Billy Joel

Fire Ball · 16 Jun 2016, 04:40

Does he sound like he did in 70" Billy is one of my friends , I am not putting Billy down at all , I like it and he is going for it !!!~ Go Billy !!!

https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/vi...;_ylu=X3oDMTBz

CarylB · 16 Jun 2016, 04:42

A problem with the link Meat

Wario · 16 Jun 2016, 04:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fire Ball

Does he sound like he did in 70" Billy is one of my friends , I am not putting Billy down at all , I like it and he is going for it !!!~ Go Billy !!!

https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/vi...;_ylu=X3oDMTBz

Hey meat YES HE DOES. I've seen him numerous times and he is always fantastic!!

Here's a great clip of no mans land:

https://youtu.be/wKdVoiY0yMo

Actually my tribute band is a tribute to both you and Billy.

He and you have songs that really mesh so well together :)

YouTube Video

Fire Ball · 16 Jun 2016, 05:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wario

Hey meat YES HE DOES. I've seen him numerous times and he is always fantastic!!

Here's a great clip of no mans land:

YouTube Video

Actually my tribute band is a tribute to both you and Billy.

He and you have songs that really mesh so well together :)

YouTube Video

Don't want to bust your bubble , That is not him singing the chorus . M

Wario · 16 Jun 2016, 05:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fire Ball

Don't want to bust your bubble , That is not him singing the chorus . M

Ya on some of the higher stuff he mixes himself out and let's the BVs take it.

Uptown Girl is usually all just backing vocals and Billy miming.

But for what he can lower, he does lower.

You should totally see about doing one of his guest spots at MSG!!

Fire Ball · 16 Jun 2016, 07:17

[QUOTE=Fire Ball;613430]Does he sound like he did in 70" Billy is one of my friends , I am not putting Billy down at all , I like it and he is going for it !!!~ Go Billy !!!

http://www.vevo.com/watch/billy-joel...)/USSM21100241

Fire Ball · 16 Jun 2016, 07:18

[QUOTE=Fire Ball;613430]Does he sound like he did in 70" Billy is one of my friends , I am not putting Billy down at all , I like it and he is going for it !!!~ Go Billy !!!

http://www.vevo.com/watch/billy-joel...)/USSM21100241

Fire Ball · 16 Jun 2016, 07:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wario

Hey meat YES HE DOES. I've seen him numerous times and he is always fantastic!!

Here's a great clip of no mans land:

https://youtu.be/wKdVoiY0yMo

Actually my tribute band is a tribute to both you and Billy.

He and you have songs that really mesh so well together :)

YouTube Video

Billy's shows are always great , even if he is older and the audience always has a great time !!! No he can't hit all his old notes but who cares !!! M

rockfenris2005 · 16 Jun 2016, 07:22

I've been talking about Billy Joel's first album "COLD SPRING HARBOR" a bit lately. And the BS he went through on it. Did you know they mastered it at the wrong speed so that Billy sounded almost like Alvin and the Chipmunks? That's what I read. Then he was touring around and didn't even see a copy in the shops? So he just walked out one day, started working in piano bars as BILL MARTIN, where he wrote "Piano Man", and Columbia Records heard "Captain Jack" on the radio, and the rest is history...

But the original record company wanted their label on the next TEN albums.

I do not believe Billy has ever really completed "COLD SPRING HARBOR". Go and check it out if you haven't already. It's a pretty interesting piece. Raw. Intimate. I would be interested to see him remake it actually.

nikox1 · 16 Jun 2016, 10:51

What happens in recording studios these days would really shock you all ( except you meat ) you already know. So many artists are plugged in and programmed to sound perfect.have them only sing a few notes and the rest is all put together. Going in and singing your heart out is a rare thing these days.

CarylB · 16 Jun 2016, 12:29

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Originally Posted by Fire Ball

Billy's shows are always great , even if he is older and the audience always has a great time !!! No he can't hit all his old notes but who cares !!! M

Exactly .. he brings an energy and obvious love for what he's doing, does it damn well, and gives his fans a great night. If his voice has changed over the years, if he doesn't hit all the notes he used to, they don't care because he's giving them a great night which is what they've come for

Perhaps because your voice has always been so extraordinary, some fans forget you don't sing a list of songs but rather deliver a SHOW, conceived, designed and delivered as a night of musical entertainment live on stage, packed with passion and spectacle .. and if you don't deliver the odd note as you used to 20 years ago, you still deliver thousands, still have that passion which brings each song to such special life, and your stagecraft and ability to reach out to an audience has only increased with the years.

They miss the point imo. But every time, many thousands of them don't. They are the ones who stand at the end cheering and willing you not to leave the stage; the ones who keep begging you to come back again. They are legion. I am one of them

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16 Jun 2016, 07:22	#9
rockfenris2005 Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.02.2003 Location: Posts: 2,217	I've been talking about Billy Joel's first album "COLD SPRING HARBOR" a bit lately. And the BS he went through on it. Did you know they mastered it at the wrong speed so that Billy sounded almost like Alvin and the Chipmunks? That's what I read. Then he was touring around and didn't even see a copy in the shops? So he just walked out one day, started working in piano bars as BILL MARTIN, where he wrote "Piano Man", and Columbia Records heard "Captain Jack" on the radio, and the rest is history... But the original record company wanted their label on the next TEN albums. I do not believe Billy has ever really completed "COLD SPRING HARBOR". Go and check it out if you haven't already. It's a pretty interesting piece. Raw. Intimate. I would be interested to see him remake it actually.

16 Jun 2016, 10:51	#10
nikox1 Mega Loafer Join Date: 05.07.2007 Location: Front line of the battle Posts: 2,657	What happens in recording studios these days would really shock you all ( except you meat ) you already know. So many artists are plugged in and programmed to sound perfect.have them only sing a few notes and the rest is all put together. Going in and singing your heart out is a rare thing these days.