Top 10 Billy Joel Songs?

[Wario]

Well? here are mine:

1. Ballad of Billy The kid
2. Only The Good Die Young
3. The Entertainer
4. Say goodbye To hollywood
5. We Didnt Start the Fire
6. The Stranger
7. My Life
8. Innocent Man
9. Tell Her About It
10. Captain Jack

[Paul Richardson]

Originally Posted by Wario

Well? here are mine:

1. Ballad of Billy The kid
2. Only The Good Die Young
3. The Entertainer
4. Say goodbye To hollywood
5. We Didnt Start the Fire
6. The Stranger
7. My Life
8. Innocent Man
9. Tell Her About It
10. Captain Jack

What about Piano Man and Uptown Girl ? Its like listing Meat Loaf's top ten and omitting Bat Out Of Hell and Anything For Love - but I guess you'd do that as well !

[seagullsim]

You've missed off some fantastic ones..

Christie Lee
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
Baby Grand
Big Shot

All classics. I really like River of Dreams as well, although I know most people don't....

[AndrewG]

Nutter, Billy Joel without "Scenes of an Italian Restaurant" is like Batman without his cape. FACT.

[Wario]

Italian resturant is in my top 20. I also didnt put Angry Young Man which I adore

[Julie in the rv mirror]

In no particular order:

-Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
-The Stranger
-Piano Man
-Downeaster Alexa
-New York State of Mind
-Until the Night
-Goodnight Saigon
-Allentown
-She's Got a Way
-Captain Jack
-Miami 2017

(I know, that's 11 )

[olblueeyes]

Originally Posted by seagullsim

All classics. I really like River of Dreams as well, although I know most people don't....

I always liked River Of Dreams too. It's Still Rock n Roll To Me is also a great number of his.

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[Wario]

Originally Posted by Paul Richardson

Its like listing Meat Loaf's top ten and omitting Bat Out Of Hell and Anything For Love - but I guess you'd do that as well !

i did and i do as well (AFL at least)

my top 10 ML songs:

1. Took the Words
2. Masculine
3. Objects
4. It just Wont Quit
5. Stand in the Storm (Trace Version)
6. Modern Girl
7. Read'Em and Weep
8. California isnt Big Enough
9. Everything Louder
10. Bat Out of Hell

[Sarge]

Originally Posted by Paul Richardson

What about Piano Man and Uptown Girl ? Its like listing Meat Loaf's top ten and omitting Bat Out Of Hell and Anything For Love - but I guess you'd do that as well !

Piano Man and Uptown Girl are great songs but like Bat Out Of Hell and I'd Do Anything For Love they suffer from being huge hits. I love all of these songs but if you hear something too often, it's beginning to lose its attraction and you need a break from it for a while to enjoy and appreciate it again.

Billy has written only a few songs I'm not very fond of, most of his stuff is excellent. Very, very hard to list only ten songs.

- Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
- The Great Suburban Showdown
- Leningrad
- Summer, Highland Falls
- Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
- Everybody Has A Dream
- The Downeaster "Alexa"
- Honesty
- Vienna
- Everybody Loves You Now

[R.]

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, how can you all forget "Just the Way You Are"?

[RSG]

In no particular order

Say Goodbye To Hollywood
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
New York State Of Mind
The Entertainer
Just The Way You Are
You're Only Human (Second Wind)
Pressure
The Night Is Still Young
Goodnight Saigon
The Longest Time


(I received his Greatest Hits I & II from a friend back in the day)

[Julie in the rv mirror]

Originally Posted by R.

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, how can you all forget "Just the Way You Are"?

Overplayed, just like a lot of his songs. I agree with Sarge- sometimes you have to not hear them for a long time before you can appreciate them again.

The last time I saw Billy Joel, he only played one "album cut" ("Zanzibar"), after he first explained to the audience what an "album cut" is. The rest of his set was mostly greatest hits, which I'm not complaining about, but a few of the songs I'm just really tired of (yet they got a huge reaction from the crowd). "Piano Man" is even becoming cliched, but he and Elton John sang it together (It was a "Face-to-Face" show), and had the audience sing along, to the point where they stopped singing and let the audience take over. There's something about 40,000 people singing together that's just chill-inducing.

Opposed to Elton John's set , during which I loved every single song. Maybe I'm just a bigger fan of Elton than of Billy, but I felt that Elton mixed the hits with lesser-known songs better than Billy did. Although, I can't think of a single Elton John song that I'm tired of- maybe "Candle in the Wind", after the whole Princess Diana thing. (Not knocking Diana- I liked her and I felt genuinely sad when she died) But, if he'd played it that night, I'm sure I would have loved it. "Your Song" actually gave me goosebumps, even after 30+ years of hearing it.

Anyway, sorry to digress...

(Review of the show, if anyone's interested: http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.c...ley-field.html)

D'Oh! I take it back- he did play "Candle in the Wind"- old age, you know...

[Paul Richardson]

Originally Posted by Wario

my top 10 ML songs:

1. Took the Words
2. Masculine
3. Objects
4. It just Wont Quit
5. Stand in the Storm (Trace Version)
6. Modern Girl
7. Read'Em and Weep
8. California isnt Big Enough
9. Everything Louder
10. Bat Out of Hell

Well, kudos for 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 - but the rest ... ?!! But I guess (almost) Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad ...

