Sorry. 100centre, sees beans and Steve Almond, dancing amongst his progeny. Laugh and Dance with conviction. It would be an eternal honor to dance and laugh with men.
Well said! "Aretha did that Pink Cadillac crap". WHAT? You've exposed your ignorance about SOUL music. I'm talking about Arethra's "RESPECT". I'm, talkin 'bout Isaac Hayes, "WALK on BY".
Hey Idle! More a salute to Manhatten & the jazz artists who played on 52nd st for years. Hence Freddy Hubbard offering up those oh-so-tasty licks on trumpet!
Great song, doing that whole insomnia thang & this song popped into my head along w/memories of hanging with a buddy who's folks let him turn their big garage into a bedroom/apt. Purple haired Kona in the air, albums like 42nd St on the stereo, darts, pool, beer, pretty girls, good times & youth. Thanks for sharing, I needed a fix & don't have this on CD for some weird reason. Still my favorite by Joel! I tought myself to play keyboards by copping Billy Joel licks. I Feel better already, Peace!
MegaMac, you forgot Turnstiles - GH was OK but he went more mainstream I think and lost a bit of his edge. Urchin, 'Attic' is the best for Angelenos. I'm a Brit and sent in Zan for KFOG's (SF/CA) vinyl Friday, complete with a pic of the album! I got nowhere - bugger it.
WHen this song was released, I played it very loud in my car (on the cassette tape deck) Yes. I'm old...Loved the lyric line "me I'm trying just to get to second base, and I'd steal it if she only gave the sign..."Billy loves writing in metaphors..Fucking musical genius. So, now, when I am playing this song in my car, I turn down the lyrics because I don't want my teenage daughters to hear that line! Same thing with "Only the good die young..." Payback time for everything I did....
Everything is right on in this song! I liked this song the best from that old casette when I was a young teenager. Those guitar licks, the horns, and the keyboards make for such pleasing music. Then there's Billy's voice with such passion...and all about guy things, drinking a beer, the attractive waitress (sp?) serving, getting the keys to the car. This song is a wonderfully complex little gem with a lot of character.
@mikemikeyf It is a great track but the 'fusion' tag you talk about was happening way before this. You have heard of George Duke, Stanley Clarke or Steely Dan have you not?
@Dactuck You have liked Katy Perry and the worst peter gabriel song ever. Most persons doing the heavy lifting researching music believe Steely Dan sucks, REALLY! Most people discount Billy Joel for his commercial eighties music which is why I referenced Stepbrothers. The cover band only did latter Billy Joel. Like many people in the eighties will only reference Stevie Wonder's horrible 80's music.
@100centre Katy Perry? What? Are you mad? When? You must have tripped and bumped your head. I admit my eternal love for "IN YOUR EYES", and "BIG TIME", but I wear that badge with pride. As for Billy, "Streetlife Serenader" and "Until the Night" gave me my first born. I'm a child of the 70's. I'm a man of the millenium. Feel me.
@Dactuck ready for a term you can relate to steely Dan is AM friendly. Billy is a far superior artist. It is like saying The Rolling Stones sound like Areosmith. You sir are the "the music of today is just not as good as when I was younger". Ya know in the good days you had to boil water before you drank it
@100centre The WORST? OK. Opinions are like a-sholes, everybody got one. Solisbury Hill wasn't that bad young buck, just over-produced. But if you enjoy "Uptown Girl", and two-step to "We Didn't Start the Fire", then I've heard enough. Pretzel Logic rings circles around all that nonsense. Words from the wise, YOU should never do it without your FEZ on (Royal Scam). Oh, no!
@Dactuck Just about every artist outlives their integrity. Billy had a strong decade among the greats. In your eyes is pop Gabriel. I enjoy shock the monkey era. One artists who don't have us live in their backwash: Neil Young, Paul Simon, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel, Warren Zevon and not many others. Some can change their style and maintain integrity. We are happy if the backwash is edible. I am a big Dylan fan but, his new stuff is nothing to write home about in comparison older stuf
@100centre Couldn't disagree more with a few pts. Paul Simon has ABSOLUTELY recycled the whole Graceland thing and Bob Dylans Love and Theft is brilliant.
