Billy Joel - I Go To Extremes

[Hurricanemag]

Thanks for making this song. Right now, as I battle with how much I want my life to be a battle, this song keeps running in my head. I didn't start the fire and there is to much Pressure. I just want my life.

[amauritzen89]

Thumbs up if you're here because you love Billy Joel

[emseeaich]

im here because facebook told me this was the #1 song on the day i was born..

[ridingthetubeagain]

extremely extremely we roll

out the door onto more over

i swear we are torn like angels

[gtr3303]

back in 1989 saw hall and oates at our local arena, the sax player on this vid. was playing with Hall and Oates, he was totally cool!!

[moehowardfan]

Billy Joel is such a beast. <3 him.

[KatieLuvsToSing]

I really hate it when people come on to classic music pages and say they are here because of something stupid. just enjoy the music, no one cares where you came from. Seriously, Billy Joel is better than anything that sent you, you should have come her for his sheer awesomeness!

[dlewzey]

Billy is the #1 man

[TheLourdes2009]

One awesome song! Thanks Billy Joel!

[MrSPLman]

cool song

[rudyhamzah]

I had this song on several occasions yet I wasn't moved by it that significantly. But ever since I heard this song on the "VH1 I Love The 90s" series I have been having a crush and an obsessive love affair with it. It simply makes me happy I don't know why. I keep playing it on and on in a loop on my MP3 list.

[toweblair4life5150]

BILLY JOEL IS MY LIFE..... :)

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[toweblair4life5150]

WE ALL LOVE ANYTHING BILLY JOEL.....

[4615larkc]

why DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE HITS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE & I ADORE THE Way he plays bad ass

[tommynikon]

I still think this is Billy At his best, rockin, havin fun and christy can kiss his ass!

[Mindthink1]

I too, go to extremes...Mistress B

[joyann1102]

What a great song and video...this is me...and don't think I'm bipolar LOL Always loved Billy Joel...what an artist.....Billy Joel always reminds me of my first Love thru his songs..good times!!! Many a concert and great performances of our own afterwards haha

[Dactuck]

Liberty Devito!

[TyphoonStar]

I like how different Billy Joel's voice sounds throughout his career... always different but good :)

[inconvenientruth1]

let me guess...a song about bi-polar?

[NickBagel19]

Ahhhh I love this song. Billy Joel knows how to make the piano sound like the coolest thing ever.

[DizziNY1]

This is one of my favorite songs by Billy.

[reeny151]

yes the song is how you feel when you have Bipoler., High low you do go to Extremes.

[FanOfPopCulture]

Linsay who?



[defleppardgirl2009]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm here becuse I love Billy Joel.

[DizziNY1]

@defleppardgirl2009 I am here for Billy.

[Jessyleppert]

Billy Joel looks like The Terminator in this Video.

[MinecraftCoolBuilds]

Thumbs up if you don't give a shit about Lindsay and are here because the song is amazing

[BlueMageRaeg]

Who the heck is Lindsay?

[MrMusictrivia]

it was because he was manic...bi-polar disorder

[MissyBearrr]

this makes me sad that my glasses like this broke =[

[christy340]

I'm here because Billy Joel Rules!

[lestrange5]

I'm just here because I love this song and Billy Joel is amazing.

I don't give a crap about Lindsay.

[gapudge]

It's called mid-life crisis

[blrenx]

Its called Bipoler

[pwaterstripe]

playing piano with his feet at 3:57 AWESOME!

[Dactuck]

I'm here for the ads!.

[runnerj24]

i wanted to get this lyric on my back

[Nikko4566]

Wow!!! This song has sooooo much energy!!! I fucking LOVE IT!!!!

[bradmonium1]

@Nikko4566 yes .... exactly.....

[johnk1006]

We are doing this in our fall show medley. SO EXCITED!

[gordonw01]

@johnk1006 YAAAAY for you !!!

Now I'M SO EXCITED TOO LOLOLOLOLOL.