[Wario]

New top 10 Joel tunes:

1. The Entertainer (fav. version is on the Live in Tokyo 2006 DVD)
2. No Man's Land
3. Miami 2017 (fav. version is on the 12 Gardens Live set)
4. Captain Jack
5. The Downeaster 'Alexa'
6. Only The Good Die Young (fav. version is in the 2000 years Concert set)
7. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
8. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (fav. version is on the Songs in the Attic live album)
9. The River Of Dreams (fav. version is in the 2000 years Concert set)
10. Big Shot (fav. version is on the 12 Gardens Live set)

Songs I love that didnt make it: My Life (Live at Shea version is amazing), Piano Man, You May Be Right, We Didn't Start The Fire, Scandinavian Heights, The Great Wall Of China, Angry Young Man, and Say Goodbye To Hollywood.

Songs I absolutely dislike: Everything off Innocent Man, Still Rock & Roll To Me, Zanzibar, and everything off cold spring harbor

[Wario]

Ok the dislikes in this thread make no sense!!!!!!!
Im sick of this. No reason for this and its annoying as all hell. every since this freaking dislike button got installed its been nothing but trouble. Ya freaking kidding me? Why do you dislike every post in this thread? Why? please explain yourself.

Im sick of this. really friggen fed up.

The dislike button is terrible and i want it removed.

[Sarge]

Maybe she just can't stand Billy Joel?

But I agree. This is ridiculous. Obviously she doesn't like the whole thread. Why doesn't she just ignore it? She doesn't have to click or read it.

[BostonAngel]

Originally Posted by Sarge

Maybe she just can't stand Billy Joel?

But I agree. This is ridiculous. Obviously she doesn't like the whole thread. Why doesn't she just ignore it? She doesn't have to click or read it.

Since anyone can see who DISLIKED something, the SHE in question is known to all, so this becomes a question of a specific person. If you have a question of someone, personally, you should inbox that someone personally and ask them your question, as part of forum rules. Members of this forum can read or ignore what they choose to and respond accordingly as long as it is within forum rules.

[Wario]

Originally Posted by R.

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, how can you all forget "Just the Way You Are"?

Just the way you are is terrible iin my opinion lol.

That and Uptown Girl I cant stand. in fact everything on innocent Man sans Tell Her About It and the title track i dislike greatly

Originally Posted by Sarge

- Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
- The Great Suburban Showdown
- Leningrad
- Summer, Highland Falls
- Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
- Everybody Has A Dream
- The Downeaster "Alexa"
- Honesty
- Vienna
- Everybody Loves You Now

What I bolded almost made my top 10 video. Glorious songs. Never really got into Everybody loves you now for some reason. I like Sumer Highland Falls, but I dont really play i much. Billy seems to lie playing it live a lot for some reason. he even did it at a political event when asked to chose one song to perform in its entirety. Its sad the only live version of The Great Suburban Showdown that has been performed is from an abridged masterclass session early this year

Im also gonna add my disappointment in the Billy Joel live at Shea DVD. The DVD omits the best songs: 'The Entertainer', 'Big Shot', 'Still RnR to me', 'The Downeaster 'Alexa', and 'Movin' Out'. He even did a 'Stand by me/Innocent Man' medley that got cut from the DVD. makes one thankful only MErcury Blues is getting the axe from the new Meat DVD.

[Julie in the rv mirror]

Originally Posted by BostonAngel

Since anyone can see who DISLIKED something, the SHE in question is known to all, so this becomes a question of a specific person. If you have a question of someone, personally, you should inbox that someone personally and ask them your question, as part of forum rules. Members of this forum can read or ignore what they choose to and respond accordingly as long as it is within forum rules.

And members of this forum have a right to discuss what they like as long as it is within the forum rules.

Perhaps you should take your own advice.

[BostonAngel]

Originally Posted by Julie in the rv mirror

And members of this forum have a right to discuss what they like as long as it is within the forum rules.

Perhaps you should take your own advice.

When it becomes a personal attack which this has become then it is in violation of forum rules.

[Wario]

Originally Posted by BostonAngel

When it becomes a personal attack which this has become then it is in violation of forum rules.

dont play the personal attack card. We are obviously not attacking you personally. we are just annoyed you dislike spam like crazy

[BostonAngel]

Originally Posted by Wario

dont play the personal attack card. We are obviously not attacking you personally. we are just annoyed you dislike spam like crazy

By continually singling ONLY me out for Disliking posts, yes you are making this very personal. If you don't like my actions, then please do as Sarge says and ignore it. Please do not continue to personally come at me because of a legimate action that is allowed as part of this forum

[Tri.somethin]

Now this crap is cycling into other threads? /facepalm.

[AndrewG]

Originally Posted by BostonAngel

Please do not continue to personally come at me because of a legimate action that is allowed as part of this forum

Just because you can, doesn't mean to say you should. Surely you can expect some backlash because of the actions you have taken yourself, which is also public to see. So please; both parties cut it out.

Back on topic....!

Does anyone like the 2000 years song? I thought it was superb and such a fitting way to bring in the millennium. One of Billy's best songs in my opinion. BTW crazy Piano man was played at that show but is not on the live CD.

[Wario]

Originally Posted by AndrewG

Does anyone like the 2000 years song? I thought it was superb and such a fitting way to bring in the millennium. One of Billy's best songs in my opinion. BTW crazy Piano man was played at that show but is not on the live CD.

Its actually no tat all that crazy andrew. I love the performance of 2000 years (the only tour in which it has ever been performed live. Strangely both Piano Man and Uptown Girl are omitted from the CD.

But Piano Man was indeed released as an extra track on The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997 Limited Edition CD.

have no idea why it wasnt released on the actual release. Its like omitting Bat Out of hell from the MSO CD.