They stuff bread in my jar and say man what are you doing here?
Bread? Cool in the 1950s by 1970s not so much.
And why is someone so much better than us here?
Screw you BJ.
They stuff bread in my jar and say man what are you doing here?
Bread? Cool in the 1950s by 1970s not so much.
And why is someone so much better than us here?
Screw you BJ.
Better than rap
Chrissie T. wrote:
malmo wrote:
Billy Joel isn't rock, he's pop.
Go see him in concert. He definitely rocks.
Even his loyal fans ,who see him play every month at the Garden since, forever, don't even say that.
Tire of this wrote:
Channel 30 on Sirius just replaced David Matthews -- a true mediocrity who does not have a single song I want to hear -- with the lamest rock stare of all time, Billy Joel.
Much as Kiss is a runway as the lamest rock group ever, Billy Joel wins the title as worst rock star ever with no real challengers.
Anyone dispute this?
Married a super model. Stayed relevant for a long time. No. Not the lamest.
Title goes to Huey Lewis. Basically a bar band that got super lucky in the 80s.
He had some good records back in his heyday but he started suck so much in 80s. He should just stay home at this point. No different than watching a cover band play his music.
Did you call the piano man a rock star?
Fun fact: in Billy Joel's video for "The Piano Man" - Paul The Real Estate Novelist Who Never Had Time For A Wife was played by Tommy Lee Jones in only his 3rd gig.
Amazingly he looks 40 years old. at 2:45
malmo wrote:
Chrissie T. wrote:
Go see him in concert. He definitely rocks.
Even his loyal fans ,who see him play every month at the Garden since, forever, don't even say that.
Actually they do. Why do you think they go to his concerts so often?
Kudos to the OP for this thread. BJ is the all time worst—no hyperbole. If I was admitted to the RnR HoF, I would refuse entry until he was removed.
The greater problem is that his music is so omnipresent. When you are halfway through your grocery shopping, stuck in an elevator, getting your hair cut, invariably a BJ song comes on and you are a captive, unwilling audience. I always plug my ears in this scenario. My mind tortures me by playing his songs in my head the rest of the day.
He has ripped off every lousy sub genre of music over the years—do wop, lounge music, political message music, etc.
The problem is made worse when you live in the NYC area. Given his local roots, he is some sort of regional icon, and that much harder to avoid.
I do not trust the judgment of any person that purports to be a fan of his. Pure s——.
I know these rankings are subjective and very debatable, but BJ comes in at #28.
Sweet vid - thanks bro!
stateroftheoblivious wrote:
Fun fact: in Billy Joel's video for "The Piano Man" - Paul The Real Estate Novelist Who Never Had Time For A Wife was played by Tommy Lee Jones in only his 3rd gig.
Amazingly he looks 40 years old. at 2:45
Fun factoid of the day. Anyone else in the video that we shoud know?
Chrissie T. wrote:
malmo wrote:
Even his loyal fans ,who see him play every month at the Garden since, forever, don't even say that.
Actually they do. Why do you think they go to his concerts so often?
People are creatures of habit, With fans, especially so.
Not sure what the hubbub is all about, I love Billy Joel (if you don't like him don't listen). Somebody should have done him a favor and shot him in the 80s, though.
what's your problem? wrote:
Not sure what the hubbub is all about, I love Billy Joel (if you don't like him don't listen). Somebody should have done him a favor and shot him in the 80s, though.
This guy came out of the gate in the 1970s sucking bad and never let up.
I grew up in the '70s and many of us grouped Joel with Manilow. They both wrote songs that hit the top of the charts, but they were always pretty devoid of longevity.
At this point, I rank Barry Manilow = Billy Joel. Many will scoff at this, but Manilow actually had a bigger impact on Frampton and other stars of the late '70's and early 80's. Just my opinoin...
manilow and joel wrote:
I grew up in the '70s and many of us grouped Joel with Manilow. They both wrote songs that hit the top of the charts, but they were always pretty devoid of longevity.
At this point, I rank Barry Manilow = Billy Joel. Many will scoff at this, but Manilow actually had a bigger impact on Frampton and other stars of the late '70's and early 80's. Just my opinoin...
I grew up in the 70s and grouped Joel with Elton John. I grew up in the NY area and some of my friends loved Joel, some loved Springsteen but I was partial to the Talking Heads. I think Joel peaked in 1978.
So what music do you like?
They do what wrote:
Bread? Cool in the 1950s by 1970s not so much.
Actually Bread was very big in the 1970s. They weren’t even around in the 1950s..
Markmiles wrote:
Absolutely disgusted no one has mentioned Coldplay.
Chris Martin is one of the dullest individuals in the history of mankind.
Coldplay is awesome. I don't care if people feel Chris Martin is boring in his private life.