Billy Joel

Both my girlfriend and I have an immense amount of respect and admiration for Billy Joel, as he is quite the musical mastermind. Together we have started collecting his material, including his comprehensive box set, which has yet to cease our interest. The whole reason I got into Queen is due to their musical diversity and wonderful musical capabilities, and for the first time since then, an artist, being Billy Joel, has encaptured my attention due to such reasons. He must be one of the greatest composers of all time; he ventured off into classical music (his suites for piano, opuses, which are all excellent), western (somewhat Copland, in which on his first album he makes sure to add some wonderful string parts and brass), and of course the traditional element of great rock and roll! If a Queen fan is having trouble moving on to other music, Billy Joel would be right up his or her alley. If you have read thus far, I thank you. Please leave any comments, positive or negative; whatever it takes for a decent discussion.

I love Billy Joel. I only have a couple of albums of his that I still need to get. Erin and I saw in him in concert with Elton John and then by himself a couple of years ago.

Hopefully he will play somewhere around here again soon.

I <3 Billy Joel :)

Dan likes him so much, he bought a $60 Billy Joel mug! ;-)

Can I get some "whatah"?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Erin wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Dan likes him so much, he bought a $60 Billy Joel mug! ;-)[/QUOTE]HA!

I DO love Billy Joel...

I really wanted to go to one of the 2 last shows at Shea Stadium before the demolition for a new Mets Stadium. The venue held it's first rock gig with The Beatles back in 1965, and who better than a New York rock legend like Billy Joel to close it.

The best seats available where on the upper levels of the stadium where hardly anything can be seen. In order to get good seats in the front I'd have to dish out $500 to $2000 bucks.

I ended up getting tickets to see him at the Mohegan Sun Arena in CT.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mr.Jingles wrote: [/QUOTENAME]In order to get good seats in the front I'd have to dish out $500 to $2000 bucks.[/QUOTE] I guess your not a real fan then!! ;-P

I would like to put a word in for Billy Joels Stormfront album. Some outstanding songs from the album, Stormfront, Shameless, Downeaster Alexa, I Go To Extremes.

It's wonderful to see we have several Billy Joel fans on Queenzone! So far, my favorite album of his is 'Piano Man', but then again I've only heard two Billy Joel albums in their entirety. Speaking of 'Piano Man', I really love 'You're My Home'. Beautifully crafted song; from note to note it is utterly romantic and moving. When I first heard it I immediately thought of my girlfriend.

So, in your opinion, what is Billy's best album?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mr.Jingles wrote: [/QUOTENAME]In order to get good seats in the front I'd have to dish out $500 to $2000 bucks.[/QUOTE] I guess your not a real fan then!! ;-P[/QUOTE] LOL! Me thinks I should come up with an Artist Arena page for Billy Joel fans.

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