@MyKidC Now, to explain how Paul Simon has not recycled. He goes to different cultures for musical inspiration starting with Condor El Pasa. I haven't heard the most recent but, the man is now 70! rythmn of the saints was Brazilian drummers not African. Great career. Dylan love and Theft I believe has been given more merit due to Bob's age. If you were to list Bob's top 5 albums, love and theft in there? Top 10, maybe, that's all. Neil Young's Greendale is one of the only examples of better/old
@100centre Just about every false critic, outlives their societal value. Feel me? Great stuff. Isacc Hayes, The Spinners, Arethea, and Issac Hayes would have been considered has-beens, in your false universe of musical logic. The O'Jays, Rolls Royce, Teddy Pendergrass, Bobby Womack, the Temptations, the Stlystics. Remember? Go to sleep.
@Dactuck False critic.... blah. look up Steve Almond. I don't see the glass of water as half full or empty, I see it as a glass of water. There is not has beens.. You left out Gil Scott Heron BRO. Issac always great and areatha did that Pink Cadilac crap. Difference the artists keep there integrity through that phase because that is what it is, a phase. Neil Young was able to sing this note's for you and weather the "rough" period.
@MegaMacTV Ive got everything this man ever released from attilla the hun on vinyl----------->to the present day and couldent agree with you more....Billy got me through my first love,,through my divorce ,,in fact hes been there since I was 13,,, but when the crap really hits the fan,,,I go with Los Angelenos on vinyl,, Just wish Libby was still drumming for him,,,keep the peace bro,,thanks for the message
Fantastic.
UncleChuckTH 1 week ago
Sorry. 100centre, sees beans and Steve Almond, dancing amongst his progeny. Laugh and Dance with conviction. It would be an eternal honor to dance and laugh with men.
Dactuck 1 week ago
Thanks for posting!
Dactuck 1 week ago
Well said! "Aretha did that Pink Cadillac crap". WHAT? You've exposed your ignorance about SOUL music. I'm talking about Arethra's "RESPECT". I'm, talkin 'bout Isaac Hayes, "WALK on BY".
Dactuck 1 week ago
@Dactuck I'm talkin' about truth. I'm talkin' about the things we LIVE, and DIE for. Man up 100centre
Dactuck 1 week ago
I want this played at my funeral....
xislandman 2 months ago
Dammit this brings back memories. Damn, this is greatness!
mr198221 2 months ago
This is a very well written song. Very tight and the whole things moves and holds together beautifully.
bradmonium1 3 months ago
Billy Joel might not be the greatest songwriter of our times, but he is certainly underrated. Songs like this are why
TakashiMifune 3 months ago
Hey Idle! More a salute to Manhatten & the jazz artists who played on 52nd st for years. Hence Freddy Hubbard offering up those oh-so-tasty licks on trumpet!
redfishradical 3 months ago
Great song, doing that whole insomnia thang & this song popped into my head along w/memories of hanging with a buddy who's folks let him turn their big garage into a bedroom/apt. Purple haired Kona in the air, albums like 42nd St on the stereo, darts, pool, beer, pretty girls, good times & youth. Thanks for sharing, I needed a fix & don't have this on CD for some weird reason. Still my favorite by Joel! I tought myself to play keyboards by copping Billy Joel licks. I Feel better already, Peace!
redfishradical 3 months ago
Freddie Hubbard! The Don of the modern jazz trumpet, killin it on here like always!
intrepidpooch 3 months ago
ive been playing this album when i go to bed for the past week. good week
FlCl3000 3 months ago
Love the breakdown in this song.
cheaterfan2009 4 months ago
Very Steely Dan-ish, and that's a good thing!
scalaaz 4 months ago
@scalaaz probably why I love this one so much...
bradmonium1 3 months ago
MegaMac, you forgot Turnstiles - GH was OK but he went more mainstream I think and lost a bit of his edge. Urchin, 'Attic' is the best for Angelenos. I'm a Brit and sent in Zan for KFOG's (SF/CA) vinyl Friday, complete with a pic of the album! I got nowhere - bugger it.