[Shaunbarcalow1]

I'm here because I remembered this was an awesome song. I don't need something else to direct me to it. 

[electricman531]

Im here cause of the master theorem...

[ggarro]

FK Lindsay!... I came here cus I needed to hear the song (period)

[cjlllatt]

i always have the urge to listen to these when everyone's asleep so i can never belt them out. i'm practically trembling.

[arenavision]

This reminds me of my first love. I gave a concert for her on our first date. WOW

[itsmerandomkid]

my new favoritist song ever.....

OuO

[BB61Sailor]

FANTASTIC TUNE!

[sergfyr]

Billy Joel, quite simply AMAZING!!

[ExigentZero]

Music like this is a rarity! I've loved this one since I was a boy.

[BobDylansPet]

lindsay's tattoo is there because of this song.

[paradisesportnhealth]

Billy's Joel's best rocker ever...glad to see Lindsay gets the message. Cheers to LL!!

[Azo818]

fuck yeah! lindsay's tattoo brought me here :) <3

[LAVirgo67]

Linds got me here...

[misanthrope8]

I love Billy but this wasn't worth checking in for.

The man is sooooo talented, damn....lyrics, piano, presentation....he has got the chops.

[dbhour]

My honey Lindsay Lohan got me hear too. LOL.

[ShiningNow]

Lindsay Lohan got me here.

[TheIgnatius86]

Lindsay's tatoo send me here..

[LyriclyEducatedMel]

Thumbs up if your here because of Lindsay's Tattoo.

[StaceyEllie]

@LyriclyEducatedMel yeah dude, glamour brought me here

[rodog123456789]

@LyriclyEducatedMel im here because i love this song and lidsay's tattoo

[ate2fiver]

I'm hear cuz of Lindsay's tattoo. But I already knew the lyrics.

[corvey]

Reminds me of Andrew Dice Clay.

[Agnostic21]

The present crop of "musicians" is not fit to polish Billy's boots.

[jamesbondaygee]

So many great songs eh? Awesome!

[LMCMInterloper]

BIG TIME RUSH IN A FUCKING BILLY JOEL VIDEO???? *cringes*

[chevysrule70]

@LMCMInterloper big time rush...? sir, i dont think they were even born.

[nickgyp]

excellent song!!!

[thegraggs]

VEVO sucks! Takes forever to download, if it downloads at all! And this is with a cable connection.

[caulinrocker1]

vevo finally had a good commercial

[slack7639]

great tune

[Tom6093]

Pop culture today- No Individuality, Mono toned, electronic music . Talent given by producers. Being an Artist is no more. It's now what your manager tells you whats gonna make you tho most money. Selling out is futile, your soul is owned.

Remember open mic nights, where it was about songwriting and performance ?

You were an artist. The music came from your heart and soul . But when money signs show up, all of that is forgotten. Look at pop culture and tell me it's not sad.

[Nikko4566]

@Tom6093 Took the words right out of my mind. Well done! I've even posted a vid saying the same shit

[Phenom7701]

Sounds like my life, but I keep proving the idiots wrong about me, who misjudge me

because I can make anything happen. How you might ask ?? I go to the people who can make my endeavours happen so I can succeed in life.

Because if you do not want to be succesful in life, then stay home and be nothing.

People who say I can't be this or that??? Your the person who can't be this or that

because you don't know how to succeed at that. So that's why you say it. LOl

your the joke.

[Tom6093]

I think i remember this kind of music. No mono tones, no glee, Disney produced singers or duo's. Bieber or Ke$ha ,lady Ga ga.........OH MY GOD IT'S ACTUAL TALENT,ARTISTRY AND MUSICIANSHIP.  This is history and that sucks.

[billallman]

@Tom6093 There are a lot of these comments and the best I can offer is let's be thankful we were THERE and got to grow up with it. And Justin Bieber, stop replying to my comments on YouTube, you can't spell.

