Billy Joel - Close To The Borderline

[cleanandsober2009]

easily one of the most underrated Billy Joel songs ever! Great post!

[gerald789456123]

i fucking love this song

[Nickythegreat1]

i love this song. give thumbs up if you love this song or have ever seen him in concert

[MichaelHansenFUN]

my brothers friend made me a tape of all these songs off the radio, this was one of them, and it segued into Van Halens "Everybody Wants Some"

[enriqueperez17]

I just noticed that his reflection looks like its playing guitar...

[HAScorpify]

Kesha should be that girl trying to hit those bricks. Rock forever. Pop stinks

[RoadDoggNTB]

@tamerswan I absolutely agree

[GiantPetRat]

When my mom was a kid, she bought this album used from a library for 25 cents. She loved it as a kid, and so did I (once I was old enough to work the record player needle). Never underestimate what two bits could do to impact your life! lol

[th0reau1]

It is the "B" side of "You May Be Right" on the 45rpm. Yep, I had 45's, still do. I have the album too and 4 others. He jammed back in the day.

[luvpianomusicable]

This is a really cool song-the lyrics and the beat have such an attitude to them! I also love the album cover. He looks so intense as he's about ready to throw a stone through that glass house. Billy's trying to be a badass, but that's why we loved him back then, right?

[DeafMuteZombie]

can you upload original with hq , thanks!

[xterra43]

Glass Houses seemed to Billy tribute to the Stones. I remember listening to this album at 16 in my room, over and over again. Ahh, the days of real rock n roll and great music...

[viketaker]

your audio sucks

[gambit5150]

this is one memorable LP for me

[creamydistortion]

I'm assuming 'high quality' could be pulled off a 4th grader's tape recorder... Somehow if a song is BADASS enough to sound good even when the sound *quality* is low... Songs are songs AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GRESTEST!!!

[zacandtaylorrule]

I love this album so much. This is one of those songs that is not a hit but should be. Great pick for a video.

[revenger10000]

This is the best album from The master Billy, but I like more All for Leyna and Trough the long night

[ramtha9]

My favorite off of 'Glass Houses.'

[milkgirl75]

she gonna hit those bricks....

[mikeandcooper]

@milkgirl75 cuz the news at six...

[silis024]

I am 14 years old and I love this song. Frickin' badass!

[kelbonious]

This is a great song...somewhat fitting for todays times. I must admit I never considered the act of self manipulation, but perhaps I'm not paying close enough attention to the lyrics..

[mikeandcooper]

@kelbonious you are my twin!!

[elmonious]

I use to touch myself to this song. I love this song. It's not that I thought of Billy in that way, I was just in the height of a change (puberty) and I did that to most any music... or none at all.

This album ROCKS and I thank my older sister for introducing me to such cool tunes. Almost 30 years later I still love this tune...and I still touch myself. lol I love me! Nothing funny though, this is an awesome tune. BJ rocks.

Yes, this was an attempt at humor. I hope you laughted.

[Benneville71]

@elmonious I laughed!!

[grate7]

I loved this song as a kid ...for its time it had an edge with a little bit of rap but what the hell was rap at that time ...good song

[keefek]

This song is Billy Joel at his best.

[bertiebee42]

hey you guys dont you think its about time billy did the super bowl half time show? start a petition?

[KingProperties]

@bertiebee42 Agreed. I'll sign.

[grate7]

little bit of rap little bit of rock i loved it as 13 year old and it still holds for an old fart

[RoadDoggNTB]

?Sorry .... what exactly is rare about this song? rare songs don't typically end up on full length LPs. Great song, though .... very overlooked. Fantastic beat.

[mission2marsden]

I referred to it as rare because not many Billy fans out there have heard of this song.

[RoadDoggNTB]

Agreed. It is definately a little known or possibly forgotten gem (the whole LP is almost a greatest hits IMO). Have you heard the non-album rare cut "You Picked A Real Bad Time"? Actually I think it might be on the My Lives collection, though I first heard it as the B-Side to "All About Soul".

[RoadDoggNTB]

@mission2marsden Ahhh True. Great little gem on a great LP. I suppose in the age of iTunes, etc. these 'non-hits/great tunes' get a bit lost in the shuffle. Everything on Cold Spring Harbour is like that. Another great LP.

[shielakay]

@mission2marsden true. you have to be a big fan of his. incidentally, I have it on my mp3 on my "I hate the world" playlist to play on days when I am just pissed off at the entire human race lol.

[leonhart423]

@mission2marsden XD I love this song, hence why when I saw one of his concerts in 2007 I got the Glass Houses T-Shirt, that and that album is too dang awesome

[charlii501]

@mission2marsden - you're not a real billy joel fan if you don;t know this song!!!!

[homelessmanebay]

@RoadDoggNTB Have to agree. This album has gone multi-platinum like 6 or 7 times if I am not mistaken. How can this be a "rare" song?

[delly659]

@RoadDoggNTB hey if you want rare, look up rosalinda, just rosalinda the only verson was from a concert i think in '72 just after attila's album dumped, and joephene,same as rosalinda, there is only one known verson, i belive there are only a few live versons from songs on cold spring harbor, most of them i belive were from rainbow room, i think i'm not sure but i know it was before cold spring harbor came out

[zephyerlives]

that would be awesome!!!

[zephyerlives]

this is a great song! And a rare one indeed! what if he did one called OKALY DOKALY

[mission2marsden]

HA that would be funny!! It would probably go to the tune of "Honesty"...

"Okaly dokaly... It's such a lonely word..."

XD

[funula]

this song has been one of my favorites for a long long time. Lyrics to riffs, it kicks ass.

[rhinora]

I love the guitar work on most of his lesser known songs.

[mission2marsden]

Yeah... all his songs are beautiful.

[shinybald36]

@rhinora ray gomez is beast, check out lenny white mating drive

[billyjoelrocks]

This is a rare Billy Joel song!