FindoGask100 5 months ago
2:58 to 3:33 - Love that bit of the song, fucking fantastic
tryandlisten 6 months ago
@tryandlisten - yes - Freddie Hubbard! One of the all time trumpet greats.
IntegratedSF 4 months ago
I loved this song ever since the first time I listened to it. I could listen to Billy's albums everyday and not get bored :D
luvpianomusicable 7 months ago
Great Song, got abit of an edge, perfect for my summer
longi06 9 months ago in playlist Billy JOEL
WHen this song was released, I played it very loud in my car (on the cassette tape deck) Yes. I'm old...Loved the lyric line "me I'm trying just to get to second base, and I'd steal it if she only gave the sign..."Billy loves writing in metaphors..Fucking musical genius. So, now, when I am playing this song in my car, I turn down the lyrics because I don't want my teenage daughters to hear that line! Same thing with "Only the good die young..." Payback time for everything I did....
JFJB 11 months ago
Remember my dad playing this LP at home when I was like 5! Amazing it was 30 years ago! Good memories, thanx for posting!
tattva9932 1 year ago
Everything is right on in this song! I liked this song the best from that old casette when I was a young teenager. Those guitar licks, the horns, and the keyboards make for such pleasing music. Then there's Billy's voice with such passion...and all about guy things, drinking a beer, the attractive waitress (sp?) serving, getting the keys to the car. This song is a wonderfully complex little gem with a lot of character.
MrSpringtoad 1 year ago
....the Yankees grab the headlines everytime...
classic
npspec34 1 year ago
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Billy had edge. .
Ahead of their time with this engineering.
They called this 'fusion' later on.
That is the fantastic Freddie Hubbard (RIP) on trumpet.
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mikemikeyf 1 year ago
@mikemikeyf It is a great track but the 'fusion' tag you talk about was happening way before this. You have heard of George Duke, Stanley Clarke or Steely Dan have you not?
candelise 1 year ago
the chorus really kicks in.this is so great it s not even funny anymore.
cosmicrider287 1 year ago
Awesome song. Great change-ups and moods. Makes me want to visit Zanzibar.... wherever the hell that is.
nychro7 2 years ago
@nychro7- I think that Zanzibar must have been a popular sports bar.
1loons 1 year ago
This was Billy Joel's salute to Steely Dan. In places, his voice sounds exactly like Donald Fagan's.
IDLERACER 2 years ago 8
@IDLERACER Steely Dan sucks and you obviously don't listen to early Billy Joel
100centre 1 month ago in playlist fabian
@100centre Steely Dan sucks? Really? I think EVERYONE has listened to early Billy Joel, and would never say "Steely Dan Sucks". Only you.
Dactuck 1 month ago 2
@Dactuck You have liked Katy Perry and the worst peter gabriel song ever. Most persons doing the heavy lifting researching music believe Steely Dan sucks, REALLY! Most people discount Billy Joel for his commercial eighties music which is why I referenced Stepbrothers. The cover band only did latter Billy Joel. Like many people in the eighties will only reference Stevie Wonder's horrible 80's music.
100centre 1 month ago
@100centre Katy Perry? What? Are you mad? When? You must have tripped and bumped your head. I admit my eternal love for "IN YOUR EYES", and "BIG TIME", but I wear that badge with pride. As for Billy, "Streetlife Serenader" and "Until the Night" gave me my first born. I'm a child of the 70's. I'm a man of the millenium. Feel me.