[PrettyBrownEyes969]

Real Music!!! I miss this stuff!

[11Quiksilver11]

Such a great song!

[45gunner]

Great song!.....describes my life most of the time.... I dont know WHY I go to extremes???....LOL!

[TheHowitzer105]

It is an absolute crime that this only has half a million views.

[wjhalikias]

@TheHowitzer105 thats the best statement i ever heard in my life

[ModernGolfer]

@wjhalikias - THAT'S Billy Joel, my friend. :-)

[Agnostic21]

@TheHowitzer105 It is an immortal crime that 3 idiots dislike this video.

[094176]

@TheHowitzer105 It's not that popular of a song. Look at we didn't start the fire. It's more well known and therefore has 6 mil views. Pretty simple formula.

[TheHowitzer105]

@094176 That's not a formula. I know it's not as popular as it should be. That's what my comment was about.

[094176]

@TheHowitzer105 Notoriety=youtube views. That's a formula.

[TheHowitzer105]

@094176 That's not a formula, and you're wrong anyway.

[stillstanding1996]

He's such a badass. 

[buffalohawk65]

Don't let me catch you, ya lone disenter!

[razibhai32]

Superbly cool!!

[italianqueerdo]

Song of the moment

[lion3sunshine]

This is one of my favorites will love it forever!!!

[Starbuk498]

I'm betting Billy has Bipolar - I"M bipolar and every word of that song I can understand and go through. I bet this song he wrote because he didn't know what was wrong with him. Brilliant, Brilliant song. and a very under rated entertainer. Love Billy!

[Westhydeman]

Jesus was the first Jew I fell in love with, Billy was the second. That's how amazingly talented and awesome he is! Hot in the wayfarers, Woof! I can't wait to meet Jesus and tell him that real men come from Long Island! :o)

[Juciriayay]

@Westhydeman Amen!

[tommynikon]

super cool video and even a better rocker, his best on both sides!!!!!!!!!! ROCK ON BILLY!!!

[BrokenneckYgor]

This dope song is very popular at the clinic where I work.

The druggies really get off on it. I saw a well-known Hollywood figure drooling excitedly and finally screaming at the top of her lungs while I tried to restrain her. This disgusting reaction is not all that unusual. A quiet lunatic becomes a giggling maniac when am mischievous guard sneaks this on the PA.

[sallie46]

@BrokenneckYgor pray tell give us a hint who!

[BrokenneckYgor]

@sallie46 You may see her on Celebrity Interventiion next fall on TV

[wat3rbottl3]

who came here because there was a link from the master theorem puzzle Doctrine of the Mean?

[STAR112211]

If it's the last thing i do on this planet I'm going to find out who she is......lol....

[wargreymon22]

This song gets me so pumped when i'm in a good mood its awesome X3

[maukabud66]

And just think...this song came out before the "bi-polar disorder" psycho-babble was popular...not to mention Ridlin, Adderall, Prozac and the whole anti-depressent alphabet...it was called "Life". Oh, I'd like to know who the cutie girl guitarist is too! lol! *wink*

[biggarfish]

One of my all time favorites. Turn it up and feel the power!

[STAR112211]

Can anyone tell me who's the woman playing the guitar in this vid?

[maukabud66]

@STAR112211  Me too!! She cute. :)

[PotentialGrows]

MUSIC: Sounds, usually produced by instruments or voices, that are arranged or played in order to create an effect. STOP COMPARING SINGERS, GENRES,ERAS just enjoy this one!

[kendallgirl23]

whenever i hear his song it lifts my spirits up i love billy joel he's the greatest

[rfck450]

the drummer with the shades.. too cool for the room..

[SZR429]

Some songs you can turn on and no matter HOW BAD your day, week, or month have been, you are energized again and ready to go!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is one of those songs. The man is an artist!!

[VanessaDunne723]

I'm 17 and I remember dancing around to this nonstop in my living room as a kid. I wish music was still this good.

