends mourn his death—as ...
The song is the first track off the album and begins with the sound of broken glass, which is included to metaphorically signify the smashing of the glass house from which the album is named. "You May Be Right" is also on Billy Joel's Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II (on disc 2) and the live albums 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert , 12 ...
The music video consists of Joel and his backing band playing the song in a room. The song received mostly positive response, and a live version appears on the album 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert. During live performances, Joel would often jokingly change the lyrics to the chorus, as well as to various lines in the song.