Dactuck 1 month ago
@Dactuck ready for a term you can relate to steely Dan is AM friendly. Billy is a far superior artist. It is like saying The Rolling Stones sound like Areosmith. You sir are the "the music of today is just not as good as when I was younger". Ya know in the good days you had to boil water before you drank it
100centre 1 month ago in playlist fabian
@Dactuck and in your eyes is the ABSOLUTE worst Peter Gabriel song. I would think you being from the 70's would say Solisbury Hill, jeez
100centre 1 month ago in playlist fabian
@100centre The WORST? OK. Opinions are like a-sholes, everybody got one. Solisbury Hill wasn't that bad young buck, just over-produced. But if you enjoy "Uptown Girl", and two-step to "We Didn't Start the Fire", then I've heard enough. Pretzel Logic rings circles around all that nonsense. Words from the wise, YOU should never do it without your FEZ on (Royal Scam). Oh, no!
Dactuck 1 month ago
@Dactuck Just about every artist outlives their integrity. Billy had a strong decade among the greats. In your eyes is pop Gabriel. I enjoy shock the monkey era. One artists who don't have us live in their backwash: Neil Young, Paul Simon, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel, Warren Zevon and not many others. Some can change their style and maintain integrity. We are happy if the backwash is edible. I am a big Dylan fan but, his new stuff is nothing to write home about in comparison older stuf
100centre 1 month ago
@100centre Couldn't disagree more with a few pts. Paul Simon has ABSOLUTELY recycled the whole Graceland thing and Bob Dylans Love and Theft is brilliant.
MyKidC 2 weeks ago
@MyKidC Now, to explain how Paul Simon has not recycled. He goes to different cultures for musical inspiration starting with Condor El Pasa. I haven't heard the most recent but, the man is now 70! rythmn of the saints was Brazilian drummers not African. Great career. Dylan love and Theft I believe has been given more merit due to Bob's age. If you were to list Bob's top 5 albums, love and theft in there? Top 10, maybe, that's all. Neil Young's Greendale is one of the only examples of better/old
100centre 1 week ago
@100centre Just about every false critic, outlives their societal value. Feel me? Great stuff. Isacc Hayes, The Spinners, Arethea, and Issac Hayes would have been considered has-beens, in your false universe of musical logic. The O'Jays, Rolls Royce, Teddy Pendergrass, Bobby Womack, the Temptations, the Stlystics. Remember? Go to sleep.
Dactuck 2 weeks ago
@Dactuck False critic.... blah. look up Steve Almond. I don't see the glass of water as half full or empty, I see it as a glass of water. There is not has beens.. You left out Gil Scott Heron BRO. Issac always great and areatha did that Pink Cadilac crap. Difference the artists keep there integrity through that phase because that is what it is, a phase. Neil Young was able to sing this note's for you and weather the "rough" period.
100centre 1 week ago
@Dactuck and aren't the artists... well, true artists the ones who shape society to their ways
100centre 1 week ago
@IDLERACER funny.....HUGE fan of both Billy AND Steely. Never thought about this comparison.
MyKidC 2 weeks ago
fav track off this album,,,, and should have been a single!!! great post
urchin76 2 years ago 6
yeah, it should've been, great jazz feel, with a bit of latin jazz in the middle. a great song, easily.
ruskybalboa 2 years ago 2
@urchin76 Pretty much every song on The Stranger, 52nd Street and Glass Houses sound like hit singles and definitely had the potential to be such.
MegaMacTV 10 months ago
@MegaMacTV Ive got everything this man ever released from attilla the hun on vinyl----------->to the present day and couldent agree with you more....Billy got me through my first love,,through my divorce ,,in fact hes been there since I was 13,,, but when the crap really hits the fan,,,I go with Los Angelenos on vinyl,, Just wish Libby was still drumming for him,,,keep the peace bro,,thanks for the message
urchin76 10 months ago
@urchin76 hard to beat stiletto, but this one comes close
bradmonium1 3 months ago