[rfck450]

I love this song.. and it looks like everyone in the band does too..

[scoutramsay]

You don't hear the piano played like that in music these days. It's a pity.

[19baby82]

No one plays musci like this any more! Yeah there might be some kind of tallent out there these days but its not the same . . .

[cherrieburt]

this man is a just perfect,i love the music,the feel of the video,the passion,and yes the piano,i mean after all he is the piano man,he is truly great,god bless him,and thank you billy for sharing your gift.

[macdaddybill]

When this song was out it just sounded great on the radio! would love to hear songs like this again.

[vincentpricesnephew]

@macdaddybill you don't get a good "real" piano nowadays

[vincentpricesnephew]

@macdaddybill there's not any real good talent today because of American Idol ans how the music industry controls them. there hasn't been a really good 20-something band since the 90's. now Disney pumps out theses pre-teen flops

[drmcclin]

@vincentpricesnephew If you think there aren't any talented young bands around today, you're not looking hard enough

[ChelooSRL]

I love the glaces

[johndeereman108]

Ah....nothing like black and while

[kevcar77]

Whatever asshole disliked this song needs to have their ears chopped off, because they obviously do not know what good music is. This is in my top 3 of Billy Joel songs, along with A Matter of Trust and We Didn't Start the Fire!

[StevieAndCoryYUMMY]

This video has to be one of the most intertaining of them all. PLAYS THE FLATS OFF THE PIANO!!! Now thats Rock N' Roll for ya.

[StanSuede]

The most immortal rocket ride of power, emotion, energy and rock'n roll ever. Billy Joel checkmates the universe by musical talent and coolness. The playing of the piano with his feet seals the deal for all time.

[BlackSanotaru]

@StanSuede and what about Bruce Springsteen, Freddie Mercury, Bon Scott, Mick Jagger,

[shoneyluvsAmerica]

@StanSuede The most eloquent response to a video I have ever read. That totally rocked, Stan. Awesomeness!

[bandd53]

@StanSuede hell ya he is the best

[donottakeitseriously]

Seems like this is the story of my life sometimes...

[1olrocker]

The whole Storm Front album is great.

[lnasution76]

marvelous !

[kstarpictures]

Is it just me, or does it feel like Billy Joel went full circle with this hit song? Almost has the feel of his first hit "Everybody Loves You Now" from his debut, Cold Spring Harbor in 1971; just with 90's style digital production.

[StanSuede]

His coolest video of all. I love at the end when he plays the piano with his feet!

[zimmcat]

lame kick at 2:07

[VvAnarchangelvV]

Lyrically Joel, like all artists, is a tad uneven, this being one of the less impressive songs lyrically, but he has reached more and higher points in delivering a meaning through poetry than any lyricist I can think of, even Bernie Taupin, Jim Steinman &, I hate to say it, but Jim Morrison. Apples & oranges, I know, but Billy Joel does not rely on words' shock value like Morrison. Even his worst lines are pretty good: "Maybe I set myself up for the kill" would be the hook in a heavy metal song.

[WishesSailorMoon]

@VvAnarchangelvV that's one of the best lines of the song.

[swanski100]

@VvAnarchangelvV dude Morrison was the greatest poet of the 20th century

[mjw9363]

shove these commercials up you ass!!

[FartingGiraffe]

We randomly listened to this song in Music Class like 3 years ago, and I'm still listening to it on Youtube.

[lisa4615]

i love this song thanks for the post....it so makes sense to me ...so talented,, but ive not heard anything song wise out of him in yrs...

[3501David]

Billy came to GFNY in the 80's and I met him and worked for the band helping alter their outfits and was invited to the dress rehersal. It was the world tour that kicked off in our little town. All I wanted was to meet christie but that ddint happen. He was the most gracious unasuming guy you could ever meet. I grew up with his music and love it too. Just a little background on a fantastic performer.

[zanijoey]

my favorite later career billy joel songs.

