Billy Joel

Olivia Lonchar Ms. Bobby English 9, Period 9 22 May 2018 Americas Piano Man: Billy Joel Many musicians in the world are extremely talented, but Billy Joel is one of a kind. Joel has inspired people for forty years. He has managed to live on his legendary music career for just about 47 years. Joel, born on May 9, 1949, in the Bronx. He displayed an early aptitude on the piano and started taking lessons at the age of four. At the age of sixteen, Joel was already a veteran of three bands. In 1967, Joel joined a band known as the Hassles. The Hassles were a popular group in Long Island that played soul with a little bit of surreal in their music. Now, taking it way back, to the acoustic piano during the early years of the Seventies singer-songwriter…

and language may be different, the message remains true. An example of such a pairing is the 2nd century poem from Basavanna, “Before the grey reaches the cheek” and the 20th century song by Billy Joel, “Piano Man.” At first, the poem and the song seem like they don’t correspond with each other, but at a closer glimpse, the similarities are astonishing. “Before the grey reaches the cheek” is about living life before one becomes old and decrepit, while “Piano Man,” tells a story of people who…

The Trance of The Piano Man “Sing us a song you 're the piano man, sing us a song tonight.” Here I am laying on my cot, listening to my one of my favourite songs. Whatever grievances I was still holding onto now seems like an insignificant speck; whether it be homework, exams or even my social life. The absolutely captivating words of Billy Joel are hypnotic, and before I know it I slowly drift asleep falling under the Piano Man’s trance. I opened my eyes, disoriented and dazed; with no idea…

sinners than cry with the saints-the sinners are much more fun,” (“Billy Joel” BrainyQuote). Billy Joel said this quote when people ask him why he tasks the risks that he took in his career. The quote means that it’s better to take risks then to play it safe because it’s more fun to see the good someone does when they take the risk instead of playing it safe. Another one of Billy Joels quotes are “Theres nothing better then good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better…

William Martin “Billy” Joel...who is he? Well to the current youth, he might just be a random name with no meaning, but to those of us who have heard his songs and watched his performances, whether on TV or in person, we know that this is no ordinary man. So who is he? He’s the Piano Man. As a big fan of Billy Joel’s songs, especially “Piano Man,” not only do I enjoy listening to his music, but I also feel like I have a connection with Joel. I feel like I can identify some of my life with his…

The lyric in this song relates to many celebrities and also to multiple affairs that happened in specific years. For example, the first verse involves topics related to the year 1949, or very close to 1949. Billy Joel mentions Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, johnnie Ray, South Pacific, Walter Winchell, and Joe DiMaggio in the first two lines of “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” First, Harry Truman became the U.S President in 1945 after President Roosevelt died that year. Truman was…

“I am a history nut.”- Billy Joel. With the media as it is today is making it harder to learn truth and querying things like, who was Marilyn Monroe, What is Berlin, and what does birth control contribute to society? Choosing three things from the iconic Billy Joel song was a tough decision, but I lucked out in the end. Always intriguing me with posters and t-shirts, Marilyn Monroe, and moreover with her famous photos and flirtatious dances on the screen. Knowing Berlin was a subtopic within our…

Have you ever heard of the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel? “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel is a song released in 1989 that touched upon topics from 1949 to 1989. This song was a very well-known song by Billy Joel. He also wrote this song to express his long lost love for History. Billy Joel wanted to be a high school history teacher before he started his singing career. Six history topics from this song have been picked to inform you about a little bit of history. Those…

This song was a little slower, focusing more on the piano and vocals. The song had a good 2/4 time feel common in rock music. The audience sang along with Phil since this song is a number 1 hit he made. It sounded more like a rock ballad but with a little faster tempo. I sang along with the crowd, and saw many members dancing. Some younger preteen members of the audience were called up on stage to join Phil. I thought that gave more life to the concert allowing the audience to get the feeling of…

It is Worth it to Dream “You can get what you want or you can just get old,” this is what Billy Joel once said, and it is still true. This can be interpreted as meaning that if someone doesn’t have any dreams or doesn’t go after them, there is no point in life. All someone would do without a dream is go through the motions and get old. Although sometimes it may be disappointing and seem like a waste of time, dreaming is worth it, they give people something to work for, having dream’s can…