Billy Joel

I’m sure we’ve all heard of Billy Collins at some point and time; whether it was on NPR or an ad on the Internet, everyone probably has come across him at some point. Why I say this is because he’s become such a known poet, he has performed for Congress after 9/11, sold many copies of his published works, and been named “America’s first truly poet since Robert Frost” and to be named that, that mean’s he’s made it. There might be some confusion as to why Collins is so popular if someone hasn’t…

When rereading Billy Joel's lyrics, I can honestly say that I portrayed followed his guidelines quite well. Even though I couldn't be as vague as Joel with his lyrics, my own remained simple and at the same time showed how America has progressed chronologically. When writing up my verses, I my major priority was to make sure that the message of my lyrics spoke to the reader. What I am trying to reflect through all my verses is how we as Americans have made it through all these crisis. With all…

Iconic vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson [1941-2016] was honored in a musical celebration colored by great performances of dearest fellows from different generations. In addition to an incredible instrumentalist, Hutcherson was a master composer who left an indelible mark over the course of a rich five-decade career. Classic records like Dialogue, Components, Oblique, and Cirrus will be forever in my heart. At the time we arrived at the packed St. Peter’s Church, vibraphonist Joe Locke was reading…

in some form while the rich churches grow even richer. While it may seem like a good use of technology to reach millions of people every day, it seems that the church and the ministers are both benefiting from the arrangement. When preachers like Joel Osteen come to the determination that God wants them to be wealthy, then it places him on a pedestal and creates a divide between him and his congregants. Some view Osteen as a crook, devoid of a moral compass, while others blindly follow his…

Shakespearean Sonnets and Modern Day Love Songs Shakespeare’s is a very well-known British poet, playwright, etc. that wrote a majority of the plays that we all read in school. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, all with no name. All 154 sonnets were published in 1609 by Thomas Thorpe, most likely without Shakespeare’s consent. Speculation says that the first 126 sonnets are about a young man that he was in love with. The final 28 sonnets are about a promiscuous woman that is known as “The Dark…

20s Music in the 1920's was commanded by jazz, soul and the peregrinating move groups that played what was well known at the time. Taking after the decimation of the main World War, Twenties music was entirely energetic and hopeful as the economy blasted and parties thundered in spite of banishment in the US. The music business as we probably am aware it was simply starting and all things appeared to be conceivable. Specialists, for example, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ma Rainey, Sophie…

Song Analysis of Renegades Sam Harris and his younger brother Casey Harris grew up in the many abandoned towns in New York receiving instruments and hand-me-down Billy Joel, Stones and Beatles records to grow up together playing in the same band. Both band members have developed an intense love for rock and hip-hop while growing up in New York. Sam Harris is currently the lead vocalist of the X Ambassadors, while Casey became a very successful pianist despite being blind. Sam Harris is also an…

I used to think European people were completely different than Americans. Not only did I think they talked in to many uncommon languages, I also thought they would wear strange clothes and like to do odd things. I first learned of the new neighbor boy from one of my close friends. He told me his next door neighbor was the host family for a Spanish kid about our age named Andrés. He was staying in the US for the summer to learn English better. I didn’t think much of the news at first; just how I…

They were in a relationship since May 2003. The couple was together for around six years but later they separated on 16th June 2009 and got divorced in 2010. After her divorce with Billy, she was linked with an Israeli fashion designer Yigal Azrouel for around two years from 2009 to 2011. She also encountered New Zealander actor Russell Crowe for a month in 2012 and with a Canadian actor Will Arnett for two months in 2013. Later in…

(Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Fats Waller), Big Band music (Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington), ‘50’s Rock & Roll (Elvis Presley, The Platters, Bill Haley & the Comets, The Big Bopper, Fats Domino), pop classics of the ‘60s and ‘70s (Billy Joel, Elton John, Barry Manilow, The Carpenters, Neil Diamond, The Beatles), Broadway hits (Cabaret, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, 42nd Street, Fiddler on the Roof, The Lion King” He made the little town of Paris known and proud, because…