[midatlanticcycle]

notice billy isn't necessarily what i'd call a dancer....but he just has the coolest moves. and the driving guitars in this song are outstanding.

[biggarfish]

This is one of my favorite tunes. Hard driving guitars and great piano!

Anyone know the name of the female rythm guitarist?

[midatlanticcycle]

@biggarfish i believe it was background vocalis patty d'arcy dressed up and equipped to look like hot rhythm guitarist specifically for the video. billy joel never had a female guitarist i'm aware of either working as studio musician on his albums or live venue.

[biggarfish]

@midatlanticcycle Thanks, I had always wondered about who that was. There are 2 guitar tracks on the song but had thought that David Brown played all the guitars in the studio.

[MrISUAREZ]

Billy is a BAD Mutha SHUT YO Mouth!!!!! this guy is all around cool

[horizonsaddict]

Billy Joel is a beast on the Piano, one of my favorite artists. His music will never die. He is one of my favorite artists, and I am, i guess you could say inspired, to learn his music on either the keyboard or guitar.

[samboy1288]

this is my favorite 80's joel song, and perhaps the best semi-soft rock song of its time. its got the warm synths of soft rock, coupled with the hard-driving attitude of straight up rock, and it just kicks ass!

[andres27o]

Call me a joker, call me a fool

Right at this moment I'm totally cool

[andres27o]

0:55 haha 

[galihauli]

Take Justin Beibers face off this video and all videos of Billy Joel

[Malinth66]

@galihauli YES! And all the other great 80s bands/musicians like The Cure.

[MrCopperhead1861]

Why you tranish Billy Joel by having a ad about the debt? I listen to music to escape the world damn it!

[scorpdewd]

So many good tunes by Billy Joel and his range is unequaled with the possible exception (as a solo artist) by Elton John. This is in my top 10, along with Vienna, And So It Goes, Italian Restaurant, River of Dreams, Allentown, Piano Man, Lullabye, The Longest Time, and The Stranger. An incredible song list from an incredible singer/songwriter. These songs will stand the test of time. A lot of life lessons and passion in these songs if one listens to and studies the lyrics.

[kristinamoore2005]

@scorpdewd very well written post-i wish more people put this much thought into it, they might be more interesting to read.

[scorpdewd]

@kristinamoore2005 thanks! Anyone with a pulse has certain songs that pump them up and get them going...this is one of mine and just very appreciative of the man and his talent. I'm old-school when it comes to music but do like a good beat and understandable lyrics as well as a ballad or rock anthem, so when I looked at some of the comments posted here, felt that there should be an appreciative remark to offset the unfounded and, in some cases, the absurd and off the wall posts.

[FranciscoJPalacio]

#NowPlaying on the #iPod #Shuffle-ing... "Darling, I don't know why I go to extremes... too high or too low, there ain't no in betweens... you can be sure when I'm gone, I won't be under too long".... (ask me again why I worship his lyrics... along with few million tweeps, seemingly?)

[IceCat106]

Terrific Song!

[ASA1997x2345]

0:01 - 4:09 my favorite part of the song

[philnoll]

"You can be sure when I'm gone, I won't be out there too long"

Yeah, right. Billy Joel has written some of the best songs in the era of the electric guitar. And two of his best are preformed on solo piano. Lullaby and So it Goes. Billy Joel will be out there forever.

[carouselgal]

My favorite Billy song! Thanks for posting!

[silicon605]

I love the black girl; I bet she is alot of fun night or day!

[silicon605]

My personality to a t "T" when I was heavily involved in athletics, not ever drugs or

alchohol. Smoother now but just as intense with my aspirations! Ahhh "Life!"

[Tarantina222]

Che BRAVONE!!! Usa le musiciste!!!!

[ryancooke78]

This is one of those songs, that is classic, regardless of whether you like the artist or not. I'm not saying I don't like Joel, but he is not my favorite.. but this is just one of those songs that sticks out, and brings back memories!!